Documentation of a finite-element two-layer model for simulation of ground-water flow
Michael J. Mallory
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-18
This report documents a finite-element model for simulation of ground-water flow in a two-aquifer system where the two aquifers are coupled by a leakage term that represents flow through a confining layer separating the two aquifers. The model was developed by Timothy J. Durbin (U.S. Geological Survey) for use in...
Flood profiles along the Cedar River, King County, Washington
O.C. Hettick
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-84
Flood profiles on the Cedar River, King County, Wash., were developed from 21.1 to 33.65 miles upstream from the mouth for the flood of December 3-4, 1975, and for a 100-year flood. Estimated water-surface elevations during a 100-year flood indicate virtually all the flow would be contained in the river...
Water resources data of the Seward area, Alaska
Larry L. Dearborn, Gary S. Anderson, Chester Zenone
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-11
Favorable geohydrologic conditions in the Seward area provide several choices for developing additional water supplies. Abundant stream runoff and the prospects for expanded well-field development in the Jap Creek alluvial fan, as well as other similar fans, allow a selection of future water sources based on factors other than the...
Flood characteristics of Alaskan streams
R. D. Lamke
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-129
Peak discharge data for Alaskan streams are summarized and analyzed. Multiple-regression equations relating peak discharge magnitude and frequency to climatic and physical characteristics of 260 gaged basins were determined in order to estimate average recurrence interval of floods at ungaged sites. These equations are for 1.25-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-,...
Ground water in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado
Forest P. Lyford
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-73
Principal aquifers in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Colorado are the Entrada Sandstone, Westwater Canyon Member of the Morrison Formation, Gallup Sandstone, several sandstones in the Mesaverde Group above the Gallup (Dalton Sandstone, Point Lookout Sandstone, Menefee Formation, Cliffhouse Sandstone), and sandstones of tertiary.Most ground water flows...
Water budget and hydraulic aspects of artificial recharge, south coast of Puerto Rico
J. E. Heisel, Jose Raul Gonzalez
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-58
An analog model was used to evaluate ground-water conditions on the south coast of Puerto Rico. Water levels during a normal period and during an extended drought were simulated. Recharge and discharge values are reported. The model was also used to evaluate the possibilities of using treated waste water to...
Hydrologic data on channel adjustments, 1970 to 1975, on the Rio Grande downstream from Cochiti Dam, New Mexico before and after closure
Jack D. Dewey, F.E. Roybal, D.E. Funderburg
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-70
Cross-section channel profiles, sediment transport and hydrologic data have been observed (before and after closure of the dam) and computed for a series of investigations from 1970 to 1975 at 37 cross sections established along a 59 mile (95 kilometer) study reach from Cochiti Dam to Isleta Diversion Dam, N....
Distribution of nitrate and related nitrogen species in the unsaturated zone, Redlands and vicinity, San Bernardino County, California
John M. Klein, Wesley L. Bradford
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-60
Nitrogen in the unsaturated soil zone in the vicinity of Redlands in San Bernardino County, Calif., has been suspected as the source of nitrate in water from wells. Plans have been made to recharge the aquifer with imported surface water. If this occurs, the rising water table will intercept soluble...
Environmental features, general hydrology, and external sources of nutrients affecting Wilderness Lake, King County, Washington
N. P. Dion
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-63
A water budget prepared for Wilderness Lake, a candidate for lake-quality restoration, indicates that of the 530 acre-feet of water that enters the lake each year, 170 acre-feet is from precipitation and 360 acre-feet is from groundwater inflow. An equal amount leaves the lake, and of this, 380 acre-feet is...
River mileages and drainage areas for Illinois streams—Volume 1, Illinois except Illinois River basin
R. W. Healy
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-110
River mileages are presented for points of interest on Illinois streams draining 10 square miles or more. Points of interest include bridges, dams, gaging stations, county lines, hydrologic unit boundaries, and major tributaries. Drainage areas are presented for selected sites, including total drainage area for any stream draining at least...
Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of Ross Lake, Snohomish County, Washington
N. P. Dion
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-44
A study of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of Ross Lake in 1975 showed that the lake has no well-defined surface-water inflow and that thermal stratification is well established in summer. The water is of a calcium bicarbonate type, which is typical of lakes in western Washington.Biological productivity in...
Hydrogeologic data for the Eagle River-Chugiak area, Alaska
Paula R. Johnson
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-59
Water for the Eagle River-Chugiak area is provided by private, subdivision and trailer court wells. Data from these wells were stud-ied to determine aquifer materials, yield, well depth and depth to water. The aquifer material is unconsolidated glacial or alluvial gravel and sand and bedrock from the McHugh Complex, the...
Experimental salinity alleviation at Malaga Bend of the Pecos River, Eddy County, New Mexico
John S. Havens, D. W. Wilkins
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-4
Upward-leaking brine, from a confined aquifer at the base of the Rustler Formation, mixes with fresher water in a shallow aquifer, resulting in discharge to the Pecos River in southern Eddy County, New Mexico, of about 0.5 cubic feet per second of saturated brine. Pumping brine from the aquifer at...
