Areal and temporal variations in the quality of surface water in hydrologic accounting unit 120301, Upper Trinity River basin, Texas
Frank C. Wells, Jack Rawson, Wanda J. Shelby
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4318
Hydrologic Accounting Unit 120301 is located in north-central Texas and includes that part of the Trinity River basin upstream from the National Stream Quality Accounting Network station 08062700, Trinity River at Trinidad, Texas. Normal annual precipitation ranges from about 28 inches in the western part of the basin to almost...
Bedrock topography of northwest Iowa
R.E. Hansen, D. L. Runkle
1986, IMAP 1726
Bedrock in Iowa (Hershey, 1969) generally is overlain by deposits of glacial drive and alluvium. The drift, consisting of glacial till and glacial outwash, ranges in thickness from zero to more than 500 feet in western Iowa; the alluvium in stream valleys ranges in thickness from less than 1 foot...
Ground-water data for Michigan 1985
G.C. Huffman
1986, Open-File Report 86-417-W
Water levels, locations, depths, and aquifers tapped are given for 113 observation wells. Tabulated data include extremes of water levels for calendar year 1985 and for the period of record, pumpage of most major ground-water users in the State, and water-quality data from selected wells. The largest reported user of...
Hydrologic data from Roan Creek and Parachute Creek basins, northwestern Colorado
D. B. Adams, K.E. Goddard, R.O. Patt, K.C. Galyean
1986, Open-File Report 83-859
Hydrologic data obtained from a comprehensive study of the Roan Creek and Parachute Creek basins are presented in this report. The purpose of this study was to inventory and appraise the predevelopment hydrologic conditions in these basins. The study was conducted from October 1975 through September 1981 and was one...
Ground-water-quality data for Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, 1958-85
B. P. Sargent, J. W. Green, P. T. Harte, E. F. Vowinkel
1986, Open-File Report 86-58
The water resources of Picatinny Arsenal in northern New Jersey are described using the results of 1,129 analyses of groundwater , including 522 determinations of inorganic constituents and 607 determinations of organic constituents. Water samples were collected from 56 wells on the site from 1958 through 1985. Of these wells,...
Ground-water data for Georgia, 1985
J.S. Clarke, C. N. Joiner, S.A. Longsworth, K.W. McFadden, M.F. Peck
1986, Open-File Report 86-304
Continuous water level records from 146 wells and water level measurements from an additional 1,100 wells in Georgia during 1985 provide the basic data for this report. Hydrographs for selected wells illustrate the effects that changes in recharge and discharge have had on the groundwater reservoirs in the State. Daily...
Water resources data, New York, water year 1985, volume 1, eastern New York, excluding Long Island
G.D. Firda, Richard Lumia, R.J. Archer, P. M. Burke
1986, Water Data Report NY-85-1
No abstract available. ...
Water resources data, New York, water year 1985, volume 2, Long Island
A. G. Spinello, J.H. Nakao, R.B. Winowitch
1986, Water Data Report NY-85-2
No abstract available. ...
River-quality assessment of the Truckee and Carson River system, California and Nevada: Hydrologic characteristics
W. M. Brown III, J. O. Nowlin, L. H. Smith, M. R. Flint
1986, Open-File Report 84-576
A study of the Truckee and Carson Rivers was begun in October 1978 to assess the cause and effect relations between human and natural actions, and the quality of water at different times and places along the rivers. This report deals with the compilation of basic hydrologic data and the...
Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, California, showing ground-water subunits and areas, location of wells, and water-level contours for spring 1984
W. R. Moyle Jr., Florence M. Glenn
1986, Open-File Report 86-498
No abstract available....
Approximate altitude of water levels in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston area, Texas, spring 1986
James Frank Williams III, C.E. Ranzau Jr., L.S. Coplin
1986, Open-File Report 86-306
The purpose of this report, which was prepared in cooperation with the City of Houston and the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, is to show the altitudes of water levels in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan areas. The maps are based on water-level measurements...
Flood of August 1, 1985, in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Stanley A. Druse, M. E. Cooley, S. L. Green, H. W. Lowham
1986, Hydrologic Atlas 699
No abstract available....
