Ground-water resources investigation in the Amran Valley, Yeman Arab Republic
G. Chase Tibbitts, James Aubel
1980, Open-File Report 80-774
A program of hydrologic studies and exploratory drilling was conducted intermittently between 1974 and 1978 to evaluate the water-bearing properties of the unconsolidated alluvial sediments and associated rocks in the semi-arid Amran Valley basin, an 800-square-kilometer area in north-central Yemen Arab Republic. Inventory data from 395 wells were compiled, observation...
Supplemental data from the Ennis and other thermal-springs areas, Southwestern Montana, 1978-80
Robert B. Leonard, Wayne A. Wood
1980, Open-File Report 80-1182
Hydrogeologic data were collected principally during 1978-80 in eight hot-spring areas, in the Marysville geothermal test well, in the Butte Mine and in the Bitterroot and Missoula River valleys to provide a basis for evaluating the geothermal potential of the areas. Measurements are tabulated for subsurface temperatures, water levels, rates...
Hydrology and water quality of the copper-nickel study region, northeastern Minnesota
Donald I. Siegel, Donald W. Ericson
1980, Open-File Report 80-739
Data were collected on the hydrology of the Copper-Nickel study region to identify the location and nature of groundwater resources, determine the flow characteristics and general quality of the major streams, and determine the potential effects of mining copper and nickel on the hydrologic stream. Groundwater generally occurs in local...
Hydrologic setting of Williams Lake, Hubbard County, Minnesota
Donald I. Siegel, Thomas C. Winter
1980, Open-File Report 80-403
The hydrology and geology of Williams Lake watershed was studied to evaluate the accuracy of various methods used to determine precipitation and evaporation in lake water-balance studies and to define a lake and ground-water system according to approaches suggested by theoretical modeling studies. Regression analysis between estimated and measured precipitation...
Technique for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in the Houston, Texas, Metropolitan Area
Fred Liscum, B.C. Massey
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-17
A technique for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area was developed by use of a multiple-regression flood-frequency analysis of flow data from unregulated streams in the area. A regression model, relating flood-peak discharge to concurrent rainfall and antecedent soil moisture conditions, was used...
Calibration and testing of selected portable flowmeters for use on large irrigation systems
Richard R. Luckey, Frederick J. Heimes, Neville G. Gaggiani
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-72
Existing methods for measuring discharge of irrigation systems in the High Plains region are not suitable to provide the pumpage data required by the High Plains Regional Aquifer System Analysis. Three portable flowmeters that might be suitable for obtaining fast and accurate discharge measure-ments on large irrigation systems were tested...
Low-flow characteristics of streams in the upper Wisconsin River basin, Wisconsin
Warren A. Gebert
1980, Open-File Report 80-691
Low-flow characteristics of streams in the upper Wisconsin River basin are presented. Included are estimates of low-flow frequency at 10 gaging stations, flow duration at 8 gaging stations, and low-flow frequency characteristics at 13 low-flow partial-record stations and 81 miscellaneous sites. Equations are provided to estimate low-flow characteristics at ungaged...
Streamflow characteristics of the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana, through 1976
L. Grady Moore, Ronald R. Shields
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-41
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for selected stream-gaging and crest-stage gage sites are presented in this report to aid in appraising the hydrology of the Yellowstone River basin, Montana. Streamflow records presented for 45 gaging stations and 45 crest-stage gages for the period of record. Streamflow record collection in the...
Model evaluation of the hydrogeology of the Morris Bridge well field and vicinity in West-Central Florida
Paul D. Ryder, Dale M. Johnson, James M. Gerhart
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-29
The Morris Bridge well field in west-central Florida, which is being developed may have a maximum well-field withdrawal of 40 million gallons per day. The water will be pumped from the Floridan aquifer--a sequence of carbonate rocks about 1,100 feet thick underlying surficial sand and clay deposits. A highly fractured...
Hydrologic setting of wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, Stutsman County, North Dakota
Thomas C. Winter, Mark R. Carr
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-99
Because of growing interest in the role of lakes and wetlands in the hydrology of the prairie environment, a group of wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, Stutsman County, are being instrumented for long-term hydrologic studies. The study site is on a regional topographic high near the eastern edge of...
Description and preliminary map of airborne electromagnetic survey of parts of Iron, Baraga, and Dickinson Counties, Michigan
William D. Heran, Bruce D. Smith
1980, Open-File Report 80-297
The data presented herein is from an airborne electromagnetic INPUT* survey conducted by Geoterrex Limited of Canada for the U.S. Geological Survey. The survey area is located in the central part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, within parts of Iron, Baraga, and Dickinson Counties. The general area covered is...
Extension of transient-flow model of the Sacramento River at Sacramento, California
Richard N. Oltmann
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-30
The multiple-reach method-of-characteristics flow-simulaltion model that was successfully applied in 1976 to a 10.8-mile tide-affected reach of the Sacramento River, in California, from Sacramento to Freeport has been extended 10.5 miles farther downstream of Hood. The model reach was extended to improve the quality of the model 's output during...
