Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1976
C.T. Sumison, W.N. Jibson, E.L. Bolke, R. W. Mower, L. R. Herbert, R.M. Cordova, V.L. Jensen, M. D. ReMillard, G. W. Sandberg, L.J. Bjorklund
1976, Cooperative Investigations Report 15
This report is the thirteenth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like...
Geophysical prospecting for ground water in Alaska
Hans D. Ackermann
Marvin A. Pistrang, Henry Spall, editor(s)
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 18-20
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Water quality characteristics of six small lakes in Missouri: Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources.
James H. Barks
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 33
A study of six small lakes, representative of those in the major physiographic regions of Missouri, shows variation in physical. chemical, and biological characteristics related to their location in the Slate. For example, because of climatic differences, ice cover and winter stratification are more prevalent in northern Missouri. Summer stratification...
Ground-water resources and geology of St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Ronald G. Borman
1976, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 32
The increasing need for good-quality ground water in St. Croix County, caused by a steadily increasing population, can be met from the sand-and-gravel and sandstone aquifers. As much as 15 gallons per minute (0.95 litres per second) can be obtained from wells almost everywhere in the county. Yields of more...
Ground-water resources and geology of Walworth County, Wisconsin
Ronald G. Borman
1976, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 34
Population growth in Walworth County, Wisconsin, requires an increasing amount of ground water. Good quality water is available from the sand-and gravel, Niagara, Galena-Platteville, and sandstone aquifers in the county. As much as 15 gallons per minute (0.95 liters per second) can be obtained from individual wells almost everywhere in...
Geology and ground-water resources of northern Mercer County, Pennsylvania
G. R. Schiner, G.E. Kimmel
1976, Water Resource Report 33
The Shenango and Stoneboro 15-minute quadrangles are in northwestern Pennsylvania and are about 60 miles north of Pitts burgh. These two quadrangles comprise the following 7%-minute quadrangles: Greenville West, Greenville East, Sharpsville, Fredonia, Hadley, New Lebanon, Jackson Center, and Sandy Lake. The area covered by the two quadrangles includes the...
Saline water in the Little Arkansas River Basin area, south-central Kansas
Robert B. Leonard, Melvin K. Kleinschmidt
1976, Chemical Quality Series 3
Ground water in unconsolidated deposits of Pleistocene age in part of the Little Arkansas River basin has been polluted by the influx of saline water. The source of the saline water generally is oil-field brine that leaked from disposal ponds on the land surface. Locally, pollution by saline water also...
Geology and geophysics of the southern Raft River Valley geothermal area, Idaho, USA
Paul L. Williams, Don R. Mabey, Adel A. R. Zohdy, Hans D. Ackermann, Donald B. Hoover, Kenneth L. Pierce, Steven S. Oriel
1976, Conference Paper, Proceedings: second United Nations Symposium on the development and use of geothermal resources, San Francisco, California, USA, 20-29 May 1975
The Raft River valley, near the boundary of the Snake River plain with the Basin and Range province, is a north-trending late Cenozoic downwarp bounded by faults on the west, south, and east. Pleistocene alluvium and Miocene-Pliocene tuffaceous sediments, conglomerate, and felsic volcanic rocks aggregate 2 km in thickness. Large...
Seepage study of canals in Beaver Valley, Beaver County, Utah
R.W. Cruff, R. W. Mower
1976, Technical Publication 52
A study of the gains or losses of nine canals near Beaver, Utah, was made to aid in the water allocation of the canal systems. The canals included in this study are Manderfield Ditch, Last Chance Canal, Christiansen Ditch, Mammoth Canal, City Ditch, Owens Ditch, South Field Ditch, Patterson Ditch...
Digital-model analysis of the effects of water-use alternatives on spring discharges Gooding and Jerome Counties, Idaho
Joe A. Moreland
1976, Water Information Bulletin 42
Springs discharging from the Snake Plain aquifer contribute approximately 6,000 cubic feet per second (170 cubic metres per second) to flow in the Snake River between Milner and King Hill. Before irrigation began on the Snake River Plain north and east of the springs, total spring discharge was about 4,200...
