Comparison of Bowen-ratio, eddy-correlation, and weighing-lysimeter evapotranspiration for two sparse-canopy sites in eastern Washington
S. A. Tomlinson
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4081
This report compares evapotranspiration estimated with the Bowen-ratio and eddy-correlation methods with evapotranspiration measured by weighing lysimeters for two sparse-canopy sites in eastern Washington. The sites are located in a grassland area (grass lysimeter site) and a sagbrush- covered area (sage lysimeter site) on the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve in...
Water-quality assessment of the Hudson River basin in New York and adjacent states: Analysis of available nutrient, pesticide volatile organic compound, and suspended-sediment data, 1970-90
P. J. Phillips, D. W. Hanchar
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4065
No abstract available....
Ground-water pumpage in the Willamette lowland regional aquifer system, Oregon and Washington, 1990
Charles A. Collins, Tyson M. Broad
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4111
Ground-water pumpage for 1990 was estimated for an area of about 5,700 square miles in northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington as part of the Puget-Willamette Lowland Regional Aquifer System Analysis study. The estimated total ground-water pumpage in 1990 was about 340,000 acre-feet. Ground water in the study area is pumped...
Hydrology and water quality of Park Lake, south-central Wisconsin
P.A. Kammerer
1996, Fact Sheet 197-96
Park Lake extends to the northeast from the village of Pardeeville in Columbia County (fig. 1). Local residents perceive water-quality problems in the lake that include excessive algae and aquatic plant growth. Algae and plant growth in a lake are controlled, in part, by the availability of phosphorus in the...
Development, verification, and application of a simplified method to estimate total-streambed scour at bridge sites in Illinois
Robert R. Holmes Jr., Chad J. Dunn
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4298
A simplified method to estimate total-streambed scour was developed for application to bridges in the State of Illinois. Scour envelope curves, developed as empirical relations between calculated total scour and bridge-site chracteristics for 213 State highway bridges in Illinois, are used in the method to estimate the 500-year flood scour....
Estimation of flood-frequency characteristics of small urban streams in North Carolina
J.C. Robbins, B.F. Pope
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4084
A statewide study was conducted to develop methods for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods of small urban streams in North Carolina. This type of information is critical in the design of bridges, culverts and water-control structures, establishment of flood-insurance rates and flood-plain regulation, and for other uses by...
Estimating flood hydrographs for urban basins in North Carolina
R.R. Mason Jr., J. D. Bales
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4085
A dimensionless hydrograph for North Carolina was developed from data collected in 29 urban and urbanizing basins in the State. The dimen- sionless hydrograph can be used with an estimate of peak flow and basin lagtime to synthesize a design flood hydrograph for urban basins in North Carolina. Peak flows...
40Ar/39Ar age-spectrum data for whole rock samples of the Martinsburg Formation, Lehigh Gap area, Pennsylvania
Michael J. Kunk, R. P. Wintsch
1996, Open-File Report 96-95
Drainage areas of the Potomac River basin, West Virginia
Jeffrey B. Wiley, Michelle L. Hunt, Donald K. Stewart
1996, Open-File Report 95-292
This report contains data for 776 drainage-area divisions of the Potomac River Basin, from the headwaters to the confluence of the Potomac River and the Shenandoah River. Data, compiled in downstream order, are listed for streams with a drainage area of approximately 2 square miles or larger within West Virginia...
SWGW; a computer program for estimating ground-water discharge to a stream using streamflow data
G.C. Mayer, L.E. Jones
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4071
Study design and preliminary data analysis for a streambank fencing project in the Mill Creek Basin, Pennsylvania
Daniel G. Galeone, Edward H. Koerkle
1996, Fact Sheet 193-96
The Pequea Creek and Mill Creek Basins within Lancaster and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania have been identified as areas needing control of nonpoint-source (NFS) pollution to improve water quality. The two basins are a total of approximately 200 square miles and are primarily underlain by carbonate bedrock. Land use is...
Evaluating evapotranspiration for six sites in Benton, Spokane, and Yakima counties, Washington, May 1990 to September 1992
S. A. Tomlinson
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4002
This report evaluates evapotranspiration for six sites in Benton, Spokane, and Yakima Counties, Washington. Three sites were located on the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve in Benton County: one at a full-canopy grassland in Snively Basin (Snively Basin site), one at a sparse-canopy grassland adjacent to two weighing lysimeters (grass lysimeter...
Assessment of severity and distribution of corrosive ground water in Pennsylvania
M. J. Langland, D.L. Dugas
1996, Open-File Report 95-377
Relations between corrosive ground water, water chemistry, and geology in Pennsylvania were evaluated by use of a modified version of the Langelier Saturation Index (LSIsn) and a geologic contact dataset in a Geographic Information System. Water-chemistry information for water samples collected from 4,839 combined private and public-supply wells from 1900...
