Many USGS reports on water resources are now being
served online. Most publications located
at this site and other USGS sites can be located by subject,
author, date, USGS series or publication
series number by using the reports and
thematic maps electronic Publications Warehouse.
Browse the USGS Online Water-Resources Reports:
CircularsPurpose: To present
to general or scientific audiences short summaries or articles
of short-term, popular, or local interest.
Data Series [New Series]The
Data Series is intended for release of basic data sets, data bases,
and multimedia or motion graphics. This series can include videos,
computer programs, and collections of digital photographs.
Digital Data SeriesThe
Digital Data Series encompasses a broad range of digital data,
including computer programs, interpreted results of investigations,
comprehensive reviewed data bases, spatial data sets, digital
images and animation, and multimedia presentations that are not
intended for printed release. Scientific reports in this series
cover a wide variety of subjects on all facets of U.S. Geological
Survey investigations and research that are of lasting scientific
interest and value. Releases in the Digital Data Series offer
access to scientific information that is available in digital
form; the information is primarily for viewing, processing, and
(or) analyzing by computer.
Fact SheetsPurpose:
To describe WRD programs, projects, products, and water-resources
topics to either a general or professional audience. Water Fact
Sheets are concise and timely publications that increase the understanding
and visibility of WRD activites and accomplishments.
Hydrologic AtlasesPurpose:
To present reports on hydrology or geohydrology in map format
to a wide range of hydrologically oriented audiences.
Open-File ReportsPurpose:
To make available (1) data reports, (2) reports of preliminary
findings that would be of interest to few persons other than the
cooperating agency, and (3) reports and maps pending publication
elsewhere but requiring immediate release, and (4) timely information
describing WRD programs, projects, products, and water-resources
topics.
Professional PapersPurpose:
To present comprehensive or topical reports on any field in the
earth sciences. This series is commonly used for summaries of
wide popular, scientific, or geographic interest, and for significant
scientific contributions--generally on topics other than hydrology.
Scientific Investigations
Reports [New Series]Purpose: Scientific Investigations Reports contain
significant data and interpretations of lasting scientific interest
but are generally narrower in scope than Professional Papers. The series
includes collections of related papers addressing different aspects of a
single scientific topic, either issued as individual chapters or as a
single volume; proceedings and abstracts for USGS-sponsored meetings;
some field trip guidebooks and road logs; and general manuals.
Techniques and MethodsPurpose:
To present to technically oriented audiences reports on methods
and techniques used in collecting, analyzing, and processing hydrologic
data.
Techniques of Water-Resources InvestigationsPurpose:
To present to technically oriented audiences reports on methods
and techniques used in collecting, analyzing, and processing hydrologic
data.
Water Data ReportsA series
of annual reports that document hydrologic data gathered from
the U.S. Geological Survey's and cooperating agencies' surface-
and ground-water data-collection networks in each State, Puerto
Rico, and the Trust Territories. These records of streamflow,
ground-water levels, and water quality provide the hydrologic
information needed by State, local, and Federal agencies, and
the private sector for developing and managing our Nation's land
and water resources.
Water-Resources Investigations ReportsPurpose:
To (a) present to interdisciplinary audiences comprehensive or
topical interepretive reports and maps that are mainly of local
or short-term interest; (b) provide a medium of release for reports
and maps that would not be feasible in any other series or journal
or that would be published quickly.
Water-Supply PapersPurpose:
To present significant interpretive results of hydrologic investigations
of broader than local interests.
Water Errata
SheetsChanges made to reports after publication.
Posters
Some Reports of National
and Regional Interest
General Interest Publications
Reports in other languages
U.S. Geological Survey Publications
and Products
New
Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Educational
Resources
Water Resources Memorandums
USGS Publications Warehouse
Reports by Scientific Disciplines
Geography
Geology
Biology
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