Arkansas ground-water quality
E. E. Morris
1987, Open-File Report 87-714
Climatic data for the Cottonwood Lake area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, 1983
A.M. Sturrock, B.A. Hanson, J.L. Scarborough, T. C. Winter
1987, Open-File Report 87-216
Research on the hydrology of the Cottonwood Lake area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, includes study of evaporation. Climatic data needed for energy-budget and mass-transfer evaporation studies that were collected during 1983 include water-surface temperature, sediment temperature, dry-bulb and wet-bulb air temperature, vapor pressure at and above the water surface, wind...
New Hampshire ground-water quality
D. J. Morrissey, J.M. Regan
1987, Open-File Report 87-739
Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey reports on the water resources of Florida, 1886-1986
Maude Claiborne, T.L. Embry, N.D. Hoy, D.H. Weldon, T.D. Wilson
1987, Open-File Report 85-424
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a listing of its report on water resources in Florida for the period 1886-1984. Most of the reports contained in the listing were prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with numerous public agencies in Florida. The compilation has a full bibliographic list...
Analytical results and sample locality map of stream-sediment, heavy mineral-concentrate, rock, and water samples from the Skedaddle (CA-020- 612) and Dry Valley Rim (CA-020-615) Wilderness Study Areas, Lassen County, California, and Washoe County, Nevada
B. M. Adrian, J. G. Frisken, L. A. Bradley, Cliff D. Taylor, J. B. McHugh
1987, Open-File Report 87-494
In the summer of 1985, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a reconnaissance geochemical survey of the Skedaddle (CA-020-612) and Dry Valley Rim (CA-020-615) Wilderness Study Areas in Lassen County, California, and Washoe County, Nevada.Skedaddle and Dry Valley Rim are contiguous wilderness study areas (WSA) located in the eastern part of...
Estimation of the recharge area contributing water to a pumped well in a glacial-drift, river-valley aquifer
D. J. Morrissey
1987, Open-File Report 86-543
The highly permeable, unconfined, glacial drift aquifers that occupy most New England river valleys constitute the principal source of drinking water for many communities that obtain part or all of their public water supply from groundwater. Analytical , two-dimensional numerical and three-dimensional numerical models were used to delineate contributing areas...
Activities of the Alaska District, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 1987
E. F. Snyder (compiler)
1987, Open-File Report 87-38
Hydrologic data collection activities by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska are described. Seventeen projects were active in 1987. Each description includes information on period of project, project chief, funding sources, location, purpose, current status, and published or planned reports. The compilation also contains a bibliography of reports published by...
Ground water-surface water relations in the Flathead River valley near the proposed Cabin Creek coal mine, British Columbia, Canada
J. A. Moreland, Hugh Liebscher, W. A. Van Voast, R.D. Feltis
1987, Open-File Report 87-28
The area of the proposed Cabin Creek coal mine was studied to obtain information needed to respond to questions posed by the International Joint Commission advisers concerning water resources near the international border. Specific interest focused on determining the extent and character of surficial material in the Flathead River valley,...
Wyoming ground-water quality
K. L. Mora, L. R. Larson, Samuel J. Rucker IV
1987, Open-File Report 87-763
Annual yield and selected hydrologic data for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1986 water year
M. A. Moore, T.E. Lamb, S. P. Blumer
1987, Open-File Report 87-203
The computed annual yield and deficiency of the subbasins as defined in the Arkansas River Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, are given in tables. Actual runoff from the subbasins and depletion caused by major reservoirs in the compact area are also given in tabular form. Monthly, maximum, minimum, and mean discharges are shown...
Missouri ground-water quality
T. O. Mesko, W.R. Berkas
1987, Open-File Report 87-735
Connecticut ground-water quality
R.L. Melvin, S. J. Grady, D. F. Healy, Fred Banach
1987, Open-File Report 87-717
Surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima River basin, Washington: Project description
S. W. McKenzie, J. F. Rinella
1987, Open-File Report 87-238
In April 1986, the U.S. Geological Survey began the National Water Quality Assessment program to: (1) provide a nationally consistent description of the current status of water quality, (2) define water quality trends that have occurred over recent decades, and (3) relate past and present water quality conditions to relevant...
