Biota and biological parameters as environmental indicators
P. E. Greeson, editor(s)
1981, Circular 848-B
This is the third of several compilations of briefing papers on water quality by the U.S. Geological Survey. Each briefing paper is prepared in a simple, nontechnical, easy-to-understand manner. This U.S. Geological Survey Circular contains papers on selected organic substances in water. Briefing papers are included on ' Why study...
Hydrology of area 32, Eastern Region, Interior Coal Province, Indiana
David J. Wangsness, R. L. Miller, Z. C. Bailey, Charles G. Crawford
1981, Open-File Report 81-498
Hydrologic and water-quality information from the coal region in parts of 11 counties in southwestern Indiana are summarized. Pennsylvanian and Mississippian bedrock are overlain by drift and till from the Kansan, Illinoian, and Wisconsinan glaciers that covered two-thirds of the area. Most of the coal is mined from Pennsylvanian coal...
Water-resources studies in Utah, July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1981
1981, Open-File Report 81-903
No abstract available....
A wind powered, ground-water monitoring installation at a radioactive waste management site in Idaho
Jefferson C. Bagby, G.E. Ghering, Rodger G. Jensen, A. G. Barr
1981, Open-File Report 81-493
In 1971, four wells were drilled just outside a radioactive solid waste storage and disposal facility located on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in southeastern Idaho. This facility, the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC), has been in use since 1952. These wells serve several purposes: to study the geology and...
Hydrology of area 25, Eastern Region, Interior Coal Province, Illinois
E.E. Zuehls, G.L. Ryan, D.B. Peart, K. K. Fitzgerald
1981, Open-File Report 81-636
The eastern region of the Interior Coal Province has been divided into 11 hydrologic study areas. Area 25, located in west-central Illinois, includes the Spoon River and small tributaries to the Illinois River. Pennsylvanian age rocks underlie most of the study area. Illinois, with the largest reserves of bituminous coal,...
Supplement to predictive modeling of effects of the planned Kindred Lake on ground-water levels and discharge, southeastern North Dakota
C. A. Armstrong
1981, Open-File Report 81-646
A digital model was used to describe a ground-water system in glacial deltaic deposits near Kindred, N.D., and to predict the effects on ground-water levels of a planned lake at the 950-, 960-, 970-, 984-, and 995-foot stages. Model analysis indicates that only the area within a radius of about...
Background hydrologic information in potential lignite mining areas in Mississippi, August 1980
J. K. Arthur
1981, Open-File Report 81-421
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Mississippi Bureau of Geology is conducting a hydrologic data-collection program in the potential lignite-producing areas in Mississippi. During the week of August 25-28, 1980, hydrologic data on channel characteristics were collected at 15 sites on small streams draining potential lignite mining areas in...
Infectious waterborne diseases
Phillip E. Greeson
1981, Circular 848-D
This is the third of several compilations of briefing papers on water quality by the U.S. Geological Survey. Each briefing paper is prepared in a simple, nontechnical, easy-to-understand manner. This U.S. Geological Survey Circular contains papers on selected organic substances in water. Briefing papers are included on ' Why study...
Evaluation of the Durham Triassic basin of North Carolina and techniques used to characterize its waste-storage potential
G.L. Bain, C. Erwin Brown
1981, Open-File Report 80-1295
Organic substances in water
Phillip E. Greeson, editor(s)
1981, Circular 848-C
This is the third of several compilations of briefing papers on water quality by the U.S. Geological Survey. Each briefing paper is prepared in a simple, nontechnical, easy-to-understand manner. This U.S. Geological Survey Circular contains papers on selected organic substances in water. Briefing papers are included on ' Why study...
The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1979
Nairn Albert, Travis Hudson, editor(s)
1981, Circular 823-B
This circular describes the 1980 programs of the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska. A brief description of the Alaskan operations of each major division of the Survey is followed by project descriptions arranged by geographic regions in which the work takes place. The mission of the Geological Survey is to...
Hydrology of area 18, Eastern Coal Province, Tennessee
V.J. May
1981, Open-File Report 81-492
The Eastern Coal Province is divided into 24 hydrologic reporting areas. This report describes the hydrology of area 18 which is located in the Cumberland River basin in central Tennessee near the southern end of the Province. Hydrologic information and sources are presented as text, tables, maps, and other illustrations...
Hydrology of area 14, Eastern Coal Province, Kentucky
F. Quinones
1981, Open-File Report 81-137
The general hydrology of Area 14, Eastern Coal Province, in Kentucky, is described. The area includes 4,423 square miles in the Kentucky, Licking, and Red River basins. Coal-bearing rocks of Pennsylvanian age underlie most of the area. Coal production in 1978 was about 38 million tons, 65% of which was...
Emergency assessment of Mount St. Helens post-eruption flood hazards, Toutle and Cowlitz rivers, Washington
Marshall E. Jennings, V.R. Schneider, P. E. Smith
1981, Circular 850-I
During several periods of volcanic-ash eruption at Mount St. Helens, Wash., (March 30, May 25-26, May 30-June 2, and June 12-13, 1980) strong winds from the north occurred at high altitudes. As a result, the volcanic ash fell some 50 miles to the south in the Bull Run watershed, the...
