OFR 97-492: Woodward Quadrangle NURE HSSR Study
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[See History of NURE HSSR Program for a summary of the entire program.]
ORGDP: Enid Quadrangle
Totals of 516 stream-sediment and 678 ground-water samples were collected from the Enid quadrangle as part of the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (ORGDP) Enid Quadrangle NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) study. All field sampling was completed between June and September of 1978. Stream-sediment sampling was conducted by personnel from the ORGDP. Water sampling was performed by contract personnel under the direction of the Oklahoma Geological Survey. These samples were analyzed by the ORGDP for uranium and other elements. The analytical data were released as the Enid Quadrangle NURE HSSR study GJBX-7(79) report. Two well-water samples collected and reported for the ORGDP Enid Quadrangle NURE HSSR study were apparently collected just outside and west of the Enid quadrangle border in Woodward quadrangle.
ORGDP: Clinton Quadrangle
Totals of 688 stream-sediment and 699 ground-water samples were reportedly collected from the Clinton quadrangle as part of the ORGDP Clinton Quadrangle NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) study. The stream-sediment sampling was conducted by ORGDP personnel between June and August of 1978. Ground-water was sampled, under contract, by personnel of the Oklahoma Geologic Survey between August and December of 1978. These samples were analyzed by the ORGDP for uranium and other elements. The analytical data were released as the Clinton Quadrangle NURE HSSR study GJBX-62(79) report. One well-water sample collected and reported for the ORGDP Clinton Quadrangle NURE HSSR study was apparently collected just outside and north of the Clinton quadrangle border in Woodward quadrangle.
The NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program was never completed. Several quadrangles were not sampled and apparently the Woodward quadrangle was one for which no reconnaissance samples were collected or analyzed.
Summary Tables
The following is a list of all sample types collected and reported for NURE studies in the Woodward quadrangle.
| Sediment Sample Type | Number of Samples | Water Sample Type | Number of Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells | 3 | ||
| Total Sediments | 0 | Total Waters | 3 |
These Woodward quadrangle samples were analyzed by one or more of the following methods:
Water Samples
Water Records
The Woodward quadrangle water data consist of the 2 well-water records found in the Enid Quadrangle NURE HSSR study GJBX-7(79) report and one well-water record found in the Clinton Quadrangle NURE HSSR study GJBX-62(79) report. The following problems were found and addressed during the reformatting process of the Woodward quadrangle water data:
The NURE HSSR data are now available online in two databases: The sediment database (also includes data for soils and some rocks) at http://tin.er.usgs.gov/nure/sediment/ and the water database at http://tin.er.usgs.gov/nure/water/. From these two web sites, NURE HSSR data can be selected, examined, summarized, and downloaded by political boundaries (State and County), by quadrangle (1:250,000-scale, 1:100,000-scale, and 1:63,360-scale for Alaska or 1:24,000-scale for the Lower 48 States), and by hydrologic unit (drainage region, subregion, river basin, or sub-basin). Selected data can be downloaded as a dBase file, a shapefile, an HTML table, or ASCII text (tab- or comma-delimited).
Woodward Quadrangle Water Data - 3 records
The ORGDP water samples were reportedly collected in the field without any filtering or acidification. (See the SAMPTYP coding explanation in the On-Line Manual for USGS-Reformatted NURE HSSR Data Files for descriptions of different Sample Types). However, the samples were filtered later in the laboratory through a 0.45 micron membrane filter before analysis. Therefore, the samples were not true "untreated water" samples and the analytical data may not be directly comparable for other quadrangle water samples of the same SAMPTYP when collected by a different laboratory. Since this was the standard procedure for Oak Ridge, water data from other Oak Ridge quadrangles should be comparable.
For all ORGDP samples, latitude-longitude coordinates were reported in the original data files, as decimal degrees, to only 3 decimal places. Therefore, the precision of these coordinates is limited to +/- 0.001 degrees or +/- 3.6 seconds. This translates to a minimum precision of +/- 364 feet (111 m) for latitude values and between +/- 300 feet (91 m) to +/- 280 feet (85 m) for longitude values (calculated at latitudes of 35° and 40°N, respectively.)
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Page written by Bryan G. Moravec and Steven M. Smith.
Contact: Steven M. Smith (smsmith@usgs.gov)
Version 1.20: August 07, 2000
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