Digital Geospatial Datasets in Support of Hydrologic Investigations of the Colorado Front Range Infrastructure Resources Project
Sharon A. Rafferty, L. R. Arnold, Stephen J. Char
2002, Open-File Report 2002-338
The U.S. Geological Survey developed this dataset as part of the Colorado Front Range Infrastructure Resources Project (FRIRP). One goal of the FRIRP was to provide information on the availability of those hydrogeologic resources that are either critical to maintaining infrastructure along the northern Front Range or that may...
Selected micrometeorological and soil-moisture data at Amargosa Desert Research Site in Nye County near Beatty, Nevada, 1998-2000
Michael J. Johnson, Charles J. Mayers, Brian J. Andraski
2002, Open-File Report 2002-348
Selected micrometeorological and soil-moisture data were collected at the Amargosa Desert Research Site adjacent to a low-level radioactive waste and hazardous chemical waste facility near Beatty, Nev., 1998-2000. Data were collected in support of ongoing research studies to improve the understanding of hydrologic and contaminant-transport processes in arid environments. Micrometeorological...
Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1999-2000
James W. Ball, R. Blaine McCleskey, D. Kirk Nordstrom, JoAnn M. Holloway, Philip L. Verplanck, Sabin A. Sturtevant
2002, Open-File Report 2002-382
Sixty-seven water analyses are reported for samples collected from 44 hot springs and their overflow drainages and two ambient-temperature acid streams in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) during 1990-2000. Thirty-seven analyses are reported for 1999, 18 for June of 2000, and 12 for September of 2000. These water samples were collected and analyzed as...
Spatial digital database for the geology of the San Pedro River Basin in Cochise, Gila, Graham, Pima, and Pinal Counties, Arizona
Karen S. Bolm
2002, Open-File Report 2002-393
This spatial digital database for the geology of the San Pedro River Basin in southeastern Arizona was compiled from three maps by Dickinson (1993, 1998, 2000). Mylar originals of the map sheets were scanned, and the resultant images were rectified to a mathematically-generated set of latitude and longitude registration points....
MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model -- Documentation of the Model-Layer Variable-Direction Horizontal Anisotropy (LVDA) capability of the Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) package
Evan R. Anderman, K.L. Kipp, Mary C. Hill, Johan Valstar, R.M. Neupauer
2002, Open-File Report 2002-409
This report documents the model-layer variable-direction horizontal anisotropy (LVDA) capability of the Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) Package of MODFLOW-2000. The LVDA capability allows the principal directions of horizontal anisotropy to be different than the model-grid row and column directions, and for the directions to vary on a cell-by-cell basis within model...
Investigation of water quality and aquatic-community structure in Village and Valley Creeks, City of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 2000-01
Ann K. McPherson, Thomas A. Abrahamsen, Celeste A. Journey
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4182
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a 16-month investigation of water quality, aquatic-community structure, bed sediment, and fish tissue in Village and Valley Creeks, two urban streams that drain areas of highly intensive residential, commercial, and industrial land use in Birmingham, Alabama. Water-quality data were collected between February 2000 and March...
Ground-water quality in the Santa Ana Watershed, California: Overview and data summary
Scott N. Hamlin, Kenneth Belitz, Sarah Kraja, Barbara Dawson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4243
Water-quality samples were collected from 207 wells in the Santa Ana Basin in the Coastal Range Province of southern California to assess the occurrence and distribution of dissolved constituents in ground water as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. These wells were sampled during eight...
Ground water near Pella and in selected parts of Jasper, Mahaska and Marion Counties, Iowa
James P. Caldwell, Eric M. Sadorf
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4118
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Pella, Iowa, conducted a study of the ground-water resources in selected parts of Jasper, Mahaska, and Marion Counties near Pella, Iowa, during 2000–01. The purpose of the study was to describe the ground-water resources in the Pella, Iowa, area. Following a...
Hydraulic properties of Mt. Simon aquifer, Prairie Island Indian community, southeastern Minnesota, 2001
Thomas A. Winterstein
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4263
An aquifer test of the Mt. Simon aquifer was conducted at the northern end of the Prairie Island Indian Com-munity, in cooperation with the Prairie Island Indian Community, September 10-11, 2001 to determine hydraulic properties. Two wells at the northern end of Prairie Island were used in the aquifer test....
Water resources data, Ohio, water year 2001, volume 1. Ohio River Basin excluding project data
H.L. Shindel, J.P. Mangus, L.E. Trimble
2002, Water Data Report OH–01–1
Water-resources data for the 2001 water year for Ohio consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report, in two volumes, contains records for water discharge at 130 gaging stations and 65...
Design of a real-time ground-water level monitoring network and portrayal of hydrologic data in southern Florida
Scott T. Prinos, A.C. Lietz, R.B. Irvin
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4275
Ground-water resources in southern Florida are under increasing stress caused a rapid growth in population. As a result of increased demands on aquifers, water managers need more timely and accurate assessments of ground-water conditions in order to avoid or reduce adverse effects such as saltwater intrusion, loss of pumpage...
Water Resources Data, Florida, Water Year 2001, Volume 4. Northwest Florida
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Water Data Report FL-01-4
This report series for the 2001 water year for the state of Florida consists of records for continuous or daily discharge for 387 streams, periodic discharge for 14 streams, continuous or daily stage for 147 streams, periodic stage for 2 streams, peak stage and discharge for 8 streams, continuous or...
