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...
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...
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...
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...
Environmental Assessment of the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana, October and November 2005
Martin R. Risch, Amanda L. Ulberg, Bret A. Robinson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1100
An environmental assessment of the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville in Jennings County, Indiana, was completed during October and November 2005. As part of the Department of Defense Earth Science Program, the U.S. Geological Survey collected information about environmental conditions at the 825-acre former State of Indiana mental health...
Investigation of wind and water level for the Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project, Point Reyes National Seashore
John R. Dingler, Roberto J. Anima
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1151
Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS), comprising unique elements of geological, biological, and historical interest, is located on the central California coast approximately 60 km northwest of San Francisco. The National Seashore contains nearly 130 km of exposed and protected shorelines, spectacular coastal cliffs and headlands, lagoons, open grasslands, bushy hillsides,...
Ground-Water Quality in the St. Lawrence River Basin, New York, 2005-06
Elizabeth A. Nystrom
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1066
The Federal Clean Water Act requires that States monitor and report on the quality of ground water and surface water. To satisfy part of these requirements, the U.S. Geological Survey and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have developed a program in which ground-water quality is assessed in 2...
Ground-Water Quality in the Delaware River Basin, New York, 2001 and 2005-2006
Elizabeth A. Nystrom
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1098
The Federal Clean Water Act Amendments of 1977 require that States monitor and report on the quality of ground water and surface water. To satisfy part of these requirements, the U.S. Geological Survey and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have developed a program in which ground-water quality is...
Physical and Chemical Data from Eolian Sediment Collected Along a Transect from the Mojave Desert to the Colorado Plateau
Harland L. Goldstein, Richard L. Reynolds, Marith C. Reheis, James C. Yount, Paul J. Lamothe
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1153
This report presents data and describes the methodology for magnetic, geochemical, and textural measurements of sediment and bedrock samples collected along a transect across the Southwestern United States (fig. 1). The results presented here support a study that examines compositional variations of mineral dust deposited during the past few centuries in...
Log ASCII Standard (LAS) Files for Geophysical Wireline Well Logs and Their Application to Geologic Cross Sections Through the Central Appalachian Basin
Robert D. Crangle Jr.
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1142
Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) uses geophysical wireline well logs for a variety of purposes, including stratigraphic correlation (Hettinger, 2001, Ryder, 2002), petroleum reservoir analyses (Nelson and Bird, 2005), aquifer studies (Balch, 1988), and synthetic seismic profiles (Kulander and Ryder, 2005). Commonly, well logs are easier to visualize, manipulate, and...
Morphology and textures of modern sediments on the inner shelf of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay
J. F. Denny, W. E. Baldwin, W. C. Schwab, P. T. Gayes, R. Morton, N. W. Driscoll
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1345
High-resolution sea-floor mapping techniques, including sidecan-sonar, seismic-reflection, swath bathymetric systems, and bottom sampling, were used to map the geologic framework offshore of the northern South Carolina coast in order to provide a better understanding of the physical processes controlling coastal erosion and shoreline change. Four general sea floor environments were...
Performance audit of the U.S. Geological Survey, energy resource program inorganic geochemistry laboratory
James A. Luppens, Louis G. Janke, Jamey D. McCord, John H. Bullock, Lisa Brazeau, Ronald H. Affolter
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1136
A performance audit of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Energy Resource Program (ERP) Inorganic Geochemistry Laboratory (IGL) was conducted between August, 2003 and October, 2005. The goals were to ensure that a high level of analytical performance was maintained and identify any areas that could be enhanced. The audit was...
Sea-floor character and surface processes in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth D. Ackerman, David S. Foster, Dann S. Blackwood, Bradford Butman, M. S. Moser, H.F. Stewart
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1357
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. The imagery, interpretive data layers, and data presented herein were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and...
Simulation of Hydrologic-System Responses to Ground-Water Withdrawals in the Hunt-Annaquatucket-Pettaquamscutt Stream-Aquifer System, Rhode Island
Paul M. Barlow, Lance J. Ostiguy
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1226
A numerical-modeling study was done to better understand hydrologic-system responses to ground-water withdrawals in the Hunt-Annaquatucket-Pettaquamscutt (HAP) stream-aquifer system of Rhode Island. System responses were determined by use of steady-state and transient numerical ground-water-flow models. These models were initially developed in the late 1990s as part of a larger study...
Descriptive and Grade-Tonnage Models and Database for Iron Oxide Cu-Au Deposits
Dennis P. Cox, Donald A. Singer
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1155
Iron oxide Cu-Au deposits are veins and breccia-hosted bodies of hematite and/or magnetite with disseminated Cu + Au ? Ag ? Pd ? Pt ? Ni ? U ? LREE minerals formed in sedimentary or volcano-sedimentary basins intruded by igneous rocks. Deposits are associated with broad redox boundaries and feature...
Stage-Discharge Relations for the Colorado River in Glen, Marble, and Grand Canyons, Arizona, 1990-2005
Joseph E. Hazel Jr., Matt Kaplinski, Rod Parnell, Keith Kohl, David J. Topping
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1243
This report presents stage-discharge relations for 47 discrete locations along the Colorado River, downstream from Glen Canyon Dam. Predicting the river stage that results from changes in flow regime is important for many studies investigating the effects of dam operations on resources in and along the Colorado River. The empirically...
