DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR 

WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 340--E 

STREAM-GAGING STATIONS 

AND 

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES 

1885-1913 

PART V. HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 

DRAINAGE BASINS 

COMPILED BY B. D. WOOD 

Part of Water-Supply Paper 340 

WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOE 

1914 
CONTENTS. 

Page. 

Introduction..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III 

How Government reports may be obtained or consulted...................... III 

Stream-flow reports....................................................... IV 

Principal otreams......................................................... 53 

Gaging stations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

Reports on water resources of the Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River 

drainag(:> basins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

Publications of United States Geological Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

Water-supply papers ........ _ .... _................................ 56 

Annual reports .. __ .. __ .. _ ... __ . _ . _ .. _ . _ .. _ ....................... _ 58 

Bulletins ..... _._ .. _ .. __ . __ ._._._ ....... _........................ 59 

Geologic folios ................. _ . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

Miscellaneous reports._._ ••.. _ .. __ .. _ . _ .... _ .... _ .............. _ ...... _ . 60 

Geological Survey hydrologic reports of general interest...................... rx 

Water-supply papers ... _ ...... _ .. _._.................................. IX 

Annual reports ........ _ . __ . __ . _ ............. , ....... : ....... _ ...... _ . . xvr 

Bulletins .............. _ .. _ ............ _ .............. _ ..... _ . . . . . . . . . . xvn 

Index by areas and subjects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xrx Index of streams .. __ .. _____ .... _ .. _ . __ . _ . _ .... _ .. _ . _ .... ___ .. _ .. _ . __ ... · . . . . XXI 

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STREAM-GAGING STATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES, 1885-1913. 

Compiled by B. D. Woon. 

INTRODUCTION. 

Investigation of water resources by the United States Geological 

Survey has consisted in large part of measurements of the volume of 

flow of streams and studies of the conditions affecting that flow, but 

it has comprised also investigation of such closely allied subjects as 

irrigation, water storage, water powers, underground waters, and 

quality of waters. Most of the results of these investigations have 

been published in the series of water-supply papers, but some 

have appeared in the monographs, bulletins, professional papers, and 

annual reports. 

The results of stream-flow measurements are now published 

annually in 12 parts, each part covering an area whose boundaries 

coincide with natural drainage features as indicated below: 

Part I. North Atlantic coast basins. 

II. South Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins. 

III. Ohio River basin. 

IV. St. Lawrence River basin. 

V. Hudson Bay and Upper Mississippi River basins. 

VI. Missouri River basin. 

VII. Lower Mississippi River basin. 

VIII. Western Gulf of Mexico basins. 

IX. Colorado River basin. 

X. Great Basin. 

XL Pacific coast basins in California. 

XII. North Pacific coast basins. 

HOW GOVERNMENT RE;E'ORTS MAY BE OBTAINED OR CONSULTED. 

Water-supply papers and other publications of the United States 

Geological Survey containing data in regard to the water resources 

of the United States may be obtained or consulted as indicated 

below: 

1. Copies may be obtained free of charge by applying to the 

Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. The edition 

printed for free distribution is1 however, small and is soon exhausted. 

m 
IV STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913, 

2. Copies may be purchased at nominal cost from the superintendent of documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, 

D. C., who will on application furnish lists giving prices. 

3. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the 

principal cities in the United States. 

4. Complete sets are available for consultation in the local offices 

of the water-resources branch of the Geological Survey, as follows: 

Albany, N. Y., Room 18, Federal Building. 

Atlanta, Ga., Post Office Building.· 

St. Paul, Minn., Old Capitol Building. 

Helena, Mont., Montana National Bank Building. 

Denver, Colo., 302 Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Salt Lake City, Utah, Federal Building. 

Boise, Idaho, 615 Idaho Building. 

Portland, Oreg., 416 Couch Building. 

Tacoma, ·wash., Federal Building. 

San Francisco, Cal., 328 Customhouse. 

Los Angeles, Cal., Federal Building. 

Santa Fe, N.Mex., Capitol Building. 

Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapiolani Building. 

A list of the Geological Survey's publications will be sent to persons applying therefor to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 

STREAJ.\'[-FLOW REPORTS. 

Stream-flow records have been obtained at more than 1,550 points 

in the United States, and the data obtained have been published in 

the reports tabulated below: 

Stream-flow data in reports of the United States Geological Surve:g. 

[A=Anual Report; B=Bulletin; WS=Water-Supply Paper.) 

Report. Character of data. 

loth A, pt. 2 .......... Descriptive information only ................................... . 11th A, pt. 2.......... Monthly discharge and descriptive information .. , .•............ 12th A, pt. 2 ............... do ........................................................ .. 

13th A, pt. 3 .... ...... Mean discharge in second-feet .................................. . 

14th A, pt. 2.......... Monthly discharge {long-time records; 1871 to 1893) .......... .. 

B131. .............. .. 16th A, pt. 2 ........ .. B140 ............... .. 

wsn .............. .. 18th A, pt. 4 ......... . 

WS15 ............... . 

WS16 ............... . 

19th A, pt. 4 ......... . 

WS27 .............. .. 

DescrjpHon~, measur~ments, gage heights, and ra£ings •••..•.... Descr1p01ve mformat1on only ................................... . Descriptions/. measurements, gage heights, ratings, and monthly discharge \also many data covering earlier years). Gage helj:hts (also gage heights for esrlier years) ................ . Dwlptmns, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge (also similar data for some earlier years). .. Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights, eastern United 

States, eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River above 

junction with Kansas. 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights western Mississippi River below junction of Missouri and Platte, and western United States. 

Descriptions, measurementsJ ratings, and monthly discharge (also some wng-time recoros). Measurements, ratinj:~ and gage heights, eastern United States, eastern Mississippl.ttiver, and Missouri River. 

Year. 

t8rs9J.o sept., 

1884 to June30, 1891. 1884 to Dec. 31, 1892. 

tess to Dec. 31, 

1893. 

1893 and 1894. 

1895. 

1896. 

1895 and 1896. 

1897. 

1897. 

1897. 

1898. 
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS. V 

Stream-flow data in reports of the United States Geological Survey-Continued. 

Report. Character of data. 

WS 28................ Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, Arkansas River and western United States. 

20th A, pt. 4 ..••...... Monthly discharge (also for many earlier years) •................ 

:s~ ~. ~t~~::::::::::: ~~cgr;i~¥:.;:a';t;~~~~~-t_s: -~~~~ -~~~~~~·- ~~-~ _r~t~~s_-_-_:::::::: WS 47 to 52 ••......... Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings ••••••••.. 22d A, pt. 4 •••••.••••• Monthly discharge ............................................. . WS 65, 66 .•........... Descri~tions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings •••..•.... 

~n g~-~-~&:::::::::: . ~~~!!~~~~~1~~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::: 

WS 124 t() 135 .••..........• do .......................................................... . WS 165 to 178 .••..........• do .......................................................... . WS 201 to 214 ••...........• do .......................................................... . WS 241 to 252 .............. do .......................................................... . WS261 to272 •............• do .......................................................... . WS 281 to 292 .•..........•• do •...................................... _- .................. . WS 301 to 312 .............. do .......................................................... . WS 321 to 332 a ••... , . ..... do .......................................................... . WS 351 to362a ....•....... do .......................................................... . 

a In preparation. 

Year. 

1898. 

1898. 

1899. 

1899. 

1900. 

1900. 

1901. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907-8. 

1909. 

1910. 

1911. 

1912. 

1913. 

N OTE.-N o data regarding stream flow are given in the fifteenth and seventeenth annual reports. 

The records at most of the stations discussed in these reports 

extend over a series of years, and miscellaneous measurements at 

many poin~s other than regular gaging stations have been made 

each year. An index of the reports containing. records obtained 

prior to 1904 has been published in Water-Supply Paper 119. 

The following table gives, by years and drainage basins, the numbers of the papers on surface-water supply published from 1899 to 

1913. The data for any particular station will be found in the 

reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. 

For example, data for Machias River at Whitneyville, Me., 1903 to 

1913, are published in Water-Supply Papers 97, 124, 165, 201, 241, 

261, 281, 301, 321, and 351, which contain records for the New 

England streams from 1903 to 1913. Results of miscellaneous 

meas~rements are published by drainage basins. 
Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream measurements, 1899-1913. 

1899a 1900b 1901 1902 1903 

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North Atlantic coast •....••. 35 47, c 48 65,75 82 97 { 

South Atlantic coast and 

eastern Gulf of MeXico ••••• 935,36 48 65,75 g 82,83 g 97,98 

Ohio River ••.••••••.••••••. 36 48,1649 65,75 83 98 

St. Lawrence River and 

GrtlBt Lakes ••• : •.•..•..... 36 49 65,75 j 82,83 97 

Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River •••.•......... 36 49 165,66,75 183,85 198, 99, k 100 

Missouri River •••••..•.••••• 136,37 49,m 50 66,75 84 99 

Lower Mississippi River ••••. 37 50 165,66,75 183,84 198,99 

Western Gulf of MeXico ••••• 37 50 66,75. 84 99 

Colorado River •••...•••••••• 0 37,38 50 66,75 85 100 

·GrtlBt Basin •••••••.•••.••••• 38,9 39 51 66,75 85 100 

California.------------------ 38,• 39 51 66,75 85 100 

North Pacific coast •••••..... 38 51 66,75 85 100 

a Rating tables and index to Water-Supply Papers 35-a9 contained in Water-Supply Paper39. b Rating tables and index to Water-SuJlvlY Papers 47-52 and data on precipitation, wellS, and irrigation in California anaUtah contained in Water-Supply Paper 52. c Wissahickon and Schuylkill rivers to James River. 

d New England rivers only. • Hudson River to Delaware River1 inclusive. 

I Susquehanna River to Yadkin R1ver, inclusive. .g James River only. li Scioto River. 

fLake Ontario and tributaries to St. Lawrence River proper. I Tn"butaries of Misslssippi from east. 

