Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Donald T. Jensen papers
Utah State University
UUS_14.1/7-3:26
12.5 linear feet
26 boxes
1811-2000, bulk 1926-1993
The Donald T. Jensen papers include materials about the Continental Weather Services Coast of California Storm and Tidal Wave Study, but also include general weather materials, Utah and Great Basin Soil Survey, Climate Data, and assorted files.
Material in English
The collection has been organized geographically into four series to distinguish materials primarily related to California from those related to the Great Basin, Utah, and the interior West.
I. Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study
II. General Weather
III. Utah and Great Basin Soil Survey and Climate Data
IV. Assorted
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Donald T. Jensen papers> must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Initial Citation: Donald T. Jensen papers USU_14.1/7-3:26. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:UUS_14.1/7-3:26, USUSCA.
The following records were deposited with University Archives by Don Jensen prior to his retirement in 2003 and 2004.
The Donald T. Jensen papers primarily concern Jensen's work as a consultant with the California-based firm, Continental Weather Services. Most of the material deals with weather records used for a Coast of California Storm and Tidal Wave Study, but also includes materials about general weather, Utah and Great Basin Soil Survey, Climate Data, and assorted files.
Donald T. Jensen became State Climatologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology at Utah State University in 1990. Jensen obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah (1972) and Master and Doctoral degrees from Utah State University (1976/1978.) Jensen directed the Utah Climate Center, which mission was to collect, archive, analyze and distribute quality climatic data; research climate and its effects on living organisms; and provide Utah with information to improve the quality of life. Jensen retired in 2005.
Materials were originally processed in 2014. Reprocessed in 2025 as part of University Archives secondary processing project.
The Historic Department of Plants, Soils & Climate records, USU_14.1/7
Utah Climate Center Weather Station reports, USU_14.1/7-3:26a
Utah Climate Center Weather Data, USU_14.1/7-3:26b
Utah Climate Center Office FilesUSU_14.1/7-3:26c
Utah Climate Center ReportsUSU_14.1/7-3:63
Utah Climate Center Centennial Station RecordsUSU_14.1/7-3:72
Colleges and Universities
I. Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study
Summary Report on Meteorological Data Search, Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study, Los Angeles District Boundaries and appendix
1985 June 14
1
1-2
Summary Report on Metrological Data Search, Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study, Los Angeles District Boundaries, Draft and notations
1985 May 28
1
3-5
Summary Report on Metrological Data Search, Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study, Los Angeles District Boundaries, Draft and Appendices
1985 May 28
2
1-2
Summary Report on Metrological Data Search, Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study, Los Angeles District Boundaries, Unbound copy of final with Bibliographic Data Sheets, literature search
1985 June
2
3-6
Bibliographic Data Sheets, literature search
3
1-2
Contract Information, Recommendation to the Los Angeles District, United States Army Corps of Engineers for a Regional Shoreline Study of the San Juan Creek – Tijuana River Coastline
1982 March 15
3
3
Contract Information, Scope of Work, DMA Consulting Engineers
1985-1986
3
4
Contract Information, Study Plans for specific regions, drafts
1985-1986
3
5
Contract Information
1985-1986
3
6
Waterman Canyon Creek near Arrowhead Spring
about 1811-2000
4
1
East Twin Creek near Arrowhead Spring
about 1811-2000
4
2
City Creek near Highland
about 1811-2000
4
3
San Timoted Creek near Redlands
about 1811-2000
4
4
Santiago Creek at San Timoted Reservoir near Villa Park
about 1811-2000
4
5
Day Creek near Etiwanda
about 1811-2000
4
6
Cucamonga Creek near Upland
about 1811-2000
4
7
San Antonio Creek near Claremont
about 1811-2000
4
8
Cajon Creek near Keenbreak
about 1811-2000
4
9
San Gabriel Dam no. 2 (Cogswell Dam) and no. 1
about 1811-2000
4
10-11
San Dimas Dam
about 1811-2000
4
12
Thompson Creek Dam
about 1811-2000
4
13
Live Oak Creek at Live Oak Dam
about 1811-2000
4
14
Dalton Wash at Big Dalton Dam
about 1811-2000
4
15
Rogers Canyon
about 1811-2000
4
16
Sawpit Creek at Sawpit Dam
about 1811-2000
4
17
Santa Anita Dam
about 1811-2000
4
18
San Jose Creek at Workman Mill Road
about 1811-2000
4
19
Easto Wash Dam
about 1811-2000
4
20
Broadway Drain above Raymond Dike
about 1811-2000
4
21
Alhambra Wash above Short Street
about 1811-2000
4
22
East Fullerton Creek at Fullerton Dam
about 1811-2000
4
23
Los Angeles River at Sepulveda Dam
about 1811-2000
4
24
Tujunga Creek at Dam
about 1811-2000
4
25
Pacoima Wash at Tujunga Dam
about 1811-2000
4
26
Compton Creek at Greenleaf
about 1811-2000
4
27
Ballona Creek at Sawtelle Blvd.
