The National Map: Topographic Maps for the 21st Century
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Fact Sheet 018-02
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is committed to meeting the Nation's needs for current base geographic data and maps. Our vision is that, by working with partners, we will provide the Nation with access to current, accurate, and nationally consistent digital data and topographic maps derived from those data. This...
The National Map Pilot Projects
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Fact Sheet 062-02
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing The National Map to be a seamless, continuously maintained, and nationally consistent set of online, public domain, geographic base information. The National Map will serve as a foundation for integrating, sharing, and using other government and private sector data easily and consistently....
Geohydrology of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Dennis J. Low, Daniel J. Hippe, Dawna Yannacci
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4166
Rapid population growth in southeastern Pennsylvania has increased the demand for ground water. In an effort to address the increased ground-water needs, a ground-water investigation in a 5,200-square-mile area of southeastern Pennsylvania was initiated. Information on the geohydrologic system of the area and the water-bearing capabilities of 51 geohydrologic units...
Ground-water flow simulation and chemical and isotopic mixing equation analysis to determine source contributions to the Missouri River alluvial aquifer in the vicinity of the Independence, Missouri, well field
Brian P. Kelly
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4208
The city of Independence, Missouri, operates a well field in the Missouri River alluvial aquifer. Steady-state ground-water flow simulation, particle tracking, and the use of chemical and isotopic composition of river water, ground water, and well-field pumpage in a two-component mixing equation were used to determine the source contributions of...
Examples of the utility of magnetic anomaly data for geologic mapping
Carol A. Finn
2002, Open-File Report 2002-400
No abstract available....
Documentation and analysis of a geographic information system application for combining data layers, using nonpoint-source pollution as an example
James L. Kiesler
2002, Open-File Report 2000–0324
A geographical information system application has been developed that allows scientists to combine multiple data layers into a single data layer. This application provides an effective tool for identifying areas where the potential effect of the combination of data layers may be greater than any single data layer. Such a...
Ground-water levels and precipitation data at the Maxey Flats low-level radioactive waste disposal site near Morehead, Kentucky, October 1988-September 2000
Douglas D. Zettwoch
2002, Open-File Report 2002-357
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet--Department for Environmental Protection--Division of Waste Management, has an ongoing program to monitor water levels at the Maxey Flats low-level radioactive waste disposal site near Morehead, Kentucky. Ground-water-level and precipitation data were collected from 112 wells...
Streamflow gain/loss in the Republican River Basin, Nebraska, April to May 1980
Michaela R. Johnson, Jennifer S. Stanton, James F. Cornwall, Matthew K. Landon
2002, Open-File Report 2002-84
This arc and point data set contains streamflow-measurement sites and reaches indicating streamflow gain or loss under base-flow conditions along Republican River tributaries in Nebraska during April 28 to May 1, 1980 (U.S. Geological Survey, 1981). The streamflow measurements were made to obtain data on ground-water/surface-water interaction. Flow was observed...
Streamflow gain/loss in the Republican River basin, Nebraska, October 1978
Michaela R. Johnson, Jennifer S. Stanton, James F. Cornwall, Matthew K. Landon
2002, Open-File Report 2002-83
This arc and point data set contains streamflow-measurement sites and reaches indicating streamflow gain or loss under base-flow conditions along the Republican River and tributaries in Nebraska during October 10 to 18, 1978 (U.S. Geological Survey, 1980). The streamflow measurements were made to obtain data on ground-water/surface-water interaction. Flow was...
Streamflow gain/loss in the Republican River basin, Nebraska, October 1980
Michaela R. Johnson, Jennifer S. Stanton, James F. Cornwall, Matthew K. Landon
2002, Open-File Report 2002-85
This arc and point data set contains streamflow-measurement sites and reaches indicating streamflow gain or loss under base-flow conditions along the Republican River and tributaries in Nebraska during October 20 to 21, 1980 (U.S. Geological Survey, 1982). The streamflow measurements were made to obtain data on ground-water/surface-water interaction. Flow was...
Isostatic gravity map of Yukon Flats, east-central Alaska
Robert L. Morin
2002, Open-File Report 2002-322
The gravity data used to make this map were collected between 1959 and 1984. The data were collected by automobile, aircraft, and watercraft. Most of the data were collected as part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) regional gravity data collection project. Some of the data were collected as part...
Assessing satellite-derived start-of-season measures in the conterminous USA
Mark D. Schwartz, Bradley C. Reed, Michael A. White
2002, International Journal of Climatology (22) 1793-1805
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-series satellites, carrying advanced very high-resolution radiometer (AVHRR) sensors, have allowed moderate resolution (1 km) measurements of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to be collected from the Earth's land surfaces for over 20 years. Across the conterminous USA, a readily accessible and decade-long...
Streamflow gain/loss in the Republican River basin, Nebraska, October 1981
Michaela R. Johnson, Jennifer S. Stanton, James F. Cornwall, Matthew K. Landon
2002, Open-File Report 2002-86
This arc and point data set contains streamflow-measurement sites and reaches indicating streamflow gain or loss under base-flow conditions along the Republican River and tributaries in Nebraska during October 19 to 20, 1981 (Engel and others, 1984). The streamflow measurements were made to obtain data on ground-water/surface-water interaction. Flow was...
