Water resources data, West Virginia, water year 1983
W.N. Embree, E.A. Friel, F.M. Taylor, T. A. Ehlke
1984, Water Data Report WV-83-1
Water resources data for the 1983 water year for West Virginia consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and springs, and water levels of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 83 gaging stations; stage only records for 15 gaging stations; contents for 1 reservoir;...
Water resources data, Pennsylvania, water year 1983. Volume 2: Susquehanna and Potomac River basins
J.W. Buchanan, W.C. Loper, W.P. Schaffstall, R.A. Hainly
1984, Water Data Report PA-83-2
Water resources data for the 1983 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels, and water quality of ground-water wells. This volume contains records for water discharge at 84 stations; contents at 13 lakes and reservoirs,...
Runoff and water-quality characteristics of surface-mined lands in Illinois
Timothy P. Brabets
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4265
Seven watersheds--three in western Illinois (Fulton County), two in south-western Illinois (St. Clair County), and two in southern Illinois (Williamson County)--were selected to assess the effect of surface mining on the quality and quantity of surface runoff. Each area had one site draining an unmined basin and a nearby site(s)...
Analysis of the effects of proposed pumping from the principal artesian aquifer, Savannah, Georgia area
R.B. Randolph, R.E. Krause
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4064
A two-dimensional finite-difference model of the principal artesian aquifer in the Savannah, Georgia, area, originally developed by Counts and Krause (1976), has been expanded and refined. The model was updated and the grid redesigned to provide more current and accurate detail for ground-water resources management alternatives. Improvements in the definition...
Proposed 10-year plan for continuation of hydrologic studies of the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio area, Texas
Larry F. Land
1984, Open-File Report 84-817
The importance of the Edwards aquifer as a freshwater resource and its susceptibility to being contaminated, being over utilized, or both resulted in the development of a proposed 10-year plan to monitor and study its hydrology. The plan proposes adjustments to the current monitoring activities of computing and measuring recharge,...
Ground-water level data and preliminary potentiometric-surface maps, Yucca Mountain and vicinity, Nye County, Nevada
J. H. Robison
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4197
The report contains a table of ground-water level data and two preliminary potentiometric-surface maps for the Yucca Mountain area. The water-level surface shown on the maps generally represents water-table (unconfined) conditions. The water table in the Yucca Mountain area occurs in ash-flow and air-fall tuffs of tertiary age. West of...
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...
Water levels and water-level changes in the Prairie du Chien-Jordan and Mount Simon-Hinckley aquifers, Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, 1971-80
Michael Schoenberg
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4237
The ground-water system in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area includes five aquifers; two of these aquifers the Prairie du Chien-Jordan and the Mount Simon-Hinckley supply about 80 percent and 10 percent, respectively, of the ground water pumped for public supply. Water levels and changes in water levels in these two...
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...
Relation of urban land-use and dry-weather, storm, and snowmelt flow characteristics to stream-water quality, Shunganunga Creek basin, Topeka, Kansas
Larry M. Pope, Hugh E. Bevans
1984, Open-File Report 84-750
Overland runoff from urban areas can cause concentrations of some water-quality constituents in local receiving streams to increase. The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment investigated the water-quality characteristics of streams draining Topeka, Kansas, and adjacent parts of the Shunganunga Creek basin from...
Flood potential of Fortymile Wash and its principal southwestern tributaries, Nevada Test Site, southern Nevada
R.R. Squires, R.L. Young
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4001
Analysis of flood hazards for a 9-mile reach of Fortymile Wash and three of its tributaries was undertaken to aid in determining possible sites for the storage of radioactive wastes. Data from 12 peak-flow gaging stations adjacent to the Test Site were used to develop regression relations that permit an...
Use of the routing procedure to study dye and gas transport in the West Fork Trinity River, Texas
Harvey E. Jobson, R. E. Rathbun
1984, Water Supply Paper 2252
Rhodamine-WT dye, ethylene, and propane were injected at three sites along a 21.6-kilometer reach of the West Fork Trinity River below Fort Worth, Texas. Complete dye concentration versus time curves and peak gas concentrations were measured at three cross sections below each injection. The peak dye concentrations were located and...
Sanitary quality of the Jordan River in Salt Lake County, Utah
K. R. Thompson
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4252
This investigation of the sanitary quality of the Jordan River was conducted from July 1980 to October 1982 using indicator bacteria rather than specific pathogens. A serious sanitary problem was identified. Concentrations of total coliform bacteria often exceeded 5,000 colonies per 100 milliliters and concentrations of fecal coliform bacteria often...
