Selected data from thermal-spring areas, southwestern Montana
Robert B. Leonard, Tordis M. Brosten, Norman A. Midtlyng
1978, Open-File Report 78-438
During 1975-77 the Montana district of the U.S. Geological Survey collected and assembled data describing the flow, temperature, and chemical characteristics of thermal and related waters. The work was part of an assessment of the geothermal resources of southwestern Montana, excluding Yellowstone Park. The purpose of this report is to...
Selected hydrologic data, Yampa River basin and parts of the White River basin, northwestern Colorado and south-central Wyoming
T.F. Giles, Robert E. Brogden
1978, Open-File Report 78-23
Selected hydrologic data are presented from four energy-related projects conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Yampa River basin and parts of the White River basin in northwestern Colorado and south-central Wyoming. Water-quality data during 1974 and 1975 and parts of 1976 for 129 ground-water sites and 119 surface-water...
A water-quality assessment of the Busseron Creek watershed, Sullivan, Vigo, Greene, and Clay counties, Indiana
Stephen E. Eikenberry
1978, Open-File Report 78-13
Chemical quality of surface water in the 237-square mile Busseron Creek watershed is significantly affected by drainage from coal mines and municipalities. Drainage from coal mines is primarily a problem of higher than normal dissolved-solids concentration, whereas, drainage from municipalities is generally a problem of bacteria and phytoplankton. Generally, the...
Water resources of the central Powder River area of southeastern Montana
W. R. Miller
1978, Open-File Report 78-237
Water for domestic, stock, and public use is available from the Fox Hills-lower Hell Creek aquifer of Late Cretaceous age. Water for domestic and stock use is available from the upper part of the Hell Creek Formation of Late Cretaceous age and the lower part of the Fort Union Formation...
Floods in the Skunk River basin, Iowa
Albert J. Heinitz, Sulo Werner Wiitala
1978, Open-File Report 79-272
Evaluation of flood hazards, and the planning, design, and operation of various facilities on flood plains require information on floods. This report provides information on flood stages and discharges, flood magnitudes and frequency, and flood profiles for the Skunk River and some of its tributaries. It covers the Skunk --...
Water resources of the Cordova area, Alaska
George A. McCoy, Geoffrey W. Freethey
1978, Open-File Report 78-310
This report is a compilation of ground-water, surface-water, and water-quality data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division on Eyak Lake and Power Creek, near Cordova, and wells in and near Cordova, Alaska. Many of these data were collected as part of a cooperative program with the city...
Selected low-flow characteristics of streams in the vicinity of Warwick, Orange County, New York
Benjamin B. Eissler
1978, Open-File Report 78-811
Base flows were measured during 1971-76 at 10 partial-record sites and three continuous-record stations on major streams in and bordering the Town of Warwick. Discharge measurements at the partial-record sites were correlated with records from three suitable continuous-record gaging stations near the town to determine 7-day, 2-year low flows and...
Planning report for the southeastern limestone regional aquifer system analysis
Richard H. Johnston
1978, Open-File Report 78-516
The southeastern limestone aquifer system is one of the major sources of ground water in the United States. Over 3 billion gallons of water are pumped daily making the aquifer the principal source of municipal, industrial, and agricultural water supply in large parts of Florida and Georgia and to a...
Estuarine research: An annotated bibliography of selected literature, with emphasis on the Hudson River estuary, New York and New Jersey
William N. Embree, Denise A. Wiltshire
1978, Open-File Report 78-782
Abstracts of 177 selected publications on water movement in estuaries, particularly the Hudson River estuary, are compiled for reference in Hudson River studies. Subjects represented are the hydraulic, chemical, and physical characteristics of estuarine waters, estuarine modeling techniques, and methods of water-data collection and analysis. Summaries are presented in five...
Model analysis of the impact on ground-water conditions of the Muskegon County wastewater disposal system, Michigan
Michael G. McDonald, William B. Fleck
1978, Open-File Report 78-99
A digital model was developed to study the impact on ground-water conditions of the Muskegon County wastewater disposal system. At the disposal site, wastewater is stored in two 850-acre (344-ha) lagoons and then spray-irrigated on crop land. About 70 miles (105 km) of drainage tile, which underlies the irrigated land,...
Stratigraphy of the Cache Formation (Pliocene and Pleistocene) in Clear Lake Basin, Lake County, California
Michael J. Rymer
1978, Open-File Report 78-924
Recent geologic mapping in the Clear Lake basin shows that the nonmarine Cache Formation can be subdivided into several members. New names are herein informally used for three distinct deposits called the B, L, and K members. The three members are geographically separate, except where the L member locally unconformably...
Sediment transport in the Tanana River in the vicinity of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1977
William W. Emmett, Robert L. Burrows, Bruce Parks
1978, Open-File Report 78-290
Measurements of suspended- and bedload-sediment transport for the Tanana River in the vicinity of Fairbanks, Alaska, show that suspended-sediment load, G in tons per day, relates to water discharge, Q, in cubic feet per scond, as:GS = 1.66 x 10-8 Q2.83The bedload transport rate is approximately one percent of the...