about 1811-2000
4
28
Arroyo Trabuco near San Juan Capistrano
about 1811-2000
4
29
Aliso Creek at El Toro
about 1811-2000
4
30
Santa Margarita River near Fallbrook
about 1811-2000
4
31
Santa Margarita River at Ysidora
about 1811-2000
4
32
Temecula Creek at Pauba Canyon
about 1811-2000
4
33
Murrieta Creek at Temecula
about 1811-2000
4
34
San Dieguito River at Hodges Dam
about 1811-2000
4
35
Santa Ysabel Creek near Mesa Grande
about 1811-2000
4
36
San Diego River near Santee
about 1811-2000
4
37
San Vicente at Foster
1938-1966
5
1
Santa Clara River near Saugus
1938-1966
5
2
Sisquoc River near Garey
1938-1966
5
3
Huasna River near Santa Maria
1938-1966
5
4
Orange County
1965
5
5
San Bernadino
1965
5
6
Santa Ana River Basin
1938-1966
5
7
Santiago Creek at Santa Ana Reservoir
1965
5
8
Hourly discharges
1943
5
9
Upper Los Angeles River Basin
1938-1966
5
10
Santa Ana River Basin, special projects and hourly discharge
1965
5
11-13
Santa Clara River Basin and Flood
1938-1966
5
14-15
San Mateo Creek, San Juan Creek, Aliso Creek
1938-1966
5
16
Ventura River Basin
1938-1966
5
17
Atascardo, Carputeria, Malibu, Toping, San Jose Creeks
1938-1966
5
18
San Gabriel River Basin
1938-1966
5
19
Whittier Narrows
1938-1966
5
20
San Bernadino County
1938-1966
5
21
Irvine Ranch
1938-1966
5
22
Los Angeles District
1938-1966
5
23
Unit graph and loss rate studies
1938,1943
5
24-26
Unit graph and loss rate studies
1938,1943
6
1-4
Includes Santa Anita Creek, Valley Areas, Mountain Areas, and War Department Los Angeles Area
Monthly Rainfall Record, Los Angeles District
1956-1980
6
5-6
Probable Maximum Precipitation
1972,1979
7
1-3
Includes Southern Arizona Border, Gilia and Salt River, and Orme Damsite
Precipitation Reports
1959-1963
7
4
Probable Maximum Precipitation by months
1914-1985
7
5
Preliminary report on Probable Maximum Precipitation, Los Angeles Area
1944
7
6
Precipitation Records, Orange, Riverside and San Bernadino counties, Major Storms
1914-1938
7
7
Rainfall Frequency Computations
1914-1985
7
8
Extreme Precipitation, California
1947-1972
8
1
Second Rainfall Progress Report, Los Angeles Area
1947 July
8
2
Generalized standard project rainfall criteria, Southern California Coastal Streams
1966
8
3
Probable Maximum Precipitation, Colorado River, Great Basin, draft
1975
8
4-5
Mean Annual Precipitation, Colorado River, Utah
1947-1972
8
6
Preliminary draft, Probable Maximum Thunderstorm Precipitation Estimate, Southwestern States
1972
8
7
San Dimas Experimental Forest, Intensity Rain Gage Charts
1942-1943
9
1
Maximum Precipitation Data Reports, 1940s
about 1940's
9
2-3
National Atlas
1964-1968
9
4
Notes on a simple barocline model, Roderick D. Graham
1955-1972
10
1
Progress report on objective measurements of dynamic instability, J.C. Thompson
1955-1972
10
2
Movement of upper troughs as a function of the isotherm-contour pattern, Bristor
1955-1972
10
3
Ten worst California rain storms of the Century and evidence of a cause of climate variation, Jim Goodridge, 2000
2000
10
4
Deep Canyon [California] Flood Report
1976
10
5
Palm Desert Tennis Club Report
1976 September 12
10
6
Recent Major Flash Floods in the Western U.S.
