Understanding Amphibian Declines Through Geographic Approaches
Alisa Gallant
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3021
Growing concern over worldwide amphibian declines warrants serious examination. Amphibians are important to the proper functioning of ecosystems and provide many direct benefits to humans in the form of pest and disease control, pharmaceutical compounds, and even food. Amphibians have permeable skin and rely on both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems...
LANDFIRE: Collaboration for National Fire Fuel Assessment
Zhi-Liang Zhu
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3019
The implementation of national fire management policies, such as the National Fire Plan and the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, requires geospatial data of vegetation types and structure, wildland fuels, fire risks, and ecosystem fire regime conditions. Presently, no such data sets are available that can meet these requirements. As a...
USGS EROS Interdisciplinary Science Collaboration with BRD, GD, GIO, and WRD
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3073
Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET)
James P. Verdin
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3022
The FEWS NET mission is to identify potentially food-insecure conditions early through the provision of timely and analytical hazard and vulnerability information. U.S. Government decision-makers act on this information to authorize mitigation and response activities. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) FEWS NET provides tools and data for monitoring and forecasting...
Water Resources Data: Hawaii and Other Pacific Areas, Water Year 2005. Volume 1. Hawaii
Richard A. Fontaine
2006, Water Data Report HI-05-1
Water resources data for the 2005 water year for Hawaii consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and springs; water levels and quality of water wells; and rainfall totals. * Water discharge for 59 gaging stations on streams, springs, and ditches. * Water-quality data for 6 streams. * Water...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Brian F. Powell, Cecilia A. Schmidt, William Lee Halvorson
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1167
Chapter A6. Section 6.1. Temperature
Franceska D. Wilde
2006, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A6.1
Accurate temperature measurements are required for accurate determinations of important environmental parameters such as pH, specific electrical conductance, and dissolved oxygen, and to the determination of chemical reaction rates and equilibria, biological activity, and physical fluid properties. This section of the National Field Manual (NFM) describes U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)...
Inventory of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California
William Raub, C. Suzanne Brown, Austin Post
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1239
All perennial bodies of ice in the Sierra Nevada are listed and classified. The inventory includes 497 glaciers covering a total area of 50 square kilometers and 788 small ice bodies which do not meet the definition of a glacier, covering a total of 13 square kilometers. The listings include...
Bedrock geologic map of the Port Wing, Solon Springs, and parts of the Duluth and Sandstone 30' x 60' quadrangles, Wisconsin and Minnesota
Suzanne W. Nicholson, William F. Cannon, Laurel G. Woodruff, Connie L. Dicken
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2869
No abstract available....
Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste, Mine Drainage, and Stream Sediments at the Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont
Nadine M. Piatak, Robert R. Seal II, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Richard G. Kiah, Jeffrey R. Deacon, Monique Adams, Michael W. Anthony, Paul H. Briggs, John C. Jackson
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5303
The Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site in the Vermont copper belt consists of the abandoned Smith, Eureka, and Union mines, all of which exploited Besshi-type massive sulfide deposits. The site was listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) National Priorities List in 2004 due to aquatic ecosystem impacts....
Geologic Map of the Upper Wolf Island Creek Watershed, Reidsville Area, Rockingham County, North Carolina
J. Wright Horton Jr., Donald J. Geddes Jr.
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2871
This geologic map provides a foundation for hydrogeologic investigations in the Reidsville area of Rockingham County, north-central North Carolina. The 16-mi2 area within the Southeast Eden and Reidsville 7.5-min quadrangles includes the watershed of Wolf Island Creek and its tributary, Carroll Creek, upstream of their confluence. Layered metamorphic rocks in this...
Hydratools manual version 1.0, documentation for a MATLAB®-based post-processing package for the Sontek Hydra
Marinna A. Martini, Chris Sherwood, Rachel Horwitz, Andree Ramsey, Fran Lightsom, Jessie Lacy, Jingping Xu
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1026
The Sediment Transport Instrumentation Group (STG) at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole Science Center has a long-standing comitment to providing scientists with high quality oceanographic data. To meet this commitment, STG personnel are vigilant in checking data as well as hardware for signs of instrument malfunction. STG data...
Genetics/Genomics Research in the Central Region
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3053
Genetics-based research within the Biological Resources Discipline (BRD) Science Centers in the Central Region incorporates many aspects of the field of genetics. Research activities range from documenting patterns of genetic variation in order to investigate relationships among species, populations and individuals to investigating the structure, function and expression of genes...
