A history of annual streamflows from the 21 water-resource regions in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1951-83
D.J. Graczyk, W.R. Krug, W.A. Gebert
1986, Open-File Report 86-128
Annual streamflows from the 21 water-resource regions in the United States and Puerto Rico were calculated for the period 1951-83. The total streamflow discharging to the oceans from the conterminous United States during this period averaged 1,270 billion gallons per day. The outflow from the Lower Mississippi Water-Resource Region (08),...
Ground water in the Long Meadow area and its relation with that in the General Sherman Tree area, Sequoia National Park, California
J. P. Akers
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4178
Westward movement of ground water from the Long Meadow area of Sequoia National Park, California, to the General Sherman Tree area is prevented by an eastward hydraulic gradient and low fracture permeability of a granodiorite ridge separating the two areas. Clay beds present in the alluvium in the Long Meadow...
Preliminary delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee – The central basin aquifer system
J. V. Brahana, M. W. Bradley
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4002
A sand and gravel aquifer about 65 feet thick underlies Wurtsmith Air Force Base in northeastern lower Michigan. The water table ranges in depth from 10 feet to 25 feet below land surface. Mathematical models indicate that ground-water flow ranges from 0.8 feet per day in the eastern part of...
Preliminary delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee– Tertiary aquifer system
J. V. Brahana, M. W. Bradley, Dolores Mulderink
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4011
The Tertiary aquifer system in Tennessee is composed of sands and clays of Quaternary and Tertiary age. The aquifer system occurs in west Tennessee from the Mississippi River east to the outcrop of the Porters Creek Clay. Groundwater in the Tertiary aquifer system is recharged at outcrops and through overlying...
Estimation of recharge rates to the sand and gravel aquifer using environmental tritium, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
Jayne Fifield Knott, Julio C. Olimpio
1986, Water Supply Paper 2297
Estimation of the average annual rate of ground-water recharge to sand and gravel aquifers using elevated tritium concentrations in ground water is an alternative to traditional steady-state and water-balance recharge-rate methods. The concept of the tritium tracer method is that the average annual rate of ground-water recharge over a period...
Geohydrology and potential for artificial recharge in the western part of the U.S. Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, 1982-83
J. P. Akers
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4119
A recent gravity survey indicates that sedimentary deposits in the Deadman Lake area of the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, California, are as much as 10,500 feet thick. These deposits fill an ancient valley in the bedrock complex. This valley is alined east-west in the Surprise Spring area and north-south...
1986 annual report on Alaska's mineral resources
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1986, Circular 983
Hydrogeology, ground-water flow, and tritium movement at low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Illinois
George Garklavs, R. W. Healy
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4153
Groundwater flow and tritium movement are described at and near a low-level radioactive waste disposal site near Sheffield, Illinois. Flow in the shallow aquifer is confined to three basins that ultimately drain into a stripmine lake. Most of the flow from the site is through a buried, pebbly sandfilled channel....
Geohydrology of the Wellington-alluvial aquifer system and evaluation of possible locations of relief wells to decrease saline ground-water discharge to the Smoky Hill and Solomon rivers, central Kansas
Joe B. Gillespie, G.D. Hargadine
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4110
Saline water discharges from the alluvial aquifer into the Smoky Hill and Solomon Rivers between New Cambria and Solomon in central Kansas. Chloride concentrations in the Smoky Hill River sometimes exceed 1,000 mg/L during low flow conditions. The source of saline water is the underlying Wellington aquifer, a zone of...
Preliminary delineation and description of the regional aquifers of Tennessee -- Highland Rim aquifer system
J. V. Brahana, M. W. Bradley
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4054
The Highland Rim aquifer system in Tennessee is primarily composed of Mississippian carbonates and occurs west of the Valley and Ridge Province. It crops out in the Highland Rim and the Sequatchie Valley. It has been removed by erosion from the Central Basin. Groundwater in the Highland Rim aquifer system...
Goals of the U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1986, Circular 1010
Rock riprap design for protection of stream channels near highway structures; Volume 2, Evaluation of Riprap design procedures
J. C. Blodgett, C.E. McConaughy
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4128
In volume 2, seven procedures now being used for design of rock riprap installations were evaluated using data from 26 field sites. Four basic types of riprap failures were identified: Particle erosion, translational slide, modified slump, and slump. Factors associated with riprap failure include stone size , bank side slope,...
Benthic invertebrate population characteristics as affected by water quality in coal-bearing regions of Tennessee
A.D. Bradfield
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4227
Benthic invertebrate and water quality data collected during previous U.S. Geological Survey studies to provide background hydrologic information on streams draining Tennessee coal reserves, were evaluated to identify possible relations between stream biota and water quality. Linear regressions produced low correlation coefficients relating the number of taxa/sample, total number of...
