Multi-event urban runoff quality model
W.M. Alley, P. E. Smith
1982, Open-File Report 82-764
A computer model is presented for simulating the quality of surface runoff from urban watersheds. The model can simulate impervious area, pervious area, and precipitation contributions to runoff quality as well as the effects of street sweeping and (or) detention storage. Within-storm variations of runoff quality are simulated for user-specified...
Distributed routing rainfall-runoff model; version II
W.M. Alley, P. E. Smith
1982, Open-File Report 82-344
A computer program of a watershed model for routing storm runoff through a branched system of pipes and (or) natural channels using rainfall as input is described. The model provides detailed simulation of storm-runoff periods selected by the user and a daily soil-moisture accounting between storms. A drainage basin is...
Digital-transport model study of the potential effects of coal-resource development on the ground-water system in the Yampa River Basin, Moffat and Routt Counties, Colorado
James W. Warner, Robert H. Dale
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-15
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Southern kingfish
Walter B. Sikora, Jean Pantell Sikora
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.31
The habitat use information and habitat suitability index (HSI) models in this report on southern kingfish are intended for use in impact assessment and habitat management. The models were developed from a review and synthesis of existing information and are scaled to produce an index of habitat suitability between 0...
Method for estimating historical irrigation requirements from ground water in the High Plains in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
Frederick J. Heimes, Richard R. Luckey
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-40
Historical information on ground-water pumpage for irrigation is required for use with a computer model of the High Plains aquifer. Available historical data on ground-water pumpage in the High Plains were inadequate for use with the computer model. Consequently, a method was developed to estimate historical pumpage data.Two principal components...
Automation of an ion chromatograph for precipitation analysis with computerized data reduction
Arthur G. Hedley, Marvin J. Fishman
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-78
Interconnection of an ion chromatograph, an autosampler, and a computing integrator to form an analytical system for simultaneous determination of fluoride, chloride, orthophosphate, bromide, nitrate, and sulfate in precipitation samples is described. Computer programs provided with the integrator are modified to implement ionchromatographic data reduction and data storage. The liquid-flow...
Floods of October 1977 in southern Arizona and March 1978 in central Arizona
B. N. Aldridge, J.H. Eychaner
1982, Open-File Report 82-687
Major floods occurred in October 1977 and March 1978 in Arizona. As much as 14 inches of rain fell during October 6-9, 1977, over the mountains of southern Arizona and northern Mexico and caused the highest discharge since at least 1892 on the Santa Cruz River upstream from Tucson. The...
An application of a vulnerability index to oil spill modeling in the Gulf of Mexico
R.P. LaBelle, Gail Rainey, K.J. Lanfear
1982, Open-File Report 82-804
An analysis was made of the relative impact to the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico from proposed Federal Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing activity. An oil spill trajectory model was coupled with a land segment vulnerability characterization to predict the risks to the shoreline. Such a technique...
The environment of south-central Tunisia as observed on Landsat scene 206/036
M. J. Grolier, P.A. Schultejann
1982, Open-File Report 82-130
One Landsat image in south-central Tunisia was analyzed to demonstrate the application of remote-sensing technology to regional development. A preliminary analysis included I) major landscape features; 2) gypsum-encrusted soils; and 3) phosphate-bearing beds exposed in the Gafsa mining district. The products specifically used for this report include: 1) A false-color...
Radioactivity and geochemistry of selected mineral-spring waters in the Western United States; basic data and multivariate statistical analysis
J.K. Felmlee, R. A. Cadigan
1982, Open-File Report 82-324
Multivariate statistical analyses were performed on data from 156 mineral-spring sites in nine Western States to analyze relationships among the various parameters measured in the spring waters. Correlation analysis and R-mode factor analysis indicate that three major factors affect water composition in the spring systems studied: (1) duration of water...
Appraisal of the Pelican River sand-plain aquifer, western Minnesota
R. T. Miller
1982, Open-File Report 82-347
The Pelican River sand-plain area includes approximately 200 square miles of outwash deposits in parts of Decker, Otter Tail, and Clay Counties in west-central Minnesota. Saturated thickness of the outwash is as much as 140 feet and yields of properly constructed wells locally may exceed 1,200 gallons per minute. Recharge to...
Results of an aquifer test near Lynndyl, Utah
Walter F. Holmes, Dale E. Wilberg
1982, Open-File Report 82-514
An aquifer test was conducted near Lynndyl, Utah, to determine the hydraulic characteristics of a deep artesian aquifer and its associated confining bed. A well completed in the aquifer was pulped continuously for 25 days and measurements of drawdown and recovery were made in 34 observation wells located within a...
Hydraulic geometry of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska
T.R. Eschner
1982, Open-File Report 82-436
At-a-station hydraulic-geometry of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska is complex. The range of exponents of simple power-function relations is large, both between different reaches of the river, and among different sections within a given reach. The at-a-station exponents plot in several fields of the b-f-m diagram, suggesting that morphologic...