Estimation of floods of various frequencies for the small ephemeral streams in eastern Washington
W.L. Haushild
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-81
Equations were developed to estimate the magnitude of floods for various occurrence frequencies at ungaged sites on ephemeral streams that drain small, relatively undeveloped basins in the semiarid part of eastern Washington. The equations were developed from regression analyses that used the logarithms of the longitude indexes of gaged sites,...
Determination of selected anions in water by ion chromatography
Marvin J. Fishman, Grace Pyen
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-101
Ion chromatography is a rapid, sensitive, precise, and accurate method for the determination of major anions in rain water and surface waters. Simultaneous analyses of a single sample for bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, nitrite, orthophosphate, and sulfate require approximately 20 minutes to obtain a chromatogram.Minimum detection limits range from 0.01...
Simulated changes in ground-water levels and streamflow resulting from future development (1970 to 2020) in the Platte River basin, Nebraska
E.G. Lappala, P. A. Emery, F.J. Otradovsky
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-26
Future changes in ground-water levels and streamflow caused by a limited set of water-resources development conditions were simulated with digital models of stream-aquifer systems within the Platte River Basin, Nebraska. Simulated water-resources use in the basin included private development of ground water for irrigation, Federal development of surface-water systems for...
Ground water in the vicinity of Capulin, New Mexico
D.L. Hart Jr., Christian Smith
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-79
The alluvial deposits within a closed basin near Capulin, New Mexico, are estimated to have 189,000 acre-feet of water in storage. These deposits have an estimated average transmissivity of 400 feet squared per day and represent the major source of ground water. Well yields range from a few gallons per...
Hydrologic data from urban watersheds in the Tampa Bay area, Florida
Miguel A. Lopez, D.M. Michaelis
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-125
Hydrologic data are being collected in 10 urbanized watersheds located in the Tampa Bay area, Florida. The gaged watersheds have impervious areas that range from 19 percent for a residential watershed in north Tampa to nearly 100 percent for a downtown Tampa watershed. Land-use types, including roads, residential, commercial, industrial,...
Ground water in Myrtle Creek - Glendale area, Douglas County, Oregon
F. J. Frank
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-8
The Myrtle Creek-Glendale area covers about 400 mi2 (1,000 km2 in Douglas County in southwestern Oregon. Although the geologic formations of the area have low permeabilities and generally yield small amounts of water to wells, ground water is the chief source of water for domestic usse in rural parts of the...
Floods in Puerto Rico, magnitude and frequency
Miguel A. Lopez, Eloy Colon-Dieppa, Ernest D. Cobb
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-141
Annual-peak discharge records at 50 sites in Puerto Rico with five or more years of record were used to determine individual site log-Pearson type III frequency curves. The frequency curve values for 2-, 10-, 25-, 50-, and 100-year recurrence intervals at 37 sites with 10 or more years of record...
Estimated drawdowns in the Floridan aquifer due to increased withdrawals, Duval County, Florida
Bernard J. Franks, G. G. Phelps
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-84
Hydrologic investigations of the Floridan aquifer in Duval County, Florida, have shown that an appropriate simplified model of the aquifer system consists of a series of sub aquifers separated by semipermeable beds. Data from more than 20 aquifer tests were reanalyzed by the Hantush modified method, which takes into account...
Hydrogeologic features of the alluvial deposits in the Greybull River valley, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
M. E. Cooley, W. J. Head
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-6
The alluvial aquifer along the Greybull River in Wyoming, consists principally of the Greybull terrace doposits and flood-plain alluvium but also includes Burlington terrace deposits east of Burlington, the McKinnie terrace, and the younger, generally undissected alluvial-fan deposits. Well-log data and 18 surface-resistivity measurements at four localities indicate that the...
A technique for estimating heights reached by the 100-year flood on unregulated, nontidal streams in North Carolina
R. W. Coble
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-69
A method for estimating the heights reached by floods having a recurrence interval of 100 years is defined for nontidal streams with unregulated flows in North Carolina. The flood heights are the vertical distance between stream stage at median discharge (50 percent duration) and the 100-year flood stage and are...
Drinking-water quality and variations in water levels in the fractured crystalline-rock aquifer, west-central Jefferson County, Colorado
Dennis C. Hall, Carl J. Johnson
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-94
In parts of Jefferson County, CO, water for domestic use from the fractured crystalline-rock aquifer contained excessive concentrations of major ions, coliform bacteria, trace elements, or radiochemicals. Based on results of analyses from 26 wells, water from 21 of the wells contained excessive concentrations of one or more constituents. Drinking...
Relation of sediment yield to climatic and physical characteristics in the Missouri River basin
P. R. Jordan
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-49
Data from 64 stream-sediment stations and reservoirs in the plains area and from 15 stream-sediment stations in the mountainous area were analyzed to determine the relation of sediment yield to basin characteristics. Data from each sediment station and reservoir represented at least 7 years of sediment discharge in the plains...
