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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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Ground-water resources of Kleberg County, Texas Ground-water resources of Kleberg County, Texas

Abundant supplies of fresh water are obtained from deep artesian wells In all parts of Kleberg County. The water is derived from a stratum of sand, 10 to 150 feet thick, which usually has been referred to the Goliad sand but possibly may be at the base of the LIssie formation. The top of the sand Is reached at depths of around 400 feet In the western part of the county, 600 to 700 feet...
Authors
Penn Poore Livingston, Thomas W. Bridges

Geology and ground-water resources of Uvalde and Medina Counties, Texas Geology and ground-water resources of Uvalde and Medina Counties, Texas

This report is based on an investigation by the United States Geological Survey, the Texas State Board of Water Engineers, and the Texas State Board of Health to determine the ground-water resources of Uvalde and Medina Counties, especially in relation to irrigation, both in these counties and in the counties to the south where water is obtained for irrigation from the Carrizo sand and...
Authors
Albert Nelson Sayre

Water resources of the Edwards limestone in the San Antonio area, Texas Water resources of the Edwards limestone in the San Antonio area, Texas

The water discharged from the large springs of San Antonio and most of the deep wells of the San Antonio area comes from a common reservoir in fissures and solution channels in the Edwards limestone. The water enters the limestone in a zone of outcrop along the Balcones escarpment, which crosses the northern parts of Bexar and Medina Counties and extends a long distance both to the east...
Authors
Penn Livingston, A.N. Sayre, W. N. White

Geology and ground-water resources of Atascosa and Frio Counties, Texas Geology and ground-water resources of Atascosa and Frio Counties, Texas

Atascosa and Frio Counties are in southwestern Texas and form a part of the Winter Garden district. The purpose of the investigation here recorded was to determine the source, quantity, and quality of the ground water used for irrigation and other purposes in the area.
Authors
John T. Lonsdale

Artesian water in Somervell County, Texas Artesian water in Somervell County, Texas

Somervell County is part of the Grand Prairie region of north-central Texas. An excellent supply of artesian water is available from the Trinity reservoir at no great depth. The first flowing well in Somervell County was drilled in 1880, and the first flowing well in Glen Rose, the county seat, was drilled in 1881. Since 1880 more than 500 wells have been constructed, probably more than...
Authors
Albert George Fiedler

The floods in central Texas in September, 1921 The floods in central Texas in September, 1921

Heavy rainfall over a large area in south-central Texas from September 8 to September 10, 1921, produced great floods which caused the loss of at least 224 lives and damage to property amounting to more than $10,000,000. The most destructive flood in Texas prior to 1921 occurred in December, 1913. That flood, which is described on pages 46-47, caused the loss of 177 lives and destroyed...
Authors
Clarence E. Ellsworth
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