1904 1905 1906 1907-8 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 

------------ d 124, •125 d 165, •166 d 201, •202 } 241 261 281 301 321 351 I 126 1167 /203 

I 126,127 /167,168 /203,204 242 262 262 302 322 352 

128 169 205 243 .. 263 283 303 323 353 

129 170 206 244 264 284 304 324 354 

1128,130 171 207 245 265 235 305 325 355 

130,n131 172 208 246 266 236 306 326 356 

i 123,131 1169,173 1205,209 247 267 287 307 327 357 

132 174 210 246 268 288 308 323 358 

. 133 175,1' 177 211 249 269 289 309 329 359 

133, r 134 176, r 177 212,•213 250,r251 270,•271 290,<291 310 330 360 

134 177 213 251 271 291 311 331 361 

135 t 177,178 214 252 272 292 312 332 362 

k Hudson Bay only. 1 Gallatin River. . . m Lou:e and Platte rivers near Columbus, Nebr., and all tn"butaries below junction Wlth Platte. n Platte and KansBB rivers. • Green and Gunnison rivers and Grand River above junction with Gunnison. P Below junction with Gila. · q Mohave River only. r Great BBBin in California, excepting Truckee and Carson drainage bSBins . • Kings and Kern rivers only. t Rogue, Umpqua, and Siletz rivers ouly. 

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HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS, VII 

In these papers and in the following lists the stationS are arranged 

in downstream order. The main stem of any river is determined 

by measuring or estimating its drainage area-that is, the headwater 

stream having the largest drainage area is considered the continuation of the main stream, and local changes in name and lake surface 

are disregard£~d. .All stations from the source to the mouth of the 

main· stem of the river are presented first, and the tributaries in 

regular order from source to mouth follow, the streams in each tributary basin being listed before those of the next basin below. 

The exceptions to this rule occur in the records for Mississippi 

River, which are given in four parts, as indicated on page III, and in 

the records for large lakes, where it is simpler to take up the streams 

hi regular order around the rim of the lake than to cross back and 

forth over the lake surface. 

PART V. HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 

DRAINAGE BASINS~ 

PRINCiPAL STREAMS. 

The Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River b8.3ins include 

streains whose waters reach Hudson Bay and the Mississippi above 

its junction with the Ohio (except the Missouri). The principal 

streams flowing into Hudspn Bay from the United States are St. 

Mary River, Red River, and Rainy River. The principal tributaries 

of the upper Mississippi are Crow Wing, Sauk, Crow, Rum, Minnesota, 

St. Croi)c, Chippewa, Zumbro, Black, Root, Wisconsin, Wapsipinicon, 

Rock, Iowa, Des Moines, illinois, Fox, and Kaskaski'a rivers. These 

streams drain wholly or in part the States of Tllinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

Minnesota, Missouri, Montana1 North Dakota, South Dakota, and 

WISconsin. 

In addition to the list of gaging stations and the annotated list of 

publications relating specifically. to the section, these pages contain 

a similar list of reports that are of general interest in many sections 

and cover a wide range of hydrologic subjects, and also brief refel'" 

· ences to reports published by State and other organizations. (See 

pp. 60-61.) 

GAGING STATIONS. 

NoTE.-Dash after a. date Indicates that station was being maintained June 30, 1913. Period after a 

date Indicates discontinuance. 

HUDSON BAY DRAINAGE BASIN. 

St. Mary River near Babb .(formerly dam site), Mont., 1902-1910. 

St. Mary River below Swiftcurrent Creek, at Babb, Mont., 1901-2; 1910-

St. Mary River near Kimball, Canada, 1902-

Swiftcurrent Creek near Babb (formerly Wetzel), Mont., 1902-1910. 

Swiftcurrent Creek at McDermott Lake, Mont., 1912-

Swiftcurrent Creek at Sherburne Lake, Mont., 1912-

, Kennedy Creek near Babb (formerly Wetzel), Mont., 1903-1905. 

Ottertail River near Fergus Falls, Minn., 1904- · 

Red River near Fergus·Falls, Minn., 1909-10. 

Red River at Fargo, N.Dak., 1901-

Red River at Grand Forks, N.Dak., 1901- (gage height record 189~1901). 

Red River at Emerson; Manitoba, 1900-1902. 

Pelican River near Fergus Falls, Minn., 1909-

Sheyenne River at Haggart,·N. Dak., 1902-1907. 

Wild Rice River at Twin Valley, Minn., 190~-

·Devils Lake near Devils Lake, N.Dak., 1901-1911. 

Red Lake River at Thief River Falls, Minn., 1909-

Red Lake River at Crookston, Minn., 1901-

Thlef River near Thief River Falls, Minn., 1909-

Clearwater River at Red Lake Falls, Minn., 1909-

Two Rivers, South Branch, Halleck, Minn., 1911-

572980--14----2 53 
54 STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

Red River .tributaries-Continued. 

Pembina River at Neche, N.Dak., 1903-

Roseau River, West Branch, near Malung, Minn., 1911-

Mouse River near Foxholm, N.Dak., 1904-1906. 

Mouse River at Minot, N.Dak., 1903-

Des Lacs River at Foxholm, N.Dak., 1904-1906. 

Rainy Lake near Rainier, Minn., 1910-

Rainy River at International Falls, Minn., 1909-

Little Fork of Rainy River at Little Fork, Minn., 1909-

Big Fork River at Big Falls, Minn., 1909-1912.' 

Big Fork River near Laurel, Minn., 1909. 

Black River near Loman, Minn., 1909. 

Kawishiwi River at Kawishhvi. Falls, near Winton, Minn., 1912-

Vermilion River below Lake Verniilion near Tower, Minn., 1911-

UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN. 

Mississippi River above Sandy River, Minn., 1895-

Mississippi River near Fort Ripley, Minn., 1909-10. 

Mississippi River near Sauk Rapids, Minn., 1903-1906. 

Mississippi River at .Anoka, Minn.; 1905-

Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn., 1873-

Sandy River below Sandy Lake Reservoir, }finn., 1893-

Pine River below Pine River Reservoir, Minn., 1895-

Prairie River near Grand Rapids, Minn., 1909. 

Crow Wing River at Nimrod, Minn., 1910-

Crow Wing River at Motley, Minn., 1909. 

Crow Wing River at Pillager, Minn., 1903; 1909-1913. 

Long Prairie River near Motley, Minn., 1909-

Sauk River near St. Cloud, Minn., 1909-

Elk River near Big Lake, Minn., 1911-

Crow River at Rockford River, Minn., 1909-

Crow River near Dayton, Minn., 1906. 

Crow River, North Fork, near Rockford, Minn., 1909-10. 

Crow River, South Fork, near Rockford, Minn., 1909-1912. 

Rum River at Onamia, Minn., 1909-1912. 

Rum River at Cambridge, Minn., 1909-

Rum River at St. Francis, Minn., 1903. 

Rum River near Anoka, Minn., 1905-1909. 

Minnesota River near Odessa, Minn., 1909-1913. 

Minnesota River near Montevideo, Minn., 1909-

Minnesota River near Mankato, Minn., 1903-

Whetstone River near Bi~ Stone, S.Dak., 1910-1912. 

Lac qui Parle River at Lac qui Parle, Minn., 1910-

Chippewa River near Watson, Minn., 1909-

Redwood River near Redwood Falls, Minn., 1909-

Cottonwood River near New Ulm, Minn., 1909-

Blue Earth River at Rapidan Mills, Minn., 1909-10. 

St. Croix River near St. Croix Falls, Wis., 1902-1911. 

Kettle River near Sandstone, Minn., 1908-

Snake River at Mora, Minn., 1909-1913. 

Snake River at Pine City, Minn., 1913-

Cannon River at Welch, Minn., 1909-

Chippewa River at Chippewa Falls, Wis., 1899-
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS. 55 

Mississippi River tributaries-Continued. 

Chippewa River near Eau Claire, Wis., 1902-1909. 

Flambeau River near Ladysmith, Wis., 1903-1906. 

Red Cedar River at Cedar Falls, Wis., 1909-

Red Cedar River at Menominee, Wis., 1907-8; 1913-

Zumbro River at Zumbro Falls, Minn., 1909-

South Fork of Zumbro River near Zumbro Falls, Minn., 1911-

Black River at Neillsville, Wis., 1905-1909. 

Black River at Melrose, Wis., 1902-3. 

Root River near Houston, Minn., 1909-

Root River, North Branch, near Lanesboro, Minn., 191oWisconsin River near Rhinelander, Wis., 1905-

Wisconsin River at Merrill, Wis., 1902-

Wisconsin River near Necedah, Wis., 1902-

Wisconsin River at Muscoda, Wis., 1902-3. 

Maquoketa River at Manchester, Iowa, 1903. 

Wapsipinicon River at Stone City, Iowa, 1903-

Rock River above mouth of Pecatonica River at Rockton, Ill., 1903. 

Rock River below mouth of Pecatonica River at Rockton, Ill., 1903-1909. 

Rock River near Nelson, Ill,, 1906. 

Rock River at Sterling, Ill., 1905-6. 

Catfish River at Madison, Wis., 1902-3. 

Lake Mendota at Madison, Wis., 1902-3. 

Iowa River near Iowa Falls, Iowa, 1911-

Iowa River at Marshalltown, Iowa, 1903. 

Iowa River at Iowa City, Iowa, 1903-1906. 

Cedar River near Austin, Minn., .1909-

Red Cedar River at Janesville, Iowa, 1905-6. 

Cedar River at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1903-

Des Moines River at Jackson, Minn., 1909-

Des Moines River at Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1905-6; 1911-

Des Moines River at Des Moines, Iowa, 1902-3; 1905-6._ 

Des Moines River at Keosauqua, Iowa, 1903-1906; 1911-

Raccoon River near Des Moines, Iowa, 1902-3. 

Illinois River near Minoka, IlL, 1903-4. 

Illinois River near Seneca, Ill., 1903. 

Illinois River near Ottawa, Ill., 1903-4. 

Illinois River near La Salle, 1903. 

Illinois River near Peoria, Ill., 1903-1906. 

Kankakee River at Davis, Ind., 1905-6. 

Kankakee River at Momence, Ill., 1905-6. 

Yellow River at Knox, Ind., 1905-6. 

