DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR 

WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 340-G 

STREAM-GAGING STATIONS 

AND 

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES 

1885-1913 

PART Vll. LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN 

COMPILED BY B. D. WOOD 

Part of Water-Supply Paper 340 

WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1915 
CONTENTS. 

Page. 

Introduction ••••.••••••••••.•••••..••....... ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III 

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

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

Principal streams.......................................................... 83 

. Gaging stations....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 

Reports on water resources of the lower Mississippi River basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . · 86 

Publications of the United States Geological Survey..................... 86 

Water-supply papers ............. ~ ............... ·................... 86 

Annual reports.................................................... 89 

Bulletins... • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · 90 

Professional papers .................................... : . . . . . . . . . . 91 

Geologic folios........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 

Miscellaneous reports........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 

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

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

Annual reports.................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVI 

Professional papers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVII 

Bulletins. • • • . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVII 

Index by areas and subjects................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIX 

Index of streams........ . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • XXI 

II 
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 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 basinB. 

II. Sonth Atlantic and eastern Gnlf of Mexico basins. 

III. Ohio River basin. 

IV. St. Lawrence River basin. 

V. Upper Mississippi River and Hndson Bay basins. 

VI. Missonri River basin. · 

VII. Lower Mississippi River basin. 

VIII. Western Gnlf of Mexico basinB. 

IX. Colorado River basin; 

X. Great Basin. 

XI. Pacific basinB in California. 

XII. North Pacific basinB. 

HOW GOVERN.JI,!ENT REPO:Q.TS MAY BE OBTAINED OR CONSULTED: 

W aterJrupply papers an.d other public~J.tions of the United Sta,tes 

Geological Survey contaiuing dtl!ta in rega;r:d to thQ w~ter resources 

of the United States may be obtamEld. or cone.ulted as indicated. 

below: . 

1. Copies roa,y be QQt~i:ned frEle of cha,rge by applying to the 

Director of the GElologi<:lal Survey., W~hiP.gtou, )). Q. The edition 

printed for free dist.ribu.tion il"l, however, sw~ a,nd is soon exha1,1sted. 

2. Copies may be pwch~ed ~t nomwal cost from the Su.perintendent . of J)omiJD.ents; Gover:nment P:rlntmg Office, Washington,. 

D. C., who will on application furnish lists giving pri~s. 
IV STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

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. 

Madison, Wis., 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. 

Phoenix, Ariz., 417 Fleming Building. 

Portland, Oreg., 416 Couch Building. 

Tacoma, Wash., Federal Building. 

San Francisco, Cal., 328 Customhouse. 

Los Angeles, Cal., Federal Building. 

Sante Fe, N. Mex., Capitol Building. 

Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapiolani Building. 

A. list of the Geological Survey's publications will be sent on application to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, 

Washington, D. C. 

STREAM-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 Survey. 

[A= Annual Report; B=Bulletm; 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. a'. . . . . . . . . . . Mean discharge in second-feet ................................. . 

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

Year. 

1884 to Sept., 1890. 

1~~ifJuneao, 

18~~ ~ Dec: 31, 

18~ ~ Dec. 31, 

B 131. ••••••.........••• 16th A, pt. 2 •••.••••••. Descriptions1 l!leasurements, gage heights, and ratings.......... 1893 and 1894. 

Descriptive mrormation only .•.•.•••••..••••..•.••.•.•••••.•••• B 140 ..•••...•.......... Descriptions, measurements, gagehelghts1.ratings, and monthly 1895. 

discharge ~also many data covering earlier years). Gage h~hts (also gage heights for earlier years) ..•.•........... -1896. 

Descriptrons, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 1895 and 1896. 

WSll .•••.............. 18th A, pt. 4 ..••.•..... (also sitnilar data for some earlier years). . Descriptions, measurementsJ and gage heights, eastern :United 1897. 

States, east_em Mississippi River, and Missouri River above 

WS15 ••••.............. 

junction with Kansas. 

WS 16................. Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights, western MissislliPJ?iRiver below junction of Missouri and Platte, and western Umted States. . . · . 19th A, pt. 4 •••••• : •• -.. Descriptions~ measurements1 ratings, and monthly discharge (also some 1ong-time recoras). · WS 'JJT •• ·•••••••••••••••• Measurements, ra~ and gage heights, eastern United States, eastern MissJSsip:p!.tdver and Missouri River. 

WS 28............... .. . Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, Arkansas River and western United States. · · 20th A, pt. 4. . . . . . . • . . • Monthly discharge (also for many earlier years) ...•....•.•....•. WS 35 to 39 •....• '... •. Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings ••••..•... 21st AJ pt. 4. . . . . • . . . . . . Monthly disCharge ...... , ..•.•.•.........••......... : ... : ..... . WS 4t fo 52. . . • • . . . . . . . Descriptions; measurements, gage heights, and ratings •••.. , .... . 22d ~z pt. 4 •••••••••••• ·MOJ:lti!Jy disCharge.····'·"·-,···'·············-·-':.: .... · .. ::. WS oo, ~.............. Dliscriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings •......... 

1897. 

1897. 

1898. 

1898. 

1898. 

1899. 

1899. 

1ll00. - 1900. ' 

1901. 
STREAM-FLOW REPORTS. 

Stream-flow data in reports of the Un~ted States Geological Survey-Continued. 

Report. Character of data. 

WS 75. .•• • • . . . . . . . . . . . . Monthly discharge .•••••••••..••••.•...........•. " ....•••...... 

::~ g~ ~~ ~8o::::::::::: . ~-o-~~~:~~-~t~--: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 

WS 124 to 135 ..•...........• do ...••.•.•.••.•.•...••••.......•••••••.•••...•.......••••.. WS 165 to 178 •.............• do ......................•........••••.•................••.•. WS 201 to 214 •.......•..•... do ....•..............................................•...... WS 241 to 252 •...........•.• do ...•..........................•.........................•. WS 261 to 272 •............•• do ...•..........••. , .................•....................... ws 281 to 292 •...........• 0 odo ......................................................... . WS 301 to 312 .•.........•••• do ...•.......... : .................................. '.......•. WS 321 to 332 a •••...••• ••••• do ..••..........•...................................•....... WS 351 to 362a ••.....•.....• do .............................•..........•.•.......•.•..... 

a In preparation. 

NoTE.-No data regarding stream flow are given in the 15th and 17th annual reports. 

Year. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907-8. 

1909. 

1910. 

19ll. 

1912. 

1913. 

The records at most o£ the stations discussed in these reports 

extend over a series o£ years, and miscellaneous measurements at 

many points other than regular gaging stations have been made 

each year. An index o£ the reports containing records obtained 

prior to 1904 has been published in Water-Supply Paper 1'19. 

The following table gives, by years and drainage basins, the numbers o£ the papers onsur£ace-water supplypublished £rom 1899 to 1913. 

The data £or any particular station will, in general, be found in the 

reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. 

For example, data £or 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 £or the New 

England streams £rom 1903 to 1913. Results o£ miscellaneous 

measurements are published by drainage basins. 
Number of water-supply papers containing results of stream measurements, 1899-1919. 

North Atlantic •....•.....•. 

South Atlantic and eastern 

Gulf of Mexico ..........•. 

Ohio River basln ......•.•.. 

St. Lawrence River and 

Grll!lt Lakes .............. 

Hudson Bay and UpperMississippi River ••••......•. 

Missouri River ••.•......•.•. 

Lower Mississippi River .••• 

Western GulfofMexico ..... 

Colorado River ......•...... 

Great Basin ................ 

c aliforrrla ................... 

N orth Pacific ............... 

