Distribution of potential spawning habitat for sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River, 2003-06
Mark S. Laustrup, Robert B. Jacobson, Darin G. Simpkins
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1192
We surveyed the Lower Missouri River downstream from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, South Dakota, to St. Louis, Missouri, during low water conditions in 2003-06 to identify and map coarse substrate deposits and bedrock exposures that might serve as spawning areas for sturgeon and other fishes. More than 330 deposits...
Preliminary Geologic Map of the Sanchez Reservoir Quadrangle and Eastern Part of the Garcia Quadrangle, Costilla County, Colorado
Ren A. Thompson, Michael N. Machette, Benjamin J. Drenth
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1074
This geologic map is based entirely on new mapping by Thompson and Machette, whereas the geophysical data and interpretations were supplied by Drenth. The map area includes most of San Pedro Mesa, a basalt covered mesa that is uplifted as a horst between the Southern Sangre de Cristo fault...
Selected Hydrogeologic Data for the High Plains Aquifer in Southwestern Laramie County, Wyoming, 1931-2006
Laura L. Hallberg, Jon P. Mason
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1069
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Wyoming State Engineer's Office, created a hydrogeologic database for southwestern Laramie County, Wyoming. The database contains records from 166 wells and test holes drilled during 1931-2006. Several types of information, including well construction; well or test hole locations; lithologic logs; gamma, neutron,...
Mars Global Digital Dune Database: MC2-MC29
Rosalyn K. Hayward, Kevin F. Mullins, L.K. Fenton, T.M. Hare, T.N. Titus, M.C. Bourke, Anthony Colaprete, P. R. Christensen
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1158
Introduction The Mars Global Digital Dune Database presents data and describes the methodology used in creating the database. The database provides a comprehensive and quantitative view of the geographic distribution of moderate- to large-size dune fields from 65? N to 65? S latitude and encompasses ~ 550 dune fields. The database...
Chromium - A National Mineral Commodity Perspective
John F. Papp
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1167
Summary This report contains the 23 Power Point slides from a presentation made by the author at the meeting of the Washington, DC Section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. held in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2007....
Presumptive Sources of Fecal Contamination in Four Tributaries to the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia, 2004
Melvin V. Mathes, Tara L. O’Brien, Kriston M. Strickler, Joshua J. Hardy, William B. Schill, Jerzy Lukasik, Troy M. Scott, David E. Bailey, Terry L. Fenger
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1107
Several methods were used to determine the sources of fecal contamination in water samples collected during September and October 2004 from four tributaries to the New River Gorge National River -- Arbuckle Creek, Dunloup Creek, Keeney Creek, and Wolf Creek. All four tributaries historically have had elevated levels of fecal...
Miscellaneous High-Resolution Seismic Imaging Investigations in Salt Lake and Utah Valleys for Earthquake Hazards
W. J. Stephenson, R. A. Williams, J. K. Odum, D. M. Worley
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1152
Introduction In support of earthquake hazards and ground motion studies by researchers at the Utah Geological Survey, University of Utah, Utah State University, Brigham Young University, and San Diego State University, the U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Hazards Team Intermountain West Project conducted three high-resolution seismic imaging investigations along the Wasatch Front...
Earthquake Rate Model 2.2 of the 2007 Working Group for California Earthquake Probabilities, Appendix D: Magnitude-Area Relationships
Ross S. Stein
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1162
Summary To estimate the down-dip coseismic fault dimension, W, the Executive Committee has chosen the Nazareth and Hauksson (2004) method, which uses the 99% depth of background seismicity to assign W. For the predicted earthquake magnitude-fault area scaling used to estimate the maximum magnitude of an earthquake rupture from a fault's...
Geophysical Logs of Selected Test Wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund Site in Holley, New York
David A.V. Eckhardt, J. Alton Anderson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1081
In June and July 2006, geophysical logs were collected and analyzed along with rock-core samples to define the bedrock stratigraphy and flow zones penetrated by four test wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund site at Holley in eastern Orleans County, New York. The work was completed as a preliminary part...
Historical changes in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier islands and the roles of extreme storms, sea level, and human activities
Robert A. Morton
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1161
An historical analysis of images and documents shows that the Mississippi-Alabama (MS-AL) barrier islands are undergoing rapid land loss and translocation. The barrier island chain formed and grew at a time when there was a surplus of sand in the alongshore sediment transport system, a condition that no longer prevails....
Project overview: Chapter A in Factors affecting the reproduction, recruitment, habitat, and population dynamics of pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon in the Missouri River
Aaron J. DeLonay, Diana M. Papoulias, Robert B. Jacobson, Mark L. Wildhaber, Darin G. Simpkins, Carl E. Korschgen
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1262-A
For more than a hundred years, human activities have modified the natural forces that control the Missouri River and its native fish fauna. While the ecological effects of regulation and channel engineering are understood in general, the current understanding is not sufficient to guide river restoration and management. The U.S....
The roles of physical habitat in reproduction and survival of pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River, progress 2005–06: Chapter D in Factors affecting the reproduction, recruitment, habitat, and population dynamics of pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon in the Missouri River
Robert B. Jacobson, Harold E. Johnson, Joanna M. Reuter, Caroline M. Elliott
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1262-D
This report documents progress on three related components of habitat assessments in the Lower Missouri River during 2005–06. The habitat-use component links this research directly to sturgeon ecology research described in other chapters. The habitat availability and habitat dynamics assessments provide physical context for the ecological research. Results from 2005...