Desplaines River above mouth of Jackson Creek near Channahon, Ill., 1903-

1906. . 

Desplaines River, above Kankakee River, near Channahon, Ill., 1902-3. 

Fox River at Sheridan, Ill., 1905-6. 

Fox River at Ottawa, Ill., 1903. 

Sangamon River at Monticello, Ill., 1908-1912. 

Sangamon River at Decatur, Ill., 1905. 

Sangamon River at Riverton, Ill., 1908-1912. 

Sangamon River at Springfield, Ill., 1903. 

Sangamon River near pakford, Ill., 1909-1912. 

Sangamon River near Chandlerville, Ill., 1908. 

Sangamon River, South Fork, near Taylorville, Ill., 1908-1912. 

Salt Creek near Kenny, Ill., 1908-1912. 
56 STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

Mississippi River, tributaries---Continued. 

Cahokia Creek near Poag, Ill., 1909-1912. 

Kaskaskia River near Arcola, Ill., 1908-1912. 

Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville, Ill., 1908-1912. 

Kaskaskia River at Vandalia, Ill., 1908-191~. 

Kaskaskia River at Carlysle, Ill., 1908-1912. 

Kaskaskia River at New Athens, Ill., 1909-1912. 

Shoal Creek near Breese, Ill., 1909-1912. 

Silver Creek near Lebanon, Ill., 1908-1912. 

Big Muddy River near CaiP.bon, Ill., 1908-1912. 

Beaucoup Creek near Pinclmeyville, Ill., 1908-1913. 

REPORTS ON WATER RESOURCES OF THE HUDSON BAY AND 

UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS. 

PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

WATER-SUPPLY PAPERS. 

Water-supply papers are distributed free by the Geological Survey as long as its stock lasts. An asterisk 

(*}indicates that this stock has been exhausted. Many of the papers marked in this way may, however, 

be purchased (at prices noted} from the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, W ASHINGTO!i, D. C. Omis· 

sion of the price indicates that the report is not obtainable from Government sources. Water-supply 

papers are of octavo size. ' · · 

57. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, Part I (Alabama-Montana) 

by N.H. Darton. 1902. 60 pp. (See No. 149.) 5c. - ' 

61. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, Part II {Nebraska-Wyoming), 

by N.H. Darton. 1902. 67 pp. 5c . . Nos. 57 and 61 contain information as to depth, diameter., yield, and head of water in borings 

more than 400 feet deep; under head "Remarks" give information concerning temperature,· 

quality of water, purposes of boring, etc. The lists are arranged by states, and the States are 

arranged alphabetically. A second revised edition was published in 1905 as Water-Supply 

Paper 149 (q. v.). 

96. Destructive floods in the United States in 1903, by E. C. Murphy. 1904. 81 pp; 

13 pls. 15c, 

Contains notes on early floods in Mississippi Valley. 

102. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1903; M. L. Fuller, 

geologist in charge. 1904. 522 pp. 30c. 

Contains brief reprn;ts on wells and springs of Minnesota and Missouri 

The reports comprise tabulated well records givfug information as to location, owner, depth, 

yield, head, etc., supplemented by notes as to elevation above sea, material penetrated, temperature, use, and quality; many miscellaneous analyses. 

114. Underground waters of eastern United States: M. L. Fuller, geologist in charge. 

1905. 285 pp., 18 pls. 25c. 

Contains brief reports as follows: 

Missouri, by E. M. Shepard. 

Iowa, by W. H. Norton. 

Minnesota, by C. W. Hall. 

Wisconsin district, by Alfred R. Schultz. 

illinois, by Frank Leverett. 

Indiana, by Frank Leverett. 

Each of these reports describes briefly the topography of-the area, the relation of the geology 

to the water Slipplies, and gives list of"pertinent publications; lists also principal mineral springs. 

145. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1905; M. L. Fuller, 

geologist in charge. 1905. 220 pp., 6 pls. 

Con4tins two reports relating to areas draining to Hudson Bay or upper Mississippi River: 

Water resources of Mineral Point quadrangle, Wisconsin, by U.S. Grant. Describes springs, 

streams, and shallow and deep wells. 

Water supplies at Waterloo, Iowa, by W. H. Norton. S.ummarizes results of investigations to 

determine availability of artesian water tp replace the surface supply from Cedar River; discusses necessity of test wells, supplementary supplies, artesian head, and permanency of flow. 
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS. 57 

149. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, second edition with 

additions, by N. H .. Darton. 1905. 175 pp. 10c. 

Given by States (and within the States by counties), the location, depth, diameter, yield, 

height of water, and other features of wells 400 feet or more in depth; includes all wells listed 

in Water-Supply Papers 57 and 61; mentions also principal publications relating to deep 

borings. 

*156. Water powers of northern Wisconsin, by L. S. Smith. 1906. 144 pp., 5 pis. 

Describes by river systems the drainage, geology, topography, rainfall, and run-off, water 

powers, and dams. 

*162. Destructive floods in the United States in 1905, with a discussion of flood discharge and frequency and an index of flood literature, by E. C. Murphy and 

others. 1906. 105 pp., 4 pis. 

Contains accounts of floods in southeastern Minnesota, on Devils Creek, Iowa, and in Des 

Moines County, Iowa; gives estimates of flood discharge and frequency on Illinois River and 

on Mississippi River at St. Paul; gives also index to literature on floods on American streams 

*193. The quality of surface waters in Minnesota, by R. B. Dole and F. F. Wesbrook. 

1907. 171 pp., 7 pis. 

Describes by river basins the topography, geology, and soils, the industrial and municipal 

pollution of the streams, and gives notes on the municipalities; contains many analyses. 

*194. Pollution of Illinois and Mississippi Rivers by Chicago sewage (a digest of the 

testimony taken in the case of the State of Missouri v. the State of Illinois 

and the Sanitary District of Chicago), by M. 0. Leighton. 1907. 369 pp., 

2 pis. 

Scope indicated by amplification of title. 

*195. Underground waters of Missouri, their geology and utilization, by E. M. Shepard. 

1907. 224 pp., 6 pls. 

Describes the topography and geology of the State, the waters of the various formations, all.d 

discusses the water supplies by districts and counties, gives statistics of city water supplies, 

analyses of waters, and many well records. 

*227. Geology and underground waters of South Dakota, by N.H. Darton. 1909. 

156 pp., 15 pis. 

Describes physical features, geologic formation~, water horizons, and, by counties, deep wells 

and well prospects; gives notes on construction and management of artesian wells. 

236. The quality of surface waters in the United States: Part I, Analyses of waters 

east of the one hundredth meridian, by R. B. Dole. 1909. 123 pp. 

Describes collection of samples, method of examination, preparation of solutions, accuracy 

of estimates, and expression of analytical results; gives results of analyses of waters of Mississippi 

Minnesota, Chippewa, Wisconsin, Rock, Iowa, Cedar, Des Moines, illinois, Kankakee, Fox, 

Sangamon, Kaskaskia, and Big Muddy rivers. 

239. The quality of the surface waters of Illinois, by W. D. Collins. 1910. 94 

pp., 3 pis. 

Discusses the naturhl and economic features that determine the character of the streams, 

describes the larger drainage basins, and the methods of collecting and analyzing the samples 

of water, and discusses each river in detail with reference to its source and course and the quality 

of water; includes short chapters on municipal supplies and industrial uses. · 

254. 'The underground waters of north-central Indiana, by S. R. Capps, with a 

· chapter on the chemical character of the waters, by R. B. Dole. 1910. 

279 pp., 7 pis. 

Describes relief, drainage, vegetation, soils, and crops, industrial development, geologic formations; sources, movements, occurrence, and volume of ground water; methods of well construction and lifting devices; discusses in detail for each county, surface features and drainage, geology 

and ground water, city, village, and rural supplies, and gives records of wells and analyses of 

waters. ·Discusses also, under chemical character, methods of analyses and expression of results, 

mineral constituents, effect of the constituents on waters for, domestic and industrial and medicinal uses, methods of purification, chemical composition; many analyses and field assays. 
58 STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

_256. ·Geology and underground waters of southern Minnesota, by C. W. Hall, 0. E, 

Meinzer, and M. L. Fuller. 1911. 406 pp., 18 pls. 

Discusses the physiography of the State, geologic formations and their water-bearing capacity, 

artesian conditions, the mineral quality of the underground waters, types of wells, finishing 

wells in sand, drilling in quartzite, fluctuation in yield and head, "blowing" and "breathing" 

wells; freezing of wells, drainage by wells, hydraulic rains, and scientific prospecting for water, 

municiphl supplies; power; storage and distribution; consumption of water; prices; sanitation. 

Gives by counties details concerning surface features, rocks, yield, head, and quality of water, 

and summaries and analyses. 

"293. Underground water resources of Iowa, by W. H. Norton, W. S. Hendrixson. 

H. E. Simpson, 0. E. Meinzer, and others. 1912. 994 pp., 18 pls. 

Describes the relief, drainage, temperature, and precipitation of _the State and the geologic 

formations; discusses the geologic occurrence of underground waters, artesian phenomena and 

and yield of artesian wells, the chemical composition of underground waters, municipal, domestic 

and industrial water supplies, and mineral watets; gives details concerning topography, geology, 

underground waters, and city and village supplies by districts and counties. 

ANNUAL REPORTS. 

Each of the papers contained in the annual reports was also Issued in separate form. 

Annual reports are distributed free by the Geological Survey as long as its stock lasts. An asterisk (*) 

indicates that this stock has been exhausted. Many of the papers so marked, however, may be purchased 

from the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 

*Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1894-95. 4 parts. 

Pt. II. Papers of an economic character, pp. xix, 598, 43 pls. Contains: 

*The public lands and their water supply, by F. H. Newell, pp. 457-533, Pis. XXXV to 

XXXIX. Describes general character of the public lands, the lands disposed of (railroad, grant, 

and swamp lands, and private miscellaneous entries), lands reserved (Indian, forest, and military 

reservations), the vacant lands, and the rate of disposal of vacant lands; discusses the streams,. 

wells, and reservoirs as souroes of water supply; gives details for each State. 

