Water resources investigations in Mississippi, 1984-85
A. G. Lamonds, Carol Moss
1984, Open-File Report 84-444
This report describes the activities of the Water Resources Division in Mississippi. It summarizes progress made in water-resources investigations and related activities in the current fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and outlines the work to be accomplished during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985. Its specific purpose is...
Report of the annual yield of the Arkansas River basin for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma,1983 water year
M. A. Moore, T.E. Lamb
1984, Open-File Report 84-598
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...
Water-resources investigations in North Dakota; fiscal year 1984
L.A. Hall, R.K. Kuzniar
1984, Open-File Report 84-429
The U.S. Geological Survey, through its Water Resources Division, investigates the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution, and movement of the surface and underground water that composes the Nation's water resources. This publication contains a brief description of the ongoing investigations of the North Dakota District.Much of the Geological Survey program is...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Montana, October 1983 through September 1984
R.S. Roberts
1984, Open-File Report 84-435
U.S. Geological Survey investigations of the water resources of Montana are described. Hydrologic information and knowledge of the water resources are gained and disseminated principally by programs of (1) collecting hydrologic data on a continuing basis , (2) conducting water-resources appraisals of surface and ground water, (3) conducting supportive research...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Arkansas; fiscal years 1982 and 1983
B.L. Louthian
1984, Open-File Report 84-232
During fiscal years 1982 and 1983 there were 22 water resources investigations in progress by the Arkansas District of the U.S. Geological Survey 's Water Resources Division. Investigations that mainly involved data collection included surface water gaging, water level measuring, water quality sampling, sediment sampling and water use inventorying. Interpretive...
Activities of the Alaska District, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984
E.F. Snyder
1984, Open-File Report 84-246
Twenty-two projects active in 1984 are described. Each description includes information on period of project, chief, funding sources, location, purpose, current status, and published or planned reports. The compilation also contains a bibliography of reports published by the Alaska Distict from 1977 through 1983. (USGS)...
Application of a parameter-estimation technique to modeling the regional aquifer underlying the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
S. P. Garabedian
1984, Open-File Report 84-461
A nonlinear, least-squares regression technique for the estimation of ground-water flow model parameters was applied to the regional aquifer underlying the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho. The computer program simulates two-dimensional, steady-state ground-water flow. Hydrologic data for the 1980 water year were used to calculate recharge rates, boundary fluxes, and...
Water quality of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary; hydrologic data report supplement, 1979 through 1981 water years
R.H. Coupe, W.E. Webb
1984, Open-File Report 84-132
This report is a companion report to the U.S. Geological Survey 1979, 1980, and 1981 Hydrologic Data Reports of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary. It contains values of biochemical oxygen demand and specific rate constants, incident light and light attenuation measurements; numbers of phytoplankton, fecal coliform and fecal streptococci,...
Water-use computer programs for Florida
L.H. Geiger
1984, Open-File Report 84-442
Using U.S. Geological Survey computer programs L149-L153, this report shows how to process water-use data for the functional water-use categories: public supply, rural supply, industrial self-supplied, irrigation, and thermo-electric power generation. The programs are used to selectively retrieve entries and list them in a format suitable for publication. Instructions are...
Uses, funding, and availability of continuous streamflow data in Montana
R.R. Shields, M. K. White
1984, Open-File Report 84-862
This report documents the results of a study of the uses, funding, and availability of continuous streamflow data collected and published by the U.S. Geological Survey in Montana. Data uses and funding sources are identified for the 218 continuous streamflow gages currently (1984) being operated. These stations are supported by...
Water-resources studies in Utah by the U.S. Geological Survey, July 1, 1983, to June 30, 1984
1984, Open-File Report 84-585
This report summarizes the progress on water-resources studies in Utah by the U.S. Geological Survey during the period July 1, 1983, to June 30, 1984. Much of the work was done in cooperation with the State of Utah and local agencies. Additional supporting funds were transferred from other Federal agencies...
An evaluation of the applicability of the telluric-electric and audio-magnetotelluric methods to mineral assessment on the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Vincent J. Flanigan, Charles J. Zablocki
1984, Open-File Report 84-425
Feasibility studies of two electromagnetic methods were made in selected areas of the Jabal Hibshi (1:250,000) quadrangle, 26F, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in March of 1983. The methods tested were the natural source-field telluricelectric and audio-magnetotelluric methods developed and extensively used in recent years by the U.S. Geological...
