Hydrologic data for wells, springs, and streams in Boulder County, Colorado
Dennis C. Hall, Elaine L. Boyd, Doug Cain
1979, Open-File Report 79-979
Hydrologic data collected in 1975-77 as part of a comprehensive water-resources investigation of Boulder County, Colo., by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Boulder County Health Department and the Colorado Geological Survey are presented in this report. The data, in tabular and graphic form, consist of water-quality analyses...
Hydrology and water resources of the lower Merrimack River basin, Massachusetts, from Concord River, Lowell, to Plum Island, Newburyport
Frederick B. Gay, David F. Delaney
1979, Open-File Report 79-557
Analysis of ground water by different laboratories: a comparison of chloride and nitrate data, Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York
Brian G. Katz, Richard K. Krulikas
1979, Open-File Report 79-1063
Water samples from wells in Nassau and Suffolk Counties were analyzed for chloride and nitrate. Two samples were collected at each well; one was analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, the other by a laboratory in the county from which the sample was taken. Results were compared statistically by paired-sample...
Digital-transport model study of Diisopropylmethylphosphonate (DIMP) ground-water contamination at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado
James W. Warner
1979, Open-File Report 79-676
Diisopropylmethylphosphonate (DIMP) is an organic compound produced as a byproduct of the manufacture and detoxification of GB nerve gas. Ground-water contamination by DIMP from the disposal of wastes into unlined surface ponds at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal occurred from 1952 to 1956. A digital-transport model was used to determine the...
Results of transient simulations of a digital model of the Arikaree Aquifer near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming
Dwight T. Hoxie
1979, Open-File Report 79-1280
Revised ground-water pumpage data have been imposed on a ground-water flow model previously developed for the Arikaree aquifer in a 400 square-mile area in central Platte County, Wyo. Maximum permitted annual ground-water withdrawals of 750 acre-feet for industrial use were combined with three irrigation-pumping scenarios to predict the long-term effects...
Sediment transport in the Tanana River in the vicinity of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1977-78
Robert L. Burrows, Bruce Parks, William W. Emmett
1979, Open-File Report 79-1539
Measurements of the sediment load of the Tanana River in the vicinity of Fairbanks, Alaska, show that suspended-sediment transport rate in tons per day, relates to water discharge, in cubic feet per second, as: Suspended-sediment transport rate (tons/day) = 5.717 x 10 to the minus 8th power x water discharge...
Portable field kit for determining uranium in water
John B. McHugh
1979, Open-File Report 79-429
The pressing need for on-site field analyses of the uranium content of surface and ground waters has promoted the development of a simple, light-weight, relatively cheap, portable kit to make such determinations in the field. Forty to sixty water samples per day can be analyzed for uranium to less than...
Report of the annual yield of the Arkansas River basin for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1978 water year
G. Louis Ducret
1979, Open-File Report 79-422
The computed annual yields for subbasins in the Arkansas River basin as defined in the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1972, are presented in this report. The area bounded by the Compact is shown in figure 1.This report was prepared by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey...
Water-quality data for the Hanna and Carbon basins, Wyoming
Pamela B. Freudenthal
1979, Open-File Report 79-1277
Water-quality data for the Hanna and Carbon Basins, south-central Wyoming, are presented in tables with no interpretation. Common-constituent, trace-element, and radiochemical data for ground and surface water and sediment concentrations for surface water are included. Ground water at 53 sites and surface water at 3 gaging stations were sampled. (Kosco-USGS)...
Mesozoic stratigraphy: the key to tectonic analysis of southern and central Alaska
David Lawrence Jones, Norman J. Silberling
1979, Open-File Report 79-1200
Southern and central Alaska constitutes an enormous tectonic mosaic composed of separate structural blocks and fragments that accreted to North America during Mesozoic and early Cenozoic time. Some of these blocks are far traveled, as shown by paleomagnetic and paleontologic studies. More than 25 discrete tectonostratigraphic terranes now are known,...
In situ bulk density and porosity estimates from borehole gravity data in limestones of the Madison Group; test well No. 1, Crook County, Wyoming
Bruce A. Kososki, Stephen L. Robbins
1979, Open-File Report 79-1514
In 1975 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Old West Regional Commission, prepared a plan of study (U.S. Geological Survey, 1975) for evaluating the water-supply potential of limestone of the Madison Group and associated rocks. To obtain better subsurface hydrologic and geologic information it was recognized that Madison...
Urban storm-runoff modelling; Madison, Wisconsin
R. Stephen Grant, Gerald Goddard
1979, Open-File Report 79-1273
The Illinois Urban Drainage Area Simulator was used to analyze the effects that (1) physical changes to storm-sewer conduits, and (2) increased runoff detention and infiltration would have on storm runoff in four urban basins in Madison, Wisconsin. The model was calibrated using monitoring data for the four basins collected...
