Spring and Summer Spatial Distribution of Endangered Juvenile Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in Relation to Environmental Variables in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon: 2007 Annual Report
Summer M. Burdick, Scott P. VanderKooi, Greer O. Anderson
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1043
Lost River sucker Deltistes luxatus and shortnose sucker Chasmistes brevirostris were listed as endangered in 1988 for a variety of reasons including apparent recruitment failure. Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, and its tributaries are considered the most critical remaining habitat for these two species. Age-0 suckers are often abundant in Upper...
Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault near Coachella, California
Belle Philibosian, Thomas E. Fumal, Ray J. Weldon II, Katherine J. Kendrick, Katherine M. Scharer, Sean P. Bemis, Reed J. Burgette, Beth A. Wisely
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1039
The Coachella paleoseismic site is located on the San Andreas Fault along the northeast edge of the Coachella Valley in southern California east of Dillon Road and south of Avenue 44. Three benched trenches, a total of more than 950 m, were excavated across the fault zone as part of...
Model-Based Predictions of the Effects of Harvest Mortality on Population Size and Trend of Yellow-Billed Loons
Joel A. Schmutz
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1040
Yellow-billed loons (Gavia adamsii) breed in low densities in northern tundra habitats in Alaska, Canada, and Russia. They migrate to coastal marine habitats at mid to high latitudes where they spend their winters. Harvest may occur throughout the annual cycle, but of particular concern are recent reports of harvest from...
Sample collection of ash and burned soils from the October 2007 southern California Wildfires
Todd M. Hoefen, Raymond F. Kokaly, Deborah A. Martin, Carlton J. Rochester, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Greg Mendez, Eric G. Reichard, Robert N. Fisher
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1038
Between November 2 through 9, 2007 scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected samples of ash and burned soils from 28 sites in six areas burned as a result of the Southern California wildfires of October 2007, including the Harris, Witch, Santiago, Ammo, Canyon, and Grass Valley Fires. The...
Geophysical Investigation Along the Great Miami River From New Miami to Charles M. Bolton Well Field, Cincinnati, Ohio
R. A. Sheets, D.H. Dumouchelle
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1025
Three geophysical profiling methods were tested to help characterize subsurface materials at selected transects along the Great Miami River, in southwestern Ohio. The profiling methods used were continuous seismic profiling (CSP), continuous resistivity profiling (CRP), and continuous electromagnetic profiling (CEP). Data were collected with global positioning systems to spatially locate...
Estimated Colorado Golf Course Irrigation Water Use, 2005
Tamara Ivahnenko
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1267
Golf course irrigation water-use data were collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Use Program's 2005 compilation to provide baseline information, as no golf course irrigation water-use data (separate from crop irrigation) have been reported in previous compilations. A Web-based survey, designed by the U.S. Geological Survey,...
Geophysical data from offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, eastern Mississippi Delta
Wayne E. Baldwin, Elizabeth A. Pendleton, David C. Twichell
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1195
This report contains the geophysical and geospatial data that were collected during two cruises on the R/V Acadiana along the eastern, offshore side of the Chandeleur Islands in 2006 and 2007. Data were acquired with the following equipment: a Systems Engineering and Assessment, Ltd., SwathPlus interferometric sonar; a Klein 3000...
Completion of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 1992–2001 Land Cover Change Retrofit product
J.A. Fry, Michael Coan, Collin G. Homer, Debra K. Meyer, J.D. Wickham
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1379
The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium has supported the development of two national digital land cover products: the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 1992 and National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001. Substantial differences in imagery, legends, and methods between these two land cover products must be overcome in order to support...
Bull Trout Forage Investigations in Beulah Reservoir, Oregon - Annual Report for 2006
Brien P. Rose, Mathew G. Mesa
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1036
Beulah Reservoir on the north fork of the Malheur River in northeastern Oregon provides irrigation water to nearby farms and ranches and supports an adfluvial population of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), which are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Water management in Beulah Reservoir results in seasonal and...
Physical-Property Measurements on Core samples from Drill-Holes DB-1 and DB-2, Blue Mountain Geothermal Prospect, North-Central Nevada
David A. Ponce, Janet T. Watt, John Casteel, Grant Logsdon
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1022
From May to June 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected and measured physical properties on 36 core samples from drill-hole Deep Blue No. 1 (DB-1) and 46 samples from drill-hole Deep Blue No. 2 (DB-2) along the west side of Blue Mountain about 40 km west of Winnemucca, Nev....
Annual Maximum Stages and Discharges of Selected Streams in Virginia through 2007
Samuel H. Austin, Ute Wiegand
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1007
Annual maximum stages and discharges for continuous-record and partial-record streamflow-gaging stations in Virginia are summarized through the 2007 water year. Data are included for over 500 active and discontinued streamflow-gaging stations operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and other agencies for which 2 or...
Log ASCII Standard (LAS) Files for Geophysical (Gamma Ray) Wireline Well Logs and Their Application to Geologic Cross Section C-C' Through the Central Appalachian Basin
Michael H. Trippi, Robert D. Crangle Jr.
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1021
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) regional geologic cross section C-C' (Ryder and others, 2008) displays key stratigraphic intervals in the central Appalachian basin. For this cross section, strata were correlated by using descriptions of well cuttings and gamma ray well log traces. This report summarizes the procedures used to convert gamma...
Molecular Population Genetic Structure in the Piping Plover
Mark P. Miller, Susan M. Haig, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Thomas D. Mullins
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1032
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is a migratory shorebird currently listed as Endangered in Canada and the U.S. Great Lakes, and threatened throughout the remainder of its U.S. breeding and winter range. In this study, we undertook the first comprehensive molecular genetic-based investigation of Piping Plovers. Our primary goals were...