Mallets Creek Marsh, Lake Champlain: A plant-nutrient study
John T. Turk
1978, Open-File Report 78-462
Nitrogen and phosphorus dissolved in the interstitial water of Mallets Creek Marsh sediments supply about 42 percent of the nitrogen and about 9 percent of the phosphorus used by rooted macrophytes within the marsh. These percentages may become larger during middle and late summer, when water inflow to the marsh...
Energy resources of Egypt
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Open-File Report 79-1141
Flood-plain delineation for Cub Run basin, Fairfax County, Virginia
Pat LeRoy Soule
1978, Open-File Report 78-17
Flood-plain delineation for Cub Run basin water-surface profiles of the 25-, 50-, and 100-year recurrence interval discharges have been computed for all streams and reaches of channels in Fairfax County, Virginia having a drainage area greater than 1 square mile except for Dogue Creek, Little Hunting Creek, and that part...
Direct solution algorithm for the two-dimensional ground-water flow model
S. P. Larson
1978, Open-File Report 79-202
A literature review of interaction of oxidized uranium species and uranium complexes with soluble organic matter
Joan K. Jennings, J.S. Leventhal
1978, Open-File Report 78-179
Organic material is commonly found associated with uranium ores in sandstone-type deposits. This review of the literature summarizes the classes and separations of naturally occurring organic material but the emphasis is on soluble organic species. The main class of materials of interest is humic substances which are high-molecular-weight complex molecules...
Ground water withdrawn for municipal, industrial, and irrigation use in the Upper Peace and Alafia River basins, west-central Florida, 1970-74
Alton F. Robertson, L. R. Mills, D.C. Parsons
1978, Open-File Report 78-29
Data are presented for ground-water withdrawals for municipal, industrial and irrigation use in the upper Peace and Alafia River basins during 1970-71. Within the 1,160-square-mile study area, the principal source of ground water is the Floridan aquifer. Methods used to determine ground-water withdrawal include: metering water use; relating measured well...
Hydrogeologic maps of proposed flood detention area proposed by Southwest Florida Water Management District, Green Swamp area, Florida
A. T. Rutledge, Hayes F. Grubb
1978, Open-File Report 78-460
Information about the hydrogeology of that part of the Green Swamp area which has been designated by Southwest Florida Water Management District as the flood detention area is given on seven maps. The maps show (1) core-hole numbers, (2) sand thickness, (3) clay thickness, (4) clay vertical hydraulic conductivity, (5)...
Hydrogeology of the observation well site at the United States Geological Survey National Center, Reston, Virginia
J. D. Larson
1978, Open-File Report 78-144
The U. S. Geological Survey's National Center is on a 105-acre tract straddling rocks of two distinct types. These are pelitic schists of late Precambrian and early Paleozoic age; and sandstone, shale, siltstone, and conglomerate of Triassic age. Within the Triassic part is a diabase dike and an associated contact...
Water-quality investigation of the Tyronza River Watershed, Arkansas
T.E. Lamb
1978, Open-File Report 78-175
The results of a 1-year study of surface-water quality in the Tyronza River Watershed are presented to document conditions before implementation of Soil Conservation Service programs. The report includes a general description of the watershed's topography, geology, and aquifers, and the results of monthly measurements of discharge at five sites,...
Impact of flow regulation and power plant effluents on the flow and temperature regimes of the Chattahoochee River - Atlanta to Whitesburg, Georgia
Robert E. Faye, Harvey E. Jobson, Larry F. Land
1978, Open-File Report 78-528
A calibrated and verified transient flow temperature model was used to evaluate the effects of flow regulation and powerplant loadings on the natural temperature regime of the Chattahoochee River in northeast Georgia. Estimates were made of both instantaneous and average natural temperatures in the river during an eight-day period in...
Ground-water data, 1974-76, Indian Wells Valley, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, California
C. E. Lamb, D.J. Downing
1978, Open-File Report 78-335
Water-level measurements were made annually in 115 wells in Indian Wells Valley, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, Calif., in 1974-76. In the Inyokern area the average water-level decline was 2.0 ft for two wells between October 1973 and November 1976. In the intermediate area the average decline was 6.2...
Maps showing formation temperatures and configurations of the tops of the Minnelusa Formation and the Madison Limestone, Powder River basin, Wyoming, Montana, and adjacent areas
William J. Head, Kevin Thomas Kilty, Richard K. Knottek
1978, Open-File Report 78-905
This report is part of a study to describe the hydrogeologic framework needed to evaluate the water resources of the Paleozoic age aquifers in the Northern Great Plains coal region. Preliminary studies by the U.S. Geological Survey and State agencies in Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota have indicated that these...
Low-flow and flow duration of Tennessee streams
Robert L. Gold
1978, Open-File Report 78-807
Low-flow frequency and duration data are presented to define variations of the low flow of Tennessee streams both in time and place. Analysis has been made of 204 continuous record stations, both regulated and unregulated and 651 partial-record stations operated either by the U.S. Geological Survey or Tennessee Valley Authority...
