Results of water-resources data-collection programs and interpretive hydrologic studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are published in reports and are made available to universities, State and local agencies, other Federal agencies, and the public. The following is a list of selected USGS reports on water resources in Mississippi published since 1990 and categorized according to the major emphasis of the report; these reports are available for inspection at the Mississippi District Office in Pearl, Mississippi.

• Simulations of Flooding on Tchoutacabouffa River at State Highways 15 and 67 at D'Iberville, Mississippi (0.6 MB)
• Streamflow and Nutrient Data for the Yazoo River below Steele Bayou near Long Lake, Mississippi, 1996-2000

• U.S. Geological Survey Studies Quality of Drinking-Water Supplies in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Principal Aquifer
• Hydrogeology, model description, and flow analysis of the Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer in northwestern Mississippi (3.7 MB)
• Hydrogeologic Interpretations of Natural-Gamma Logs for 31 Shallow Wells in the Memphis, Tennessee, Area
• Thickness of the Mississippi River Alluvium and Thickness of the Coarse Sand and Gravel in the Mississippi River Alluvium in Northwestern Mississippi
• Quality of Shallow Ground Water in Recently Developed Residential and Commercial Areas, Memphis Vicinity, Tennessee, 1997

• Characterization of water quality in unmonitored streams in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, northwestern Mississippi, May-June 2006
• Quality of water in selected wells, Harrison County, Mississippi, 1997–2005
• U.S. Geological Survey Studies Quality of Drinking-Water Supplies in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Principal Aquifer
• Bacteriological and Water-Quality Data Collected at Coastal Mississippi Sites Following Hurricane Katrina, September-October 2005. If you would like to download a copy of the tables in this report created with Microsoft Excel, right-click on the links below and select "Save Target As...".
  • Table 1 (25 KB)
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  • Table 4 (40 KB)
  • Table 5 (15 KB)
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  • Table 7 (45 KB)
  • Table 8 (95 KB)
  • Table 9 (25 KB)
• Time-of-Travel of Solute Data for Mississippi Streams
• Time-of-Travel of Solute Data Collected by the Mississipi Department of Environmental Quality for Mississippi Streams
• Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evalation Area
• Water Quality in the Mississippi Embayment, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1995-98.
• Number and Size of Black Bass Reflect Water Quality in the Lower Mississippi River Delta

• Water in Mississippi

• U.S. Geological Survey Studies Quality of Drinking-Water Supplies in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Principal Aquifer
• Water Quality in the Mississippi Embayment, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1995-98.
• Occurrence of fishes at 38 sites in the Mississippi Embayment study unit, 1996-98 (2.1 MB)
• Occurrence of Pesticides in Five Rivers of the Mississippi Embayment Study Unit, 1996-98 (2.0 MB)
• Hydrogeologic Interpretations of Natural-Gamma Logs for 31 Shallow Wells in the Memphis, Tennessee, Area
• Number and Size of Black Bass Reflect Water Quality in the Lower Mississippi River Delta
• Occurrence of Invertebrates at 38 Stream Sites in the Mississippi Embayment Study Unit, 1996-99
• Quality of Shallow Ground Water in Recently Developed Residential and Commercial Areas, Memphis Vicinity, Tennessee, 1997
• Relations of Stream Fish Communities to Physical and Chemical Parameters and Land Use in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain Ecoregion
• Streamflow and Nutrient Data for the Yazoo River below Steele Bayou near Long Lake, Mississippi, 1996-2000

• A Decision Support System for Prioritizing Forested Wetland Restoration in the Yazoo Backwater Area, Mississippi

• Hurricane Georges: Headwater Flooding, Storm Surge, Beach Erosion, and Habitat Destruction on the Central Gulf Coast
• Hydrologic Atlases Showing Areas Flooded by Hurricane Camille Tides of August 18, 1969, Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast