Water-use data for the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota, 1979-2001
Kathleen M. Macek-Rowland, Allan D. Arntson, Karen R. Ryberg, Ann L. Dahl, Amy Lieb
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1308
The Red River of the North, located in the north-central plains of the United States, plays an important role in population growth and economic development of the region. Because of recent and projected growth in population, industry, and agriculture in the Red River of the North Basin, alternatives to additional...
Overview--Development of a geodatabase and conceptual model of the hydrogeologic units beneath Air Force Plant 4 and Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field, Fort Worth, Texas
Sachin D. Shah
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3063
Air Force Plant 4 (AFP4) and adjacent Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field (NAS–JRB) at Fort Worth, Tex., constitute a contractor-owned, government-operated facility that has been in operation since 1942. Contaminants from the 3,600-acre facility, primarily volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and metals, have entered the ground-water-flow system through leakage...
Development of a benthic-flux chamber for measurement of ground-water seepage and water sampling for mercury analysis at the sediment-water interface
M.A. Menheer
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5298
A benthic-flux chamber was constructed to collect data to determine the relation between ground- and surface-water interaction and mercury concentrations in water at the sediment- water interface. The benthic-flux chamber was successfully used to measure the rate of ground water seeping to surface water or surface water seeping to ground...
Direction of ground-water flow in the surficial aquifer in the vicinity of impact areas G-10 and K-2, Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, North Carolina, 2004
Stephen L. Harden, Stephen S. Howe, Silvia Terziotti
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5270
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is located in Onslow County in the North Carolina Coastal Plain. In support of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource requirements, Camp Lejeune is developing a site closure plan for two Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulated open burn/open detonation (OB/OD) facilities...
Northeastern Florida Bay estuarine creek data, water years 1996-2000
Clinton D. Hittle, Mark A. Zucker
2004, Data Series 105
From October 1995 to September 2000 (water years 1996-2000), continuous 15-minute stage, water velocity, salinity, and water temperature data were collected at seven estuarine creeks that flow into northeastern Florida Bay. These creeks include West Highway Creek, Stillwater Creek, Trout Creek, Mud Creek, Taylor River, Upstream Taylor River, and McCormick...
Documentation of the Santa Clara Valley regional ground-water/surface-water flow model, Santa Clara Valley, California
R. T. Hanson, Zhen Li, C.C. Faunt
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5231
The Santa Clara Valley is a long, narrow trough extending about 35 miles southeast from the southern end of San Francisco Bay where the regional alluvial-aquifer system has been a major source of water. Intensive agricultural and urban development throughout the 20th century and related ground-water development resulted in ground-water-level...
Concentrations of dissolved solids and nutrients in water sources and selected streams of the Santa Ana Basin, California, Octoger 1998 - September 2001
Robert Kent, Kenneth Belitz
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4326
Concentrations of total dissolved solids (TDS) and nutrients in selected Santa Ana Basin streams were examined as a function of water source. The principal water sources are mountain runoff, wastewater, urban runoff, and stormflow. Rising ground water also enters basin streams in some reaches. Data were collected from October 1998...
Guidelines for surveying bankfull channel geometry and developing regional hydraulic-geometry relations for streams of New York State
Rocky O. Powell, Sarah J. Miller, Britt E. Westergard, Christiane I. Mulvihill, Barry P. Baldigo, Anne S. Gallagher, Richard R. Starr
2004, Open-File Report 2003-92
Many disturbed streams within New York State are being restored in an effort to provide bank and bed stability and thereby decrease sedimentation and erosion. Efforts to identify and provide accurate indicators for stable-channel characteristics for ungaged streams have been hampered by the lack of regional equations or relations that...
Geohydrology of the French Creek Basin and simulated effects of drought and ground-water withdrawals, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Ronald A. Sloto
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4263
This report describes the results of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Delaware River Basin Commission, to develop a regional ground-water-flow model of the French Creek Basin in Chester County, Pa. The model was used to assist water-resource managers by illustrating the interconnection between ground-water...
