Hydrologic reconnaissance of the eastern North Slope, Alaska, 1975
Joseph M. Childers, C. E. Sloan, J.P. Meckel, J. W. Nauman
1977, Open-File Report 77-492
The part of the Arctic coast of Alaska between the Colville River and the Canadian boundary was visited in April, August, and November 1975. The study area is characterized by its cold climate and is largely uninhabited, but oil and gas discoveries have spurred development of parts of the area....
Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of subsurface organic waste injection near Wilmington, North Carolina
J.A. Leenheer, Ronald L. Malcolm, W.R. White
1976, Professional Paper 987
From May 1968 to December 1972, an industrial organic waste was injected at rates of 100 to 200 gallons per minute (6.3 to 12.6 litres per second) into a sand, gravel, and limestone aquifer of Late Cretaceous age by Hercules Inc. located near Wilmington, North Carolina. This report presents both...
Hydrologic analysis and river-quality data programs
Walter G. Hines, David A. Rickert, Stuart W. McKenzie
1976, Circular 715-D
For nearly half a century the Willamette River in Oregon experienced severe dissolved-oxygen problems related to large loads of organically rich waste waters from industries and municipalities. Since the mid-1950 's dissolved oxygen quality has gradually improved owing to low-flow augmentation, the achievement of basinwide secondary treatment, and the use...
Heat flow and near-surface radioactivity in the Australian continental crust
J.H. Sass, J.C. Jaeger, Robert J. Munroe
1976, Open-File Report 76-250
Heat-flow data have been obtained at 44 sites in various parts of Australia. These include seven sites from the old (~ 2500 m.y.) Precambrian shield of Western Australia, seventeen from the younger (~ 600- 2000 m.y.) Precambrian rocks of South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland, and twenty within the...
Magnitude and frequency of floods in Nebraska
Emil W. Beckman
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-109
Estimates of flood characteristics with recurrence intervals up to 100 years can be obtained at most sites in Nebraska by use of techniques presented in this report. Instructions, equations, and graphs are presented to aid the design engineer in estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods. For natural-flow streams, the estimating...
Water resources data for Hawaii and other Pacific areas, water year 1975
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Water Data Report HI-75-1
Water resources data for the 1975 water year for Hawaii and other Pacific Areas consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage of a reservoir; and water levels and water quality in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 164 gaging stations; stage only...
Data for calibrating unsteady-flow sediment-transport models, East Fork River, Wyoming, 1975
Holly A. Mahoney, Edmund D. Andrews, William W. Emmett, Luna Bergere Leopold, Robert H. Meade, Robert M. Myrick, Carl F. Nordin
1976, Open-File Report 76-22
In 1975, data to calibrate a one-dimensional unsteady-flow and sediment-transport routing model were collected on a reach of the East Fork River of western Wyoming. The reach, 3.1 miles (5 kilometers) in length, wan immediately upstream from a previously established bedload sampling station. Nineteen channel cross sections were sounded at...
Sediment discharge in the Upper Arroyo Grande and Santa Rita Creek basins, San Luis Obispo County, California
J. M. Knott
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-64
Sediment data collected in the upper Arroyo Grande and Santa Rita Creek basins, San Luis Obispo County, California, during the 1968-73 water years were analyzed to determine total sediment discharge at four stations in the basins. Water discharge and total sediment discharge at these stations, representative of the 1943-72 period,...
A technique for estimating the time of travel of water in Indiana streams
Stephen E. Eikenberry, Leroy G. Davis
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-9
Estimates of the traveltime of waterborne particles in streams is important for pollution studies and in the event of spills of contaminants. This report provides data for the 16 Indiana streams on which time-of-travel information has been obtained and a means for estimating the velocity of any naturally flowing stream...
Water resources data for Nevada, water year 1975
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Water Data Report NV-75-1
Water resources data for the 1975 water year for Nevada consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels in wells. This report contains discharge records for 120 gaging stations; stage and contents for 21 lakes and...
Water resources data for Pennsylvania, water year 1975; Volume 3. Ohio River and St. Lawrence River basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Water Data Report PA-75-3
Water Resources Data for the 1975 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of stage, 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 89 gaging stations; stage...
Hydrology and sedimentation of Bixler Run Basin, central Pennsylvania
Lloyd A. Reed
1976, Water Supply Paper 1798-N
Rainfall, streamflow, stream chemical, and sediment discharge data were collected from Bixler Run near Loysville, Pa., during the period from February 1954 to September 1969 as part of a project to evaluate sediment discharge from an agricultural area in which soil-conservation techniques were being adopted at a moderate rate. The...