Surficial geologic map of the Salem Depot-Newburyport East-Wilmington-Rockport 16-quadrangle area in northeast Massachusetts
Byron D. Stone, Janet Radway Stone, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1260-B
The surficial geologic map shows the distribution of nonlithified earth materials at land surface in an area of 16 7.5-minute quadrangles (total 658 mi2) in northeast Massachusetts. The geologic map differentiates surficial materials of Quaternary age on the basis of their lithologic characteristics (grain size, sedimentary structures, mineral and rock-particle...
Areal distribution and concentration of contaminants of concern in surficial streambed and lakebed sediments, Lake St. Clair and tributaries, Michigan, 1990-2003
Cynthia M. Rachol, Daniel T. Button
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5189
As part of the Lake St. Clair Regional Monitoring Project, the U.S. Geological Survey evaluated data collected from surficial streambed and lakebed sediments in the Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair drainages. This study incorporates data collected from 1990 through 2003 and focuses primarily on the U.S. part of the Lake...
Archive of digital boomer and chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS Cruise 03SCC03 in Lake Pelto and Timbalier and Terrebonne Bays, Louisiana, September 2003
Karynna Calderon
2006, Data Series 238
No abstract available....
Percentage of Probability of Nonpoint-Source Nitrate Contamination of Recently Recharged Ground Water in the High Plains Aquifer
Sharon L. Qi, Jason J. Gurdak
2006, Data Series 192
This raster data set represents the percentage of probability of nonpoint-source nitrate contamination (greater than the proposed background concentration of 4 milligrams per liter (mg/L) as N) of recently (defined as less than 50 years) recharged ground water in the High Plains aquifer of the United States. The High Plains...
USGS Streamgages Linked to the Medium Resolution NHD
David W. Stewart, Alan Rea, David M. Wolock
2006, Data Series 195
The locations of approximately 23,000 current and historical U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in the United States and Puerto Rico (with the exception of Alaska) have been snapped to the medium resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). The NHD contains geospatial information about mapped surface-water features, such as streams, lakes,...
Archive of digital boomer and chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS Cruise 04SCC01 in Terrebonne, Timbalier, and Barataria Bays and Lake Pelto, Louisiana, June and July 2004
Karynna Calderon
2006, Data Series 237
No abstract available....
Water-resources data for the United States: water year 2006
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Water Data Report 2006
Water resources data are published annually for use by engineers, scientists, managers, educators, and the general public. These archival products supplement direct access to current and historical water data provided by NWISWeb. Beginning with Water Year 2006, annual water data reports are available as individual electronic Site Data Sheets for...
Geologic Map of the Big Spring Quadrangle, Carter County, Missouri
David J. Weary, Robert C. McDowell
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2804
The bedrock exposed in the Big Spring quadrangle of Missouri comprises Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician aged dolomite, sandstone, and chert. The sedimentary rocks are nearly flat lying except where they are adjacent to faults. The carbonate rocks are karstified, and the area contains numerous sinkholes, springs, caves, and losing...
Growth-Form Characteristics of Ancient Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pines (Pinus aristata), Colorado
F. Craig Brunstein
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5219
This report describes and illustrates growth-form characteristics of Rocky Mountain bristlecone pines (Pinus aristata) at several sites in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Most of this study concentrates on 1,000- to 2,500-year-old bristlecone pines; however, the report also describes some of the growth-form characteristics of younger trees (about 20 to...
Surficial sediment character of the Louisiana offshore continental shelf region: A GIS compilation
S. Jeffress Williams, Matthew A. Arsenault, Brian J. Buczkowski, Jane A. Reid, James Flocks, Mark A. Kulp, Shea Penland, Chris J. Jenkins
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1195
The Louisiana coastal zone, comprising the Mississippi River delta plain stretching nearly 400 km from Sabine Pass at the Texas border east to the Chandeleur Islands at the Mississippi border, represents one of North America’s most important coastal ecosystems in terms of natural resources, human infrastructure, and cultural heritage. At...
Methods for Adjusting U.S. Geological Survey Rural Regression Peak Discharges in an Urban Setting
Glenn E. Moglen, Dorianne E. Shivers
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5270
A study was conducted of 78 U.S. Geological Survey gaged streams that have been subjected to varying degrees of urbanization over the last three decades. Flood-frequency analysis coupled with nonlinear regression techniques were used to generate a set of equations for converting peak discharge estimates determined from rural regression equations...
Regional survey of structural properties and cementation patterns of fault zones in the northern part of the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico - Implications for ground-water flow
Scott A. Minor, Mark R. Hudson
2006, Professional Paper 1719
Motivated by the need to document and evaluate the types and variability of fault zone properties that potentially affect aquifer systems in basins of the middle Rio Grande rift, we systematically characterized structural and cementation properties of exposed fault zones at 176 sites in the northern Albuquerque Basin. A statistical...