1899" 1900 b 

----

35 47, •48 

g 35,36 48 

36 48, 'h49 

36 49 

36 49 

136,37 49, m 50 

37 50 

37 50 

•37,38 50 

38, q39 51 

38,8 39 51 

38 51 

1901 1902 1903 

----

65,75 82 97 { 

65,75 g 82,83 U97,98 

65,75 83 98 

65,75 '182,83 97 

165,66,75 183,85 198, 99, k 100 

66,75 84 99 

165,66,75 183,84 198,99 

66,75 84 99 

.66, 75 85 100 

66,75 85 100 

66,75 85 100 

66,75 85 100 

a Rating tables and Index to Water-Supply Papers 35-119 contained in Water-Supply Paper 39. · b Rating tables and index to Water-Supply Papers 47-52 and data on precipitation, wells, and irrigation in California and Utah contained in Water-Supply Paper 52. c Wissahickon and Schuylkill rivers to James River. a New England rivers only. e Hudson River to Delaware River1 mclusive. 

f Susquehanna River to Yadkin R1ver, Inclusive. g James River only. h Scioto River. i Lake Ontario and tributaries to St. Lawrence River proper. i Tributaries of Mississippi from east. k Hudson Bay only. 

1904 1905' 1906 1907-8 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 

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d 124, e 125 "165, e 166 ~201, <202 241 261 281 301 321 351 /126 !167 /203 

/126,127 1167,168 /203,204 242 262 282 302 322 352 

128 169 205 243 263 283 303 323 353 

129 170 206 244 264 284 304 324 354 

1128,130 171 207 245 265 285 305 325 355 

130, "131 172 208 246 266 286 306 326 356 

j 128,131 1169,173 1205,209 247 267 287 307 327 357 

132 174 210 248 268 288 308 328 358 

133 175, p 177 211 249 269 289 309 329 359 . 133, T 134 176, <177 212, T213 250, r251 270, T271 290, T291 310 330 360 

134 177 213 251 271 291 311 331 361 

135 177,178 214 252 272 292 312 U332 u362 

! Gallatin River. m Loup and Platte rivers near Columbus, Nebr., and all tributaries below junction with Platte. 

n Platte and Kansas rivers. o Green and Gunnison rivers and Grand River above junction with ·Guunison. P Below junction with Gila. q Mohave River only. r Great Basin in California, excepting TruCkee and Carson drainage basins. • Kings and Kern rivers only. t Rogue, Umpqua, and Siletz rivers only. u In three parts: A Pacific basins in Washington and Upper Columbia River; 

B, Snake River basln; b, Lower Columbia River and Pacific basins ln Oregon. 
STREAM-FLOW REPORTS. vn 

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

.in downstream order. The_main stem of any river ~ 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 disregarded. All stations from the source to the mouth of the 

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

reglJlar order from source to mouth follow, the strealllS 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 m, and 

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

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

forth over the lake surface1 

PART Vrr. LOWER MISSISSIPPI ~IVER BASIN .. 

PRINCIPAL STREAMS. 

The principal streams flowing into the Mississippi below the mouth 

of the Ohio are Meramec, White, Arkansas (whose chief tributaries 

are Huerfano, Pll!'gatory, Cimarron, Verdigris, Neosho, Canadian, and 

Mora rivers), Yazoo, Homochitto, and Red rivers. The streams 

drain wholly or in part the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, 

Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Me:rico, Oklahoma, 

Tennessee, and Texas. 

In addition to 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 references to reports published by 

'State and other organizations. (See p. 93.) 

GAGING STATIONS. 

NoTE.-Dash after a date indicates that station was being maintained June 30, 1913; period after a 

date indicates discontinuance. · 

MERAMEC RIVER BASIN. 

Meramec River near Maramec, Mo., 1903-1906. 

Maramec River near Eureka, Mo., 1903-1906. 

Maramec River (Station No. 1) at Fenton, Mo;, 1903. 

Maramec River (Station No.2) below Fenton, Mo., 1903. 

Meramec Spring near Meramec, Mo., 1903-1906. 

Courtois Creek at Scotia, Mo., 1904-1906. 

WHITE RIVER BASIN 

White River at Beaver, Ark., 1909-10. 

White River near Branson, Mo., 1909-10. 

White River near Lead Hill, Ark., 1909-10. 

White River near Cotter, Ark., 1909-10. 

White River at Walls Ferry, Ark., 1909-10. 

Buffalo River near Gilbert, Ark., 1909-10. 

North Fork River near Henderson, Ark., 1909-10. 

Greer Spring at Greer, Mo., 1904. 

Little Red River near Pangburn, Ark., 1909-1911. 

ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN. 

Arkmsas River, East Fork (head of Arkansas), near Leadville, Colo., 1890; 1903; 1911-

Arkansas River at Granite, Colo., 1895; 1897-1901; 1910-

Arkansas River at Salida, Colo., 1895-1903; 1909-

Arkansas River at Canon City, Colo., 1888-

Arkansas River near Rock Canyon, Colo., 1889. 

Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colo., 1885-1887; 1889; 1894-

679240-15--2 83 
84 STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

Arkansas River near Nepesta, Colo., 1897-1903; 1909-

Arkansas River at New Fort Lyons, Colo., 1911. 

Arkansas River near Manzanola, Colo., 1897-98. 

Arkansas~River near Rocky Ford, Colo., 1897-1900; 1901-1903. 

Arkansas River at La Junta, Colo., 1889; 1893-1895; 1901; 1903; 1908; 1912-

Arkansas Rj.ver at Las Animas, Colo., 1898; 1909. 

Arkansas River near Prowers, Colo., 1889-1901; 1903. 

Arkansas River near Amity canal head-gates, Colo., 1898-99. 

Arkansas River near Lamar, Colo., 1913-

A.rkansas River near Granada, Colo., 1898-1901; 1903. 

Arkansas River near Holly (Barton or Byron), Colo., 1893-94; 1901-2; 1907-

Arkansas River near Syracuse, Kans., 1902-1906. 

Arkansas River near Coolidge, Kans., 1903. 

Arkansas River near Dodge, Kans., 1902-1906. 

Arkansas River near Hutchinson, Kane., 1895-1905. 

Arkansas River near Arkansas City, Kans., 1902-1906. 

Tennessee Fork near Leadville, Colo., 1890; 1903; 1911-

Lake Fork of Arkansas River near Arkansas Junction, Colo., 1890; 1903. 

Half Moon Creek near Leadville, Colo., 1911-

Lake Creek near Twin Lakes, Colo., 1899-1900. 

Twin Lakes outlet near Twin Lakes, Colo., 1910. 

Clear Creek near Granite, Colo., 1890; 1910. 

Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista, Colo., 1890. 

Cottonwood Creek at Hot Springs tunnel, near Buena Vista, Colo., 1910-11. 

Cottonwood Creek below Hot Springs, near Buena Vista, Colo., 1911-

South Fork of Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista, Colo., 1890. 

North Fork of Cottonwood Creek near Buena Vista, Colo., 1911-

Chalk Creek near Buena Vista, Colo., 1910. 

Chalk Creek near St. Elmo, Colo., 1911-

Grape Creek near Canon City, Colo., 1907-1909. 

South Fork of Arkansas River at Poncha, Colo., 1911-

Poncha Creek at Poncha, Colo., 1911-

0il or Fourmile Creek near Canon City, Colo., 1910. 

West Beaver Creek near Victor, Colo., 1905-

Huerfano River at Badito, Colo., 1912. 

Huerfano River near Undercliffe, Colo., 1908. 

Cucharas River at Walsenburg, Colo., 1907-8. 

Purgatory River at Trinidad, Colo., 1896-1899; 1905-1912. 

Purgatory River near canyon entrance (Alfalfa), Colo., 1905-1907. 

Purgatory River at J. J. ranch near La Junta, Colo., 1898. 

Purgatory River near I~as Animas, Colo., 1889 and 1909. 

Big Sandy Creek at Hugo, Colo., 1910-1912. 

Big Sandy Creek near Kit Carson, Colo., 1910-1912. 

Big Spring Creek near.Arena, Colo., 1910-1912. 

Walnut River near Arkansas City, Kans., 1902-3. 

Salt Fork of Arkansas River near Alva, Okla., 1904:-5. 

