Means, Thomas H.

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Dates:
Birth 1875
Death 1965
Birth 1875

Biographical notes:

Biographical Information

Thomas Herbert Means was born in 1875 in Virginia. His early career included nine years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils, during which time he was in charge of soil surveys, principally in the western states. In 1898 he made a report on reclamation of alkali soils in Yellowstone. He also studied dry land soils and moisture content under different methods of farming at Glen Ullin and Fargo, North Dakota. In 1902, he visited North Africa, Algeria, Tunis and Egypt to study soils and irrigation. After that he served six years in the Bureau of Reclamation in land examination and farm unit subdivision and was in charge of a laboratory for the study of the silt-carrying capacities of western streams.

In 1910, Means went into private consulting practice in San Francisco, California, specializing in engineering connected with agriculture, irrigation, drainage, reclamation and water supply. At various times he was employed by the State of California to work on the Central Valley Project, by the City of San Francisco on the Hetch Hetchy Project-he played a key role in the court battles that led to water rights for the city-and as a consulting engineer for Orange County Flood Control District. He was also employed by the State of Montana Water Conservation Board on litigation on the Missouri River, and served as an expert witness in several lawsuits over waters in the western states.

Means died in November 1965 in Berkeley, California.

From the guide to the Thomas H. Means Papers, bulk 1905-1958, (Water Resources Collections and Archives)

Biographical/Historical Note

Second lieutenant, United States Army Motor Transport Corps

From the guide to the Thomas Means papers, 1918-1919, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Floods
  • Alkali lands
  • Aqueducts
  • Avalanches
  • Barrages
  • Dams
  • Drainage
  • Drainage
  • Flood control
  • Gold dredging
  • Groundwater
  • Herbicides
  • Irrigation
  • Irrigation
  • Irrigation
  • Irrigation district
  • Irrigation engineering
  • Irrigation law
  • Irrigation water
  • Irrigation water
  • Land settlement
  • Land settlement
  • Real property
  • Reclamation of land
  • Reclamation of land
  • Reservoirs
  • Reservoir sedimentation
  • Saline irrigation
  • Saline water barriers
  • Salinity
  • Salt water encroachment
  • Sedimentation and deposition
  • Smithsonian Publications
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Water
  • Water
  • Water-power
  • Water quality
  • Water resources development
  • Water resources development
  • Water rights
  • Water rights
  • Water-supply
  • Drainage
  • Irrigation
  • Irrigation
  • Irrigation water
  • Land settlement
  • Reclamation of land
  • Water
  • Water resources development
  • Water rights

