Hocking River Information Resources

• Books / Resources
• Ohio water plan inventory project, 1958
• Hocking Conservancy District
• Ohio University Theses

Books / Resources

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Athens Flood Protection Project Brochure image via Ohio Memory. By United States. Army Corps of Engineers, 1972. Call No.: Regional Planning Reports, Box 2, folder 25-26 (Archives)

The Cause of Fish Kills in the Hocking River. By Henri Seibert, 1966. Call No.: ONR 246.7:1

Central Ohio River Basin Report Call No.: A 57.2:Oh 3/3

Drainage Areas of Ohio Streams by William P. Cross Call No.: ONR 242.16: 12a

An Ecological Study of the Fishes of the Hocking River. By Phil S. Shurrager, 1932. Call No.: QH 105.03 A3 V.5 no.5 (Archives O.U. Faculty)

Effects of surface coal-mine reclamation on stream quality in a small watershed near Nelsonville southeastern Ohio by S.M. Hindall   USGS Abstract    Call No.: I 19.42/4:84-4179

Flood Plain Information: Hocking River, Athens, OH by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Huntington District Call No.: D 103.47: At 4 (1 copy on Government Documents Reserve)

Flood plain information : Ohio River, Athens County/Meigs County, Ohio by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Call No.: D 103.47: At 4/2

Flood hazard information Hocking River, Athens, Ohio [map] : designated map folio & profile. Prepared for the State of Ohio, Department of Natural Resources by Huntington District, Corps of Engineers Call No.: D 103.47: At4/975/maps (2 copies on Government Documents Reserve)

Floods in Athens Ohio : is the Hocking tamed? Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, 1972 Call No.:D 103.47/2:At 4 (Government Documents Reserve) Image of Brochure via Ohio Memory

Hocking River, local protection project: Athens, Ohio, index and site plan Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, 1968 Call No.:D 103.47/2:At 5/968x (Government Documents Reserve)

Gazetteer of Ohio Streams. Compiled by J. C. Krolczyk. 1954 and 1960 editions Call No.: ONR 242.16: 12

Gazetteer of Ohio Streams (Online .pdf)Via ODNR Division of Water, Second Edition. August 2001

Hocking Basin Atlas Via ODNR Division of Water

Hocking River at Logan and Nelsonville, Ohio : communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated June 23, 1978, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on Hocking River at Logan and Nelsonville, Ohio ... 1984 Call No.: Y 1.1/7: 98-184 (2 copies, 1 on Government Documents Reserve)

Hocking Watershed Profile-- 05030204 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Hydrology of Area and Eastern Coal Province, West Virginia and Ohio Call No.: I 19.76: 84-463

Hydrology of area 11, Eastern Coal Province, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia / by D.K. Roth and S.C. Cooper Call No.: I 19.42/4:84-233

Hocking River Basin, Ohio Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, dated June 30, 1965, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on an interim report on Hocking River Basin, Ohio : in partial response to a resolution of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, adopted August 16, 1950. It is also in full response to resolutions of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, adopted August 6, 1948 and June 13, 1956 Call No.: D 103.22:H 65 (1 copy on Government Documents Reserve)

Hocking River Move Congressional Authorization Call No.: Public Law 89-298, 79 Stat 1081(Oct. 27, 1965) Call No.: GS 4.110:

Ohio Hydrologic Atlas Call No.: ONR 242.16: 13

Ohio water plan inventory project, 1958

• Hocking River basin (Upper portion) : [map] : underground water resources / prepared by Alfred C. Walker. Call No.: ONR 242.16/1: 0-1
• Hocking River basin (Middle portion) : [map] : underground water resources / prepared by Alfred C. Walker. Call No.: ONR 242.16/1: 0-2
• Hocking River basin (Lower portion) : [map] : underground water resources / prepared by Alfred C. Walker. Call No.: ONR 242.16/1: 0-3

Ohio Watersheds and Drainage Basins Maps Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water

State Water Quality Management Plan: Hocking River Basin, Part II 1978. Call No.: OEP 1.24: H685x/978,pt.2, preliminary

Surface - Water Data for Ohio Hocking River data can be accessed by doing a site name search with the word Hocking under the site identifier column.

Survey Report on Hocking River Basin, Ohio 1965 Call No.: D 103.22: H65/2x/v.1-3 (Government Documents Reserves) (Also in Archives - Ohio Collection)

Terraces of the Hocking River basin, Ohio: particle morphology and paleohydrologyby Eileen Craven McSaveney, 1976 Call No.: QE471 .M32x

Water Inventory of the Hocking River Basin, Shade River and Leading Creek Basins and adjacent Ohio River Tributary areas. Call No.: ONR 242.16: 19

Water Resource Development (U.S. Army) Call No.: D 103.40 WRD-yr.

Hocking Conservancy District

Hocking Conservancy District Annual Reports archival documents contain information about floods and flood control measures in the Hocking River Valley in southeastern Ohio. Located in the Archives and Special Collections. In Ohio Memory: 2001 Hocking Conservancy District Annual Report

Annual report to Common Pleas Courts of Athens & Hocking Counties 1977. Hocking Conservancy District. Call No.:OYH 72.1:

Ohio University Capital Improvements Recommendations for FY 1987-1990. Has information on Hocking Conservancy Assessment. Call No.: OYH 72 Unclassified.

Dedication: Hocking River Flood Protection Project. Call No.: ONR 1.2 : Ho4x

Selected Ohio University Theses

Development of bankfull regional curves in the Hocking River basin of Ohio by Yanhui Fang, 2005. Call No.: Thesis M 2005 FANG    Full Text available via OhioLINK ETD

People's perception of channelization of the Hocking River, southeastern Ohio by Fausto Gomez Pezzotti Call No.: Thesis M 2005 GOME   Full Text available via OhioLINK ETD

Stream channel orientation in the Nelsonville quadrangle, southeastern Ohio by Thomani Philemon Nemukula, 2001. Call No.: Thesis M 2001 NEMU

The effect of precipitation and urbanization on the discharge of small tributary watersheds in the Hocking River basin, Athens, Ohio by Bryan C. Kelley, 1999. Call No.: Thesis M 1999 KEL

A post-audit of the channelized reach of the Hocking River, Athens, Ohio by Adam Hatton, 1999. Call No.: Thesis M 1999 HATT

Geomorphological analysis of the Hocking River using ArcCAD by Lisa B. Engelman, 1996 Call No.: Thesis M 1996 ENGE

A management plan for the Hocking River based on aerial photography by John Allen Wryst, 1995. Call No.: Thesis M 1995 WRYS

Hydrological study of the Hocking River Valley between Enterprise and Athens, Ohio by Mohamed A. Elbakhbkhi, 1970 Call No.: Thesis M 1970 ELB

An investigation of the hydrology and geology of the Hocking River valley fill in Athens and Hocking Counties, Ohio by George T. Current, 1967 Call No.: Thesis M 1967 CUR