OFR 97-492: Paducah Quadrangle NURE HSSR Study
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[See History of NURE HSSR Program for a summary of the entire program.]
Kentucky
Subcontractors for the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) collected at least 4,901 stream-sediment, 3,966 surface-water, and 6,408 ground-water samples within 90 counties from the state of Kentucky as part of the NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program. The sediment samples were collected during May - November, 1978; August, 1979 - January, 1980; and April, 1980 and water samples were collected during May - June, 1978; September, 1978 - March, 1979; August - November 1979; and May - June 1980. Sample coverage included portions of the Corbin, Dyersburg, Evansville, Huntington, Jenkins, Johnson City, Louisville, Nashville, Paducah, Vincennes, and Winchester 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. (A total of 169 stream-sediment, 37 surface-water, and 222 ground-water samples were collected within the Paducah quadrangle.) These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and additional elements (16 in sediments and 9 in waters). SRL was able to analyze 982 sediments and 10,365 waters from Kentucky; this includes all 169 sediment and all 259 water samples from the Paducah quadrangle. The analytical and site location data for all Kentucky samples were released in the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio Data Report [GJBX-105(82)].
Illinois
Subcontractors for the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) collected at least 716 stream-sediment, 337 surface-water, and 1,046 ground-water samples within 16 counties from southern Illinois as part of the NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program. The samples were collected during November - December, 1978 and included portions of the Paducah, Saint Louis, Belleville, and Vincennes 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. (A total of 508 stream-sediment, 259 surface-water, and 749 ground-water samples were collected within the Paducah quadrangle.) These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and additional elements (16 in sediments and 9 in waters). SRL was able to analyze 716 sediments and 1288 waters from Illinois; this includes all 508 Illinois sediment and 993 water samples from the Paducah quadrangle. The analytical and site location data for all Illinois samples were released in the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio Data Report [GJBX-105(82)].
Missouri
Subcontractors for the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) collected at least 2,162 stream-sediment, 1,340 surface-water, and 3,423 ground-water samples within 30 counties from the southeast and southwest corners of Missouri as part of the NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program. The samples were collected during May - August, 1978, October - December, 1978, and May - June, 1979 and included portions of the Dyersburg, Harrison, Joplin, Paducah, Poplar Bluff, Rolla, St. Louis, Springfield, and Tulsa 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. (A total of 200 stream-sediment, 152 surface-water, and 316 ground-water samples were collected within the Paducah quadrangle.) These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and additional elements (16 in sediments and 9 in waters). SRL was able to analyze 1,669 sediments and 4,762 waters from Missouri; this includes 198 sediment and 467 water samples from the Paducah quadrangle. The analytical and site location data for all Missouri samples were released in the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas Data Report [GJBX-104(82)].
Indiana
Subcontractors for the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) collected at least 126 stream-sediment, 111 surface-water, and 443 ground-water samples within 6 counties from the southern border of Indiana as part of the NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program. The sediments samples were collected during November 1978 and December 1979 and water samples were collected during November - December, 1978 and February - March, 1979. Sample coverage included portions of the Evansville, Louisville, Paducah, and Vincennes 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. (A total of 3 stream-sediment, 1 surface-water, and 3 ground-water samples were collected within the Paducah quadrangle.) These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and additional elements (16 in sediments and 9 in waters). SRL was able to analyze 78 sediments and 554 waters from Indiana; this includes all 3 Indiana sediment and all 4 water samples from the Paducah quadrangle. The analytical and site location data for all Indiana samples were released in the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio Data Report [GJBX-105(82)].
SRL: Paducah Quadrangle
SRL did not release a separate report for the Paducah quadrangle.
ORGDP: Paducah and Evansville Quadrangles
SRL sent several Kentucky sediment samples to the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (ORGDP) for analysis of uranium and 31 additional elements. ORGDP released the analytical data for 1,091 samples in the Paducah and Evansville Quadrangles GJBX-76(82) Data Report. This report includes data for 62 sediment samples from the Paducah quadrangle. The site coding information for this data set was summarized in the GJBX-51(82) report.
Gold Analyses
Data for gold analyses of sediments by SRL neutron activation were released in the GJBX-135(82) summary report. The introduction of that report states:
"This report contains previously unreported neutron-activation analyses of gold in sediment samples determined at SRL. These data were not included in the standard SRL NURE data reports because the gold spectrum was not measured in the original analytical procedure and the report format was designed without the gold analyses being included. Gold analyses became available as the analytical procedure was refined, but the report format was not modified to incorporate these data."
Only those sediment samples that had detectable concentrations of gold by neutron activation analysis were given in the GJBX-135(82) report. Sediment samples with concentrations below detection limits were not reported and can only be ascertained by identifying which samples were actually analyzed by neutron activation at SRL.
Summary Tables
Because of the various laboratories and analytical methods used, some SRL samples may have been analyzed once, twice, or not at all. The following table summarizes the analysis of Paducah quadrangle samples.
Laboratory Analysis | Sediments | Waters |
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Only SRL | 880 | 1,723 |
Only ORGDP | 0 | 0 |
Both SRL and ORGDP (2 records each) | 62 | 0 |
None | 2 | 16 |
Total Samples | 880 | 1,739 |
Total Data Records | 942 | 1,739 |
The following is a list of all sample types collected and reported for NURE studies in the Paducah quadrangle.
Sediment Sample Type | Number of Samples | Water Sample Type | Number of Samples |
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Wet Streams | 880 | Streams | 449 |
Wells | 1,216 | ||
Springs | 74 | ||
Total Sediments | 880 | Total Waters | 1,739 |
These Paducah quadrangle samples were analyzed by one or more of the following methods:
Sediment Samples
Water Samples
Sediment Records
The Paducah quadrangle sediment data consist of records from the Missouri portion of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas GJBX-104(82) Data Report combined with records from the Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky portions of the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio [GJBX-105(82)] Data Report and with records from the ORGDP Evansville and Paducah Quadrangles GJBX-76(82) Data Report. Site descriptive information and coordinates were compared for all corresponding records. The following problems were found and addressed during the comparison and reformatting stages for the Paducah quadrangle sediment data:
Water Records
The Paducah quadrangle water data consist of reformatted records from the Missouri portion of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas GJBX-104(82) Data Report combined with reformatted records from the Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky portions of the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio [GJBX-105(82)] Data Report. The following problems were found and addressed during the reformatting process of the Paducah 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).
Paducah Quadrangle Sediment Data - 942 records
Paducah Quadrangle Water Data - 1,739 records
In the eastern United States, SRL collected samples primarily by county. Often, not all counties within a quadrangle were completely sampled. Sample coverage in the Paducah quadrangle is complete and includes samples from Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Union, White, and Williamson Counties, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana; Ballard, Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, and Union Counties Kentucky; and Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Perry, Scott, and Stoddard Counties, Missouri. The laboratory and analytical methods used also may vary by county such that adjacent counties often have very different analytical coverages.
Two sediment and sixteen water samples within the Paducah quadrangle were not analyzed by any of the various laboratories. The following table summarizes the locations of those unanalyzed samples.
State | County | Sample Media | Unanalyzed Samples | Total Samples |
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Illinois | Hamilton | Stream Water | 11 | 13 |
Illinois | Perry | Ground Water | 4 | 13 |
Missouri | Cape Girardeau | Sediment | 1 | 65 |
Missouri | Perry | Sediment | 1 | 49 |
Missouri | Scott | Stream Water | 1 | 36 |
None found.
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Page written by Bryan G. Moravec and Steven M. Smith.
Contact: Steven M. Smith (smsmith@usgs.gov)
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