Salt Fork of Arkansas River near Tonkawa, Okla., 1903-1905. 

Medicine River near Kiowa, Kans., 1895-96. 

Cimarron River near Arkalon, Kans., 1895-96; 1903-1905. 

Cimarron River near Kenton, Okla., 1904-5. 
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN, 

Arkansas River tributaries-Cont:l.nued. 

Cimarron River near Garrett, Okla., 1905-1907. 

Cimarron River near Waynoka, Okla., 1903-1905. 

Verdigris River near Independence, Kans., 1904. 

Verdigris River near Liberty, Kans., 1895-1903. 

Verdigris River near Catoosa, Okla., 1903-1905. 

Fall River near Fall River, Kans., 1904-5. 

Neosho River near Neosho Rapids, Kans., 1904 . 

. Neosho River near lola, Kans., 1895-1903. 

Neosho River near Humboldt, Kans., 1904. 

Neosho River (or Grand River) near Fort Gibson, Okla., 1899; 1903-1905. 

Canadian River near Sanchez, N.Mex., 1912:._ 

Canadian River at Logan, N. Mex., 1904-5; 1908-

Canadian River at Calvin, Okla., 1904-1908. 

Chicorica Creek near Raton, N.Mex., 1910-

Una del Gato Creek near Raton, N.Mex., 191QCimarron River at Ute Park, N.Mex., 1907-

Cimarron River at Springer, N.Mex., 1907-1909. 

Rayado River near Cimarron, N.Mex., 1911; 1913-

Rayado River above Abreu's ranch, near Cimarron, N.Mex., 1908-

Rayado River below Abreu's ranch, near Cimmaron, N.Mex., 1912-

Rayado River near Springer, N.Mex., 1907-1909. 

Urraca River near Cimmaron, N.Mex., 1912-

Pajarito Creek near Hanley, N. Mex., 1911-

Mora River and La Cueva canal at La Cueva, N.Mex., 1903-1911. 

Mora River near Weber, N.Mex., 1903-4. 

Mora River near Watrous, N.Mex., 1894-1896. 

Sapello River at Sapello, N.Mex., 1903-4. 

Sapello Mill tailrace at Sapello, N.Mex., 1903-4. 

Sapello River at Los Alamos, N.Mex., 1903-1911. 

Manuelitos River near Sapello, N.Mex., 1903-4. 

Ute Creek nea,r Logan, N.Mex., 1904-1906; 1909-

Beaver Creek at Beaver, Okla., 1904-5. 

North Fork of Canadian River near Woodward, Okla., 1903-1906. 

North Fork of Canadian River near El Reno, Okla., 1902-1908. 

North Fork of Canadian River near Oklahoma, Okla., 1899. 

North Fork of Canadian River near Eufaula, Okla., 1899. 

ARKANSAS RIVER CANALS. 

Oxford Farmers canal near Nepesta, Colo., 1902-3. 

Colorado-Kansas canal near Prowers, Colo., 1903. 

Keese ditch near Prowers, Colo., 1903. 

YAZOO RIVER BASIN. 

Tallahatchie River at Batesville, Miss., 1906-1912. 

Tallahatchie River at Phillip, Miss., 1908-1913. 

Yazoo River at Greenwood, Miss., 1908-1913. 

Yazoo River at Yazoo City, Miss., 190Q-1905. 

· Coldwater River at Savage, Miss., 1908-1912. 

Yalobusha River at Grenada, Miss., 1906; 1908-1912. 

Sunflower River near Ruleville, Miss., 1909-1912. · 

Sunflower River at Baird, Miss., 1908-1912. 

85 
86 STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

HOMOCHITTO RIVER BASIN. 

Homochitto River at Rosetta, Miss., 1906. 

RED RIVER BASIN. 

Red Rive~ at Arthur City, Tex., 1905--1911. 

Salt Fork of Red River at Mangum, Okla., 1905--6. 

Turkey Creek at Olustee, Okla., 1905-1908. 

North Fork of Red River near Granite, Okla., 1903-1908. 

North Fork of Red River near Snyder, Okla., l905. 

North Fork of Red River near Headrick, Okla., 1905--1908. 

Elm Fork of Red River near Mangum, Okla., 1905-1908. 

Elk Creek near ij:obart, Okla., 1904-1908. 

Otter Creek near Mountain Park, Okla., 1903-1908. 

Horse Creek near Mountain Park, Okla., 1905-6. 

Dry Fork of Otter Creek near Mountain Park, Okla, 1905--6. 

Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla., 1912-

Little Medicine Bluff Creek near Lawton, Okla., 1912-

Wichita River at Wichita Falls, Tex., 1910-11. 

Washita River near Anadarko, Okla., 1902-1908. 

Washita River near Pauls Valley, Okla., 1899. 

Ouachita River near Malvern, Ark.; 1903-1905. 

Ouachita River near Arkadelphia, Ark., 1905--6. 

REPORTS ON WATER RESOURCES OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 

RIVER BASIN. 

PUBLICATIONS OF 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 price noted) from the SUPERiNTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, W ASHIN:GTON, D. C. Omission of the price indicates that the report is not obtainable from Government sources. Water-supply 

papers are of octavo size. 

*5. Irrigation practice on the Great Plains, by E. B. Cowgill. 1897. 39 pp., 12 pls. 

Describes reservoirs for storm and pumped waters, ditching, methods of distributing water, 

cultivation and subirrigation, duty of water, and winter irrigation. · 

*6. Underground waters of ~outhwestern Kansas, by Erasmus Haworth. 1897. 65 

pp., 12 pls. 

Describes physiography, drainage, geologic formation and water supply, and irrigation development in Meade, Dodge, and Garden quadrangles, including all of Meade County, nearly all of 

Seward, Haskell, and Gray counties, about one-third of Ford County, and one-fourth of Finney 

County; discusses waters of Dakota sandstone, and of the Tertiary formations. 

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

1901. 86 pp., 15 pls. 

Describes the location and construction of various types of canals for irrigation. 

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" 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, 

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LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN. 87 

74. Water resources of the State of Colorado, by A. L. Fellows. 1902. 151 pp., 14 

pls. 25c. 

Discusses under South Platte, Arkansas, Rio Grande, San Juan, Grand, and Green River 

drainage and irrigation, and gives records of stream flow. 

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. 

101. Underground water of southern Louisiana, by G. D. Harris, with discussions of 

their uses for water supplies and for rice irrigation, by M. L. Fuller. 1904, 

98 pp., 11 pls. 20c. 

Discusses the topography and stratigraphic geology of the area and the origin of the well waters, 

gives statistics of artesian wells, describes methods of well drilling and pumping, and treats 

briefly of rice cultivation. 

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

geologist in charge. 1904. 522 pp. SOc. 

Contains brief reports on springs and wells of Arkansas and Missouri. The reports comprise 

tabulated well records giving information as to location, owner, depth, yield, head, etc., supplemented by notes as to elevation above sea, materials penetrated, temperature, use, and quality; 

many miscellaneous analyses. 

105. The water powers of Texas, ·by T. u: Taylor. 1904. 116 pp., 17 pls. 15c. 

Gives a resume of the avana'ble data regarding water powers and briefly describes the principal 

streams, including Red and Canadian rivers. 

*107. Water powers of Alabama, with an appendix on stream measurements in Mississippi, by B. M. Hall. 1904. 253 pp. 9 pls. 20c. 

Appendix contains gage heights, rating tables, estimates of monthly discharge of Yazoo River. 

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

geologist in charge, 1905. 211 pp., 5 pls. 10c. 

Contains a "Summary of the water supply of the Ozark region in northern Arkansas, by 

George I. ·Adams"; describes the drainage and some of the immense springs of the area, many 

of which have been developed as resorts. 

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

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

Contains brief reports as follows: 

Mississippi, by L. C. JQhnson. 

Louisiana and southern· Arkansas, by A. C. Veatch. 

l')[orthern Arkansas, by A. H. Purdue. 

