Literature review and need for additional study of surface-water quality in the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Ohio
C.J. Childress
1984, Open-File Report 84-619
The Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area encompasses about 24 miles of the middle reach of the Cuyahoga River and parts of four major tributaries -- Furnace Run, Brandywine Creek, Chippewa Creek, and TInkers Creek. Water quality in this reach does not meet Ohio water-quality standards for dissolved oxygen, fecal bacteria,...
Low-flow transport models for conservative and sorbed solutes — Uvas Creek, near Morgan Hill, California
A. P. Jackman, R. A. Walters, V. C. Kennedy
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4041
Models describing low-flow transport of conservative (nonreactive) and reactive solutes, which adsorb on the streambed, are developed and tested. Temporary storage within the bed plays an important role in solute movement. Three different models of bed-storage processes are developed for conservative solutes. One model assumes the bed is a well-mixed,...
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...
Geohydrologic data for test well UE-25p1, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada
R. W. Craig, K. A. Johnson
1984, Open-File Report 84-450
This report presents the following data for test well UE-25p 1 in Nye County, Nevada: drilling operations, lithology, availability of borehole geophysical logs, water levels, future availability of core analyses, water chemistry, pumping tests, borehole-flow surveys, and packer-injection tests. The well is one of a series of test wells drilled...
A Galerkin finite-element flow model to predict the transient response of a radially symmetric aquifer
Thomas E. Reilly
1984, Water Supply Paper 2198
A computer program developed to evaluate radial flow of ground water, such as at a pumping well, recharge basin, or injection well, is capable of simulating anisotropic, inhomogenous, confined, or pseudo-unconfined (constant saturated thickness) conditions. Results compare well with those calculated from published analytical and model solutions. The program is...
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,...
Streamflow and specific-conductance data for selected sites, February 15 through April 9, 1984, near the Y-12 Plant, the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee
R. D. Evaldi
1984, Open-File Report 84-625
Discharge and specific conductance were measured February 15 through April 9, 1984, during base flow of streams in 18 watersheds in the vicinity of the Y-12 Plant of the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee. Discharge of springs and streams measured at specific sites ranged from 0 to 16 cubic feet per...
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...
Cost-effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Iowa
I.L. Burmeister, O. G. Lara
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4171
This report documents the results of a study of the cost-effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in Iowa. Data uses and funding sources were identified for the 122 surface-water stations (including reservoir, lake, stage only, and miscellaneous stations) operated by the U. S. Geological Survey in Iowa. There are 110 continuous...
Simulated effects of proposed reservoir-development alternatives on streamflow quantity in the White River, Colorado and Utah
Gerhard Kuhn, S. R. Ellis
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4297
Numerous reservoirs have been proposed for the White River basin in Colorado and Utah, primarily to provide water for oil-shale development. A multireservoir-flow model was used to simulate the effects of streamflow withdrawal at four of the proposed reservoirs using historical streamflow data from the 1932-81 water years. The proposed...
Cost effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in northeastern California
S.H. Hoffard, V.F. Pearce, Gary D. Tasker, W.H. Doyle
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4127
Results are documented of a study of the cost effectiveness of the stream-gaging program in northeastern California. Data uses and funding sources were identified for the 127 continuous stream gages currently being operated in the study area. One stream gage was found to have insufficient data use to warrant cooperative...
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...
Geologic and hydrologic characterization and evaluation of the Basin and Range Province relative to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste: Part I, Introduction and guidelines
M. S. Bedinger, Kenneth A. Sargent, J.E. Reed
1984, Circular 904-A
The U.S. Geological Survey's program for geologic and hydrologic evaluation of physiographic provinces to identify areas potentially suitable for locating repository sites for disposal of high-level nuclear wastes was announced to the Governors of the eight States in the Basin and Range Province on May 5, 1981. Representatives of Arizona,...
Analysis of the Carmel Valley alluvial ground-water basin, Monterey County, California
Glenn W. Kapple, Hugh T. Mitten, Timothy J. Durbin, Michael J. Johnson
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4280
A two-dimensional, finite-element, digital model was developed for the Carmel Valley alluvial ground-water basin using measured, computed, and estimated discharge and recharge data for the basin. Discharge data included evapotranspiration by phreatophytes and agricultural, municipal, and domestic pumpage. Recharge data included river leakage, tributary runoff, and pumping return flow. Recharge...
Changes in channel geomorphology of six eruption-affected tributaries of the Lewis River, 1980-82, Mount St. Helens, Washington
H. A. Martinson, S. D. Finneran, L. J. Topinka
1984, Open-File Report 84-614
The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens generated a lateral blast, lahars and tephra deposits that altered tributary channels in the Lewis River drainage basin. In order to assess potential flood hazards, study channel adjustments, and construct a sediment budget for the perturbed drainages on the east and...
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)...
Geohydrologic and drill-hole data for test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
M.S. Whitfield, William Thordarson, E.P. Eshom
1984, Open-File Report 84-449
Data are presented on drilling operations, lithology, geophysical well logs, sidewall-core samples, water-level monitoring, pumping tests, injection tests, radioactive-tracer borehole flow survey, and water chemistry for test well USW H-4. The well is one of a series of test wells drilled in the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site,...
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...
Habitat Suitability Index Models and Instream Flow Suitability Curves: Spotted bass
Thomas E. McMahon, Glen Gebhart, O. Eugene Maughan, Patrick C. Nelson
1984, FWS/OBS 82/10.72
The Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) models presented in this publication aid in identifying habitat variable important to the growth and survival of spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus). Facts, ideas, and concepts obtained from the research literature and expert reviews are synthesized and presented in a format that can be used for...
Digital simulation of the regional effects of subsurface injection of liquid waste near Pensacola, Florida
M. L. Merritt
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4042
Industrial, organic, liquid waste has been injected into a part of the lower limestone of the Floridan aquifer at one site since 1963 and at another site since 1975, raising water levels in the injection zone throughout a large region. The hydrogeologic conceptual model of the injection zone is a...
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...
Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods on streams in Indiana
D.R. Glatfelter
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4134
Equations are presented for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods at ungaged sites on unregulated and nonurban streams in Indiana. The equations were developed by multiple-regression, analysis of basin characteristics and peak-flow statistical data from 242 gaged locations in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. The State of Indiana was divided...
A digital model for streamflow routing by convolution methods
W.H. Doyle Jr., H.O. Shearman, G.J. Stiltner, W.O. Krug
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4160
U.S. Geological Survey computer model, CONROUT, for routing streamflow by unit-response convolution flow-routing techniques from an upstream channel location to a downstream channel location has been developed and documented. Calibration and verification of the flow-routing model and subsequent use of the model for simulation is also documented. Three hypothetical examples...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Hudson River basin
S. William Wandle Jr.
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4250
The Hudson River basin includes streams draining the Hoosic River (205 square miles), Kinderhook Creek (20.9 square miles), and Roeliff Jansen Kill (13.3 square miles) basins in western Massachusetts, eastern New York, and southern Vermont. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps, are re-computed for data-collection sites...
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...
