Seasonal flux and assemblage composition of planktic foraminifera from the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2008-2010
Jessica W. Spear, Caitlin E. Reynolds, Richard Z. Poore
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1215
The U.S. Geological Survey anchored a sediment trap in the northern Gulf of Mexico to collect seasonal time-series data on the flux and assemblage composition of live planktic foraminifers. This report provides an update of the previous time-series data to include results from 2010. Ten species, or varieties, of planktic...
Assessment of soil-gas, seep, and soil contamination at the North Range Road Landfill, Fort Gordon, Georgia, 2008-2009
James Landmeyer, W. Fred Falls, W. Hagan Ratliff, John B. Wellborn
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1043
Soil gas, seeps, and soil were assessed for contaminants at the North Range Road Landfill at Fort Gordon, Georgia, from October 2008 to September 2009. The assessment included delineating organic contaminants present in soil-gas samples beneath the area estimated to be the landfill and in water samples collected from three...
Trends and causes of historical wetland loss, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, southwest Louisiana
Julie Bernier, Robert A. Morton, Kyle W. Kelso
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1169
Prior U.S. Geological Survey studies (Open-File Reports 2005-1216 and 2009-1158) examined historical land- and water-area changes and estimated magnitudes of land subsidence and erosion at 10 wetland sites in the Mississippi River delta plain. The present study extends that work by analyzing interior wetland loss and relative magnitudes of subsidence...
TOPMODEL simulations of streamflow and depth to water table in Fishing Brook Watershed, New York, 2007-09
Elizabeth A. Nystrom, Douglas A. Burns
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5190
TOPMODEL, a physically based, variable-source area rainfall-runoff model, was used to simulate streamflow and depth to water table for the period January 2007-September 2009 in the 65.6 square kilometers of Fishing Brook Watershed in northern New York. The Fishing Brook Watershed is located in the headwaters of the Hudson River...
A survey of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees regarding topics for distance education-Summary report to respondents
Joan M. Ratz, Rudy M. Shuster, Ann M. Marcy
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1021
This report provides a summary of responses to the questions included in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) Distance Education survey conducted from January 26, 2010, to February 8, 2010. The survey included questions for two studies sponsored by the Division of Education Outreach...
Borehole geophysical and flowmeter data for eight boreholes in the vicinity of Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, Lake Seminole, Jackson County, Florida
John S. Clarke, Michael D. Hamrick, O. Gary Holloway
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1254
Borehole geophysical logs and flowmeter data were collected in April 2011 from eight boreholes to identify the depth and orientation of cavernous zones within the Miocene Tampa Limestone in the vicinity of Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam in Jackson County, Florida. These data are used to assess leakage near the...
Summary of hydrologic testing of the Floridan aquifer system at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Gerard Gonthier
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1020
Two test wells were completed at Fort Stewart, GA, in January and February 2010 to investigate the potential of using the Lower Floridan aquifer as a source of water to satisfy anticipated increases in water use. One well was completed in the Lower Floridan aquifer at a depth of 1,255...
Geomorphology and bank erosion of the Matanuska River, southcentral Alaska
Janet H. Curran, Monica L. McTeague
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5214
Bank erosion along the Matanuska River, a braided, glacial river in southcentral Alaska, has damaged or threatened houses, roadways, and public facilities for decades. Mapping of river geomorphology and bank characteristics for a 65-mile study area from the Matanuska Glacier to the river mouth provided erodibility information that was assessed...
Evaluation of landslide monitoring in the Polish Carpathians
Brian D. Collins, Rex L. Baum, Teresa Mrozek, Piotr Nescieruk, Zbigniew Perski, Wojciech Raczkowski, Marek Graniczny
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1001
In response to the June 15, 2010 request from the Polish Geological Institute (PGI) to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for assistance and advice regarding real-time landslide monitoring, landslide specialists from the USGS Landslide Hazard Program visited PGI headquarters and field sites in September 2010. During our visit we became...
Water-quality conditions near the confluence of the Snake and Boise Rivers, Canyon County, Idaho
Molly S. Wood, Alexandra Etheridge
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5217
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) have been established under authority of the Federal Clean Water Act for the Snake River-Hells Canyon reach, on the border of Idaho and Oregon, to improve water quality and preserve beneficial uses such as public consumption, recreation, and aquatic habitat. The TMDL sets targets for...
Factors that influence the hydrologic recovery of wetlands in the Northern Tampa Bay area, Florida
P. A. Metz
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5127
Reductions in groundwater withdrawals from Northern Tampa Bay well fields were initiated in mid-2002 to improve the hydrologic condition of wetlands in these areas by allowing surface and groundwater levels to recover to previously higher levels. Following these reductions, water levels at some long-term wetland monitoring sites have recovered, while...
Soils Data Related to the 1999 FROSTFIRE Burn
K.L. Manies, J.W. Harden, R. Ottmar
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1216
This report describes the sample collection and processing for U.S. Geological Survey efforts at FROSTFIRE, an experimental burn that occurred in Alaska in 1999. Data regarding carbon, water, and energy dynamics pre-fire, during, and post-fire were obtained in this landscape-scale prescribed burn. U.S. Geological Survey investigators measured changes in the...
