Hydrologic data for the southwest subsurface-injection test site, St. Petersburg, Florida
John J. Hickey, R. M. Spechler
1979, Open-File Report 78-852
Three injection wells, A1, A2, and A3, and nine observation wells, B1 through B9, were constructed at the Southwest St. Petersburg site to determine the feasibility of injecting wastewater treatment plant effluent into permeable zones containing saline water. Two withdrawal tests and one injection test were performed. Both withdrawal tests...
Water-quality reconnaissance of lakes in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
G. A. Payne
1979, Open-File Report 79-556
Water samples were collected from three lakes in Voyageurs National Park to assess chemical and biological water quality in March and August 1977. Bottom material samples were also collected and analyzed for chemical quality. Results of the analyses show that the water system was dilute; specific conductance ranged from 32...
Effects of urbanization on the magnitude and frequency of floods in northeastern Illinois
Howard E. Allen, Richard M. Bejcek
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-36
Changes in land use associated with urbanization have increased flood-peak discharges in northeastern Illinois by factors up to 3.2. Techniques are presented for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in the urban environment of northeastern Illinois, and for estimating probable changes in flood characteristics that may be expected to...
Summary appraisal of the potential water resources in and near tract 01-113, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada
R. L. Laney
1979, Open-File Report 79-698
Thermal boundary conditions for waterflow with moving boundaries
Edward R. Holley, Nobuhiro Yotsukura
1979, Open-File Report 79-743
Hydrologic data for Mountain Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1977
F.L. Stroman
1979, Open-File Report 79-509
The collection of hydrologic data by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Mountain Creek watershed began on March 9, 1925, with the establishment of a stream-gaging station located about 2.5 miles upstream from the present site of Mountain Creek Lake Dam. The stream-gaging station was discontinued on July 5, 1933....
The Citronelle aquifers in Mississippi
E. H. Boswell
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-131
The Citronelle aquifers consist of sand and gravel of Pliocene age that forms a discontinuous outcrop area of about 6,000 square miles in southern Mississippi. The beds dip to the south at an average rate of about 6 feet per mile. The unconfined aquifers are used mostly for domestic and...
Preliminary hydrogeologic investigation of the Maxey Flats radioactive waste burial site, Fleming County, Kentucky
Harold H. Zehner
1979, Open-File Report 79-1329
Burial trenches at the Maxey Flats radioactive waste burial site , Fleming County, Ky., cover an area of about 0.03 square mile, and are located on a plateau, about 300 to 400 feet above surrounding valleys. Although surface-water characteristics are known, little information is available regarding the ground-water hydrology of...
Selected water resources data, Clarion River and Redbank Creek basins, northwestern Pennsylvania: Part 2
Theodore F. Buckwalter, Clifford H. Dodge, George R. Schiner
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-19
This report presents selected basic data collected during a study of the water resources of the Clarion River and Redbank Creek basins in northwestern Pennsylvania. Hydrologic information including data on aquifers, water levels, and yields is presented for 1,304 wells. Records for 51 springs are also given. The report contains...
Physical characteristics of suspended sediments, South Texas Continental Shelf
Gerald L. Shideler
1979, Open-File Report 79-362
This report presents the results of a three-year study of suspended sediments within the South Texas OCS region. The investigations were a part of the environmental studies of the South Texas Outer Continental shelf sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management. The physical properties of the suspended particulate system studied...
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...
Publications related to the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), 1971-79
(compiler) Beverly M. Myers
1979, Open-File Report 79-1299
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), formally established in January 1976, is a national confederation of water-oriented organizations working to improve access to water data. Its primary objective is to assist users of water data in the identification, location, and acquistion of useful data. NAWDEX is coordinated by a central...
Water resources of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
Eugene H. Walker
1979, Open-File Report 79-558
Stormwater-runoff data for a multifamily residential area, Dade County, Florida
Jack Hardee, Robert A. Miller, Harold C. Mattraw Jr.
1979, Open-File Report 79-1295
Rainfall, stormwater discharge, and water-quality data for a multifamily residential area in Dade County, Florida, are summarized in this report. Loads for 19 water-quality constituents were computed for runoff from 16 storms from May 1977 through June 1978. The 14.7 acre basin contains apartment buildings with adjacent parking lots. The...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of western Arctic Alaska, 1976 and 1977
Joseph M. Childers, Donald R. Kernodle, Robert M. Loeffler
1979, Open-File Report 79-699
A reconnaissance of the water resources of the western Arctic was conducted during April 1976 and August 1977. Data were collected at 9 springs, 9 lakes and 22 stream sites.Using slope-conveyance methods based on field evidence, estimates of bankfull and maximum evident flood-peak discharges were made for 20 selected streams....
Ground-water resources of Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Louis D. Carswell, Orville B. Lloyd Jr.
1979, Open-File Report 79-414
Monroe County is on the eastern border of Pennsylvania and includes much of the area popularly called the Poconos. It is an area long used for outdoor recreation and includes a part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.Water resources in the county are derived from precipitation. The Lehigh...
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...
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...
Potential hydrologic effects of peat mining in the Red Lake Peatlands, north-central Minnesota— A project plan
Donald I. Siegel
1979, Open-File Report 79-1591
Peat is being considered for fuel in Minnesota. This study will investigate the potential effects of large-scale surface mining of peat on the hydrology and water quality of Upper Red Lake and the Tamarac River. The major aspects of the study are the characterization of the surface-water and groundwater hydrology...
A summary of measured hydraulic data for the series of steady and unsteady flow experiments over patterned roughness
Dannie L. Collins, Kathleen M. Flynn
1979, Open-File Report 79-1260
This report summarizes and makes available to other investigators the measured hydraulic data collected during a series of experiments designed to study the effect of patterned bed roughness on steady and unsteady open-channel flow. The patterned effect of the roughness was obtained by clear-cut mowing of designated areas of an...
Chemical data and statistical analyses from a uranium hydrogeochemical survey of the Rio Ojo Caliente drainage basin, New Mexico, part I: Water
Karen J. Wenrich-Verbeek, Vivian J. Suits
1979, Open-File Report 79-996
No abstract available....
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...
Water resources of the southern Powder River area of southeastern Montana
W. Roger Miller
1979, Open-File Report 79-343
The southern Powder River area comprises about 2,230 square miles in southeastern Montana. Sedimentary rocks beneath this area range in age from Cambrian to Holocene and attain a maximum thickness of about 12,000 feet. Rocks exposed in the study area range in age from Late Cretaceous to Holocene.Water for domestic,...
Projected effects of intermittent changes in withdrawal of water from the Arikaree Aquifer near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming
Dwight T. Hoxie
1979, Open-File Report 80-15
Effects on streamflows and ground-water levels attributable to a proposed intermittent change in use and sites of withdrawal of 3 ,146 acre-feet of water from the Arikaree aquifer in central Platte County, WY, are assessed with a previously developed ground-water flow model. This water has been permitted for agricultural use...
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...