Reconnaissance of ground-water resources in the North Fork Gunnison River basin, southwestern Colorado
D. J. Ackerman, Tom Brooks
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4230
Aquifers of large areal extent in the North Fork Gunnison River basin are found in the alluvium and bedrock. Alluvial aquifers yielded water with dissolved solids concentrations ranging from 43 to 2,300 mg/L. Dissolved solids concentrations of water samples from the Mesaverde Formation of Late Cretaceous age and the Dakota...
Water-quality appraisal of NASQAN stations below impoundments, eastern Tennessee
R. D. Evaldi, J.G. Lewis
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4171
The National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) is a network of stations at which systematic and continuing water quality data are collected. Major objectives of this U.S. Geological Survey program are: (1) to depict areal variability of streamflow and water quality conditions nationwide on a year-by-year basis and (2) to...
Occurrence of dissolved sodium in ground waters in basalts underlying the Columbia Plateau, Washington
Gilbert C. Bortleson, S.E. Cox
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4005
Basalt aquifers of the Columbia River Basalt Group are a principal source of water for agricultural, domestic, and municipal use. Concern has been expressed in this agriculture-dependent region about problems associated with the use of groundwaters with a high sodium concentration relative to the calcium and magnesium content (high sodium-adsorption...
Hydrologic and geologic analysis of a well in Dorchester County, South Carolina
M.S. Reid, W. R. Aucott, R. W. Lee, R.A. Renken
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4161
Hydrogeology and leachate movement near two chemical-waste sites in Oswego County, New York
H. R. Anderson, Todd S. Miller
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4148
Forty-five observation wells and test holes were installed at two chemical waste disposal sites in Oswego County, New York, to evaluate the hydrogeologic conditions and the rate and direction of leachate migration. At the site near Oswego groundwater moves northward at an average velocity of 0.4 ft/day through unconsolidated glacial...
Water resources of Weston County, Wyoming
M.E. Lowry, W. J. Head, J.G. Rankl, J.F. Busby
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4079
Surface water is scarce in Weston County, Wyoming. Groundwater has been developed from rocks ranging in age from Mississippian to Holocene. Adequate supplies for domestic or stock use can be developed from wells generally less than 1,000 ft deep, except in the area underlain by a thick sequence of predominantly...
Theoretical technique for predicting the cumulative impact of iron and manganese oxidation in streams receiving discharge from coal mines
Keith E. Bobay
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4039
Two U.S. Geological Survey computer programs are modified and linked to predict the cumulative impact of iron and manganese oxidation in coal-mine discharge water on the dissolved chemical quality of a receiving stream. The coupled programs calculate the changes in dissolved iron, dissolved manganese, and dissolved oxygen concentrations; alkalinity; and,...
Investigation of possible effects of surface coal mining on hydrology and landscape stability in part of the Powder River structural basin, northeastern Wyoming
R. M. Bloyd, P. B. Daddow, P.R. Jordon, H. W. Lowham
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4329
The effects of surface coal mining on the surface- and groundwater systems in a 5,400 sq mi area in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, that includes 20 major coal mines were evaluated using three approaches: A surface water model, a landscape-stability analysis, and a groundwater model. A surface water model...
Flood of September 12-13, 1982 in Gibson, Carroll, and Madison Counties, western Tennessee
Clarence H. Robbins, Charles R. Gamble, Roy H. Bingham
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4037
Intense rainfall on September 12-13, 1982, caused severe local flooding along many streams in Gibson County in western Tennessee. The rainfall resulted from remnants of Hurricane Chris combining with a cool front moving across the western half of the State. A maximum 1-hr rainfall intensity of 3.3 in was recorded...
Hydrogeology of the Fort Drum area, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence Counties, New York
Richard J. Reynolds
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4119
No abstract available....
Geohydrology of the glacial-outwash aquifer in the Baldwinsville area, Seneca River, Onondaga County, New York
Timothy S. Pagano, David B. Terry, Arlynn W. Ingram
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4094
Seven sheets of map data comprise this geohydrologic report. Sheet 1, surficial geology, illustrates the distribution of: open water areas; artificial fill; made land; urban land; alluvial silt and sand; alluvial sand and gravel; peat, marl, muck and clay; lake silt and/or clay; delta sand and gravel; beach sand and...
Water resources data for Utah, water year 1985
M. D. ReMillard, G.C. Andersen, G. A. Birdwell, G. W. Sandberg
1986, Water Data Report UT-85-1
No abstract available....
