Definitions of components of the Water Data Sources Directory maintained by the National Water Data Exchange
Melvin D. Edwards
1982, Open-File Report 82-923
This report contains a definition and description of each component of the Water Data Sources Directory data base maintained by the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX). It is intended, primarily, to assist those persons using the Water Data Sources Directory in understanding information obtained from the data base. The Water...
Reconnaissance of the quality of surface water in the Weber River basin, Utah
Kendall R. Thompson
1982, Open-File Report 82-175
Ground-water reconnaissance of the central Weber River area, Morgan and Summit Counties, Utah
J. S. Gates, J.I. Steiger, R.T. Green
1982, Open-File Report 82-695
No abstract available....
Water resources data Iowa, water year 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report IA-81-1
This report was prepared by personnel of the Iowa district of the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey under the supervision of 0. G. Lara, Acting District Chief, and Alfred Clebsch, Jr., Regional Hydrologist, Central Region. It was done in cooperation with the State of Iowa and with other agencies. This report is...
Subsurface information from eight wells drilled at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, southeastern Idaho
F.J. Goldstein, W.D. Weight
1982, Open-File Report 82-644
The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) covers about 890 square miles of the eastern Snake River Plain, in southeastern Idaho. The eastern Snake River Plain is a structural basin which has been filled with thin basaltic lava flows, rhyolitic deposits, and interbedded sediments. These rocks form an extensive ground-water reservoir...
Water resources data for South Carolina, water year 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report SC-81-1
No abstract available. ...
Net flow of near-bottom waters on the inner Beaufort Sea Shelf as determined from seabed drifters
P. W. Barnes, Erk Reimnitz
1982, Open-File Report 82-717
Use of a three-dimensional model for the analysis of the ground-water flow system in Parker Valley, Arizona and California
Patrick Tucci
1982, Open-File Report 82-1006
A three-dimensional, finite-difference model was used to simulate ground-water flow conditions in Parker Valley. The study evaluated present knowledge and concepts of the ground-water system and the ability of the model to represent the system. Modeling assumptions and generalized physical parameters that were used may have transfer value in the...
Potentiometric surface of the Floridan Aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District, September 1982
G. L. Barr, George R. Schiner
1982, Open-File Report 82-1011
A September 1982 potentiometric surface map of the Southwest Florida Water Management District depicts the annual high water-level period. Water levels in most wells measured in September 1982 were higher than in May 1982. Levels averaged about 12 feet higher in the southern part of the area and about 5...
A geochemical survey using heavy mineral concentrates in the Mount Belknap caldera vicinity, Utah
R. E. Tucker, W. Roger Miller, J. M. Motooka
1982, Open-File Report 82-602
Geochemical surveys of the rocks, heavy-mineral concentrates, and surface and spring waters in the vicinity of the Mount Belknap caldera, Tushar Mountains, west-central Utah, were conducted during the summers of 1978 and 1979. Anomalous concentrations of mostly lithophile elements, particularly niobium, beryllium, lead, yttrium, tin, zinc, manganese, and molybdenum in...
Potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District, May 1982
G. L. Barr, George R. Schiner
1982, Open-File Report 82-697
A May 1982 potentiometric surface map of the Southwest Florida Water Management District depicts the annual low water-level period. Water levels in most wells measured in May 1982 were lower than in September 1981. Levels averaged about 9 feet lower in the southern part of the area and 1.5 feet...
Ground-water data for Georgia, 1981
S.E. Matthews, Willis G. Hester, K.W. McFadden
1982, Open-File Report 82-904
More than 2,000 water-level measurements made in Georgia in 1981 provide the basic data for this report. Daily mean water-level fluctuations and trends are shown in hydrographs for the previous year (1980) and fluctuations of the monthly mean water levels are shown for selected years in some observation wells in...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the San Antonio, Texas, metropolitan area, 1979-80
Roberto Perez
1982, Open-File Report 82-158
Hydrologic investigations of urban drainage basins in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. These studies are now in progress in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. Studies were completed in the Fort Worth metropolitan area at the end of the 1977 water year, and in the Dallas...
