Hydrology of the leeward aquifers, southeast Oahu, Hawaii
Paul R. Eyre, Charles J. Ewart, Patricia J. Shade
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4270
The leeward southeast Oahu ground-water area includes the Waialae and Wailupe-Hawaii Kai aquifers. The Waialae aquifer is separated from the ground water of Kaimuki to the west by Palolo valley fill and the Kaau rift zone, and from the Wailupe-Hawaii Kai aquifer to the east by a line of northeast-trending...
Verification of regression equations for estimating flood magnitudes for selected frequencies on small natural streams in Georgia
McGlone Price, Glen W. Hess
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4337
In 1976 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation, began a program to monitor small natural streams in Georgia to verify the accuracy of the flood frequency estimating equations for the five flood frequency regions that were published in a previous study. Data collection consisted...
Hydraulic characteristics of Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary clastic aquifers: Eastern Alabama, Georgia, and western South Carolina
Robert E. Faye, Keith W. McFadden
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4210
Transmissivity and storativity data for the clastic sediments of the northern Coastal Plain of eastern Alabama, Georgia, and western South Carolina were compiled and evaluated. Transmissivity values ranged from less than 100 to about 35,000 ft sq/day; storativity ranged from about 0.00002 to 0.0002. Data for lower Tertiary sediments represented...
A data-management system for detailed areal interpretive data
C.F. Ferrigno
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4091
A data storage and retrieval system has been developed to organize and preserve areal interpretive data. This system can be used by any study where there is a need to store areal interpretive data that generally is presented in map form. This system provides the capability to grid areal interpretive...
Mineral Resources of the Warm Springs Wilderness Study Area, Mohave County, Arizona
Floyd Gray, Robert C. Jachens, Robert J. Miller, Robert L. Turner, Daniel H. Knepper, James A. Pitkin, William J. Keith, John Mariano, Stephanie L. Jones, Stanley L. Korzeb
1986, Bulletin 1737-F
At the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, approximately 113,500 acres of the Warm Springs Wilderness Study Area (AZ-020-028/029) were evaluated for mineral resources and mineral resource potential. In this report, the area studied is referred to as the 'wilderness study area' or 'study area'; any reference to...
Habitat Suitability Index Models and Instream Flow Suitability Curves: Chinook salmon
Robert F. Raleigh, William J. Miller, Patrick C. Nelson
1986, FWS/OBS 82/10.122
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). The model consolidates habitat use information into a framework appropriate for field application, and is scaled to produce an index between 0.0 (unsuitable habitat) to 1.0 (optimum...
Hydrologic characteristics of soils in parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas
Jack T. Dugan
1986, Hydrologic Atlas 678
Certain physical characteristics of soils, including permeability, available water capacity, thickness, and topographic position, have a definite effect on the hydrology of an area. They control the rate at which precipitation infiltrates or is transmitted through the soil, and thus they have a significant role in determining the rates both...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Brown thrasher
Brian S. Cade
1986, FWS/OBS 82/10.118
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum). The model consolidates habitat use information into a framework appropriate for field application, and is scaled to produce an index between 0.0 (unsuitable habitat) to 1.0 (optimum...
Irrigated acreage and other land uses on the Snake River Plain, Idaho and eastern Oregon
Gerald F. Lindholm, S. A. Goodell
1986, Hydrologic Atlas 691
Prompted by the need for a current, accurate, and repeatable delineation of irrigated acreage on the Snake River Plain, the U.S. Geological Survey entered into a cooperative agreement with the Idaho Department of Water Resources Image Analysis Facility and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to delineate 1980 land use form...
Hydrology, geomorphology, and dam-break modeling of the July 15, 1982, Lawn Lake Dam and Cascade Lake Dam failures, Larimer County, Colorado
Robert D. Jarrett, John E. Costa
1986, Professional Paper 1369
Habitat Suitability Index Models: White-tailed deer in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Coastal Plains
Henry L. Short
1986, FWS/OBS 82/10.123
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). The model consolidates habitat use information into a framework appropriate for field application, and is scaled to produce an index between 0.0 (unsuitable habitat) to 1.0 (optimum...
Seismicity map of the state of Arizona
C. W. Stover, B.G. Reagor, S. T. Algermissen
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1852
This map is one of a series of seismicity maps produced by the U. S. Geological Survey that show earthquake data of individual states or groups of states at the scale of 1:1,000,000. This map shows only those earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of Arizona, even though earthquakes...
