Geophysical well log analysis of fractured granitic rocks at Atikokan, Ontario, Canada
Frederick L. Paillet, A.E. Hess
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4154
Two boreholes, drilled to approximate depths of 750 and 1,260 m in a granitic intrusion located near Atikokan, Ontario, were studied by obtaining a full suite of conventional borehole geophysical logs. In addition, selected intervals in these boreholes were logged with a borehole acoustic televiewer that produces a high-resolution image...
Determination of benthic-invertebrate indices and water-quality trends of selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1969-80
C.R. Moore
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4177
The trends of biological and chemical data collected for 12 years (1969-80) from 46 sites in Chester County were evaluated by using the sea- sonal Kendall test. Brillouin's diversity index was calculated and plotted against time for each site. The diversity index at 7 sites had upward trends significant at...
Effect of grid size on digital simulation of ground-water flow in the southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico
R. R. Luckey, D.M. Stephens
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4085
Three models of the aquifer in the southern High Plains were compared to determine the effect of grid size on simulated water levels. The first model, calibrated prior to this study, had 10-mi grid spacing. The mean difference between the simulated and measured pre-development water levels in this model was...
Effects on water quality due to flood-water detention by Barker and Addicks Reservoirs, Houston, Texas
Fred Liscum, R.L. Goss, E.M. Paul
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4356
The Barker and Addicks Reservoirs, located about 16 miles west of Houston, Texas, provide flood-detention storage for storm runoff. Of interest are the water-quality characteristics in the study area and changes in water quality during detention. Study area sampling sites were selected upstream along Buffalo Bayou for Barker Reservoir and...
Multiple-regression equations for estimating low flows at ungaged stream sites in Ohio
G. F. Koltun, R.R. Schwartz
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4354
This report presents multiple-regression equations for estimating selected low-flow characteristics for most unregulated Ohio streams at sites where little or no discharge data are available. The equations relate combinations of drainage area, main-channel length, main-channel slope, average basin elevation, forested area, average annual precipitation, and an index of infiltration to...
HST3D; a computer code for simulation of heat and solute transport in three-dimensional ground-water flow systems
K.L. Kipp
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4095
The Heat- and Soil-Transport Program (HST3D) simulates groundwater flow and associated heat and solute transport in three dimensions. The three governing equations are coupled through the interstitial pore velocity, the dependence of the fluid density on pressure, temperature, the solute-mass fraction , and the dependence of the fluid viscosity on...
Reconnaissance of geohydrologic areas and 1981 low-flow conditions, Withlacoochee River basin, southwest Florida Water Management District
J. O. Kimrey, Warren Anderson
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4203
The Withlacoochee River Basin of the Southwest Florida Water Management District is a management area of about 2030 sq mi in west-central Florida containing large reserves of potable water in the Upper Floridan aquifer. Results of reconnaissance test drilling indicate that the Upper Floridan aquifer may be treated as an...
Ground-water flow and quality near Canon City, Colorado
G. A. Hearne, D. W. Litke
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4014
Water in aquifers that underlie the Lincoln Park area near Canon City, Colorado, contains measurable concentrations of chemical constituents that are similar to those in raffinate (liquid waste) produced by a nearby uranium ore processing mill. The objective of this study was to expand the existing geohydrologic data base by...
Ground-water pumpage from the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Oregon, 1984
C. A. Collins
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4211
Groundwater pumpage was estimated for 1984 for an area of about 8,000 sq mi in north-central Oregon. Pumpage data were collected from irrigation, industrial and public supply users and analyzed as part of the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System Analysis (RASA) study. Groundwater is pumped from Tertiary basalts and interflow...
An assessment of low flows in streams in northeastern Wyoming
G.W. Armentrout, J.F. Wilson
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4246
Low flows were assessed and summarized in the following basins in northeastern Wyoming: Little Bighorn, Tongue, Powder, Little Missouri, Belle Fourche, Cheyenne, and Niobrara River, and about 200 river miles of the North Platte River and its tributaries. Only existing data from streamflow stations and miscellaneous observation sites during the...
Traveltime and dispersion in the New River, Hinton to Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
David H. Appel, S. B. Moles
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4012
Traveltime and dispersion studies were conducted on a 65-mile-long reach of the New River between Hinton and Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Four sets of measurements were made from August 1985 to May 1986 at river discharges of about 2,220, 3 ,200, 9,200, and 18,000 cu ft/sec, which correspond to flow...
Cenozoic stratigraphy and geologic history of the Tucson Basin, Pima County, Arizona
S. R. Anderson
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4190
This report was prepared as part of a geohydrologic study of the Tucson basin conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the city of Tucson. Geologic data from more than 500 water supply and test wells were analyzed to define characteristics of the basin sediments that may affect...
Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring in Long Valley Caldera, Mono County, California, 1985
C. D. Farrar, M.L. Sorey, S.A. Rojstaczer, C. J. Janik, T. L. Winnett, M. D. Clark
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4090
Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring, to detect changes caused by magmatic and tectonic processes in the Long Valley caldera has continued through 1985. The monitoring included the collection of the following types of data: chemical and isotopic composition of water and gases from springs, wells, and steam vents; temperatures in wells,...
Comparison of irrigation pumpage with change in ground-water storage in the High Plains aquifer in Chase, Dundy, and Perkins counties, Nebraska, 1975-83
F.J. Heimes, C.F. Ferrigno, E. D. Gutentag, R.R. Lucky, D.M. Stephens, J.B. Weeks
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4044
The relation between pumpage and change in storage was evaluated for most of a three-county area in southwestern Nebraska from 1975 through 1983. Initial comparison of the 1975-83 pumpage with change in storage in the study area indicated that the 1 ,042,300 acre-ft of change in storage was only about...
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...
Preprocessor and postprocessor computer programs for a radial-flow finite-element model
A. A. Pucci Jr., D. A. Pope
1987, Open-File Report 87-680
Preprocessing and postprocessing computer programs that enhance the utility of the U.S. Geological Survey radial-flow model have been developed. The preprocessor program: (1) generates a triangular finite element mesh from minimal data input, (2) produces graphical displays and tabulations of data for the mesh , and (3) prepares an input...
Hydrogeologic data from a study of the freshwater zone/salinewater zone interface in the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio region, Texas
Dianne Pavlicek, Ted A. Small, Paul L. Rettman
1987, Open-File Report 87-389
The highly productive freshwater zone of the Edwards aquifer in the San Antonio region (fig. 1) is the sole-source water supply for more than 1 million people. A transitional interface exists between the freshwater zone and the downdip, salinewater zone. A 1,000 mg/L (milligrams per liter) dissolved solids-concentration contour defines...
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...
Regional study of the Castle Hayne Aquifer of eastern North Carolina
W.L. Lyke, R. W. Coble
1987, Open-File Report 87-571
The Castle Hayne aquifer is an eastward sloping and thickening wedge of limestone and sandstone, located in a 12,500 sq mi area in the eastern part of North Carolina. The Castle Hayne aquifer is the major source of freshwater for much of coastal North Carolina where the aquifers underlying the...
Vertical profiles of velocity and suspended sediment in streams near Mount St. Helens, Washington
R.L. Dinehart
1987, Open-File Report 87-377
Vertical profiles of high suspended-sediment concentrations and high velocities in stream near Mount St. Helens were measured between January 1981 and May 1986 at seven gaging stations. Data-collection methods are described and the numerical data are tabulated and plotted. Values for the exponent of the sediment-distribution equation were computed for...
Hydrology of area 59, northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain coal provinces, Colorado and Wyoming
Neville G. Gaggiani, Linda J. Britton, Donald R. Minges, F. A. Kilpatrick, Randolph S. Parker, James E. Kircher
1987, Open-File Report 85-153
Hydrologic information and analysis aid in decisions to lease federally owned coal and to prepare necessary Environmental Assessments and Impact Study reports. This need has become even more critical with the enactment of Public Law 95-87, the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977." This act requires an appropriate...
Review of literature on the finite-element solution of the equations of two-dimensional surface-water flow in the horizontal plane
Jonathan K. Lee, David C. Froehlich
1987, Circular 1009
Published literature on the application of the finite-element method to solving the equations of two-dimensional surface-water flow in the horizontal plane is reviewed in this report. The finite-element method is ideally suited to modeling two-dimensional flow over complex topography with spatially variable resistance. A two-dimensional finite-element surface-water flow model with...
Relations between quality of urban runoff and quality of Lake Ellyn at Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Robert G. Striegl, Ellen A. Cowan
1987, Water Supply Paper 2301
Comparison of flow and chemical data collected at the principal inlet and at the outlets of Lake Ellynman urban lake in the Chicago metropolitan are--shows that detention storage alters the discharge and the quality of urban runoff. Peak water discharge and variation in the concentration of constituents transported by the...
A flow-simulation model of the tidal Potomac River
Raymond W. Schaffranek
1987, Water Supply Paper 2234-D
A one-dimensional model capable of simulating flow in a network of interconnected channels has been applied to the tidal Potomac River including its major tributaries and embayments between Washington, D.C., and Indian Head, Md. The model can be used to compute water-surface elevations and flow discharges at any of 66...
Application of the precipitation-runoff model in the Warrior coal field, Alabama
Robert E. Kidd, C. R. Bossong
1987, Water Supply Paper 2306
A deterministic precipitation-runoff model, the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System, was applied in two small basins located in the Warrior coal field, Alabama. Each basin has distinct geologic, hydrologic, and land-use characteristics. Bear Creek basin (15.03 square miles) is undisturbed, is underlain almost entirely by consolidated coal-bearing rocks of Pennsylvanian age (Pottsville...
