Where's the Hayward Fault? A green guide to the fault
Philip W. Stoffer
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1135
This report describes self-guided field trips to one of North America's most dangerous earthquake faults: the Hayward Fault. Locations were chosen because of their easy access using mass transit and/or their significance relating to the natural and cultural history of the East Bay landscape. This field-trip guidebook was compiled to...
Using Molecular Genetic Markers to Resolve a Subspecies Boundary: The Northern Boundary of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher in the Four-Corner States
Eben H. Paxton, Mark K. Sogge, Tad C. Theimer, Jessica Girard, Paul Keim
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1117
*Executive Summary* The northern boundary of the endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) is currently approximated as running through southern Colorado and Utah, but the exact placement is uncertain because this subspecies shares a border with the more northern and non-endangered E. t. adastus. To help resolve this issue, we...
Bathymetric Survey and Storage Capacity of Upper Lake Mary near Flagstaff, Arizona
Nancy J. Hornewer, Marilyn E. Flynn
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1098
Upper Lake Mary is a preferred drinking-water source for the City of Flagstaff, Arizona. Therefore, storage capacity and sedimentation issues in Upper Lake Mary are of interest to the City. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Flagstaff, collected bathymetric and land-survey data in Upper Lake Mary...
Documentation of data collection in Currituck Sound, North Carolina and Virginia, 2006-2007
Jason M. Fine
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1147
During 2006 and 2007, scientists from Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina Estuarine Research Reserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey collected hydrologic and water-quality data at nine sites in and around Currituck Sound. Hydrologic and water-quality data were collected at five tributary sites--the Northwest...
Catalog of Mount St. Helens 2004 - 2005 tephra samples with major- and trace-element geochemistry
Michael C. Rowe, Carl R. Thornber, Daniel J. Gooding, John S. Pallister
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1131
This open-file report presents a catalog of information about 135 ash samples along with geochemical analyses of bulk ash, glass and individual mineral grains from tephra deposited as a result of volcanic activity at Mount St. Helens, Washington, from October 1, 2004 until August 15, 2005. This data, in conjunction...
Catalog of Mount St. Helens 2004-2007 dome samples with major- and trace-element chemistry
Carl R. Thornber, John S. Pallister, Michael C. Rowe, Siobhan McConnell, Trystan M. Herriott, Alison Eckberg, Winston C. Stokes, Diane Johnson Cornelius, Richard M. Conrey, Tammy Hannah, Joseph E. Taggart Jr., Monique Adams, Paul J. Lamothe, James R. Budahn, Charles M. Knaack
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1130
Sampling and analysis of eruptive products at Mount St. Helens is an integral part of volcano monitoring efforts conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey?s Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO). The objective of our eruption sampling program is to enable petrological assessments of pre-eruptive magmatic conditions, critical for ascertaining mechanisms for eruption...
Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States. Digital data for the geology of the southern Brooks Range, Alaska
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1149
The growth in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has highlighted the need for digital geologic maps that have been attributed with information about age and lithology. Such maps can be conveniently used to generate derivative maps for manifold special purposes such as mineral-resource assessment, metallogenic studies, tectonic studies,...
Helicopter Electromagnetic and Magnetic Geophysical Survey Data, Oakland, Ashland, and Firth Study Areas, Eastern Nebraska, March 2007
Bruce D. Smith, Jared D. Abraham, James C. Cannia, Gregory V. Steele, Patricia L. Hill
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1018
This report is a digital data release for a helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic survey that was conducted during March 2007 in three 93-square-kilometer (36-square-mile) areas of eastern Nebraska as part of a joint State of Nebraska and U.S. Geological Survey study. The objective of the survey is to improve the...
Rainfall-Runoff and Erosion Data from the Mancos Shale Formation in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, Southwestern Colorado, 2003-2006
John G. Elliott, James R. Herring, George P. Ingersoll, John J. Kosovich, Juli Fahy
2008, Open-File Report 2007-1002-G
Data were collected and experiments were conducted from 2003 to 2006 by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, to support research into understanding processes that liberate, disperse, and concentrate erosion byproducts in Mancos Shale landscapes. The study area was the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation...
Microbial and Nutrient Concentration and Load Data During Stormwater Runoff at a Swine Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation in the North Carolina Coastal Plain, 2006-2007
Stephen L. Harden
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1156
This report summarizes water-quality and hydrologic data collected during 2006-2007 to characterize bacteria and nutrient loads associated with overland runoff and subsurface tile drainage in spray fields at a swine concentrated animal feeding operation. Four monitoring locations were established at the Lizzie Research Site in the North Carolina Coastal Plain...
USGS Workshop on Scientific Aspects of a Long-Term Experimental Plan for Glen Canyon Dam, April 10-11, 2007, Flagstaff, Arizona
USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1153
Executive Summary Glen Canyon Dam is located in the lower reaches of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on the Colorado River, approximately 15 miles upriver from Grand Canyon National Park (fig. 1). In 1992, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Grand Canyon Protection Act (GCPA; title XVIII, sec....
NCCN Mountain Lakes Monitoring Strategy: Guidelines to Resolution
Robert L. Hoffman, Mark H. Huff
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1145
The North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) Inventory and Monitoring Program provides funds to its Network Parks to plan and implement the goals and objectives of the National Park Services? (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program. The primary purpose of the I&M program is to develop and implement a long-term...
Preliminary Map of Potentially Karstic Carbonate Rocks in the Central and Southern Appalachian States
David J. Weary
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1154
Karst is a landscape produced by dissolution of rocks and the development of integrated subterranean drainages dominated by the flow of ground water in solutionally enlarged conduits. Karst landscapes typically include cave entrances, sinkholes, blind valleys, losing streams, springs, and large and small-scale solution features on bedrock surfaces. Water-bearing rocks...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Ranch and Magic Fire Perimeters, Val Verde Quadrangle, Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1079
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Magic and Buckweed Fire Perimeters, Newhall Quadrangle, Los Angeles County, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1053
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Witch and Poomacha Fire Perimeters, Rodriguez Mountain Quadrangle, San Diego County, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1065
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Witch Fire Perimeter, Tule Springs Quadrangle, San Diego County, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1076
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Cajon Fire Perimeter, San Bernardino North Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1066
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Poomacha Fire Perimeter, Temecula Quadrangle, Riverside and San Diego Counties, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1075
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Witch Fire Perimeter, Santa Ysabel Quadrangle, San Diego County, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1071
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Poomacha Fire Perimeter, Boucher Hill Quadrangle, San Diego County, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1033
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Buckweed Fire Perimeter, Sleepy Valley Quadrangle, Los Angeles County, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1073
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Witch Fire Perimeter, Escondido Quadrangle, San Diego County, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1037
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Santiago Fire Perimeter, Black Star Canyon Quadrangle, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1031
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
Preliminary Image Map of the 2007 Ranch Fire Perimeter, Whitaker Peak Quadrangle, Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California
Perry S. Clark, Wendy S. Scratch, Gaylord W. Bias, Gregory B. Stander, Jenne L. Sexton, Bridgette J. Krawczak
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1083
In the fall of 2007, wildfires burned out of control in southern California. The extent of these fires encompassed large geographic areas that included a variety of landscapes from urban to wilderness. The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) is currently (2008) developing a quadrangle-based 1:24,000-scale image...
