The Gila River Phreatophyte Project, Graham County, Arizona.

Authoring agency:   Geological Survey (U.S.) (USGS)

Publication:   Washington, Govt. Print. Office, 1970-82.

Physical description of original:   16 parts in 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps (1 color) ; 29 cm

Series:   Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; no. 655

  Parts:

• Part A: Objectives, methods, and environment : Gila River phreatophyte project, Graham County, Arizona

• Part B: Precipitation, streamflow, and major floods at selected sites in the Gila River drainage basin above Coolidge Dam, Arizona

• Part C: Error analysis of streamflow data for an alluvial stream

• Part D: Geology and ground-water system in the Gila River phreatophyte project area, Graham County, Arizona

• Plate 1 -- Geologic map of the Gila River Phreatophyte Project area

• Plate 2 -- Map showing percentage of gravel below the water table in the alluvial deposits

• Plate 3 -- Map showing water-level contours, December 13, 1966, in the alluvial deposits

• Part E: Soil-moisture and energy relationships associated with riparian vegetation near San Carlos, Arizona

• Part F: Subsurface hydraulics in the area of the Gila River phreatophyte project, Graham County, Arizona

• Part G: Channel changes of the Gila River in Safford Valley, Arizona, 1846-1970

• Plate 1 -- Map showing extent of study reach and location of cross sections, alluvial fans, and photograph sites

• Plate 2 -- Maps and aerial photographs showing channel changes of the Gila River near Pima

• Plate 3 -- Graphs showing annual streamflow volumes, annual floods, and average stream-channel width, Gila River in Safford Valley

• Plate 4 -- Photographs showing development of the alluvial fan at the mouth of a tributary to the Gila River near Calva

• Plate 5 -- Photographs and profiles showing horizontal and vertical changes in the Gila River near Fort Thomas

• Part H: Quantitative and historical evidence of vegetation changes along the upper Gila River, Arizona

• Plate 1 -- Maps showing types and distribution of vegetation for four dates, upper Gila River valley, Arizona

• Part I: Flow from small watersheds adjacent to the study reach of the Gila River phreatophyte project, Arizona

• Plate 1 -- Map showing watershed boundaries and instrument locations

• Plate 2 -- Photographs and graphs showing development of the alluvial fan at the mouth of a tributary to the Gila River

• Part J: Hydraulic effects of changes in bottom-land vegetation on three major floods, Gila River in southwestern Arizona

• Plate 1 -- Maps and aerial photographs of the study reach of the Gila River, showing station and cross-section locations, and area of flooding

• Plate 2 -- Cross-sectional profiles and maximum stage for three floods at nine sections along the study reach of the Gila River, south; eastern Arizona

• Part K: Effects of changes in an alluvial channel on the timing, magnitude, and transformation of flood waves, southeastern Arizona

• Part L: Accuracy of evapotranspiration rates determined by the water-budge method, Gila River flood plain, southeastern Arizona

• Part M: Effects of phreatophyte removal on water quality in the Gila River Phreatophyte Project area, Graham county, Arizona

• Plate 1 -- Map showing location of the Gila River Phreatophyte Project area, Graham County, Ariz., cross sections, data-collection sites, and contacts between the basin fill, the terrace alluvium, and the flood-plain alluvium

• Plate 2 -- Maps showing distribution of dissolved solids in the upper part of the saturated zone of the alluvial deposits, Gila River Phreatophyte Project area, Graham County, Arizona

• Part N: The hydrologic history of the San Carlos Reservoir, Arizona, 1929-71, with particular reference to evapotranspiration and sedimentation

• Part O: Calculation of evapotranspiration using color-infrared photography

• Part P: Evapotranspiration before and after clearing phreatophytes, Gila River flood plain, Graham County, Arizona

• Plate 1 -- Vegetation map of the Gila River Phreatophyte Project