Water resources data for Hawaii and other Pacific areas, water year 1983: Volume 2. Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and American Samoa
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1984, Water Data Report HI-83-2
Volume 2 of water resources data for the 1983 water year for other Pacific areas consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and springs; stage of a lake and a reservoir; and water levels and water quality in wells. This report contains discharge records for 37...
A workshop model simulating fate and effect of drilling muds and cuttings on benthic communities
Gregor T. Auble, Austin K. Andrews, David B. Hamilton, James E. Roelle, Thomas G. Shoemaker
1984, Report
Oil and gas exploration and production at marine sites has generated concern over potential environmental impacts resulting from the discharge of spent drilling muds and cuttings. This concern has led to a broad array of publicly and privately sponsored research. This report described a cooperative modeling effort designed...
Determination of hydraulic conductivity in three dimensions and its relation to dispersivity: Chapter D in Ground-water contamination by crude oil at the Bemidji, Minnesota, research site; US Geological Survey Toxic Waste--ground-water contamination study
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4188-D
Recent investigations suggest that dispersion in aquifers is scale dependent and a function of the heterogeneity of aquifer materials. Theoretical stochastic studies indicate that determining hydraulic-conductivity variability in three dimensions is important in analyzing the dispersion process. Even though field methods are available to approximate hydraulic conductivity in three dimensions,...
Geologic evolution, sedimentation, and paleoenvironments of the Angola Basin and adjacent Walvis Ridge: Synthesis of results of Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 75
Walter E. Dean, W.W. Hay, Jean-Claude Sibuet
1984, Initial Reports of the D.S.D.P. (75) 509-544
The section recovered at Site 530 (Holes 53OA and 530B) consists of eight sedimentary units and one basalt unit. The composition of the basalt recovered in Hole 53OA is distinct from typical mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs) but is similar to that of Hawaiian tholeiites and basalt from the central part...
Statistical summaries of streamflow data in Oregon; Volume 1, eastern Oregon
John Friday, S. J. Miller
1984, Open-File Report 84-454
Statistical summaries of streamflow data at 335 streamgaging sites are presented in this two volume report to aid in appraising the hydrology of river basins in Oregon. Records for 31 gaging stations were compiled into separate periods owing to changes in regulation during the period of data collection. The periods...
Availability of water from the alluvial aquifer in part of the Green River Valley, King County, Washington
W. E. Lum II, R. C. Alvord, B. W. Drost
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4178
The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe plans (1982) to build a fish hatchery in part of a 1.56-square-mile area in the Green River valley, Washington, and use groundwater to operate it. Groundwater data were collected in the area and used in a U.S. Geological Survey two-dimensional groundwater-flow model calibrated to simulate the...
Hydrology of area 54, northern Great Plains, and Rocky Mountain coal provinces, Colorado and Wyoming
Gerhard Kuhn, P. D. Daddow, G. S. Craig
1983, Open-File Report 83-146
A nationwide need for information characterizing hydrologic conditions in mined and potential mine areas has become paramount with the enactment of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. This report, one in a series covering the coal provinces nationwide, presents information thematically by describing single hydrologic topics through...
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...
Hydrologic evaluation of proposed ground-water withdrawals in Muleshoe Flat near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming
D.T. Hoxie
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4150
The hydrologic effects of proposed irrigation with groundwater of 8,320 acres of land in Muleshoe Flat, a 34 sq mi area in west-central Platte County, Wyoming, were assessed. Results generated by a digital groundwater flow model indicate that, at the end of a 40-yr period, groundwater level declines of more...
Use of digital land-cover data from the Landsat satellite in estimating streamflow characteristics in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee
E. F. Hollyday, G.R. Hansen
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4059
Streamflow may be estimated with regression equations that relate streamflow characteristics to characteristics of the drainage basin. A statistical experiment was performed to compare the accuracy of equations using basin characteristics derived from maps and climatological records (control group equations) with the accuracy of equations using basin characteristics derived from...
Potential effects of surface coal mining on the hydrology of the Greenleaf-Miller area, Ashland coal field, southeastern Montana
G. W. Levings
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4101
The Greenleaf-Miller area of the Ashland coal field contains reserves of Federal coal that have been identified for potential lease sale. A hydrologic study was conducted in the potential lease area in 1981 to describe the existing hydrologic system and to assess potential impacts of surface coal mining on local...
