Water-quality, biological, and habitat assessment of the Boeuf River Basin, southeastern Arkansas, 1994-96
C. Shane Barks, James C. Petersen, Faron D. Usrey
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4187
Water-quality and biological samples were collected at several sites in the Boeuf River Basin between November 1994 and December 1996. Water-quality and benthic macroinvertebrate community samples were collected and habitat was measured once at 25 ambient monitoring sites during periods of seasonal low flow. Water-quality storm-runoff samples were collected during...
Analysis of geophysical logs from six boreholes at Lariat Gulch, former U.S. Air Force site PJKS, Jefferson County, Colorado
Frederick L. Paillet, Richard E. Hodges, Barbara S. Corland
2002, Open-File Report 2002-364
This report presents and describes geophysical logs for six boreholes in Lariat Gulch, a topographic gulch at the former U.S. Air Force site PJKS in Jefferson County near Denver, Colorado. Geophysical logs include gamma, normal resistivity, fluid-column temperature and resistivity, caliper, televiewer, and heat-pulse flowmeter. These logs were run in...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa Area, northeastern Arizona — 2000–2001, and performance and sensitivity of the 1988 USGS numerical model of the N aquifer
Blakemore E. Thomas
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4211
The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile area of Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in this area because of continued industrial and municipal use, a growing population, and precipitation of about 6 to 14 inches per year. The monitoring...
Streamflow characteristics for selected stations in and near the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, southwestern Colorado
Gerhard Kuhn
2002, Open-File Report 2002-471
The U.S Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, began a study in 2000 to develop selected streamflow characteristics for 60 streamflow-gaging stations in and near the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests. The study area is located in southwestern Colorado within the...
Water and bed-sediment quality in the vicinity of Berlin Lake, Ohio, 2001
Robert A. Darner
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4246
Berlin Lake, in northeast Ohio, was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1943 and is used primarily for flood control for the upper reaches of the Mahoning River. The area surrounding and under the lake has been tapped for oil and natural gas production. One of the...
Estimating the magnitude of peak flows at selected recurrence intervals for streams in Idaho
Charles Berenbrock
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4170
Methods for estimating magnitudes of peak flows at various recurrence intervals, needed for highway-structure and water-control design and planning, were developed for gaged and ungaged sites on streams throughout Idaho. Recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, and 500 years were selected for analysis of peak flows....
Cyclic injection, storage, and withdrawal of heated water in a sandstone aquifer at St. Paul, Minnesota--Analysis of thermal data and nonisothermal modeling of short-term test cycles
Robert T. Miller, G. N. Delin
2002, Professional Paper 1530-B
In May 1980, the University of Minnesota began a project to evaluate the feasibility of storing heated water (150 degrees Celsius) in the Franconia-Ironton Galesville aquifer (183 to 245 meters below land surface) and later recovering it for space heating. The University's steam-generation facilities supplied high-temperature water for injection. The...
Streamflow and nutrient data for the Yazoo River below Steele Bayou near Long Lake, Mississippi, 1996-2000
Michael S. Runner, D. Phil Turnipseed, Richard H. Coupe
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4215
Increased nutrient loading to the Gulf of Mexico from off-continent flux has been identified as contributing to the increase in the areal extent of the low dissolved-oxygen zone that develops annually off the Louisiana and Texas coast. The proximity of the Yazoo River Basin in northwestern Mississippi to the Gulf...
Age and tectonic significance of volcanic rocks in the northern Los Angeles Basin, California
Thane H. McCulloh, Robert J. Fleck, Rodger E. Denison, Larry A. Beyer, Richard G. Stanley
2002, Professional Paper 1669
Volcanic rocks, mostly basalts and some andesites, are interbedded with middle Miocene strata and are overlain by younger rocks throughout the greater part of the Los Angeles Basin, California. Roughly correlative flows, previously dated radiometrically (or paleontologically) at about 16.4 to 10.7 Ma, crop out in five separate regions around...
Flow-frequency characteristics of Vermont streams
Scott A. Olson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4238
The safe and economical design of infrastructure in and near waterways and the effective management of flood-hazard areas require information on streamflow that may not be readily available. This report provides estimates of flow-frequency characteristics for gaged streams in Vermont and describes methods for estimating flow-frequency characteristics for ungaged streams....
Hydrogeologic data for the Coconino Plateau and adjacent areas, Coconino and Yavapai counties, Arizona
Donald J. Bills, Marilyn E. Flynn
2002, Open-File Report 2002-265
Data on geology, topography, hydrology, climate, land use, and vegetation were compiled between October 2000 and September 2001 and assembled into a database for use by local and regional waterresource managers and for future water-resource investigations. The hydrologic data include information on wells, springs, streamflow, water chemistry, and water use....
Geology and hydrogeology of the Caribbean Islands aquifer system of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Robert A. Renken, W. C. Ward, I. P. Gill, Fernando Gómez-Gómez, Jesús Rodríguez-Martínez
2002, Professional Paper 1419
Poorly lithified to unconsolidated carbonate and clastic sedimentary rocks of Tertiary (Oligocene to Pliocene) and Quaternary (Pleistocene to Holocene) age compose the South Coast aquifer and the North Coast limestone aquifer system of Puerto Rico; poorly lithified to unlithified carbonate rocks of late Tertiary (early Miocene to Pliocene) age make...
