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Geology and ground-water conditions of Clark County Washington, with a description of a major alluvial aquifer along the Columbia River
This report presents the results of an investigation of the ground-water resources of the populated parts of Clark County. Yields adequate for irrigation can be obtained from wells inmost farmed areas in Clark County, Wash. The total available supply is sufficient for all foreseeable irrigation developments. In a few local areas aquifers are...
Mundorff, Maurice John
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, Part 12, Pacific Slope basins in Washington and Upper Columbia River basin
Bodhaine, G.L.; Thomas, D.M.
Effects of hydraulic and geologic factors on streamflow of the Yakima River Basin, Washington
The Yakima River basin, in south-central Washington, is the largest single river system entirely within the confines of the State. Its waters are the most extensively utilized of all the rivers in Washington. The river heads high on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains, flows for 180 miles in a generally southeast direction, and discharges...
Kinnison, Hallard B.; Sceva, Jack E.
Ground water in the Pullman area, Whitman County, Washington
This report presents the results of an investigation of the ground-water resources of the Pullman area, Whitman County, Wash. The investigation war made in cooperation with the State of Washington, Department of Conservation, Division of Water Resources, to determine whether the 1959 rate of ground-water withdrawal exceeded the perennial yield of...
Foxworthy, B.L.; Washburn, R.L.
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States. Part 13. Snake River basin
The magnitude of a flood of any selected frequency up to 50 years for any site on any stream in the Snake River basin can be determined by methods outlined in this report, with some limitations. The methods are not applicable for regulated streams, for drainage basins smaller than 10 or larger than 5,000 square miles, for streams fed by large...
Thomas, C.A.; Broom, H.C.; Cummans, J.E.
Morphology and hydrology of a glacial stream -- White River, Mount Rainier, Washington
Fahnestock, Robert K.
Geology and ground-water resources of the Ahtanum Valley, Yakima County, Washington
The Ahtanum Valley covers an area of about 100 square miles in an important agricultural district in central Yakima County, Wash. Because the area is semiarid, virtually all crops require irrigation. Surface-water supplies are inadequate in most of the area, and ground water is being used increasingly for irrigation. The purpose of this...
Foxworthy, B.L.
Water resources of the Tacoma area, Washington
Griffin, William Colvin; Sceva, J.E.; Swenson, H.A.; Mundorff, M.J.
Artificial recharge through a well tapping basalt aquifers Walla Walla area, Washington
Price, Charles E.; Hubbell, D.W.
Floods in the Skagit River basin, Washington
According to Indian tradition, floods of unusually great magnitude harassed the Skagit River basin about 1815 and 1856. The heights of these floods were not recorded at the time; so they are called historical floods. Since the arrival of white men about 1863, a number of large and damaging floods have been witnessed and recorded. Data...
Stewart, James E.; Bodhaine, George Lawrence
Storage of ground water behind subsurface dams in the Columbia River basalt, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
Newcomb, R.C.
Availability of ground water at the border stations at Laurier and Ferry, Washington
In the Laurier area, Washington, the Kettle River has cut into crystalline rocks in the deepest part of the valley. Sand and gravel fill were deposited in the valley during Pleistocene time by melt water from glaciers, and subsequent erosion and alluviation formed three terrace levels. The highest level, on which Laurier Border Station is situated...
Walters, Kenneth Lyle
Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on NE flank. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl, on the northeast flank. October 2005
Mount St. Helens crater and steaming dome as seen from SE. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens crater and steaming dome as seen from the southeast. October 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the west. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift from the west. October 2005
Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift from NE. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift from the northeast. October 2005
Growing lava dome within Mount St. Helens' crater, Oct. 2005
Growing lava dome within Mount St. Helens' crater as seen from the east. October 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift as seen from the west. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and uplift as seen from the west. October 2005
Ash collection buckets, installed on the flanks of Mount St. Helens...
A USGS scientist is collecting the ash from the bucket, which was taken back to the Cascades Volcano Observatory for analysis. Results help scientists understand more about the eruption that produced the ash and can give insight into what type of eruptions might occur in the future.
View from the south-SE side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking a...
View from the south-southeast side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome (behind) and the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome (in front).
View from SE side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the upli...
View from the southeast side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome.
View from NE side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava...
View from the northeast side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome (on right) and the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome (on left).
View from the east side of Mount St. Helens dome looking at the upl...
View from the east side of Mount St. Helens dome looking at the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome.
Erosional debris flows carve into Sasquach Steps at Mount St. Helens
The dark "muddy" looking area in the right foreground is old erosional debris flows from Step Channel (on right) over the years. The lighter ribbon of grey to the left of the darker area is a lahar from Loowit Channel from early morning of October 6, 2004. The yellowish-green color on the surface is plant growth.
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Washington Water Science Center
Phone: (253) 552-1600
Fax: (253) 552-1581
Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC)
Phone: (206) 526-6282
Fax: (206) 526-6654
USGS Volcano Science Center
Phone: 360-993-8900
Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)
vhpweb@usgs.gov
Phone: 360-993-8900
Fax: 360-993-8980
Columbia River Research Laboratory
Phone: (509) 538-2299
Fax: (509) 538-2843
Marrowstone Marine Field Station
Phone: (360) 385-1007
Fax: (360) 385-7207
Northwest Washington Field Office
Phone: (360) 312-8155 x2001
Fax: (360) 312-8565
Mid-Columbia Field Office
Phone: (509) 735-3739
Fax: (509) 735-3723
Upper Columbia Field Office
Phone: (509) 353-2649
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Olympic Field Station
fresc_outreach@usgs.gov
Phone: 360-565-3041
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Cascadia Field Station
fresc_outreach@usgs.gov
Phone: 206-616-1874
Fax: 206-685-0790