2005 hydrographic survey of south San Francisco Bay, California
Amy C. Foxgrover, Bruce E. Jaffe, Gerald T. Hovis, Craig A. Martin, James R. Hubbard, Manoj R. Samant, Steve M. Sullivan
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1169
An acoustic hydrographic survey of South San Francisco Bay (South Bay) was conducted in 2005. Over 20 million soundings were collected within an area of approximately 250 sq km (97 sq mi) of the bay extending south of Coyote Point on the west shore, to the San Leandro marina on...
Estimating Water Storage Capacity of Existing and Potentially Restorable Wetland Depressions in a Subbasin of the Red River of the North
Robert A. Gleason, Brian A. Tangen, Murray K. Laubhan, Kevin E. Kermes, Ned H. Euliss Jr.
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1159
Executive Summary Concern over flooding along rivers in the Prairie Pothole Region has stimulated interest in developing spatially distributed hydrologic models to simulate the effects of wetland water storage on peak river flows. Such models require spatial data on the storage volume and interception area of existing and restorable wetlands in...
Fly Ash: From Cradle to Grave
Margaret S. Ellis, Ronald H. Affolter
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1160
The Energy Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey promotes and supports coal research to improve the understanding of the coal endowment of the United States. This results in geologically based, non-biased energy information products for policy and decision makers, land and resource managers, other federal and state agencies, the...
Finding the Exotic Faucet Snail (Bithynia tentaculata): Investigation of Waterbird Die-Offs on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Jennifer S. Sauer, Rebecca A. Cole, James M. Nissen
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1065
Beginning in 2002, there have been major waterbird die-offs every spring and fall in Lake Onalaska (Navigation Pool 7 of the Upper Mississippi River) located near La Crosse, Wisconsin. This area is part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (UMR Refuge) and lies within the Mississippi...
Water Resources of the Basin and Range Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, White Pine County, Nevada, and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah - Draft Report
Alan H. Welch, Daniel J. Bright
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1156
Summary of Major Findings This report summarizes results of a water-resources study for White Pine County, Nevada, and adjacent areas in east-central Nevada and western Utah. The Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system (BARCAS) study was initiated in December 2004 through Federal legislation (Section 131 of the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation,...
Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in the vicinity of the Race, eastern Long Island Sound
L. J. Poppe, M. L. DiGiacomo-Cohen, E. F. Doran, S. M. Smith, H.F. Stewart, N.A. Forfinski
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1012
Digital terrain models (DTMs) produced from multibeam bathymetric data provide valuable base maps for marine geological interpretations (Todd and others, 1999; Mosher and Thomson, 2002; ten Brink and others, 2004; Poppe and others, 2006a, b, c, d). These maps help define the geological variability of the sea floor (one of...
Selenium concentrations in irrigation drain inflows to the Salton Sea, California, October 2006 and January 2007
Thomas W. May, Mike W. Walther, William G. Brumbaugh
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1113
This report presents raw data on selenium concentrations in samples of water, sediment, detritus, and selected food-chain matrices collected from selected agricultural drains in the southern portion of the Salton Sea during October 2006 and January 2007. Total selenium and selenium species were determined in water samples, whereas total selenium...
Flood of July 27-31, 2006, on the Grand River near Painesville, Ohio
Andrew D. Ebner, James M. Sherwood, Brian Astifan, Kirk Lombardy
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1164
Two separate weather systems produced storms resulting in more than 11 inches of rain in parts of Lake County, Ohio, on July 27-28, 2006. As a result of the storms and ensuing flooding caused by the weather systems, the counties of Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula were declared Federal and State...
Water Use in Wetland Kalo Cultivation in Hawai`i
Stephen B. Gingerich, Chiu W. Yeung, Tracy-Joy N. Ibarra, John A. Engott
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1157
Ten cultivation areas (8 windward, 2 leeward) were selected for a kalo water-use study, primarily on the basis of the diversity of environmental and agricultural conditions under which wetland kalo is grown and landowner permission and availability. Flow and water-temperature data were collected at the lo`i complex level and at...
Preliminary Earthquake Hazard Map of Afghanistan
Oliver S. Boyd, Charles S. Mueller, Kenneth S. Rukstales
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1137
Introduction Earthquakes represent a serious threat to the people and institutions of Afghanistan. As part of a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) effort to assess the resource potential and seismic hazards of Afghanistan, the Seismic Hazard Mapping group of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has prepared a series...
Reducing loss of life and property from disasters: A societal benefit area of the strategic plan for U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System (IEOS)
Rosalind L. Helz, John E. Gaynor
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1147
Natural and technological disasters, such as hurricanes and other extreme weather events, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides and debris flows, wildland and urban-interface fires, floods, oil spills, and space-weather storms, impose a significant burden on society. Throughout the United States, disasters inflict many injuries and deaths, and cost the nation $20...
Geologic map of the State of Hawai`i
David R. Sherrod, John M. Sinton, Sarah E. Watkins, Kelly M. Brunt
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1089
The State's geology is presented on eight full-color map sheets, one for each of the major islands. These map sheets, the illustrative meat of the publication, can be downloaded in pdf format, ready to print. Map scale is 1:100,000 for most of the islands, so that each map is about...
Bacteria and emerging chemical contaminants in the St. Clair River/Lake St. Clair Basin, Michigan
Lisa R. Fogarty
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1083
Introduction Since the enactment of the Clean Water Act in 1972, awareness of the quality of the Nation's water has continued to improve. Despite improvements to wastewater-treatment systems and increased regulation on waste discharge, bacterial and chemical contamination is still a problem for many rivers and lakes throughout the United...