Characteristics of aquifers in the northern Uinta Basin area, Utah and Colorado
J. W. Hood
1976, Technical Publication 53
This report presents a part of the results of an investigation of the hydrology of the northern Uinta Basin area by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Division of Water Rights, Utah Department of Natural Resources. The purpose of the report is to summarize the hydraulic and geohydrologic...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Pine Valley drainage basin, Millard, Beaver, and Iron counties, Utah
Jerry C. Stephens
1976, Technical Publication 51
The Pine Valley drainage basin is an area of about 730 square miles (1,890 square kilometres) in Millard, Beaver, and Iron Counties in southwestern Utah. Total annual precipitation in the basin averages about 410,000 acre-ft (acre-feet) or 506 hm3 (cubic hectometres). Less than 500 acre-ft (0.6 hm3) of runoff reaches...
Water Resources of the Upper New River Basin, West Virginia
William E. Clark, James L. Chisholm, Prentis M. Frye
1976, River Basin Bulletin 4
Seepage study of the Rocky Point Canal and the Grey Mountain-Pleasant Valley Canal systems, Duchesne County, Utah
R.W. Cruff, J. W. Hood
1976, Technical Publication 50
This report describes the study of the Rocky Point Canal system in the vicinity of Duchesne and the Grey Mountain-Pleasant Valley Canal system between Duchesne and Myton, in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne County, Utah. The Rocky Point Canal diverts from the left bank of the Duchesne River about 4 mi...
Textural distribution of sea-floor sediments, south Texas Outer Continental Shelf
Gerald L. Shideler
1976, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (4) 703-713
The general texture of sea-floor sediments along the south Texas Outer Continental Shelf was evaluated in terms of gravel, sand, silt, and clay components. The gravel component is quantitatively minor and is concentrated mainly in the southern sector; it consists, for the most part, of relict biogenic detritus dominated by...
National Cartographic Information Center Newsletter No. 4
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Newsletter 4
Last week, the editor of this publication was told to start signing the introduction. Something to do with credit given for work done. We look at it in the unfortunate light of accountability; our days under the bushel of anonymity are over. Speaking of accountability, it's about time we gave...
National Cartographic Information Center Newsletter No. 5
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Newsletter 5
The profile in this issue describes the Map Section of the Geological Survey Library....
United States Geological Survey Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1975
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Report
The Survey resumes the practice of annually summarizing the progress it has made in identifying the Nation's land, water, energy, and mineral resources, classifying federally owned mineral lands and waterpower sites, and in supervising the exploration and development of energy and mineral resources on Federal and Indian lands. The Annual...
Chart of conversion factors: From English to metric system and metric to English system
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Report
The conversion factors in the following tables are for conversion of our customary (English) units of measurement to SI*units, and for convenience, reciprocals are shown for converting SI units back to the English system. The first table contains rule-of-thumb figures, useful for "getting the feel" of SI units or mental...
Floods in New York, 1973 and 1974
F.L. Robison, W.N. Embree, Bernard Dunn
1976, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Report of Investigations RI-15
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in the major coal and oil shale areas of Wyoming, 1975-76
1976, Report
Volcanic rocks and processes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rift valley near 36 ° 49′ N
R. Hekinian, J.G. Moore, W.B. Bryan
1976, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (58) 83-110
Eighty samples of submarine basaltic lava were sampled from an 8 km segment of the floor and walls of the inner rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the French American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study (project Famous). The samples were collected from outcrops and talus slopes by the three submersibles:...
Plankton secondary productivity and biomass: Their relation to lake trophic state
G.L. Pederson, E.B. Welch, A.H. Litt
1976, Hydrobiologia (50) 129-144
The biomass and production of the most important zooplankton species were followed for two years in three lakes of varying trophic status in the Lake Washington watershed. Cladocerans and copepods were of equal importance in the biomass of lakes Findley and Chester Morse (both oligotrophic), whereas, copepods were the main...
Problems in shallow land disposal of solid low-level radioactive waste in the united states
P. R. Stevens, G.D. DeBuchananne
1976, Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology (13) 161-171
Disposal of solid low-level wastes containing radionuclides by burial in shallow trenches was initiated during World War II at several sites as a method of protecting personnel from radiation and isolating the radionuclides from the hydrosphere and biosphere. Today, there are 11 principal shallow-land burial sites in the United States...
The waterfowl hunter's perceptions of the waterfowl resource
R.I. Smith, R. J. Roberts
1976, Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference (41) 183-193