Hydrogeologic data from test drilling near Verna, Florida, 1978
Michael Barker, Geronia Bowman, Horace Sutcliffe
1981, Open-File Report 81-634
Four test wells were drilled in the vicinity of the city of Sarasota well field near Verna, Fla., to provide hydrologic and geologic information. An expedient and economical method of air lifting water samples from isolated water-producing zones while drilling was utilized. Lithologic logs of drill cuttings and geophysical logs,...
Water-quality data from a landfill-leachate treatment and disposal site, Pinellas County, Florida, January 1979-August 1980
G. L. Barr, Mario Fernandez
1981, Open-File Report 81-1064
Water-quality data collected between January 1979 and August 1980 at the landfill leachate treatment site in Pinellas County, Fla., are presented. Data include field and laboratory measurements of physical properties, major chemical constituents , nitrogen and phosphorus species, chemical oxygen demand, trace metals, coliform bacteria, taxonomy of macroinvertebrates and phytoplankton,...
Effects of Mount St. Helens eruption on selected lakes in Washington
N. P. Dion, S.S. Embrey
1981, Circular 850-G
During several periods of volcanic-ash eruption at Mount St. Helens, Wash., (March 30, May 25-26, May 30-June 2, and June 12-13, 1980) strong winds from the north occurred at high altitudes. As a result, the volcanic ash fell some 50 miles to the south in the Bull Run watershed, the...
Mudflows resulting from the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington
John Cummans
1981, Circular 850-B
During several periods of volcanic-ash eruption at Mount St. Helens, Wash., (March 30, May 25-26, May 30-June 2, and June 12-13, 1980) strong winds from the north occurred at high altitudes. As a result, the volcanic ash fell some 50 miles to the south in the Bull Run watershed, the...
Quality of water and time of travel in part of Tillatoba Creek basin, Mississippi, October 1974 to September 1980
Gene A. Bednar
1981, Open-File Report 81-825
A 6-year quality of water and time-of-travel study was conducted during the construction phase of a flood-water protection and flood prevention project in a 118 square mile area of Tillatoba Creek basin in northwest Mississippi. Weekly suspended sediment, daily discharge, time of travel, nutrient, biochemical oxygen demand, bacteria and field...
Quality of water in James Creek, Monroe County, Mississippi
Gene A. Bednar
1981, Open-File Report 81-1181
A short-term quality-of-water study of James Creek near Aberdeen, Mississippi was conducted on November 14-16, 1978, during a period of low streamflow. During the study, the water in the 2.6-mile stream reach was undesirable for many uses. Wastewater inflow immediately upstream of the study area contributed to the dissolved-solids load...
Simulated hydrologic effects of possible ground-water and surface-water management alternatives in and near the Platte River, south-central Nebraska
Alan W. Burns
1981, Open-File Report 81-1116
Digital computer models were developed and used to simulate the hydrologic effects of hypothetical water-management alternatives on the wetland habitat area near Grand Island, Nebr. Areally distributed recharge to and discharge from the aquifer system adjacent to the Platte River between Overton and Grand Island were computed for four hypothetical...
Water quality in the tidal Potomac River and estuary, hydrologic data report, 1979 water year
Stephen F. Blanchard, D. C. Hahl
1981, Open-File Report 81-1074
This report contains data on the physical and chemical properties measured during the 1979 water year for the tidal Potomac River and estuary. Data were collected routinely at five major stations and periodically at 14 intervening stations. Each major station represents a cross section through which the transport of selected...
Evaluation of ground-water monitoring network, Santa Cruz County, California
G. G. Blankenbaker, Christopher D. Farrar
1981, Open-File Report 81-139
The Santa Cruz County Flood Control and Water Conservation District seeks to improve the existing network of observation wells to monitor water levels and ground-water quality in the Pajaro Valley subarea and the Aptos-Soquel, San Lorenzo, and Santa Cruz Coastal subbasins in California. The proposed network , consisting of 92...
Completion and testing of Madison Limestone test well 3, NW1/4SE1/4 sec. 35, T.2N., R.27E., Yellowstone County, Montana
Richard K. Blankennagel, Lewis W. Howells, W. Roger Miller
1981, Open-File Report 81-528
Selected intervals in the lower and upper parts of the Mission Canyon Limestone of Mississippian age, and the Amsden Formation and Tensleep Sandstone of Pennsylvanian age, containing water with dissolved-solids concentrations of 3,000 milligrams per liter or less, were perforated through 7-inch casing that was cemented to the wells of...
Approximate ground-water-level contours, April 1981, for the Soquel-Aptos area, Santa Cruz County, California
Richard M. Bloyd
1981, Open-File Report 81-680
Ground-water levels in selected wells were measured in the Soquel-Aptos, Calif., area in April 1981. On the basis of these measurements approximate ground-water-level contours were constructed. The general direction of ground-water movement in the Soquell-Aptos area is from the ridges in the northern part of the area, toward the adjacent...
