Annual peak discharges from small drainage areas in Montana through September 1976
M. V. Johnson, R. J. Omang, J. A. Hull
1977, Open-File Report 77-172
Annual peak discharge from small drainage areas is tabulated for 336 sites in Montana. The 1976 additions included data collected at 206 sites. The program which investigates the magnitude and frequency of floods from small drainage areas in Montana, was begun July 1, 1955. Originally 45 crest-stage gaging stations were...
Summary of hydrologic data collected during 1975 in Dade County, Florida
John E. Hull, T.R. Beaven
1977, Open-File Report 77-803
During the 1975 calendar year rainfall in Dade County, Fla., was 14.89 inches below the long-term average (57.17 in.). Ground-water levels ranged from 0.1 foot above to 1.1 feet below average. The highest and lowest ground-water levels for the year were both 1 foot below their long-term averages. In the...
Map showing drainage basins and locations of streamflow-measuring sites, Fairfax County, Virginia
E. H. Mohler
1977, Open-File Report 77-270
A drainage basin map of Fairfax County shows basins for named streams with drainage areas of 1.1 sq mi (2.8 sq km) or more. Areas of minor streams draining directly into the Potomac River and Occoquan Creek are tabulated. The locations of continuous-record and partial-record (peak-flow and low-flow) flow sites...
Computation of backwater and discharge at width constrictions of heavily vegetated flood plains
V.R. Schneider, J.W. Board, B.E. Colson, F.N. Lee, Leroy Druffel
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-129
The U.S. Geological Survey, cooperated with the Federal Highway Administration and the State Highway Departments of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, to develop a proposed method for computing backwater and discharge at width constrictions of heavily vegetated flood plains. Data were collected at 20 single opening sites for 31 floods. Flood-plain...
Ice on rivers and lakes: a bibliographic essay
Eleanore R. Ficke, John F. Ficke
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-95
Ice on rivers and lakes has many important influences on design and construction of structures, operation of shipping, flow and circulation, water quality, and other factors related to the use of the water resources. Human interest in understanding these influences has led to many programs of data collection, research, and...
Interpretation of an aeromagnetic anomaly in McMullen and Live Oak counties, Texas
Joseph S. Duval, R.A. Martin
1977, Open-File Report 77-768
An anomaly about 300 gammas in amplitude has been observed in data from an aerial magnetic survey flown over parts of Duval, Live Oak, McMullen, and Webb Counties, Tex. A two-and-one-half-dimensional model was used to iterpret the data, and the anomaly is apparently caused by a large mafic body centered...
Simulation studies of flow and sediment transport using a mathematical model, Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana
Marshall E. Jennings, Larry F. Land
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-14
Simulation studies were made of flow and sediment transport for the Atchafalaya River basin, Louisiana using a mathematical model calibrated and supplied by the Hydrologic Engineering Center and the New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The study results are based on three, 50-year computer simulations for the following...
Hydrologic evaluation of salinity control and reclamation projects in the Indus Plain, Pakistan--A summary
Maurice John Mundorff, P.H. Carrigan Jr., T.D. Steele, A. D. Randall
1976, Water Supply Paper 1608-Q
This report summarizes the observations and findings of a team of four specialists from the U.S. Geological Survey assigned to Pakistan under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development during May to August 1972 for a hydrologic evaluation of Salinity Control and Reclamation Projects in the Indus Plain...
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...
Potassium-argon ages of basement rocks from St. George Island, Alaska
Miles L. Silberman, David Moody Hopkins
1976, Open-File Report 76-733
St. George Island is one of the Pribilof Islands which lie between 56°35' and 57°11' N. lat. in the Bering Sea, 350 km north of the Aleutian chain. The islands are situated near the margin of the continental platform that underlies most of the northern half of the Bering Sea...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Water-resources data collected in the Devils Hole area, Ash Meadows, Nevada, 1975-76
William Toby Hanes
1976, Open-File Report 76-797
The U.S. Geological Survey collected water-level, spring-flow, and power-consumption data in the Devils Hole area in Nevada from July 1975 through June 1976. The work for this sfurth annual data report was done in cooperation with the National Park Service. Continuous recorders were used to monitor water levels in Devils...
Flood-frequency analysis for small natural streams in Georgia
Harold G. Golden, McGlone Price
1976, Open-File Report 76-511
Flood information from 104 project basins (0.1 to 20 square miles) and data available from 170 larger basins (20 to 1,500 square miles) are analyzed to provide planners and designers with relations for estimating the magnitude and frequency of flood-peak discharges on small natural streams in Georgia. More than 90...
Water resources data for Kansas, water year 1975
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Water Data Report KS-75-1
Water resources data for the 1975 water year for Kansas consists 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. This report contains discharge records for 143 gaging stations; stage and contents...
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...
Water resources of the Bighorn basin, northwestern Wyoming
Marlin E. Lowry, H. W. Lowham, Gregory C. Lines
1976, Hydrologic Atlas 512
This 2-sheet map report includes the part of the Bighorn Basin and adjacent mountains in northwestern Wyoming. Water-bearing properties of the geologic units are summarized. The hydrogeologic map illustrates the distribution of wells in the different units and gives basic data on the yields of wells, depth of wells, depth...
Statistical analysis of water-level, springflow, and streamflow data for the Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas
Celso Puente
1976, Open-File Report 76-393
Water-level, springflow, and streamflow data were used to develop simple and multiple linear-regression equations for use in estimating water levels in wells and the flow of three major springs in the Edwards aquifer in the eastern San Antonio area. The equations provide daily, monthly, and annual estimates that compare very...
Statistical summaries of Indiana streamflow data
R.G. Horner
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-35
Complete statistical analyses are presented in tabular form for all gaging stations in Indiana, regardless of length of record. Each station analysis includes lowest and highest mean daily discharges, flow duration, statistics on normal monthly means, statistics on normal annual means, statistics on log monthly means, statistics on log annual...
Water resources of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon
J. H. Robison, Antonius Laenen
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-26
Water-resources data for the 1,000-square-mile Warm Springs Indian Reservation in north-central Oregon were obtained and evaluated. The area is bounded on the west by the crest of the Cascade Range and on the south and east by the Metolius and Deschutes Rivers. The mountainous western part is underlain by young...
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...
Artificial recharge through a well in fissured carbonate rock, west St. Paul, Minnesota
Harold O. Reeder, Warren W. Wood, G. G. Ehrlich, Ren Jen Sun
1976, Water Supply Paper 2004
The Prairie du Chien Group was injected with 2,754,000 gallons (368,200 cubic feet), or 10,430 cubic metres, of municipally treated water at about 100 gallons per minute (13.4 cubic feet per minute), or 6.3 litres per second, for 20 days. The injection-pipe system was designed to utilize pipe friction rather...
Time-of-travel studies, Susquehanna River, Binghamton, New York, to Clarks Ferry, Pennsylvania
C.D. Kauffman, J.T. Armbruster, Andrew Voytik
1976, Open-File Report 76-247
Results of time-of-travel studies are presented in both tabular and graphical form for several flow conditions in the Susquehanna River from Binghamton, N.Y., to Clarks Ferry, Pa. This reach is approximately 240 miles (386 kilometres) long, measured along the center of the channel, and has a drainage area of about...