Seismic-reflection profiles of the New Madrid seismic zone-data along the Mississippi River near Caruthersville, Missouri
A. J. Crone, S.T. Harding, D. P. Russ, K. M. Shedlock
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1863
The tectonic setting and the earthquake hazards of the New Madrid seismic zone in the northern Mississippi embayment have been the subject of intensive study the past several years as part of the Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program of the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey). These efforts have improved our knowledge of...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Bald eagle (breeding season)
Allen Peterson
1986, FWS/OBS 82/10.126
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). The model consolidates habitat use information into a framework appropriate for field application, and is scaled to produce an index between 0.0 (unsuitable habitat) to 1.0 (optimum...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Houston metropolitan area, Texas, 1983
Fred Liscum
1986, Open-File Report 86-487
Hydro!ogic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in the Austin and Houston areas, and have been completed in the Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio areas. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Houston, began...
Archaeology and public perception of a trans-scientific problem; disposal of toxic wastes in the unsaturated zone
Isaac Judah Winograd
1986, Circular 990
Predicting the effects of toxic-waste disposal on the environment over periods of millenia to hundreds of millenia is a transscientific problem; that is, one not fully addressed by quantitative scientific and engineering endeavors. Archaeology is a pertinent adjunct to such predictions in several ways. First, and foremost, archaeological records demonstrate...
Investigation of possible effects of surface coal mining on hydrology and landscape stability in part of the Powder River structural basin, northeastern Wyoming
R. M. Bloyd, P. B. Daddow, P.R. Jordon, H. W. Lowham
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4329
The effects of surface coal mining on the surface- and groundwater systems in a 5,400 sq mi area in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, that includes 20 major coal mines were evaluated using three approaches: A surface water model, a landscape-stability analysis, and a groundwater model. A surface water model...
Water-table decline in the south-central Great Basin during the Quaternary Period; implications for toxic-waste disposal
I.J. Winograd, Barney J. Szabo
1986, Open-File Report 85-697
The distribution of vein calcite, tufa, and other features indicative of paleo-groundwater discharge, indicates that during the early to middle Pleistocene, the water table at Ash Meadows, in the Amargosa Desert, Nevada, and at Furnace Creek Wash, in east-central Death Valley, California, was tens to hundreds of meters above the...
Conceptual design for the National Water Information System
Melvin D. Edwards, Arthur L. Putnam, Norman E. Hutchison
1986, Open-File Report 86-604
The Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey began the design and development of a National Water Information System (NWIS) in 1983. The NWIS will replace and integrate the existing data systems of the National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System, National Water Data Exchange, National Water-Use Information Program,...
USGS research on energy resources, 1986; program and abstracts
Lorna M.H. Carter, editor(s)
1986, Circular 974
The extended abstracts in this volume are summaries of the papers presented orally and as posters in the second V. E. McKelvey Forum on Mineral and Energy Resources, entitled "USGS Research on Energy Resources-1986." The Forum has been established to improve communication between the USGS and the earth science community...
Floods of June-July 1982, in Iowa
A.J. Heinitz
1986, Open-File Report 85-151
Record flood-peak discharges occurred in June and July, 1982, in southwestern, south-central, and east-central Iowa. The record flood peaks resulted from rainfalls of 6 to 8 inches on soil saturated from persistent moderate to heavy rainfalls that began in May and continued through mid July. May was the wettest across Iowa...
Geologic application of the Interactive Surface Modeling Program (ISM)
N.K. Gardner, M.D. Carter
1986, Open-File Report 86-87
Leachate migration from an in situ oil-shale retort near Rock Springs, Wyoming
K. C. Glover
1986, Open-File Report 85-575
Geohydrologic factors influencing leachate movement from an in situ oil shale retort near Rock Springs, Wyoming, were investigated by developing models of groundwater flow and solute transport. Leachate, indicated by the conservative ion thiocyanate, has been observed 1/2 mi downgradient from the retort. The contaminated aquifer is part of the...
Forward modeling computer program for the very low frequency, radio-wave, terrain-resistivity electromagnetic method: VLF.BAS
Deborah G. Grantham, F.P. Haeni, David L. Mazzaferro
1986, Open-File Report 86-407-W
No abstract available....
Application of a parameter-estimation technique to modeling the regional aquifer underlying the eastern Snake River plain, Idaho
Stephen P. Garabedian
1986, Water Supply Paper 2278
A nonlinear, least-squares regression technique for the estimation of ground-water flow model parameters was applied to the regional aquifer underlying the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho. The technique uses a computer program to simulate two-dimensional, steady-state ground-water flow. Hydrologic data for the 1980 water year were used to calculate recharge...
