Effects of relocating State Route 151 on the flood profiles of Conotton Creek and its tributaries between Bowerston and Scio, Ohio
W.P. Bartlett, B. E. Krejmas, R.I. Mayo, S. W. Wandle
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4130
The Ohio Department of Transportation proposes to relocate an 8-mile segment of State Route 151 between Bowerston and Scio, Harrison County, Ohio. About 3.1 miles of this relocated highway will be within the flood plain of Conotton Creek or its tributaries. Water-surface profiles of the 100-year flood along Conotton Creek...
Reconnaissance geology of the Al'Awshaziyah Quadrangle, sheet 26/41 B, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
G. W. Leo
1984, Open-File Report 84-497
The Al 'Awshaziyah quadrangle (26/41 B) is located between lat 26°30' and 27°00 f N. and long 41°30' and 42°00' E. in the northeastern part of the Arabian Shield. The quadrangle contains surficial Quaternary deposits and locally exposed underlying upper Proterozoic intrusive, volcanic, and volcaniclastic rocks. The oldest rocks, gabbro and...
The principle of superposition and its application in ground-water hydraulics
T. E. Reilly, O.L. Franke, G.D. Bennett
1984, Open-File Report 84-459
The principle of superposition, a powerful methematical technique for analyzing certain types of complex problems in many areas of science and technology, has important application in ground-water hydraulics and modeling of ground-water systems. The principle of superposition states that solutions to individual problems can be added together to obtain solutions...
A digital model for streamflow routing by convolution methods
W.H. Doyle Jr., H.O. Shearman, G.J. Stiltner, W.O. Krug
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4160
U.S. Geological Survey computer model, CONROUT, for routing streamflow by unit-response convolution flow-routing techniques from an upstream channel location to a downstream channel location has been developed and documented. Calibration and verification of the flow-routing model and subsequent use of the model for simulation is also documented. Three hypothetical examples...
Compilation of data collected and derived for water years 1980 and 1981 for the purpose of water-quality modeling of the lower Ouachita River and selected tributaries, south-central Arkansas
J. C. Petersen, E. E. Morris
1984, Open-File Report 84-727
This report represents water-quality, sediment oxygen demand, phytoplankton, periphyton, bacteria, instantaneous and mean-daily discharge, stream geometry, time of travel, reaeration data and other water quality collected on the lower Ouachita River (from just upstream of Little Missouri River to Lock and Dam 6), West Two Bayou, Smackover Creek, Haynes Creek...
Major oxide analyses, CIPW norms, modes, and bulk specific gravities of plutonic rocks from the Mariposa 1° x 2° sheet, central Sierra Nevada, California
P. C. Bateman, F. C. Dodge, P. E. Bruggman
1984, Open-File Report 84-162
No abstract available....
Water-quality assessment of the Illinois River basin, Arkansas
J. E. Terry, E. E. Morris, Jim C. Petersen, M.E. Darling
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4092
A water-quality assessment was made of Illinois River, Muddy Fork, Spring Creek, and Osage Creek in northwest Arkansas. Data were collected to calibrate and verify steady-state digital, stream, water-quality models. The models were then used to simulate changes in instream diel-minimum dissolved-oxygen resulting from changes in nutrient loading. The city...
Geophysical interpretation of the gneiss terrane of northern Washington and southern British Columbia, and its implications for uranium exploration
John W. Cady, Kenneth F. Fox
1984, Professional Paper 1260
The Omineca crystalline belt of northeastern Washington and southern British Columbia has a regional Bouguer gravity high, and individual gneiss domes within the terrane are marked by local gravity highs. Models of crustal structure that satisfy the limited available seismic-refraction data and explain the gravity high over the gneiss terrane...
A water-quality study of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary — An overview
Edward Callender, Virginia Carter, D. C. Hahl, Kerie Hitt, Barbara I. Schultz, editor(s)
1984, Water Supply Paper 2233
The U.S. Geological Survey began a 5-year interdisciplinary study of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary in October of 1977. The objectives of the study are: (1) to provide a basic understanding of physical, chemical, and biological processes; (2) to develop flow and transport models to predict the movement and...
Ground-water resources of Rusk County, Texas
W.M. Sandeen
1984, Open-File Report 83-757
Fresh to slightly saline water is available in most parts of Rusk County, which is located in the Piney Woods region of northeast Texas. The Wilcox aquifer, which underlies the entire county, was the source of most of the ground water withdrawn during 1980. Other units capable of yielding fresh...
Use of the routing procedure to study dye and gas transport in the West Fork Trinity River, Texas
Harvey E. Jobson, R. E. Rathbun
1984, Water Supply Paper 2252
Rhodamine-WT dye, ethylene, and propane were injected at three sites along a 21.6-kilometer reach of the West Fork Trinity River below Fort Worth, Texas. Complete dye concentration versus time curves and peak gas concentrations were measured at three cross sections below each injection. The peak dye concentrations were located and...
A modular three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water flow model
M.G. McDonald, A.W. Harbaugh
1984, Open-File Report 83-875
This report presents a finite-difference model and its associated modular computer program. The model simulates flow in three dimensions. The report includes detailed explanations of physical and mathematical concepts on which the model is based and an explanation of how those concepts were incorporated in the modular structure of the...