Water quality and geochemical modeling of water at an abandoned coal mine reclaimed With coal combustion by-products
Ralph J. Haefner
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4216
An abandoned coal mine in eastern Ohio was reclaimed with 125 tons per acre of pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) by-product. Water quality at the site (known as the Fleming site) was monitored for 7 years after reclamation; samples included water from soil-suction lysimeters (interstitial water), wells, and spring sites...
Digital Bathymetric Model of Mono Lake, California
Christian G. Raumann, Scott Stine, Alexander Evans, Jerry Wilson
2002, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2393
In 1986 and 1987, Pelagos Corporation of San Diego (now Racal Pelagos) undertook a bathymetric survey of Mono Lake in eastern California for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP). The result of that survey was a series of maps at various scales and contour intervals. From these...
Digital map of the elevation of the base of the High Plains Aquifer in the Republican River Basin upstream of Hardy, Nebraska, in parts of Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado
Michaela R. Johnson, James F. Cornwall, Matthew K. Landon
2002, Open-File Report 2002-64
This digital spatial data set consists of the aquifer base elevation contours (50-foot contour interval) for part of the High Plains aquifer in the central United States. This subset of the High Plains aquifer covers the Republican River Basin in Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado upstream from the streamflow station on...
Digital soils survey map of the Patagonia Mountains, Arizona
Laura Norman, Craig Wissler, D. Phillip Guertin, Floyd Gray
2002, Open-File Report 2002-324
The ‘Soil Survey of Santa Cruz and Parts of Cochise and Pima Counties, Arizona,' a product of the USDA’s Soil Conservation Service and the Forest Service in cooperation with the Arizona Agricultural Experiment...
High-Resolution Multichannel Seismic-Reflection Data Acquired in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 1998-99
Patrick E. Hart, Alan K. Cooper, David C. Twichell, Myung Lee, Warren Agena
2002, Open-File Report 2002-368
During June 1998 and April 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted two research cruises in the northern Gulf of Mexico to acquire high-resolution seismic reflection data across the upper and middle continental slope as part of an investigation of the seismic character, distribution, and potential effects of naturally-occurring marine...
Geologic map of the Yucca Mountain region, Nye County, Nevada
Christopher J. Potter, Robert P. Dickerson, Donald S. Sweetkind, Ronald M. Drake II, Emily M. Taylor, Christopher J. Fridrich, Carma A. San Juan, Warren C. Day
2002, IMAP 2755
Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nev., has been identified as a potential site for underground storage of high-level radioactive waste. This geologic map compilation, including all of Yucca Mountain and Crater Flat, most of the Calico Hills, western Jackass Flats, Little Skull Mountain, the Striped Hills, the Skeleton Hills, and...
USGS environmental studies of the World Trade Center area, New York City, after September 11, 2001
Roger N. Clark, Greg Meeker, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Gregg A. Swayze
2002, Fact Sheet 050-02
Two days after the September 11, 2001, attack on World Trade Center (WTC), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was asked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Public Health Service to conduct a remote sensing and mineralogical characterization study of lower Manhattan around the WTC. This study, conducted...
Evaluation of airborne thermal-infrared image data for monitoring aquatic habitats and cultural resources within the Grand Canyon
Philip A. Davis
2002, Open-File Report 2002-367
This study examined thermal-infrared (TIR) image data acquired using the airborne Advanced Thematic Mapper (ATM) sensor in the afternoon of July 25th, 2000 over a portion of the Colorado River corridor to determine the capability of these 100-cm resolution data to address some biologic and cultural resource requirements for GCMRC....
Preliminary gravity inversion model of Frenchman Flat Basin, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Geoffrey A. Phelps, Scott E. Graham
2002, Open-File Report 2002-363
The depth of the basin beneath Frenchman Flat is estimated using a gravity inversion method. Gamma-gamma density logs from two wells in Frenchman Flat constrained the density profiles used to create the gravity inversion model. Three initial models were considered using data from one well, then a final model is...
Physical data of soil profiles formed on late Quaternary marine terraces near Santa Cruz, California
Jennie Munster, Jennifer W. Harden
2002, Open-File Report 2002-316
The marine terraces in and around Santa Cruz, California, represent a set of well-preserved terraces formed as a product of geology, sea level, and climate. A marine terrace begins as a wave cut platform. Eustatic sea level changes, seacliff erosion, and tectonic uplift work together to generate marine terraces. "When...
Streamflow gain/loss in the Republican River basin, Nebraska, October 1975
Michaela R. Johnson, Jennifer S. Stanton, James F. Cornwall, Matthew K. Landon
2002, Open-File Report 2002-81
This arc and point data set contains streamflow-measurement sites and reaches indicating streamflow gain or loss under base-flow conditions along Republican River tributaries in Dundy and Chase Counties, Nebraska during October 6 to 8, 1975 (U.S. Geological Survey, 1977). The streamflow measurements were made to obtain data on ground-water/surface-water interaction....
Streamflow gain/loss in the Republican River basin, Nebraska, March 1989
Michaela R. Johnson, Jennifer S. Stanton, James F. Cornwall, Matthew K. Landon
2002, Open-File Report 2002-87
This arc and point data set contains streamflow measurement sites and reaches indicating streamflow gain or loss under base-flow conditions along the Republican River and tributaries in Nebraska during March 21 to 22, 1989 (Boohar and others, 1990). These measurements were made to obtain data on ground-water/surface-water interaction. Flow was...