1955-1972
10
7
History of past floods, Coastal streams of Southern California and Army Corps
1811-1938
10
8
Storm period of February 28 – March 5, 1978
1978 March 5
10
9
Thoughts on the flooding disaster of 1980, Don Tillman
1955-1972
10
10
Flood damage report, Gila River Basin
1972
10
11
Storm and flood of 21-22 June 1972, Phoenix, Arizona
1972 June
10
12
Lake Havasu City Report
1974
10
13
Standard Project storm lists
1955-1972
10
14
Storm patterns, intensity – duration
1955-1972
10
15
Rainfall records, Ventura County, California
1955-1972
10
16
Hydrology, transposition of a standard project storm for small drainage areas, Army Corps
1956
10
17
Reprints on meteorology
1955-1972
10
18
Precipitation, theories of rainfall reasons still uncertain, Arnold Court
1957-1979
11
1
Eighteenth Century theories of evaporation and rainfall, dissertation, [Dwayne R. Mason]
1957-1979
11
2
Puerco River and Tributaries, Gallup, New Mexico, revised draft EIS
1979
11
3
Meteorological monographs, Cloud and weather modification: A group of field experiments, S. Petterssen, et al.
1957-1979
11
4
Global Atmospheric Research Programmer, Report of the Tropical Experiment Board, first thru third sessions
1971
11
5
San Fernando, California earthquake
1971 February 09
11
6
Reconstruction of past climatic variability, Harold C. Fritts
1976
11
7
Probabilities of drought and rainy periods for selected points in the southwestern United States, Christine R. Green, University of Arizona
1957-1979
11
8
The Great Flood, Ventura County, Dan Poush
1969 February
11
9
II. General Weather
County Station vs. USED Station, 1943 rain gauge readings
1943
12
1
Design Storms, Lower Colorado River in Arizona and New Mexico
1940
12
2-3
Fires
1955-1967
12
4
Snow Reports, Colorado River Basin and Cooperative Studies
1939-1957
13
1-2
Military Sites
1954-1963
13
3-6
Includes Edwards Air Force Base, March Air Force Base and Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Cucamonga Creek
1939-1957
13
7
Flagstaff
1939-1957
13
8
Imperial Valley
1939-1957
13
9
Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA)
1939-1957
13
10
Little Colorado River
1939-1957
13
11
Miscellaneous small projects
1939-1957
13
12
Mojave Desert
1939-1957
13
13
Orange County
1969-1987
14
1
Otay
1969-1987
14
2
Ridgecrest
1969-1987
14
3
Rogers Creek
1969-1987
14
4
San Carlos Reservoir
1969-1987
14
5
San Luis Osbispo
1969-1987
14
6
Santa Ana River
1969-1987
14
7-8
Santa Barbara
1969-1987
14
9
Santa Cruz River
1969-1987
14
10
Southern Nevada
1969-1987
14
11
Storm Studies, Miscellaneous
1969-1987
14
12
Tijuna River
1969-1987
14
13
Ventura County
1969-1987
14
14
Verde River
1969-1987
14
15
Virgin River
1969-1987
14
16
Storm Index
1969-1987
14
17-18
Storm studies, general
1969-1987
14
19-21
Includes general, unusual storms, and sp-1 storm period
Rain gage network, Southern California Coastal Drainages
1969-1987
14
22
Storm studies, sp-2 and Bureau of Reclamation
1973-1979
15
1-2
Nevada
1973-1979
15
3
Simplified watershed analysis
1973-1979
15
4
September 3-7, 1970, part 1 and 2
1970 September
15
5-6
Phoenix
1973-1979
15
7
New Mexico
1973-1979
15
8
Natural Phenomena
1973-1979
15
9
Moisture and orographic factors
1973-1979
15
10
Maximum observed storms
1973-1979
15
11
San Diego County
1973-1979
15
12
San Diego River
1973-1979
15
13
August 26-30, 1951, rainfall and meteorology
1951 August
15
14-15
III. Utah and Great Basin Soil Survey and Climate Data
Soil Conservations summaries
1954-1962
16
1
Lehi
1954-1962
16
2
Box Elder County
1954-1962
16
3
Central Utah
1954-1962
16
4
Cache Valley
1954-1962
16
5
Delta
1954-1962
16
6
Cache County
1954-1962
16
7
East Beaver
1954-1962
16
8
Davis-Weber counties
1954-1962
16
9
Box Elder
1954-1962
16
10
Morgan
1954-1962
16
11
Sanpete
1954-1962
