Time-of-travel of solute data collected by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for Mississippi streams
J. Arthur Kerry
2002, Data Series 84
This report summarizes the time-of-travel of solutes information for Mississippi streams that is available in the files at the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Pollution Control. The time-of-travel information was tabulated for 112 miles of stream reaches in eight of the ten major drainage basins in the State....
Louisiana ground-water map no. 13: Hydrogeology and potentiometric surface of the Sparta aquifer in northern Louisiana, October 1996
Jeffrey A. Brantly, Ronald C. Seanor, Kaycee L. McCoy
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4053
This report describes the thickness and areal extent of the Sparta aquifer, identifies sands within the fresh-water extent of the aquifer, and presents data and a map that illustrate the generalized potentiometric surface (water levels) during October 1996. The report includes a detailed geophysical log, structure contour maps, hydrogeologic sections,...
Ground-Water Resource Assessment in the Rio Grande de Manati Alluvial Plain, Rio Arriba Saliente Area, Puerto Rico
Sigfredo Torres-Gonzalez, Fernando Gómez-Gómez, Andrew G. Warne
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4132
The alluvial aquifer within a 160-acre area of the Rio Grande de Manati alluvial plain was investigated to evaluate its potential as a water-supply source for the Barrios Rio Arriba Saliente and Pugnado Afuera, municipio of Manati, Puerto Rico. Analysis of well boring samples and the results of electric resistivity...
Investigation of the geology and hydrology of the Coconino Plateau of northern Arizona: a project of the Arizona Rural Watershed Initiative
Marilyn E. Flynn, Donald J. Bills
2002, Fact Sheet 113-02
The water resources of the Coconino Plateau in northern Arizona are under increasing demand as a result of development. The population of this arid region continues to grow, and the number of visitors to the many national and state parks and monuments in the region has increased annually. The sustainability,...
NWISWeb: New Site for the Nation's Water Data
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Fact Sheet 128-02
Trace elements and organic compounds in bed sediment from selected streams in southern Louisiana, 1998
Stanley C. Skrobialowski
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4089
Bed-sediment samples from 21 selected streams in southern Louisiana were collected and analyzed for the presence of trace elements and organic compounds during 1998 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Concentrations of selected trace elements and organic compounds were compared on the basis of sediment-quality...
Northern Everglades, Florida, satellite image map
Jean-Claude Thomas, John W. Jones
2002, IMAP 2756
These satellite image maps are one product of the USGS Land Characteristics from Remote Sensing project, funded through the USGS Place-Based Studies Program with support from the Everglades National Park. The objective of this project is to develop and apply innovative remote sensing and geographic information system techniques to map...
Uncertainty in annual streamflow and change in reservoir content data from selected surface-water gaging stations on the lower Colorado River
David W. Anning
2002, Fact Sheet 108-01
The lower Colorado River is an important water resource for metropolitan populations, agriculture, and industry in California, Arizona, and Nevada. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) manages the river, releasing water stored in Lakes Mead, Mohave, and Havasu, and in other smaller reservoirs as needed so that it can be used...
Estimates of recharge to unconfined aquifers and leakage to confined aquifers in the seven-county metropolitan area of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
James F. Ruhl, Roman Kanivetsky, Boris Shmagin
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4092
Recharge to unconfined aquifers in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota was estimated by five methods. Mean recharge estimated as a percentage (27 percent) of precipitation ranged from 7.7 to 8.3 in./yr across the study area. The median recharge estimated from automated analyses of streamflow-recession displacements for seven...
Analysis of geophysical logs from six boreholes at Lariat Gulch, former U.S. Air Force site PJKS, Jefferson County, Colorado
Frederick L. Paillet, Richard E. Hodges, Barbara S. Corland
2002, Open-File Report 2002-364
This report presents and describes geophysical logs for six boreholes in Lariat Gulch, a topographic gulch at the former U.S. Air Force site PJKS in Jefferson County near Denver, Colorado. Geophysical logs include gamma, normal resistivity, fluid-column temperature and resistivity, caliper, televiewer, and heat-pulse flowmeter. These logs were run in...
Water-quality, biological, and habitat assessment of the Boeuf River Basin, southeastern Arkansas, 1994-96
C. Shane Barks, James C. Petersen, Faron D. Usrey
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4187
Water-quality and biological samples were collected at several sites in the Boeuf River Basin between November 1994 and December 1996. Water-quality and benthic macroinvertebrate community samples were collected and habitat was measured once at 25 ambient monitoring sites during periods of seasonal low flow. Water-quality storm-runoff samples were collected during...
