Estimating peak discharges of small, rural streams in Massachusetts
S. William Wandle
1983, Water Supply Paper 2214
Floodflows on natural-flow streams in Massachusetts with drainage areas between 0.25 square miles and 260 square miles may be estimated from drainage area, main-channel slope, mean basin elevation, and the area of swamps, lakes, and ponds. Multiple-regression techniques were used to define the relationship between a suite of basin and...
Drift-mine reclamation in Big Four Hollow near Lake Hope, Ohio; a preliminary data report
Vance E. Nichols
1983, Open-File Report 83-217
A subsurface clay dike and hydraulic seals were constructed in 1979 by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reclamation, to reduce acid mine drainage from an abandoned drift mine into Big Four Hollow Creek; Big Four Hollow Creek flow into Sandy Run, the major tributary to Lake Hope....
Hydrologic data for the Great and Denbow heaths in eastern Maine, October 1980 through September 1981
Wallace J. Nichols, J.A. Smath, J.T. Adamik
1983, Open-File Report 83-866
Hydrologic data collected on the Great and Denbow Heaths, Maine, include precipitation, pan evaporation, air temperatures, streamflow, groundwater levels, and water quality constituents. These data were collected for a peat bog hydrology study conducted in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey. The data network consisted of climate information from three...
Hydrologic data for the Great and Denbow heaths in eastern Maine, October 1981 through October 1982
Wallace J. Nichols
1983, Open-File Report 83-865
Hydrologic data collected on the Great and Denbow Heaths, Maine, include precipitation, pan evaporation, air temperatures, streamflow, and ground water levels. These data were collected for a peat bog hydrology study conducted in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey. The data network consisted of climate information from three rain gages,...
The environmental history and present condition of Saudi Arabia's northern sand seas
John W. Whitney, D.J. Faulkender, Meyer Rubin
1983, Open-File Report 83-749
Saudi Arabia's northern sand seas are composed dominantly of stable dune systems, even though the modern climate is arid. The stable dunes are large and support a sparse semidesert vegetation. Active dunes are small and commonly confined to the crests of stable dunes; they comprise less than 5 percent of...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Wood duck
Patrick J. Sousa, Adrian H. Farmer
1983, FWS/OBS 82/10.43
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop models for breeding and wintering habitats for the wood duck (Aix sponsa). The models are scaled to produce indices of habitat suitability between 0 (unsuitable habitat) and 1 (optimally suitable habitat). Habitat suitability indices are designed for use with Habitat Evaluation Procedures previously...
Mineral resource potential map of the Sugarloaf Roadless Area, San Bernardino County, California
Robert E. Powell, Jonathan C. Matti, Brett F. Cox, Howard W. Oliver, Alexander Wagini, Harry W. Campbell
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1606-A
Geologic, geochemical, and geophysical investigations and a survey of mines and prospects indicate that the Sugaloaf Roadless Area contains subeconomic graphite and magnesian marble resources. Parts of the area have a low potential for the occurrence of additional low-grade graphite resources, but there is no potential for additional magnesian marble...
Aquifer systems in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states: A study plan
James R. Harrill, Alan H. Welch, David E. Prudic, James M. Thomas, Rita L. Carman, Russell W. Plume, Joseph S. Gates, James L. Mason
1983, Open-File Report 82-445
The Great Basin Regional Aquifer Study includes about 140,000 square miles in parts of Nevada, Utah, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Arizona. Within that area, 240 hydrographic areas occupy structural depressions formed primarily by basin-and-range faulting. The principal aquifers are in basin- fill deposits; however, permeable carbonate rocks underlie valleys in...
Natural and modified pocosins: literature synthesis and management options
Andrew N. Ash
1983, FWS/OBS 83/04
Preliminary map of limonitic hydrothermal alteration for portions of the Needles 1° x 2° quadrangle, Arizona and California
Gary L. Raines
1983, Open-File Report 83-421
Portions of the Needles quadrangle have been designated by the Bureau of Land Management as potential wilderness areas and are being evaluated by a multidisciplinary team to determine the mineral-resource potential. As a part of this study Landsat images are being used to map the generalized distribution of limonitic materials...
Hydrologic evaluation of proposed ground-water withdrawals in Muleshoe Flat near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming
D.T. Hoxie
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4150
The hydrologic effects of proposed irrigation with groundwater of 8,320 acres of land in Muleshoe Flat, a 34 sq mi area in west-central Platte County, Wyoming, were assessed. Results generated by a digital groundwater flow model indicate that, at the end of a 40-yr period, groundwater level declines of more...
Subsurface storage of freshwater in South Florida; a digital analysis of recoverability
Michael L. Merritt
1983, Open-File Report 83-536
As part of a feasibility study of cyclic freshwater injection, digital models were implemented to analyze the relation of recovery efficiency to various hydrogeologic conditions which could prevail in brackish aquifers and to various management regimes. The analyses implemented an approach in which the control for sensitivity testing was a...
Assessment of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum resources of Indonesia
Joseph P. Riva
1983, Circular 899
The estimates of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum in Indonesia at probability levels of 95 percent, 5 percent, and statistical mean are for oil (in billions of barrels): 5, 35, and 16; and for gas (in trillions of cubic feet): 13, 94, and 42. In Indonesia, petroleum occurs in five types...
