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Surface-Water Publication Categories:
General Surface Water Topics
Surface Water - Drought
Surface Water - Flooding
Surface Water - Routing
Surface Water - Streamflow Statistics
Surface Water - Time of Travel

General Surface Water Topics (back to top)

OFR 2006-1143Simulated Water Budgets and Ground-Water/Surface-Water Interactions in Bushkill and Parts of Monocacy Creek Watersheds, Northampton County, Pennsylvania--A Preliminary Study with Identification of Data Needs
SIR 2006-5141Effects of Streambank Fencing of Pasture Land on Benthic Macroinvertebrates and the Quality of Surface Water and Shallow Ground Water in the Big Spring Run Basin of Mill Creek Watershed, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1993-2001
FS 2006-3112Effects of streambank fencing of near-stream pasture land on a small watershed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
SIR 2006-5042Physical and Vegetative Characteristics of a Relocated Stream Reach, Constructed Wetland, and Riparian Buffer, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 2000-04
SIR 2006-5178Changes in Streamflow and Water Quality in Selected Nontidal Basins in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 1985-2004
SIR 2005-5038Comparison of methods for estimating ground-water recharge and base flow at a small watershed underlain by fractured bedrock in the Eastern United States
SIR 2005-5113Water budgets for selected watersheds in the Delaware River Basin, eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey
SIR 2005-5156Environmental Setting, Water Budget, and Stream Assessment for the Broad Run Watershed, Chester County, Pennsylvania
OFR 2005-1333Estimates of Ground-Water Recharge Based on Streamflow-Hydrograph Methods: Pennsylvania
SIR 2005-5043Effects of Spray-Irrigated Treated Effluent on Water Quantity and Quality, and the Fate and Transport of Nitrogen in a Small Watershed, New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
FS 2005-3092Effects of spray-irrigated municipal wastewater on a small watershed in Chester County, Pennsylvania
SIR 2005-5042Effects of historical coal mining and drainage from abandoned mines on streamflow and water quality in Bear Creek, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania-- March 1999-December 2002
SIR 2005-5226Effects of Removing Good Hope Mill Dam on Selected Physical, Chemical, and Biological Characteristics of Conodoguinet Creek, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
SIR 2004-5259Changes in streamflow and water quality in selected nontidal sites in the Chesapeake Bay Basin, 1985-2003
WRIR 02-4279Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the Brandywine Creek subbasin of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1994-98
WRIR 03-4031Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the White Clay Creek subbasin of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1994-98
WRIR 03-4138Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the Red Clay Creek Subbasin of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1994-98
WRIR 03-4193Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the Christina River Subbasin and overview of simulations in other subbasins of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, 1994-98
WRIR 03-4311Effects of Abandoned Coal-Mine Drainage on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Shamokin Creek Basin, Northumberland and Columbia Counties, Pennsylvania, 1999-2001
OFR 01-446Software user's guide for determining the Pennsylvania Scour Critical Indicator Code and streambed Scour Assessment Rating for roadway bridges
WRIR 01-4189Water-Quality Conditions During Low Flow in the Lower Youghiogheny River Basin, Pennsylvania, October 5-7, 1998
OFR 00-64Procedures for Scour Assessments at Bridges in Pennsylvania
OFR 99-216Physical, Chemical, and Biological Data for Selected Streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-94
WRIR 99-4208Effects of Coal-Mine Drainage on Stream Water Quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela River Basins -- Sulfate Transport and Trends
WRIR 97-4138Changes in Bottom-Surface Elevations in Three Reservoirs on the Lower Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania and Maryland, Following the January 1996 Flood--Implications for Nutrient and Sediment Loads to Chesapeake Bay
