Use of an acoustic ranging system to monitor sediment deposition and erosion for the protection of an endangered mussel below the Olmsted Locks and Dam, Illinois
Michael S. Griffin
1997, Fact Sheet 127-97
Flood of January 1997 in the Walker River Basin, California and Nevada
Karen A. Thomas, Glen W. Hess
1997, Fact Sheet 182-97
Precipitation and streamflow conditions in Arizona, October 1, 1995, to June 30, 1997
Owen R. Baynham, Joseph P. Capesius, Jeffrey V. Phillips
1997, Fact Sheet 173-97
The U.S. Geological Survey recent highlights; hazards
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1997, Fact Sheet 188-97
Feasibility of combining two aquatic benthic macroinvertebrate community databases for water-quality assessment
Bernard N. Lenz
1997, Fact Sheet 132-97
An important part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program is the analysis of existing data in each of the NAWQA study areas. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has an extensive aquatic benthic macroinvertebrate communities in streams (benthic invertebrates) database maintained by the University...
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Defense Environmental Conservation (DODEC), Relational Data Base Management System (RDBMS) for F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1997, Fact Sheet 151-97
Flood of January 1997 in the Carson River Basin, California and Nevada
Karen A. Thomas, Rhea P. Williams
1997, Fact Sheet 183-97
Northern California and western Nevada were devastated by floods during January 1-3, 1997. Flood waters in the Carson River Basin (fig. 1) contributed to $55 million in projected damages in Douglas County and $19.5 million in Lyon County (Reno Gazette-Journal, 1997). Flooding in Douglas and Lyon Counties was extensive along...
Reporting of Real Time River Levels in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Russell A. Gadoury
1997, Fact Sheet 152-97
Introduction In times of floods and droughts, immediate access to river level data is important to officials charged with the responsibilities of protecting lives and property by taking actions to diminish the adverse effects of the emergency. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with many Federal, State, and local agencies,...
The U.S. Geological Survey recent highlights; information management, innovative earth science databases
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1997, Fact Sheet 190-97
Effects of historical withdrawals on advective transport of contaminated ground waters in a glacial-drift aquifer, Milford, New Hampshire
Philip T. Harte, Richard E. Willey
1997, Fact Sheet 162-97
The U.S. Geological Survey Recent Highlights--Environmental Effects on Human and Wildlife Health
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1997, Fact Sheet 189-97
Source characterization of disinfection byproduct precursors in two Arkansas water-supply reservoirs
Michael L. Pomes, W. R. Green, E.M. Thurman, W. H. Orem, H.T. Lerch
1997, Fact Sheet 118-97
No abstract available....
Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in streams on Long Island, New York, and New Jersey; overview of available data and reconnaissance sampling
Stephen A. Terracciano, Anne K. O’Brien
1997, Fact Sheet 063-97
Hurricane Hortense: impact on surface water in Puerto Rico
Heriberto Torres-Sierra
1997, Fact Sheet 014-97
Late Monday night, September 9, and into the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 10, 1996, Hurricane Hortense passed over the southwestern part of Puerto Rico (inset). Hurricane Hortense made landfall as a Category One Hurricane (74 to 95 miles per hour) on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, with maximum sustained winds...
Discharge measurement in tidally affected channels during a hydrographic estuarine survey of Sabine Lake, Texas
David D. Dunn, R.S. Solis, D.J. Ockerman
1997, Fact Sheet 157-97
A hydrographic survey of Sabine Lake, a broad, shallow estuary lying on the Texas-Louisiana border, was conducted in June 1996 to help address questions relating to potential environmental effects of future water demands in Texas. The use of a variety of new instruments in this study is one means by...
The Colorado River in Grand Canyon: how fast does it flow?
Julia B. Graf
1997, Fact Sheet 168-97
Opening the jet tubes at Glen Canyon Dam on March 26, 1996, released from Lake Powell a controlled flood of water that traveled down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. How fast did the water move? How long did it take for water to reach a particular point along the...
Coal-Quality Information - Key to the Efficient and Environmentally Sound Use of Coal
Robert B. Finkleman
1997, Fact Sheet 171-97
The rock that we refer to as coal is derived principally from decomposed organic matter (plants) consisting primarily of the element carbon. When coal is burned, it produces energy in the form of heat, which is used to power machines such as steam engines or to drive turbines that produce...
Satellite image maps of Pakistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1997, Fact Sheet 109-97
Georeferenced Landsat satellite image maps of Pakistan are now being made available for purchase from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The first maps to be released are a series of Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS) color image maps compiled from Landsat scenes taken before 1979. The Pakistan image maps were originally developed...
Accuracy of data for selected categories compiled in the Puerto Rico Water-Use Information Program
Wanda L. Molina-Rivera
1997, Fact Sheet 141-96
Water Quality Assessment of the Comal Springs Riverine System, New Braunfels, Texas, 1993-94
Lynne Fahlquist, R.N. Slattery
1997, Fact Sheet 099-97
Comal Springs of Central Texas are the largest springs in the southwestern United States. The long-term average flow of the Comal River, which essentially is the flow from Comal Springs, is 284 cubic feet per second (ft3/s). The artesian springs emerge at the base of an escarpment formed by the...
Trace elements and organic compounds associated with riverbed sediments in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin, Mexico and Texas
R. W. Lee, J.T. Wilson
1997, Fact Sheet 098-97
In 1991, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) was mandated by the Texas Clean Rivers Act (Senate Bill 818) to assess water quality of rivers in Texas. Recent efforts to collect information for the assessment of water quality in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin have involved Federal agencies on...
The Cataclysmic 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
Christopher G. Newhall, James W. Hendley II, Peter H. Stauffer
1997, Fact Sheet 113-97
The second-largest volcanic eruption of this century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area, occurred at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 15, 1991. The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, giant mudflows, and a cloud of volcanic ash hundreds of...
Benefits of volcano monitoring far outweigh costs - the case of Mount Pinatubo
Chris G. Newhall, James W. Hendley II, Peter H. Stauffer
1997, Fact Sheet 115-97
The climactic June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, was the largest volcanic eruption in this century to affect a heavily populated area. Because it was forecast by scientists from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology and the U.S. Geological Survey, civil and military leaders were able to order...
Debris-flow hazards in the United States
Lynn Highland, Stephenson D. Ellen, Sarah B. Christian, William M. Brown III
1997, Fact Sheet 176-97
No abstract available....
Pesticides in surface water, bottom sediment, crayfish, and shallow ground water in Las Vegas Valley area, Carson River Basin, and Truckee River Basin, Nevada and California, 1992-95
Kathryn C. Kilroy, Sharon A. Watkins
1997, Fact Sheet 075-97