Hydrologic analysis of the upper San Pedro basin from the Mexico-United States international boundary to Fairbank, Arizona
G. W. Freethey
1982, Open-File Report 82-752
A definition of the hydrologic system of the upper San Pedro basin was obtained by developing a numerical ground-water model to evaluate a conceptual model of the system. Information on hydraulic properties of the basin fill, recharge from bordering mountain ranges, discharge by evapotranspiration, and exchange of water between aquifer...
Determination of in situ state of stress at the Spent Fuel Test-Climax site, Climax Stock, Nevada Test Site
W. L. Ellis, J. E. Magner
1982, Open-File Report 82-458
Determination of the in situ state of stress at the site of the Spent Fuel Test--Climax, using the U.S. Bureau of Mines overcore method, indicates principal stress magnitudes of 11.6 MPa, 7.1 MPa, and 2.8 MPa. The bearing and plunge of the maximum and minimum principal stress components are, respectively:...
The relative importance of ground-water and surface-water supplies to oil-shale development, Piceance Basin, Colorado
W.M. Alley
1982, Open-File Report 82-340
A sensitivity analysis was perfomed of the required active storage capacity (VMAX) of a hypothetical reservoir on the White River to different assumptions about water demands for oil-shale development and the contributions from various sources of water. Estimates of VMAX were found to be sensitive to estimates of the supply...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Black bullhead
Robert J. Stuber
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.14
The native range of the black bullhead (Ictalurus melas) extends from North Dakota eastward through southern Canada to the upper tributaries of the St. Lawrence River and southward and westward to Texas and northern Mexico (Trautman 1957; Hubbs and Lagler 1958: Scott and Crossman 1973). It has been wide ly...
Hydrology of the low-level radioactive solid waste burial site and vicinity near Barnwell, South Carolina
James M. Cahill
1982, Open-File Report 82-863
Geologic and hydrologic conditions at a burial site for low-level radioactive waste were studied, and migration of leachates from the buried waste into surrounding unconsolidated sediments were evaluated. The burial site and vicinity are underlain by a sequence of unconsolidated sediments of Late Cretaceous, Tertiary, and Quaternary age. These sediments...
Data management system for USGS/USEPA urban hydrology studies program
W.H. Doyle Jr., J.A. Lorens
1982, Open-File Report 82-442
A data management system was developed to store, update, and retrieve data collected in urban stormwater studies jointly conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 11 cities in the United States. The data management system is used to retrieve and combine data from USGS data...
Uranium-series dating of mollusks and corals, and age of Pleistocene deposits, Chesapeake Bay area, Virginia and Maryland
Robert B. Mixon, Barney J. Szabo, James Patrick Owens
1982, Professional Paper 1067-E
Geologic mapping in conjunction with uranium-series dating of fossil mollusks and corals suggests that the low-lying ( < 17 m in altitude) terrace deposits in the central and southern Chesapeake Bay area include two main depositional sequences, each of which represents a high stand of the sea in late Pleistocene...
Origin of the Mariano Lake uranium deposit, McKinley County, New Mexico
Neil S. Fishman, Richard L. Reynolds
1982, Open-File Report 82-888
The Mariano Lake uranium deposit, hosted by the Brushy Basin Member of the Jurassic Morrison Formation, occurs in the trough of an east-west trending syncline at the western end of the Smith Lake-Mariano Lake group of uranium deposits near Crownpoint, New Mexico. The orebody, which contains abundant amorphous organic material,...
Habitat suitability index models: Black crappie
Elizabeth A. Edwards, Douglas A. Krieger, Mary Bacteller, O. Eugene Maughan
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.6
Characteristics and habitat requirements of the black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) are described in a review of Habitat Suitability Index models. This is one in a series of publications to provide information on the habitat requirements of selected fish and wildlife species. Numerous literature sources have been consulted in an effort to...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Northern pike
Peter D. Inskip
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.17
The habitat use information and Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) models presented in this document are intended for use in impact assessment and habitat management activities. Literature concerning the habitat requirements and preferences of northern pike is reviewed and then synthesized into HSI models, which are scaled to produce an index...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Marten
Arthur W. Allen
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.11
Habitat preferences and species characteristics of the pine marten (Martes americana) are described in this publication. It is one of a series of Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) models and was developed through an analysis of available scientific data on the species-habitat requirements of the pine marten. Habitat use information is...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Slough darter
Elizabeth A. Edwards, Mary Bacteller, O. Eugene Maughan
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.9
The native range of the slough darter (Etheostoma gracile) extends from western Alabama (Smith-Vaniz 1968) to central Texas and northward in the lowland areas of the former Mississippi Embayment and the Interior Low Plateau to central Illinois (Collette 1962) and southwestern Indiana (Gerking 1945). Its distribution also includes southeast Kansas...