Magnitude and frequency of floods in western Oregon
David Dell Harris, Larry L. Hubbard, Lawrence E. Hubbard
1979, Open-File Report 79-553
A method for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods is presented for unregulated streams in western Oregon. Equations relating flood magnitude to basin characteristics were developed for exceedance probabilities of 0.5 to 0.01 (2- to 100-year recurrence intervals). Separate equations are presented for four regions: Coast, Willamette, Rogue-Umpqua, and...
Water quality in the Merced River above and below the El Portal sewage treatment plant near Yosemite National Park, California, 1975-77
Ray J. Hoffman
1979, Open-File Report 79-679
A study was made to evaluate the effects that treated sewage has on some characteristics of water quality in a reach of the Merced River near Yosemite National Park. Streamflow and water-quality data were collected from July through October 1975 and from July through November 1977 at five stations on...
Southeast Georgia embayment high-resolution seismic-reflection survey
Douglas W. Edsall
1979, Open-File Report 78-800
A high-resolution seismic survey of the offshore part of the Southeast Georgia Embayment on about a 20 km spacing was completed in 1976. A stratigraphic analyses of the data shows that the largest controlling factor in the depositional history of the shelf has been the Gulf Stream. These currents have...
A digital model for simulation of ground-water hydrology in the Houston area, Texas
Walter Richard Meyer, Jerry E. Carr
1979, Open-File Report 79-677
No abstract available....
Multiyear low flow in southeastern Kansas
William J. Carswell Jr.
1979, Open-File Report 79-1288
Many existing water supplies in southeastern Kansas are proving inadequate to meet current and expanded future needs. One of the methods in which the use of highly variable streamflow in the area can be evaluated is with the aid of multiyear low-flow frequency information. Data from 19 stream-gaging stations in...
Stormwater-runoff data for a commercial area, Broward County, Florida
Robert A. Miller, Harold C. Mattraw Jr., Jack Hardee
1979, Open-File Report 79-982
Rainfall, stormwater discharge, and water-quality data for rainfall and runoff are summarized for a commercial area in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Loads for 20 water-quality constituents were computed for runoff from 31 storms between May 1975 and June 1977. The basin of 20.4 acres contains a shopping center with adjacent parking,...
Directory of local assistance centers of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Melvin D. Edwards
1979, Open-File Report 79-423
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), managed by the U.S. Geological Survey, has established a network of Local Assistance Centers throughout the United States and Puerto Rico to assist users of water data in identifying and locating the data they need. This Directory provides the information needed to contact any...
Ground-water availability in carbonate rocks of the Dandridge area, Jefferson County, Tennessee
E. F. Hollyday, P.L. Goddard
1979, Open-File Report 79-1263
Groundwater in Jefferson County, Tenn., occurs in solution openings that follow bedding planes and strike joints in the dense limestone and dolomite. Recharge beginning at topographic highs in the northwest moves across strike to lows in the southeast; it is intercepted and collected by high permeability beds in the middle...
Water-quality data from five Oregon stream basins
Timothy L. Miller
1979, Open-File Report 79-1535
The U.S. Geological Survey collected water-quality data in five Oregon stream basins during summer low-flow conditions in 1977 and 1978. During the two sampling periods, a total of 18 different sites were sampled. Several sites were sampled twice in 1977, and some sites were sampled in both 1977 and 1978....
Identification codes for organizations listed in computerized data systems of the U.S. Geological Survey
Melvin D. Edwards, Beverly M. Myers
1979, Open-File Report 79-331
This report contains codes for the identification of public and private organizations listed in computerized data systems. These codes are used by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE), National Cartographic Information Center (NCIC), and Office of Water Data Coordination...
Floods of December 1978 in Kentucky
J.N. Sullavan, F. Quinones, Richard Foster Flint
1979, Open-File Report 79-977
In 1978, severe flooding throughout the State of Kentucky occurred from December 3-10 as a result of intense precipitation from two storms. The storms of December 3-5 and December 7-10 produced record peak discharges in several areas throughout central and eastern Kentucky, resulting in damages of nearly 50 million dollars...
Possible uranium mineralization, Mineral Mountains, Utah
W. Roger Miller, John B. McHugh, Walter H. Ficklin
1979, Open-File Report 79-1354
The Mineral Mountains block in west-central Utah is a horst whose core stands structurally high relative to all nearby basin-and-range fault blocks. Rocks of the Mineral Mountains range from Precambrian to Quaternary in age, but mostly consist of Tertiary granitic rocks. The range lies with the Wah Wah-Tusher mineral belt....
Simulation of streamflow of Rock River at Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin, to determine effects of withdrawal of powerplant-cooling water
William R. Krug
1979, Open-File Report 79-253
A flow-routing model was used to simulate 44 years of stage data from Lake Koshkonong, Wis., and streamflow data from the Rock River downstream from the lake. The simulation was repeated for five possible degrees of consumptive use, ranging from zero to an annual average of 40 cubic feet per...
