Appraisal of the interconnection between the St Johns River and the surficial aquifer, east-central Duval County, Florida
R. M. Spechler, R. B. Stone Jr.
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4109
The proposed deepening of the navigation channel in the St. Johns River to about 46-48 feet below sea level (45 feet below mean low water) may breach up to 11 feet of limestone unit of the lower part of the surficial aquifer along a 25-mile channel. The limestone supplies water...
Depth to the water table (1976-1977) in the Greater Denver area, Front Range urban corridor, Colorado
D. E. Hillier, P. A. Schneider Jr., E. C. Hutchinson
1983, IMAP 856-K
Knowledge of the depth to the water table is useful to State and local officials in making decisions on land use in the rapidly urbanizing greater Denver are. This report presents the results of a 2-year investigation to determine the depth to the water table, water-table fluctuations and trends, and to relate...
Mudflow hazards along the Toutle and Cowlitz Rivers from a hypothetical failure of Spirit Lake blockage
C.H. Swift, D. L. Kresch
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4125
The debris avalanche accompanying the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens, in southwestern Washington, buried the former outlet of Spirit Lake, located 5 miles north of the volcano, to a depth ranging to 500 feet. Since that time, Spirit Lake has had no natural outlet and its lake...
Reservoir evaporation in central Colorado
N.E. Spahr, B. C. Ruddy
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4103
Evaporation losses from seven reservoirs operated by the Denver Water Department in central Colorado were determined during various periods from 1974 to 1980. The reservoirs studies were Ralston, Cheesman, Antero, Williams Fork, Elevenmile Canyon, Dillon, and Gross. Energy-budget and mass-transfer methods were used to determine evaporation. Class-A pan data also...
Land Use Series, Casper [Quadrangle], Wyoming
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Open-File Report 83-572
Rainfall-runoff data from small watersheds in Colorado, October 1977 through September 1980
Betty J. Cochran, D.R. Minges, R.D. Jarrett, J.E. Veenhuis
1983, Open-File Report 82-873
Rainfall-runoff data from small watersheds in Colorado are being collected and analyzed for the purpose of defining the flood characteristics of these and other similar areas. Rainfall-runoff collected from October 1977 through September 1980 at a total of 37 urban stations, 10 Denver Federal Center stations, and 41 rural (or...
Hydrology of Area 1, eastern coal province, Pennsylvania [West Branch Susquehanna River, Sinnemahoning Creek, Upper Juniata River, Clearfield Creek]
William J. Herb, Deborah E. Brown, Lewis C. Shaw, Albert E. Becher
1983, Open-File Report 83-223
Provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 recognized a nationwide need for hydrologic information in mined and potentially mined areas. This report is designed to be useful to mine owners, operators, regulatory authorities, citizens groups, and others by presenting information on existing hydrologic conditions and by...
Water resources of the Truk Islands
Otto Van der Brug
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4082
The Truk Islands, part of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific, consist of 19 volcanic islands and about 65 coral islets. The volcanic islands and some of the coral islets are scattered in an 820-square-mile lagoon enclosed by a 125-mile long barrier reef. Moen, although not the largest, is...
Hydrology of an abandoned coal-mining area near McCurtain, Haskell County, Oklahoma
L. J. Slack
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4202
Water quality was investigated from October 1980 to May 1983 in an area of abandoned coal mines in Haskell county, Oklahoma. Bedrock in the area is shale, siltstone, sandstone, and the McAlester (Stigler) and Hartshorne coals of the McAlester Formation and Hartshorne Sandstone of Pennsylvanian age. The two coal beds,...
Saudi Arabian seismic deep-refraction profiles; final project report
J. H. Healy, W. D. Mooney, H. R. Blank, M. E. Gettings, W.M. Kohler, R.J. Lamson, L.E. Leone
1983, Open-File Report 83-390
In February 1978 a seismic deep-refraction profile was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey along a 1000-km line across the Arabian Shield in western Saudi Arabia. The line begins in Mesozoic cover rocks near Riyadh on the Arabian Platform, leads southwesterly across three major Precambrian tectonic provinces, traverses Cenozoic rocks...
Exploratory drilling and aquifer testing at the Kipahulu District, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii
W. R. Souza
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4066
An exploratory well, located at 388 feet above sea level in Kipahulu Valley on Maui, Hawaii, was completed and tested in October 1980. The 410-foot well penetrates a series of very dense basaltic lava flows of the Hana Formation. At an elevation of 10 feet above mean sea level, the...
Water resources data, Louisiana, water year 1983, volume 2. Southern Louisiana
D.D. Carlson, G.R. Stallworth, L.J. Dantin, C.G. Stuart
1983, Water Data Report LA-83-2
Water resources data for the 1983 water year for Louisiana consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report, in two volumes, contains records for water discharge at...
