Seismic-hazard maps for Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
Robert L. Wesson, Arthur D. Frankel, Charles S. Mueller, Stephen C. Harmsen
1999, IMAP 2679
Probabilistic seismic hazard maps were prepared for Alaska portraying peak horizontal ground acceleration and horizontal spectral response acceleration for 0.2, 0.3, and 1.0 second periods with probabilities of exceedance of 10% in 50 years and 2% in 50 years. This particular data set...
Geologic datasets for weights-of-evidence analysis in northeast Washington: 2. Mineral databases
D. E. Boleneus
1999, Open-File Report 99-384-A
Digital mineral databases are necessary to carry out weights-of-evidence modeling of mineral resources for epithermal gold and carbonate-hosted lead-zinc deposits in northeast Washington. This report describes spreadsheet tables consisting of: 1) training sites for epithermal gold, 2) placer gold sites, 3) training sites for carbonate-hosted lead-zinc, and 4) small lead-zinc...
Geologic and hydrologic data for the municipal solid waste landfill facility, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas
Cynthia G. Abeyta, P. F. Frenzel
1999, Open-File Report 99-271
Geologic and hydrologic data for the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility on the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss in El Paso County, Texas, were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Army. The 106.03-acre landfill has been in operation...
Water-quality data for the Talkeetna River and four streams in National Parks, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, 1998
Steven A. Frenzel, Joseph M. Dorava
1999, Open-File Report 99-459
Five streams in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska, were sampled in 1998 to provide the National Park Service with baseline information on water quality. Four of these streams drain National Park Service land: Costello and Colorado Creeks in Denali National Park and Preserve, Johnson River in Lake Clark National Park...
GPS and GIS-Based Data Collection and Image Mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula
Richard D. Sanchez
1999, Open-File Report 99-402
High-resolution satellite images combined with the rapidly evolving global positioning system (GPS) and geographic information system (GIS) technology may offer a quick and effective way to gather information in Antarctica. GPS- and GIS-based data collection systems are used in this project to determine their applicability for gathering ground truthing data...
Selected data for wells and test holes used in structure-contour maps of the Inyan Kara Group, Minnekahta Limestone, Minnelusa Formation, Madison Limestone, and Deadwood Formation in the Black Hills area, South Dakota
Janet M. Carter
1999, Open-File Report 99-260
This report presents selected data on wells and test holes that were used in the construction of structure-contour maps of selected formations that contain major aquifers in the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. Altitudes of the top of the Inyan Kara Group, Minnekahta Limestone, Minnelusa Formation, Madison Limestone,...
Geologic datasets for weights-of-evidence analysis in northeast Washington; 2, Mineral databases
D. E. Boleneus
1999, Open-File Report 99-384-B
Geographic information systems (GIS) compilation of geophysical, geologic, and tectonic data for the circum-North Pacific
Mark L. Greninger, Simon L. Klemperer, Warren J. Nokleberg
1999, Open-File Report 99-422
The accompanying directory structure contains a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) compilation of geophysical, geological, and tectonic data for the Circum-North Pacific. This area includes the Russian Far East, Alaska, the Canadian Cordillera, linking continental shelves, and adjacent oceans. This GIS compilation extends from 120°E to 115°W, and from 40°N to...
pick_xwell, a program for interactive picking of crosswell seismic and radar data
K.J. Ellefsen
1999, Open-File Report 99-534
Program 'pick_xwell' is used to interactively pick travel times in crosswell seismic and radar data. In addition, the traces and the travel times can be plotted on the computer screen or printed to a file in postscript format. The program is written in the IDL programming language, and it is executed,...
Notes on numerical reliability of several statistical analysis programs
J.M. Landwehr, Gary D. Tasker
1999, Open-File Report 99-95
This report presents a benchmark analysis of several statistical analysis programs currently in use in the USGS. The benchmark consists of a comparison between the values provided by a statistical analysis program for variables in the reference data set ANASTY and their known or calculated theoretical values. The ANASTY data...
Determination of pre-mining geochemical conditions and paleoecology in the Animas River Watershed, Colorado
S. E. Church, D.L. Fey, E. M. Brouwers, C. W. Holmes, Robert Blair
1999, Open-File Report 99-38
Determination of the pre-mining geochemical baseline in bed sediments and the paleoecology in a watershed impacted by historical mining activity is of utmost importance in establishing watershed restoration goals. We have approached this problem in the Animas River watershed using geomorphologic mapping methods to identify old pre-mining sediments. A systematic evaluation of possible sites...
Ground-water quality data from the Abbotsford-Sumas aquifer of southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State, February 1997
S.E. Cox, Hugh Liebscher
1999, Open-File Report 99-244
No abstract available....
Index of hydrologic characteristics and data resources for the Gwynns Falls watershed, Baltimore County and Baltimore City, Maryland
Edward J. Doheny
1999, Open-File Report 99-213
The Gwynns Falls watershed has been selected as the primary study area for the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, as part of the National Science Foundation?s Long-Term Ecological Research program. Because the Baltimore Ecosystem Study will be investigating long-term hydrologic changes in the Gwynns Falls watershed, a compilation of existing data resources...