Each of these reports discusses the geologic formation as related to water supply, treats particularly of the mineral waters, and gives a list of the principal publications. 

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

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

Contains five short reports relating to areas draining to the lower Mississippi River: 

Water resources of the Joplin district, Missouri-Kansas, by W. S. Tangier Smith. Describes 

topography, geology, streams, springs, and wells; gives analyses of waters. 

Water resources of the Winslow quadrangle, Arkansas, by A. H. Purdue. Area includes a 

few square miles of Oklahoma, discusses water-bearing formation and the quality of spring and 

well waters. 

Notes on certain hot springs of the southern United States, by Walter Harvey Weed. Gives 

an account of the history, topography, geology, flow, temperature, and composition of the Hot 

Springs of Arkansas, including many analyses. 

Notes on certain large springs of the Ozark region, Missouri and Arkansas, compiled by Myron 

L. Fuller. Treats briefly of the conditions under which the springs emerge, and of their flow, 

temperature, and quality. 

Water resources of the contact region between the Paleozoic and Mississippi embayment 

deposits in northern Arkansas, by A. H. Purdue. Pescribes geology and water resources of a 

belt 12 to 15 miles wide extending along the western edge of the Mississippi embayment deposits 

from Arkansas River northward to the Missouri line. Considers source of water, amount, chemical character and use of water, prospects for flowing wells, etc. 
88 STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

147. Destructive floods in the United States in 1904, by E. C. Murphy and others. 

15c. 

Kansas :floods, by E. C. Murphy. Describes :floods on Kansas, Neosho, Verdigris, Osage, 

Arkansas, Canadian, and Purgatory rivers, discussing the streams, precipitation, damages, 

prevention of futur~ damage, etc. 

*148. Geology and water resources of Oklahoma, by C. N. Gould. 1905. 178 pp. 20c. 

Describes topography, geology, climate, streams, springs, deep wells (water and oil and gas), 

and artesian ·water, and discusses the water supply by counties; treats of Irrigation from reservoirs, springs, and wells; gives analyses of well waters and table of well records. 

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

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 and 61; mentions also principal publications relating 

to deep borings. 

*153. The underflow in Arkansas V1tlley in western Kansas, by C. S. Stichter. 1906. 

90 pp., 3 pls. 15c. 

Discusses origin and extent of the underflow, :fluctuations of ground water level, the chemical 

composition of the waters (including analyses); gives results of measurements at various points 

and summaries and details of pumping tests. 

*154. The geology and water resources of the eastern portion of the Panhandle of 

of Texas, by C. N. Gould. 1906. 64 pp., 15 pls. 10c. 

Discusses topography, geology, streams, springs, ground waters, and irrigation; givE>Ii details 

by counties. 

159. Summary of the underground-water resources of Mississippi, by A. F. Crider and 

L. C. Johnson. 1906. 86 pp., 6 pls. 20c. 

Describes geography, topography, and general geology of the State; discusses the source, depth 

of penetration, rate of percolation, and recovery of underground waters, artesian requisites, and 

special conditions in the coastal plain formations; gives notes on wells by counties, deep-well 

records, and selected records in details; treats of sanitary aspect of wells and gives analyses. 

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

104 pp., 1 pl. 

Contains brief report ~titled " Drainage of wet lands in Arkansas by wells," by A. F. Crider. 

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

others. 1906. 105 pp., 4 pis. 15c. 

Gives account of :flood on Purgatory River, Colo., and estimates of :flood :flow and discharge of 

Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colo.; contains also index to literature on :flood :flow in American 

streams. 

*164. Underground waters of Tennessee and Kentucky west of Tennessee River and of 

adjacent area in Illinois, by L. C. Glenn. 1906. 173 pp., 7 pls. 25c. 

Describes phYsical features, static level, and uses of waters, artesian conditions, and source 

properties of underground water; discusses topography, geology, and water resources by counties; gives logs of wells, analyses of waters, bibliography of most important reports. 

*191. Geology and water resources of the western portion of the Panhandle of Texas, 

by C. N. Gould. 1907. 70 pp., 7 pls. 15c. 

Describes the topography and general geology ofthe area,. the deep.,seated waters, springs, and 

streams, and the use of the waters for hTigation; discusses details of topography, geology rand . 

water supply by counties. 

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

1907. 224 pp., 6 pls. 30c. 

Describes the topography and ·geology of the State, the waters of the various formations, and 

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

analyses of waters, and many well records. 
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN. 89 

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. 10c. 

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

estimates, and expression of '¥lalytical results; giyes results of analyses of waters of Mississippi, 

Arkansas, and Red Rivers. · . 

273. Quality of the water supplies of Kansas, by H. N. Parker, with a preliminary 

report on stream pollution by mine waters, in southeastern Kansas, by E. H. S. 

Bailey. 1911. 375 pp., 1 pl. 30c. 

Describes the topographic and geologic features of the State and the artesian basins; discusses 

the significance of mineral constituents and classification of waters; gives details concerning quality of underground water by counties and surface water by drainage basins. 

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. 15c. 

Describes collection of samples, plan of analytical work, and method of analyses; discusses 

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

resUlts of analyses of samples of water from Sapello River, Salt, North, and Elm forks of Red 

River, and Turkey Creek. 

276. Geology and underground waters of northeastern Texas, by C. H. Gordon. 1911. 

78 pp., 2 pis. 10c. 

Describes geography, physiography, and geology of area comprising Bowie, Red River, Lama, 

Delta, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus, Morris, Camp, and Cass counties; discuSses the source and 

availability of underground waters, artesian waters of the various formations, and reviews the 

geographic relations, geology, and water resources by counties. 

*317. Geology and underground waters of the Wichita region, north-central Texas, by 

C. H. Gordon. 19.13. 88 pp., 2 pis. 10c. 

Describes the physiography, climate, surface and deep waters of an area in Montague, Clay, 

Wichita, Wilbarger, Hardema:ri, Foard, Knox, Baylor, Archer, Jack, Young, Throckmorton, and 

Haskell counties; gives details by counties. 

ANNUAL REPORTS. 

Each of the papers contained in the aminal 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 exh~tusted. Many of the papers so marked, however, may be purchased 

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

Tenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1888-89, J. W. Powell, 

Director. 1890. 2 parts. *Pt. II. Irrigation, viii, 123 pp. 35c. 

Makes a preliminary report on the organization and prosecution of the survey of the arid lands 

for purposes of irrigation; includes an account of the methods of topographic and hydraulic work, 

the segregation work on reservoir sites and irrigable lands, fields and office methods, and brief 

descriptions of the topography of some of the river basins. 

Eleventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1889-90, J. W. 

Powell, Director. 1891. 2 parts. *Pt. II. Irrigation, pp. xiv, 395, 30 

plates and maps. $1.25. Contains: 

*Hydrography, pp. 1-110. Discusses scope of work, methods of stream measurement, rainfall 

and evaporation, and describes the more important streams. 

*Engineering, pp. 111-200. Defines the scope of the work and gives an account of the surveys 

in the Sun River basin and. in the Arkansas, Rio Grande, California, Lahontan, Utah, and Snake 

River divisions. 

*The arid lands, pp. 201-289. Includes st;tement of the director to the House Committee on 

Irrigation, extracts from the constitutions of States relating to irrigation, and .a report on artesian 

irrigation on the Great Plains, including .a discussion of the general considerations affecting. 

artesian water supply, the economic llinit to the utilization of artesian water for irrigation, irrigation by artesian wells in various countries, and the geologic conditions and statistics of artesian 

wells on the Great Plains. 

*Topography, pp. 291--J43. Comprises reports of the topographic surveys in California, Nevada, 

Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, and a report on reservoir sites. 

*Irrigation literature, pp. 345-388. Gives a list of books and pamphlets on irrigation and allied 

subjects, mainly contained in the library of the United States Geological Survey. 
90 STREAM-GAGING STATlONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

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

Dil'ector. 1891. 2 parts. Pt. II. Irrigation, pp. xvili, 576; 93 plates. 

