Results of hydraulic tests in U.S. Department of Energy's wells DOE-4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, Salt Valley, Grand County, Utah
Leonard E. Wollitz, William Thordarson, Merrick S. Whitfield Jr., James E. Weir Jr.
1982, Open-File Report 82-346
Six exploratory wells were drilled into the cap rock underlying Salt Valley, Utah, for geologic, geophysical, and hydrologic data to augment information obtained from three previous test wells. Drilling of three other test holes was abandoned due to caving and loss of drilling tools, Before reaching the zone of saturation;...
Reconnaissance of ground-water quality, eastern Snake River basin, Idaho
D. J. Parliman
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4004
Water-quality, geologic, and hydrologic data were collected for 165 wells in the eastern Snake River basin, Idaho. Water-quality characteristics analyzed include specific conductance, pH, water temperature, major dissolved cations and anions, and coliform bacteria. Ground water from aquifers in all rock units is generally composed of calcium, magnesium, and bicarbonate...
Preliminary evaluation of the ground-water-flow system in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area, Minnesota
John H. Guswa, Donald I. Siegel, Daniel C. Gillies
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-44
A preliminary quasi-three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water-flow model of the seven-county Twin Cities Metropolitan area was constructed and used to evaluate parameter sensitivity and adequacy of available data. Fourteen geologic units that underlie the study area were grouped into nine hydr,bgeologic units and were incorporated into a five-layer model. The layers in...
Data on subsurface storage of liquid waste near Pensacola, Florida, 1963-1980
R. W. Hull, J.B. Martin
1982, Open-File Report 82-689
Since 1963, when industrial waste was first injected into the subsurface in northwest Florida, considerable data have been collected relating to the geochemistry of subsurface waste storage. This report presents hydrogeologic data on two subsurface waste storage. This report presents hydrogeologic data on two subsurface storage systems near Pensacola, Fla.,...
The effects of channel excavation on water-quality characteristics of the Black River and on ground-water levels near Dunn, North Carolina
C.E. Simmons, S.A. Watkins
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4083
During 1976-81 data were collected at three sites on the Black River near Dunn, N.C., to define the effects of channel excavation on stream quality and on ground-water levels in nearby areas. One of the data sites was located upstream from the five-mile long excavated reach and served as a...
Selected hydrologic data, Price River basin, Utah, water years 1979 and 1980
K.M. Waddell, J.E. Dodge, D.W. Darby, S.M. Theobald
1982, Open-File Report 82-916
The Price River basin in east-central Utah includes a significant part of the Wasatch Plateau and Book Cliffs coal-fields area (pi. 1) and currently (1980) is part of the most active coal-mining areas in the State.This report presents data gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a hydrologic...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in New Mexico, fiscal year 1980
R.R. White
1982, Open-File Report 82-267
This is the third in a series of annual reports in which the program of the New Mexico District, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, is summarized. This report, which is for fiscal year 1980, may be of use to cooperating agencies and to the users of water data in...
Transformation of mapped data to grid systems with applications to earthquake data
Bonny Askew
1982, Open-File Report 83-248
Hydrology of coal-resource areas in the southern Wasatch Plateau, central Utah
T. W. Danielson, D.A. Sylla
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4009
The study defines the surface and groundwater hydrology of coal-resources areas in the Southern Wasatch Plateau in Central Utah and, where possible, predicts the hydrologic impacts of underground mining. Discharge data at four streamflow gaging stations indicated that from 5 to 29% of the average annual precipitation on a drainage...
Base flow of streams on Long Island, New York
Richard J. Reynolds
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-48
On Long Island, base flow under nonurbanized conditions constitutes 90 to 95% of total stream discharge. Base-flow data from 19 continuously gaged streams are presented as monthly mean and annual mean discharge for water years 1960-75, which includes the 1962-66 drought. The data were derived by hydrograph-separation procedures that isolate...
Data report and statistical summary for samples of stream-sediment and nonmagnetic heavy-mineral concentrates from the Wallace 1° x 2° quadrangle, Montana and Idaho
D. L. Leach, J. A. Domenico, D.M. Hopkins, H. E. Dawson, R.J. Goldfarb
1982, Open-File Report 82-494
No abstract available....
Digital colored residual and regional Bouguer gravity maps of the conterminous United States: Comments on significant features
T.G. Hildenbrand, R.W. Simpson, R. H. Godson, M. F. Kane
1982, Open-File Report 82-284
The gravity maps were prepared from data obtained primarily from data files maintained by the Defense Mapping Agency of the Department of Defense and the Canadian Gravity Data Centre of the Earth Physics Branch of the Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources (Canada). The maps have been used in studies...