Comparison of dissolved oxygen and aquatic biota between a State 303(d)-listed stream segment and USGS biological reference sites in the San Jacinto River Basin, Texas, 2000
J. Bruce Moring
2002, Fact Sheet 063-02
About 30 percent of the 238 water bodies on the 2000 State of Texas 303(d) list of impaired or threatened waters are included for not meeting optimum conditions for aquatic life (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, 2000). Most of the water bodies on the list were assessed using water-column measures...
Digital geologic map and database of the Frederick 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia
Scott Southworth, David K. Brezinski, Avery Drake Jr., William C. Burton, Randall C. Orndorff, Albert J. Froelich, James E. digital compilation by Reddy, Danielle Denenny
2002, Open-File Report 2002-437
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa Area, northeastern Arizona — 2000–2001, and performance and sensitivity of the 1988 USGS numerical model of the N aquifer
Blakemore E. Thomas
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4211
The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile area of Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in this area because of continued industrial and municipal use, a growing population, and precipitation of about 6 to 14 inches per year. The monitoring...
USGS Coal Desorption Equipment and a Spreadsheet for Analysis of Lost and Total Gas from Canister Desorption Measurements
Charles E. Barker, Todd A. Dallegge, Arthur C. Clark
2002, Open-File Report 2002-496
We have updated a simple polyvinyl chloride plastic canister design by adding internal headspace temperature measurement, and redesigned it so it is made with mostly off-the-shelf components for ease of construction. Using self-closing quick connects, this basic canister is mated to a zero-head manometer to make a simple coalbed methane...
Digital mapping techniques '02, workshop proceedings : May 19-22, 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah
David R. Soller
2002, Open-File Report 2002-370
The Digital Mapping Techniques '02 (DMT'02) workshop was attended by 101 technical experts from 43 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 25 state geological surveys (see Appendix A). This workshop was similar in nature to the previous five meetings, held in Lawrence, Kansas (Soller, 1997), in Champaign, Illinois...
An update of Quaternary faults of central and eastern Oregon
Ray J. Weldon II, D.K. Fletcher, E.M. Weldon, K.M. Scharer, P. A. McCrory
2002, Open-File Report 2002-301
This is the online version of a CD-ROM publication. We have updated the eastern portion of our previous active fault map of Oregon (Pezzopane, Nakata, and Weldon, 1992) as a contribution to the larger USGS effort to produce digital maps of active faults in the Pacific Northwest region. The 1992...
Quality of shallow ground water in recently developed residential and commercial areas, Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, 1997
Gerard Gonthier
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4294
Twenty-four monitor wells screened in the shallow water-table aquifer and eight monitor wells screened in the upper part of the Memphis aquifer in the Memphis vicinity, Tennessee, were sampled as part of the Mississippi Embayment National Water-Quality Assessment Program. These samples were collected during April and May 1997, and were...
Composite regional catalogs of earthquakes in the former Soviet Union
Tatyana Rautian, William Leith
2002, Open-File Report 2002-500
Seismological study of the territory of the former Soviet Union developed in the 20th century with the approach of maintaining constant observations with standard instrumentation and methods of data processing, determining standardized parameters describing the seismic sources, and producing regular summary publications. For most of the century, event data were...
Possible sources of nitrate in ground water at swine licensed-managed feeding operations in Oklahoma, 2001
Mark F. Becker, Kathy D. Peter, Jason Masoner
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4257
Samples collected and analyzed by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry from 1999 to 2001 determined that nitrate exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level for public drinking-water supplies of 10 milligrams per liter as nitrogen in 79 monitoring wells at 35 swine licensed-managed feeding operations...
Digital recovery, modification, and analysis of Tetra Tech seismic horizon mapping, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), northern Alaska
R. W. Saltus, Christopher S. Kulander, Christopher J. Potter
2002, Open-File Report 2002-111
We have digitized, modified, and analyzed seismic interpretation maps of 12 subsurface stratigraphic horizons spanning portions of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA). These original maps were prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc., based on about 15,000 miles of seismic data collected from 1974 to 1981. We have also digitized...
Alaska resource data file: Unalakleet quadrangle
Samuel S. Dashevsky
2002, Open-File Report 2002-95
No abstract available....
Alaska resource data file: Nome quadrangle
Charles Caldwell Hawley, Travis L. Hudson
2002, Open-File Report 2002-113
No abstract available....
Alaska resource data file: Middleton Island quadrangle
Travis L. Hudson
2002, Open-File Report 2002-114
No abstract available....
Streamflow characteristics for selected stations in and near the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, southwestern Colorado
Gerhard Kuhn
2002, Open-File Report 2002-471
The U.S Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, began a study in 2000 to develop selected streamflow characteristics for 60 streamflow-gaging stations in and near the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests. The study area is located in southwestern Colorado within the...
