User's Manual for the New England Water-Use Data System (NEWUDS)
Marilee A. Horn
2003, Open-File Report 2001-328
Water is used in a variety of ways that need to be understood for effective management of water resources. Water-use activities need to be categorized and included in a database management system to understand current water uses and to provide information to water-resource management policy decisionmakers. The New England Water-Use Data...
Rainfall, Streamflow, and Water-Quality Data During Stormwater Monitoring, Halawa Stream Drainage Basin, Oahu, Hawaii, July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003
Stacie T. M. Young, Marcael T.J. Ball
2003, Open-File Report 2003-331
Storm runoff water-quality samples were collected as part of the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation Stormwater Monitoring Program. This program is designed to assess the effects of highway runoff and urban runoff on Halawa Stream. For this program, rainfall data was collected at two sites, continuous streamflow data at...
The difference between the potentiometric surfaces of the upper Patapsco aquifer, September 1990 and September 1999 in southern Maryland
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2003, Open-File Report 2001-209
This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the Upper Patapsco aquifer in the Upper Patapsco Formation of Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland for September 1990 and September 1999. The map, based on water-level measurements in 37 wells, shows that the potentiometric surface during the...
Sonoran Desert: Fragile Land of Extremes
Stephen Produced and Directed by Wessells
2003, Open-File Report 2003-305
'Sonoran Desert: Fragile Land of Extremes' shows how biologists with the U.S. Geological Survey work with other scientists in an effort to better understand native plants and animals such as desert tortoises, saguaro cacti, and Gila monsters. Much of the program was shot in and around Saguaro National Park near...
Streamflow and water-quality characteristics of the Ottawa River and selected tributaries in Allen, Hardin, and Putnam counties, Ohio
Kimberly Shaffer
2003, Open-File Report 2003–0215
Streamflow and water-quality measurements were made on the Ottawa River and selected tributaries between 1999 to 2002. Ten sets of streamflow measurements were made at an index station on the Auglaize River at Fort Jennings (station 04186500) and at 19 other sites along the Ottawa River and selected tributaries. These...
Simulating land-use changes and stormwater-detention basins and evaluating their effect on peak streamflows and stream-water quality in Irondequoit Creek basin, New York—A user's manual for HSPF and GenScn
William F. Coon
2003, Open-File Report 2003-136
A computer model of hydrologic and water-quality processes of the Irondequoit Creek basin in Monroe and Ontario Counties, N.Y., was developed during 2000-02 to enable water-resources managers to simulate the effects of future development and stormwater-detention basins on peak flows and water quality of Irondequoit Creek and its tributaries. The...
An acoustic doppler current profiler survey of flow velocities in St. Clair River, a connecting channel of the Great Lakes
David J. Holtschlag, John A. Koschik
2003, Open-File Report 2003-119
Acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP) were used to measure flow velocities in St. Clair River during a survey in May and June of 2002, as part of a study to assess the susceptibility of public water intakes to contaminants on the St. Clair-Detroit River Waterway. The survey provides 2.7 million...
Investigation of the possible connection of rock and soil geochemistry to the occurrence of high rates of neurodegenerative diseases on Guam and a hypothesis for the cause of the diseases
William R. Miller, Richard F. Sanzolone
2003, Open-File Report 2003-126
High incidences of neurodegenerative diseases, mainly dementia, parkinsonism, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, occur on the island of Guam (Koerner, 1952; Kurland and Mulder, 1954). The occurrence and description of the diseases and a summary of the investigations can be found in Perl (1997). The diseases have been more prevalent along...
Estimates of deep percolation beneath native vegetation, irrigated fields, and the Amargosa-River Channel, Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada
David A. Stonestrom, David E. Prudic, Randell J. Laczniak, Katherine C. Akstin, Robert A. Boyd, Katherine K. Henkelman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-104
The presence and approximate rates of deep percolation beneath areas of native vegetation, irrigated fields, and the Amargosa-River channel in the Amargosa Desert of southern Nevada were evaluated using the chloride mass-balance method and inferred downward velocities of chloride and nitrate peaks. Estimates of deep-percolation rates in the Amargosa Desert...
Comparison of peak discharges among sites with and without valley fills for the July 8-9, 2001 flood in the headwaters of Clear Fork, Coal River basin, mountaintop coal-mining region, southern West Virginia
Jeffrey B. Wiley, Freddie D. Brogan
2003, Open-File Report 2003-133
The effects of mountaintop-removal mining practices on the peak discharges of streams were investigated in six small drainage basins within a 7-square-mile area in southern West Virginia. Two of the small basins had reclaimed valley fills, one basin had reclaimed and unreclaimed valley fills, and three basins did not have...