Analytical results for 46 water samples from a hydrogeochemical survey of the Blackbird mine area, Idaho
J. B. McHugh, R. E. Tucker, W. H. Ficklin
1987, Open-File Report 87-260
Analytical results and locality map for 82 well water samples from the lower Santa Cruz Basin, Pinal County, Arizona
J. B. McHugh, G.A. Nowlan
1987, Open-File Report 87-66
Data-collection methods and data summary for the assessment of water quality in Cedar Creek, west-central Illinois
R.D. McFarlane, W.O. Freeman, A.R. Schmidt
1987, Open-File Report 87-543
A water-quality, data-collection network on a 26.2-mile reach of Cedar Creek in west-central Illinois was operated from May through December 1985 and from March through October 1986. The study reach drains a 60.8-square-mile area of predominantly agricultural land. However, the city of Galesburg contributes combined- and storm-sewer discharge to the...
Hydrologic data for the San Juan and Animas River valleys in the Farmington, Aztec, Bloomfield, and Cedar Hill areas, San Juan County, New Mexico
D. P. McAda, S. G. Shelton
1987, Open-File Report 87-385
In July 1985, the U.S. Geological Survey initiated a three-year study in San Juan County, New Mexico, to determine the concentrations of chemical constituents in the groundwater in the San Juan and Animas River valleys and to determine the direction and rate of groundwater flow and its relation to river...
Index to limnological data for southcentral Alaska Lakes
M.A. Maurer, P. F. Woods
1987, Open-File Report 87-529
South-central Alaska lakes are a valuable natural resource and provide a variety of recreational opportunities to the public. Lakeside development has increased significantly in the past 10 years and several south-central Alaskan lakes have documented pollution problems. Cultural eutrophication, the process by which man-induced nutrient loading to a lake results...
New York ground-water quality
R.J. Rogers
1987, Open-File Report 87-742
Effects of surface coal mining and reclamation on the geohydrology of six small watersheds in west-central Indiana
Jeffrey D. Martin, Richard F. Duwelius, Charles G. Crawford
1987, Open-File Report 87-210
The watersheds studied include mined and reclaimed; mined and unreclaimed; and unmined, agricultural land uses, and are each < 3 sq mi in area. Surface water, groundwater, and meteorologic data for the 1981 and 1982 water years were used to describe and compare hydrologic systems of the six watersheds and...
Selected hydrogeologic data for the southwest Glendive Preliminary Logical Mining Unit and adjacent areas, Dawson County, Montana
R.S. Roberts
1987, Open-File Report 87-390
Hydrogeologic data were collected from a coal area in Dawson County, Montana, to provide a basis for identifying and characterizing the groundwater resources. Inventory records for 72 domestic, stock, irrigation, unused, and observation wells are tabulated in the report; the data were collected principally from 1977 through 1981. The location...
Purgeable organic compounds in ground water at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho
L. J. Mann, L.L. Knobel
1987, Open-File Report 87-766
Water-level data from wells in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, southeastern New Mexico
S. F. Richey
1987, Open-File Report 87-120
The U.S. Geological Survey monitored water levels in wells in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a storage facility constructed in bedded salts in which defense-associated transuranic wastes will be deposited, in southeastern New Mexico during 1977 to 1985. A variety of methods was used to measure water...
Preliminary hydrologic data for wells tested in Nash Draw, near the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site, southeastern New Mexico
S. F. Richey
1987, Open-File Report 87-37
Hydrologic testing was conducted at wells WIPP-25, WIPP-26, WIPP-27, WIPP-28, WIPP-29, and WIPP-30 in Nash Draw near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in southeastern New Mexico. The three water-bearing zones tested were the Magenta Dolomite Member of the Rustler Formation, Culebra Dolomite Member of the Rustler Formation, and the...
Maine ground-water quality
T. J. Maloney, E.M. Lanctot
1987, Open-File Report 87-729