Seventeenth Annua~ Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1895-96, Charies 

D. Walcott, Director, 1896: 3 parts in 4 vols. Pt. II. Economic geology and 

hydrography, pp. xxv, 864, 113 Pls. Contains: 

Preliminary report on artesian waters of a portion of the Dakotas, by N. H. Darton, pp. 603-694, 

Pis. lxlx to evil. Gives an outline of the geologic relations; describes the water horizons and 

the extent of the artesian water, and gives details concerning wells· and prospects by counties; 

discusses the origin, amount, pressure, head, and composition of the artesian waters, the use of 

artesian water for power, and gives details concerning artesian irrigation by counties; contains 

also remarks on the construction and management of artesian wells. 

*The water re.'IDurces of Tillnois, by Frank Leverett, pp. 691Hl49, Pis. cviii to cxiii. Describes 

the physical features of the State, and the drainage basins, including Illinois, Des Plaines, Kan· 

kskee, Fox, TI!inois-Vermilion, Spoon, Mackinaw, and Sangamon rivers, Macoupin Creek, Rock 

River, tributaries of the Mississippi in western Illinois, Kaskaskia, Big Muddy, and tributaries of 

the Wabash; discusses the raiofall and run-off; navigable waters and water powers, the wells 

supplying water for rural.aistricts, and artesian wells; contains tabulated artesian well data and 

water analyses. 

Eighteenth Annual P.eport of the United States Geological Survey, 1896-97, 5 parts in 

6 vols., Pt. IV, Hydrography, pp. x, 756, 102 pls. Contains: 

*The water resources of Indiana and Ohio, by Frank Leverett, pp. 419-560,pls. xxxiii to xxxvii. 

Describes the Wabash, Whitewat.er, Great Miami, Little Miami, Scioto, Hocking, Musklngum, 

and Beaver rivers, streams and lesser tributaries of the Ohio in Indiana and Ohio, the streains 

discharging into Lal..'ll Erie and Lake Michigan, and streams flowing to the upper Mississippi 

through the Tillnois; discusses shallow and drift wells, the flowing wells from the drift and deeper 

artesian wells, and gives records ol wells at many of the cities; describes the mineral springs, and 

gives analyses of the waters; contains also tabulated lists ol cities using surface waters for waterworks, and of cities and villages using shallow and deep well waters; discusses the source and 

quality of the city and village supplies; and gives precipitation tables for various points. 
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS. 59 

BULLETINS. 

An asterisk (*) indicat~s that the Geological Survey's stock of the paper is exhausted. Many of the papers 

SO marked may be purchased from the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUli!ENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 

264. Record of deep-well drilling for 1904, by M. L. Fuller, E. F. Lines, and A. C. 

Veatch. 1905. 106 pp. 

Discusses the importance of accurate well records to the driller, to owners of on; gas, and water 

wells, and to the geologist; describes the general methods of work; gives tabulated records of 

wells in Illinois and Iowa, and detailed records of wells in Boone, Dupage, Henry, and La Salle 

counties, Ill., and Des Moines and Scott counties, Iowa. These· wells were selected because they 

give definite stratigraphic information. 

*298. Record of deep-well drilling for 1905, by M. L. Fuller and Samuel'Sanford. 1906. 

299 pp. 

Gives an account of progress in the collection of well records and samples; contains tabulated 

records of wells in nrmois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

and Wisconsin; and detailed records of wells in Brown, Hancock, La Salle, Pike, and Schuyler 

counties, Ill.; Blackhawk, Floyd, Louisa, Mahaska, Scott, and Wapello counties, Iowa;·and 

Hennepin, Ottertail, and Pine counties, Minn. The wells of which detailed sections are given 

were selected because they afford valuable stratigraphic information. 

GEOLOGIC FOLIOS. 

· Under the plan adopted for the preparation of a geologic map of the United States 

the entire ania ls divided into small quadrangles, bounded by certain meridians and 

parallels, and these quadrangles, whlch number several thousand, are separately 

surveyed and mapped. 1 The unit of survey is also the unit of publication, and the 

maps and description of each quadrangle are issued in the form of a folio. When all 

the folios are completed they will constitute a Geologic Atlas of the United States. 

A folio is designated by the name of the principal town or of a prominent natural 

feature within the quadrangle.. Each folio includes maps showing the topography, 

geology, underground structure, and mi.neral deposits of the area mapped and several 

pages of descriptive text. The text explains the maps and describes the topographic 

and geologic features of the country and its mineral products. The topographic map 

shows roads, railroads, waterways, and, by contour lines, the shapes of hills and valleys and the height above sea level of all points in the quadrangle. The areal-geology 

map shows the distribution of the various rocks at the surface. The structural-geology 

map shows the relations of the rocks to one another underground. The economicgeology map indicates the location of mineral deposits'tha tare commercially valuable. 

The artesian-water map shows the depth to underground-water horizons. Economicgeology and artesian-water maps are included in folios if the conditions in the areas 

mapped warrant their publication. The folios are of special interest to students of 

geography and geology and are valuable as guides in the development and utilization 

of mineral resources. 

The folios numbered from 1 to 163, inclusive, are published in only one form (18 by 

22 inches), called the library edition. Some of the folios that bear numbers higher 

than 163 are published also in an octavo edition (6 by 9 inches). Owing to a fire in 

the Geological Survey building May 18, 1913, the stock of geologic folios was more or 

less damaged by fire and water, but 80 or 90 per cent of the folios are usable. They 

will be sold at the uniform price of 5 cents each, with no reduction for wholesale 

orders. This rate applies to folios in stock from 1 to 184, inclusive (except reprints), 

also to the library edition of folio 186. The library edition of !olios 185, 187, and 

higher numbers sells for 25 cents a copy, except that some folios which contain an 

'Index maps showmg areas in the Hudson Bay and Upper Mississippi River basins covered by topographic maps and by geologic folios will be mailed on receipt of request addressed to the Director, U. s. 

Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 
60 STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

unusually large amount of matter sell at higher prices. The octavo edition of folio 

185 and higher numbers sells for 50 cents a copy. If 34 folios selling at 25 cents each 

(or their equivalent in higher priced folios) are ordered at one time a discount of 40 

pe~ cent is allowed; $5.10 is the minimum amount accepted at this rate. 

All the folios contain descriptions of the drainage of the quadrangles. The folios 

in the following li~t contain also brief discussions of the underground waters in 

connection With the economic resources of the areas and more or less information 

concerning the utilization of the water resources. 

An asterisk (*) indicates that the stock of the folio is exhausted. 

114. DeSmet, South Dakota. 

Describes an area which drains in part through James River to the Missouri and in part into 

a system of lakes which sometimes overflow into the basin of the Big Sioux and may thus reach 

the upper Mississippi; discusses general geology and geologic history, and, under the heading 

"Economic geology," the water resources, including the lakes, springs, and streams, and shallow 

and deep wells; gives an account of the water horizons of the main artesian supply, and the 

limits of the artesian area; and discusses causes of apparent decline in pressure; contains an 

artesian water map showing areas in which wells may be expected to flow. 

117. Casselton-Fargo, North Dakota-Minnesota. 

Describes an area representing a typical section across the so-called valley of Red River, 

including a small extent of prairie upland on the west; discusses the relief of the area; describes 

the principal rivers, gives an account of the general geology, including a brief history of Lake 

Agassiz, and under" Economic geology" gives a somewhat detailed account of the water supply, 

including descriptions and logs of principal wells and tabulated well records; contains artesian 

water maps showing areas which will probably yield flowing wells. 

*145. Lancaster-Mineral Point, Wisconsin-Iowa-Illinois. 

Describes the relief and drainage of the Lancaster and Mineral Point quadrangles and the stratigraphic, structural, and historical geology; under "Economic geology" discusses the springs, 

shallow and deep wells, streams and water power; gives analyses of artesian water from \\ell at 

Dubuque, Iowa. 

168. Jamestown-Tower (Jamestown, Eckelson, and Tower quadrangles), North 

- Dakota. 

Describes au area in eastern N crth Dakota, including a portion of Cass, Barnes, Stutsman, 

Ransom, and Lamoure counties, drained in part by streams that ultimately discharge into Hudson Bay and in part by streams that finally reach the Gulf of Mexico; describes the relief, drainage, and geology of the area, and, under "Economic geology," shallow, deep, and artesian wells; 

discusses head, pressure, power, volume, and character of the water, and gives a tabulated list 

of representative wells; contains an artesian water.map showing areas in which flowing wells 

may probably be obtained. 

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS. 

Other Federal bureaus and State and other organizations have 

from time to time published reports relating to the water resources of 

the various sections of the country. Notable among those pertaining to the Hudson' Bay and upper Mississippi River basins are the 

reports of the State surveys of Illinois and North Dakota, the Illinois 

Water-Supply Commission, and the Rivers and Lakes Commission 

of Illinois, and the water-power report of the Tenth Census (vol. 17). 

The following reports deserve special mention: 

Contributions to the physical geography of the United States, Part I, On the physical geography of the Mississippi Valley, with suggestions for the improvement of navigation of the Ohio and other rivers, by Charles Ellet, jr.: Smithsonian Pub. 13, Wash· 

ington, 1850. 

The Mississippi and Ohio rivers, by Charles H. Ellet. 1853. 

Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi River, by A. A. Humphreys and H. L. Abbott, 1876. 
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS, 61 

The mineral COIJ.tent of Illinois waters, by Edward Bartow, J. A. Udden, S. W. 

Parr, and George T. Palmer: Illinois State Geol. Survey Bull. 10, 1909. 

Water resources of the East St. Louis district, by Isaiah Bowman: Illinois State 

Geol. Survey Bull. 5, 1907. . 

Chemical and biological survey of waters of Illinois, by Edward Bartow: Univ. 

Illinois Pub. 3, 6, 7, 1906-1909." 

Chemical survey of the waters of Illinois, report for the years 1897-1902, by A. W. 