16
12
Utah Soil Survey reports, punch card data
1954-1962
16
13
Wasatch
1954-1962
16
14
Sanpete
1954-1962
16
15
Wasatch
1954-1962
16
16
Punch card data
1954-1962
16
17
Sub-station summaries
1954-1962
16
18
Pond samples, Logan Sewage Ponds
1954-1962
16
19
Nevada weather summaries
1954-1962
16
20
Great Basin summary
1954-1962
16
21
Alton
1954-1962
16
22
ASSR Research Lab
1954-1962
16
23
Atwood Lake
1954-1962
16
24
Kearns
1954-1962
16
25
Delta
1954-1962
16
26
Kamas Ranger District
1954-1962
16
27
Bluff
1960-1970
17
1
Bingham Canyon
1960-1970
17
2
Cottonwood Weir
1960-1970
17
3
Delta
1960-1970
17
4
Coon Peak
1960-1970
17
5
Mountain Dell Dam
1960-1970
17
6
Escalante
1960-1970
17
7
Glen Canyon City
1960-1970
17
8
Jensen
1960-1970
17
9
La Verkin
1960-1970
17
10
Loa
1960-1970
17
11
Bear Lake area
1960-1970
17
12
Eureka
1960-1970
17
13
Station History for Utah Climate Stations
1960-1970
17
14
Zion National Park
1960-1970
17
15
Free Air Temperature
1960-1970
17
16-18
Includes Kamas, Coon Peak, and Silver Lake Brighton
Lund
1960-1970
17
19
Mexican Hat
1960-1970
17
20
Midvale
1960-1970
17
21
Modena
1960-1970
17
22
Monticello
1960-1970
17
23
Parawan
1960-1970
17
24
Park Valley
1960-1970
17
25
Santaquin
1960-1970
17
26
University of Utah
1960-1970
17
27
Woodruff
1960-1970
17
28
Climate sub-regions 7, 8, and 9, Colorado River Drainage
1960-1970
17
29
Carbon Emery County
1960-1970
17
30
San Juan County
1960-1970
17
31
Salt Lake County
1960-1970
17
32
Alta Brighton
1936-1965
17
33
Beaver
1940-1970
17
34
Blanding,
1931-1960
17
35
Bryce Canyon Airport
1960-1970
17
36
Hanksville
1931-1974
18
1
Brigham City
1930-1960
18
2
Bryce Canyon National Park
1931-1974
18
3
Cedar City
1931-1960
18
4
Coalville
1931-1960
18
5
Corrine
1931-1974
18
6
Curlew Valley
1931-1974
18
7
Duchesne
1941-1970
18
8
Emery
1926-1955
18
9
Fillmore
1941-1970
18
10
Farmington
1941-1970
18
11
Green River
1931-1960
18
12
Heber
1941-1970
18
13
Kanab
1936-1965
18
14
Levan
1941-1970
18
15
Logan
1941-1970
18
16
Manti,
1936-1965
18
17
Milford
1931-1974
18
18
Moab
1931-1974
18
19
Morgan
1931-1961
19
1
Ogden Sugar Factory
1941-1970
19
2
Panguitch
1941-1970
19
3
Price
1936-1965
19
4
Salt Lake City
1926-1970
19
5
St. George
1963-1965
19
6
Wendover
1926-1970
19
7
Zion National Park
1926-1970
19
8
Richfield
1926-1970
19
9
Dinosaur National Monument
1926-1970
19
10
Flaming Gorge/Manilla
1926-1970
19
11
Monument Valley
1926-1970
19
12
Provo
1926-1955
19
13
Roosevelt
1926-1970
19
14
Tooele
1926-1955
19
15
Vernal
1926-1955
19
16
Woodruff
1964-1993
20
1
Surprise Valley (Nevada)
1964-1993
20
2
Carson Bottom Lands, Nevada
1964-1993
20
3
Nevada Soil Survey
1964-1993
20
4
Fallon – Fernley Soil Survey
1964-1993
20
5
Mountain Meadow
1964-1993
20
6
Penoyer Valley
1964-1993
20
7
Lovelock
1964-1993
20
8
Personnel, resumes, history
1964-1993
20
9
Instaweather
1964-1993
20
10
Wright vs. U.S. and Wright vs. Utah
1964-1993
20
11
Negotiations
1964-1993
20
12
Correspondence
about 1970's
20
13
Preliminary drafts for California Coastal Areas
1964-1993
20
14
IV. Assorted
Hydrologic Bulletin, Army Corps and Weather Bureau
1946-1948
21
Table of Co-efficient of Determination and means for maximum Annual Precipitation for Various Durations, California. Arranged alphabetically by station name.
about 1811-2000
22
Tabulation of Data from Mass Rainfall Curves, Central Arizona, Los Angeles District, Army Corps of Engineers
about 1970's
23
Tabulation of Data from Mass Rainfall Curves, Los Angeles District, Army Corps of Engineers
1951
24
Tabulation of Data from Mass Rainfall Curves, Southern Arizona, Los Angeles District, Army Corps of Engineers
about 1970's
25
Tabulation of Data from Mass Rainfall Curves, Colorado and Utah, Los Angeles District, Army Corps of Engineers
about 1970's
26