Ground-water flow and water quality in the sand aquifer of Long Beach Peninsula, Washington
Blakemore E. Thomas
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4026
This report describes an investigation of ground-water flow and water quality in the sand aquifer of the Long Beach Peninsula. The peninsula is located in the southwestern corner of the State of Washington, is about 27 miles long, and has an average width of about 1.5 miles. It is surrounded...
Simulation of the water-table altitude in the Biscayne Aquifer, southern Dade County, Florida, water years 1945-89
M. L. Merritt
1995, Open-File Report 95-337
A digital model of the flow system in the highly permeable surficial aquifer of southern Dade County, Florida, was constructed for the purposes of better understanding processes that influence the flow system and of supporting the construction of a subregional model of the transport of brackish water from a flowing...
Water-quality assessment in the Trinity River Basin, Texas; pesticide occurrence in streams, winter and spring 1994
Allison A. Shipp
1995, Fact Sheet 160-95
A consistent, basin-wide set of data for streams in the Trinity River Basin is necessary to provide a baseline for current conditions, to compare with historical data, and to provide a reference for future studies by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. In addition, the basin-wide surveys begin the process...
Deposition and simulation of sediment transport in the Lower Susquehanna River reservoir system
R.A. Hainly, L.A. Reed, H.N. Flippo Jr., G. J. Barton
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4122
The Susquehanna River drains 27,510 square miles in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland and is the largest tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. Three large hydroelectric dams are located on the river, Safe Harbor (Lake Clarke) and Holtwood (Lake Aldred) in southern Pennsylvania, and Conowingo (Conowingo Reservoir) in northern Maryland. About...
Propagation and composition of the flood wave on the upper Mississippi River, 1993
John A. Moody
1995, Circular 1120-F
During spring and summer 1993, record flooding inundated much of the upper Mississippi River Basin. The magnitude of the damages-in terms of property, disrupted business, and personal trauma was unmatched by any other flood disaster in United States history. Property damage alone is expected to exceed $10 billion. Damaged highways...
Assimilative capacity of the Waccamaw River and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1989-92
P.A. Drewes, P.A. Conrads
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4111
The assimilative capacities of selected reaches of the Waccamaw River and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, were determined using results from water-quality simulations by the Branched Lagrangian Transport Model. The study area included tidally influenced sections of the Waccamaw River, the Pee Dee River, Bull Creek,...
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Cottonwood River basin, southwestern Minnesota
Chris Sanocki
1995, Open-File Report 95-333
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected points on streams in the Cottonwood River Basin, located in southwestern Minnesota, are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the subbasin covered only by lakes, the...
Analytical data from phases I and II of the Willamette River basin water quality study, Oregon
Howard E. Harrison, Chauncey W. Anderson, Frank A. Rinella, Timothy M. Gasser, Ted R. Pogue Jr.
1995, Open-File Report 95-373
This report presents trace-element, organic-compound (pesticides, volatile and semivolatile organic compounds, and dioxin and furan compounds), and nutrient concentration data from the analyses of water column, suspended-sediment, and bed-sediment samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of Phases I and II of the comprehensive Willamette River Basin Water...
Regional rainfall-runoff relations for simulation of streamflow for watersheds in Lake County, Illinois
James J. Duncker, Tracy J. Vail, Charles S. Melching
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4023
Rainfall and streamflow data collected in Lake County, Ill., from March 1990 through September 1993 were used to (1) calibrate a rainfall-runoff model for an area encompassing three watersheds (individual areas of 17.2, 35.7, and 37.0 mi2 (square miles) and (2) verify the regional model parameter set obtained from the calibration...
Hydrologic and water-quality data for the lower Bradley River, Alaska, March 1993 to April 1994
Ronald L. Rickman
1995, Open-File Report 95-338
A dam constructed at the outlet of Bradley Lake near Homer, Alaska has blocked natural flows to the lower Bradley River. To protect salmon egg incubation habitat during the period November 2 to April 30, a fish-water bypass was incorporated into the design of the dam to ensure a minimum...
Relation of fracture orientation to linear terrain features, anisotropic transmissivity, and seepage to streams in the karst Prairie du Chien Group, southeastern Minnesota
J. F. Ruhl
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4146
Ground-water flow in the karst-terrane aquifers of southeastern Minnesota is not well defined. Variable fracture patterns in the bedrock affect permeability. Techniques to predict the effects of fracture patterns on ground-water flow in the karst-terrane aquifers of southeastern Minnesota are unavailable. The use of such techniques may be useful to...
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the upper Minnesota River basin, west-central Minnesota, northeastern South Dakota and southeastern North Dakota
Chris Sanocki
1995, Open-File Report 95-162
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected points on streams in the Upper Minnesota River Basin, located in west-central Minnesota, north-eastern South Dakota, and southeastern North Dakota, are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area...
Hydrologic data through 1993 for the Huron Project of the High Plains Ground-Water Demonstration Program
Janet M. Carter
1995, Open-File Report 95-313
This report presents data on precipitation, geologic logs, water levels, and water quality that have been collected or compiled, through water year 1993, for the Huron Project of the High Plains Ground-Water Demonstration Program, under the guidance of the Bureau of Reclamation. The purpose of the Huron Project is to...
