Estimated water use and availability in the East Narragansett Bay study area, Rhode Island, 1995-99
Emily C. Wild
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5168
Water availability became a concern in Rhode Island during a drought in 1999, and further investigation was needed to assess the current demands on the hydrologic system from withdrawals during periods of little to no precipitation. The low ground-water levels and streamflows measured in Rhode Island prompted initiation of a...
Geomorphology and depositional sub-environments of Assateague Island MD/VA
Robert A. Morton, Jeremy E. Bracone, Brian Cooke
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1388
The U.S. Geological Survey is studying coastal hazards and coastal change to improve our understanding of coastal ecosystems and to develop better capabilities of predicting future coastal change. One approach to understanding the dynamics of coastal systems is to monitor changes in barrier-island sub-environments through time. This involves examining morphological...
Vulnerability of National Park Service beaches to inundation during a direct hurricane landfall: Fire Island National Seashore
Hilary F. Stockdon, David M. Thompson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1389
Waves and storm surge associated with strong tropical storms are part of the natural process of barrier-island evolution and can cause extensive morphologic changes in coastal parks, leading to reduced visitor accessibility and enjoyment. Even at Fire Island National Seashore, a barrier-island coastal park in New York where extratropical storms...
Nutrient and biological conditions of selected small streams in the Edwards Plateau, central Texas, 2005-06, and implications for development of nutrient criteria
Jeffrey A. Mabe
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5195
During the summers of 2005 and 2006 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, evaluated nutrient and biological conditions in small streams in parts of the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas. Land-cover analysis was used to select 15 small streams that represented a gradient...
Base flow (1966-2005) and streamflow gain and loss (2006) of the Brazos River, McLennan County to Fort Bend County, Texas
Michael J. Turco, Jeffery W. East, Matthew S. Milburn
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5286
During 2006–07, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Texas Water Development Board, did a study to quantify historical (water years 1966–2005) base flow and streamflow gains and losses from two streamflow-measuring surveys (March and August 2006) in the Brazos River from McLennan County to Fort Bend County,...
Borehole geophysical monitoring of amendment emplacement and geochemical changes during vegetable oil biostimulation, Anoka County Riverfront Park, Fridley, Minnesota
John W. Lane Jr., Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Carole D. Johnson, Peter K. Joesten, Christopher S. Kochiss
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5199
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a series of geophysical investigations to monitor a field-scale biostimulation pilot project at the Anoka County Riverfront Park (ACP), downgradient from the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant, in Fridley, Minnesota. The pilot project was undertaken by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division,...
Principal locations of metal loading from flood-plain tailings, Lower Silver Creek, Utah, April 2004
Briant A. Kimball, Robert L. Runkel, Katherine Walton-Day
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5248
Because of the historical deposition of mill tailings in flood plains, the process of determining total maximum daily loads for streams in an area like the Park City mining district of Utah is complicated. Understanding the locations of metal loading to Silver Creek and the relative importance of these locations...
Chemical Characteristics, Water Sources and Pathways, and Age Distribution of Ground Water in the Contributing Recharge Area of a Public-Supply Well near Tampa, Florida, 2002-05
Brian G. Katz, Christy A. Crandall, Patricia A. Metz, W. Scott McBride, Marian P. Berndt
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5139
In 2001, the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey began a series of studies on the transport of anthropogenic and natural contaminants (TANC) to public-supply wells. The main goal of the TANC program was to better understand the source, transport, and receptor factors that control contaminant...
Nutrient Enrichment in Estuaries from Discharge of Shallow Ground Water, Mt. Desert Island, Maine
Charles W. Culbertson, Thomas G. Huntington, James M. Caldwell
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5188
Nutrient enrichment from atmospheric deposition, agricultural activities, wildlife, and domestic sources is a concern at Acadia National Park because of the potential problem of water-quality degradation and eutrophication in its estuaries. Water-quality degradation has been observed at the Park?s Bass Harbor Marsh estuary but not in Northeast Creek estuary. Previous...
Statistics of petroleum exploration in the world outside the United States and Canada through 2001
Emil D. Attanasi, Philip A. Freeman, Jennifer A. Glovier
2007, Circular 1288
Future oil and gas supplies depend, in part, on the reserves that are expected to be added through exploration and new discoveries. This Circular presents a summary of the statistics and an analysis of petroleum exploration in the world outside the United States and Canada (the study area) through 2001....
Hydrogeology of Two Areas of the Tug Hill Glacial-Drift Aquifer, Oswego County, New York
Todd S. Miller, Edward F. Bugliosi, Kari K. Hetcher-Aguila, David A. Eckhardt
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5169
Two water-production systems, one for the Village of Pulaski and the other for the Villages of Sandy Creek and Lacona in Oswego County, New York, withdraw water from the Tug Hill glacial-drift aquifer, a regional sand and gravel aquifer along the western flank of the Tug Hill Plateau, and provide...
Geomorphology and tectonics at the intersection of Silurian and Death Valleys, Southern California - 2005 Guidebook Pacific Cell Friends of the Pleistocene
David M. Miller, Zenon C. Valin
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1424
This publication describes results from new regional and detailed surficial geologic mapping, combined with geomorphologic, geochronologic, and tectonic studies, in Silurian Valley and Death Valley, California. The studies address a long-standing problem, the tectonic and geomorphic evolution of the intersection between three regional tectonic provinces: the eastern California shear zone,...