Water quality of Lake Arlington on Village Creek, north-central Texas; 1973 to 1981
Freeman L. Andrews, Willard J. Gibbons
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4196
Water in Lake Arlington on Village Creek in north-central Texas had volume-weighted average concentrations of less than 240 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, less than 30 milligrams per liter of dissolved chloride, and less than 40 milligrams per liter of dissolved sulfate between January 29, 1973, and August 20,...
Ground-water resources of coastal Citrus, Hernando, and southwestern Levy counties, Florida
J. D. Fretwell
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4079
Ground water in the coastal parts of Citrus, Hernando, and Levy Counties is obtained almost entirely from the Floridan aquifer. The aquifer is unconfined near the coast and semiconfined in the ridge area. Transmissivity ranges from 20,000 feet squared per day in the ridge area to greater than 2,000,000 feet...
Determination of dissolved aluminum in water samples
A.A. Afifi
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4018
A technique has been modified for determination of a wide range of concentrations of dissolved aluminum (Al) in water and has been tested. In this technique, aluminum is complexed with 8-hydroxyquinoline at pH 8.3 to minimize interferences, then extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK). The extract is analyzed colorimetrically at...
Explosion-induced stress changes estimated from vibrating-wire stressmeter measurements near the Mighty Epic event, Nevada Test Site
William L. Ellis, J.D. Kibler
1983, Open-File Report 83-642
Explosion-induced compressive stress increases near an underground nuclear explosion are believed to contribute significantly to the containment of high-pressure gases within the explosion-produced cavity. These induced compressive stresses are predicted by computer calculations, but have never been adequately confirmed by field measurements, owing primarily to the unique difficulties of obtaining...
Use of rainfall-simulator data in precipitation-runoff modeling studies
G.C. Lusby, R.W. Lichty
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4159
Results of a study using a rainfall simulator to define infiltration parameters for use in watershed modeling are presented. A total of 23 rainfall-simulation runs were made on five small plots representing four representative soil-vegetation types of the study watershed in eastern Colorado. Data for three observed rainfall-runoff events were...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Longnose sucker
Elizabeth A. Edwards
1983, FWS/OBS 82/10.35
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop riverine and lacustrine habitat models for Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), a freshwater fish. The models are scaled to produce an index of habitat suitability between 0 (unsuitable habitat) to 1 (optimally suitable habitat) for freshwater areas of the continental...
Regional flow in the Dakota aquifer: A study of the role of confining layers
John D. Bredehoeft, C. E. Neuzil, P. C. Milly
1983, Water Supply Paper 2237
The Dakota Sandstone in South Dakota is one of the classic artesian aquifers; it was first studied by N. H. Darton at the turn of the century. Since then, hydrogeologists have debated the source of the large quantities of water which have been discharged by artesian flow from the Dakota....
Preliminary assessment of the geochemistry and mineral favorability of the postorogenic granites of the southeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
John S. Stuckless, G. VanTrump, E. H. Christiansen, C. A. Bush, C. M. Bunker, A.J. Bartel
1983, Open-File Report 83-486
Chemical analyses of samples for 19 postorogenic plutons from the southeastern Arabian Shield show that these rocks have average potassium/rubidium ratios (162) and average rubidium/strontium ratios (11.8) characteristic of highly evolved granites. Most of the analyzed samples are peraluminous. Three plutons are physically similar in terms of shape and megascopic...
Slides showing quantitative models for mineral-resource assessment of the Rolla 1 degree x 2 degrees Quadrangle, Missouri
Kim-Marie Walker, S.K. Jenson, J. R. Francica, D. A. Hastings, C. M. Trautwein, W. P. Pratt
1983, Open-File Report 83-387
Th.is report consists of nineteen 35-mm color slides sh.owing digital synthesis and quantitative modeling of five geologic recognition criteria for assessment of Mississippi Valley-type resource potential in the Rolla 1° x 2° quadrangle, Missouri. The digital synthesis and quantitative modeling (Pratt and others, 1982) was done to supplement an earlier...
Gravity survey of Dixie Valley, west-central Nevada
Donald H. Schaefer
1983, Open-File Report 82-111
Dixie Valley, a northeast-trending structural trough typical of valleys in the Basin and Range Province, is filled with a maximum of about 10,000 feet of alluvial and lacustrine deposits , as estimated from residual-gravity measurements obtained in this study. On the basis of gravity measurements at 300 stations on nine...
The mineralogy of the Snake Creek-Williams Canyon pluton, southern Snake Range, Nevada
Donald Edward Lee, Eric H. Christiansen
1983, Open-File Report 83-337
The Snake Creek-Williams Canyon pluton of the southern Snake Range crops out over an area of about 30 km 2, about 60 km southeast of Ely, Nev. This Jurassic intrusion displays large and systematic chemical and mineralogical zonation over a horizontal distance of 5 km. Major-element variations compare closely with...
Improvement of flood-frequency estimates for selected small watersheds in eastern Kansas using a rainfall-runoff model
R.W. Clement
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4110
The U.S. Geological Survey rainfall-runoff model was used to estimate model parameters for 13 small watersheds in eastern Kansas with drainage areas of less than 11 square miles. Model parameters and rainfall data from three long-term rainfall stations were used in the model to synthesize long-term records of simulated annual...