Simulation of flow and effects of best-management practices in the upper Seco Creek basin, south-central Texas, 1991-98
David S. Brown, Timothy H. Raines
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4249
The Hydrological Simulation Program— FORTRAN model was used to assess the effects of two best-management practices—brush management (removal of woody species locally known as cedar) and weather modification (rainfall enhancement)—on selected hydrologic processes in six subbasins that compose the upper Seco Creek Basin in south-central Texas. A parameter set for...
Evaluation of water quality, suspended sediment, and stream morphology with an emphasis on effects of stormwater on Fountain and Monument Creek basins, Colorado Springs and vicinity, Colorado, 1981-2001
Patrick Edelmann, Sheryl A. Ferguson, Stogner, Marianne August, William F. Payne, James F. Bruce
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4104
This report documents water quality and suspended sediment with an emphasis on evaluating the effects of stormflow on Fountain Creek Basin in the vicinity of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Water-quality data collected at 11 sites between 1981 and 2001 were used to evaluate the effects of stormflow on water quality. Suspended-sediment...
Water resources data, Washington, water year 2001
R. A. Kimbrough, G.P. Ruppert, W.D. Wiggins, R. R. Smith, S.M. Knowles, V.F. Renslow
2002, Water Data Report WA-01-1
The Washington Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with State, local, and other Federal agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the water resources of Washington each water year. These data, accumulated during many water years, constitute a valuable data base for developing...
Water resources data, Maryland and Delaware, water year 2001, volume 2. ground-water data
Michael J. Smigaj, Richard W. Saffer, Robert H. Pentz, Elizabeth H. Marchand
2002, Water Data Report MD-DE-DC-01-2
Water resources data for the 2001 water year for Maryland and Delaware consist of records of water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report (Volume 2. Ground-Water Data) contains water levels at 379 observation wells, discharge records for 5 springs, and water quality at 238 wells and 10...
A data input program (MFI2K) for the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model (MODFLOW-2000)
Arlen W. Harbaugh
2002, Open-File Report 2002-41
MFI2K is a data-input (entry) program for the U.S. Geological Survey modular three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water model, MODFLOW-2000. MFI2K runs on personal computers. MFI2K supports the solute transport and parameter-estimation capabilities that are incorporated in MODFLOW-2000. Data for MODPATH, a particle-tracking program for use with MODFLOW-2000, also can be entered using...
Classification of irrigated land using satellite imagery, the High Plains aquifer, nominal date 1992
Sharon L. Qi, Alexandria Konduris, David W. Litke, Jean Dupree
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4236
Satellite imagery from the Landsat Thematic Mapper (nominal date 1992) was used to classify and map the location of irrigated land across the High Plains aquifer. The High Plains aquifer underlies 174,000 square miles in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. The U.S....
SutraPrep, a pre-processor for SUTRA, a model for ground-water flow with solute or energy transport
Alden M. Provost
2002, Open-File Report 2002-376
SutraPrep facilitates the creation of three-dimensional (3D) input datasets for the USGS ground-water flow and transport model SUTRA Version 2D3D.1. It is most useful for applications in which the geometry of the 3D model domain and the spatial distribution of physical properties and boundary conditions is relatively simple. SutraPrep can...
Water Resources Data, Connecticut, Water Year 2001
J. Morrison, P.L. Provencher, J.W. Martin, J.R. Norris
2002, Water Data Report CT-01-1
Water Resources Data--California, Water Year 2002, Volume 4. Northern Central Valley Basins and The Great Basin from Honey Lake Basin to Oregon State Line
J.R. Smithson, M.F. Friebel, M.D. Webster, G.L. Rockwell
2002, Water Data Report CA-02-4
Water-resources data for the 2002 water year for California consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams, stage and contents in lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality in wells. Volume 4 contains discharge records for 191 gaging stations, stage and contents for 60 lakes...
Compilation of minimum and maximum isotope ratios of selected elements in naturally occurring terrestrial materials and reagents
T.B. Coplen, J.A. Hopple, J.K. Böhlke, H.S. Peiser, S.E. Rieder, H.R. Krouse, K.J.R. Rosman, T. Ding, R.D. Vocke Jr., K.M. Revesz, A. Lamberty, P. Taylor, P. De Bievre
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4222
Documented variations in the isotopic compositions of some chemical elements are responsible for expanded uncertainties in the standard atomic weights published by the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. This report summarizes reported variations in the isotopic compositions of 20...
Assessment of stream conditions and trends in biological and water-chemistry data from selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1981-97
Andrew G. Reif
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4242
Biological, chemical, and physical data were collected from a network of 43 sites in Chester County, Pa., from 1981 to 1997. The goal of the network is to assess stream conditions and determine trends in benthic-macroinvertebrate and water-chemistry data. Most sites in the network were assessed as nonimpacted or slightly impacted on the...
Hurricane Mitch: Peak Discharge for Selected River Reachesin Honduras
Mark E. Smith, Jeffrey V. Phillips, Norman E. Spahr
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4266
Hurricane Mitch began as a tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea on 22 October 1998. By 26 October, Mitch had strengthened to a Category 5 storm as defined by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (National Climate Data Center, 1999a), and on 27 October was threatening the northern coast of Honduras (fig....
Water resources data, Maryland and Delaware, water year 2001, volume 1. surface-water data
Robert W. James, Richard W. Saffer, Robert H. Pentz, Anthony J. Tallman
2002, Water Data Report MD-DE-DC-01-1
Water resources data for the 2001 water year for Maryland and Delaware consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs. This volume (Volume 1. Surface-Water Data) contains records for water discharge at 128 gaging stations; stage and contents of 1...