Appearance and water quality of turbidity plumes produced by dredging in Tampa Bay, Florida
Carl R. Goodwin, D.M. Michaelis
1984, Water Supply Paper 2192
Turbidity plumes in Tampa Bay, Florida, produced during ship-channel dredging operations from February 1977 to August 1978, were monitored in order to document plume appearance and water quality, evaluate plume influence on the characteristics of Tampa Bay water, and provide a data base for comparison with other areas that have...
Water resources of Ponape, Caroline Islands
Otto Van der Brug
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4139
Ponape is the third largest island in the western Pacific, with a land area of 129 square miles. The island is volcanic, nearly circular in shape, and covered with lush tropical vegetation. The mountainous interior has the highest peaks in the western Pacific. Annual rainfall at Kolonia and other coastal...
AQUIFEM-SALT; a finite-element model for aquifers containing a seawater interface
C.I. Voss
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4263
Described are modifications to AQUIFEM, a finite element areal ground-water flow model for aquifer evaluation. The modified model, AQUIFEM-SALT, simulates an aquifer containing a freshwater body that freely floats on seawater. Parts of the freshwater lens may be confined above and below by less permeable units. Theory, code modifications, and...
Magnitude and frequency of high flows of unregulated streams in Kansas
P. R. Jordan
1984, Open-File Report 84-453
Information on high-flow magnitude and frequency is needed for hydro-logic evaluation of such factors as flood-control storage and dam safety. High-flow information given in this report is for streamflows unaffected by major regulation, such as by large reservoirs. High-flow magnitude and frequency data are given for 91 streamflow-gaging stations through-out...
An evaluation of rainfall-runoff data for the Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado
R.D. Jarrett, J.E. Veenhuis
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4050
An investigation was made to monitor the storm runoff in McIntyre Gulch basin to determine the rainfall-runoff chracteristics. Results may now be used to evaluate the effects of future development on storm runoff from the Denver Federal Center, which is located in the McIntyre Gulch basin in Lakewood , CO....
A statistical approach to evaluate the relation of coal mining, land reclamation, and surface-water quality in Ohio
Janet Hren, K. S. Wilson, D.R. Helsel
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4117
Base-flow data from 779 sites in Ohio 's coal region were analyzed statistically to relate land use to selected water-quality characteristics. Sites were classified into five categories: unmined (100 percent unmined land), abandoned (50 percent or more abandoned surface mines), reclaimed (50 percent or more reclaimed surface mines), deep-mined (50...
Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Randolph County, Indiana
W.W. Lapham, L. D. Arihood
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4267
The two major aquifer systems in Randolph County, Indiana are sand and gravel and bedrock (limestone, dolomite, and shale of Silurian to Odovician age). The average thickness of the sands and gravels is 15 ft, and the aquifers are areally discontinuous. The bedrock aquifer underlies the entire study area and...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Coastal river basins of the South Shore and Buzzards Bay
S. W. Wandle, M. A. Morgan
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4288
The coastal river basins include the minor river basins draining into Massachusetts Bay along the South Shore or into Buzzards Bay. The larger of these basins are the North, South, Jones, Wareham, Weweantic, Mattapoisett, Acushnet, and Slocums River basins. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps, were...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Connecticut River basin
S. W. Wandle
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4282
The Connecticut River basin study area includes streams draining the Ashuelot River (6.6 square miles), Millers River (389 square miles), Deerfield River (663 square miles), Chicopee River (727 square miles), Westfield River (517 square miles), Farmington River (158 square miles), and Connecticut River lowlands (656 square miles) basin in western...
Water-quality characteristics of urban runoff and estimates of annual loads in the Tampa Bay area, Florida, 1975-80
M. A. Lopez, R.F. Giovannelli
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4181
Rainfall, runoff, and water quality data were collected at nine urban watersheds in the Tampa Bay area from 1975 to 1980. Watershed drainage area ranged from 0.34 to 0.45 sq mi. Land use was mixed. Development ranged from a mostly residential watershed with a 19% impervious surface, to a commercial-residential...
Availability of ground water from the alluvial aquifer on the Nisqually Indian Reservation, Washington
W. E. Lum II
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4185
A digital model using finite-difference techniques was constructed to simulate ground-water flow in an alluvial aquifer on the Nisqually Indian Reservation. The maximum long-term rate of pumping from individual wells, based on available data, is about 0.75 cubic feet per second (340 gallons per minute). Data on the extent, hydraulic...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Housatonic River basin
S. W. Wandle, R. G. Lippert
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4285
The Housatonic River basin includes streams that drain 504 square miles in western Massachusetts and 30.5 square miles in eastern New York. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps, were computed for the first time for streams draining more than 3 square miles and were recomputed for...