Approximate water-level changes in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, 1977-83 and 1982-83 and measured compaction, 1973-83 in Harris and Galvestan counties, Texas
Jeffrey L. Strause, C.E. Ranzau Jr.
1983, Open-File Report 83-150
This report, which was prepared in cooperation with the City of Hoston, the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, and the Texas Department of Water Resources, presents data on water-level changes in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers....
Water resources of the Fort Union coal region, east-central Montana
S.E. Slagle
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4151
The shallow ground-water system in the Fort Union coal region overlies the Upper Cretaceous Bearpaw Shale. It includes the Upper Cretaceous Fox Hills Sandstone and the overlying Hell Creek Formation, Paleocene Fort Union Formation, and Pleistocene and Holocene glacial deposits, terrace deposits, and alluvium. Two general flow patterns are present...
Hydrologic data from the Tamarack Wildlife Area and vicinity, Logan County, Colorado
Alan W. Burns
1983, Open-File Report 83-139
Hydrologic data were collected from the Tamarack Ranch Wildlife area and vicinity near Crook, Colo., during the period September 1979 to August 1981. These data will aid in the analysis of the effects of proposed water-development projects on the hydrologic system of the wildlife area. The data collected included a...
Effect of urbanization on the water resources of Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
R. A. Sloto, D.K. Davis
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4020
Rapid suburban development occurred in Warminster Township and the surrounding area after World War II, resulting in a large population dependent on ground water. In 1980, approximately 2.7 billion gallons of ground water was pumped by public water suppliers and government facilities. Pumping wells can cause drawdown as far as...
Reconnaissance of the hydrothermal resources of Utah
F. Eugene Rush
1983, Professional Paper 1044-H
Geologic factors in the Basin and Range province in Utah are more favorable for the occurrence of geothermal resources than in other areas on the Colorado Plateaus or in the Middle Rocky Mountains. These geologic factors are principally crustal extension and crustal thinning during the last 17 million years. Basalts...
Geohydrologic data for test well USW H-6 Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada
R. W. Craig, R.L. Reed, R.W. Spengler
1983, Open-File Report 83-856
The following data are presented for test well USW H-6: drilling operations, lithology, availability of borehole geophysical logs , water levels, future availability of core analyses, water chemistry, pumping tests, and packer-injection tests. The well is one of a series of test wells drilled in and near Yucca Mountain adjacent...
Geologic and well-construction data for the H-10 borehole complex near the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site, southeastern New Mexico
J.G. Wells, S.L. Drellack
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4124
The H-10 borehole complex, a group of three closely spaced boreholes, is located 3 1/2 miles southeast of the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in west-central Lea County, New Mexico. The geological data presented in this report are part of a site-characterization study for the possible storage of defense-associated...
Statistical summary of daily values data and trend analysis of dissolved-solids data at National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) stations
F.C. Wells, T. L. Schertz
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4172
A statistical summary is provided of the available continuous and once-daily discharge, specific-conductance, dissolved oxygen , water temperature, and pH data collected at NASQAN stations during the 1973-81 water years and documents the period of record on which the statistical calculations were based. In addition, dissolved-solids data are examined by...
Geohydrology and water resources of the Papago Farms-Great Plain area, Papago Indian Reservation, Arizona, and the upper Rio Sonoyta area, Sonora, Mexico
K.J. Hollett
1983, Open-File Report 83-774
The Papago Farms-Great Plain and upper Rio Sonoyta study area includes about 490 square miles in south-central Arizona and north-central Sonora, Mexico. In the study area 23,700 acre-feet of ground water from the basin-fill deposits was used to irrigate more than 5,000 acres in 1981. Surface water is not a...
Water resources data, New Mexico, water year 1982
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Water Data Report NM-82-1
Water resources data for the 1982 water year for New Mexico consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; stage, contents and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 197 gaging stations; stage and...
Water resources of the Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington
B. W. Drost
1983, Open-File Report 82-648
Water will play a significant role in the future development of the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Ground-water resources are sufficient to supply several times the 1978 population. Potential problems associated with increased ground-water development are saltwater encroachment in the coastal areas and septic-tank contamination of shallow aquifers. There are sufficient good-quality...
Water resources data, Michigan, water year 1982
J. B. Miller, J.L. Oberg, T. Sieger Jr.
1983, Water Data Report MI-82-1
Water resources data for the 1982 water year for Michigan consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water temperature of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 169 gaging stations; stage only...
Groundwater resources of the Dallas-Monmouth area, Polk, Benton, and Marion Counties, Oregon
Joseph B. Gonthier
1983, Open-File Report 80-678
The Dallas-Monmouth area is in the west-central Willamette Valley of western Oregon. It comprises a total of about 400 square miles in Polk, Benton, and Marion Counties. Tertiary consolidated rocks underlie the entire area. These rocks include marine sandstone, siltstone, shale, tuff, basalt, and gabbro. In the lowlands, the consolidated...