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  • California--Shasta County (as recorded)
  • California--Shasta County (as recorded)
  • Brazos River (Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Ramona (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Texas--Denison (as recorded)
  • Montana--Helena (as recorded)
  • Irrigation--California--Merced (as recorded)
  • Nile River Delta (Egypt) (as recorded)
  • California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
  • California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
  • Texas--Kinney County (as recorded)
  • San Simeon Ranch (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • San Simeon Ranch (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Conn Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • California--Cobb Valley (as recorded)
  • San Bernardino County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)
  • California--Kern County (as recorded)
  • Arizona--Gila Valley (as recorded)
  • California--San Joaquin County (as recorded)
  • California--Orange County (as recorded)
  • California--Orange County (as recorded)
  • California--Orange County (as recorded)
  • California--Delta Region (as recorded)
  • California--Delta Region (as recorded)
  • California--Delta Region (as recorded)
  • California--Delta Region (as recorded)
  • Imperial Irrigation District (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Imperial Irrigation District (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Elephant Butte Reservoir (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • Elephant Butte Reservoir (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • California--Lodi (as recorded)
  • California--Lodi (as recorded)
  • California--Lodi (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Tuolumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Tuolumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Tuolumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Tuolumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Humboldt River (Nev.) (as recorded)
  • California--Colusa Basin (as recorded)
  • Prado Reservoir (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Prado Reservoir (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Glenn County (as recorded)
  • California--Imperial Valley (as recorded)
  • California--Imperial Valley (as recorded)
  • California--Imperial Valley (as recorded)
  • Rio Grande (as recorded)
  • Rio Grande (as recorded)
  • California--Solano County (as recorded)
  • California--Solano County (as recorded)
  • California--Solano County (as recorded)
  • Denison Reservoir (Tex.-Okla.) (as recorded)
  • Egypt--Aswān (as recorded)
  • Coyote River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Gillespie Dam (Ariz.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Luis Obispo County (as recorded)
  • California--San Luis Obispo County (as recorded)
  • Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Fresno County (as recorded)
  • Santa Ana River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Santa Ana River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Nile River (as recorded)
  • Nile River (as recorded)
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Nev.) (as recorded)
  • Bishop Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Bishop Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Hat Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Long Valley Dam (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Colusa (as recorded)
  • New Mexico--San Marcial (as recorded)
  • New Mexico--San Marcial (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco (as recorded)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Merced County (as recorded)
  • California--Merced County (as recorded)
  • California--San Joaquin River (as recorded)
  • California--San Joaquin River (as recorded)
  • Lassen Peak (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Lassen Peak (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) (as recorded)
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) (as recorded)
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) (as recorded)
  • California--Eagles Lake (as recorded)
  • Aswan High Dam (Egypt) (as recorded)
  • California--Butte County (as recorded)
  • Mt. Shasta Hatchery (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Pardee Reservoir (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Pardee Reservoir (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Missouri River (as recorded)
  • Missouri River (as recorded)
  • Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) (as recorded)
  • Lodi (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Stanislaus County (as recorded)
  • California--Stanislaus County (as recorded)
  • All-American Canal (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • All-American Canal (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • San Joaquin River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Tehama County (as recorded)
  • California--Tehama County (as recorded)
  • California--Tehama County (as recorded)
  • Baja California (Mexico) (as recorded)
  • Mokelumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Mokelumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Mokelumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Mokelumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Moulton Ranch (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Pecos River (N.M. and Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Owens River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Colusa County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Fresno (as recorded)
  • Santa Maria Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Agua Fria River (Ariz.) (as recorded)
  • Shasta County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Needles (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Harper Lake Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Mono Basin (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Blue House Dam (Nev.) (as recorded)
  • Nevada (as recorded)
  • Baxter Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Great Salt Plains Reservoir (Okla.) (as recorded)
  • California, Southern (as recorded)
  • California, Southern (as recorded)
  • Klamath Lake (Or.) (as recorded)
  • New Mexico (as recorded)
  • East Bay Municipal Utility District (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • East Bay Municipal Utility District (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Fremont Bottoms (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Arizona--Salt River Valley (as recorded)
  • California--Sacramento River (as recorded)
  • Red River (Tex.) (as recorded)
  • California--Spring Creek (as recorded)
  • Oregon--Klamath County (as recorded)
  • Mono Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.) (as recorded)
  • Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.) (as recorded)
  • California--Pit River (as recorded)
  • North Dakota (as recorded)
  • California--Owens Valley (as recorded)
  • Surprise, Lake (as recorded)
  • Tule Lake (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Nutmeg Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Merced Irrigation District (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Santa Maria Rancho (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Egypt (as recorded)
  • California--San Bernardino County (as recorded)
  • Yolo County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Yolo County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Yolo County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Alameda County (as recorded)
  • Whitney Dam (Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Prado Basin (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Diego County (as recorded)
  • Mono County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Needles (as recorded)
  • Sacramento River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Mojave River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Placer County (as recorded)
  • White House Dam (Nev.) (as recorded)
  • Carson River (Nev.) (as recorded)
  • California--Yolo County (as recorded)
  • Owens River Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Bear River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Inyo County (as recorded)
  • Lake County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Mono Basin (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Chipps Island (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Conn Valley Reservoir (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Turlock Irrigation District (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Inyo County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District (as recorded)
  • Arizona (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • San Joaquin County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Antelope Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay (as recorded)
  • California--Napa Valley (as recorded)
  • Oklahoma--Cherokee (as recorded)
  • California--Sutter County (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • California--Shasta County (as recorded)
  • California--Orange County (as recorded)
  • California--Lodi (as recorded)
  • California--Lodi (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)
  • California--Orange County (as recorded)
  • Lassen Peak (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Delta Region (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) (as recorded)
  • Rio Grande (as recorded)
  • California--Solano County (as recorded)
  • San Simeon Ranch (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Luis Obispo County (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • Imperial Irrigation District (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
  • California--Imperial Valley (as recorded)
  • California--Tehama County (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Missouri River (as recorded)
  • California--Solano County (as recorded)
  • Elephant Butte Reservoir (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • Prado Reservoir (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Mokelumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Santa Ana River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • California--Delta Region (as recorded)
  • California--San Joaquin River (as recorded)
  • Owens Valley (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California, Southern (as recorded)
  • New Mexico--San Marcial (as recorded)
  • All-American Canal (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Bishop Creek (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Stanislaus County (as recorded)
  • California--Merced County (as recorded)
  • Mokelumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Imperial Valley (as recorded)
  • Pardee Reservoir (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Tuolumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Tuolumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.) (as recorded)
  • Nile River (as recorded)
  • Tuolumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Yolo County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • California--Delta Region (as recorded)
  • Yolo County (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • East Bay Municipal Utility District (Calif.) (as recorded)
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) (as recorded)
  • California--Tehama County (as recorded)
  • Mokelumne River (Calif.) (as recorded)

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