$2.00. Contains: 

*Report upon the location and survey of reservoir sites during the fiscal year ending June 30, 

1891, by A. H. Thompson, pp.1-2l2, Pis. LIV -LVII. Describes reservoir sites in Chaffee, Custer, 

Fremont, Park, El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Bent, Otero, Baca, Kiowa, and Lake 

counties, Colo.; for each reservoir site gives the location, height of dam, areas inclosed by contour, 

approximate contents of reservoir, position of irrigable lands, and areas of segregated lands. 

*Hydrography of the arid regions, by F. H. Newell, pp. 213-361, Pis. L VIII-CVI. Discusses 

- the available water supply of the arid regions, the duty of water, flood waters, relation of rainfall to river flow; classifies the drainage basins; and describes the rivers of the Missouri, Arkansas, 

Rio Grande, Colorado, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Basins, and the principal streams of the 

Great Basin in Nevada and Utah and the Snake River drainage. 

Thil'teenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1891-92, J. W. 

Powell, Director. 1892. (Pts. II and III, 1893.) 3 parts. Pt. III. Irriga• 

tion, pp. xi, 486, 77 pis. $1.85. Contains: 

*Engineering results of irrigation survey by H. M. Wilson, pp. 351-437, Pis. CXLVIICLXXXII. Describes the engineering work at Twin Lakes reservoir and Twfu Lakes dam, 

Colorado. 

*Report upon the construction of topographic maps and the selection and survey of reservoir 

sites in the hydrographic basin of the Arkansas River, Colo., by A. H. Thompson, pp. 429-444. 

Scope indicated by title. 

*Sixteenth AnJ!ual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1894-95, Charles 

D. Walcott, Dil'ector. 1896. (Pts. II, III, and IV, 1895.) 4 parts. Pt. IL 

Papers of an economic character, pp. Xix, 598, 43 pis. $1.25. Contains: 

*The public lands and their water supply, by F. H. Newell, pp. 457-533, Pis. XXXV -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 o{ vacant lands; discusses the streams, wells, 

and reservoirs as sources of water supply; gives details for each State. 

Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1895-96, Charles 

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

and hydrography, xxv, 864 pp., 113 pis. $2.35. Contains: 

The underground water of the Arkansas Valley in eastern Colorado, by G. K. Gilbert, pp. 

561-601, Pis. LVl-,LXVIII. Describes the geology and topography of the district, the general 

conditions linder which artesian water occurs, the gathering grounds, capacity, distribution, 

and quality of the water of the Dakota sandstone, the water of the upland sands, the terraces, 

and the dune sands, and the underflow of rivers and creeks. 

Twenty-first Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1899-1900, 

Charles D. Walcott, Director. 1900. (Parts III, IV, VI, VI continued, and 

VII, 1901.) 7 parts in 8 vols. and separate case for maps with Pt. V. ~Pt. 

IV, Hydrography, pp. 768, 156 pis. $2.35. Contains: 

*The High Plains an~ their utilization, by W. D. Johnson,pp. 601-741, Pis. CXIII-CLVI. 

Describes the area lying in an irregular belt lylng about midway across the long eastward slope 

of the Great Plains and including parts of Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska (North and South 

Platte, Platte, Republican, and Smoky Hill River basins), Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, 

Oklahoma, and Texas (Arkansas River basin), and Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas (Rio 

Grande basin); discusses the origin and structure of the High Plains, the precipitation, temperature, and other factors of climate, experiments with irrigation, and the use of mountain streams, 

local storm-water storage, and artesian waters. Concluded in the Twenty-second Annual 

Report, Pt. IV, pp. 631-669, Pis. LI-LXy. ($2.20.) 

BULLETINS. 

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

SO marked may be purchased from the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, W ASRINGTON, D. C. Bulletins 

are of octavo size. 

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

Veatch. 1905. 106 pp. 10c. 

Discusses the importance of accurate well records to the driller, to owners of oil, gas, and 

wate.rwells. and to the geologist; describes the general methods of work; gives tabulated records 
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN, 91 

of wells in Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and 

Texas, and detailed records of wells in Otero County, Colo.; Greenwood, Montgomery, and 

Neosho counties, Kans.; and St. Louis County, Mo. 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. 25c. 1 

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

records of wells in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, 

New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas; and detailed records of wells in Hempstead 

County, Ark.; Fremont and Pueblo counties, Colo.; Allen, Chase, Coffey, and McPherson 

counties, Kans.; Panola County, Miss.; Nowata, Washington, Tulsa, Murray, Okmulgee, and 

Pawnee counties, Okla.; and Clay and Roberts counties, Tex. The wells of which detailed 

sections are given were selected because they afford valuable stratigraphic information. 

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS. 

Professional 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 with an asterisk may, however, be purchased from the SUl'ERINTENDENT OF DocUMENTS, W ASH!NGTON, D. C. Professional papers 

are of quarto size. 

*32. Geology and underground water resources of the central Great Plains, by N. H. 

Darton. 1905. 433 pp., 72 pls. $1.80. 

Describes altitudes and slopes, climate, drainage, stratigraphic structure, historical geology, 

and the water horizons; discusses deep wells and prospects (by counties and towns) in South 

Dakota (see Water-Supply Paper-), Nebraska, central and western Kansas, eastern Colorado, 

and eastern Wyoming; discusses also the occurrence of coal, petroleum, and natural gas, salt, 

gypsum, gold, iron ore, and other minerals. 

*46. Geology and underground water resources of northern and southern Arkansas, 

by A. C. Veatch. 1906. 422 pp., 51 pls. $1.50. 

Describes the historical geology and topographic development of a portion of the Coastal Plain; 

discusses the fundamental principles governing underground waters and their application to 

this region; contains account of methods and costs of well making, gives well predictions and a 

short discussion of the underground conditions in each county, and data in regard to wells 

arranged in tables by counties, followed by notes giving sections, analyses of waters, etc.; contains also a dictionary of altitudes, arranged by counties. 

*52. Geology and underg'l'Ound waters of Arkansas Valley in eastern Colorado, by 

N.H. Darton. 1906. 90 pp., 28 pis. 

Describes the stratigraphic, structural, and historical geology of the Arkansas Valley and the 

relation of the geologic formations to the underground waters; discusses the source, depths, 

areas of flow, head, quantity, and quality of the waters of the "Dakota" sandstone, and the 

waters of the Red Beds and Morrison formations, the Laramie and associated formations, the 

later Tertiary deposits, and the dune sands. "An extension of the preliniinary examination 

of the region by G. K. Gilbert in 1894 and 1895." See Seventeenth Annual Report, part 2, 1896, 

pp.1-51. 

GEOLOGIC FOLIOS, 

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

the entire area is divided into small quadrangles, bounded by certain meridians and 

parallels, and these quadrangles, which 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 mineral 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 the hills and val-. 

'Index maps showing areas in the lower Mississippi River basin 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. 

67924°-15--3 
92 STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

leys 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 that are commerciiJJly valuable. 

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

mapped walTant 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 oi 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, also to the library 

edition of folio 186. The library edition of folios 185, 187, and higher numbers sells 

for 25 cents a copy, except that some folios which contain an unusually large amount 

of matter sell for 50 cents a copy. 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 per 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 list 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. 

36. P11eblo, Colorado. 

Describes the general geography and geology of the area and the relations of geologic formations 

to underground waters, 

58. Elmoro, Colorado. 

Describes the geography and general geology of the area and, under "Economic geology," 

discusses the artesian water of the Dakota formation. 

68. Walsenburg, Colorado. 

Describes the geography and general geology of the area and, under "Economic geology," 

the artesiail waters. 

§71. Spanish Peaks, Colorado. 

Describes the topography and drainage of area in Las Animas and Huerfano counties, Colorado, 

discusses the general geology and the rocks, and, under "Economic geology," the artesian waters 

of the area. 

