Preliminary data for northern Great Plains test well 1, quarter NE quarter Sec. 11, T.55N., R.77W., Sheridan County, Wyoming
D.H. Lobmeyer, L. O. Anna, J.F. Busby
1982, Open-File Report 82-446
This report documents the preliminary data obtained from Northern Great Plains test well 1 and describes the preliminary results and future testing plans. The intended audience includes hydrologists, local water users, drilling contractors, and water managers. The test well was drilled as part of the study to determine the water...
Leasable mineral and waterpower land classification map of the Soda Springs 30' x 1° quadrangle, Idaho and Wyoming
Donald A. DeCicco
1982, Open-File Report 81-1357
No abstract available....
Potential hydrologic impacts of ground-water withdrawal from the Cape Cod National Seashore, Truro, Massachusetts
Denis R. LeBlanc
1982, Open-File Report 82-438
The hydrologic impacts of continuous ground-water withdrawals at 0.75, 1.0, and 1.24 Mgal/d (million gallons per day) from a test-well site in the Cape Cod National Seashore, Truro, Massachusetts, were evaluated with a three-dimensional finite-difference steady-state-flow digital model. The digital model was prepared during an earlier study and is only...
Sewage plume in a sand and gravel aquifer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Denis LeBlanc
1982, Open-File Report 82-274
Secondarily treated domestic sewage has been disposed of on surface sand beds at the sewage treatment facility at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, since 1936. Infiltration of the sewage through the sand beds into the underlying unconfined sand and gravel aquifer has resulted in a plume of sewage-contaminated ground water...
Digital classification of Landsat data for vegetation and land-cover mapping in the Blackfoot River watershed, southeastern Idaho
L. R. Pettinger
1982, Professional Paper 1219
This paper documents the procedures, results, and final products of a digital analysis of Landsat data used to produce a vegetation and landcover map of the Blackfoot River watershed in southeastern Idaho. Resource classes were identified at two levels of detail: generalized Level I classes (for example, forest land and...
Procedures for assessment of cumulative impacts of coal mining on the hydrologic balance
Alan M. Lumb
1982, Open-File Report 82-334
Techniques were developed to assess the probable cumulative impacts of anticipated surface mining upon the hydrology of and area. An activity profile of cumulative drainage area versus river miles downstream from the surface mining site is constructed that shows major water uses, flood prone areas, and stream classifications. From the...
Water quality of Lake Granbury, north-central Texas
Freeman L. Andrews, Jeffrey L. Strause
1982, Open-File Report 82-676
During water years 1970-79, the concentrations of the major dissolved constituents in Lake Granbury on the Brazos River in north-central Texas averaged about 1,800 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, 700 milligrams per liter of chloride, and 350 milligrams per liter of sulfate. The water was generally very hard (hardness...
South Atlantic summary report 2: A revision of Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities in the South Atlantic (U.S.) and their onshore impacts, a summary report, July 1980
Jeffrey L. Deis, Frederick N. Kurz, Elizabeth O. Porter
1982, Open-File Report 82-15
The search for oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the South Atlantic Region began in 1960, when geophysical surveys of the area were initiated. In 1977, a Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) well was drilled in the Southeast Georgia Embayment. In March 1978, the first lease...
Land use and land cover, 1972-73, Jefferson City, Missouri
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Land Use and Land Cover 96
Hydrologic data collected in and around a surface coal mine, Clay and Vigo counties, Indiana, 1977-80
Linda L. Bobo, Stephen E. Eikenberry
1982, Open-File Report 82-639
Few data are available for evaluating water-quality and other hydrologic properties in and around surface coal mines, particularly in areas where material having a high potential for acid-production is selectively buried. This report contains hydrologic data collected in an active coal mining area in Clay and Vigo Counties, Indiana, from...
Floods of October 1977 in southern Arizona and March 1978 in central Arizona
B. N. Aldridge, J.H. Eychaner
1982, Open-File Report 82-687
Major floods occurred in October 1977 and March 1978 in Arizona. As much as 14 inches of rain fell during October 6-9, 1977, over the mountains of southern Arizona and northern Mexico and caused the highest discharge since at least 1892 on the Santa Cruz River upstream from Tucson. The...
