Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Padua Fire of 2003, Southern California
Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, John A. Michael
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1072
Results of a present preliminary assessment of the probability of debris-flow activity and estimates of peak discharges that can potentially be generated by debris flows issuing from basins burned by the Padua Fire of October 2003 in southern California in response to 25-year, 10-year, and 2-year recurrence, 1-hour duration rain...
Mineral, Energy, and Fertilizer Resources of the North Coast of Peru: Perspective from the Santa Rita B Archaeological Site
William E. Brooks, Jonathan D. Kent, Jason C. Willett
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1024
The Santa Rita B archaeological site is in the Chao Valley, approximately 65 km southeast of Trujillo, northern Peru. Location of Santa Rita B at the emergence of several drainages from the Andean cordillera is an important factor in the almost continuous occupation of the site over the past 3,000...
Surficial Geologic Map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Region, Tennessee and North Carolina
Scott Southworth, Art Schultz, Danielle Denenny, James Triplett
2004, Open-File Report 2003-381
The Surficial Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Region, Tennessee and North Carolina was mapped from 1993 to 2003 under a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Park Service (NPS). This 1:100,000-scale digital geologic map was compiled from 2002 to 2003 from unpublished...
Update: World Coal Quality Inventory -- Peru
William E. Brooks, Jason C. Willett
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1023
Update: World Coal Quality Inventory -- Argentina
William E. Brooks, Jason C. Willett
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1022
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge: A survey of visitor experiences: Report to respondents
Phadrea D. Ponds, Nina Burkardt, Lynne Koontz
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1331
In the fall of 2000, researchers from the Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Program (PASA) of the Fort Collins Science Center (FORT) in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) met with the staff of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR) to discuss the issues related to social, economic, and human...
An economic analysis of alternative fertility control and associated management techniques for three BLM wild horse herds
John M. Bartholow
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1199
Contemporary cost projections were computed for several alternative strategies that could be used by BLM to manage three wild horse populations. The alternatives included existing gather and selective removal methods, combined with potential contraceptive applications of varying duration and other potentially useful management techniques. Costs were projected for a 20-year...
Annual Report for 2003 Wild Horse Research and Field Activities
Jason Ransom, Francis J. Singer, Linda Zeigenfuss
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1264
As stated in the Wild Horse Fertility Control Field Trial Plan, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has an immediate need for a safe, effective contraceptive agent to assist in the management of the large number of wild horses on western rangelands. The BLM and the U.S. Geological Survey-Biological Resources...
Effect of structural heterogeneity and slip distribution on coseismic vertical displacement from rupture on the Seattle Fault
Eric L. Geist, Shoichi Yoshioka
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1010
Workshops in 2001 and 2002 were convened to determine critical issues in the development of tsunami inundation maps for the Puget Sound region. The Tsunami Inundation Mapping Effort (TIME) is conducted under the multi-agency National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP). The Puget Sound Tsunami/Landslide Workshop in 2001 focused on integrated...
Pocomoke Sound Sedimentary and Ecosystem History
Thomas M. Cronin
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1350
Summary of Results: Pocomoke Sound Sediment and Sediment Processes Transport of sediment from coastal marshes. Analyses of pollen and foraminifera from surface sediments in Pocomoke Sound suggest that neither the upstream forested wetlands nor coastal marshes bordering the sound have contributed appreciably to particulate matter in the 10- to 1000-micron size...
The National Geochemical Survey: Database and documentation
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1001
The USGS, in collaboration with other federal and state government agencies, industry, and academia, is conducting the National Geochemical Survey (NGS) to produce a body of geochemical data for the United States based primarily on stream sediments, analyzed using a consistent set of methods. These data will compose a...
Desert Landforms and Surface Processes in the Mojave National Preserve and Vicinity
Philip W. Stoffer
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1007
Landscape features in the Mojave National Preserve are a product of ongoing processes involving tectonic forces, weathering, and erosion. Long-term climatic cycles (wet and dry periods) have left a decipherable record preserved as landform features and sedimentary deposits. This website provides and introduction to climate-driven desert processes influencing landscape features...
Bighorn sheep habitat studies, population dynamics, and population modeling in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming and Montana, 2000-2003
Francis J. Singer, Kathryn A. Schoenecker
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1337
At the request of National Park Service resource managers, we began a study in 2000 to evaluate causes for the decline of the bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) population inhabiting Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (BICA), the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, and surrounding state and U.S. Forest Service lands in...
Invertebrate Paleontology of the Wilson Grove Formation (Late Miocene to Late Pliocene), Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, with some Observations on Its Stratigraphy, Thickness, and Structure
Charles L. Powell II, James R. Allen, Peter J. Holland
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1017
The Wilson Grove Formation is exposed from Petaluma north to northern Santa Rosa, and from Bennett Valley west to Bodega Bay. A fauna of at least 107 invertebrate taxa consisting of two brachiopods, 95 mollusks (48 bivalves and 46 gastropods), at least eight arthropods, and at least two echinoids have...
