Scoping of flood hazard mapping needs for Carroll County, New Hampshire
Robert H. Flynn
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1236
This report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) New Hampshire/Vermont Water Science Center for scoping of flood-hazard mapping needs for Carroll County, New Hampshire, under Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Inter-Agency agreement Number HSFE01-05X-0018. FEMA is embarking on a map modernization program nationwide to: 1. Gather and develop...
Hydrogeologic framework refinement, ground-water flow and storage, water-chemistry analyses, and water-budget components of the Yuma area, southwestern Arizona and southeastern California
Jesse E. Dickinson, Michael Land, Claudia C. Faunt, S. A. Leake, Eric G. Reichard, John B. Fleming, D. R. Pool
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5135
The ground-water and surface-water system in the Yuma area in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California is managed intensely to meet water-delivery requirements of customers in the United States, to manage high ground-water levels in the valleys, and to maintain treaty-mandated water-quality and quantity requirements of Mexico. The following components in...
MODGRASS: Update of a ground-water flow model for the central part of the western San Joaquin Valley, California
Charles F. Brush, Kenneth Belitz, Steven P. Phillips, Karen R. Burow, Donna L. Knifong
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5290
No abstract available....
Water-level decline in the Apalachicola River, Florida, from 1954 to 2004, and effects on floodplain habitats
Helen M. Light, Kirk R. Vincent, Melanie R. Darst, Franklin D. Price
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5173
From 1954 to 2004, water levels declined in the nontidal reach of the Apalachicola River, Florida, as a result of long-term changes in stage-discharge relations. Channel widening and deepening, which occurred throughout much of the river, apparently caused the declines. The period of most rapid channel enlargement began in 1954...
Well construction information, lithologic logs, water level data, and overview of research in Handcart Gulch, Colorado: An alpine watershed affected by metalliferous hydrothermal alteration
Jonathan S. Caine, Andrew H. Manning, Philip L. Verplanck, Dana J. Bove, Katherine Gurley Kahn, Shemin Ge
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1189
Integrated, multidisciplinary studies of the Handcart Gulch alpine watershed provide a unique opportunity to study and characterize the geology and hydrology of an alpine watershed along the Continental Divide. The study area arose out of the donation of four abandoned, deep mineral exploration boreholes to the U.S. Geological Survey for...
Summary of the stakeholders workshop to develop a National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS)
Marianne Guffanti, William E. Scott, Carolyn L. Driedger, John W. Ewert
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1224
The importance of investing in monitoring, mitigation, and preparedness before natural hazards occur has been amply demonstrated by recent disasters such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami in December 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Playing catch-up with hazardous natural phenomena such as these limits our ability to work...
Pikes Peak, Colorado
Craig Brunstein (compiler), Carol Quesenberry, John Davis, Gene Jackson, Glenn R. Scott, Terry D. D’Erchia, Ed Swibas, Lorna Carter, Kevin McKinney, Jim Cole
2006, General Information Product 32
For 200 years, Pikes Peak has been a symbol of America's Western Frontier--a beacon that drew prospectors during the great 1859-60 Gold Rush to the 'Pikes Peak country,' the scenic destination for hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, and an enduring source of pride for cities in the region,...
Rates of evapotranspiration, recharge from precipitation beneath selected areas of native vegetation, and streamflow gain and loss in Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada, and Alpine County, California
Douglas K. Maurer, David L. Berger, Mary L. Tumbusch, Michael J. Johnson
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5288
Rapid growth and development in Carson Valley is causing concern over the continued availability of water resources to sustain such growth into the future. A study to address concerns over water resources and to update estimates of water-budget components in Carson Valley was begun in 2003 by the U.S. Geological...
Helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic survey maps and data, East Poplar oil field area, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, northeastern Montana, August 2004
Bruce D. Smith, Joanna N. Thamke, Michael J. Cain, Christa Tyrrell, Patricia L. Hill
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1216
This report is a data release for a helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic survey that was conducted during August 2004 in a 275-square-kilometer area that includes the East Poplar oil field on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. The electromagnetic equipment consisted of six different coil-pair orientations that measured resistivity at separate...
Environmental setting of Maple Creek watershed, Nebraska
Brian S. Fredrick, Joshua I. Linard, Jennifer L. Carpenter
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5037
The Maple Creek watershed covers a 955-square-kilometer area in eastern Nebraska, which is a region dominated by agricultural land use. The Maple Creek watershed is one of seven areas currently included in a nationwide study of the sources, transport, and fate of water and chemicals in agricultural watersheds. This study,...
Compositional data for Bengal delta sediment collected from boreholes at Srirampur, Kachua, Bangladesh
George N. Breit, James C. Yount, Nehal Uddin, Ad. Atual Muneem, Heather Lowers, Rhonda L. Driscoll, John W. Whitney
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1222
Processes active within sediment of the Bengal delta have attracted world concern because of the locally high content of arsenic dissolved in ground water drawn from that sediment. Sediment samples were collected from two boreholes in Srirampur village, Kachua upazila, Chandphur district, Bangladesh, to investigate the processes contributing to arsenic...
Use of dye tracing to determine ground-water movement to Mammoth Crystal Springs, Sylvan Pass area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Lawrence E. Spangler, David D. Susong
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5126
At the request of and in cooperation with the Geology Program at Yellowstone National Park, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a hydrologic investigation of the Sylvan Pass area in June 2005 to determine the relation between surface water and ground-water flow to Mammoth Crystal Springs. Results of a dye-tracing investigation...
