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Texas floods of September and October 1955

January 1, 1957

This report on the floods of September and and October 1955 in the Nueces, Brazos, and Pecos River basins, Texas, was prepared in the Texas District Office, Surface Water Branch, under the direction of Trigg Twichell, District Engineer.

Records of discharge were collected and compiled in cooperation with the Texas State Board of Water Engineers, the Pecos River Commission, and other agencies.

The isohyetal map of the upper Brazos River basin, which was the basis for figure 4, was furnished by the Corps of Engineers. The "bucket" survey of rainfall in the Nueces River basin was conducted by the U.S. Weather Bureau, and the "bucket" survey in the upper Brazos River basin was conducted by the U.S. Weather Bureau, the Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. The U.S. Conservation Service furnished "A Report describing the effects of the storm of September 23-25, 1955, on the Upper Brazos River Watershed, above Possum Kingdom Dam" from which some data in this report were taken.

Publication Year 1957
Title Texas floods of September and October 1955
DOI 10.3133/ofr5774
Authors D.L. Milliken, W.H. Goines
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 57-74
Index ID ofr5774
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Texas Water Science Center