Publications
Scientific reports, journal articles, or general interest publications by USGS scientists in the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center are listed below. Publications span from 1898 to the present.
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Analog-model studies of the effects of recharge wells along the Houston Ship Channel on potentiometric surfaces of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Houston, Texas Analog-model studies of the effects of recharge wells along the Houston Ship Channel on potentiometric surfaces of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Houston, Texas
Because of increasing concern about the continuing decline of water levels in the Houston area, an electric analog model was used to determine the effects on the potentiometric surfaces resulting from recharging water through wells along the Houston Ship Channel into the two major aquifers, the Chicot and Evangeline. The model conditions simulated for this study are too complex to be...
Authors
D. G. Jorgensen
Flood stages and discharges for small streams in Texas Flood stages and discharges for small streams in Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
E.E. Schroeder
Time of travel of solutes, field observations of water quality, and suspended-sediment data for stream reaches in the Trinity River Basin, Texas, July 31 to August 14, 1972 Time of travel of solutes, field observations of water quality, and suspended-sediment data for stream reaches in the Trinity River Basin, Texas, July 31 to August 14, 1972
No abstract available.
Authors
R.H. Ollman
Water-budget studies of lower Mesilla Valley and El Paso Valley, El Paso County, Texas Water-budget studies of lower Mesilla Valley and El Paso Valley, El Paso County, Texas
The total inflow of water to the lower Mesilla Valley in 1970 was 390,510 acre-feet. Of this amount, 43,300 acre-feet was consumptively used by crops and phreatophytes and 4,700 acre-feet was lost by evaporation. Ground-water storage increased by 320 acre-feet, and 360,860 acrefeet left the valley as surface- and ground-water outflow. Ground-water recharge was approximately 26,170 acre...
Authors
W.R. Meyer, J.D. Gordon
Artificial-recharge experiments and operations on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico Artificial-recharge experiments and operations on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico
Experiments using highly turbid water from playa lakes for injection into the Ogallala Formation have resulted in greatly decreased yield of the recharge wells, Recharge of ground or surface water of good quality has indicated, however, that injection through wells is an effective method of recharging the aquifer. Water that is slightly turbid can be successfully injected for a period of...
Authors
Richmond F. Brown, Donald C. Signor
Preliminary report on land-surface subsidence in the area of Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bays near Baytown, Texas Preliminary report on land-surface subsidence in the area of Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bays near Baytown, Texas
Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris County has caused declines in fluid pressures which in turn have resulted in subsidence of the land surface. One critical area of subsidence is in the area of Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bays near Baytown. Much of this area is now subject to inundation by high tides. Production of oil and gas from the Goose Creek Field at the...
Authors
R.K. Gabrysch
Regional specific yield of the Edwards and associated limestones in the San Antonio, Texas, area Regional specific yield of the Edwards and associated limestones in the San Antonio, Texas, area
No abstract available.
Authors
R.W. Maclay, P.L. Rettman
Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area
Rainfall and runoff data from drainage basins in the Houston metropolitan area and a 60-year rainfall record for the National Weather Service station, Houston-City, were used to simulate 60 annual flood peaks at 26 sites. Selected frequency characteristics, based on these simulated annual peaks, are related to drainage area and percentage of impervious area. These relations, which may be...
Authors
Steven L. Johnson, Douglas M. Sayre
Compilation of hydrologic data, Little Elm Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1968 Compilation of hydrologic data, Little Elm Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1968
The U.S. Soil Conservation Service is actively engaged in the installation of flood and soil erosion reducing measures in Texas under the authority of "The Flood Control Act ot 1936 and 1944" and ''Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act" (Public Law 566), as amended. In June 1968, the Soil Conservation Service estimated approximately 3,500 structures to be physically and...
Authors
Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Travel time for solutes, upper Sabine River basin, Texas, April 16-30, 1972 Travel time for solutes, upper Sabine River basin, Texas, April 16-30, 1972
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Sabine River Compact Administration, conducted time-of-travel studies in the Sabine River Basin on April 16-30, 1972. One study was made on the main stem of the Sabine River in four reaches from Lake Tawakoni to Toledo Bend Reservoir, a distance of 219 miles. Two other studies were made on reaches of Lake Fork Creek and Big Sandy Creek...
Authors
Willard B. Mills