-120. Silverton, Colorado. 

Describes an area in the San Juan Mountains including a portion of the Continental Divide 

and sending streams through Animas River to the Arkansas through Uncompahgre to the Gunnison and the Colorado, and through small creeks to the Rio Grande. Folio describes topography, 

and general geology of the region, the petrography and the areal geology and includes in the 

discussion of the economic geology a brief study of the ground waters. · 

122. Tahlequah, Oklahoma-Arkansas. 

Describes the physiographic relations of the Ozark region in the Arkansas Valley, the topography and the stratigraphic and structural geology of the Tahlequah quadrangle, and, under 

"Economic geology," gives a brief account of the springs and undergTound waters. 

132. Muscogee, Oklahoma. 

Describes the relief and drainage of the Muscogee quadrangle, and the stratigraphic, structural, and historical geology, and, under "Mineral resources," discusses springs, wells, and surface waters. 
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135. Nepesta, Colorado. 

Describes reli~f and drainage of the Nepesta quadrangle, the stratigraphic, structural, and historical geology, and, under "Economic geology," the surface and underground waters; discusses 

the source, h~Ja!l, and chemical properties of the artesian waters, gives records 1 of deep borings, 

and treats brietly on irrigation by ditches from Arkansas River; gives analyses of water from 

wells at Pueblo and from a spring at Fowler. 

148. Joplin district, Missouri-Kansas.a 

Describes the topography, drainage, and geology of the Joplin district and, under "Economic 

geology," discusses the water power of Spring River, Shoal Creek, and Center Creek, the municipal water supplies of Carthage, Webb City, Joplin, and Galena, and the dug wells and springs 

of the country districts, and artesian wells. 

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS. 

Other Federal bureaus, State and other organizations have from 

time to time published reports relating to water resources of various 

sections of the country. Notable among those pertaining to the 

lower Mississippi River drainage basin are the reports of the State 

geologists of Kansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas, the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, the Chief of Engineers, 

United States Army, the Mississippi River Commission, and the 

Tenth Census, volume 17. The following reports deserve special 

mention: 

Special report on well waters in Kansas, by Erasmus Haworth, State geologist: 

Kansas Univ. Geol. Survey Bull. 1, 1913. 

Report of the Board of Irrigation Survey and Experiment for 1895 and 1896 to the 

Legislature of Kansas, 1897. 

Report on the underground waters of.Louiaiana, by G. D. Harris, A. C. Veatch, 

and others: Louisiana Geol. Survey Bull. 1, 1905. 

Geology and underground water resources of northern Louisiana, with notes on adjoining districts, by A. C. Veatch: Louisiana Geol. Survey Bull. 4, 1906. 

Report on water purification investigation and of plans proposed for sewerage waterworks systems: New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, 1903. 

Water powers of Arkansas: A preliminary report on White River and some of its 

tributaries, by W. N. Gladson. 1911. 

Preliminary report on drainage of lands overflowed by the North and Middle forks 

of Forked Deer River and Rutherford Fork of Obion River in Gibson County, Tenn., 

by A. E. Morgan and S. H. McCrory: Tennessee Geol. Survey Bull. 3-B, 1910. 

The delta of the Mississippi: The physics of the river, the control of its floods, and 

the redemption of the alluvion, by Col. Caleb G. Forshey, Cambridge, 1873. 

Report on the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi River, by A. A. Humphreys and H. L. Abbot: Prof. Papers Corps Top. Eng. U. S. Army, No. 4, 1861. 

a Reprinted; price 50c. 

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HYDROLOGIC REPOR~S OF GENERAL 

INTEREST. · 

The following list comprises reports not rea4ily classifiable by 

drainage basins and covering a wide range 6f h~drologic investigations: · WATER-SUPPLY PAPERS. I 

*1. Pumping water for irrigation, by H. M. Wilson. 1896. r7 pp., 9 pis. 

Describes pumps and motive powers, windmills, water wheels, f:d various kinds of engines; 

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

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

Paper 22.) 1 

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

utilization of sewage in Germany, England, and France, and sewie purification in the United 

States. . 

*8. Windmills for irrigation, by E. C. Murphy. 1897. 49 p ., 8 pis. 

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

Garden, Kansas; describes instruments and methods and draws c'nclusions. 

*14. New tests of certain pumps and water lifts used .in irri ation, by 0. P. Hood, 

1898. 91 pp., 1 pl. 

*~0. Experiments with windmills, by T. 0. Perry. 1899. 9 pp., 12 pis. 

Discusses efficiency of pumps and water lifts of various types. j 

Includes tables and descriptions of wind wheels, makes comparis ns of wheels of several types, 

and discusses results. · 

*22. Sewage irrigation, Part II, by G. W. Rafter. 1899. 1oolpp., 7 pis. 

Gives res. ume of Water-Supply P. ap.er No. 3; discusses pollution o. J cert.ain streams, experiments 

on purification of factory wastes in Massachusetts, value of co=~rcial fertilizers, and describes 

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

sewage, utilization and disposal. I 

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

Describes briefly topography, climate, rivers, irrigation methrds, soils, forestation, water 

power, and transportation facilities. , . ! 

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

72 pp., 14 pis. 15c. 

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

75 pp., 2 pis. 10c. ~ Nos .. 41 an.d 42 give details of results of experimental tests with indn:iills of various types. . 

*43. Conveyance of water in irrigation canals, flumes, and pi es, by Samuel Fortier. 

19o1, 86 pp., 15 pis. I 

44. ProfilesofriversintheUnitedStates, byHenryGannettj 1901. 100pp., llpls. 

15c. 

Gives elevations and distance along rivers of the United States, so brief descriptions of many 

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

·reports on surface waters in various parts of the United States. · IX 
X STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-,-1913. 

*56. Methods of stream measurement. 1901. 51 pp., 12 pls. 

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

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" 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 different 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. Stichter. 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 pollution in the metropolitan area near New York City and its effect on 

inland water resources, by M. 0. Leighton. 1902. 75 pp., 8 pls. lOc. 

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

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

1903. 62 pp., 4 pls. lOc. 

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

of the island, the springs, running st.reams and wells, and discusses the utilization of the surface 

and underground water~ 

*80. The relation of rainfall to run-off, by G. W. Rafter. 1903. 104 pp. 

Treats of measurements of rainfall and laws and measurements of stream flow; give~ rainfall, 

run-off, and evaporation formula~; discusses effect of forests on rainfall and run-off. 

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

25c. 

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

93. Proceedings of first conference of engineers of Reclamation Service, 

accompanying papers, compiled by F. H. Newell, Chief Engineer. 

361 pp. 25c. 

with 

1904. 

Contains, in addition to an account of the organi•ation of the hydrographic [water-resources) 

branch of the United States Geological Survey, and the reports of the conference, the rollowing 

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 plane-table, 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 pls. 

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

meters. (See also No. 95.) 
REPORTS OF GENERAL INTEREST. 

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

1904. 169 pp.; 6 pls. 

Describes methods of measuring and computing11tream flow and compares results derived from 

different instruments and methods. (See also No. 94.) 

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; 

Explams the legal principles under which antipollution statutes become operative, quotes 

cOurt decisions to show authority for various deductions, and classif!es according to scope the 

statutes enacted in the different States. 

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

geologist in charge. '1905. _ 211 pp., 5 pls. 10c. 

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

its title. 

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

water, by Charles S. Stichter. . 

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

Approximate methods of measuring tlte yield of flowing wells, by Charles S. Slichter. 

Corrections 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. Fuller. 

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 1!Jld by trade wastes, describes 

the manufacture of strawboard and gives fesults 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. 

1905. 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, watef-bearing 

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

flows, and geneial 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 sitep. 

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

Survey, 1888 to 1903, by J. C. Hoyt and B. D. Wood. 1905. · 253 pp. 15c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

120. Bibliographic review and index of papers relating to underground waters published by the United States Geological Survey, 187~1904, 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 undergroup.d waters, gives common-law rules relating to their use, and 

cites State legislative acts affecting them. 

