Water-quality assessment of the South Platte River basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming: Analysis of available nutrient, suspended-sediment, and pesticide data, water years 1980-92
K.F. Dennehy, D. W. Litke, P.B. McMahon, J. S. Heiny, C. M. Tate
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4095
Nutrient, suspended-sediment, and pesticide data from surface- and ground-water sites in the South Platte River Basin for water years 1980-92 were compiled, screened, and interpreted. This activity is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. The analysis of existing water-quality data provides a perspective on...
Spatial data in geographic information system format on agricultural chemical use, land use, and cropping practices in the United States
William A. Battaglin, Donald A. Goolsby
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4176
The spatial data in geographic information system format described in this report consist of estimates for all counties in the conterminous United States of the annual use of 96 herbicides in 1989; annual sales of nitrogen fertilizer, in tons, for 1985-91; and agricultural expenses, land use, chemical use, livestock holdings,...
South Florida Ecosystem Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
Benjamin F. McPherson, Aaron L. Higer, Sarah Gerould, Irwin H. Kantrowitz
1995, Fact Sheet 134-95
IntroductionThe South Florida Ecosystem Program is one of several study areas within the USGS Ecosystem Program. The Ecosystem Program was established to enable the USGS to enhance its scientific assistance to resource managers who require an improved scientific information base to resolve or prevent complex resource conflicts or environmental problems...
Availability of ground-water data for California, water year 1994
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1995, Fact Sheet 149-95
Selected hydrologic data for Juab Valley, Utah, 1935-94
Judy I. Steiger
1995, Open-File Report 95-101
This report contains selected hydrologic data collected in Juab Valley, Utah, from 1935 to 1994. The study area is in eastern Juab County in central Utah. The area is bounded on the east by the Wasatch Range and San Pitch Mountains and on the west by Long Ridge and West...
Differences in results of analyses of concurrent and split stream-water samples collected and analyzed by the US Geological Survey and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 1985-91
Charles S. Melching, R.H. Coupe
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4141
During water years 1985-91, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) cooperated in the collection and analysis of concurrent and split stream-water samples from selected sites in Illinois. Concurrent samples were collected independently by field personnel from each agency at the same time and sent...
Volcanic investigations in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, April to May 1994
M. K. Sako, F. A. Trusdell, R. Y. Koyanagi, George Kojima, R. B. Moore
1995, Open-File Report 94-705
A team of U.S. Geological Survey geologists, a seismologist, and technicians gathered new geologic, seismic, and deformation data in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Nine volcanic islands on the active East Mariana Ridge north of Saipan were examined between April 20 and May 3, 1994. In addition,...
Water-quality data for the Ohio River from New Cumberland Dam to Pike Island Dam, West Virginia and Ohio, June-November 1992
Kimberly F. Miller, C.W. Faulkenburg, D.B. Chambers, M.C. Waldron
1995, Open-File Report 95-129
This report contains water-quality data for the Ohio River, collected during the summer and fall of 1992, from river mile 51.1 (3.3 miles upstream from New Cumberland Dam) to river mile 84.0 (0.2 miles upstream from Pike Island Dam). The data were collected to assess the effects of hydropower development...
Water levels in continuously monitored wells in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada, 1989
David H. Lobmeyer, R. R. Luckey, G. M. O’Brien, D.J. Burkhardt
1995, Open-File Report 93-98
Stream-gaging cableways
C. Russell Wagner
1995, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-A21
This manual provides a series of standard designs for stream-gaging cableways used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It provides helpful information on construction, inspection, and maintenance of cableways....
An update on USGS studies of the Summitville Mine and its downstream environmental effects
Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Patrick R. Edelmann
1995, Open-File Report 95-23
The Summitville gold mine, located at ~3800 meters (11,500 ft) elevation in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, was the focus of extensive public attention in 1992 and 1993 for environmental problems stemming from recent open-pit mining activities. Summitville catalyzed national debates about the environmental effects of modern mining...
Selected hydrologic data for the Mesilla ground-water basin, 1987 through 1992 water years, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, and El Paso County, Texas
Edward L. Nickerson
1995, Open-File Report 95-111
The Mesilla ground-water basin monitoring program was established in 1987 to document hydrologic conditions and establish a long-term, continuous data base to permit future quantitative evaluation of the ground-water flow system and stream/aquifer relations. Data collection is divided into three program elements. These are the (1) Mesilla ground- water basin...
Fuzzy decision analysis for power, recreation, and environmental objectives on the Green River, Colorado, and Utah
W. J. Owen, Marshall Flug, T. K. Gates
1995, Book, Water Power '95: Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydropower
No abstract available....
Microwave radiometers and their application in field and aircraft campaigns for remote sensing of land and water surfaces
A.M. Shutko, A.A. Haldin, E.P. Novichikhin, A.A. Mil’shin, S.P. Golovachev, A.G. Grankov, V.G. Mishanin, T.J. Jackson, B.J. Logan, G.B. Tilley, E.W. Ramsey, H. Pirchner
1995, Conference Paper, 1995 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS '95. Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications
The paper presents an overview of the scientific investigations and practical applications of a group of specialists working in the Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IRE RAS) with their partners in Russia and the USA in the area of passive microwave remote sensing as...