Velocity profile, water-surface slope, and bed-material size for selected streams in Colorado
J.P. Marchand, R.D. Jarrett, L.L. Jones
1984, Open-File Report 84-733
Existing methods for determining the mean velocity in a vertical sampling section do not address the conditions present in high-gradient, shallow-depth streams common to mountainous regions such as Colorado. The report presents velocity-profile data that were collected for 11 streamflow-gaging stations in Colorado using both a standard Price type AA...
Phosphate rock resources of the United States
James Bachelder Cathcart, Richard Porter Sheldon, Robert A. Gulbrandsen
1984, Circular 888
In 1980, the United States produced about 54 million tons of phosphate rock, or about 40 percent of the world's production, of which a substantial amount was exported, both as phosphate rock and as chemical fertilizer. During the last decade, predictions have been made that easily ruinable, low-cost reserves of...
Cost effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in northeastern California
S.H. Hoffard, V.F. Pearce, Gary D. Tasker, W.H. Doyle
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4127
Results are documented of a study of the cost effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in northeastern California. Data uses and funding sources were identified for the 127 continuous stream gages currently being operated in the study area. One stream gage was found to have insufficient data use to warrant cooperative...
Streamflow augmentation at Fosters Brook, Long Island, New York — A hydraulic feasibility study
Keith R. Prince
1984, Water Supply Paper 2208
A 27-day streamflow augmentation test was conducted in December 1979 at Fosters Brook, near the south shore of Long Island, to investigate the hydraulic feasibility of pumping ground water to supply flow to an ephemeral stream during dry periods. Measurements of soil moisture in the unsaturated zone beneath the streambed...
Hydrology, geomorphology, and dam-break modeling of the July 15, 1982, Lawn Lake Dam and Cascade Lake Dam failures, Larimer County, Colorado
R.D. Jarrett, J. E. Costa
1984, Open-File Report 84-612
On July 15, 1982, Lawn Lake Dam, a 26-foot-high earthfill irrigation dam built in 1903 in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, failed, due to piping, releasing 674 acre-feet of water with a peak discharge of 18,000 cubic feet per second down the Roaring River. Three people were killed, and damages...
A Galerkin finite-element flow model to predict the transient response of a radially symmetric aquifer
Thomas E. Reilly
1984, Water Supply Paper 2198
A computer program developed to evaluate radial flow of ground water, such as at a pumping well, recharge basin, or injection well, is capable of simulating anisotropic, inhomogenous, confined, or pseudo-unconfined (constant saturated thickness) conditions. Results compare well with those calculated from published analytical and model solutions. The program is...
Stream-channel response to the January 3-5, 1982 storm in the Santa Cruz Mountains, west central California
K.M. Nolan, D. C. Marron, L.M. Collins
1984, Open-File Report 84-248
Intense rainfall on January 3-5, 1982 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California caused high streamflow and widespread landsliding. Generalized channel response in the studied basins included scour in steep, low-order channels and moderate fill in higher order channels. Large volumes of channel fill were noted along some channels but this...
Analytical results, geology, and sample locality map of mercury-sulfur-gypsum mineralization at Crater, Inyo County, California
M. S. Erickson, S.P. Marsh, T. A. Roemer
1984, Open-File Report 85-512
The Crater mercury-su l fur-gypsum ~ineral ized area is located in east-central California along the crest of the Last Chance Range, west of the north end of Death Valley (fig. 1). The area is in the northwest quarter of the Last Chance Range 15-minute quadrangle and occupies the area between...
Comparison of computer-based and manual coal resource estimation methods for the Cache coal bed, Recluse Geologic Model Area, Wyoming
Gary B. Schneider, Sharon S. Crowley, Mary Alice Carey
1984, Circular 917
Coal resources have been estimated, using both manual and computer methods, for the Cache coal bed in the Recluse Geologic Model Area, which covers the White Tail Butte, Pitch Draw, Recluse, and Homestead Draw SW 7?-minute quadrangles in Campbell County, Wyoming. Approximately 300 coal thickness measurements from drill-hole logs are...
Effects of urbanization on the magnitude and frequency of floods on small streams in Tennessee; basic data report No. 3
C. H. Robbins
1984, Open-File Report 84-242
Rainfall and discharge data collected at 21 urban hydrology sites in Tennessee from July 1977 to September 1983 are summarized. These rainfall-runoff data will be used to calibrate a U.S. Geological Survey Rainfall-Runoff Model. The results of the model calibrations will then be used to develop reliable methods for determining...
Vertical crustal movements in Southern California, 1974 to 1978
Robert O. Burford, Thomas D. Gilmore
1984, Circular 905
An extensive resurvey of most of the first-order leveling network in southern California, known as the Southern California Releveling Program (SCRP), was carried out during the first 5 months of 1978. The primary scientific purpose of these measurements was to rapidly update the vertical control record throughout a recently uplifted...
Definition of boundary and initial conditions in the analysis of saturated ground-water flow systems; an introduction
O.L. Franke, T. E. Reilly, G.D. Bennett
1984, Open-File Report 84-458
Accurate definition of boundary and initial conditions is an essential part of conceptualizing and modeling ground-water flow systems. This report explains the properties of the seven most common boundary conditions encountered in ground-water systems and discusses major aspects of their application. It also discusses the significance and specification of initial...
Ground-water resources of Audrain County, Missouri
L. F. Emmett, J. L. Imes
1984, Open-File Report 84-245
The deep (principal) aquifer in Audrain County has an average thickness of about 1,300 feet and is composed of dolomite and minor quantities of sandstone of Cambrian and Ordovician age. The deep aquifer is the source of water for all public-supply and irrigation wells in Audrain County. Pumpage from the...
