Background on United States, Dept, of Agriculture
The US Department of Agriculture was already actively engaged in water control and management issues prior to the enactment of the Flood Control Acts of 1936 and 1944. Pursuant to the 1936 Act, and the extensive flooding of 1936 and 1938, the USDA conducted an extensive survey of the Connecticut River Watershed.
Scope of collection
Issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1950 in compliance with the Flood Control Act of 1936, these flood reports present the results of a survey and the outline of a program of land use and management developed to alleviate flood and sediment problems in Connecticut River Watershed. The collection includes both a preliminary draft (in typescript) and completed report and appendix of the survey, with the final reports marked "Confidential. For Departmental review only."
Inventory
Tentative report on flood control survey of the Connecticut River Watershed and program for runoff and watershed retardation and soil erosion prevention in the context of flood control
1949
Survey Report Connecticut River Watershed, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut
1950
Survey Report Connecticut River Watershed, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut. Appendix
1950
Administrative information
Search terms
Subjects
- Connecticut River Watershed
- Erosion
- Groundwater flow--Connecticut River Watershed
- Runoff--Connecticut River Watershed
Contributors
- United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [main entry]
- United States. Dept. of Agriculture
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