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U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey | notable Map series & Atlases

WRCA has an extensive collection of historical and current maps related to water. Please note that the information provided below is only a partial list of WRCA's map holdings. Consult Melvyl or contact WRCA directly for search assistance. For more information about maps on the UC Berkeley campus, visit the Earth Sciences and Map Library.

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SIERRA NEVADA ECOSYSTEM PROJECT
Original maps used in preparation of the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress: Status of the Sierra Nevada, published in 1996 by the Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, University of California, Davis (Wildland Resources Center Report nos. 36-40). For more information, please see WRCA/snep.html

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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Topographic quadrangles for California

Hydrologic Investigations Atlas (1953-): WRCA call no.: mG209 USG HA VF

• Ground Water Atlas of the United States (Hydrologic Investigations Atlas 730): WRCA call no.: mG209 USG HA-730- 

Hydrologic Unit Maps for Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington: WRCA call no.: mG266 USG VF

Atlas of the Exclusive Economic Zone, Western Conterminus United States (1986): WRCA call no.: mG4115 M6

San Francisco Bay Region Environment and Resources Planning Study

• USGS Basic Data Contribution no. 1(1970)-no. 71(1975):

WRCA call no.: mG420 USG VF
• USGS Technical Report no. 1(1970)-no. 6(1973):

WRCA call no.: mG420 USG-1 VF
• USGS Interpretative Report no. 1(1973)-no. 8(1975):

WRCA call no.: mG420 USG-2 VF

Map of Flood-Prone Areas [California]: WRCA call no.: mG411 USG Case W (USGS topographic quadrangles with flood areas overprinted on maps)

Water Resources Investigations Reports (misc. holdings)

Open-file Reports (misc. holdings)

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U.S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Surface Temperature of the World: WRCA call no.: m96.1 Y-5

Sea Surface Temperature of the World: WRCA call no.: m96.1 Y-5

Surface Currents of the Northeastern Pacific Ocean: WRCA call no.: m96.1 Y-5

Pilot Charts of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean: WRCA call no.: m96.1 Y-5

Sea and Swell Charts of N. Atlantic, S. Atlantic, N.E. Pacific, etc.: WRCA call no.: m96.1 Y-5

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U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
Coast Charts of West Coast, Gulf of Mexico, East Coast,Alaska- Mexico, and selected European areas

H.O. (Hydrographic Office) 1264-6750 (selected)

N.O. (National Ocean Survey) 16-100000 (selected)

Hydrographic Surveys: see index: WRCA call no.: mG411 J5

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NOTABLE MAP SERIES AND ATLASES
Aquatic Habitat Program maps of S.F. Bay, UCB Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering

Arizona Dept. of Water Resources Hydrologic Map Series no. 1(1980)- 26(1993): WRCA call no.: mG359 XW7 VF

Bathymetry of the North Pacific, Scripps: WRCA call no.: m96.1 XU2-4

California State Mining Bureau county maps (1894-1906): WRCA call no.: mG411

California Water Atlas. The Governor's Office of Planning and Research, 1979: WRCA call no.: fG411 K8

Climatic Atlas of the United States. NOAA, 1968: WRCA call no.: mG209 J8

Detail Irrigation Maps [for Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties]. Wm. Ham. Hall, California State Engineering Dept., 1888: WRCA call no.: mG460 B-1

San Francisco Bay Subregion Habitat Maps [Historical (ca. 1770-1820) and Modern (ca. 1997) Views of San Francisco Bay]. San Francisco Estuary Institute, 1997: WRCA call no.: m84.1 N7 (Also available online: http://www.sfei.org/ecoatlas/Habitat/maps/subregion/)

Satellite Images of Ocean Internal-Wave Signatures, 1976: WRCA call no.: m25.5 K6

Sea Ice Climatic Atlas. Naval Oceanography, 1980: WRCA call no.: m96.81 M

Temperature, Salinity, Oxygen, and Phosphate in Waters Off the United States. NOAA, 1975: WRCA call no.: m96.7 K5

Wetland Surveys [Western U.S.], 1965-1975. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1976: WRCA call no.: m84 K6

Miscellaneous maps and atlases showing water related information, with an emphasis on California and the Western U.S.

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