Hydrogeologic, soil, and water-quality data for j-field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1989-94
D. J. Phelan
1996, Open-File Report 96-128
Disposal of chemical-warfare agents, munitions, and industrial chemicals in J-Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, has resulted in ground-water, surface-water, and soil contamination. This report presents data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from Novembr 1989 through September 1994 as part of a remedial investigation of J-Field in response to the...
Real-time streamflow conditions
David J. Graczyk, Warren A. Gebert
1996, Fact Sheet 190-96
Would you like to know streamflow conditions before you go fishing in Wisconsin or in more distant locations? Real-time streamflow data throughout Wisconsin and the United States are available on the Internet from the U.S. Geological Survey. You can see if the stream you are interested in fishing is high...
Sediment and nutrient trapping efficiency of a constructed wetland near Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, 1993-1995
John F. Elder, Gerald L. Goddard
1996, Fact Sheet 232-96
Jackson Creek Wetland a 95-acre shallow prairie marsh containing three sediment retention ponds was constructed in 1992 to reduce sediment and nutrient in- flow to eutrophic Delavan Lake. The function of the wetland as a retention system for suspended sediments and nutrients (total and dissolved phosphorus, total ammonia plus organic...
Hydrogeology of the interstream area between Ty Ty Creek and Ty Ty Creek tributary near Plains, Georgia
Lisa M. Stewart, David W. Hicks
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4052
This report is part of an interdisciplinary effort to identify and describe processes that control movement and fate of selected fertilizers and pesticides in the surface and subsurface environments in the Fall Line Hills district of the Georgia Coastal Plain physiographic province. This report describes the hydrogeology of the interstream...
Simulation of storm peaks and storm volumes for selected subbasins in the West Fork Trinity River Basin, Texas, water years 1993-94
T. H. Raines
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4110
A model parameter set for use with the Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN watershed model was developed to simulate storm peaks and storm volumes for the 28 subbasins of the West Fork Trinity River Basin upstream from Lake Worth, northwest of Fort Worth, Texas, from the calibration and testing of 5...
Hydrogeologic setting and preliminary estimates of hydrologic components for Bull Run Lake and the Bull Run Lake drainage basin, Multnomah and Clackamas counties, Oregon
Daniel T. Snyder, Dorie L. Brownell
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4064
The hydrogeologic setting was described and preliminary estimates of hydrologic components prepared for the Bull Run Lake and for the Bull Run Lake drainage basin, in the Cascade Range of northwestern Oregon. The 0.73-square-mile lake and the 3.44-square-mile drainage basin lie within the Bull Run Watershed, the principal water supply...
Water-quality data collected during floods in the Coeur d'Alene River, northern Idaho, February 1996
Michael A. Beckwith
1996, Fact Sheet 219-96
Pesticides in streams of the western Lake Michigan drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan, 1993-95
Daniel J. Sullivan, Kevin D. Richards
1996, Fact Sheet 107-96
During 1993-95, water samples were collected at nine sites on eight streams in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages to attempt to determine pesticide concentrations. The sampling effort was part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water- Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Pesticides analyzed for were 58 herbicides and 30 insecticides. Pesticides...
Precipitation and streamflow conditions in Arizona, winter and spring, 1996
Owen R. Baynham, Jeff V. Phillips
1996, Fact Sheet 223-96
According to precipitation and streamflow data collected in the State, Arizona experienced one of the driest periods on record from January 1 to June 30, 1996. During this period, Arizona averaged less than -4.5 on the Palmer Drought Index (PDI); a widely used index that compares monthly rainfall to soil...
Potential effects of coal mining and road construction on the water quality of Scofield Reservoir and its drainage area, central Utah, October 1982 to October 1984
Doyle W. Stephens, Kendall R. Thompson, James B. Wangsgard
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4020
Studies were done during 1983-84 to determine the effect of coal mining in Pleasant Valley and construction of State Road 264 in Eccles Canyon on the water quality of local streams and on Scofield Reservoir. Streamflow during 1983-84 set high-flow records in all gaged streams and transported considerable sediment and...
Water-quality data for the Ohio River from Willow Island Dam to Belleville Dam, West Virginia and Ohio, May-October 1993
K. F. Miller
1996, Open-File Report 96-127
This report contains water-quality data for the Ohio River from river mile 160.6 (1.1 mile upstream from Willow Island Dam) to river mile 203.6 (0.3 mile upstream from Belleville Dam) that were collected during the summer and fall of 1993. The data were collected to establish the water quality of...
Physical, chemical, and biological data for four wetland habitats in Canaan Valley, West Virginia
D.B. Chambers
1996, Open-File Report 95-334
This report contains data collected during 1992 as part of a project designed to identify microenvironmental factors affecting rates of denitrification in wetlands in Canaan Valley, West Virginia. Four wetland habitats were selected for the study--a moss-lichen wetland, a persistent emergent wetland, a scrub-shrub wetland, and a riverine wetland. Physical,...