Chronic wasting disease risk analysis workshop: An integrative approach
Shana Gillette, Joshua Dein, Mo Salman, Bryan Richards, Paulo Duarte
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1418
Risk analysis tools have been successfully used to determine the potential hazard associated with disease introductions and have facilitated management decisions designed to limit the potential for disease introduction. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) poses significant challenges for resource managers due to an incomplete understanding of disease etiology and epidemiology and...
Summary of studies supporting cumulative effects analysis of upper Yellowstone River channel modifications
Gregor T. Auble, Zachary H. Bowen, Ken D. Bovee, Adrian H. Farmer, Natalie R. Sexton, Terry J. Waddle
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1442
During the last several decades, portions of the upper Yellowstone River have been modified for flood control and erosion prevention. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for administration of a permit program for evaluating construction activities affecting rivers, streams, and wetlands. The Corps regulates activities under the authority...
Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault at Mill Canyon near Watsonville, California
Thomas E. Fumal, Timothy E. Dawson, Rebecca Flowers, John C. Hamilton, Gordon F. Heingartner, James Kessler, Laura Samrad
2004, Open-File Report 2003-469
We present photomosaics and logs of the walls of trenches excavated for a paleoseismic study at Mill Canyon, one of two sites along the San Andreas fault in the Santa Cruz Mtns. on the Kelley-Thompson Ranch. This site was a part of Rancho Salsipuedes beginning in 1834. It was purchased...
Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the Cedar and Paradise Fires of 2003, southern California
Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, John A. Michael
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1011
These maps present preliminary assessments of the probability of debris-flow activity and estimates of peak discharges that can potentially be generated by debris flows issuing from basins burned by the Cedar and Paradise Fires of October 2003 in southern California in response to 25-year, 10-year, and 2-year recurrence, 1-hour duration...
Wilderness experience in Rocky Mountain National Park 2002: Report to RMNP
Elke Schuster, S. Shea Johnson, Jonathan G. Taylor
2004, Open-File Report 2003-445
Approximately 250,000 acres of backcountry in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP or the Park) may be designated as wilderness use areas in the coming years. Currently, over 3 million people visit RMNP each year; many drive through the park on Trail Ridge Road, camp in designated campgrounds, or hike in...
Quality assurance report - Loch Vale watershed, 1999-2002
Jorin A. Botte, Jill Baron
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1306
The National Park Service initiated the Loch Vale Watershed (LVWS) project in 1980 with funding from the Aquatic Effects Research Program of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program. Long-term ecological research and monitoring address watershed-scale ecosystem processes, particularly as they respond to atmospheric deposition and climate variability. Monitoring of meteorological,...
Stratton Sagebrush Hydrology Study Area: An annotated bibliography of research conducted 1968-1990
Leah M. Burgess, Kathryn A. Schoenecker
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1291
This annotated bibliography provides an overview of research projects conducted on the Stratton Sagebrush Hydrology Study Area (Stratton) since its designation as such in 1967. Sources include the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station records storage room, Laramie, Wyoming, the USGS and USFS online reference libraries, and scientific journal...
Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area 2003 visitor use survey: Completion report
Phadrea Ponds, Shana C. Gillette, Lynne Koontz
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1281
This report represents the analysis of research conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The purpose is to provide socio-economic and recreational use information that can be used in the development of a Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Colorado Canyons National Conservation...
Maps showing the stratigraphic framework of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River to Winyah Bay
Wayne E. Baldwin, Robert A. Morton, Jane F. Denny, Shawn V. Dadisman, William C. Schwab, Paul T. Gayes, Neal W. Driscoll
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1013
Economic analysis of alternative bison and elk management practices on the National Elk Refuge and Grand Teton National Park: A comparison of visitor and household responses
John B. Loomis, Lynne Caughlan
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1305
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Park Service (NPS) are preparing a management plan for bison and elk inhabiting the National Elk Refuge (NER) and Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). These animals are part of the bison and elk herds in Jackson Hole, one of the...
Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault at Arano Flat near Watsonville, California
Thomas E. Fumal, Gordon F. Heingartner, Laura Samrad, Timothy E. Dawson, John C. Hamilton, John N. Baldwin
2004, Open-File Report 2003-450
We present photomosaics and logs of the walls of trenches excavated for a paleoseismic study at Arano Flat, one of two sites along the San Andreas fault in the Santa Cruz Mountains on the Kelley-Thompson Ranch. At this location, the fault consists of a narrow zone along the northeast side...