Floods in the Floyd River basin, Iowa
A.J. Heinitz
1986, Open-File Report 86-476
Flood elevation profiles and flood peak discharges for the floods of 1953, 1962, 1973, and 1983 in the Floyd River basin are given in this report. The profiles cover the Floyd and West Branch Floyd Rivers. The 1953 flood is the greatest known on the Floyd River since at least...
Progress report on the effects of highway construction on suspended-sediment discharge in the Coal River and Trace Fork, West Virginia, 1975-81
S. C. Downs, David H. Appel
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4275
Construction of the four-lane Appalachian Corridon G highway disturbed about 2 sq mi in the Coal River and 0.35 sq mi of the 4.75 sq mi Trace Fork basin in southern West Virginia. Construction had a negligible effect on runoff and suspended-sediment load in the Coal River and its major...
Quaternary geologic map of the Jacksonville 4 degrees x 6 degrees quadrangle, United States
M.S. Knapp, M. S. Friddell, David L. Weide, David S. Fullerton
Gerald M. Richmond, editor(s)
1986, IMAP 1420(NH-17)
This map is part of the Quaternary Geologic Atlas of the United States (I-1420). It was first published as a printed edition in 1986. The geologic data have now been captured digitally and are presented here along with images of the printed map sheet and component parts as PDF files. The...
U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985
G.A. Dinwiddie, N.J. Trask
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4009
The report summarizes progress on geologic and hydrologic research related to the disposal of radioactive wastes. The research is described according to whether it is related most directly to: (1) high-level and transuranic wastes, (2) low-level wastes, or (3) uranium mill tailings. Included is research applicable to the identification and...
Land use and land cover and associated maps for Little Rock, Arkansas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1986, Open-File Report 86-15
Land use and land cover and associated maps for McAlester, Oklahoma
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1986, Open-File Report 85-321
General surface- and ground-water quality in a coal-resource area near Durango, southwestern Colorado
D. L. Butler
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4073
A general description of surface and groundwater quality in a coal-resource area near Durango, southwestern Colorado is given. Dissolved-solids concentrations were less than 1,000 mg/l in streams, except in the Alkali Gulch, Basin Creek, and Carbon Junction Canyon drainage basins. Median concentrations of dissolved boron, iron, manganese, and zinc were...
Planning report for the Edwards-Trinity Regional Aquifer-System analysis in central Texas, southeast Oklahoma, and southwest Arkansas
Peter W. Bush
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4343
The Edwards-Trinity regional aquifer system supplies more than 0.78 million acre-feet per year (700 million gallons per day) of water for central Texas and small adjacent parts of southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas. The system consists of three major aquifers and at least three minor aquifers in predominantly Cretaceous rocks,...
Water resources of the Lower Rio Grande de Arecibo alluvial valley, Puerto Rico
Vicente Quinones-Aponte
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4160
An assessment of the surface and groundwater resources of the lower Rio Grande de Arecibo alluvial valley was made between 1981 and 1983. Rio Grande de Arecibo is the major source of water in the valley with a mean-annual discharge of 527 cu ft/sec (382,000 acre-ft/yr). Its lowest mean-daily flow...
Simulation of ground-water flow in the Rio Yauco Alluvial Valley, Yauco, Puerto Rico
Vicente Quinones-Aponte
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4179
Estimated monthly percentile discharges at ungaged sites in the upper Yellowstone River Basin in Montana
Charles Parrett, J. A. Hull
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4009
Once-monthly streamflow measurements were used to estimate selected percentile discharges on flow-duration curves of monthly mean discharge for 40 ungaged stream sites in the upper Yellowstone River basin in Montana. The estimation technique was a modification of the concurrent-discharge method previously described and used by H.C. Riggs to estimate annual...
Quality of ground water in the Payette River basin, Idaho
D. J. Parliman
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4013
As part of a study to obtain groundwater quality data in areas of Idaho were land- and water-resource development is expected to increase, water quality, geologic, and hydrologic data were collected for 74 wells in the Payette River basin, west-central Idaho, from July to October 1982. Historical (pre-1982) data from...
Estimating iron and aluminum content of acid mine discharge from a north-central Pennsylvania coal field by use of acidity titration curves
A.N. Ott
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4335
Determination of acidity provides a value that denotes the quantitative capacity of the sample water to neutralize a strong base to a particular pH. However, much additional information can be obtained from this determination if a titration curve is constructed from recorded data of titrant increments and their corresponding pH...