LSTRAT; a standard output routine for USTRAT file stratigraphic data in the National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS)
Dorsey Blake
1982, Open-File Report 82-939
Whole-rock chemical composition of some samples from two drill hole cores in the Capps coal field, Beluga coal area, south-central Alaska
T. K. Hinkley, K. S. Smith, J. L. Peard, M.L. Tompkins
1982, Open-File Report 82-672
Whole-rock chemical analysis was done on samples from drill cores of rocks lying atop and between coal beds in the Beluga coal area, south-central Alaska. The samples were classified as sandstone, siltstone or claystone at time of hand specimen description. Chemical data were compared to those from corresponding rocks from...
Plan for hydrologic study of an area to be surface mined for coal in northwestern Colorado
Robert S. Williams, Nancy E. Driver
1982, Open-File Report 82-874
A data-collection network was established in 1980 in northwestern Colorado in a drainage basin which may be surface mined for coal. This report describes the work plan set up to study the premining hydrology of this area near Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. The bedrock, alluvial, and surface-water systems as...
Uranium and other element geochemical covariation in a granitic host rock and in the derived sediment, Deep Creek Range, Juab County, Utah
R. A. Cadigan
1982, Open-File Report 82-416
Correlation and factor analysis of geochemical data from a Tertiary biotite quartz monzonite, the Ibapah stock, and from derived sediment shows on comparison a major shift in element covariation among uranium and 24 other elements. Samples used were collected for a 1978 study in the central part of the Deep...
Estimated natural streamflow in the Rio San Jose upstream from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, New Mexico
D. W. Risser
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4096
The development of surface and ground water, which began about 1870 in the upper Rio San Jose drainage basin, has decreased the flow of the Rio San Jose on the Pueblo of Acoma and the Pueblo of Laguna. The purpose of this study was to estimate the natural streamflow in...
Temperatures and interval geothermal-gradient determinations from wells in National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
D.C. Blanchard, I.L. Tailleur
1982, Open-File Report 82-391
Temperature and related records from 28 wells in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) although somewhat constrained from accuracy by data gathering methods, extrapolate to undisturbed formation temperatures at specific depths below permafrost, and lead to calculated geothermal gradients between these depths. Tabulation of the results show that extrapolated...
Activities in Idaho; status of projects, fiscal years 1982-83
Linda K. Channel (compiler)
1982, Open-File Report 83-40
Twenty-three projects were conducted by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in Idaho during FY 's (fiscal year) 1982-83. These projects were done in cooperation with seven State and local and nine federal agencies. State and local cooperative funding amounted to $566,123 in FY 1982 and $570,000...
Water quality of the tidal Potomac River and estuary hydrologic data report, 1980 water year
Stephen Blanchard, R.H. Coupe Jr., J.C. Woodward
1982, Open-File Report 82-152
This report contains data on the physical and chemical properties measured in the Tidal Potomac River and Estuary during the 1980 Water Year. Data were collected routinely at five stations, and periodically at 17 stations including three stations near the mouth of the Potomac River in Chesapeake Bay. Each of...
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...
Mineralization and other geologic factors related to the Morrison Formation in particular the northern two-thirds of the Colorado Plateau region; basic data and factor-analysis results
Robert Allen Cadigan
1982, Open-File Report 82-1130
A vanadium-mercury mineralization factor and five other significant geologic factors were determined by multivariate factor analysis of data for Morrison Formation rock samples from the Colorado Plateau region. The data presented in the report were obtained from an agglomeration of 876 samples which yielded a correlation matrix of 44 variables....
Water-data program of the U.S. Geological Survey
Bruce K. Gilbert, Thomas J. Buchanan
1982, Circular 863
The U.S. Geological Survey is the principal Federal agency responsible for the collection of hydrologic data needed for the planning, development, use, and management of the Nation 's water resources. These data are the foundation necessary for conducting analytical and interpretive appraisals describing the occurrence and availability of surface and...
Water-quality data for streams in the southern Yampa River basin, northwestern Colorado
Wendy S. Maura
1982, Open-File Report 82-1017
Increases in coal mining in Colorado have raised questions regarding the impact of mining on the quality of surface water. An area where increases have caused particular concern is in northwestern Colorado, in the southern part of the Yampa River basin. In order to identify the changes produced by mining...
