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Selected USGS Surface-Water Publications

Recent Surface-Water Publications

Stage Measurement at Gaging Stations (TM 3—A7)
Discharge Measurements at Gaging Stations (TM 3—A8)
Levels at Gaging Stations (TM 3—A19)
Water—the Nation's Fundamental Climate Issue [A White Paper on the U.S. Geological Survey Role and Capabilities] (Circular 1347)
Measuring Discharge with Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers from a Moving Boat (Techniques and Methods, Chapter 22 of Book 3, Section A)
National Streamflow Information Program (General Information Product 70)
An Evaluation of Selected Extraordinary Floods in the United States Reported by the U.S. Geological Survey and Implications for Future Advancement of Flood Science (USGS SIR 2008-5164) (online only)
WaterWatch—Maps, Graphs, and Tables of Current, Recent, and Past Streamflow Conditions (FS-2008-3131)

Streamgaging

FS-2007-3043 From the River to You: USGS Real-Time Streamflow Information
FS-2007-3080 Recent Improvements to the U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging Program ...from the National Streamflow Information Program
Qualitative Comparison of Streamflow Information Programs of the U.S. Geological Survey and Three Non-Federal Agencies (USGS OFR 2007-1426)
FS-2005-3131 U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging ... from the National Streamgaging Information Program
FS-2005-3020 Trends in the Water Budget of the Mississippi River Basin, 1949-1997 ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
FS-2005-3019 Changes in Streamflow Timing in New England During the 20th Century ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
FS-2005-3018 Changes in Streamflow Timing in the Western United States in Recent Decades ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
FS-2005-3017 Streamflow Trends in the United States ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
Quality-Assurance Plan for Discharge Measurements Using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (USGS SIR 2005-5183)
Design of a National Streamflow Information Program--Report with Recommendations of a Committee (USGS OFR 2004-1263)
A Near-optimum Procedure for Selecting Stations in a Streamgaging Network (USGS SIR 2005-5001)
U.S. Stream Flow Measurement and Data Dissemination Improve (Reprinted from EOS, Vol. 85, No. 20, 18 May 2004)
Standards for the Analysis and Processing of Surface-Water Data and Information Using Electronic Methods (USGS WRIR 01-4044; 2001)
A New Evaluation of the USGS Streamgaging Network -- A Report to Congress (1998)
The Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS Circular 1123; 1995)
FS-209-95 Stream Gaging and Flood Forecasting: A Partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)
Measurement and Computation of Streamflow, Vols. 1 and 2 (USGS WSP-2175; 1982)

Streamflow Data and Information

FS-2004-3115 StreamStats: A U.S. Geological Survey Web Application for Stream Information
FS-2004-3142 Distinguishing between Debris Flows and Floods from Field Evidence in Small Watersheds (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)
FS-2004-3068 Cooperative Water Program--A Partnership in the Nation's Water-Resources Program (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)
FS-052-02 WaterWatch--Maps and Graphs of Current Water Resources Conditions (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)
FS-128-02 NWISWeb: New Site for the Nation's Water Data
FS-048-01 National Streamflow Information Program--Implementation Plan and Progress Report
Information Sheet Streamgages--Measuring the Pulse of our Nation's Rivers (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)
NSIP Frequently Asked Questions National Streamflow Information Program--Questions and Answers
FS-128-01 Cooperative Water Program--A Partnership in the Nation's Water-Resources Program (Updated version above.) (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)
FS-006-97 Streamflow Information for the Nation (OSW has a limited amount of hard copies of this FS.)
FS-059-95 USGS Water--Managing a National Resource (OSW has a limited amount of hard copies of this FS.)
FS-066-95 USGS An Overview of the Stream-Gaging Program (OSW has a limited amount of hard copies of this FS.)
Policy Recommendations for Management and Retention of Hydrologic Data of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS OFR 92-56; 1992)

Current Meters

Quality Assurance of U.S. Geological Survey Stream Current Meters: The Meter-Exchange Program 1988-98 (USGS OFR 99-221; 1999)