Analytical results for 102 water samples from sites draining the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Study Area, Lake, Park, and Chaffee counties, Colorado
W. H. Ficklin, G.A. Nowland, R.A. Dover
1984, Open-File Report 84-3
The ground-water system and possible effects of underground coal mining in the Trail Mountain area, central Utah
G. C. Lines
1984, Open-File Report 84-67
No abstract available. ...
Ground-water quality data from the southeastern coastal plain, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina
R. W. Lee
1984, Open-File Report 84-237
Floods of May to June 1983 along the northern Wasatch Front, Salt Lake City to North Ogden, Utah
K.L. Lindskov
1984, Open-File Report 84-456
Determinations of peak discharge for floods of May to June 1983 were made for 11 streams along the northern Wasatch Front from Salt Lake City to North Ogden. At nine of the streams, the floods during the spring of 1983 equaled or exceeded the 100-year flood. The peak discharge at...
Effects of brine on the chemical quality of water in parts of Creek, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Payne, Pottawatomie, and Seminole counties, Oklahoma
Robert B. Morton
1984, Open-File Report 84-445
A study of water-quality degradation due to brine contamination was made in an area of about 1,700 square miles in east-central Oklahoma. The study area coincides, in part, with the outcrop of the Vamoosa-Ada aquifer of Pennsylvanian age.Water samples collected from 180 wells completed in the Vamoosa-Ada aquifer, and at...
Analytical results and sample locality map of stream-sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, water, and rock samples from the Bisti, De-Na-Zin, and Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, New Mexico
M. S. Erickson, J.R. Hassemer
1984, Open-File Report 84-215
Hydrogeologic data from a test well at Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, City of Jacksonville, Florida
D.P. Brown, R.A. Johnson, J.S. Baker
1984, Open-File Report 84-143
A 2,026-foot test well was drilled at Hanna Park, City of Jacksonville, Florida, to obtain hydrogeologic data. Drill cuttings and water samples were collected, and water-level measurements and lithologic and geophysical logs were made. The well is constructed with 6-inch diameter casing from land surface to a depth of 1,892...
Hydrogeologic framework of the New Jersey coastal plain
O. S. Zapecza
1984, Open-File Report 84-730
Results are presented of a water-resources-oriented subsurface mapping program within the Coastal Plain of New Jersey. The occurrence and configuration of 15 regional hydrogeologic units are defined based primarily on the interpretation of borehole geophysical data. The nine aquifers and six confining beds are composed of unconsolidated clay, silt, sand,...
Data from pumping and injection tests and chemical sampling in the geothermal aquifer at Klamath Falls, Oregon
S.M. Benson, C. J. Janik, D.C. Long, R.D. Solbau, P.J. Lienau
1984, Open-File Report 84-146
A seven-week pumping and injection tests in the geothermal aquifer at Klamath Falls, Oregon, in 1983 provided new information on hydraulic properties of the aquifer. The Open-File Data Report on the tests includes graphs of water levels measured in 50 wells, temperature measurement in 17 wells , daily air-temperatures in...
Planning report for the comprehensive appraisal of the ground-water resources of the north coast limestone area, Puerto Rico
Arturo Torres-Gonzalez, R. M. Wolansky
1984, Open-File Report 84-427
No abstract available....
Water Resources Division training catalog
W. R. Hotchkiss, L.A. Foxhoven
1984, Open-File Report 83-945
The National Training Center provides technical and management sessions nesessary for the conductance of the U.S. Geological Survey 's training programs. This catalog describes the facilities and staff at the Lakewood Training Center and describes Water Resources Division training courses available through the center. In addition, the catalog describes the...
Test well DO-CE 88 at Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland
Henry Trapp Jr., LeRoy L. Knobel, Harold Meisler, P. Patrick Leahy
1984, Water Supply Paper 2229
Test well DO-CE 88 at Cambridge, Maryland, penetrated 3,299 feet of unconsolidated Quaternary, Tertiary and Cretaceous sediments and bottomed in quartz-monzonite gneiss. The well was drilled to provide data for a study of the aquifer system of the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain. Twenty-one core samples were collected. Six sand zones...
Quantity and quality of streamflow in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
K.L. Lindskov, Briant A. Kimball
1984, Water Supply Paper 2224
The southeastern Uinta Basin of Utah and Colorado includes an area of 3,000 square miles containing large oilshale deposits. Future mining and retorting of the oil shale in northeastern Utah is expected to impact the area's water resources. In order to determine premining conditions, streamflow and water-quality data were collected...
