Airborne Hyperspectral Survey of Afghanistan 2007: Flight Line Planning and HyMap Data Collection
Raymond F. Kokaly, Trude King, K. Eric Livo
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1235
Hyperspectral remote sensing data were acquired over Afghanistan with the HyMap imaging spectrometer (Cocks and others, 1998) operating on the WB-57 high altitude NASA research aircraft (http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/wb57/index.html). These data were acquired during the interval of August 22, 2007 to October 2, 2007, as part of the United States Geological Survey...
Aquifer Tests and Characterization of Transmissivity, Ada-Vamoosa Aquifer on the Osage Reservation, Osage County, Oklahoma, 2006
Marvin M. Abbott, Kelli DeHay
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5118
The Ada-Vamoosa aquifer of northeastern Oklahoma is a sedimentary bedrock aquifer of Pennsylvanian age that crops out over 800 square miles of the Osage Reservation. The Osage Nation needed additional information regarding the production potential of the aquifer to aid them in future development planning. To address this need, the...
Precipitation-Frequency and Discharge-Frequency Relations for Basins Less than 32 Square Miles in Kansas
Charles A. Perry
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5112
Precipitation-frequency and discharge-frequency relations for small drainage basins with areas less than 32 square miles in Kansas were evaluated to reduce the uncertainty of discharge-frequency estimates. Gaged-discharge records were used to develop discharge-frequency equations for the ratio of discharge to drainage area (Q/A) values using data from basins with variable...
A Regional Approach to Wildlife Monitoring Related to Energy Exploration and Development in Colorado
Natasha B. Kotliar, Zachary H. Bowen, Douglas S. Ouren, Adrian H. Farmer
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1024
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently developing a National Monitoring Strategy that will guide efforts to create an efficient and effective process for monitoring land health by BLM. To inform the ongoing development of the national strategy, BLM selected two States (Colorado, Alaska) to serve as focal...
Assessment of nonpoint source chemical loading potential to watersheds containing uranium waste dumps associated with uranium exploration and mining, San Rafael Swell, Utah
Michael L. Freeman, David L. Naftz, Terry Snyder, Greg Johnson
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5110
During July and August of 2006, 117 solid-phase samples were collected from abandoned uranium waste dumps, geologic background sites, and adjacent streambeds in the San Rafael Swell, in southeastern Utah. The objective of this sampling program was to assess the nonpoint source chemical loading potential to ephemeral and perennial watersheds...
Terrestrial Cosmogenic-Nuclide Dating of Alluvial Fans in Death Valley, California
Michael N. Machette, Janet L. Slate, Fred M. Phillips
2008, Professional Paper 1755
We have used terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides (TCN) to establish the age of some of the most extensive Quaternary alluvial fans in Death Valley, California. These intermediate-age alluvial fans are most extensive on the western side of the valley, where tectonic deformation is considerably less pronounced than on the eastern side...
Geologic Map of the Eastern Three-Quarters of the Cuyama 30' x 60' Quadrangle, California
Karl S. Kellogg, Scott A. Minor, Pamela M. Cossette
2008, Scientific Investigations Map 3002
The map area encompasses a large part of the western Transverse Ranges and southern Coast Ranges of southern California. The San Andreas fault (SAF) cuts the northern part of the map. The area south of the SAF, about 80 percent of the map area, encompasses several distinct tectonic blocks bounded by major...
User's Manual for the Object User Interface (OUI): An Environmental Resource Modeling Framework
Steven L. Markstrom, Kathryn M. Koczot
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1120
The Object User Interface is a computer application that provides a framework for coupling environmental-resource models and for managing associated temporal and spatial data. The Object User Interface is designed to be easily extensible to incorporate models and data interfaces defined by the user. Additionally, the Object User Interface is...
Detecting Evidence of Climate Change in the Forests of the Eastern United States
John Jones, Jesse D. Osborne
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3046
Changes in land use or disturbances such as defoliation by insects, disease, or fire all affect the composition and amount of tree canopy in a forest. These changes are easy to detect. Noticing and understanding the complex ways that global or regional-scale climate change combines with these disturbances to affect...
Development of Landsat-5 thematic mapper internal calibrator gain and offset table
Julia A. Barsi, Gyanesh Chander, Esad Micijevic, Brian L. Markham, Obaidul Haque
2008, Conference Paper
The National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS) has been the primary processing system for Landsat data since U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) started archiving Landsat data. NLAPS converts raw satellite data into radiometrically and geometrically calibrated products. NLAPS has historically used the Internal Calibrator...
Determination of Organic and Inorganic Percentages and Mass of Suspended Material at Four Sites in the Illinois River in Northwestern Arkansas and Northeastern Oklahoma, 2005-07
Joel M. Galloway
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5136
The Illinois River located in northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma is influenced by point and nonpoint sources of nutrient enrichment. This has led to increased algal growth within the stream, reducing water clarity. Also, sediment runoff from fields, pastures, construction sites, and other disturbed areas, in addition to frequent streambank...
Flood of May 6, 2007, Willow Creek, west-central Iowa
Edward E. Fischer, David A. Eash
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1229
Major flooding occurred May 6, 2007, in the Willow Creek drainage basin in Harrison County following severe thunderstorm activity over west-central Iowa. More than 7 inches of rain were recorded for the 72-hour period ending 7 a.m., May 6, at the Logan, Iowa weather station. The peak discharge in Willow...
