OFR 97-492: Fort Pierce Quadrangle NURE HSSR Study
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[See History of NURE HSSR Program for a summary of the entire program.]
Hillsborough and Polk Counties Orientation Survey
In September of 1978, the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) conducted an orientation survey for the NURE program within Hillsborough and Polk Counties of west-central Florida. These counties occupy parts of the Fort Pierce, Orlando, Saint Petersburg, and Tarpon Springs 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. SRL collected 60 stream-sediment, 60 stream-water, and 296 ground-water samples from the study area. This includes 6 stream-sediment, 6 stream-water, and 34 ground-water samples from the Fort Pierce quadrangle. These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and up to 16 additional elements. The analytical data and site descriptive data for these samples were released only as tables in the Hillsborough and Polk Counties Orientation Survey report [GJBX-146(82)]. This report did not include any discussion of the goals of the orientation survey, the methods used, or the physical characteristics of the study area.
Florida
The NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program was never completed. Several quadrangles were not sampled and apparently most of Florida, including the Fort Pierce quadrangle, was an area 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 Fort Pierce quadrangle.
Sediment Sample Type | Number of Samples | Water Sample Type | Number of Samples |
---|---|---|---|
Wet Streams | 6 | Streams | 6 |
Wells | 34 | ||
Total Sediments | 6 | Total Waters | 40 |
These Fort Pierce quadrangle samples were analyzed by one or more of the following methods:
Sediment Samples
Water Samples
Sediment Records
The Fort Pierce quadrangle sediment data consist of reformatted records from the Hillsborough and Polk Counties Orientation Survey [GJBX-146(82)] report. No digital data files accompanied this report. All of the data were scanned and edited from published tables found in the Hillsborough and Polk Counties Orientation Survey [GJBX-146(82)] report. These data were then reformatted and added to the final NURE data files. The following problems were found and addressed during the reformatting stages for the Fort Pierce quadrangle sediment data:
Water Records
The Fort Pierce quadrangle water data consist of reformatted records from the Hillsborough and Polk Counties Orientation Survey [GJBX-146(82)] report. No digital data files accompanied this report. All of the data were scanned and edited from published tables found in the Hillsborough and Polk Counties Orientation Survey [GJBX-146(82)] report. These data were then reformatted and added to the final NURE data files. The following problems were found and addressed during the reformatting stages for the Fort Pierce 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).
Fort Pierce Quadrangle Sediment Data - 5 records
Fort Pierce Quadrangle Water Data - 39 records
None at this time.
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