U.S. Geological Survey programs in Texas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Fact Sheet 043-96
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the Federal Government's primary source of data on the quantity and quality of the Nation's water resources, its principal civilian map making agency, and its primary provider of information on natural hazards and mineral, energy, and biological resources. The USGS makes unbiased scientific information...
Water resources of the Lac Du Flambeau Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, 1981-86
W. G. Batten, R.A. Lidwin
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4025
Unconsolidated glacial sand and gravel deposits provide virtually all water used by residents of the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation. Well yields of 10 to 20 gallons per minutecan be obtained from these deposits throughoutthe reservation. Yields of 1,200 gallons perminute are obtained from wells for a fish-rearingfacility near the...
Water resources of the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming
R. L. Daddow
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4223
Existing data were used in conjunction with onsite measurements to evaluate the water resources on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming. The reservation is located mainly in the Wind River drainage basin. Ground water is used for public- supply, domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes, and potentially for irrigation. Deposits of...
Water and bed-material quality of selected streams and reservoirs in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, 1988-94
C. J. Oblinger, M.W. Treece Jr.
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4282
The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project was formed by a consortium of local governments and governmental agencies in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey to supplement existing data on conventional pollutants, nutrients, and metals to enable eventual determination of long-term trends; to examine spatial differences among water supplies within...
Water-quality assessment of the Albermarle-Pamlico drainage basin, North Carolina and Virginia— A summary of selected trace element, nutrient, and pesticide data for bed sediments, 1969-90
S. C. Skrobialowski
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4104
Spatial distributions of metals and trace elements, nutrients, and pesticides and polychiorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in bed sediment were characterized using data collected from 1969 through 1990 and stored in the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Data Storage and Retrieval (WATSTORE) system and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Storage and Retrieval...
Low-flow characteristics of Florida streams
Roger P. Rumenik, J. W. Grubbs
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4165
Knowledge of the low-flow characteristics of Florida streams and rivers is essential in planning for the availability of adequate quantities of water for commercial- and public-water supply, agricultural irrigation, artificial recharge, and the dilution of waste discharge. This report provides low-flow characteristics for 216 continuous-record gaging stations using frequency analysis...
Micrometeorological data for energy-budget studies near Rogers Spring, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada, 1994
W. D. Nichols, T.R. Rapp
1996, Open-File Report 96-170
Micrometeorological data were collected at two sites near Rogers Spring in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge for use in energy-budget studies beginning in 1994. The data collected at each site included net radiation, air temperature at two heights, dew-point temperature at two heights, windspeed at two heights, soil heat...
Ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic surveys at the Monroe Crossroads battlefield site, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Richard Kessler, R.E. Strain, J. I. Marlowe II, K.B. Currin
1996, Open-File Report 96-112
A ground-penetrating radar survey was conducted at the Monroe Crossroads Battlefield site at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to determine possible locations of subsurface archaeological features. An electromagnetic survey also was conducted at the site to verify and augment the ground-penetrating radar data. The surveys were conducted over a 67,200-square-foot grid...
Catalog of earthquake hypocenters for Augustine, Redoubt, Iliamna, and Mount Spurr volcanoes, Alaska: January 1, 1991 - December 31, 1993
Arthur D. Jolly, John A. Power, Scott D. Stihler, Lalitha N. Rao, Gail Davidson, John F. Paskievitch, Steve Estes, John C. Lahr
1996, Open-File Report 96-70
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO), a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, has maintained a program of seismic monitoring at potentially active volcanoes in the Cook Inlet region since 1988. The...
Selected ground-water data for the Lummi Indian Reservation, Whatcom County, Washington, 1995
B. W. Drost
1996, Open-File Report 96-166
Documentation of model input and output values for the simulation of the ground-water flow system in the Cretaceous-age Coastal Plain aquifers of South Carolina
B. G. Campbell, Marijke van Heeswijk
1996, Open-File Report 96-212
This report and the attached 3 1/2-inch diskette contain, in compressed format, the data sets for the model of ground-water flow in the Cretaceous-age Coastal Plain aquifers of South Carolina. The data sets can be uncompressed using a program provided with this report. The uncompressed files require approximately 3.7 megabytes...
Procedure for making a mining claim density map from BML claim recordation digital data
Harry W. Campbell
1996, Open-File Report 96-736
Verification of a one-dimensional, unsteady-flow model for the Fox River in Illinois
Audrey L. Ishii, Mary J. Turner
1996, Water Supply Paper 2477
The previously-calibrated application of the Full EQuations (FEQ) model of one-dimensional, unsteady flow to a 30.7-mile reach of the Fox River in northeastern Illinois was verified with discharge, stage, and dye-transport data collected during a 12-day period in October-November 1990. The period included unsteady flow induced by the operation of...