Aeromagnetic map of the Owens Lake area, California
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Open-File Report 82-1081
Effects of processed oil shale on the element content of Atriplex cancescens
B.M. Anderson
1982, Open-File Report 82-1051
Samples of four-wing saltbush were collected from the Colorado State University Intensive Oil Shale Revegetation Study Site test plots in the Piceance basin, Colorado. The test plots were constructed to evaluate the effects of processed oil shale geochemistry on plant growth using various thicknesses of soil cover over the processed...
Aeromagnetic map of parts of the Okanogan and Ritzville 1° x 2° quadrangles, Washington
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Open-File Report 82-661
No abstract available....
Projected effects of proposed salinity-control projects on shallow ground water; preliminary results for the upper Brazos River basin, Texas
Sergio Garza
1982, Open-File Report 82-908
As part of the plan to control the natural salt pollution in the upper Brazos River basin of Texas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended construction of three impoundment and retention reservoirs. In connection with the proposed reservoirs, the U.S. Geological Survey was requested to define the existing ground-water...
Development of ground-water resources in Orange County, Texas, and adjacent areas in Texas and Louisiana, 1971-80
C.W. Bonnet, R.K. Gabrysch
1982, Open-File Report 82-330
Pumpage in Orange County from the lower unit of the Chicot aquifer averaged 21.2 million gallons per day (0.93 cubic meter per second) and pumpage from the upper unit of the Chicot averaged about 2 million gallons per day (0.088 cubic meter per second) from 1971-79. Annual pumpage increased in...
Estimated natural streamflow in the Rio San Jose upstream from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, New Mexico
D. W. Risser
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4096
The development of surface and ground water, which began about 1870 in the upper Rio San Jose drainage basin, has decreased the flow of the Rio San Jose on the Pueblo of Acoma and the Pueblo of Laguna. The purpose of this study was to estimate the natural streamflow in...
Aeromagnetic map of the Inchelium 15' quadrangle, Washington
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Open-File Report 82-660
No abstract available....
Ground-water applications of remote sensing
Gerald K. Moore
1982, Open-File Report 82-240
Remote sensing can be used as a tool to inventory springs and seeps and to interpret lithology, structure, and ground-water occurrence and quality. Thermograms are the best images for inventory of seeps and springs. The steps in aquifer mapping are image analysis and interpretation and ground-water interpretation. A ground-water interpretation...
A study of trends in total phosphorus measurements at NASQAN stations
Richard A. Smith, Robert M. Hirsch, James Richard Slack
1982, Water Supply Paper 2190
Altitude and configuration of the predevelopment water table in the High Plains regional aquifer, northwestern Oklahoma
John S. Havens
1982, Open-File Report 82-275
The High Plains aquifer in Oklahoma is part of a region~l aquifersystem extending from South Dakota on the north through Wyoming, Colorado,Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to Texas and New Mexico o~ the south.(index map). The principal aquifer, the Ogallala F?rmat1on of :ert1aryage, is hydraulically connected with other unconsolidated ~eposits, .principally...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in New Mexico, fiscal year 1980
R.R. White
1982, Open-File Report 82-267
This is the third in a series of annual reports in which the program of the New Mexico District, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, is summarized. This report, which is for fiscal year 1980, may be of use to cooperating agencies and to the users of water data in...
Base flow of streams on Long Island, New York
Richard J. Reynolds
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-48
On Long Island, base flow under nonurbanized conditions constitutes 90 to 95% of total stream discharge. Base-flow data from 19 continuously gaged streams are presented as monthly mean and annual mean discharge for water years 1960-75, which includes the 1962-66 drought. The data were derived by hydrograph-separation procedures that isolate...
Water resources of Rockland Basin, southeastern Idaho
Rhea P. Williams, H.W. Young
1982, Open-File Report 82-755
Rockland basin comprises about 320 sq mi of the Snake River drainage in southeastern Idaho. Mountain ranges bordering the basin are composed predominantly of limestone and are complexly faulted. Major aquifers include Holocene alluvium, Quaternary-Tertiary volcanic rocks, and Tertiary sedimentary rocks. Groundwater occurs under water table conditions except where it...
Aeromagnetic map of an area east of Mountain Home, Idaho
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Open-File Report 82-542
