Hydrology of the Reelfoot Lake basin, Obion and Lake counties, northwestern Tennessee
C. H. Robbins
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4097
Nine maps describe the following water resources aspects of the Reelfoot Lake watershed: Map 1-Surface water gaging stations, lake level, and locations of observation wells, rainfall stations and National Weather Service rainfall stations; Maps 2 and 3-water level contours, river stage, groundwater movement; Maps 4 and 5-grid blocks simulating constant...
Appraisal of ground-water conditions and potential for seawater intrusion at Taholah, Quinault Indian Reservation, Washington
B. W. Drost
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4361
Several wells drilled to supplement the spring-fed water supply of the town of Taholah, in the Quinault River Valley, Washington , yielded water with chloride concentrations greater than 300 milligrams/L. Therefore, a study was conducted to define the movement and quality of the groundwater system at Taholah and at alternative...
Tectonic implications of the Indian Run Formation— A newly recognized sedimentary mélange in the northern Virginia Piedmont
Avery Ala Drake
1985, Professional Paper 1324
Sedimentary melange in the northeastern part of Fairfax County, Virginia, contains both mesoscopic and mappable fragments of Accotink Schist, Lake Barcroft Metasandstone, metagabbro, and ultramafic rocks as well as smaller fragments of other rock types. This melange was originally mapped as the Sykesville Formation, a major precursory sedimentary melange in...
Classification of stream basins in southeastern Ohio according to extent of surface coal mining
C.J. Childress
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4212
Water-quality data were collected from streams grenadine 35 basins in the southeaster-Ohio coal region to evaluate and categorize the effect of surface coal mining on stream quality. The study area is underlain by rocks of Pennsylvanian age, the most important coal-producing formations of which are the Allegheny and Monogahela Formations. The...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Red-winged blackbird
Henry L. Short
1985, FWS/OBS 82/10.95
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus L.). 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...
Linear Q model calculations
Leif Wennerberg
1985, Open-File Report 85-287
No abstract available....
Water-supply potential of the Floridan aquifer in Osceola, eastern Orange, and southwestern Brevard counties, Florida
Michael Planert, W. R. Aucott
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4135
The city of Melbourne and adjacent areas in south Brevard County obtain their water supply from Lake Washington. As of 1982, the lake could provide a maximum of 15 million gallons per day but the projected need for the year 2000 is nearly three times that amount. As one alternative...
A two-constituent solute-transport model for ground water having variable density
W. E. Sanford, Leonard F. Konikow
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4279
A numerical model has been developed to simulate solute transport and dispersion of either one or two constituents in groundwater where there is two-dimensional, density-dependent flow. The model is a modified version of the one documented by Konikow and Bredehoeft (1978), which uses finite-difference methods and the method of characteristics...
Estimation of evaporation from Ned Wilson Lake, Flat Tops Wilderness Area, Colorado
N.E. Spahr, J.T. Turk
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4244
As part of an effort to define the hydrology and water quality of Ned Wilson Lake, evaporation rates were estimated for the summer periods of 1983 and 1984. Mass-transfer and energy-budget techniques and the Morton model were used to estimate evaporation using data collected at the lake and data collected...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: American woodcock (wintering)
Brian S. Cade
1985, FWS/OBS 82/10.105
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the American woodcock. The model consolidates habitat use information into a framework appropriate for field application, and is sclaed to produce an index between 0.0 (unsuitable habitat) to 1.0 (optimally suitable habitat)....
Hydrology of Fritchie Marsh, coastal Louisiana
E. L. Kuniansky
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4324
Fritchie Marsh, near Slidell, Louisiana, is being considered as a disposal site for sewage effluent. A two-dimensional, finite element, surface water modeling systems was used to solve the shallow water equations for flow. Factors affecting flow patterns are channel locations, inlets, outlets, islands, marsh vegetation, marsh geometry, stage of the...
Discharge ratings for control gates at Mississippi River Lock and Dam 14, Le Claire, Iowa
A.J. Heinitz
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4261
The water level of the navigation pools on the Mississippi River are maintained by the operation of tainter and roller gates at the locks and dams. Discharge ratings for the gates on Lock and Dam 14, at Le Claire, Iowa, were developed from current-meter discharge measurements made in the forebays...
Ground-water contamination in East Bay Township, Michigan
F. R. Twenter, T. R. Cummings, N.G. Grannemann
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4064
Glacial deposits, as much as 360 feet thick, underlie the study area. The upper 29 to 118 feet, a sand and gravel unit, is the aquifer tapped for water by all wells in the area. This unit is underlain by impermeable clay that is at least 100 feet thick. Ground-water...
