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Evaluation of reservoir sites in North Carolina: Regional relations for estimating the reservoir capacity needed for a dependable water supply Evaluation of reservoir sites in North Carolina: Regional relations for estimating the reservoir capacity needed for a dependable water supply

Draft-storage-frequency relations, which show the storage required for a reservoir to furnish a specified withdrawal or draft are regionalized for four zones in the State, using the mean annual flow of the streams as an index. The differences between the zones primarily reflect differences in the variability of stream flow. To assure the available draft will fall below 75 percent of the...
Authors
F.E. Arteaga, E. F. Hubbard

Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, 1973 Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, 1973

The purpose of this report is to present rainfall and runoff data for the Waller Creek and Wilbarger Creek study areas for the 1973 water year (October 1, 1972 to September 30, 1973).
Authors
R.N. Mitchell

Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Rio Grande region Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Rio Grande region

The Rio Grande is an interstate and international stream which begins in high mountains of Colorado, flows across New Mexico, and forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico. Precipitation ranges from 8 inches (20 em) to more than 30 inches (76 em), but irrigation is required for growing crops throughout the region. The population of the region has been increasing rapidly, from 750,000...
Authors
S. W. West, W. L. Broadhurst

Geophysical logs from a geologic test hole near Charleston, South Carolina Geophysical logs from a geologic test hole near Charleston, South Carolina

On March 2, 1975, the U.S. Geological Survey completed a series of geophysical well logs in the Charleston Project Deep Core Hole No. 1 located at Latitude 32° 53.2 'N and Longitude 80° 21 . 5'W in Dorchester County near Charleston, South Carolina. The land surface is at an elevation of 5.4 m (18 ft) above mean sea level. The total depth of the test hole is 793 m (2,600 ft) and the
Authors
Edward C. Rhodehamel

Cedar Creek at Cedartown, Georgia-- floodflow characteristics at bridge site of Georgia Avenue relocation (supplement to open-file report 75-46) Cedar Creek at Cedartown, Georgia-- floodflow characteristics at bridge site of Georgia Avenue relocation (supplement to open-file report 75-46)

The May 1974 U.S. Geological Survey open-file report 75-46, "Cedar Creek at Cedartown, Georgia, Floodflow Characteristics at Georgia Avenue, Relocation and Canal Street Extension," prepared at the request of the Georgia Department of Transportation, described the hydraulic characteristics of the Georgia Avenue relocation as constructed in April 1974, and evaluated the effects of three...
Authors
McGlone Price

Drainage areas for Illinois streams Drainage areas for Illinois streams

Drainage areas were tabulated for all streams in Illinois which drain over 100 square miles. at sites where streamflow data have been collected, and at other selected locations. Areas were planimetered on U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps and balanced to known areas taken from Smithsonian Geographical Tables of areas of quadrilaterals of the earth's surface (procedures...
Authors
Kent M. Ogata
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