Low-flow characteristics of streams on the Kitsap Peninsula and selected adjacent islands, Washington
J. E. Cummans
1976, Open-File Report 76-704
Low-flow-frequency data are tabulated for 90 streamflow sites on the Kitsap Peninsula and adjacent islands, Washington. Also listed are data for 56 additional sites which have insufficient measurements for frequency analysis but which have been observed having no flow at least once during the low-flow period. The streams drain relatively...
Combined use of digital aquifer models and field base-flow data to identify recharge leakage areas of artesian aquifers
R.H. Johnston, P.P. Leahy
1976, Open-File Report 76-795
Interpretation of magnetic surveys in intermontane valleys of Nevada and southern New Mexico
G. D. Bath
1976, Open-File Report 76-440
An evaluation of the magnetic method of geophysical exploration in intermontane valleys is made through examples of magnetic properties, magnetic surveys, reduction of data, and analysis of magnetic anomalies from some valley areas. Measurements of magnetic properties of samples collected along valley margins or from drill holes indicate that the...
Heat-flow data from southeastern Oregon
J.H. Sass, S.P. Galanis Jr., R. J. Munroe, T. C. Urban
1976, Open-File Report 76-217
Test drilling for ground water in Hudspeth, Culberson, and Presidio Counties in westernmost Texas
Joseph Spencer Gates, Donald Edward White
1976, Open-File Report 76-338
From November 1973 to October 1974, the U.S. Geological Survey drilled four deep test holes to supplement hydrologic and geophysical studies evaluating fresh ground water in the basins of westernmost Texas. For each test, samples of drill cuttings were collect·ed, borehole geophysical logs were run, and water samples were collected...
Sediment characteristics of streams in the eastern Piedmont and western Coastal Plain regions of North Carolina
Clyde E. Simmons
1976, Water Supply Paper 1798-O
The sediment-transport characteristics of streams were determined in a 15,500-square-kilometre (6,000-square-mile) area of the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions of eastern North Carolina during 1969-73. The study covered all or parts of 21 counties and included data for 28 sediment-sampling stations in parts of 4 major river basins?the Roanoke, Pamlico,...
Finite difference model for aquifer simulation in two dimensions with results of numerical experiments
Peter C. Trescott, George Francis Pinder, S. P. Larson
1976, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 07-C1
The model will simulate ground-water flow in an artesian aquifer, a water-table aquifer, or a combined artesian and water-table aquifer. The aquifer may be heterogeneous and anisotropic and have irregular boundaries. The source term in the flow equation may include well discharge, constant recharge, leakage from confining beds in which...
A model for calculating effects of liquid waste disposal in deep saline aquifer
Inc. Intercomp Resource Development and Engineering
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-61
Injection of liquid industrial wastes into confined underground saline aquifers can offer a good disposal alternative from both environmental and economic considerations. One of the needs in choosing from among several disposal alternatives is a means of evaluating the influence such an injection will have on the aquifer system. This...
Water resources data for Connecticut, water year 1975
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Water Data Report CT-75-1
Water resources data for the 1975 water year for Connecticut consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; contents and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 56 gaging stations; tidal volume for...
Radioactive mineral springs in Delta County, Colorado
Robert A. Cadigan, John N. Rosholt, J. Karen Felmlee
1976, Open-File Report 76-223
The system of springs in Delta County, Colo., contains geochemical clues to the nature and location of buried uranium-mineralized rock. The springs, which occur along the Gunnison River and a principal tributary between Delta and Paonia, are regarded as evidence of a still-functioning hydrothermal system. Associated with the springs are...
History of irrigation and characteristics of streamflow in Nebraska, part of the North and South Platte River basins
F. Butler Shaffer
1976, Open-File Report 76-167
More than 80 years of streamflow records have been collected in Nebraska. Such records are essential in planning water developments and managing water resources. Their value can be enhanced if the records are analyzed statistically. This report presents statistics on the flow of streams in the North and South Platte...
Technical manual for estimating low-flow frequency characteristics of streams in the Susquehanna River basin
Jeffrey T. Armbruster
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-51
This report presents procedures for estimating low-flow frequency characteristics for streams in the Susquehanna River basin. The techniques can be used at ungaged sites as well as sites where insufficient data are available to make a reliable estimate. Streams have been divided intp two types--major and minor. Major streams are...
Basic data on urban storm-water quality, Portland, Oregon
Stuart W. McKenzie, Timothy L. Miller
1976, Open-File Report 76-594
To assess urban storm-water-quality characteristics in the metropolitan area of Portland, Oreg., seven drainage basins were selected with varying drainage areas, basin slopes, impervious areas, land uses, and active construction areas. Automatic water-quality samplers, rain gages, and stream gages were installed in each basin. From September 1, 1975, to may...