Hydrogeology of the Cross Bar Ranch well-field area and projected impact of pumping, Pasco County, Florida
C. B. Hutchinson
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4001
The hydrogeology and development of a groundwater flow model are described for a 121-square-mile area in Pasco County, Florida. The hydrogeologic framework consists of the surficial aquifer--a thin blanket of sand--and the underlying carbonates of the upper Floridian aquifer. The aquifers are separated by a leaky sand and clay confining...
Hydrology, water quality, and ground-water-development alternatives in the Chipuxet ground-water reservoir, Rhode Island
H.E. Johnston, D.C. Dickerman
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4254
A glacial sand and gravel aquifer in the Chipuxet River basin of Rhode Island forms a ground-water reservoir that could yield as much as 8.6 million gallons per day to wells; however, some streams would go dry for extended periods of time. The State Water Resources Board has tested five...
Geochemistry of ground-water in two sandstone aquifer systems in the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana and Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Thomas Henderson
1985, Professional Paper 1402-C
The Kootenai Formation in the Judith Basin, Montana, and the Lance Formation and Fox Hills Sandstone in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, constitute two important sandstone aquifer systems in the Northern Great Plains region. Ground waters in each of these systems evolve from low dissolved-solids concentration, near-neutral pH, predominantly calcium...
Documentation of a Regional Aquifer Simulation Model, RAQSIM, and a description of support programs applied in the Twin Platte-Middle Republican Study Area, Nebraska
R. E. Cady, J. M. Peckenpaugh
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4168
RAQSIM, a generalized flow model of a groundwater system using finite-element methods, is documented to explain how it works and to demonstrate that it gives valid results. Three support programs that are used to compute recharge and discharge data required as input to RAQSIM are described. RAQSIM was developed to...
Determination of diffusivities in the Rustler Formation from exploratory-shaft construction at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico
Ken Stevens, Walt Beyeler
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4020
The construction of an exploratory shaft 12 feet in diameter into the Salado Formation (repository horizon for transuranic waste material) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in southeastern New Mexico affected water-levels in water-bearing zones above the repository horizon. By reading the construction history of the exploratory shaft, an...
Evaluation of the effects of coal-mine reclamation on water quality in Big Four Hollow near Lake Hope, southeastern Ohio
V.E. Nichols
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4197
A subsurface clay dike and mine-entrance hydraulic seals were constructed from July 1979 through May 1980 by the Ohio Department if Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation to reduce acidic mine drainage from abandoned drift-mine complex 88 into Big Four Hollow Creek. Big Four Hollow Creek flows into Sandy Run--the major...
Maps showing sea-floor topography, depth to bedrock, and sediment thickness, Penobscot Bay, Maine
Harley J. Knebel, Kathryn M. Scanlon
1985, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1751
This report presents results of a high-resolution seismic-reflection survey conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey to determine the subbottom characteristics of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Penobscot Bay is one of the major embayments along the U.S. Atlantic coast (fig. 1), extending more than 50 km from the Gulf of Maine to...
Geohydrology and ground-water flow at Verona Well Field, Battle Creek, Michigan
N.G. Grannemann, F. R. Twenter
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4056
The city of Battle Creek has 30 wells in the Verona well field capable of yielding 300 to 1,000 gallons per minute each. During summer, total withdrawals are as little as 6,000 gallons per minute. In early 1984, only 9 to 12 of the wells were being used; the remaining...
Map showing Tertiary stratigraphy and structure of the Northern San Joaquin Valley, California
J. A. Bartow
1985, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1761
This report is a result of recent studies of the Cenozoic stratigraphy and structure of the San Joaquin Valley that were directed at Cenozoic depositional and tectonic history. Most previous work on the Cenozoic has focused on the Quaternary surficial deposits and on the outcrops of older rocks at the...
Simulated effects of increased recharge on the ground-water flow system of Yucca Mountain and vicinity, Nevada-California
J.B. Czarnecki
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4344
A study was performed to assess the potential effects of changes in future climatic conditions on the groundwater system in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, the site of a potential mined geologic repository for high-level nuclear wastes. These changes probably would result in greater rates of precipitation and, consequently, greater...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Belted kingfisher
Bart L. Prose
1985, FWS/OBS 82/10.87
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon). 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...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Cactus wren
Henry L. Short
1985, FWS/OBS 82/10.96
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus). 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...