Gravity data from the San Pedro River Basin, Cochise County, Arizona
Jeffrey R. Kennedy, Daniel Winester
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1287
The U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona Water Science Center in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geodetic Survey has collected relative and absolute gravity data at 321 stations in the San Pedro River Basin of southeastern Arizona since 2000. Data are of three types: observed gravity values and...
U.S. Geological Survey 2011 assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Cook Inlet region, south-central Alaska
Richard G. Stanley, Brenda S. Pierce, David W. Houseknecht
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1237
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has completed an assessment of the volumes of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in conventional and continuous accumulations in Cook Inlet. The assessment used a geology-based methodology and results from new scientific research by the USGS and the State of Alaska, Department of...
Cone penetration tests and soil borings at the Mason Road site in Green Valley, Solano County, California
Michael J. Bennett, Thomas E. Noce, James J. Lienkaemper
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1281
In support of a study to investigate the history of the Green Valley Fault, 13 cone penetration test soundings and 3 auger borings were made at the Mason Road site in Green Valley, Solano County, California. Three borings were made at or near two of the cone penetration test soundings....
Factors influencing riverine fish assemblages in Massachusetts
David S. Armstrong, Todd A. Richards, Sara B. Levin
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5193
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, conducted an investigation of fish assemblages in small- to medium-sized Massachusetts streams. The objective of this study was to determine relations between fish-assemblage...
Estimated hydrologic budgets of kettle-hole ponds in coastal aquifers of southeastern Massachusetts
Donald A. Walter, John P. Masterson
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5137
Kettle-hole ponds in southeastern Massachusetts are in good hydraulic connection to an extensive coastal aquifer system that includes the Plymouth-Carver aquifer system on the mainland and aquifers underlying Cape Cod. The ponds receive water from, and contribute water to, the underlying glacial aquifer; ponds also receive water from precipitation and...
Regional potentiometric-surface map of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system in Snake Valley and surrounding areas, Juab, Millard, and Beaver Counties, Utah, and White Pine and Lincoln Counties, Nevada
Philip M. Gardner, Melissa D. Masbruch, Russell W. Plume, Susan G. Buto
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3193
Water-level measurements from 190 wells were used to develop a potentiometric-surface map of the east-central portion of the regional Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system in and around Snake Valley, eastern Nevada and western Utah. The map area covers approximately 9,000 square miles in Juab, Millard, and Beaver Counties,...
Derived crop management data for the LandCarbon Project
Gail Schmidt, Shu-Guang Liu, Jennifer Oeding
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1303
The LandCarbon project is assessing potential carbon pools and greenhouse gas fluxes under various scenarios and land management regimes to provide information to support the formulation of policies governing climate change mitigation, adaptation and land management strategies. The project is unique in that spatially explicit maps of annual land cover...
Kirschenmann Road multi-well monitoring site, Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County, California
R.R. Everett, R. T. Hanson, D. S. Sweetkind
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1292
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Water Agency Division of the Santa Barbara County Department of Public Works, is evaluating the geohydrology and water availability of the Cuyama Valley, California (fig. 1). As part of this evaluation, the USGS installed the Cuyama Valley Kirschenmann Road multiple-well monitoring...
Evapotranspiration over spatially extensive plant communities in the Big Cypress National Preserve, southern Florida, 2007-2010
W. Barclay Shoemaker, Christian D. Lopez, Michael J. Duever
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5212
Evapotranspiration (ET) was quantified over plant communities within the Big Cypress National Preserve (BCNP) using the eddy covariance method for a period of 3 years from October 2007 to September 2010. Plant communities selected for study included Pine Upland, Wet Prairie, Marsh, Cypress Swamp, and Dwarf Cypress. These plant communities...
Mapping the Natchez Trace Parkway
Amina Rangoonwala, Terri Bannister, Elijah W. Ramsey III
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1276
Based on a National Park Service (NPS) landcover classification, a landcover map of the 715-km (444-mile) NPS Natchez Trace Parkway (hereafter referred to as the "Parkway") was created. The NPS landcover classification followed National Vegetation Classification (NVC) protocols. The landcover map, which extended the initial landcover classification to the entire...
Data report for the geologic and scenic quality evaluation of selected sand and gravel sites on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming
William H. Langer, Bradley S. Van Gosen, Belinda Arbogast, David A. Lindsey
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1302
In April 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted field studies on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming, to inventory and evaluate sand and gravel deposits underlying river terraces on tribal lands along the Wind River. This report contains the results for 12 sites of sand and gravel deposits evaluated...
Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination—Edwards aquifer near San Antonio, Texas
Martha L. Jagucki, MaryLynn Musgrove, Richard J. Lindgren, Lynne Fahlquist, Sandra M. Eberts
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3142
This fact sheet highlights findings from the vulnerability study of a public-supply well field in San Antonio, Texas. The well field consists of six production wells that tap the Edwards aquifer. Typically, one or two wells are pumped at a time, yielding an average total of 20-21 million gallons per...
Estimating nonharvested crop residue cover dynamics using remote sensing
David Clay, V.P. Obade, C. Carlson, K. Dalsted, Bruce K. Wylie, C. Ren, S.A. Clay
2011, Book chapter, Progress in biomass and bioenergy production
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