An alternative hypothesis for sink development above salt cavities in the Detroit area
Daniel Stump, A.S. Nieto, J. R. Ege
1982, Open-File Report 82-297
Subsidence and sink formation resulting from brining operations in the Windsor-Detroit area include the 1954 sink at the Canadian Salt Company brine field near Windsor, Ontario, and the 1971 sinks at the BASF Wyandotte Corporation brine field at Grosse Ile, Mich. Earlier investigations into both occurrences concluded that the mechanism...
Water quality of Belton Lake, central Texas
H.B. Mendieta, Dale L. Pate
1982, Open-File Report 82-650
The concentrations of dissolved solids, chloride, and sulfate in Belton Lake on the Leon River in central Texas average about 240 milligrams per liter, 40 milligrams per liter, and 30 milligrams per liter, respectively. The water is hard or very hard, averaging 170 milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate. The...
Hydrology of the Floridan Aquifer in Northwest Volusia County, Florida
A. T. Rutledge
1982, Open-File Report 82-108
Northwest Volusia County, in east-central Florida, is a 262-square-mile area including the southern part of the Crescent City Ridge and the northern tip of the DeLand Ridge. The hydrogeologic units in the area include the Floridan aquifer, which is made up of parts of the Lake City Limestone, the Avon...
Comparison of automated satellite systems with conventional systems for hydrologic data collection in west-central Florida
W. M. Woodham
1982, Open-File Report 81-1180
This report provides results of reliability and cost-effective studies of the goes satellite data-collection system used to operate a small hydrologic data network in west-central Florida. The GOES system, in its present state of development, was found to be about as reliable as conventional methods of data collection. Benefits of...
Reconnaissance of stream biota and physical and chemical water quality in areas of selected land use in the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, 1979-80
D. J. Wangsness
1982, Open-File Report 82-566
To help meet the goals of the Surface-Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, the U.S. Geological Survey is assessing the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of surface water within the coal-mining region of southwestern Indiana. This report discusses benthic-invertebrate and periphyticalgal communities in streams draining homogeneous-agricultural, forested, active/reclaimed-mine, reclaimed-mine,...
Saturated thickness of the High Plains regional aquifer in 1980, northwestern Oklahoma
John S. Havens
1982, Open-File Report 82-760
During 1978, the U.S. Geological Survey began a 5-year study of the High Plains regional aquifer system to provide hydrologic information for evaluation of the effects of long-term development of the aquifer and to develop computer models for prediction of aquifer response to alternative changes in ground-water management (Weeks, 1978)....
Compilation of selected ground-water-quality data from the San Joaquin Valley, California
R. P. Fogelman
1982, Open-File Report 82-335
Annotated report and data inventory for the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area
T. A. Winterstein
1982, Open-File Report 82-869
This inventory of reports and data concerning the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in the Twin Cities metropolitan area was compiled from November 1981 through January 1982 for a planned river-quality assessment to be conducted cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. There are 260 annotated...
Methodology for hydrologic evaluation of a potential surface mine: Loblolly Branch basin, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Lynn M. Shown, D. G. Frickel, R.F. Miller, F.A. Branson
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-50
Methodology for evaluating premining hydrology and postmining effects of mining and reclamation on the hydrology of an area is presented for a potential mine-permit area of 1,680 acres in the Warrior Coal Field, northwestern Alabama.Information is included on climate, geology, soil-water relations, vegetation, surface water, ground water, and quality of...
Water resources data Illinois, water year 1981; Volume 1, Illinois except Illinois River basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report IL-81-1
Ground water in the Twenty-Nine Palms Indian Reservation and vicinity, San Bernardino County, California
J. R. Freckleton
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4060
The Twenty-Nine Palms Indian Reservation is in San Bernardino County, California. Movement of ground water in the area is impeded locally by faults which act as ground-water barriers. There are indications that a fault probably crosses the reservation in an east-west direction; such a fault may interfere with ground-water pumping....
Measurement of time of travel and dispersion in streams by dye tracing
E. F. Hubbard, F. A. Kilpatrick, L.A. Martens, J. F. Wilson Jr.
1982, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-A9
The use of fluorescent dyes and tracing techniques provides a means for measuring the time-of-travel and dispersion characteristics of steady and gradually varied flow in streams. Measurements of the dispersion and concentration of dyes give insight into the behavior of soluble contaminants that may be introduced into a stream. This manual describes methods of measuring time...
