Selected biological characteristics of streams in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
Ronald W. Naten, Richard H. Fuller
1981, Open-File Report 81-644
Biological sampling was carried out during 1976-78 in five streams in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado, in order to provide baseline water-quality data for an area of potential oil-shale development. The biological activity in the streams sampled generally is limited by physical factors more so than by chemical...
Manual for leveling at gaging stations in North Carolina
N.O. Thomas, N.M. Jackson
1981, Open-File Report 81-1104
This manual was prepared to serve several purposes in the U.S. Geological Survey North Carolina District. This manual sets forth District policy as to frequency of levels, accuracy criteria, procedures for checking the datum and setting of the various types of gages, general rules to follow in establishing the original...
Ground-water-level monitoring network, Hollister and San Juan Valleys, San Benito County, California
C. D. Farrar
1981, Open-File Report 81-66
The addition of 17 wells to the existing 86-well network is proposed to improve the ground-water monitoring in the Hollister and San Juan Valleys in California. The new wells were selected on the basis of well-construction data, availability, location, accessibility, use, and condition, either to replace wells that are no...
Chemical analyses of waters from the Boundary Creek thermal area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
J. M. Thompson, R. A. Hutchinson
1981, Open-File Report 81-1310
Benthic macrofaunal biomass of San Francisco Bay, California; January, February, and August 1973
Janet Kay Thompson, Frederic H. Nichols
1981, Open-File Report 81-1331
Benthic macrofaunal biomass data from San Francisco Bay are presented for 43 stations which were sampled in January/February and August 1973. Biomass data for four major groups (Mollusca, Annelida, Athropoda, and a combination of remaining phyla) and for the groups combined are provided with relative rank at each station for...
Hydrologic effects of highway-deicing chemicals in Massachusetts; executive summary
L.R. Frost Jr., S.J. Pollock, R.F. Wakelee
1981, Open-File Report 81-210
Methods of estimating annual mean and annual maximum chloride concentrations in streams were developed through multiple and simple linear regression techniques using data collected during the 1972-77 water years. Independent variables are easily obtainable parameters, such as total salt application within a basin, annual precipitation, and drainage basin characteristics. Methods...
Ground-water data for Michigan, 1980
G.C. Huffman
1981, Open-File Report 81-811
The purpose of this report is to make available the 1980 records of water levels and related data for the principal aquifers of the State. This report is written for municipalities, industries, institutions, consultants, drillers, hydrologists and other people interested in the ground-water resources....
Computer simulation of the steady-state flow system of the Tertiary limestone (Floridan) aquifer system in east-central Florida
C. H. Tibbals
1981, Open-File Report 81-681
The predevelopment steady-state ground-water flow system for 13 ,700 square miles of the Tertiary limestone aquifer system (known as the Florida aquifer in Florida) in east-central Florida is simulated by means of a digital computer model. The model results indicate that about 1,900 cubic feet per second recharges the aquifer...
Hydrology of the Beryl-Enterprise area, Escalante Desert, Utah, with emphasis on ground water
R. W. Mower, G. W. Sandberg
1981, Open-File Report 81-533
Ground-water data for the Beryl-Enterprise area, Escalante Desert, Utah
R. W. Mower
1981, Open-File Report 81-340
This report contains a compilation of selected ground-water data for the Beryl-Enterprise area, Iron and Washington Counties, Utah. The records of the wells include such information as driller's logs, yield, drawdown, use, and temperature of the well water. There are also records of water levels in selected wells for the...
Ground-water hydrology of strip-mine areas in eastern Ohio (conditions during mining of two watersheds in Coshocton and Muskingum counties)
John O. Helgesen, Allan C. Razem
1981, Open-File Report 81-913
Ground-water conditions during coal strip mining in two small watersheds are described as part of an ongoing study of effects of mining on hydrologic systems. Both watersheds were underlain by stratified sedimentary rocks containing two perched aquifers above clay beds which underlaid the major coal seams. Mining involved removing the...
Digital-computer model of the principal ground-water reservoir in Beryl-Enterprise area, Escalante Desert, Utah
R. W. Mower, Scott D. Bartholoma
1981, Open-File Report 81-532
The computer model presented in this report was used to simulate the principal ground-water reservoir in the Beryl-Enterprise area, Escalante Desert, Beaver, Iron, and Washington Counties, Utah (Mower, 1981). The details of the formulation of the model, testing of its validity, and the results of predictions are discussed in the...
Ground-water hydrology of the Mormon Island Crane Meadows wildlife area near Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska
R. Theodore Hurr
1981, Open-File Report 81-1109
The Platte River in south-central Nebraska flows generally eastward in a broad, flat valley. The river banks and many areas adjacent to the river support thick stands of cottonwood and willow trees. Brush, grass, pasture land, and cultivated fields occupy most of the remaining area. This is the habitat for...
