Estimating Highest Ground-Water Levels for Construction and Land Use Planning -- A Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Example (open access)

Estimating Highest Ground-Water Levels for Construction and Land Use Planning -- A Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Example

From introduction: This report presents an estimating technique that could be employed, with certain adaptations, almost anywhere that high ground-water levels in sedimentary deposits may present construction planning problems such as design and safe use of septic tank drain fields, and design of foundations, basements, and roadways.
Date: September 1983
Creator: Frimpter, Michael H. & Fisher, Martha N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Availability of Ground Water in the Blackstone River Area : Rhode Island and Massachusetts (open access)

Availability of Ground Water in the Blackstone River Area : Rhode Island and Massachusetts

This report is based on analysis of drillers' records of more than 700 wells and borings.
Date: 1974
Creator: Johnston, Herbert E. & Dicke, David C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Flood of February 7, 1978 in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire (open access)

Coastal Flood of February 7, 1978 in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire

From abstract: On February 6-8, 1978, New England was battered by one of the most severe winter storms of record. The storm produced record snowfall in many areas of Rhode Island and Massachusetts...This report contains data which document the flooding along parts of the New England coast. Elevations of 203 floodmarks in Massachusetts, 104 in Maine, and 46 in New Hampshire are given. Also included are some historical coastal flood data and a list of other storm-related studies.
Date: 1979
Creator: Gadoury, Russell A.
System: The UNT Digital Library