Water Resources Data, New Jersey, Water Year 2003; Volume 1. Surface-Water Data
T.J. Reed, B.T. White, G.L. Centinaro, J.F. Dudek, A.R. Protz, J.C. Shvanda, A.F. Watson
2004, Water Data Report NJ-03-1
Water-resources data for the 2003 Water Year for New Jersey are presented in three volumes, and consists 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. Volume 1 contains discharge records for 100...
Geologic map and digital database of the Yucaipa 7.5’ quadrangle, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California
Jonathan C. Matti, D. M. Morton, B. F. Cox, S. E. Carson, T. J. Yetter, P. M. Cossette, M. C. Wright, S. A. Kennedy, M. L. Dawson, R. M. Hauser
2003, Open-File Report 2003-301
IntroductionThis geologic database of the Yucaipa 7.5' quadrangle was prepared by the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP), a regional geologic-mapping project sponsored jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Geological Survey. The database was developed as a contribution to the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program's National Geologic...
Geohydrology of the Valley-Fill aquifer in the Norwich-Oxford-Brisben area, Chenango County, New York
Kari K. Hetcher, Todd S. Miller, James D. Garry, Richard J. Reynolds
2003, Open-File Report 2003-242
This set of maps and geohydrologic sections depicts the geology and hydrology of aquifers in the 21.9-square-mile reach of the Chenango River valley between Brisben and North Norwich, N.Y. This report depicts the principal geographic features of the study area; locations of domestic, commercial, and municipal wells from which data...
Development and calibration of a ground-water flow model for the Sparta Aquifer of southeastern Arkansas and north-central Louisiana and simulated response to withdrawals, 1998-2027
Paul W. McKee, Brian R. Clark
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4132
The Sparta aquifer, which consists of the Sparta Sand, in southeastern Arkansas and north-central Louisiana is a major water resource and provides water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. In recent years, the demand in some areas has resulted in withdrawals from the Sparta aquifer that substantially exceed replenishment of...
Water resources of Monroe County, New York, water years 1997-99, with emphasis on water quality in the Irondequoit Creek basin—Atmospheric deposition, ground water, streamflow, trends in water quality, and chemical loads to Irondequoit Bay
Donald A. Sherwood
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4221
Irondequoit Creek drains 169 square miles in the eastern part of Monroe County. Over time, nutrients transported by Irondequoit Creek to Irondequoit Bay on Lake Ontario have contributed to the eutrophication of the bay. Sewage-treatment-plant effluent, a major source of nutrients to the creek and its tributaries, was eliminated from...
Hydrologic, water-quality, and biological data for three water bodies, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain, 2000-2002
Jeffery W. East, Jennifer L. Hogan
2003, Open-File Report 2003-459
During July 2000–September 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey collected and analyzed site-specific hydrologic, water-quality, and biological data in Dickinson Bayou, Armand Bayou, and the San Bernard River in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas. Segments of the three water bodies are on the State 303(d) list. Continuous monitoring showed that...
Tufts submarine fan: turbidity-current gateway to Escanaba Trough
Jane A. Reid, William R. Normark
2003, Bulletin 2216
Turbidity-current overflow from Cascadia Channel near its western exit from the Blanco Fracture Zone has formed the Tufts submarine fan, which extends more than 350 km south on the Pacific Plate to the Mendocino Fracture Zone. For this study, available 3.5-kHz high-resolution and airgun seismic-reflection data, long-range side-scan sonar images,...
Effects of best-management practices in the Black Earth Creek Priority Watershed, Wisconsin, 1984-98
David J. Graczyk, John F. Walker, J.A. Horwatich, Roger T. Bannerman
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4163
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey began a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation-monitoring program in 1989 to assess the effectiveness of the Wisconsin Nonpoint Source Program. Hydrologic and water-quality data were collected at Brewery and Garfoot Creeks in 1984 and 1985 (pre-best-management practices (BMPs) period) and 1997...