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River basin, southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota
Christopher A. Sanocki
1996, Open-File Report 96-632
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River Basin, located in southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the...
Comparison of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples collected using different field methods
Bernard N. Lenz, Michael A. Miller
1996, Fact Sheet 216-96
Government agencies, academic institutions, and volunteer monitoring groups in the State of Wisconsin collect aquatic macroinvertebrate data to assess water quality. Sampling methods differ among agencies, reflecting the differences in the sampling objectives of each agency. Lack of infor- mation about data comparability impedes data shar- ing among agencies, which...
Summary of biological investigations relating to water quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan
B. C. Scudder, S. J. Rheaume, S.R. Parsons, B. N. Lenz
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4263
This report summarizes aquatic biological studies relevant to water-quality assessment that have been done in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages from 1891 to 1996. The objective of the summary was to compile sources of biological data for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The studies are divided into...
Coalbed methane potential in the Appalachian states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee; an overview
Paul C. Lyons
1996, Open-File Report 96-735
This report focuses on the coalbed methane (CBM) potential of the central Appalachian basin (Virginia, eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia, and Tennessee) and the northern Appalachian basin (Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, Maryland, and Ohio). As of April 1996, there were about 800 wells producing CBM in the central and northern...
Well-construction, water-quality, and water-level data, and pond-infiltration estimates, for three ground-water subbasins, Riverside County, California
Carmen A. Burton, Charles A. Kaehler, Allen H. Christensen
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4294
Reclaimed water in the Eastern Municipal Water District of Riverside County,California, is used within the service area for agricultural irrigation.Owing to the seasonal demand for reclaimed water, storage/infiltration ponds were constructed in the Winchester, Menifee, and south Perris subbasins.Reclaimed water infiltrates from these ponds and enters...
Evapotranspiration from successional vegetation in a deforested area of the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida
D. M. Sumner
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4244
The suitability of three evapotranspiration models (Penman-Monteith, Penman, and a modified Priestley-Taylor) was evaluated at a site of successional vegetation in a deforested area of the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida. Eddy correlation measurements of evapotranspiration made during 22 approximately 1-day periods at a temporal resolution of 20 minutes from September...
Simulated peak flows and water-surface profiles for Scott Creek near Sylva, North Carolina
B.F. Pope
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4226
Peak flows were simulated for Scott Creek, just upstream from Sylva, in Jackson County, North Carolina, in order to provide Jackson County officials with information that can be used to improve preparation for and response to flash floods along the reach of Scott Creek that flows through Sylva. A U.S....
Summary of biological and contaminant investigations related to stream water quality and environmental setting in the Upper Colorado River basin, 1938-95
Jeffrey R. Deacon, Verlin C. Stephens
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4172
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program, an inventory of the biological and contaminant investigations for the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit was conducted. To enhance the sampling design for the biological component of the program, previous studies about the ecology of aquatic organisms...
Hydrogeologic conditions and simulation of ground-water flow in the Greater Orlando Metropolitan Area, East-Central Florida
L. C. Murray, K. J. Halford
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4181
A finite-difference ground-water flow model was used to simulate the effects of both modern-day (1988) and projected 2010 ground-water withdrawals on the Floridan aquifer system in the greater Orlando metropolitan area. This area covers about 2,500 square miles and includes all of Orange and Seminole Counties and...
Effects of receiving-water quality and wastewater treatment on injury, survival, and regrowth of fecal-indicator bacteria and implications for assessment of recreational water quality
D.S. Francy, T.L. Hart, C.M. Virosteck
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4199
Bacterial injury, survival, and regrowth were investigated by use of replicate flow-through incubation chambers placed in the Cuyahoga River or Lake Erie in the greater Cleveland metropolitan area during seven 4-day field studies. The chambers contained wastewater or combined-sewer-overflow (CSO) effluents treated three ways-unchlorinated, chlorinated, and dechlorinated. At timestep intervals,...
Ground-water and stream-water interaction in the Owl Creek basin, Wyoming
K.M. Ogle
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4253
Understanding of the interaction of ground-water and surface-water resources is vital to water management when water availability is limited.Inflow of ground water is the primary source ofwater during stream base flow. The water chemistry of streams may substantially be affected by that inflow of ground water. This report...
Interpretation of chemical and isotopic data from boreholes in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
I.C. Yang, G.W. Rattray, Pei Yu
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4058
