Water resources review for March 1979
Streamflow generally increased seasonally in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North and South Carolina, Saskatchewan, and throughout most of the Northeast, Midcontinent, and Western Great Lakes Regions. Monthly mean flows generally decreased in Alberta, Manitoba, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, and Virginia, and were variable elsewhere. Above-normal streamflow occurred in the Southwest, in a broad band along the east coast from Georgia to the Atlantic Provinces, and in a large area in and adjacent to Illinois in the Midwest. Below-normal streamflow persisted in parts of Utah and decreased into that range in small areas of southern Canada, Colorado, and Montana. Mean flows were highest of record for the monthe in parts of Connecticut, Iowa, Missouri, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Texas. Flooding occurred in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Ground-water levels rose in the Northeast Region, and were generally above average. In parts of Maine, some of the highest levels in more than 30 years of record were reached. In the Southeast Region, trends were regionally mixed, and were above average in Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, and above and below average elsewhere in the region. In the Western Great Lakes and Midcontinent Regions, rising trends prevailed, and levels were mostly above average, but below average in Ohio. In the West, trends were mixed, and levels were below average in Washington, Idaho, and Montana, but above and below average elsewhere in the region.New high ground-water levels for March occurred in Maine and Nevada, and a new alltime high level was reached in Maine and also in Kentucky. New lows for March occurred in Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Reston, VA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6228877
- Report Number(s):
- NP-23714
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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