Ecological indicators of water quality in the Spokane River, Idaho and Washington, 1998 and 1999
Dorene E. MacCoy, Terry R. Maret
2003, Fact Sheet 067-03
A water-quality investigation of the Spokane River was completed during summer low-flow conditions in 1998 and 1999 as part of the USGS NAWQA Program, in cooperation with the WDOE. (Abbreviations used in this report are defined on the last page.) Samples for analyses of water chemistry; bed sediment; aquatic communities...
Isotope geochemistry and chronology of offshore ground water beneath Indian River Bay, Delaware
John Karl Böhlke, David E. Krantz
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4192
Results of geophysical surveys in Indian River Bay, Delaware, indicate a complex pattern of salinity variation in subestuarine ground water. Fresh ground-water plumes up to about 20 meters thick extending hundreds of meters offshore are interspersed with saline ground water, with varying degrees of mixing along the salinity boundaries. It...
Paleomagnetism of basaltic lava flows in coreholes ICPP-213, ICPP-214, ICPP-215, and USGS 128 near the Vadose Zone Research Park, Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho
Duane E. Champion, Theodore C. Herman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-483
A paleomagnetic study was conducted on basalt from 41 lava flows represented in about 2,300 ft of core from coreholes ICPP-213, ICPP-214, ICPP-215, and USGS 128. These wells are in the area of the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) Vadose Zone Research Park within the Idaho National Engineering...
Simulations of floodflows on the White River in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 79 near Clarendon, Arkansas
Jaysson E. Funkhouser, C. Shane Barks
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4256
A two-dimensional finite-element surface-water model was used to study the effects of the proposed modification to the U.S. Highway 79 corridor on flooding on the White River near Clarendon, Arkansas. The effects of floodflows were simulated for the following scenarios: existing, natural, and four proposed bridging alternatives. All of the...
Stratigraphy and vertical hydraulic conductivity of the St. Francois Confining Unit in the Viburnum Trend and evaluation of the Unit in the Viburnum Trend and exploration areas, southeastern Missouri
Michael J. Kleeschulte, Cheryl M. Seeger
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4329
The confining ability of the St. Francois confining unit (Derby-Doerun Dolomite and Davis Formation) was evaluated in ten townships (T. 31?35 N. and R. 01?02 W.) along the Viburnum Trend of southeastern Missouri. Vertical hydraulic conductivity data were compared to similar data collected during two previous studies 20 miles south...
Lithologic coring in the lower Anacostia tidal watershed, Washington, D.C., July 2002
Frederick J. Tenbus
2003, Open-File Report 2003-318
Little is known about the volumetric flux of ground water to the lower tidal Anacostia River, or whether ground-water flow is an important component of the contaminant load in this part of the Anacostia River. The watershed is in the eastern part of Washington, D.C., and has been subjected to...
Selected ground-water data for Yucca Mountain region, southern Nevada and eastern California, January 2000-December 2002
Glenn L. Locke, Richard J. La Camera
2003, Open-File Report 2003-387
The U.S. Geological Survey, in support of the U.S. Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Project, collects, compiles, and summarizes hydrologic data in the Yucca Mountain region. The data are collected to allow assessments of ground-water resources during activities to determine the potential suitability or development of Yucca Mountain for storing...
Computation and analysis of the instantaneous-discharge record for the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, Arizona — May 8, 1921, through September 30, 2000
David J. Topping, John C. Schmidt, L. E. Vierra Jr.
2003, Professional Paper 1677
A gaging station has been operated by the U.S. Geological Survey at Lees Ferry, Arizona, since May 8, 1921. In March 1963, Glen Canyon Dam was closed 15.5 miles upstream, cutting off the upstream sediment supply and regulating the discharge of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry for the first...
