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....
Hydrologic and land-cover features of the Caloosahatchee River Basin, Lake Okeechobee to Franklin Lock, Florida
Henry R. LaRose, Benjamin F. McPherson
1980, Open-File Report 80-732
The freshwater part of the Caloosahatchee River basin, Fla., from Franklin Lock to Lake Okeechobee, is shown at a scale of 1 inch equals 1 mile on an aerial photomosaic, dated January 1979. The basin is divided into 16 subbasins, and the land cover and land use in each subbasin...
Flow Duration at Selected Stream-Sites in Kentucky
F. Quinones, J. Kiesler, J. Macy
1980, Open-File Report 80-1221
Flow duration characteristics were determined for 195 streamflow stations in Kentucky. The data includes flow duration tables for the period of record of the stations based on mean daily discharges. Seasonal flow durations are also presented from monthly analysis of the data. At sites affected by regulation, tables are published...
Water resources data for Georgia, water year 1980
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report GA-80-1
Water resources data for the 1980 water year for Georgia consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 105 gaging stations; stage for 9 gaging stations; stage and contents for 17...
Water resources of the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska
Geoffrey W. Freethey, David R. Scully
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 620
Ground-water and surface-water systems of Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, are analyzed. Geologic and topographic features that control the movement and regional availability of ground water are explained and illustrated. Five aquifer systems beneath the most populous areas are described. Estimates of ground-water yield were determined for the region by using...
Study plan for the regional aquifer-system analysis of alluvial basins in south-central Arizona and adjacent states
T. W. Anderson
1980, Open-File Report 80-1197
The alluvial basins in the Southwestern United States constitute a major source of ground water and are relied upon extensively for agricultural, industrial, and public water supplies. Large-scale depletion of ground water is directly related to pumping that has occurred in the past few decades and is continuing today. The...
Data-base system for northern Midwest regional aquifer-system analysis
A.L. Kontis, Richard J. Mandle
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-104
The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a study of the Cambrian and Ordovician aquifer system of the northern Midwest as part of a national series of Regional Aquifer-Systems Analysis (RASA). An integral part of this study will be a simulation of the ground-water flow regime using the Geological Survey's three-dimensional...
A preliminary report of the geohydrology of the Mississippi salt-dome basin
C. A. Spiers, L. A. Gandl
1980, Open-File Report 80-595
The U.S. Department of Energy is investigating the suitability of salt domes in the Mississippi salt-dome basin as repositories for storing radioactive wastes. The Department of Energy has requested that the U.S. Geological Survey describe the groundwater hydrology of the Mississippi salt-dome basin, giving special attention to direction and rate...
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...
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...
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...
Calibration of a distributed routing rainfall-runoff model at four urban sites near Miami, Florida
W. Harry Doyle Jr., Jeffrey E. Miller
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-1
Urban stormwater data from four Miami, Fla. catchments were collected and compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey and were used for testing the applicability of deterministic modeling for characterizing stormwater flows from small land-use areas. A description of model calibration and verification is presented for: (1) A 40.8 acre single-family...
A model for flow through a glacial outwash aquifer in southeast Franklin County, Ohio
Emanuel J. Weiss, Allan C. Razem
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-56
A glacial aquifer of 70 square miles in the Scioto River valley southeast of Columbus, Ohio, was modeled as a potentially major source of water. The model was constructed from available hydrologic data: Records of precipitation, well hydrographs, well logs, two ground-water level surveys, and analyses of six aquifer tests....
Columbia Glacier, Alaska: Recent ice loss and its relationship to seasonal terminal embayments, thinning, and glacial flow
W. G. Sikonia, Austin Post
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 619
In 1974 the U.S. Geological Survey began an intensive investigation of the stability of Columbia Glacier, a calving tidewater glacier terminating in Columbia Bay, near Valdez, Alaska. Aerial photographs taken in 1957 and a sequence of photographs taken at about 2-month intervals since 1976, when analyzed photogrammetrically, provided detailed data...
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)...
Thermal modeling of flow in the San Diego Aqueduct, California, and its relation to evaporation
Harvey E. Jobson
1980, Professional Paper 1122
The thermal balance of the 26-kilometer long concrete-lined San Diego Aqueduct, a canal in southern California, was studied to determine the coefficients in a Dalton type evaporation formula. Meteorologic and hydraulic variables, as well as water temperature, were monitored continuously for a 1-year period. A thermal model was calibrated by...
Water resources data for Alabama, water year 1979; Volume 1, Apalachicola, Choctawatchee, Blackwater, Escambia, Perdido, and Alabama River basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report AL-79-1
Water resources data for the 1979 water year consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report contains records for water discharge at 48 gaging stations; stage only at 16...
Evaluation of peak-flow data network of small streams in Missouri
Leland D. Hauth
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-87
Standard regression models were used as a tool to evaluate the transferability of streamflow characteristics for the small-streams network in Missouri. Station records were divided into segments and tested for adequacy of record length and sample size for two physiographic regions. The standard error of estimate for each calibrated regression...
Temperature and solute-transport simulation in streamflow using a Lagrangian reference frame
Harvey E. Jobson
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-2
A computer program for simulating one-dimensional, unsteady temperature and solute transport in a river has been developed and documented for general use. The solution approach to the convective-diffusion equation uses a moving reference frame (Lagrangian) which greatly simplifies the mathematics of the solution procedure and dramatically reduces errors caused by...
Hydrologic data from upper Grange Hall Creek basin, Northglenn, Adams County, Colorado
Dennis C. Hall, A.C. Duncan
1980, Open-File Report 80-578
Hydrologic data collected during 1977-79 as part of a water-resources investigation of storm runoff in Upper Grange Hall Creek basin, Adams County, Colo., are presented in this report. Data presented in tabular form consist of: (1) Estimated daily precipitation at one site (April through October, 1978 and 1979); (2) mean...
Measurements of discharge, gain or loss in flow, and chemical quality of the Poplar and Redwater Rivers, northeastern Montana, October 24-25, 1979
Kent A. Dodge, Gary W. Levings
1980, Open-File Report 80-1210
Discharge, specific conductance, and water temperature were measured at 37 sites on the Poplar and Redwater Rivers in northeastern Montana on October 24-25, 1979, to provide data on the interaction between surface-water and groundwater systems. Streamflow gains or losses were computed for those stream reaches not significantly affected by irrigation....
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...
Water resources data for Indiana, water year 1978
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report IN-78-1
Water resources data for the 1978 water year for Indiana consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs, and water levels in wells. This report contains discharge records for 194 gaging stations, stage and contents for 13 lakes and reservoirs,...
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...
Water quality of Bear Creek basin, Jackson County, Oregon
Loren A. Wittenberg, Stuart W. McKenzie
1980, Open-File Report 80-158
Water-quality data identify surface-water-quality problems in Bear Creek basin, Jackson County, Oreg., where possible, their causes or sources. Irrigation and return-flow data show pastures are sources of fecal coliform and fecal streptococci bacteria and sinks for suspended sediment and nitrite-plus-nitrate nitrogen. Bear Creek and its tributaries have dissolved oxygen and...