Summary statistics and trend analysis of water-quality data at sites in the Gila River basin, New Mexico and Arizona
Stanley Baldys, L. K. Ham, K. D. Fossum
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4083
Summary statistics and temporal trends for 19 water-chemistry constituents and for turbidity were computed for 13 study sites in the Gila River basin, Arizona and New Mexico. A nonparametric technique, the seasonal Kendall tau test for flow-adjusted data, was used to analyze temporal changes in water-chemistry data. For the 19...
Simulation of hydrodynamics and solute transport in the Pamlico River estuary, North Carolina
Jerad Bales, Jeanne C. Robbins
1995, Open-File Report 94-454
An investigation was conducted to characterize flow, circulation, and solute transport in the Pamlico River estuary, North Carolina. The study included a detailed field-measurement program and the calibration, validation, and application of a physically realistic numerical model of hydro- dynamics and transport. Water level, salinity, water temperature, wind speed and...
Simulated response of the High Plains aquifer to ground-water withdrawals in the Upper Republican Natural Resources District, Nebraska
J. M. Peckenpaugh, R.A. Kern, J. T. Dugan, J. M. Kilpatrick
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4014
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Soil Tilth Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, conducted a study as part of the multi- scale, interagency Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA) program to evaluate the effects of agricultural management (farming) systems on water quality. Data...
Water-quality assessment of the upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and fecal-indicator bacteria in surface water, April 1987 through August 1990
P. J. Terrio
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4005
Data describing the presence, spatial distribution, and temporal variability of nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and fecal-indicator bacteria in surface water were collected from streams in the upper Illinois River Basin from 1987-90 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. The largest concen- trations and loads of...
Cerro Prieto geothermal field, Mexico; chemical analyses and other data for 58 samples collected in 1977-1979
James D. Bliss, editor(s)
1995, Open-File Report 95-514
This report releases the results of selected chemical analyses by the USGS of fluids collected from geothennal power production wells at the Cerro Prieto Geothennal Field, Mexico. Cerro Prieto, the world's largest producing hot-water geothennal field, is located 32 km southeast of Mexicali, Baja California. Comision Federal de Electricidad de...
Reassessment of hydrogeologic data and refinement of a regional ground-water-flow model for the Milford-Souhegan glacial-drift aquifer, Milford, New Hampshire
Joseph R. Olimpio, Philip T. Harte
1995, Open-File Report 95-281
Selected chemical characteristics and acute toxicity of urban stormwater, streamflow, and bed material, Maricopa County, Arizona
Thomas J. Lopes, Kenneth D. Fossum
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4074
The chemistry and toxicity of urban stormwater, streamflow, and bed material in the Phoenix, Arizona, area were characterized to determine if urban stormwater could degrade the quality of streams. Toxic phases of stormwater (oil and grease, suspended solids, dissolved metals, and dissolved organics) were identified to aid water-quality managers minimize...
Hydrologic data from the lower Cedar River Basin, Iowa, 1989-91
P.M. Schulmeyer, K.K. Barnes, P. J. Squillace
1995, Open-File Report 94-711-W
Hydrologic data were collected from May 1989 through July 1991 from the Cedar River and the adjacent alluvial aquifer. The data were collected during various flow regimes of the river to evaluate the movement of agricultural chemicals between surface water and ground water. Water-quality samples from 34 surface-water sites and...
Simulation of hydrodynamics and solute transport in the Neuse River estuary
Jeanne C. Robbins, Jerad Bales
1995, Open-File Report 94-511
An investigation was conducted to characterize flow, circulation, and transport in the Neuse River estuary, North Carolina. The study included a detailed field-measurement program and the calibration, validation, and application of a physically realistic numerical model of hydro- dynamics and transport through a 40-kilometer reach of the estuary. Water level,...
Biological and associated water-quality data for lower Olmos Creek and upper San Antonio River, San Antonio, Texas, March-October 1990
R. Lynn Taylor
1995, Open-File Report 95-103
Biological and associated water-quality data were collected from lower Olmos Creek and upper San Antonio River in San Antonio, Texas, during March-October 1990, the second year of a multiyear data-collection program. The data will be used to document water-quality conditions prior to implementation of a proposal to reuse treated wastewater...
Aquatic communities and contaminants in fish from streams of the Red River of the North basin, Minnesota and North Dakota
R. M. Goldstein
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4047
Available data on the ecology of aquatic organisms in the Red River of the North Basin, a study unit of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment program, were collated from numerous sources. Lack of information for invertebrates and algae precluded a general summary of distribution and ecology throughout the...
Digital aeromagnetic anomaly data from eastern-most Guyana
Herbert A. Pierce, Natalka Backjinski, John-James Manes
1995, Open-File Report 95-590
The Center for Inter-American Mineral Resource Investigations (CIMRI) supported distribution and analysis of geoscientific and mineral resource related information concerning Latin America. CIMRI staff digitized aeromagnetic data for eastern-most Guyana as part of a preliminary regional assessment of minerals in the Guyana Shield, South America. The data were digitized from...