Toward "Supervolcano" technology
Gillian R. Foulger
2006, Science (313) 768-769
In addition to depicting the ultimate volcano-eruption horror story, the recent Discovery Channel/BBC coproduction “Supervolcano” speculates about what technology will be available to the geophysicist in 2025 to monitor active volcanoes. The result is a fictional Virtual Geophysical Laboratory that, when fed the right data, predicts eruption scenarios, thereby providing...
Chemical analyses and K-Ar ages of samples from 13 drill holes, Medicine Lake volcano, California
Julie M. Donnelly-Nolan
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1041
Chemical analyses and K-Ar ages are presented for rocks sampled from drill holes at Medicine Lake volcano, northern California. A location map and a cross-section are included, as are separate tables for drill hole information, major and trace element data, and for K-Ar dates....
Compilation of water-resources data and hydrogeologic setting for four research stations in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces of North Carolina, 2000—2004
Brad A. Huffman, Cassandra A. Pfeifle, Melinda J. Chapman, Richard E. Bolich, Ted R. Campbell, Donald J. Geddes Jr., Charles G. Pippin
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1168
Water-resources data were collected to describe the hydrologic conditions at four research stations in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces of North Carolina. Data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality, from September 2000 through September...
Database of ground-water levels in the vicinity of Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, 1957-2005
Joseph M. Fenelon
2006, Data Series 190
More than 1,200 water-level measurements from 1957 to 2005 in the Rainier Mesa area of the Nevada Test Site were quality assured and analyzed. Water levels were measured from 50 discrete intervals within 18 boreholes and from 4 tunnel sites. An interpretive database was constructed that describes water-level conditions for...
Analytical results from samples collected during coal-bed methane exploration drilling in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Peter D. Warwick, F. Clayton Breland Jr., Paul C. Hackley, Frank T. Dulong, Douglas J. Nichols, Alexander W. Karlsen, R. Marc Bustin, Charles E. Barker, Jason C. Willett, Michael H. Trippi
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1213
In 2001, and 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Louisiana Geological Survey (LGS), through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Devon SFS Operating, Inc. (Devon), participated in an exploratory drilling and coring program for coal-bed methane in north-central Louisiana. The USGS and LGS collected 25 coal...
Fossils from the Middle Jurassic Wanakah formation near Delta in western Colorado
R. B. O'Sullivan, M.A. Carey, S.C. Good
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5105
The Middle Jurassic Wanakah Formation averages about 30 m in thickness in Colorado. Fossils are sparse and include fish, ostracodes, and trace fossils. A thin (0.03-0.45 m) fossil bed near the middle of the formation extends for some 48 km along the northeast flank of the Uncompahgre Plateau near Delta....
Monitoring the Recovery of the Sparta Aquifer in Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana
Rheannon M. Scheiderer, David A. Freiwald
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3090
The Sparta aquifer supplies the majority of water for industrial, municipal, and agricultural uses in Union County, Arkansas, and the surrounding area. In Union County, the Sparta aquifer has been used increasingly since development began in the early 1920s, resulting in water-level declines of more than 360 feet (ft) in...
Rebuilding Mount St. Helens
Steve P. Schilling, David W. Ramsey, James A. Messerich, Ren A. Thompson
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2928
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, Washington exploded in a spectacular and devastating eruption that shocked the world. The eruption, one of the most powerful in the history of the United States, removed 2.7 cubic kilometers of rock from the volcano's edifice, the bulk of which had been constructed...
Section 3. The SPARROW Surface Water-Quality Model—Theory, application and user documentation
Gregory Schwarz, Anne B. Hoos, R. B. Alexander, R. A. Smith
2006, Techniques and Methods 6-B3
SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regressions On Watershed attributes) is a watershed modeling technique for relating water-quality measurements made at a network of monitoring stations to attributes of the watersheds containing the stations. The core of the model consists of a nonlinear regression equation describing the non-conservative transport of contaminants from point...
Determination of wastewater compounds in sediment and soil by pressurized solvent extraction, solid-phase extraction, and capillary-column gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
Mark R. Burkhardt, Steven D. Zaugg, Steven G. Smith, Rhiannon C. ReVello
2006, Techniques and Methods 5-B2
No abstract available....
USGS-NoGaDat - A global dataset of noble gas concentrations and their isotopic ratios in volcanic systems
Atosa A. Abedini, S. Hurwitz, William C. Evans
2006, Data Series 202
The database (Version 1.0) is a MS-Excel file that contains close to 5,000 entries of published information on noble gas concentrations and isotopic ratios from volcanic systems in Mid-Ocean ridges, ocean islands, seamounts, and oceanic and continental arcs (location map). Where they were available we also included the isotopic ratios...
Reported historic asbestos prospects and natural asbestos occurrences in the central United States
Bradley S. Van Gosen
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1211
This map and its accompanying dataset provide information for 26 natural asbestos occurrences in the Central United States (U.S.), using descriptions found in the geologic literature. Data on location, mineralogy, geology, and relevant literature for each asbestos site are provided. Using the map and digital data in this report, the...
Ultramafic-Hosted Talc-Magnesite Deposits
Gilpin R. Robinson Jr., Bradley S. Van Gosen, Nora K. Foley
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1229
This presentation on the geology of ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite deposits was given at the 42nd Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, May 7-13, 2006, in Asheville, North Carolina (USA). Talc is a soft inert industrial mineral commodity commonly used as a component or filler in ceramic, paint, paper, plastic, roofing,...
