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Hydrologic and chemical-quality data from four rural basins in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1985-88

Open-File Report 89-578
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr89578

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Abstract

An investigation was begun in 1984 in Guilford County, North Carolina, to monitor water quality and soil erosion in basins with various land-management practices. Hydrologic and chemical-quality data were collected from four rural drainage basins, including two agricultural basins (7.4 and 4.8 acres) cultivated in tobacco and small grains, a mixed rural land-use basin (665 acres) currently under standard land-management practices, and a forested control basin (44 acres) characterizing background conditions. Mean concentrations of total nitrite plus nitrate were 1.0 milligrams per liter from the agricultural basin under standard land-management practices. This was nearly 10 times greater than concentrations from the forested basin. Records of streamflow discharge, chemical quality, ground-water levels, precipitation, and farming activities collected from October 1984 through September 1988 at one or more of the basins are also presented in this report.

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Hill, C., 1989, Hydrologic and chemical-quality data from four rural basins in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1985-88: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-578, vi, 105 p. :ill. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr89578.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrologic and chemical-quality data from four rural basins in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1985-88
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 89-578
DOI 10.3133/ofr89578
Year Published 1989
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey ; Books and Open-File Reports Section [distributor],
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description vi, 105 p. :ill. ;28 cm.
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Guilford County
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