Selected flow characteristics of Florida streams and canals
D.W. Foose
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4107
Data and statistics on low-flow frequency for 254 stream-gaging stations on Florida streams and canals are presented. The selected stations have 10 or more years of continuous record. A site description, a 10-year hydrograph, and a table of flow duration are presented for each station. A computed monthly 7-day, 10-year...
Uncertainties in records of annual mean discharge in Maine
R. A. Fontaine
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4025
This report documents the results of rating analyses of flow during periods of ice-cover at 33 stations on selected rivers in Maine. Results were obtained through linear multiple regression. It also presents functions relating uncertainties in records to the number of discharge measurements made at these and 21 other stations....
Hydrogeology of a landfill, Pinellas County, Florida
Mario Fernandez Jr.
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-30
The Pinellas County landfill site is on a flat, coastal area characterized by a high water table is subject to tidal flooding. Altitudes within the study area range from 8 to 12 feet above sea level. Three geohydrologic units underlie the landfill site: a surficial aquifer about 19 feet thick...
Geology of the "20-foot" clay and Gardiners clay in southern Nassau and southwestern Suffolk counties, Long Island, New York
T.P. Doriski, Franceska Wilde-Katz
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4056
Data from 1978-79 drilling was compiled with information from previous reports and historical records to prepare surface contour and isopach maps of the ' 20-foot ' clay and Gardiners Clay in southern Nassau and southwestern Suffolk Counties. These units are major confining layers in the upper part of the groundwater...
Reconnaissance of surface-water resources in the Kobuk River basin, Alaska, 1979-80
J.M. Childers, D.R. Kernodle
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4027
Surface water data were collected at selected sites in the Kobuk River Basin in northwest Alaska in August 1979 and April 1980. In August 1979, frequent heavy rains caused abnormally high flows in the basin; unit runoff values, computed from discharge measurements at 25 sites, ranged from 0.08 to 12.2...
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...
Base flow of streams in the outcrop area of southeastern sand aquifer: South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
Virginia Stricker
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4106
The base flow component of streamflow was separated from hydrographs for unregulated streams in the Cretaceous and Tertiary clastic outcrop area of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The base flow values are used in estimating recharge to the sand aquifer. Relations developed between mean annual base flow and stream...
Methods for estimating peak discharge and flood boundaries of streams in Utah
B. E. Thomas, K.L. Lindskov
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4129
Equations for estimating 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, and 100-year peak discharges and flood depths at ungaged sites in Utah were developed using multiple-regression techniques. Ratios of 500- to 100-year values also were determined. The peak discharge equations are applicable to unregulated streams and the flood depth equations are applicable...
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...
Data from sediment studies of the Rio Orinoco, Venezuela, August 15-25, 1982
Carl F. Nordin, R.H. Meade, C.C. Curtis
1983, Open-File Report 83-679
Water and suspended-sediment discharges were measured and bed-material samples were collected during August, 1982, at 9 cross sections along a 800-kilometer reach of the Rio Orinoco. Flows varied from approximately 31,000 to 72,000 cubic meters per second, and sediment discharge varied from approximately 1,600 to 8,000 kilograms per second. The...
Shallow ground water in the Boulder-Fort Collins-Greeley area, Front Range urban corridor, Colorado, 1975-77
Paul A. Schneider Jr.
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4058
Shallow ground water may limit the location of construction and excavation projects in parts of the Front Range Urban Corridor. A shallow water table occurs from 0 to 50 feet below the land surface principally in the alluvial deposits along the streams and rivers in the Boulder-Fort Collins-Greeley area. This...
Quality of surface water in the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, October 1979 to September 1980
D.E. Renn
1983, Open-File Report 83-680
The U.S. Geological Survey collected water-quality and other hydrologic data for surface water in the coal-mining region of southwestern Indiana. These data were collected at 85 sites in 19 counties during October 1979 and at 21 of the 85 sites in 12 of the 19 counties monthly from January through...
Hydrology of area 2, Eastern Coal Province, Pennsylvania and New York
W.J. Herb, D.E. Brown, L. C. Shaw, J.E. Stoner, J.K. Felbinger
1983, Open-File Report 82-647
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...
Literature assessment of the Charlotte Harbor estuarine system and surrounding area, Southwest Florida
Yvonne E. Stoker, George A. Karavitis
1983, Open-File Report 83-127
The Governor of Florida established the Charlotte Harbor Resource Planning and Management committee to recommend the course of action Florida should take in planning for potential growth in the rapidly growing area surrounding Charlotte Harbor. In May 1981, the U.S. Geological Survey began a planning study to determine detailed hydrologic...