Spatial variability of streambed properties related to stream-channel geomorphology, and base flow of a gaining stream in glaciated north-central Minnesota
T.A. Petersen, D.S. Armstrong, J. R. Stark, D. S. Hansen
1995, Conference Paper
No abstract available....
Surface electromagnetic geophysical exploration of the ground-water resources of Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico, a caribbean carbonate island
M.I. Martinez, Joseph W. Troester, Ronald T. Richards
1995, Carbonates and Evaporites (10) 184-192
Two electromagnetic surface geophysical techniques were used to explore the ground-water resources of Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico—a 55-square-kilometer island located between Puerto Rico and Hispañiola, Isla de Mona is a tectonically uplifted carbonate plateau of Neogene age that has an average elevation of about 50 meters above mean...
Denudation rates determined from the accumulation of in situ-produced 10Be in the luquillo experimental forest, Puerto Rico
Erik Thorson Brown, Robert F. Stallard, Matthew C. Larsen, Grant M. Raisbeck, Francoise Yiou
1995, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (129) 193-202
We present a simple method for estimation of long-term mean denudation rates using in situ-produced cosmogenic 10Be in fluvial sediments. Procedures are discussed to account for the effects of soil bioturbation, mass wasting and attenuation of cosmic rays by biomass and by local topography. Our analyses of 10Be in...
Effects of geothermal development on deformation in the Long Valley Caldera, eastern California, 1985-1994
M.L. Sorey, C. D. Farrar, G.A. Marshall, J.F. Howie
1995, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (100) 12475-12486
Long Valley caldera in east central California has been the site of crustal unrest in the form of seismicity and ground deformation in response to magmatic inflation since 1980. Uplift of the resurgent dome has totaled ∼0.6 m over the 1975–1992 period. Within this region of uplift, and near the...
Factors affecting visibility rate of aerial waterfowl surveys in the Mississippi alluvial valley
David R. Smith, Kenneth J. Reinecke, Michael J. Conroy, Michael W. Brown, James R. Nassar
1995, Journal of Wildlife Management (59) 515-527
Because visibility bias can confound attempts to detect changes in abundance, we evaluated factors that affect visibility rate in aerial surveys of wintering waterfowl. We placed waterfowl decoys in 32 2- x 0.25-km strip transects in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) during February 1990 and 1991 and observed the decoys...
Banding reference areas and survival rates of green-winged teal, 1950-1989
Diane S. Chu, James D. Nichols, Jay B. Hestbeck, James E. Hines
1995, Journal of Wildlife Management (59) 487-498
The green-winged teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) is an important harvest species, yet we know relatively little about its population ecology. We investigated aspects of green-winged teal population ecology of potential importance to waterfowl managers. We used recoveries of green-winged teal banded during winter (1950-89) to establish banding reference areas and...
Evidence of impaired reproduction by Western mosquitofish inhabiting seleniferous agricultural drainwater
Michael K. Saiki, R. Scott Ogle
1995, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (124) 578-587
Western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis from the San Luis Drain (SLD), a major conveyance system for seleniferous agricultural subsurface (tile) drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley, California, experienced lower reproductive success than did mosquitofish from a nearby reference area (Pond 26 at the Volta Wildlife Area, VOLTA) that had no history of...
Roberts rift, Canyonlands, Utah, a natural hydraulic fracture caused by comet or asteroid impact
Peter W. Huntoon, Eugene Merle Shoemaker
1995, Ground Water (33) 561-569
The impact that created Upheaval crater in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, is invoked here as the source for energy that simultaneously caused Roberts rift. However, no temporal linkage has been proven between the impact and rifting events.Roberts rift lies between 22 and 32 km northeast of the Upheaval impact crater...
Reconnaissance investigation of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the Dolores Project area, southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, 1990-91
D. L. Butler, R. P. Krueger, B. C. Osmundson, E.G. Jensen
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4041
Water, bottom-sediment, and biota samples were collected in 1990-91 to identify water-quality problems associated with irrigation drainage in the Dolores Project area. Concentrations of cadmium, mercury, and selenium in some water samples exceeded aquatic-life criteria. Selenium was associated with irrigaton drainage from the Dolores Project, but other trace elements may...
Analytical results from an environmental investigation of six sites on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1993-94
Ralph Wilcox
1995, Open-File Report 94-547
The six sites investigated include silver recovery units; a buried caustic drain line; a neutralization pit; an evaporation/infiltration pond; the Manzano fire training area; and a waste oil underground storage tank. Environmental samples of soil, pond sediment, soil gas, and water and gas in floor drains were collected and analyzed....
Preliminary Geologic Map of the Thousand Oaks 7.5' Quadrangle, Southern California: A Digital Database
R.F. Yerkes, Russell H. Campbell
1995, Open-File Report 95-88
Thousand Oaks is located in Arroyo Conejo, a region spanning both southeastern Ventura County and extreme northwest Los Angeles County in southern California. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo and eventually became part of the Spanish Rancho El Conejo land grant (conejo means 'rabbit' in...
