Suspended sediment and stream discharge in Bloody Run and Sny Magill watershed, water year 1992
Stephen J. Kalkhoff, David A. Eash
1994, Iowa Geological Survey Bureau Technical Information Series 32
Hydrologic data were collected in the Bloody Run and Sny Magill watersheds in Clayton County, Iowa during the 1992 Water Year (October 1, 1991 to September 30, 1992) to provide data on suspended sediment and stream discharge from these watersheds. Suspended-sediment samples were collected daily during normal flow and several...
Magnetic field observations in the near-field the 28 June 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers, California, earthquake
M. J. Johnston, R.J. Mueller, Yoichi Sasai
1994, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (84) 792-798
Recent reports suggest that large magnetic field changes occur prior to, and during, large earthquakes. Two continuously operating proton magnetometers, LSBM and OCHM, at distances of 17.3 and 24.2 km, respectively, from the epicenter of the 28 June 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers earthquake, recorded data through the earthquake...
Comparison of drilling reports and detailed geophysical analysis of ground-water production in bedrock wells
Frederick Paillet, Russell Duncanson
1994, Groundwater (32) 200-206
The most extensive data base for fractured bedrock aquifers consists of drilling reports maintained by various state agencies. We investigated the accuracy and reliability of such reports by comparing a representative set of reports for nine wells drilled by conventional air percussion methods in granite with a suite of geophysical...
Fate and pathways of injection-well effluent in the Florida Keys
Eugene A. Shinn, Ronald S. Reese, Christopher D. Reich
1994, Open-File Report 94-276
Twenty-four wells (21 locations) were core drilled into the limestone beneath the Keys, reef tract, and outer reefs to determine if sewage effluents injected in Class V wells onshore are reaching offshore reef areas via underground flow. These wells were fitted with PVC casings and well screens and were...
Irrigation water supply and demand data for 1976, 1980, and 1984 for the western San Joaquin Valley, California
W. E. Templin, T.C. Haltom
1994, Open-File Report 94-335
This report presents the irrigation water supply and demand data for 1976, 1980, and 1984 for 32 water districts in the western San Joaquin Valley, California. Data are provided for each water district or each of the three years if the data were available. The complete data base is given...
Hydrogeologic framework and preliminary simulation of ground-water flow in the Mimbres Basin, southwestern New Mexico
R. T. Hanson, J. S. McLean, Ryan S. Miller
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4011
The bolson-fill aquifer, the major water-yielding unit in the Mimbres Basin, southwestern New Mexico, ranges in thickness from 0 to about 3,700 feet. Recharge to the bolson-fill aquifer occurs by infiltration of ephemeral streams that cross the basin margin, infiltration from precipitation and streamflow, ground-water underflow from adjacent basins, and...
Water-quality data for the South Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, 1990-92
Chauncey W. Anderson, Dwight Q. Tanner, Douglas B. Lee
1994, Open-File Report 94-40
Data are presented from a study of algal and nutrient dynamics in the South Umpqua River Basin in southwestern Oregon during summer, low-flow periods from September 1990 to October 1992. The study was done to assist local and state regulatory agencies in determining total maximum daily loads of nutrients for...
Hydrogeology, herbicides and nutrients in ground water and springs, and relation of water quality to land use and agricultural practices near Carlisle, Pennsylvania
D. J. Hippe, E. C. Witt III, R.M. Giovannitti
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4172
Discharge and water-quality data collected in two adjacent karst-spring basins in Cumberland County, Pa., from May 1990 through April 1991 were used to (1) describe the hydrogeology of the area; (2) determine the concentrations of selected herbicides, herbicide-soil metabolites, and nutrients in water from wells and discharges from springs, (3)...
Simulation of rainfall-runoff for basins in the Rolla, Missouri, area
Robert R. Holmes Jr., J. W. East
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4019
Important rainfall-runoff characteristics for basins in the Rolla, Missouri, area were determined to be overland flow, interception storage, interception losses, evaporation, and infiltration. Using these characteristics, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) was configured for basins in the study area. The data network for the model calibration...
Determination of traveltime in the Delaware River, Hancock, New York, to the Delaware Water Gap by use of a conservative dye tracer
K. E. White, T.W. Kratzer
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4203
Traveltime of a soluble substance was determined for a 120-mile reach of the Delaware River from the confluence of the East Branch Delaware River and the West Branch Delaware River at Hancock, N.Y. to the Delaware Water Gap. Dye studies were conducted at the 85-95 percent and the 25-30 percent...
Estimation of water withdrawal and distribution, water use, and wastewater collection and return flow in Cumberland, Rhode Island, 1988
M.A. Horn, P. A. Craft, Lisa Bratton
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4023
Water-use data collected in Rhode Island by different State agencies or maintained by different public suppliers and wastewater- treatment facilities need to be integrated if these data are to be used in making water- resource management decisions. Water-use data for the town of Cumberland, a small area in northeastern...
Ground-water levels and directions of flow near the Industrial Excess Landfill, Uniontown, Ohio, March 1994
Denise H. Dumouchelle, E. Scott Bair
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4136
Industrial Excess Landfill (IEL), a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site, is a closed landfill in northeastern Ohio. In March 1994, personnel from the U.S. Geological Survey, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and PRC Environmental Management, Inc., measured water levels in 149 wells in the area. Surface-water altitudes were measured at...
