Hydrologic data from Naval Oil Shale Reserves, Parachute Creek basin, northwestern Colorado, 1975-79
Ralph O. Patt, D. Briane Adams, Dannie L. Collins
1982, Open-File Report 82-696
This report summarizes data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S. Department of Energy, Naval Petroleum, and Oil Shale Reserves in the Parachute Creek drainage basin of western Colorado. It includes data from five surface-water gages, two automatic sediment samplers and two water-quality monitors. Instantaneous streamflow measurements were...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area, 1980
R.M. Slade, J.L. Gaylord, M.E. Dorsey, R.N. Mitchell, J.D. Gordon
1982, Open-File Report 82-506
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. Studies have been completed in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Resources, began...
Water Resources Data Hawaii, other Pacific Areas, water year 1981: Volume 2. Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau Islands and American Samoa
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report HI-81-2
Volume 2 of water resources data for the 1981 water year for other Pacific areas consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage of a reservoir; and water levels in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 41 gaging stations; stage only record for...
Time of travel of the Flint River, Utah Dam to highway M-13, Michigan, August 4-8, 1981
T. Ray Cummings, John B. Miller
1982, Open-File Report 82-853
Tracing of rhodamine WT dye has provided time-of-travel data for waste-load allocation studies of a 42.8-mile reach of the Flint River at low flow. A discharge equaled or exceeded about 90 percent of the time was measured at Grand Traverse Street in Flint before dye injection. Dye was injected at...
Effects of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic faulting on the geology and hydrology of the coastal plain near the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina
R.E. Faye, D.C. Prowell
1982, Open-File Report 82-156
Geologic and hydrologic investigations by the U.S. Geological Survey have defined stratigraphic and hydraulic anomalies suggestive of faulting within Coastal Plain sediments between the Ogeechee River in east-central Georgia and the Edisto River in west-central South Carolina. Examination of borehole cuttings, cores, and geophysical logs from test wells indicate that...
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...
Heat-flow measurements at shot points along the 1978 Saudi Arabia seismic deep-refraction line; Part I, Results of the measurements
M. E. Gettings, Abdullah Showail
1982, Open-File Report 82-793
Heat-flow measurements were made at five onland shot points of the 1978 Saudi Arabian seismic deep-refraction line, which sample major tectonic elements of the Arabian Shield along a profile from Ar Riyad to the Farasan Islands. Because of the pattern drilling at each shot point, several holes (60 m deep)...
Heat-flow measurements at shot points along the 1978 Saudi Arabia seismic deep-refraction line; Part II, Discussion and interpretation
M. E. Gettings
1982, Open-File Report 82-794
The heat-flow profile across the Arabian Shield from Ar Riyad to Ad Darb and across the Red Sea is examined for compatibility with the lithospheric structure of the area as deduced from geologic and other geophysical data. Broad continental uplift associated with Red Sea rifting is symmetric about the Red...
Water Resources Data California, Water Year 1981: Volume 4. Northern Central Valley Basins and the Great Basin from Honey Lake Basin to Oregon State Line
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report CA-81-4
Water-resources data for the 1981 water year for California consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents in lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality in wells. Volume 4 contains discharge records for 167 gaging stations; stage and contents for 26 lakes...
Water resources data, Nevada, water years 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report NV-81-1
Water-resources data published herein for the 1981 water year comprise the following records: Water discharge for 132 gaging stations on streams, canals, and drains. Discharge data for 82 peak-flow stations and 7 low-flow stations on streams. Stage and contents for 21 lakes and reservoirs. Water levels for 235 observation wells....
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 program of the U.S. Geological Survey related to agriculture in Louisiana
T.L. Huntzinger
1982, Open-File Report 82-554
Surveillance activities of the U.S. Geological Survey Louisiana District include long-term, hydrologic-data-collection sites that serve a current-purpose, management function and (or) that furnish a data base for interpretative studies. The proposed program for 1982 includes a network of 69 surface-water data sites (continuous gaging stations), 250 flood-data sites (crest-stage stations),...
Quality of surface waters in Wilton, Connecticut
K.P. Kulp
1982, Open-File Report 82-260
Water, bed material, and biological samples were collected and analyzed at 10 surface-water gaging sites on six streams in the town of Wilton, Connecticut over a 2-year period. The data indicate fair to excellent water quality. Fecal coliform bacteria, pH, alkalinity, iron, and manganese are the parameters that most often...
Geologic and well-construction data for the H-8 borehole complex near the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site, southeastern New Mexico
J.G. Wells, S.L. Drellack
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4118
The H-8 complex, a group of three closely-spaced boreholes, is located 9 miles south of the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in southeastern Eddy County, New Mexico. The holes were drilled during July, August, and September of 1979 to obtain geologic and hydrologic data to better define the regional...
