It eventually become the standard tool used on all federal surveys.
Congress was debating a bill to provide a federal survey of roads and canals.
Up to 10 million acres lost at least the upper five inches of topsoil in those years, according to federal surveys.
The federal survey notes the following: The two story frame house was built on a steep slope.
In recent years, drinking has become more common among teenage girls than boys, federal surveys have found.
According to an annual federal survey, almost 10 million Americans have tried Ecstasy.
Oil remains on or under more than half the sound's beaches, according to a 2001 federal survey.
Other federal surveys put the figure at one in three.
The new study drew on information gathered in a federal survey of more than 15,000 people about their health.
But he did not close the door to a federal survey of natural gas deposits.