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

Stichter. 1905. l22 pp., 15 pls. 15c. 

Discusses tl:i.e capacity of sand to transmit water, describes measurements of 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. 

Scope indicated by title. 
XII STR-EAM-GMUNG STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913. 

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

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

Discusses common 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 in the New England States and New York. 

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: 

Drainsge 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 deterinining 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. 15c. 

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 

(SC!>pe indicated by title) are of more or less general interest: 

Proposed State code of water laws, by Morris Bien. 

Power engineering applied to 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. Hanns. 

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

Efiect 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. 

Alkali soils, by Thos. H. Means. 

Cost of streaii\-gaging work, by E. C. Murphy. 

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 offiow 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," including 

formulas for maximum discharge ail.d 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 pis. (See Water-Supply Paper 200.) 15c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

151. Field assay of water, by M. Q_ Leighton. 1905. 77 pp., 4 pis. lOc. 

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. lOc. 

Scope indicated by title. 
REPORTS. OF GENERAL INTEREST. xm 

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

N.Y., by A. C. Veatch. 1906. 83 pp., 9 pis. 25c. . 

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

temperature changes ~ rivers, changes in lake level, tidal changes, effects of settlement, irrigation, dams, underg,found water developments, and to indeterminate causes. 

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

pp., 1 pL 

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

Significance of the 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 ofimprovement of water in wells, by Myron L. Fuller. 

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

others: 1906. 105 pp., 4 pis. 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. · IOc. 

Describes grain distillstion, treatment of slop, sources, character, and effects of effiuents on 

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

of wastes without pollution. 

180. Turbine water-wheel tests and power tables, by R. E. Horton. 1906; 134 pp., 

2 pis. 20c. 

Scope indicated by title. 

*185. Investigations on the purification of Boston sewage, by C.-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 purification 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 acid 

iron 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 straw board 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 finished 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 pis. 40c. 

Scope indicated by amplification of title. 
XIV STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ETC., 1885-1913, 

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

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

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

for ditch and pipe lines and power development; presents notes for investors. 

*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. 

Describes 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 the experimental work l-eading 

to suggestions as to method5 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. Ellsworth. 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 e:flluents, with a chapter on the 

putrescibility and stability of sewage e:flluents, 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 tities: Distribution. of rainfall, 

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

direction of W. M. Stell!\rt, with discussion by M. 0. Leighton; Undeveloped water powers, by 

M. 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 

and G. H. Pratt. 1909. 76 pp. 10c. 

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

cotton piece goods, and manufacture of oleomargarine, fertilizer, and glue. 

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. lOc. 

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 Jaws proposed in the French Parliament; reviews work of 

bureau of hydraulics and agi-icultural 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, byM. L. Fuller. ·1910. 58 pp., 17 pis. 15c. 

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

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-drilling methods, by Isaiah Bowman. 1911. 139 pp., 4 pis. 15c. 

Discusses amount, distribution, and diaposal of rainfall, water-bearing rocks, amount of under· 

ground water, artesian conditions, and oil and gas bearing formations; gives history of w~l 
BEPORTS OF GENERAL INTEREST. XV 

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

wells. 

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 pis. 35c. 

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, effect of the constituents on waters for domestic, industrial, or 

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

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

waters of north-central Indiana). 

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. 15c. 

Describes collection of samples, plan of analytical work, and methods of analyses; 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, Gallinas, and Hondo rivers. 

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

1910, and Survey publications 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 results of work a.t 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 sys-

. tems in the United States, water consumption, and typhoid fever; describes methods of filtration and sterilization of water, and municipal water softenip.g. 

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

552 pp., 15 pls. 50c. 

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

of observations 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. 96pp., 32pls. 20c. 

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

of fioods and the prevention of damage by fioods. 

336. Water resources of Hawaii, 1912, by C. H. Pierce and G. K. Larrison. 392 pp. 

Contains results of stream measmements on the islands in ·1912. 

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

pis. 15c. 

Discusses methods of measuring the winter fiow of streatns. 
XVI STREAM-GAGING STATIONS, ET'C., 1885-1913. 

ANNUA,li REPORTS, 

*Filth 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 U:aited States Geological Survey, 1890--91, J. W. Pow~ll, 

Director. 1891. 2 parts. Pt. II, Irrigation, xvili, 576 pp., 93 pls. $2. Con-· 

tains: 

*Irrigation in India,by H. M. ·wilson, pp. 368-561, Pls. CVII to CXLVI, (See Water-Supply 

Paper87.) 

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

Powell, Director. 1982. (Pts. 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, Pls.CXI toCX~V. Discusses 

the economical aspects of irrigg.tion, 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 

primping 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 pls. $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 waters of the United States,.by A. C. Peale,pp. 49-88, Pls. III and IV. Discusses the origin and flow of mineral springs, tbe 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, 1897-98, 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, Pls. 

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

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

ground waters, and the configuration of the ground-water surface; gives the results of experimental 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, Pls. 

XVII. Scope indicated by title. 

Twentieth Aiinual 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. $1.40. 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 resume 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 streams 

tributary to Lake Nicaragua, and on Rio San Juan and its tn'butaries. 

Twemy-second Annual.Rej:JOrt of the United States Geological Survey, 1900--1901, 

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

Pt. IV, Hydrography, 690 pp., 65 pls. $2:20. Contains: 

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

Describes the physiography, temperature, rai1J,fall, 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. 
REPORTS OF GENERAL INTEREST. XVII 

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS. 

*72. Denudation and erosion in the southern Appalachian region and the Monongahela 

basi.ll, by L. C. Glenn. 1911. 137 pp., 21 pis. S5c. 

Describes the topography, geology, drainage, forests, climate and population, and transportation facilities of the region, the relation of agriculture, lumbering, mining, and power development to erosion and denudation, and the nature, effects, and remedies of erosion; gives details 

of conditions in Holston, Nolichucky, French Broad, Little Tennessee, and Hiwassee river 

basins, along Tenness~e River proper, and in the basins of the Coosa-Alabama system, Chattahoochee, Savanilah, Saluda, Broad, Catawba, Yadkin, NeV", and Monongahela rivers. 

BULLETINS. 

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

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

Defines mineral waters, lists the springs by States, and gives tables 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 importanc~ of accurate well records to the driller, to owners 

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

tabulated records of wells by States, and detailed 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 modifying factors of artesian circulation, the essential and modifying factors of 

artesian flow, 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; givffi 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. I • 

[A=Ann]llll Reports; M=Monograph; B-Bulletln; P=Professional Paper; W=Water-Supply Paper 

- G F=Geologio folio.] ' 

Alaska: SJU"face waters., •..................•........ . l. ...... W i96, 218,228,314 

Arkansas: Quality of waters, etc ............................ : ...... W 102, 145, 236 

Underground waters ............ W 57, 102, 110, 114, 145, 149, i60; P 46; G F 122 

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

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

Chemical analyses: 2 Methods and interpretation .......• W 151,236,259, 274; B 479 

Colorado: Quality of waters .................................. W 236, 274; G F 135 

Surface waters ........••................... :. . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . W 74, 147, 162 

Underground waters .................................. _ ............... A 16, ii; 

17,ii; 21,iv; 22,iv; P 32;52; W 57,149; G F 36,58,68,71,120,135 

Conservation •................ , ...................................• : •••• W 234 

Cuba: Surface, underground, and quality of waters .......................••• W 110 

Denudation.............................................................. P. 72 

Engineering methode.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • W 1, 

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

Floods •••••••...•....•...........................•...•....... W 96, 147, 162, 334 

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

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

Ice meaSlU"ements .............•••••••••••.........•••.•.......... W 146,187,337 

Irrigation, generaL ..... A 10, ii; 11, ii; 12, ii; 13, ill; 16; ii; W 20; 22, 41, 42, 87, 93, 146 

