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Posted July 31, 2002
Titles reviewed by Steve Beleu, ODL
U.S. Geological Survey. Statistical Summaries of Streamflow in Oklahoma through 1999. 2002. 510p.
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:02-4025
Contains streamflow data for annual flow, high flow, and low flow for the major streams in our state. Be aware that it doesn’t include every stream.  


Posted February 22, 2002
Titles reviewed by Steve Beleu, ODL
U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Oklahoma Native American Cultural Center and Museum. 2001. 4p.
Sudocs classification number: Y 1.1/8:107-326
To establish a museum in Oklahoma City. Bill number is H.R. 2742.

U.S. Congress. House Committee on Government Reform. Wage-Grade Pay in Georgia and Oklahoma. 2001. ii, 75p.
Sudocs classification number: Y 4.G 74/7:W 12/3
Examines federal wages in Oklahoma.

U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Capital Punishment 2000. 2001. 16p.
Sudocs classification number: J 29.11/3:2000
Executions in 2000: #1 was Texas, with 40 killed, #2 was Oklahoma, with 11 killed.

U.S. Geological Survey. Flood frequency estimates and documents and potential extreme peak discharges in Oklahoma. 2001. iv, 59p.
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:01-4152

New 7.5” topographic quadrangle maps for Oklahoma:
  Felt, SW, 1998
  Rodale, 1998  


Posted December 18, 2001
Titles reviewed by Steve Beleu, ODL
U.S. Geological Survey. Ground-water Quality, Levels, and Flow Direction near Fort Cobb Reservoir, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 1998-2000. 2001, v, 20p.
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:01-4076
According to this study, a swine feeding operation about two miles north of the lake is polluting it with nitrogen, ammonia, and nitrite.

NEW 7.5" topographic quadrangle maps for Oklahoma:
  Felt SW, 1998
  Boise City SE, 1998
  Boise City SW, 1998
  Conrad SW, 1998  


Posted October 26, 2001
Titles reviewed by Steve Beleu, ODL
U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Confirmation of Neal A. McCaleb. 2001. iii, 64p.
Sudocs classification number: Y 4.In 2/11:S.Hrg. 107-98
Neal McCaleb, who served as the director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for many years, became Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of Interior recently. This is his nomination hearing.

NASA. NASA -2; Shannon Lucid: Enduring Qualities. pp. 54-66. In Shuttle-Mir: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage. 2001.
Sudocs classification number: NAS 1.21:2001-4225  


Posted September 05, 2001
Titles reviewed by Steve Beleu, ODL
U.S. Geological Survey. A Compilation of Existing Data for Aquifer Sensitivity and Ground-Water Vulnerability Assessment for the Caddo Indian Tribe in Parts of Caddo and Canadian Counties, Oklahoma. 2001. v, 33p. Includes CD-ROM of data.
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:00-4089

U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Prisoners in 2000. 15p.
Sudocs classification number: J 29.11/7:2000
Oklahoma had 23,181 prisoners, up 3.5% from 1999. Includes other statistics.

New 7.5” topographic quadrangle maps of Oklahoma: Reyden SW, 1998.  


Posted August 01, 2001
Titles reviewed by Steve Beleu, ODL
U.S. Geological Survey. Historical Water-Quality Data for the High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study Area in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1930-98. 2001. vi, 65p. includes CD-ROM
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:00-4254
The High Plains aquifer is a huge aquifer that stretches from South Dakota through Oklahoma into Texas. In Oklahoma it includes most of the Panhandle and parts of northwestern Oklahoma. But so much of its water is being pumped for irrigation that the aquifer is having difficulty recharging (sustaining by refilling) itself. It is also highly polluted by the farmlands that it irrigates. It is possible that the ground beneath parts of the aquifer that don’t recharge can collapse like the sinkhole collapses that you have heard about in Florida. This doesn’t examine possible ground subsidence, but looks at the quality of the aquifer’s water. The CD-ROM contains historical data.

U.S. Department of Commerce. Office of Environmental Technologies Industries. Environmental Industry of the United States; Overview by State and Metropolitan Statistical Area. 2001. v, 115p.
Sudocs classification number: C 61.2:In 8/7/2001
Page 47 has the statistics for Oklahoma. It reports that in 1999 Oklahoma had 1,611 companies engaged in various environmental businesses, with 14,269 employees, and a payroll of $ 2,048,500, ranking 29th among the states.  


Posted July 09, 2001
Titles reviewed by Steve Beleu, ODL
U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. 2001. ix, 161p.
Sudocs classification number: I 29.79/3:W3 x
What brought the career of General George Custer to the attention of the national public with the “battle” of the Washita in 1868 (known by the Cheyenne Indians as a massacre of their people) ended with Custer’s annihilation at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The site was established in 1996. The draft plan examines management alternatives, but also has many interesting details about the area.  


Posted June 05, 2001
Titles reviewed by Steve Beleu, ODL
McQuiston, Jennifer, et al. Incidence of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Among American Indians in Oklahoma.
Public Health Reports 115:5 (September/October 2000) pp. 469-475.
Sudocs classification number: HE 20.30:115/5

U.S. Geological Survey. A Compilation of Existing Data for Aquifer Sensitivity and Ground-Water Vulnerability Assessment for the Caddo Indian Tribe in Parts of Caddo and Canadian Counties, Oklahoma. 2001. iv, 33p.
Contains CD-ROM that contains datasets and related files.
Water-Resources Investigation Report 00-4089.
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:00-4089

________. Relation of Shallow Water Quality in the Central Oklahoma Aquifer to Geology, Soils, and Land Use. 2001. vi, 31p.
Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4241
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:00-4241

________. Saline Contamination of Soil and Water on Pawnee Tribal Trust Land, Eastern Payne County, Oklahoma. 2001. vi, 42p.
Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4271
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:00-4271

________. Water Chemistry Near the Closed Norman Landfill, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, 1995. 2001. v, 44p.
Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4238
Sudocs classification number: I 19.42/4:00-4238

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