Quality of water in the Black River near Dunn, North Carolina, and ground-water levels adjacent to the river prior to channel excavation in 1978-79
Clyde E. Simmons
1980, Open-File Report 80-425
During 1976-79 data were collected at three sites on the Black River, near Dunn, North Carolina, to define water-quality and other hydrologic conditions prior to channel excavation. Samples collected over a range in flow from 1.2 to 900 cubic feet per second contained 1 to 81 mg/L (milligrams per liter)...
Floods in the Raccoon River basin, Iowa
Albert J. Heinitz
1980, Open-File Report 80-162
Evaluation of flood hazards, and the planning, design, and operation of various facilities on flood plains requires information on floods. This report provides information on flood stages and discharges, flood magnitude and frequency, bench mark data, and flood profiles for the Raccoon River and some of its tributaries. It covers...
Summary of data available for Morocco as of June 10, 1977
Glen F. Brown
1980, Open-File Report 80-520
Structurally, Morocco is partly European (Alpine and Hercynian) and partly the northwestern flank of the African platform. It includes a variety of land forms and structural provinces, each strikingly different from adjacent domains....
Geologic description of selected strong-motion accelerograph sites; Part V
B.L. Silverstein
1980, Open-File Report 80-1140
This report is a summary of geologic and engineering data for strong-motion accelerograph sites. The data are taken from published and unpublished sources on file with the Seismic Engineering Branch, U.S. Geological Survey....
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado; fiscal year 1980
Stephen R. Blakely
1980, Open-File Report 80-442
Water-resources data-collection activities for October 1, 1979, through September 30, 1980, are summarized for Colorado and bordering States. Fifty-four interpretive hydrologic investigations include: 9 statewide investigations, 6 regional investigations, 11 investigations in the Missouri River basin, 7 investigations in the Arkansas River basin, 3 investigations in the Rio Grande basin,...
Hydrologic monitoring program in Eldridge-Wilde and East Lake Road well-field areas, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, Florida, 1977 water year
Boyd F. Joyner, James M. Gerhart
1980, Open-File Report 80-345
The observation-well network in the vicinity of the two well fields is described in detail. Data obtained from the network from October 1976 through September 1977, as well as rainfall and pumpage records, are presented and discussed. Below-normal rainfall caused the water table and potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer...
Interim report on the investigation of flooding in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia
Arthur G. Scott
1980, Open-File Report 80-1188
An analytical plan is presented for a study of the effects of land-use changes on the magnitude and frequency of flood-peak flows and on sediment characteristics of the Tug Fork in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. The plan includes compilation and analysis of available data, collection of new data on...
Chemical analyses for selected wells in San Joaquin County and part of Contra Costa County, California
Gail L. Keeter
1980, Open-File Report 80-420
The study area of this report includes the eastern valley area of Contra Costa County and all of San Joaquin County, an area of approximately 1,600 square miles in the northern part of the San Joaquin Valley, Calif. Between December 1977 and December 1978, 1,489 wells were selectively canvassed. During...
Seismic evidence for an extensive gas-bearing layer at shallow depth, offshore from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Gary Wynn Boucher, Erk Reimnitz, Edward W. Kempema
1980, Open-File Report 80-809
High resolution seismic reflection data recorded offshore from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, were processed digitally to determine the reflectivity structure of the uppermost layers of the seafloor. A prominent reflector found at 27 m below the mudline (water depths 7-9 m) has a negative reflection coefficient greater than 0.5. The large...
Index to active hydrologic data collection sites in Florida, 1978-79
James D. Simmons
1980, Open-File Report 80-220
There are about 5,000 active data-collection sites in Florida operated by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with State , local and Federal agencies. This index shows the location of each site, the cooperator(s) supporting the data-collection activities, the type and frequency of the data collected, and the U.S. Geological...
SQUASH/MULTICS; a computer program to be used in conjunction with HYPOELLIPSE to generate an augmented phase data archive
John C. Lahr
1980, Open-File Report 80-375
Flood-prone area maps of three sites along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Alaska
Robert D. Lamke, Stanley H. Jones
1980, Open-File Report 80-209
The Bureau of Land Management requested on May 3, 1979 that the U.S. Geological Survey determine the base (100-year) flood-plain limits at three sites (fig. 1) along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Highway (Haul Road) between the Yukon River and Prudhoe Bay in order to issue land-use permits. The Alaska Department...