Palmer, with report on Geology oflllinois as related to its water supply, by Charles 

W. Rolfe: Univ. Illinois Pub. 

Report and plans for the reclamation of lands subject to overflow in the Kaskaskia 

River Valley, Illinois; begun under the direction of the Internal Improvement Commission; completed and published under the direction of the Rivers and Lakes Com• 

mission of Illinois, by Jacob A. Harmon. 1912. 

Diversion of the waters of the Great Lakes by way of the sanitary and ship canal of 

Chicago: A brief of the facts and issues, by-Lyman E. Cooley; Chicago, 1913. 

The State of Missouri vs, the State of Illinois and the Sanitary district of Chicago, 

before Frank S. Bright, Commissioner of the Supreme Court of the United States. 1904. 

The mineral waters of Indiana, their location, origin, and character, by W. S. Blatchley: Indiana Dept. Geology and Nat. Res. Twenty-sixth Ann. Rept., 1901. 

Report on the water resourses investigation of Minnesota by the State Drainage 

Commission, 1910. 

Report of the commission on conservation [Montana] on bills relating to. the public 

lands, water l,'ights, and the protection and preservation of the forests, 1911. 

Governor's message relating to conservation [in Montana] on bills relating to public 

lands, water rights, and the protection and preservation of the forests. · 

Water resource!! of the Devils Lake region, North Dakota, by E. J. Babcock:. North 

Dakota Geol. Survey,Second Bienn. Rept., 1903. · · 

Many of these reports can be obtained by applying to the several 

organizations, and most of them can be consulted in -the public 

lib_raries of the larger cities. 

•. 

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HYDROLOGIC REPORTS OF GENERAL 

INTEREST. 

The following list comprises reports not readily classifiable by drainage basins and covering a wide range of hydrologic investigations: 

WATER-SUPPLY PAPERS. 

*1. Pumping water for irrigation, by H. M. Wilson. 1896. 57 pp., 9 pis. 

Describes pumps and motive powers, windmills, water wheels, aud various kinds of engines; 

also storage reservoirs to retain pumped water until needed for irrigation. 

*3. Sewage irrigation, by G. W. Rafter. 1897. 100 pp., 4 pis. (See Water-Supply 

Paper 22.) 

Discusses methods of sewage disposal by intermittent filtration and by irrigation; describes 

utilization of sewage in Germany, England, a)ld France and sewage purification in the United 

States. 

*8. Windmills for irrigation, by E. C. Murphy. 1897. 49 pp., 8 pls. 

Gives results of experimental tests of windmills during the summer of 1896 in the vicinity of 

Garden, Kansas; describes instruments and methods and draws conclusions. 

*14. New tests of <;ertain pumps and water lifts used in irrigation, by 0. P. Hood. 

1898. 91 pp., 1 pl. 

Discusses efficiency of pumps and water lifts of various types. 

*20. Experiments with windmills, by T. 0. Perry. 1899. 97 pp., 12 pis. 

Includes tables and descriptions of wind wheels, makes comparisons of wheels of several types 

and discusses results. · 

*22. Sewage irrigation, Part II, by G. W. Rafter. 1899. 100 pp., 7 pis. 

Gives resume of Water,Supply PaperNo. 3; discusses pollution of certain streams, experiments 

on purification of factory wastes in, Massachusetts, value of commercial fertilizers, and describes 

American sewage disposal plants by States; contains bibliography of publications relating to 

sewage, utilization and disposal. 

*32. Water resources of Puerto Rico, by H. M. Wilson. 1899. 48 pp., 17 pis. 15c. 

Describes briefly topography, climate, rivers, irrigation methods, soils, forestation, water· 

power, and transportation facilities. 

41. The windmill; its efficiency and economic use, Part I, by E. C. Murphy. 1901. 

72 pp., 14 pis. 15c. 

*42. The windmill; its efficiency and economic use, Part II, by E. C. Murphy. 1901. 

75 pp., 2 pis. 10c. 

Nos. 41 and 42 give details of results of experimental tests with windmills of various types. 

43. Conveyance of water in irrigation canals, flumes, and pipes, by Samuel Fortier. 

1901. 86 pp., 15 pis. 

44. Profiles of rivers in the United States, by Henry Gannett. 1901. 100 pp., 11 pis. 

15c. 

Gives elevations and distance along rivers of the United States; also brief descriptions of many 

of the streams. Arrangement geographic. Many river profiles are scattered through other 

reports on surface waters in various parts of the United States. 

56. Methods of stream measurement. 1901. 51 pp,, 12 pis. 15c. 

Describes the methods used by the survey in 1901-2. (See also Nos. 64, 94, and 95.) 

IX 
X STREAM-GAGING. STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

57_. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, Part I (Alabama-Montana), 

by N.H. Darton. 1902. 60 pp. (See No. 149.) 5c. 

61. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, Part II (Nebraska-Wyoming), by N. H. Darton. 1902. 67 pp. 

Nos. 57 and 61 contain lnformation as to depth, diameter, yield, and head of water in borings 

more than 400 feet deep; under head "Remarks" gives information concerning temperature, 

quality of water, purposes of boring, etc. The lists are arranged by States, and the States are 

arranged alphabetically. A second revised edition was published in 1905 as Water-Supply 

Paper 149 (q. v.). 5c. · 

64. Accuracy of stream measurements, by E. C. Murphy. 1902. 99 pp., 4 pls. 

(See No. 95.) 10c. 

Describes methods of measuring velocity of water and of measuring and computing stream flow 

and compares results obtained with the defierent instruments and methods; describes also experiments and results at the Cornell University hydraulic laboratory. A second, enlarged edition published as Water-Supply Paper 95. 

*67. The motions of underground waters, by C. S. Slichter. 1902. 106 pp., 8 pls. 

15c. 

Discusses origin, depth, and amount of underground waters; permeability of rocks and porosity 

of soils, causes, rates, and laws of motions of underground water; surface and deep zones of 

flow, and recovery of waters by open wells and artesian and deep wells; treats of the Shape and 

position of the water table; gives simple methods of measuring yield of flowing well; describes 

artesian wells at Savannah, Ga. 

72. Sewage polution in the metropolitan area near New York City and its effect on 

inland water resources, by M. Q, Leighton. 1902. 75 pp., 8 pls. 10c. 

Defines "normal" and "polluted" waters and dlacusses the damage resulting from pollution., 

77. The water resources of Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, by Waldemar Lindgren. 

1903. 62 pp., 4 pls. 10c. 

Describes briefly the topography, geology, coral reefs, climate, soils, vegetation, forests, fauna 

of the island, the springs, running streams and wells, and discusses the utilization of the surface 

and underground waters. 

*80. The relation of raillfall to run-off, by G. W. Rafter.· 1903. 104 pp. 10c. 

Treats of measurements of rainfall and laws and measurements of stream flow; gives rainfall 

run-ofi, and evaporation formulas; discusses effect of forests On rainfall and run-ofi. 

87. Irrigation in India (second edition), by H. M. Wilson. 1903. 238 pp._, 27 pls. 

25c. 

First edition was published in Part IT of the Twelfth Annual Report. 

93. ProceedingS of first conference of engineers of Reclamation Service, with accompanying papers, compiled by F. H. Newell, chief engineer. 1904. 361 pp. 

Contains, in addition to an accoimt of the organization of the hydrographic [water-resources) 

branch of the United States Geological Survey and the reports of the conferences, the following 

papers of more or less general interest: · 

Limits of an irrigation project, by D. W. Ross._ 

Relation of Federal and State laws to irrigation, by Morris Bien. 

Electrical transmission of power for pumping, by H. A. Storrs. 

Correct design and stability of high masonry dams, by Geo. Y. Wisner. 

Irrigation surveys and the use of the planetable, by J. B. Lippincott. 

The use of alkaline waters for irrigation, by Thomas A. Means. 

*94. Hydrographic manual of the United States Geological Survey, prepared by E. C. 

Murphy, J. C. Hoyt, and G. B. Hollister. 1904. 76 pp., 3 pis. 

Gives instruction for field and office work relating to measurements of stream flow by current 

meters. (See also No. 95.) 

95. Accuracy of stream measurements (second, enlarged edition), by E. C. Murphy. 

1904. 169 pp., 6 pls. 

Describes methods of measuring and computing stream flow and compares results derived 

from difierent instruments and methods. (See also No. 94.) 
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HUDSON BAY AND UPPER lVIISSISSIP:J:JI RIVER BASINS. XI 

103. A review of the laws forbidding pollution of inland waters in the United States, 

by E. B. Goodell. 1904. 120 pp. (See No. 152.) 10c. 

Explains the legal principles under which, antipollution statutes becon:lil operative, quotes 

court decisions to show authority for various deductions, and classifies according to scope the 

statutes enacted in the dijl'erent States. 

110. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States; 1904; M. L. Fuller, 

g~logistin charge. 1905. 211 pp., 5 pls. 10C. _ 

Contains the following reports of general interest. The scope of esch paper is indicated by its 

title. 

Description of underflow meter used in measuring the velocity and direction of underground 

water, by Charles S. Slichter. . -

The California or "stovepipe" method of well construction, by Charles S. Slichter. 

Approximate methods of messuring the yield of flowing wells, by Charles S. Slichter. 

Oorrections necessary in accurate determinations of flow from vertical well casings, from notes 

furnished by A. N. Talbot. 

Experiment relating to problems of. well contamination at Quitman, Ga., by S. W. McCallie. 

Notes on the hydrology of Cuba, by M. L. Fliuier. 

113. The disposal of strawboard and oil-well wastes; by R. L. Sackett and Isaiah 

Bowman. 1905. 52 pp., 4 pls. · 5c. 

The first paper discusses the pollution of streams by sewage and by trade wastes, describes the 

manufacture of strawboard and gives results of various experiments in disposing of the waste. 

The second paper describes briefly the topography, drainage, and geology of the region about 

Marion, Ind., the contamination of rock wells and of streams by waste oil and brine. 

114. Underground waters of eastern United States; M. L. Fuller, geologist in charge. 

11}05. 285 pp., 18 pls. 25c. · 

Contains report on "Occurrence of underground waters," by M. L. Fuller, discussing sources, 

amount, and temperature of waters, permeability and storage capacity of rocks, ·water-bearing 

formatiolis, recovery of water by springs, wells, and pumps, essential conditions of artesian flows, 

and general conditions affecting underground waters in eastern United States. 