Simulation of ground-water flow and evaluation of water-management alternatives in the upper Charles River basin, eastern Massachusetts
Leslie A. DeSimone, Donald A. Walter, John R. Eggleston, Mark T. Nimiroski
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4234
Ground water is the primary source of drinking water for towns in the upper Charles River Basin, an area of 105 square miles in eastern Massachusetts that is undergoing rapid growth. The stratified-glacial aquifers in the basin are high yield, but also are thin, discontinuous, and in close hydraulic connection...
Results of Hydraulic Tests in Miocene Tuffaceous Rocks at the C-Hole Complex, 1995 to 1997, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
Arthur L. Geldon, Amjad M.A. Umari, Michael F. Fahy, John D. Earle, James M. Gemmell, Jon Darnell
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4141
Four hydraulic tests were conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey at the C-hole complex at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, between May 1995 and November 1997. These tests were conducted as part of ongoing investigations to determine the hydrologic and geologic suitability of Yucca Mountain as a potential site for permanent underground...
User guide for the PULSE program
A. T. Rutledge
2002, Open-File Report 2002-455
This manual describes the use of the PULSE computer program for analysis of streamflow records. The specific instructions included here and the computer files that accompany this manual require streamflow data in a format that can be obtained from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sites on the World Wide Web. The...
Ground-water, surface-water and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona: 2001-02
Blakemore E. Thomas
2002, Open-File Report 2002-485
The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile area of Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in this area because of continued industrial and municipal use, a growing population, and precipitation of about 6 to 14 inches per year. The...
A three-dimensional numerical model of predevelopment conditions in the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California
Frank A. D’Agnese, G. M. O’Brien, C.C. Faunt, W.R. Belcher, C. San Juan
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4102
In the early 1990's, two numerical models of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system were developed by the U.S. Department of Energy. In general, the two models were based on the same basic hydrogeologic data set. In 1998, the U.S. Department of Energy requested that the U.S. Geological Survey...
Comparisons of water quality during various streamflow conditions in five streams in northern New Jersey, 1982-97
Kathryn Hunchak-Kariouk
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4249
Relations between water-quality and flow characteristics and the relative importance of constant (point sources and ground-water discharge) and intermittent (nonpoint storm runoff) sources were determined for eight water-quality stations located on the Flat Brook and the Delaware, Musconetcong, Whippany, and Saddle Rivers. Water-quality and streamflow data were categorized on the...
User's manual for computer program BASEPLOT
Curtis L. Sanders Jr.
2002, Open-File Report 2002-151
The checking and reviewing of daily records of streamflow within the U.S. Geological Survey is traditionally accomplished by hand-plotting and mentally collating tables of data. The process is time consuming, difficult to standardize, and subject to errors in computation, data entry, and logic. In addition, the presentation of flow data...
Use of isotopes to identify sources of ground water, estimate ground-water-flow rates, and assess aquifer vulnerability in the Calumet region of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois
Robert T. Kay, E. Randall Bayless, Robert A. Solak
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4213
Isotope data collected in the Calumet Region of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois, one of the most heavily industrialized regions of the United States, indicated that water in the surficial Calumet aquifer is well mixed. The Calumet aquifer is recharged areally by precipitation and locally may be recharged by surface...
Hydrogeology, ground-water use, and ground-water levels in the Mill Creek Valley near Evendale, Ohio
Charles Schalk, Thomas Schumann
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4167
Withdrawals of ground water in the central Mill Creek Valley near Evendale, Ohio, caused water-level declines of more than 100 feet by the 1950s. Since the 1950s, management practices have changed to reduce the withdrawals of ground water, and recovery of water levels in long-term monitoring wells in the valley...
Observed and predicted pier scour in Maine
Glenn A. Hodgkins, Pamela J. Lombard
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4229
Pier-scour and related data were collected and analyzed for nine high river flows at eight bridges across Maine from 1997 through 2001. Six bridges had multiple piers. Fifteen of 23 piers where data were measured during a high flow had observed maximum scour depths ranging from 0.5 feet (ft) to...
Water quality and aquatic toxicity data of 2002 spring thaw conditions in the upper Animas River watershed, Silverton, Colorado
D.L. Fey, L. Wirt, J.M. Besser, W. G. Wright
2002, Open-File Report 2002-488
This report presents hydrologic, water-quality, and biologic toxicity data collected during the annual spring thaw of 2002 in the upper Animas River watershed near Silverton, Colorado. The spring-thaw runoff is a concern because elevated concentrations of iron oxyhydroxides can contain sorbed trace metals that are potentially toxic to aquatic life....
Daily values flow comparison and estimates using program HYCOMP, version 1.0
Curtis L. Sanders
2002, Open-File Report 2002-286
A method used by the U.S. Geological Survey for quality control in computing daily value flow records is to compare hydrographs of computed flows at a station under review to hydrographs of computed flows at a selected index station. The hydrographs are placed on top of each other (as hydrograph...
Standards for the Analysis and Processing of Surface-Water Data and Information Using Electronic Methods
Vernon B. Sauer
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4044
Surface-water computation methods and procedures are described in this report to provide standards from which a completely automated electronic processing system can be developed. To the greatest extent possible, the traditional U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) methodology and standards for streamflow data collection and analysis have been incorporated into these...