OFR 96-497Scour at bridges What is it all about?: Stream stability and scour assessment at bridges in Pennsylvania
WRIR 96-4040HYSEP: A Computer Program for Streamflow Hydrograph Separation and Analysis
OFR 96-359Maps of difference between ground-water contributions to base flow for the various recurrence intervals and ground-water withdrawals in Neshaminy Creek Basin, Pennsylvania
PP 417-ARelation between ground water and surface water in Brandywine Creek Basin, Pennsylvania
WRIR 94-4059Water and sediment budgets for the stormwater-drainage channel at the Navy Ships Parts Control Center near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, water year 1993
WRIR 94-4056Effects of surface mining on the hydrology and biology in the Stony Fork Basin, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
WRIR 93-4160Calibration of a streamflow-routing model for the Delaware River and its principal tributaries in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
WRIR 93-4069Hydrology and the effects of selected agricultural best-management practices in the Bald Eagle Creek watershed, York, County, Pennsylvania, prior to and during nutrient management
WRIR 92-4093Simulation of streamflow and sediment transport in two surface-coal-mined basins in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
WRIR 90-4052Tributary-stream infiltration in Marsh Creek Valley, North-Central Pennsylvania
WRIR 90-4061Base-flow frequency characteristics of selected Pennsylvania streams
WRIR 90-4160Base-flow frequency characteristics of selected Pennsylvania streams
OFR 89-247Streamflow and water-quality data for Little Clearfield Creek Basin, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, December 1987 - November 1988
OFR 89-404Streamflow and water-quality data for Meadow Run Basin, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, December 1987 - November 1988,
OFR 89-577Streamflow and water-quality data for Little Scrubgrass Creek Basin, Venango and Butler Counties, Pennsylvania, December 1987 - November 1988
OFR 88-470Hydrologic data for Indian Creek Basin, Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, Pennsylvania, 1985-87
WRIR 88-4087Preimpoundment hydrologic conditions in the Swatara Creek (1981-84) and estimated postimpoundment water quality in and downstream from the planned Swatara State Park Reservoir, Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties, Pennsylvania
WRIR 87-4196Effects of urbanization on storm runoff volume and peak discharge of Valley Creek, eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania
WRIR 87-4065Water resources of Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
WRIR 87-4098Effect of urbanization on the water resources of eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania
WSP 2276Techniques for estimating streamflow characteristics in the Eastern and Interior coal provinces of the United States
WSP 2300National water summary 1985; hydrologic events and surface-water resources
WRIR 85-4077Cost effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Pennsylvania
WSP 2256-ADistribution and transport of trace substances in the Schuylkill River Basin from Berne to Philadelphia
WRIR 84-4362Effects of surface mining on streamflow, suspended sediment, and water quality in the Stony Fork drainage basin, Fayette County, Pennsylvania,
WRIR 82-21Evaluation of the streamflow data program in Pennsylvania,
WRIR 82-4020Effect of urbanization on the water resources of Warmister Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
WRIR 79-3Regional stochastic generation of streamflows using an arima (1,0,1) process and disaggregation,
C-686Large rivers of the United States
PP 701-AHydrology of two small river basins in Pennsylvania before urbanization
WSP 1899-IStreamflow from the United States into the Atlantic Ocean during 1931-60
WSP 1829Swatara Creek Basin of southeastern Pennsylvania--An evaluation of its hydrologic system
WSP 1532-CEffects of agricultural conservation practices on the hydrology of Corey Creek Basin, Pennsylvania, 1954-60
PP 417-BSome relations between streamflow characteristics and the environment in the Delaware River region
PP 282-FDrainage basins, channels, and flow characteristics of selected streams in central Pennsylvania
PP 271The natural channel of Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania
WSP 109Hydrography of the Susquehanna River drainage basin
WSP 2425National water summary on wetland resources—selected articles:

Surface Water - Drought (back to top)

WSP 2375National water summary 1988-89; hydrologic events and floods and droughts

Surface Water - Flooding (back to top)

FS 103-96Statewide Floods in Pennsylvania, January 1996
WSP 2375National water summary 1988-89; hydrologic events and floods and droughts
OFR 86-486Flood of November 1985 in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
WRIR 86-4054Effects of flood controls proposed for West Branch Brandywine Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania
PP 1211Johnstown-western Pennsylvania storms and floods of July 19-20, 1977
PP 1191Storm-induced debris avalanching and related phenomena in the Johnstown area, Pennsylvania, with references to other studies in the Appalachians
WRIR 81-73A stormwater management model for the West Branch Brandywine Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania
OFR 78-963Floods of July 19-20, 1977, in the Johnstown area, western Pennsylvania
PP 924Hurricane Agnes rainfall and floods, June-July 1972
C-601-JExtent and development of urban flood plains
WSP 1526Hydraulic and hydrologic aspects of flood-plain planning
WSP 1420Floods of August-October 1955, New England to North Carolina
C-377Floods of August 1955 in the northeastern States
C-204Floods in Youghiogheny and Kiskiminetas River Basins, Pennsylvania and Maryland, frequency and magnitude
WSP 1134-BFloods of July 18, 1942, in north-central Pennsylvania, with a section on Descriptive details of the storm and floods
WSP 915Major winter and nonwinter floods in selected basins in New York and Pennsylvania
WSP 799The floods of March 1936--Part 2, Hudson River to Susquehanna River region. 1937
WSP 800The floods of March 1936--Part 3, Potomac, James and upper Ohio River; with a section on the Weather associated with the floods of March 1936

Surface Water - Routing (back to top)

WRIR 85-4331Low-Flow Routing in the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, Pennsylvania
WRIR 82-4049Flow-routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part V - Flow routing models for the West Branch Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania
WRIR 79-52Flow routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part II--Low-flow characteristics of the Susquehanna River between Waverly, New York, and Sunbury, Pennsylvania,
WRIR 79-85Flow routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part III--Routing reservoir releases in the Tioga and Chemung Rivers system, Pennsylvania, and New York, 1977,
WRIR 77-12Flow routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part I, effects of Raystown Lake on the low-flow frequency characteristics of the Juniata and lower Susquehanna Rivers, Pennsylvania

Surface Water - Streamflow Statistics (back to top)

SIR 2006-5130Low-Flow, Base-Flow, and Mean-Flow Regression Equations for Pennsylvania Streams
SIR 2006-5244Selected streamflow statistics and regression equations for predicting statistics at stream locations in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
SIR 2005-5162Streamflow statistics for the Paradise and Pocono Creek watersheds and selected streamflow- gaging stations on Monroe County, Pennsylvania
SIR 2005-5147Development of Regional Curves Relating Bankfull-Channel Geometry and Discharge to Drainage Area for Streams in Pennsylvania and Selected Areas of Maryland
WRIR 03-4014Development of regional curves of bankfull-channel geometry and discharge for streams in the non-urban, Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Maryland
WRIR 01-4146Regional curve development and selection of a reference reach in the non-urban, Lowland Sections of the Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Maryland
WRIR 01-4214Prediction of velocities for a range of streamflow conditions in Pennsylvania
WRIR 00-4189Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of peak flows for Pennsylvania streams
WRIR 99-4068Comparison of methods for computing streamflow statistics for Pennsylvania streams
WRIR 98-4117Low-flow statistics of selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania
WRIR 87-4194Estimation of flood-frequency charactics and the effects of urbanization for streams in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area
WRIR 86-4195Technique for estimating depths of 100-year floods in Pennsylvania
WRIR 85-4008Statisical analyses of flood frequency, low-flow frequency, and flow duration of streams in the Philadelphia area, Pennsylvania
WSP 2042Mean annual runoff in the Upper Ohio River Basin
OFR 76-350Map showing selected extreme streamflow statistics and drainage areas, Greater Pittsburgh region, Pennsylvania
WRIR 76-51Technical manual for estimating low-flow frequency characteristics of streams in the Susquehanna River Basin

Surface Water - Time of Travel (back to top)

WRIR 93-4203Determination of traveltime in the Delaware River, Hancock, New York, to the Delaware Water Gap by use of a conservative dye tracer
OFR 82-861Time-of-travel to dispersion studies, Lehigh River, Francis E. Walter Lake to Easton, Pennsylvania
OFR 76-247Time-of-travel studies Susquehanna River, Binghamton, New York, to Clarks Ferry, Pennsylvania
C-439Time and travel of water in the Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati

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