115. River surveys and profiles made during 1903, by W. C. Hall and_J. c: Hoyt. 

1905. 115 pp., 4 pls. 10c. 

Contains results of surveys made to determine location of undeveloped power sites. 

119. Index to· the hydrographic progress reports of the United States Geological 

Survey, 1888 to 1'903, byJ. C. Hoyt and B. D. Wood. 1905. 253pp. 15c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

120. Bibliographic review- and index of papers relating to underground waters 

published by the United States Geological Survey, 1879-1904, by M. L. 

Fuller. 1905. 128 pp. 10c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

122. Relation of the law to underground waters, by D. W. Johnson. 1905. 55 pp. 

5c. 

Defines and classifies underground \Vaters, gives oommon•law rules relating to their use, and 

cites States legislative acts affecting them, 

140. Field measurements of the rate of movement of undergroundwaters, by C. S. 

Stichter. 1905. 122 pp., 15 pls. 15c. - · 

Discusses the capacity of sand to transmit water, describes messurementsof underflow in Rio 

Hondo, San Gabriel, and Mohave River valleys, Cal., and on Long Island, N.Y.; ·gives results of 

tests of wells and pumping plants, and describes stovepipe method of well construction. 

143. Experiments on steel-concrete pipes on a working scale, by J. H. Quinton. 

1905. 61 pp., 4 pls. 5c. 

Scope Indicated by title. 

144. The normai distribution of chlorine in the natural waters of New York and 

New England, by D. D. Jackson. 1905. 31 pp., 5 pls. 10c. 

Discusses comm9n salt In coast and inland waters, salt as an index to pollution of streams and 

wells, the solutions and .methods used In chlorine determinations, and the use of the normal 

chlorine map; gives charts and tables for chlorine ln. the N!!W England States and New York. -
XII STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

145. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1905; M. L. Fuller, 

geologist in charge. 1905. 220 pp., 6 pis. 10c. 

Contains brief reports of general interest as follows: 

Drainage of ponds into drilled wells, by Robert E. Horton. Discusses efficiency, cost, and 

capacity of drainage wells and gives statistics of such wells in southern Michigan. 

Construction of so-called fountain and geyser springs, by Myron L. Fuller. 

A convenient gage for determining low artesian heads, by Myron L. Fuller. 

*146. Proceedings of second conference of engineers of the Reclamation Service, with 

accompanying papers, compiled by F. H. Newell, chief engineer. 1905 .. 

267 pp. 

Contains brief account of the organization of the hydrographic [water-resources] branch and the 

Reclamation "Service, reports of conferences and committees, circulars of instruction, and many 

brief reports on subjects closely related to reclamation, and a bibliography of technical papers by 

members of the service. Of the papers read at the conference those listed below (scope indicated 

by title) are of more or less general interest: · 

Proposed State code of water laws, by Morris Bien. 

Power engineering applied in irrigation problems, by 0. H. Ensign. 

Estimates on tunneling in irrigation projects, by A. L. Fellows. 

Collection of stream-gaging data, by N. C. Grover. 

Diamond-drill methods, by G. A. Hammond. 

Mean-velocity and area curves, by F. W. Hanna. 

Importance of general hydrographic data concerning basins of streams gaged, by R. E. Horton, 

Effect of aquatic vegetation on stream flow, by R. E. Horton. 

Sanitary regulations governing construction camps, by M. 0. Leighton. 

Necessity of draining irrigated land, by Thos. H. Means. 

ALl<ali soils, by Thos. H. Means. 

Cost of stream-gaging work, by E. C. M1lfl)hy. 

Equipment of a cable gaging station, by E. C. Murphy. 

Silting of reservoirs, by W. M. Reed. 

Farm-unit classification, by D. W. Ross. 

Cost of power for pumping irrigating water, by H. A. Storrs. 

Records of flow at current-meter gaging stations during the frozen season, by F. H. Tillinghast. 

147. Destructive floods in United States in 1904, by E. C. Murphy. 15c. 

Contains a brief account of "A method of computing cross..section area of waterways," in· 

· eluding formulas for maximum discharge and areas of cross section. 

149. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, second edition with additions, by N.H. Darton. 1905. 175 pp. 10c. 

Gives by States (and within the States by counties) location, depth, diameter, yield, height 

of water, and other available information concerning wells 400 feet or more in depth; includes 

all wells listed in Water-Supply Papers 57 to 61; mentions also principal publications relating 

to deep borings. 

150. Weir experiments, coefficients, and formulas, by R. E. Horton. 1906. 189 

pp., 38 pls. (See Water-Supply Paper 200.) 15c. 

Scope ' indicated by title. 

151. Field assay of water, by M. 0. Leighton.· 1905. 77 pp., 4 pis. 10c. 

Discusses methods, instruments, and reagents used in determining turbidity, color, iron. 

chlorides, and hardness in connection with the studies of the quality of water in various parts 

of the United States. 

152. A review of the laws forbidding pollution of inland waters in the United States 

(second edition), by E. B. Goodell. 1905. 149 pp. 10c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

155. Fluctuations of the water level in wells, with special reference to I,ong Island, 

N.Y., by A. C. Veatch. 1906. 83 pp., 9 p]s. 25c. 

Includes general discussion of fluctuation due to rainfall and evaporation, barometric changes, 

temperature changes in rivers, changes in lake level, tidal changes, effects of settlement, irrigation, dams, underground-water developments, and to indeterminate causes. 
HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS. XIII 

*160. Underground water papers, 1906; M. L. Fuller, geologist in charge. - 1906. 104 

pp., 1 pl. 10c. 

Gives account of work in 1905; lists of publications relating to underground waters, and contains the followjng brief reports of general interest: 1 

Significance of th_e term "artesian," by Myron L. ·Fuller. 

Representation of wells and springs on maps, by Myron L. Fuller; 

Total amount of free water in the earth's crust, by Myron L. Fuller. 

Use of fluorescein in the study of underground waters, by R. B. Dole. 

Problems of water contamination, by Isaiah Bowman. 

Instances of lmpr~vement of wat8f in wells, by Myron L. Fuller. 

*162. Destructive floods in the United States in 1905, with a discussion of flood discharge and frequency and an index to flood literature, by E. C.-Murphy and 

othere;. 1906. 105 pp., 4 p}s. 15c. 

163. Bibliographic review and index of underground-water literature published in 

the United States in 1905, by M. L. Fuller, F. G. Clapp, and B. L. Johnson. 

1906. 130 pp. 15c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

*179. Prevention of stream pollution by distillery refuse, based on investigations at 

Lynchburg, Ohio, by Herman Stabler. 1906. 34 pp., 1 pl. 10c. 

Describes grain distillation, treatment o{ slop, sources, character, and effects of ellfuents on 

streams; discusses filtration, precipitation, fermentation, and evaporation methods of disposal 

of wastes without _pollution. 

180. Turbine water-wheel testsand·uower tables, by R. E. Horton. 1906. 134 pp., , 

2-pls. -20c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

*185. Investigations on the purification of Boston sewage, by 6-E. A. Winslow and 

E;. B. Phelps. 1906. 163 pp. 25c: · -

Discusses composition, disposal, purification, and treatment of sewages and recent tendencies 

in sewage-disposal practice in England, Germany, and the United States; describes character 

of crude sewage at Boston, removal of suspended matter, treatment in septic tanks, and purl: 

fication In intermittent sand filtration and coarse material; gives bibliography. 

*186. Stream pollution by acid-iron wastes, a report based on investigations made at 

Shelby, Ohio, by Herman Stabler. 1906. 36 pp., 1 pl. 10c. 

Gives history of pollution by acid-Iron wastes at Shelby, Ohio, and resulting litigation; discusses effect of acid-Iron liquors on sewage purification processes, recovery of copperas from acidIron wastes, and other processes for removal of pickling liquor. 

*187. Determination of stream flow during the frozen season, by H. K. Barrows and 

R. E. Horton. 1907. 93 pp., 1 pl. 15c. 

Scope Indicated by title. 

*189. The prevention of stream pollution by strawboard waste, by E. B. Phelps. 

1906. 29 pp., 2 pis. 5c. 

Describes manufacture of strawboard, present and proposed methods of disposal of waste 

liquors, laboratory investigations of precipitation and sedimentation; and field studies of amounts 

and character of water used, raw material and :tinished product, and mechanical filtration. 

*194. Pollution of Illinois and Mississippi rivers by Chicago sewage (a digest of the 

testimony taken in the case of the State of Missouri v. The State of Illinois 

and the Sanitary District of Chicago), by M. 0. Leighton. 1907. 369 pp., 

2 pls. 40c .. 

Scope indicated by amplification of title. 

*196. Water supply of Nome region, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 1906, by J. C. Hoyt 

and F. F. Henshaw. 1907. 52 pp., 6 pls. 15c. 

Gives results of measurements of flow of Alaskan streams, discusses available water supply 

fQI' qitQh and pipe lines and power develapment; presents notes for investors. 
XIV STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

*200. Weir experiments, coefficients, and formulas, revision of paper No. 150, by 

R. E. Horton. 1907. 195 pp., 38 pis. 35c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

*218. Water-supply investigations in Alaska,' 1906-7 (Nome and Kougarok regions, 

Seward Peninsula; Fairbanks district, Yukon-Tanana region), by F. F. 

Henshaw and C. C. Covert. 1908. 156 pp.; 12 pis. 25c. 

Describll!l the drainage basins, gives results of observations at the gaging stations, and discusses 

the water supply of the ditches and pipe lines, and possibilities of development; gives also meteorological records. 

*226. The pollution of streams by sulphite-pulp waste, a study of possible remedies, 

. by E. B. Phelps. 1908. 37 pp., 1 pl. 10c. 

Describes manufacture of sulphite pulp, the waste liquors, and tire experimental work leading 

to suggestions as to methods of preventing stream pollution. 

228. Water-supply investigations of the Yukon-Tanana region, Alaska, 1907 and 1908 

(Fairbanks, Circle, and Rampart districts), by C. C. Covert and C. E. :&Usworth. 1909. 108 pp., 7 pis. 20c. 