Summary of water-level and discharge records for the East Everglades area, Dade County, Florida
James J. Schneider
1980, Open-File Report 80-215
Information concerning data collected and records maintained for 25 surface-water and 10 ground-water sites in the East Everglades area is presented; listed are: location of sites, period of record, type of gage used, average discharge, and extremes for period of record. A history of records for each site includes the...
Water resources of the Walker River Indian Reservation, west-central Nevada
Donald H. Schaefer
1980, Open-File Report 80-427
Increasing interest in expanding the livestock and agricultural operations on the Walker River Indian Reservation, Nev., has prompted the Walker River Paiute Tribe to have the present and available water resources of the reservation appraised and proposed sites for new wells evaluated. Flow of the Walker River into the reservation...
Seismic refraction data for shots recorded in the Coso Range, California, October 1976
A. W. Walter, Craig S. Weaver
1980, Open-File Report 80-186
The Coso Range lies in the southwest corner of the Basin and Range province, east of the Sierra Nevada and north of the Garlock Fault. The range, circular in form, is covered by a thin sequence of late-cenozoic volcanics which overlie highly fractured crystalline basement, similar in composition to the...
Base of fresh ground water, northern Louisiana Salt-Dome Basin and vicinity, northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas
G.N. Ryals
1980, Open-File Report 80-2038
The National Waste Terminal Storage Program is an effort by the U.S. Department of Energy to locate and develop sites for disposal or storage of commercially produced radioactive wastes. As part of this program, salt domes in the northern Louisiana salt-dome basin are being studied to determine their suitability as...
High-resolution seismic-reflection profiling data from the inner continental shelf of southeastern Massachusetts
Charles J. O’Hara
1980, Open-File Report 80-178
Six hundred-seventy kilometers of closely spaced high-resolution seismic-reflection data have been collected from eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Mass, by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works. These data were obtained during the June 1975 cruise of the R/V ASTERIAS as part...
Ground support data for the aircraft multispectral reflectance and thermal scanner mission November/December 1977, on the island of Hawaii
S.H. Miller, Kenneth Watson
1980, Open-File Report 80-470
Directory of member organizations of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Janet M. Nokes, Cassandra D. Blackwell
1980, Open-File Report 80-556
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) is a national confederation of water-oriented organizations working together to improve access to water data. It consists of member organizations from all sectors of the water-data community. This Directory provides the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all NAWDEX member organizations and their designated...
Flood magnitude and frequency of small streams in Indiana: Preliminary estimating equations
Robert L. Gold
1980, Open-File Report 80-759
This interim report presents preliminary estimating equations developed for the ongoing study, "Flood Frequency of Small Streams in Indiana." The equations were developed by the multiple-regression technique from data collected at 57 crest-stage-gage and 15 rainfall-runoff sites in the study and from 133 streamflow stations in Indiana and 11 in...
Side-scan sonograph data from eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts
Charles J. O’Hara
1980, Open-File Report 80-283
Two hundred twenty-four kilometers of closely spaced side-scan sonograph data have been collected from eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Mass., by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the New England Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These data were obtained during the August 1976 cruise...
1979 annual index of current earthquake literature
M.L. Gunn, B.S. Hayashida, William Hung Kan Lee
1980, Open-File Report 80-238
In the past several years, earthquake research has been greatly accelerated in China, Japan, USSR and the United States. Presently, about 3,000 earthquake-related publications (including meeting abstracts) are produced yearly. In order to keep up with this current literature, a computer-based bibliographic system was implemented as part of a research...
Geologic and operational summary, COST no. G-1 well, Georges Bank area, North Atlantic OCS
Roger V. Amato, John W. Bebout, editor(s)
1980, Open-File Report 80-268
The first Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) well on the U.S. North Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was drilled by Ocean Production Company between April 6 and July 26, 1976, and designated the COST No. G-1. Geological and engineering data obtained from this deep well in the Georges Bank Basin...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico District, fiscal year 1979
R.R. White, W.K. Dein
1980, Open-File Report 80-408
This is the second of an annual series of reports in which the program of the New Mexico District, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, is summarized. This report should be useful to cooperating agencies and to the users of water data in that it summarizes and gives the status...
Stochastic signal processing and analysis of water level data
P.R. Westlake, John A. Dracup
1980, Open-File Report 80-1156