Kansas: Quality of waters •.......................••......... W 153, 273; G F 148 

· Surface waters ..........•...................................... W 96, 147, 273 

Underground waters ........•....................•... ; .........• -... A 16, ii; 

21, iv; 22, iv; P·S2; W 6, 57,145,149,153, 273; G F 148 

Kentucky: Quality of waters ••.•........•..............••••............•• W 164 

Undergro~d waters .•••...........•......•. , ...... W 57,102,110,114,149,164 

Legal aspects: SJU"face waters ....•.•...•........................... W 103,152,238 

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

Louisiana: Quality of waters .........••. , ..•....•.•...•..••••.........• W 101, 236 

Underground waters................................. W 57, 101, 114, 149; P 46 

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

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

Lists .•••••.•••..•...••........• ." ....•..•...••..•.•........•.•.. B 32; W 114 

Mississippi: Quality of waters ••••••...•••.•....•...•..• __ .......•.....•••.••. W 159 

Surface waters •••••...•...............•..... ~ · ....••....••••••......... · W 107 

Underground waters .......•••.....•.......•...........• W 57, 102, 114, 149, 159 

Missouri: Quality of waters, etc ....•..•••.......•.....•............ W 195; G F 148 

_Surface waters ••...•. ~ .....•.................•.... l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W 162 

Underground waters •••........•.•• : .... W 57, 102, 110, 114, 145, 149, 195; G F 148 

Motions of ground waters ............. " .........• A 19, ii; B 319; W 67, 110, 140, 155 

New Mexico: Quality of waters .•............................... ~ .......•.. W 274 

Surface waters ...•.••.....................•.........•.•.........•• W 147, 162 

Underground waters................................. A 21, iv; 22, iv; W 61, 149 

1 Many of the reports contain brief subject bibliographies. See abstracts. 

2 Many analyses of river, spring, and well waters are scattered through publications, as noted in abstracts. 

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Nicaragua: Surface waters ........................................ A 20, iv; 22, iv 

"Oklahoma [Indian Territory]: Quality of waters .......................... W 148, 274 

Surface waters ................... : ....................... W 147, 148; G F 132 

Underground waters ............................. W 57, 61, 148, 149; G F 122,132 

Panama: Surface waters ................................................. A 22, iv 

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 

Profiles of rivers ....................... _ ...... _ .... __ ... __ .............. W 44, 115 

Puerto Rico: Surface waters and irrigation ................................... W 32 

River profiles ......................... _ ................................ W 44, 115 

Sanitation; quality of waters; pollution; sewage irrigation.................. W 3, 

22, 72, 103, 110, 113, 114, 144, 145; 152, 160, 179, 

185, 186, 189, 194, 226, 229, 235, 236, 255, 258, 315 

Sewage disposal and purification ...................... W 3, 22, 72, 113, 185, 194, 229 

Tennessee: Quality of waters ........................................... W 164,236 

Underground waters .................................... W 61, 102, 114, 149, 164 

Texas: Quality of waters ............................................... W 276,317 

Smface waters ................. ~ .......................... W 105, 154, 162, 191 

Underground waters ................. 21, iv; 22, iv; W 61, 149, 154, 191, 276, 317 

Underground waters: Legal aspects ......................................... W 122 

Methods of utilization ........... : ............................. W 114,255,257 

Pollution ................................................. W 110, 145, 160, 258 

Windmill papers ................................................. : . . W 8, 20, 41, 42 
INDEX OF STREAMS. 

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Arkansas River, Colo., Kans ...... 83-84 Horse Creek, Okla ..•••••. ~---···· 86 

Arkansas River canals, Colo. . . . . . 85 · Huerfano River, Colo............ -84 

Arkansas River, East Fork, Colo.. 83 Keese ditch, Colo................ 85 

Arkansas River, Lake Fork, Colo.. 84 Lake Creek, Colo .... ,........... -84 

Arkansas River, Salt Fork, Okla.. 84 LakeForkofArkansasRiver, Colo 84 

Arkansas River, South Fork, Colo. 84 Little Medicine Bluff Creek, Okla. 86 

Arkansas River, Tennessee Fork, Little Red River, Ark............ 83 

·colo............................ 84 ManuelitosRiver,N.Mex........ 85 

Beaver Creek, Okla............. . . 85 Medicine Bluff Creek, Okla....... 86 

Beaver Creek, West, Colo........ 84 Medicine Bluff Creek, Little, Okla. 86 

Big Sandy Creek, Colo............ 84 Medicine River, Kans............ 84 

Big Spring Creek, Colo... . . . . . . . . . 84 Meramec River, Mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 

Buffalo River, Ark............... 83 Meramec Spring, Mo............. 83 

Canadian River, N. Mex., Okla... 85 Mora River, N. Mex.............. 85 

Canadian River,. North Fork, Okla. 85 Mora River and La Cueva canal, 

Chalk Creek, Colo................. 84 N.Mex....................... 85 

Chicorica Creek, N.Mex.......... 85 Neosho River, Kans............... 85 

Cimarron River (tributary to Ar- North Fork River, Ark........... 83 

kansas River), Kans.-Okla ...... 84-85 North Fork Canadian River, Okla. 85 

Cimarron River (tributary to Cana- North Fork Cottonwood Creek, 

dian River), N.Mex............ 85 Colo............................ 84 

Clear Creek, Colo................. 84 North Fork of Red River, Okla... 86 

Coldwater River, Miss .. ,......... 85 Oil creek, Colo.................. 84 

Colorado-Kansas canal, Colo....... 85 Otter Creek, Okla................ 86 

Cottonwood Creek, Colo.......... 84 Otter Creek, Dry Fork, Okla...... 86 

Cottonwood Creek, North Fork, OUa.chita River, Ark.............. 86 

Colo............................ 84 Oxford Farmers canal, Colo...... 85 

Cottonwood Creek, South Fork, Pajarito Creek, N.Mex........... ·85 

Colo............................. 84 Poncha Creek, Colo.............. 84 

Courtois Creek, Mo........ . . . . . . . 83 Purgatory River, Colo............. 84 

Cucharas River, Colo............. 84 Rayado River, N.Mex........... 85 

Dry Fork; of Otter Creek, Okla.... 86 Red River, Tex.................. 86 

East Fork of Arkansas River, Colo. 83 Red River, Elm Fork, Okla....... 86 

·Elk Creek, Okla................. 86 Red River, Little, Ark.......... 83 

Elm Fork of Red River.......... 86 Red River, North Fork, Okla.... 86 

Fall River, Kans................. 85 Red River, Salt Fork, Okla....... 86 

Fourmile Creek. See Oil Creek. Salt Fork of_Arkansas River, Okla. 84 

Grand River. See Neosho River. Salt.Fork of Red River, Okla..... 86 

Grape Creek, Colo................ 84 Sandy Creek, Big, Colo............ 84 

Greer Spring, Mo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Sapello Mill tailrace, N. Mex...... 85 

HalfMoon Creek, Colo............ 84 Sapello River, N.Mex............ 85 

Homochitto River, Miss........... 86 South Fork Arkansas River, Colo.. 84 

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South Fork Cottonwood Creek, 

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Sunflower River, Miss ....••....... 

Tallahatchie River, Miss ....•.... 

Tennessee Fork of Arkansas River, 

Colo ........................... . 

Twin Lakes outlet, Colo •....•..... 

Una del Gato Cre9k, N.Mex .... .. 

Umi.ca River, N.Mex ........... . 

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Ute Creek, N. Mex .............. .. 

84 Verdigris River, Kans ............ . 

85 Walnut River, Kans ............ . 

85 Washita River, Okla ............ . 

WestBeaverCreek, Colo .... : ... .. 

84 White River, Ark., Mo .......... .. 

84 Wichita River, Tex .............. . 

85 Yalobusha River, Miss ........... . 

85 Yazoo River, Miss ............... .. 

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