Describes the drainage basins; gives reSults of observations at gaging stations; discusses the . 

water supplies of the ditches and pipe lines and possibilities of hydraulic development. 

*229. The disinfection of sewage and sewage filter effiuents, with a chapter on the 

putrescibility and stability of sewage effiuents, by E. B. Phelps. 1909. 91 

pp., 1 pl. 15c. 

scope indicated by title. 

234. Papers on the conservation of water resources. 1909. 96 pp., 2 pis. 15c. 

Contains the following papers, whose scope is Indicated by their titles: Distribution of rainfall, 

by Henry Gannett; Floods, by 111. 0. Leighton; Developed water powers, compiled under the 

direction of W. 111. Steuart, with discussion by 111. 0. Leighton; Undeveloped water powers, by 

111. 0. Leighton; Irrigation, by F. H. Newell; Underground waters, by W. C. Mendenhall; 

Denudation, by R. B. Dole and Herman Stabler; Control of catchment areas, by H. N. Parker. 

*235. The purification of some textile and other factory wastes, by Herman Stabler 

andG. H. Pratt. !909. 76 pp. 10c. 

Dlscueses waste waters from wool-scouring, bleaching, and dyeing cotton yarn, bleaching 

cotten piece goods, and manufacture of (!leomargarine, fertilizer, and glue. 

236. The qqality of surface waters in the United States: Part I, Analyses of waters 

east of the one-hundredth meridian, by R. B. Dole. 1909. 123 pp. 10c. 

Describes collection of samples, method of examination, preparation of solutions, accuracy 

of estimates, and expressiOn of analytical results. · 

238. The public utility of water powers and their governmental regulation, by Rene 

Tavernier and M. 0. Leighton. 1910. 161 pp. 15c. 

Discusses hydraulic power .and Irrigation, French, Italian, and Swiss legislation relative to the 

development of water powers, and laws proposed In the French Parliament, revieWs work of 

bureau of hydraulics and agricultural Improvement of the French department of agriculture, · 

and gives resume of Federal and State water-power legislation In the United States. 

255. Underground waters for farm use, by M. L. Fuller. 1910. 58 pp., 17 pis. 15c. 

Discusses rocks as sources of water supply and the relative safety of supplies from dltferent 

materials; springs, and their protection; open or dug and deep wells, their location, yield, relative 

cost, protection, ·and safety; advantages and disadvantages of cisterns and combination wells 

and cisterns. · 

257. Well-dril~g methods, by Isallth Bowman. 1911. 139 pp., 4 pis. 15c. 

Discusses amount, distribution, and disposal ofralnfali, water-bearing rocks, amount of underground water, artesian conditions, and oil and gas bearing formations; gives history of well 

drilling in Asia, Europe, and the United States; describes In detail the various methods and the 

machinery used; discusses loss of tools and geologic difficulties; contamination of well waters 

and niethods of prevention; tests of capacity and measurement of depth; and costs of sinking 

·wells. · 
HUDSON. BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASINS. XV 

258. Underground water papers, 1910, by M. L. Fuller, F. G. Clapp, G. C. Matson, 

Samuel Sanford, and H. C. Wolff. 1911. 125 pp., 2 pls. 15c. 

Contains the following papers (scope Indicated by titles) of general interest: 

Drainage by wells, by M. L. Fuller. · 

Freezing of wells and related phenomena, by M. L. Fuller. 

Pollution of underground waters in limestone, by G. C. Matson. 

Protection of shallow wells in sandy deposits, by M. L. Fuller~ 

Magnetic wells, by M. L. Fuller. 

*259. The underground waters of southwestern Ohio, by M. L. Fuller and F. G. 

Clapp, with a discussion of the chemical character of the waters, by R. B. 

Dole. 1912. 228 pp., 9 pls. 35e. 

Describes the topography, climate, and geology of the region, the water-bearing formations, the 

source, mode of occurrence, and head of the waters, and municipal supplies; gives details by 

counties; discusses in supplement, under chemical character,. method of analysis and expression 

of results, mineral constituents, efl'ect of the constituents on waters for domestic, industrial, or 

medicinal uses, methods of purification, chemical composition; many analyses and field asaays. 

The matter in the·supplement was also published in Water-Supply Paper 254 (The underground 

waters of north-central Indians). 

274. Some stream waters of the western United States, with chapters on sediment 

carried by the Rio Grande and the industrial application of water analyses, 

by Herman Stabler. 1911. 188 pp. l5c. 

Describes collection of sampler.,· plan of analytical work, and methods of imalyses; discusses 

soap-consuming power of waters, water softening, boiler waters, and water for Irrigation; gives 

results of analyses of waters of the Rio Grande and of Pecos, Gallimas, and Hondo rivers. 

280. Gaging stations maintained by the United States Geological Survey, 1888-

1910, and Survey publication!!) relating to water resources, compiled by 

B. D. Wood. 1912. 102 pp. 10c. 

314. Surface water supply of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, by F. F. Henshaw and G. L. 

Parker, with a sketch of the geography and geology by P. S. Smith, and a 

description of methods of placer mining by A. H. Brooks. 1913. 317 pp., 

17 pls. 45c. 

Contains ~ts of work at gaging stations. 

"315. The purification of public water supplies, by G. A. Johnson. 1913. 84 pp., 8 

pls. 10c. · · 

Discusses ground, lake, and river waters as public supplies, development of waterworks systems In the United States, water consumption, and typhoid fever; describes methods of filtration and sterilization of water, ani! municipal water softening. 

*318. Water resources of Hawaii, 1909-1911, by W. F. Martin and C. H. Pierce. 1913. 

552 pp., 15 pls. 

Describes the general features of the iSlands and gives results of measurements of streams and 

of observation.• of rainfall and evaporation; contains a gazetteer. 

334. The Ohio Valley flood of March-April, 1913 (including comparisons with some 

earlier floods), by A. H. Horton and H. J. Jackson. 1913. 96 pp., 32 pls. 

Although relating specifically to tloods in the Ohio Valley, this report discusses also the causes 

of floods and the prevention of damage by flOods. • 

.336. Water resources of Hawaii, 1912, by C. H. Pierce and G. K. Larrison. 1914. 

392 pp .. 

Contains results of stream measurements on the islands in 1912. 

337. The effects of ice on stream flow, by William Glenn Hoyt. 1913. 76 pp., 7 pls. 

Diseusses methods of measuring the winter flow of streams. 
XVI STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

ANNUAL REPORTS. 

*Fifth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1883-84, J. W. Powell, 

Director. 1885. xxxvi, 469 pp., 58 pis. $2.25. Contains: 

*The requisite and qualifying conditions of artesian wells, by T. c. Chamberlain, pp. 125 to 

173; Pl. XXI. Scope indicated by title. 

Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1890-91, J. W. Powell, 

Director. 1891. 2 parts. Pt. II, Irrigation, xviii, 576 pp., 93 pis. $2. 

Contains: 

*Irrigation in Jndla, by H. M. Wilson, pp. 368-561, Pis. CVII to CXLVI. (See Water-Supply 

Paper 87.) 

Thirteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1891-92, J. W. 

Powell, Director. 1892. (Pta. II and III, 1893.) 3 parts. Pt. III, Irrigation, pp. xi, 486, 77 plates. $1.85. Contains: 

*American irrigation engineering, by H. M. Wilson, pp. 101-349, Pis. CXI to CXLV. Discusses 

the economical aspects of irrigation, alkaline drainage, silt and sedimentation; gives brief history 

of legislation; describes perennial canals in Idaho-California, Wyoming, and Arizona; discusses 

water storage at reservoirs of the California and other projects; subsurface sources of supply 

pumping and subirrigation. 

Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1892-93, J. W. 

Powell, Director. 1893. (Pt. II, 1894~) 2 parts. Pt. II, Accompanying 

papers, pp. xx, 597, 73 pis. $2.10. Contains: 

*Potable waters of the eastern United States, by W J McGee, pp. 1 to 47. Discusses cistern 

water, stream waters, and ground waters, including mineral springs and artesian wells. 

*Natural mineral water~ of the United States, by A. c. Peale, pp. 49-88, Pis. ill and IV. Discusses the origin and flow of mineral springs, the source of mineralization, thermal springs, the 

chemical composition and analysis of spring waters, geographic distribution, and the utilization 

of mineral waters; gives a list of American mineral spring resorts; contains also some analyses. 

Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1897-9S, Charles 

D. Walcott, Director. 1898. (Parts II, III, and V, 1899.) 6 parts in 7 vols. 

and separate case for maps with Pt. V. Pt. II, papers chiefly of a theoretical 

nature, pp. v, 958, 172 plates. $2.65. Contains: 

*Principles and conditions of the movements of ground water, by F. H. King, pp. 59-294, Pis. 

VI to XVII. Discusses the amount of water stored iii sandstone, in soil, and in other rocks, the 

depth to which ground water penetrates; gravitational, thermal, and capillary movements of 

ground waters, and the configuration of the ground-water surface; gives the results of experi· 

mental investigations on the flow of air and water through a rigid, porous media, and through 

sands, sandstones, and silts; discusses results obtained by other investigators, and summarizes 

results of observations; discusses also rate of flow of water through sand and rock, the growth of 

rivers, rate of filtration through soil, interference of wells, etc. 

*Theoretical investigation of the motion of ground waters, by C. S. Slichter, pp. 295-384, Pis. 

XVII. Scope indicated by title. 

Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological survey, 1898-99, Charles 

D. Walcott, Director. 1899. (Parts II, III, IV, V, and VII, 1900.) 7 parts 

in 8 vols. and separate case for maps with Pt. V. Pt. IV, Hydrography, 

vii, 660 pp., 75 plates. $1.85. Contains: · 

*Hydrography of Nicaragua, by A. P. Davis, pp. 563-637, Pis. LXIV to LXXV. Describes the 

topographic features of the boundary, the lake basin, and Rio San Juan; gives a brief rojsume of 

the boundary dispute; discusses rainfall, temperature, and relative humidity, evaporation, 

resources, and productions, the ship, railway, and canal projects; gives the history of the investigations by the Canal Commission,.and results of measurements on the Rio Grande, on straams 

tributary to Lake Nicaragua, and on Rio San Juan and its tributaries. 