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the West Siberian Basin Province, Russia, 2008
Christopher J. Schenk, Kenneth J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier, Donald L. Gautier, David W. Houseknecht, Timothy R. Klett, Thomas E. Moore, Mark J. Pawlewicz, Janet K. Pitman, Marilyn E. Tennyson
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3064
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the West Siberian Basin Province in Russia as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal program. This province is the largest petroleum basin in the world and has an areal extent of about 2.2 million square...
User's Guide to Handlens - A Computer Program that Calculates the Chemistry of Minerals in Mixtures
D. D. Eberl
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1244
HandLens is a computer program, written in Excel macro language, that calculates the chemistry of minerals in mineral mixtures (for example, in rocks, soils and sediments) for related samples from inputs of quantitative mineralogy and chemistry. For best results, the related samples should contain minerals having the same chemical compositions;...
Digital atlas of the upper Washita River basin, southwestern Oklahoma
Carol Becker, Jason R. Masoner, Jonathon C. Scott
2008, Data Series 270
Numerous types of environmental data have been collected in the upper Washita River basin in southwestern Oklahoma. However, to date these data have not been compiled into a format that can be comprehensively queried for the purpose of evaluating the effects of various conservation practices implemented to reduce agricultural runoff...
View_SPECPR: Software for Plotting Spectra (Installation Manual and User's Guide, Version 1.2)
Raymond F. Kokaly
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1183
This document describes procedures for installing and using the 'View_SPECPR' software system to plot spectra stored in SPECPR (SPECtrum Processing Routines) files. The View_SPECPR software is comprised of programs written in IDL (Interactive Data Language) that run within the ENVI (ENvironment for Visualizing Images) image processing system. SPECPR files are...
Quality-Assurance Plan for Water-Quality Activities in the USGS Ohio Water Science Center
Donna S. Francy, Kimberly H. Shaffer
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1250
In accordance with guidelines set forth by the Office of Water Quality in the Water Resources Discipline of the U.S. Geological Survey, a quality-assurance plan has been written for use by the Ohio Water Science Center in conducting water-quality activities. This quality-assurance plan documents the standards, policies, and procedures used...
Evaluation of acoustic doppler velocity meters to quantify flow from Comal Springs and San Marcos Springs, Texas
Marcus O. Gary, Robin H. Gary, William H. Asquith
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5083
Comal Springs and San Marcos Springs are the two largest springs in Texas, are major discharge points for the San Antonio segment of the Edwards aquifer, and provide habitat for several Federally listed endangered species that depend on adequate springflows for survival. It is therefore imperative that the Edwards Aquifer...
Oregon magnetic and gravity maps and data: A web site for distribution of data
Carter W. Roberts, Robert P. Kucks, Patricia L. Hill
2008, Data Series 355
This web site gives the results of a USGS project to acquire the best available, public-domain, aeromagnetic and gravity data in the United States and merge these data into uniform, composite grids for each State. The results for the State of Oregon are presented here on this site. Files of...
Streamflow, water quality, and metal loads from chat leachate and mine outflow into Tar Creek, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, 2005
Caleb C. Cope, Mark F. Becker, William J. Andrews, Kelli DeHay
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5115
Picher mining district is an abandoned lead and zinc mining area located in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma. During the first half of the 20th century, the area was a primary producer of lead and zinc in the United States. Large accumulations of mine tailings, locally referred to as chat, produce...
Google earth mapping of damage from the Nigata-Ken-Chuetsu M6.6 earthquake of 16 July 2007
Robert E. Kayen, Clint Steele, Brian Collins, Kevin Walker
2008, Conference Paper, 6th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
We describe the use of Google Earth during and after a large damaging earthquake thatstruck the central Japan coast on 16 July 2007 to collect and organize damage information and guide the reconnaissance activities. This software enabled greater real-time collaboration among scientists and engineers. After the field investigation, the Google...
Distribution of Elevated Nitrate Concentrations in Ground Water in Washington State
Lonna Frans
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3063
More than 60 percent of the population of Washington State uses ground water for their drinking and cooking needs. Nitrate concentrations in ground water are elevated in parts of the State as a result of various land-use practices, including fertilizer application, dairy operations and ranching, and septic-system use. Shallow wells...
The National Streamflow Information Program
J. Michael Norris
2008, General Information Product 70
Provide the streamflow information and understanding required to meet local, State, regional, and national needs....
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Bighorn Basin Province, Wyoming and Montana, 2008
Mark A. Kirschbaum, Steven M. Condon, Thomas M. Finn, Ronald C. Johnson, Paul G. Lillis, Philip H. Nelson, Laura N.R. Roberts, Stephen B. Roberts, Ronald Charpentier, Troy Cook, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3050
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 989 billion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas, a mean of 72 million barrels of undiscovered oil, and a mean of 13 million barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in the Bighorn Basin Providence of Wyoming and...
Algal and water-quality data for Rapid Creek and Canyon Lake near Rapid City, South Dakota, 2007
Galen K. Hoogestraat, Larry D. Putnam, Jennifer L. Graham
2008, Data Series 354
This report summarizes the results of algae and water-quality sampling on Rapid Creek and Canyon Lake during May and September 2007. The overall purpose of the study was to determine the algal community composition of Rapid Creek and Canyon Lake in relation to organisms that are known producers of unwanted...