Hydrologic data for the Potomac Formation in New Castle County, Delaware
Mary M. Martin, Judith M. Denver
1982, Open-File Report 81-916
Hydrologic data for the Potomac Formation in New Castle County, Delaware, consist of records of historical ground-water pumpage, water levels, water quality, and surface-water discharge. This report includes records of 405 wells and hydro-graphs of water levels in 86 wells. Pumpage from 20 well fields is reported. Also included are...
Baseline water-quality data for sand-plain aquifers in Hubbard, Morrison, Otter Tail, and Wadena counties, Minnesota
C. F. Myette
1982, Open-File Report 82-909
Tapping the surficial sand-plain aquifers in west-central Minnesota has raised the possibility for degradation of water quality. The sand-plain areas are generally overlain by sandy soils that permit rapid infiltration of precipitation and, possibly, of surface contaminants. One hundred twenty-five wells were sampled in Hubbard, Morrison, Otter Tail, and Wadena...
Program for evaluating stream quality in North Carolina
Hugh B. Wilder, Clyde E. Simmons
1982, Water Supply Paper 2185-A
The design and objectives of the program for evaluating stream quality in North Carolina are described. Using water-quality and streamflow data collected since the 1940?s, a study is underway to define certain variations in water quality, to quantify the effects of man?s activities on water quality, and to determine long-term...
Automation of an ion chromatograph for precipitation analysis with computerized data reduction
Arthur G. Hedley, Marvin J. Fishman
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-78
Interconnection of an ion chromatograph, an autosampler, and a computing integrator to form an analytical system for simultaneous determination of fluoride, chloride, orthophosphate, bromide, nitrate, and sulfate in precipitation samples is described. Computer programs provided with the integrator are modified to implement ionchromatographic data reduction and data storage. The liquid-flow...
Eruptive history, petrology, and petrogenesis of the Joe Lott Tuff Member of the Mount Belknap Volcanics, Marysvale volcanic field, west-central Utah
Karin E. Budding
1982, Open-File Report 82-891
The Joe Lott Tuff Member of the Mount Belknap Volcanics is the largest rhyolitic ash-flow tuff sheet in the Marysvale volcanic field. It was erupted 19 m.y. ago, shortly after the changeover from intermediate-composition calc-alkalic volcanism to bimodal basalt-rhyolite volcanism. Eruption of the tuff resulted in the formation of the...
Base flow of streams on Long Island, New York
Richard J. Reynolds
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-48
On Long Island, base flow under nonurbanized conditions constitutes 90 to 95% of total stream discharge. Base-flow data from 19 continuously gaged streams are presented as monthly mean and annual mean discharge for water years 1960-75, which includes the 1962-66 drought. The data were derived by hydrograph-separation procedures that isolate...
Estimated natural streamflow in the Rio San Jose upstream from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, New Mexico
D. W. Risser
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4096
The development of surface and ground water, which began about 1870 in the upper Rio San Jose drainage basin, has decreased the flow of the Rio San Jose on the Pueblo of Acoma and the Pueblo of Laguna. The purpose of this study was to estimate the natural streamflow in...
Geohydrology of the valley-fill aquifer in the Sprout and Fishkill creeks area, Dutchess County, New York
Richard B. Moore, R.G. LaFleur, W. G. Stelz, J. L. Belli
1982, Open-File Report 82-81
This report is the fifth in a series of 11 map sets depicting geohydrologic conditions in selected aquifers in upstate New York. Geohydrologic data are compiled on six maps at 1:24,000 scale. Together the maps provide a comprehensive overview of a major valley-fill aquifer in southwestern Dutchess County and a...
Maps showing ground-water conditions in the Bill Williams area, Mohave, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties, Arizona - 1980
H. W. Sanger, G. R. Littin
1982, Open-File Report 82-87
The Bill Williams area includes about 3,200 mi2 in Mohave, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties in west-central Arizona. The west half of the area is in the Basin and Range lowlands water province, and the east half is in the Central high-lands water province (see index map). The Basin and Range...
Digital model of the Bates Creek alluvial aquifer near Casper, Wyoming
K. C. Glover
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4068
A digital model was used to simulate ground-water flow within the Bates Creek alluvial aquifer, southwest of Casper, Wyoming. Hydrologic data collected during 1977 and 1978 were used to develop the flow model under steady-state and transient conditions. Three scenarios for operating the stream-aquifer system were evaluated with the digital...
Preliminary interpretation of thermal data from the Nevada Test Site
John Harvey Sass, Arthur H. Lachenbruch
1982, Open-File Report 82-973
Analysis of data from 60 wells in and around the Nevada Test Site, including 16 in the Yucca Mountain area, indicates a thermal regime characterized by large vertical and lateral gradients in heat flow. Estimates of heat flow indicate considerable variation on both regional and local scales. The variations are...