Twenty-second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 190o-1901, 

Charles D. Walcott, Director. 1901. (Parts III and IV, 1902.) 4 parts. 

Pt. IV, Hydrography, 690 pp., 65 pis~ $2.20. Contains: 

*Hydrography of the American Isthmus, by A. P. Davis, pp. 507-630, Pis. XXXVII to L. 

Describes the physiography, temperature, rainfall, and winds of Central America; discusses the 

hydrography of the Nicaragua Canal route and the Panama Canal route; gives estimated monthly 

discharges of many of the streams, rainfall, and evaporation tables at various points. 
,HUDSON BAY AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI BIVEB BASINS. xvn 

BtiLLETINS. 

*32. Lists and analyses of the mineral ~~prings of the United States (a preliminary 

study), by A. C. Peale. 1886. 235 pp. 

Defines mineral waters,lists the springs by States,and gives tsbles of analyses so far as available. 

264. Record of deep well drilling for 1904, by M. L. Fuller, E. F. Lines, and A. C. 

Veatch. 1905. 106 pp. 10c. 

*298. Record of deep-well drilling for 1905, by M. L. Fuller and Samuel Sanford. 

1906. 299 pp. 25c. " 

Bulletins 264 and 298 discuss the importance of accurate well records to the drlller, to owners 

of oil, gas, and water wells, and to the geologist; describes the general methods of work; gives 

tabulated records of wells by Ststes, and detslled records selected as affording valuable stratigraphic Information. 

*319. Summary of the controlling conditions of artesian flows, by Myron L. Fuller, 

1908. 10c. 

Describes underground reservoirs, the sources of underground waters, the confining agents, 

the primary and modifyfnJ! factors of artesian circulation, the essential and modifying factors of 

artesian fiow, and typical artesian systems. 

479. The geochemical interpretation of water analyses, by Chase Palmer. 1911. 

31 pp. 5c. 

Discusses the expression of chemical analyses, the chemical character of water and the properties of natural waters; gives a classification of waters based on property values and reacting values, and discusses the character of the waters of certain rivers as interpreted directly from the 

results of analyses; discusses also the relation of water properties to geologic formations, silica in 

river water, and the character of the water of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River as Indicated by chemical analyses. 

INDEX BY AREAS AND SUBJECTS. 

[A=Annual Reports; M=Monograph; B=Bulletin; P=Professioual Paper; W=Water-Supply Paper; 

G F= Geologic folio.) 

Alaska: Surface watars .•...............................•••••••• W 196, 218, 228, 314 

Artesian waters: EBBential conditions ....•...........•...•... A 5; B 319; W 67,114 

Bibliographies 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • W 119, 120, 163, 280 

Chemical analyses: 2 Methods an.d interpretations ......... W 151, 236, 259, 274; B 479 

Conservation ............................................................. W 234 

Cuba: Surface, underground, an.d quality of waters .......................... W 110 

Denundation.............................................................. P 72 

Engineering methods ......................................... _....... . .. . . . W 1, 

3,8,20,41,42,43,56,64,93,94,95,110,143,146,150,180,187,200,257,337 

Floods ................................................... W 40, 92, 96, 147, 162, 334 

Hawaiian Islands: Surface waters .................................... W 77, 318, 336 

Underground waters ................... ~............... . . W 77 

Ice measurements ................................................ W 146, 187, 337 

Illinois: Quality of waters, etc ..................................... W 194, 236, 239 

Surface waters ......................... : ........... A 17 ii; 18, ii; W 239 

Underground waters .......... A 17 il; B 264, 298; W 57, 114, 149; G F 145 

India: Irrigation ...................................................... A 12; W 87 

Indiana: Quality of waters .. . .. .. .. .. • .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. . .. .. . A 18 ii; W 236, 254 

Surface waters.......... .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . A 18 ii; W 147 

Underground waters ............. A 18 ii; B 298; W 21, 26, 57, 114, 149, 254 

Iowa: Quality of waters ............................................... W 236, 293 

Surface waters ...................................................... W 162 

Underground waters ............. B 264, 298; W 57, 114, 145, 149, 293; G F 145 

Irrigation, general. ......••••.•...•....... A 12 ii, 13 iii; W 20, 22, 41, 42, 87, 93, 146 

Legal aspects: Surface waters ...................................... W 103, 152, 238 

Underground waters ......................................... W 122 

Mineral springs: Analyses ............................... , ........... A 14 ii; B 32 

Origin, distribution, etc ................................... A 14 ii 

Lists ............................................... B 32; W 114 

Minnesota: Quality of waters............. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. W 102, 193, 236, 256 

Surface waters .............................................. W 162,193 

Underground waters ............ B 298; W 57, 102, 11~, 149, 256; G F 117 

Missouri: Quality of waters, etc ........................................ W 195,236 

Surface waters ..................................................... W 162 

Underground waters ............... B 298; W 57,102,110,114,145,149,195 

Montana: Underground waters ........................... , ................ W 57, 149 

Motions of ground waters .......................• A 19 ii; B 319; W 67,110,140,155 

Nicaragua: Surface waters .......................................... A 20 iv, 22 iv 

North Dakota: Underground waters .... A 17 ii; B 298; W 61,117, 149; G F 117,168 

Panama: Surface waters .................................................. A 22 iv 

' Many of the reports contain brief subject bibliographies. See abstracts. 

I Many analyses of river, sprlng, and well waters are scattered through publications, as noted in abstracts. 

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XX INDEX BY AREAS AND SUBJECTS. 

Pollution: By industrial wastes ...................... , ...... W 179, 186, 189,226,235 

By sewage .............................. ___ .. __ .......... W 72, 79, 194 

Laws forbidding ................. __ ..... _ .. _ ...... _. __ ._ ..... W 103,152 

Indices of ......... _ .............. _______________ ........... W 144, 160 

Porto Rico: Surface waters and irrigation .. __ ................ _.............. W 32 

Profiles ofrivers ............................... __ .... _____ ..... _ ... _ .... W 44, 115 

River profiles ....•............. _ ..... _ ..... __ .. __ . ___ ...... __ .......... W 44, 115 

Sanitation; quality of waters; pollution; sewage irrigation ..................... W 3, 

22, 72, 79,103,110,113,114,121,144,145,152,160,179, 

185,186,189,192,194,198,226,229,235,236,255,258,315 

Sewage disposal and purification ....................... _ W 3, 22, 72, 113, 185, 194,229 

South Dakota: Surface waters ................................. W 147, 162; G F 114 

Underground waters ............ _ .......................... A 17, ii; 

18 iv; 21, iv; B 298: W 34, 61, 90, 149, 227; G F 114 

Underground waters: Legal aspects ........... _____ ......................... W 122 

Methods of utilization ........................ W 114,255,257 

Pollution .............. ____ .............. W 110, 145, 160, 258 

Windmill papers ........................... __ ........ _ . . . . . . . . . . . . W 1, 8, 20, 41, 42 

Wisconsin: Surface waters ....... __ .. ___ .......... __ ....................... W 156 

Underground waters ................ B 298; W 61, 114, 145, 149; G F 145 
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Beaucoup Creek ................ . 56 Ottertail River ................. . Big Fork River ..•................ 54 Pelican River •.............. ___ _ 

Big Muddy River .............. . 56 PembinaRiver .............. ~----

Black River, Minn ............. . 54 Pine River •.................. ___ _ 

Black River, Wis ............... . 55 Prairie River ................... __ 

Blue Earth River ............... . 54 Raccoon River .•................. Cahokia Creek ....... _,__ ........ . 

Cannon River .................. . 56 Rainy Lake ..................... . 

54 Rainy River ................... . Catfish River .......... ' .......... . 55 Rainy River, Little Fork ... · .... . Cedar River ...•.................. 55 Red Cedar River ................ . Cedar River, Red .............. . 55 Red Lake River ................ . 

Chippewa River, Minn ......... . 54 Red River (of the North) ....... . Chippewa River, Wis ............ . 54 Redwood River ................. . Clearwater River .•............... 53 Rock River ..................... . 

Cottonwood River~ .............. . 54 Root River ..................... . Crow River ..................... . 54 Root River, North Branch ....... . 

Crow River, North Fork ... , .... . 54 Roseau River, West Branch ..... . Crow River, South Fork ........ . 54 RumRiver .................... .. 

Crow Wing River ............... . 54 St. Croix River .................. . 

Des Lacs River ................. . 54 St. Mary River ......... · ......... . 

Dea Moines River .............. . 55 Salt Creek ...................... . 

Desplaines River ............... . 55 Sandy River .................. . 

Devils Lake ..................... . 53 Sangamon River ................ . 

Elk River .•..................... 54 Sangamon River, South Fork ..... . 

Flambeau River ................. . 55 Sank River .•.................... 

Fox River ............... , ...... . 1?5 Sheyenne River ................. . 

Illinois River ................... . 55 Shoal Creek ..................... . 

Iowa River .................... . 55 Silver Creek ................... . 

Kankakee River ...... : ......... . 55 Snake River .................... . 

Kaskaskia River ................ . 56 Souris River. See Mouse River. 

Kawishiwi River ................ . 54 SWiftcurrent Creek .............. . 

Kennedy Creek ................. . 53 Thief River ..•.................. 

Kettle River ................... . 54 Two Rivers, South Branch .... · .. . 

Lac qui Parle River ..... ~ ...... . 54 Vermilion River ..... , ........... . 

Little Fork Rainy River ......... . 54 Wapsipinicon River ............. . 

Long Prairie River ............. :. 54 Whetstone River ..•............. 

Maquoketa River ............... . 55 Wild Rice River ............... . 

Mendota, Lake ................ .. 55 Wisconsin River ................. . 

Minnesota River •................ 54 Yellow River .................. . 

J\.lississippi River ............... . 54 Zumbro River ................... . 

Mouse River •................... 54 Zumbro River, South Fork ...... . 

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