Preliminary data from Arbuckle test wells, Miami, Douglas, Saline, and Labette counties, Kansas
Tony Gogel
1981, Open-File Report 81-1112
Preliminary data are presented for test wells in Kansas that were completed in Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of the Arbuckle Group in late 1979 and early 1980. Included in the report are hole history, electrical logs, geology (sample descriptions and cores), hydrologic testing, and geochemistry. These wells were drilled as...
Geologic factors pertinent to the proposed A. J. Wiley Hydroelectric Project No. 2845, Bliss, Idaho
Harold E. Malde
1981, Open-File Report 81-569
The A.J. Wiley Hydroelectric Project is a proposal by the Idaho Power Company to develop hydroelectricity near Bliss, Idaho, by building a dam on the Snake River (fig. 1). The proposed dam would impound a narrow reservoir as deep as 85 feet in a free-flowing reach of the river that...
Hydrogeology of well-field areas near Tampa, Florida; Phase I, development and documentation of a two-dimensional finite-difference model for simulation of steady-state ground-water flow
C. B. Hutchinson, Dale M. Johnson, James M. Gerhart
1981, Open-File Report 81-630
A two-dimensional finite-difference model was developed for simulation of steady-state ground-water flow in the Floridan aquifer throughout a 932-square-mile area, which contains nine municipal well fields. The overlying surficial aquifer contains a constant-head water table and is coupled to the Floridan aquifer by a leakage term that represents flow through...
Ground-water levels and chloride concentrations in alluvial aquifers on the south coast of Puerto Rico, February 1980
Hector Colon-Ramos, Eloy Colon-Dieppa
1981, Open-File Report 81-626
Water resources of Cold Spring Valley, a growing urban area northwest of Reno, Nevada
A. S. Van Denburgh, T. L. Katzer
1981, Open-File Report 80-1287
Water-quality reconnaissance of Cretaceous aquifers of the southeastern Coastal Plain
Gerald L. Feder, Roger W. Lee
1981, Open-File Report 81-696
Quality of surface water at selected sites in the Suwannee River basin, Florida, April 1978 to December 1979
John E. Coffin
1981, Open-File Report 81-76
This report presents the results of analyses of water-quality samples collected from 13 surface-water sites in the Suwannee River basin in Florida from April 1978 to December 1979. The U.S. Geological Survey, in a cooperative investigative program with the Suwannee River Authority, has sampled a network of nine water-quality monitoring...
Infaunal and neoichnological characteristics of the South Texas Outer Continental Shelf
Gary W. Hill
1981, Open-File Report 81-163
The zonation of macrobenthic infauna on the South Texas Outer Continental Shelf is related to water depth and sediment facies. Five zones can be defined by species distribution and density, diversity, equitability, and biogenic sedimentary structures.The numbers of species and individuals per unit area correlate locally with substrate characteristics (particularly...
Hydrogeologic data from selected wells and test holes in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, 1972-80
Richard K. Krulikas
1981, Open-File Report 81-500
The population of Suffolk County, New York, an area of 922 square miles, has increased rapidly, from less than 200,000 in 1940 to about 1.3 million in 1978. Ground-water pumpage has increased from an average of 42 million gallons per day in 1950 to about 257 million gallons per day...
Hydrogeologic conditions in the coastal plain of New Jersey
Eric F. Vowinkel, W. Kendall Foster
1981, Open-File Report 81-405
A wedge-shaped mass of unconsolidated sediments composed of alternating layers of clay, silt, sand, and gravel underlies the Coastal Plain of New Jersey. The hydrologic units of this mass vary in thickness, lateral extent, lithology, and water-bearing characteristics. Some of the units act as aquifers, whereas other units act as...
Hydrologic data for the Pelican River sand-plain aquifer, western Minnesota
R. T. Miller
1981, Open-File Report 80-695
Hydrogeologic data for the Pelican River sands aquifer have been compiled in this report for use by the public and by State and local officials in making water development and management decisions. This report will supplement an interpretive report on the hydrogeology of the Pelican River sands aquifer that is...
Streamflow, sediment transport, and nutrient transport at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1970-73
Patrick A. Glancy
1981, Open-File Report 80-2045
The five principal creeks, First Creek, Second Creek, Wood Creek, Third Creek, and Incline Creek, with a cumulative drainage of 17.8 square miles, furnished a yearly average of about 15,000 acre-feet of runoff, mainly snowmelt, to Lake Tahoe during the 1970-73 water years. Annual runoff from the individual streams ranged...
