Contributions to the Hydrology of the United States, 1955
9 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1360
This volume was printed as -eparate chapters A-I
JNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1957 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FRED A. SEATON, Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Thomas B. Nolan, Director
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[The letters hi parentheses preeedingtha titles desigpate.sepaiately,published.chapters] Page (A) Reservoirs in the United States, by Nathan O. Thomas and G. Earl Harbeck, Jr______1 (B) Ground water in northeastern Louisville, Ky., by M. I. Rorabaugh__ 101 (C) Geology and occurrence of ground water in the Townsend Valley, Mont., by H. W. Lorenz and R. G. McMurtrey______171 (D) Water resources of Bill Williams River valley near Alamo, Ariz., by H. N. Wolcott, H. E. Skibitzke, and L. C. Halpenny______291 (E) Geology and ground-water resources of the Kaycee irrigation project, Johnson County, Wyo., by F. A. Kohout______321 (F) Salt water and its relation to fresh ground water in Harris County, Tex., by Alien G. Winslow, William W. Doyel, and Leonard A. Wood____._____.______375 (G) Ground-water conditions in the Mendota-Huron area, Fresno and Kings Counties, Calif., by G. H. Davis and J. F. Poland..____ 409 (H) Geology and ground-water hydrology of the valleys of the Republican and Frenchman Rivers, Nebr., by Edward Bradley and Carlton R. Johnson______589 (I) Reconnaissance of the ground-water resources of the Elkhorn River basin above Pilger, Nebr., by Thomas G. Newport_____ 715 m Reservoirs in the United States
By NATHAN O. THOMAS and G. EARL HARBECK, Jr.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HYDROLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1360-A
Revising and superseding Geological Survey Circular 23, Reservoirs in the United States, by G. Earl Harbeck, Jr.: March 1948
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1956 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Douglas McKay, Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Thomas B. Nolan, Director
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This report on reservoirs in the United States was prepared in the Water Resources Division, C. G. Paulsen, chief hydraulic engineer, under the general supervision of J. V. B. Wells, chief, Surface Water Branch. It revises and supersedes a report pub lished as Geological Survey Circular 23, by G. EarlHarbeck, Jr., 1948. The text is largely the work of the junior author as pre sented in Circular 23, amplified and brought up to date by the senior author. Tabular data were verified, revised when neces sary, expanded, and brought up to date by the senior author. Both reports were prepared with the advice of W. B. Langbein.
The basic data were obtained mainly by the district offices of the Surface Water Branch, directly from the owner or operator of the reservoir when practicable. Complete data were not avail able for all reservoirs.
Acknowledgment is made to the following agencies and organi zations for their cooperation in making information available: the Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Soil Conservation Service, and several other Federal agencies; agencies of States, counties, and municipali ties; water users associations, conservation and irrigation dis tricts, flood control and conservation districts, many power, wa ter, canal, and reservoir companies, and many individuals.
In bringing the compilation up to date every effort was made to obtain the results of the most recent surveys to determine res ervoir capacity. However, it is realized that some of the data published herein may be in error; any corrections or additions that can be furnished by the user of these records will be appre ciated. Ill CONTENTS