Quality of water in the Black River near Dunn, North Carolina, and ground-water levels adjacent to the river prior to channel excavation in 1978-79
Clyde E. Simmons
1980, Open-File Report 80-425
During 1976-79 data were collected at three sites on the Black River, near Dunn, North Carolina, to define water-quality and other hydrologic conditions prior to channel excavation. Samples collected over a range in flow from 1.2 to 900 cubic feet per second contained 1 to 81 mg/L (milligrams per liter)...
Water-quality conditions in the Milner reach, Snake River, south-central Idaho, October 18-21, 1977
Walton H. Low
1980, Open-File Report 80-510-W
During late October 1977, water discharge from Minidoka Dam into the Milner reach of the Snake River was less than 22 cubic meters per second, compared to normal flows for that time of year of about 42 cubic meters per second or more. To determine if impaired water-quality conditions existed,...
Preliminary report on the geology of the continental slope adjacent to OCS Lease Sale 55, eastern Gulf of Alaska: Petroleum resource implications
Gary R. Winkler, G. R. Winkler, Warren L. Coonrad, George Claypool
1980, Open-File Report 80-1089
Forty samples of Tertiary and Cretaceous outcrop or suspected outcrop were dredged along the 250-km-long northwest-trending continental slope between long 138°00' W. and 142°30' W. These samples, from water depths of 3,150 m to 200 m, combined with seismic reflection data, identify seven rock units in apparently normal stratigraphic position....
Ground-water data for Georgia, 1979
S.E. Matthews, W.G. Hester, M. P. O’Byrne
1980, Open-File Report 80-501-W
This report continues a publication format that annually presents both water-level and water-quality data. In this format the information is presented in two-page units: the left page presents a text which summarizes the information for an area or subject and the right page consists of one or more illustrations. Daily...
Multiyear Low Flow Of Streams In Northeastern Kansas
W. J. Carswell Jr., S.V. Bond
1980, Open-File Report 80-734
Many existing water supplies in northeastern Kansas are proving inadequate to meet current and expanded future needs. One of the methods by which the use of highly variable streamflow in the area can be evaluated is with the aid of multiyear low-flow frequency information. Using data form 19 streamflow-gaging stations...
Summary of hydrologic testing in Tertiary limestone aquifer, Tenneco offshore exploratory well-Atlantic OCS, lease block 427 (Jacksonville NH-17-5)
Richard H. Johnston, Peter W. Bush, Richard E. Krause, James A. Miller, Craig L. Sprinkle
1980, Open-File Report 80-558
A summary of hydrologic testing in an offshore oil-test well drilled for Tenneco, Inc. 55 miles east of Fernandina Beach, Florida, is presented. The interval tested (1,050 to 1,070 feet below sea level) is in a calcarenite that is equivalent to the Ocala Limestone (late Eocene) of onshore Florida and...
Seismic refraction data for shots recorded in the Coso Range, California, October 1976
A. W. Walter, Craig S. Weaver
1980, Open-File Report 80-186
The Coso Range lies in the southwest corner of the Basin and Range province, east of the Sierra Nevada and north of the Garlock Fault. The range, circular in form, is covered by a thin sequence of late-cenozoic volcanics which overlie highly fractured crystalline basement, similar in composition to the...
Water resources data for Hawaii and other Pacific areas, water year 1979: Volume 1. Hawaii
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report HI-79-1
Volume 1 of water resources data for the 1979 water year for Hawaii and other Pacific Areas consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; and water levels and water quality in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 111 gaging stations; water quality for...
Interim report on the investigation of flooding in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia
Arthur G. Scott
1980, Open-File Report 80-1188
An analytical plan is presented for a study of the effects of land-use changes on the magnitude and frequency of flood-peak flows and on sediment characteristics of the Tug Fork in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. The plan includes compilation and analysis of available data, collection of new data on...
Water resources of the Walker River Indian Reservation, west-central Nevada
Donald H. Schaefer
1980, Open-File Report 80-427
Increasing interest in expanding the livestock and agricultural operations on the Walker River Indian Reservation, Nev., has prompted the Walker River Paiute Tribe to have the present and available water resources of the reservation appraised and proposed sites for new wells evaluated. Flow of the Walker River into the reservation...
A one-dimensional, steady-state, dissolved-oxygen model and waste-load assimilation study for Little Lick and Big Lick Creeks, Blackford and Delaware counties, Indiana
James G. Peters, Charles G. Crawford, William G. Wilber
1980, Open-File Report 80-73
The Indiana State Board of Health is developing a State water-quality management plan that includes establishing limits for liquid wastes discharged into Indiana streams. A digital computer model was used to predict alternatives for future waste loadings on Little Lick and Big Lick Creeks that would be compatible with Indiana...
Water resources data for New Mexico, water year 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report NM-79-1
Water resources data for the 1979 water year for New Mexico consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; stage", contents and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 229 gaging stations; stage...
Technique for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods in Maryland
David H. Carpenter
1980, Open-File Report 80-1016
A method is presented for estimating flood magnitudes for natural drainage basins without urban development or regulated flow. The method was developed by multiple-regression techniques and applies to floods with recurrence intervals from 2 to 100 years.The State is divided into three regions, and sets of equations for calculating peak...