Effects of controlled burning of chaparral on streamflow and sediment characteristics, East Fork Sycamore Creek, central Arizona
Stanley Baldys, H. W. Hjalmarson
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4102
The effects of controlled burning of part of a chaparral-covered drainage basin on streamflow and sediment characteristics were studied in the upper reaches of the Sycamore Creek basin in central Arizona. A paired-watershed method was used to analyze data collected in two phases separated by the controlled burning of 45...
Effects of surficial geology, lakes and swamps, and annual water availability on low flows of streams in central New England, and their use in low-flow estimation
S. William Wandle Jr., Allan D. Randall
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4092
Equations developed by multiple-regression analysis of data from 49 drainage basins in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and southwestern Maine indicate that low flow of streams in this region is largely a function of the amount of water available to the basin and the extent of surficial sand and...
Methods for estimating streamflow at mountain fronts in southern New Mexico
S. D. Waltemeyer
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4213
The infiltration of streamflow is potential recharge to alluvial-basin aquifers at or near mountain fronts in southern New Mexico. Data for 13 streamflow-gaging stations were used to determine a relation between mean annual stream- flow and basin and climatic conditions. Regression analysis was used to develop an equation that can...
Geologic features of the sea bottom around a municipal sludge dumpsite near 39 degrees N., 73 degrees W., offshore New Jersey and New York
James M. Robb
1994, Open-File Report 94-152
The sea-floor of a dumpsite area offshore New York and New Jersey (Deep-water dumpsite 106) was studied using detailed bathymetry, sidescan-sonar images, subbottom profiles, bottom photographs, and bottom-sediment samples. These data show that this continental rise area contains deposits of submarine landslides and pathways of sediment gravity flows. Images of...
Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1978-1992
Ren Jen Sun, Richard H. Johnston
1994, Circular 1099
The major ground-water systems of the United States have been investigated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) through its Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) Program. During the first 15 years of the program (1978-92), 25 regional aquifer systems, including the most heavily pumped aquifers in the Nation, were intensively studied. As...
Hydrogeologic characterization of a proposed landfill expansion in Pickens County near Easley, South Carolina
W. J. Stringfield
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4146
This report presents the results of a hydrogeologic study in the Piedmont physiographic province of South Carolina to obtain geologic, hydrologic, and water-quality data from the site of a proposed landfill expansion in Pickens County near Easley, South Carolina. The geology of the study area is typical of the...
Stream-aquifer interactions in the Straight River area, Becker and Hubbard counties, Minnesota
J. R. Stark, David S. Armstrong, Daniel R. Zwilling
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4009
The Straight River, in north-central Minnesota, is a trout stream having cold, clear water. The 75-square-mile Straight River watershed contributes flow to the stream. The watershed is underlain by highly transmissive surficial and confined-drift aquifers. Ground-water discharge from these aquifers sustains flow in the Straight River, and the cold water...
Annual replenishment of bed material by sediment transport in the Wind River near Riverton, Wyoming
M.L. Smalley, W. W. Emmett, A.M. Wacker
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4007
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, conducted a study during 1985-87 to determine the annual replenishment of sand and gravel along a point bar in the Wind River near Riverton, Wyoming. Hydraulic- geometry relations determined from streamflow measurements; streamflow characteristics determined from 45 years...
Magnitude and frequency of floods in Alaska and conterminous basins of Canada
Stanley H. Jones, Charles B. Fahl
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4179
Equations for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods at ungaged sites on streams in Alaska and conterminous basins of Canada were developed using multipleregression analyses of basin climatic and physical characteristics and peak-flow statistics from 260 gaged locations in Alaska and 72 gaged locations in Canada. Methods are presented...
A compilation of sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide emission-rate data from Mount St. Helens during 1980-88
Kenneth A. McGee, Thomas J. Casadevall
1994, Open-File Report 94-212
Airborne monitoring of Mount St. Helens by the USGS began inMay 1980 for sulfur dioxide emissions and in July 1980 forcarbon dioxide emissions. A correlation spectrometer, orCOSPEC, was used to measure sulfur dioxide in Mount St.Helens' plume. The upward-looking COSPEC was mounted in afixed-wing aircraft and flown below and at...
Hydrogeology and potential effects of changes in water use, Carson Desert agricultural area, Churchill County, Nevada
Douglas K. Maurer, Ann K. Johnson, Alan H. Welch
1994, Open-File Report 93-463
Operating Criteria and Procedures established in 1988 for delivery of water for irrigation in the Newlands Project area include regulations and methods to increase Project efficiency. Public Law 101-618 of 1990 includes a target of 75-percent Project efficiency and a program of water-rights acquisition for wetlands maintenance. The directives could...
Geohydrology and simulated ground-water flow in an irrigated area of northwestern Indiana
L. D. Arihood, M.E. Basch
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4046
Water for irrigation in parts of Newton and Jasper Counties and adjacent areas of northwestern Indiana is pumped mostly from the carbonate- bedrock aquifer that underlies glacial drift. To help in managing the ground-water resources of the area, a three-dimensional ground-water model was developed and tested with hydrologic data collected...
Selected data on characteristics of glacial-deposit and carbonate-rock aquifers, Midwestern Basin and Arches region
R. L. Joseph, S. M. Eberts
1994, Open-File Report 93-627
In 1988, the Geological Survey (USGS) began study to examine the hydrogeologic framework, ground-water-flow systems, water chemistry, and withdrawal response of aquifers in glacial deposits and carbonate rock in the Midwestern Basins and Arches Region in western Ohio and eastern Indiana. As part of this study, data from pumped-well tests...