Progress Report: Stratton Ecological Research Site - An Experimental Approach to Assess Effects of Various Grazing Treatments on Vegetation and Wildlife Communities Across Managed Burns and Habitat Controls
Heidi J. Erickson, Cameron L. Aldridge, N. Thompson Hobbs
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1016
Understanding how management practices affect wildlife is fundamental to wise decisions for conservation of public lands. Prescribed fire and grazing timing are two management tools frequently used within publicly owned sagebrush ecosystems. We conducted a variety of surveys in order to assess the impacts of grazing timing strategies (early summer...
Sidescan-Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Western Rhode Island Sound
K. Y. McMullen, L. J. Poppe, T.A. Haupt, J.M. Crocker
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1181
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been working together to interpret sea-floor geology along the northeastern coast of the United States. In 2004, the NOAA Ship RUDE completed survey H11322, a sidescan-sonar and bathymetric survey that covers about 60 square kilometers of the...
Factoring uncertainty into restoration modeling of in-situ leach uranium mines
Raymond H. Johnson, Michael J. Friedel
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1024
Postmining restoration is one of the greatest concerns for uranium in-situ leach (ISL) mining operations. The ISL-affected aquifer needs to be returned to conditions specified in the mining permit (either premining or other specified conditions). When uranium ISL operations are completed, postmining restoration is usually achieved by injecting reducing agents...
Water-Resources Data and Hydrogeologic Setting at the Raleigh Hydrogeologic Research Station, Wake County, North Carolina, 2005-2007
Kristen Bukowski McSwain, Richard E. Bolich, Melinda J. Chapman, Brad A. Huffman
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1377
Water-resources data were collected to describe the hydrologic conditions at the Raleigh hydrogeologic research station, located in the Piedmont Physiographic Province of North Carolina. Data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality, from May 2005 through September...
Detailed Geophysical Fault Characterization in Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Theodore H. Asch, Donald S. Sweetkind, Bethany L. Burton, Erin L. Wallin
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1346
Yucca Flat is a topographic and structural basin in the northeastern part of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in Nye County, Nevada. Between the years 1951 and 1992, 659 underground nuclear tests took place in Yucca Flat; most were conducted in large, vertical excavations that penetrated alluvium and the underlying...
Patterns of Larval Sucker Emigration from the Sprague and Lower Williamson Rivers of the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon, Prior to the Removal of Chiloquin Dam - 2006 Annual Report
Craig M. Ellsworth, Torrey J. Tyler, Scott P. VanderKooi, Douglas F. Markle
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1027
In 2006, we collected larval Lost River sucker Deltistes luxatus (LRS), shortnose sucker Chasmistes brevirostris (SNS), and Klamath largescale sucker Catostomus snyderi (KLS) emigrating from spawning areas in the Williamson and Sprague Rivers. This work is part of a multi-year effort to characterize the relative abundance, drift timing, and length...
Detections of Acoustic-Tagged Green Sturgeon in Baker Bay on the Lower Columbia River during September - November 2008
Michael J. Parsley
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1026
Acoustic transmitters implanted in green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) captured in rivers in California were detected by acoustic receivers deployed within and around Baker Bay. The receivers were deployed at eight locations in the Bay and adjacent navigation channels of the Lower Columbia River during a period of anticipated channel dredging....
Generalized Skew Coefficients of Annual Peak Flows for Rural, Unregulated Streams in West Virginia
John T. Atkins, Jeffrey B. Wiley, Katherine S. Paybins
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1304
Generalized skew was determined from analysis of records from 147 streamflow-gaging stations in or near West Virginia. The analysis followed guidelines established by the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data described in Bulletin 17B, except that stations having 50 or more years of record were used instead of stations with...
Seasonal Distribution and Abundance of Larval and Juvenile Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in Hanks Marsh, Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon: 2007 Annual Report
Greer O. Anderson, Alexander X. Wilkens, Summer M. Burdick, Scott P. VanderKooi
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1014
In the summer of 2007, we undertook an assessment of larval and juvenile sucker use of Hanks Marsh in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. This 1,200-acre marsh on the southeastern shoreline of the lake represents part of the last remaining natural emergent wetland habitat in the lake. Because of the suspected...
Geochemical Analyses of Rock, Sediment, and Water from the Region In and Around the Tuba City Landfill, Tuba City, Arizona
Raymond H. Johnson, Laurie Wirt
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1020
The Tuba City Landfill (TCL) started as an unregulated waste disposal site in the 1940s and was administratively closed in 1997. Since the TCL closure, radionuclides have been detected in the shallow ground water. In 2006, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) contracted with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to...
Total selenium and selenium species in irrigation drain inflows to the Salton Sea, California, April and July 2008
Thomas W. May, Michael J. Walther, Michael K. Saiki, William G. Brumbaugh
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1011
This report presents the results for two sampling periods (April 2008 and July 2008) during a 4-year monitoring program to characterize selenium concentrations in selected irrigation drains flowing into the Salton Sea, California. Total selenium, selenium species (dissolved selenite, selenate, organoselenium), and total suspended solids were determined in water samples...
Summary of Survival Data from Juvenile Coho Salmon in the Klamath River, Northern California, 2008
John W. Beeman, Steven Juhnke, Hal C. Hansel
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1019
A study to estimate the effects of Iron Gate Dam discharge on ESA-listed juvenile coho salmon during their seaward migration to the ocean was begun in 2005. Estimates of survival through various reaches of river downstream from the dam were completed in 2006, 2007, and 2008 as part of this...