Method for Examination and Documentation of Basic Information and Metadata from Published Reports Relevant to the Study of Stormwater Runoff Quality
Shannon G. Dionne, Gregory E. Granato, Cameron K. Tana
1999, Open-File Report 99-254
A readily accessible archive of information that is valid, current, and technically defensible is needed to make informed highway-planning, design, and management decisions. The National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis (NDAMS) is a cataloging and assessment of the documentation of information relevant to highway-runoff water quality available in...
Water sediment, and nutrient budgets, and bathymetric survey of Old and New Gillespie Lakes, Macoupin County, Illinois, May 1996-April 1997; with a discussion of lake-management practices
Gary P. Johnson
1999, Open-File Report 99-69
The Gillespie Lakes system serves as a drinking water source for the town of Gillespie, Illinois, and is a major recreational focus for the area. As part of an investigation of a concern that the lakes are being adversely affected by excessive sediment and nutrient in flows, this report presents...
Sources of geospatial data for central and western New York, 1998
S.C. Komor
1999, Open-File Report 99-191
Ground-water levels and flow directions in the glacial sediments and the Lockport Dolomite in southeastern Darke and northeastern Preble counties, Ohio, July 1998
Denise H. Dumouchelle
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4012
During the summer of 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) began an emergency removal action at the Lewisburg Drum Site in northern Preble County, Ohio. The site is about 3 miles west-northwest of the village of Lewisburg. The USEPA removed about 1,200 drums of waste ink from the site,...
Vulnerability of ground water in the Tokio and Warwick aquifers to surface contamination, Fort Totten Indian Reservation, North Dakota
Thomas B. Reed
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4152
The vulnerability of ground water in the Tokio and Warwick aquifers to surface contamination was evaluated using existing hydrologic, climatic, geologic, topographic, and land-use/land-cover data and geographic information system procedures. The aquifers underlie parts of the Fort Totten Indian Reservation in northeastern North Dakota. The vulnerability was evaluated using vertical...
Geology and ground-water resources of the Lawrenceville area, Georgia
Melinda J. Chapman, Thomas J. Crawford, W. Todd Tharpe
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4233
The population of the Atlanta Metropolitan area continues to grow at a rapid pace and the demand for water supplies steadily increases. Exploration for ground-water resources, as a supplement to surface-water supplies, is being undertaken by many city and county governments. The application of effective investigative methods to characterization of...
Estimating the magnitude of peak flows for streams in Maine for selected recurrence intervals
Glenn A. Hodgkins
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4008
This report gives estimates of, and presents techniques for estimating, the magnitude of peak flows for streams in Maine for recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 500 years. A flowchart in this report guides the user to the appropriate estimates and (or) estimating techniques for a...
Magmatic carbon dioxide emissions at Mammoth Mountain, California
Christopher D. Farrar, John M. Neil, James F. Howle
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4217
Carbon dioxide (CO2) of magmatic origin is seeping out of the ground in unusual quantities at several locations around the flanks of Mammoth Mountain, a dormant volcano in Eastern California. The most recent volcanic activity on Mammoth Mountain was steam eruptions about 600 years ago, but seismic swarms and long-period...
Hydrogeology, ground-water quality, and sources of nitrate in lowland glacial aquifers of Whatcom County, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada
Stephen E. Cox, Sue C. Kahle
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4195
Ground water is an important source of domestic, municipal, and irrigation water supply throughout the Fraser-Whatcom Lowland, particularly for the 225-square mile agricultural area surrounding the Whatcom County communities of Lynden, Everson, Nooksack, and Sumas and the British Columbia communities of Abbotsford and Aldergrove. Population growth and developing ground-water-quality problems...
Bituminous coal production in the Appalachian Basin: Past, present, and future
R. C. Milici
1999, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2330
This report on Appalachian basin coal production consists of four maps and associated graphs and tables, with links to the basic data that were used to construct the maps. Plate 1 shows the time (year) of maximum coal production, by county. For illustration purposes, the years of maximum production are...
Herbicides in the Pecatonica, Trempealeau, and Yahara Rivers in Wisconsin, May 1997-July 1998
David J. Graczyk, James P. Vanden Brook, Bruce D. Rheineck
1999, Fact Sheet 167-99
In 1997, Wisconsin farmers applied 8.7 million pounds of herbicides on corn. The five most commonly applied herbicides (in lb (pounds) of active ingredient per acre) on corn in 1997 were atrazine, metolachlor, acetochlor, alachlor and cyanazine. A 1996 study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Wisconsin...
Areas Susceptible to Irrigation-Induced Selenium Contamination of Water and Biota in the Western United States
Ralph L. Seiler, Joseph P. Skorupa, Lorri A. Peltz
1999, Circular 1180
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) studied contamination induced by irrigation drainage in 26 areas of the Western United States during 1986-95. Comprehensive compilation, synthesis, and evaluation of the data resulting from these studies were initiated by DOI in 1992. Soils and ground water in irrigated areas of the...