Pre-Restoration Habitat Use by Chinook Salmon in the Nisqually Estuary Using Otolith Analysis
Angela Lind-Null, Kimberly Larsen, Reginald Reisenbichler
2007, Open-File Report 2008-1021
INTRODUCTION The Nisqually Fall Chinook population is one of 27 stocks in the Puget Sound evolutionarily significant unit listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. The preservation of the Nisqually delta ecosystem coupled with extensive restoration of approximately 1,000 acres of diked estuarine habitat is identified as the highest...
Sources, dispersal, and fate of fine sediment supplied to coastal California
Katherine L. Farnsworth, Jonathan A. Warrick
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5254
We have investigated the sources, dispersal, and fate of fine sediment supplied to California coastal waters in a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the California Sediment Management Workgroup (CSMW). The purpose of this study was to document the rates and characteristics of these processes so that the...
EAARL submarine topography: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Amar Nayegandhi, Jason Woolard, Matt Patterson, Iris Wilson, Laurinda J. Travers
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1395
This Web site contains 46 Lidar-derived submarine topography maps and GIS files for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. These Lidar-derived submarine topographic maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, Florida, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
EAARL topography: George Washington Birthplace National Monument
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1179
This Web site contains Lidar-derived topography (first return and bare earth) maps and GIS files for George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia. These lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, the National Park Service...
Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in Alabama, 2003
T.S. Hedgecock, Toby D. Feaster
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5204
Methods of estimating flood magnitudes for recurrence intervals of 1.5, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, and 500 years have been developed for rural streams in Alabama that are not affected by regulation or urbanization. Regression relations were developed using generalized least-squares regression techniques to estimate flood magnitude and...
Wave-driven spatial and temporal variability in sea-floor sediment mobility in the Monterey Bay, Cordell Bank, and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries
Curt D. Storlazzi, Jane A. Reid, Nadine E. Golden
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5233
Wind and wave patterns affect many aspects of continental shelves and shorelines geomorphic evolution. Although our understanding of the processes controlling sediment suspension on continental shelves has improved over the past decade, our ability to predict sediment mobility over large spatial and temporal scales remains limited. The deployment of robust...
EAARL topography: Assateague Island National Seashore
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Laurinda J. Travers
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1176
This Web site contains 58 lidar-derived bare earth topography maps and GIS files for the Assateague Island National Seashore. These lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, Florida, the National Park Service (NPS) South Florida/Caribbean...
Monitoring of Sparta Aquifer Recovery in Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana, 2003-07
David A. Freiwald, Sherrel F. Johnson
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3102
Prior to 2004, the Sparta aquifer supplied all water for industrial and municipal uses in Union County, Arkansas, and continues to provide the majority of water for industrial and municipal purposes in the surrounding southern Arkansas counties and northern Louisiana parishes. In Union County, the Sparta aquifer has been used...
Sedimentation History of Halfway Creek Marsh, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Wisconsin, 1846-2006
Faith A. Fitzpatrick, James C. Knox, Joseph P. Schubauer-Berigan
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5209
The history of overbank sedimentation in the vicinity of Halfway Creek Marsh near La Crosse, Wis., was examined during 2005?06 by the U.S. Geological Survey and University of Wisconsin?Madison as part of a broader study of sediment and nutrient loadings to the Upper Mississippi River bottomlands by the U.S. Environmental...
EAARL topography: Thomas Stone National Historic Site
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1177
This Web site contains Lidar-derived topography (first return and bare earth) maps and GIS files for Thomas Stone National Historic Site in Maryland. These Lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, the National Park Service...
Altitude and configuration of the potentiometric surface in the upper White Clay Creek and lower West Branch Brandywine Creek Basins including portions of Penn, London Grove, New Garden, Londonderry, West Marlborough, Highland, and East Fallowfield Townships and West Grove, Avondale, Modena, and South Coatesville boroughs, Chester County, Pennsylvania, May through July 2006
Lindsay B. Hale
2007, Scientific Investigations Map 2995
Since 1984, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been mapping the altitude and configuration of the potentiometric surface in Chester County as part of an ongoing cooperative program to measure and describe the water resources of the county. These maps can be used to determine the general direction of ground-water...
EAARL topography – Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook Unit
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1178
This Web site contains Lidar-derived topography (bare earth) maps and GIS files for the Sandy Hook Unit within Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey. These Lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, the National...
Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey science for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and implications for environmental management
Scott W. Ator, Vicki S. Blazer, John W. Brakebill, Donald R. Cahoon, Peter R. Claggett, Thomas M. Cronin, Judith M. Denver, Christine L. Densmore, Allen C. Gellis, Cliff R. Hupp, Jurate M. Landwehr, Michael J. Langland, Christopher A. Ottinger, Milan J. Pavich, Matthew C. Perry, Scott W. Phillips, Stephen D. Preston, Jeff P. Raffensperger, Barnett A. Rattner, Nancy B. Rybicki, Debra A. Willard
Scott W. Phillips, editor(s)
2007, Circular 1316
The purpose of this report is to present a synthesis of the USGS Chesapeake Bay science related to the 2001-06 goals and provide implications for environmental management. The report provides USGS findings that address the science needs of the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) restoration goals and includes summaries of 1....