Floods

National Flood Summary Reports
FS-2006-3095 1976 Big Thompson Flood, Colorado--Thirty Years Later
Summary of Significant Floods in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1994 Through 1998 Water Years (USGS SIR 2005-5194)--online only
Summary of Significant Floods in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1994 Through 1998 Water Years (USGS SIR 2005-5194)
The World's Largest Floods--Past and Present (USGS Circular 1254; 2004)
Large Floods in the United States: Where They Happen and Why (USGS Circular 1245; 2003)
FS-019-03 The 1903 and 1993 Floods in Kansas--The Effects of Changing Times and Technology (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)
FS-076-03 Effects of Urban Development on Floods
FS-084-02 Using the National Flood Frequency Program, Version 3: A Computer Program for Estimating Magnitude and Frequency of Floods for Ungaged Sites
FS-024-00 Significant Floods in the United States During the 20th Century--USGS Measures a Century of Floods (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)

Sediment

A Guide to the Proper Selection and Use of Federally Approved Sediment and Water-Quality Samplers (USGS OFR 2005-1087)
Comparability of Suspended-Sediment Concentration and Total Suspended Solids Data (USGS WRIR 00-4191; 2000) (pdf = 572K)
FS-244-96 Rapid-Estimation Method for Assessing Scour at Highway Bridges on Limited Site Data (OSW does not have hard copies of this FS, please print from the pdf.)

Modeling

Computation of Flow Through Water-Control Structures Using Program DAMFLO.2 (USGS OFR 03-473)
FS-147-00 Modeling Water Quality in Rivers using the Branched Lagrangian Transport Model (BLTM)
Prediction of Traveltime and Longitudinal Dispersion in Rivers and Streams (USGS WRIR 96-4013; 1996)

Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Reports (TWRIs)

Journal Articles and Non-USGS Publications

A Partial Summary of 2012 USGS Activities of the Interest to the FHWA and State Highway Agencies, (pdf = 244K), TRB 91st Annual Meeting, AFB60 Committee Meeting, January 15, 2013
Comment on "Communicating Government Science, (pdf = 35K), EOS, 87, 2006
Benefits of USGS Streamgaging Program (pdf = 1.7M), Users and Uses of USGS Streamflow Data, by the National Hydrologic Warning Council, March 7, 2006
Flood Management Benefits of USGS Streamgage Program (pdf = 4.3M)
by the National Hydrologic Warning Council, October 19, 2006
Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency (Bulletin 17B and PeakFQ Information)
Nature's style: Naturally trendy (Geophysical Research Letters, 32, 2005)
Seasonal and regional characteristics of streamflow trends in the United States from 1940-1999 (Physical Geography, 26, 2005)
Observed trends in hydrologic cycle components (Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, vol. 5, part 17, 2005.)
Comments on "Evidence for global runoff increase related to climate warming" by Labat et al. (Advances in Water Resources, 28, 2005)
Changes in the timing of high river flows in New England over the 20th Century (Journal of Hydrology, 278, 2003)
A Step Increase in Streamflow in the Conterminous United States (Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 2002)
Streamflow Trends in the United States (Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 1999)
Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices (1998)
Regional streamflow regimes and hydroclimatoloty of the United States, (pdf = 423K), Water Resources Research, 33, 1997
Increasing U.S. Streamflow Linked to Greenhouse Forcing (EOS, Vol. 75, No. 25, Pages 281, 284-285)
Flood-Frequency Analyses with Prerecord Information (American Society of Civil Engineers Journal, February 1978)

Water Resources Glossaries

Historical Water Documents

Plans and Specifications for Current-Meter Gaging Stations, Water Resources Branch, 1913
Equipment for Gaging Stations for Measuring River Discharge, Plans and Specifications for Reinforced Concrete Well and Shelter for Water-Stage Recorders, Water Resources Branch, 1925
Equipment for River Measurements, Plans and Specifications for Reinforced Concrete House and Well for Water-Stage Recorders, Water Resources Branch, 1933
Equipment for River Measurements, Parshall Flume Type of Artificial Control, Supplement to 1933 Edition of Structures for Artificial Controls, Water Resources Branch, 1934

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