Hydrologic landscape regions of the United States
David M. Wolock
2003, Open-File Report 2003-145
Hydrologic landscape regions (HLRs) in the United States were delineated by using geographic information system (GIS) tools and statistical methods including principal components and cluster analyses. The GIS and statistical analyses were applied to land-surface form, geologic texture (permeability of the soil and bedrock), and climate variables that describe the...
Flow characteristics at U.S. Geological Survey streamgages in the conterminous United States
David Wolock
2003, Open-File Report 2003-146
This dataset represents point locations and flow characteristics for current (as of November 20, 2001) and historical U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in the conterminous United States. The flow characteristics were computed from the daily streamflow data recorded at each streamgage for the period of record. The attributes associated with each...
Geophysical characterization of fractured bedrock at Site 8, former Pease Air Force Base, Newington, New Hampshire
Thomas J. Mack, James R. Degnan
2003, Open-File Report 2002-279
Borehole-geophysical logs collected from eight wells and direct-current resistivity data from three survey lines were analyzed to characterize the fractured bedrock and identify transmissive fractures beneath the former Pease Air Force Base, Newington, N.H. The following logs were used: caliper, fluid temperature and conductivity, natural gamma radiation, electromagnetic conductivity, optical...
Geomorphic data collected within and adjacent to Nebraska Public Power District's Cottonwood Ranch Property, Platte River, Nebraska, Water Year 2001
Paul Kinzel, Randolph Parker, Johnathan Nelson, R. Burman, Aashley Heckman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-170
River-channel topographic surveys were conducted and bed-material samples were collected along transects across the Platte River during water year 2001 (October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001). A total of 57 transect lines or cross sections were established within three study reaches located along the middle channel of the Platte...
Near field receiving water monitoring of trace metals in clams (Macoma balthica) and sediments near the Palo Alto water quality control plant in south San Francisco Bay, California: 2002
Edward Moon, Carlos Primo C. David, Samuel N. Luoma, Daniel J. Cain, Michelle I. Hornberger, Irene R. Lavigne
2003, Open-File Report 2003-339
This report presents trace element concentrations analyzed on samples of fine-grained sediments and clams (Macoma balthica) collected from a mudflat one kilometer south of the discharge of the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay. This report serves as a continuation of the Near Field...
Historical and projected coastal Louisiana land changes: 1978-2050
John Barras, Shelly Beville, Del Britsch, Stephen Hartley, Suzanne Hawes, James Johnston, Paul Kemp, Quin Kinler, Antonio Martucci, Jon Porthouse, Denise Reed, Kevin Roy, Sijan Sapkota, Joseph Suhayda
2003, Open-File Report 2003-334
An important component of the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Comprehensive Coastwide Ecosystem Restoration Study is the projection of a “future condition” for the Louisiana coast if no further restoration measures were adopted. Such a projection gives an idea of what the future might hold without implementation of the LCA plan...
Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of the mid and outer continental shelf, head of De Soto Canyon, northeastern Gulf of Mexico: data, images, and GIS
James V. Gardner, John E. Hughes Clarke, Larry A. Mayer, Peter Dartnell
2003, Open-File Report 2003-7
The mid to outer continental shelf off Mississippi-Alabama and off northwest Florida were the focus of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) multibeam echosounder (MBES) mapping cruises in 2000 and 2001, respectively. These areas were mapped to investigate the extent of "deep-water reefs" first suggested by Ludwig and Walton (1957). The reefs...
Quality-Assurance Plan for Water-Quality Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Miami, Florida
A. C. Lietz (compiler)
2003, Open-File Report 2003-195
In accordance with guidelines set forth by the Office of Water Quality in the Water Resources Discipline of the U.S. Geological Survey, a quality-assurance plan has been created for use by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Miami to conduct water-quality activities. This quality-assurance plan documents the standards, policies, and...
Hurricane Mitch: impacts on mangrove sediment elevation dynamics and long-term mangrove sustainability
Donald R. Cahoon, Philippe Hensel, John Rybczyk, Brian C. Perez
2003, Open-File Report 2003-184
Impacts of Hurricane Mitch on seagrass beds and associated shallow reef communities along the Carribbean coast of Honduras and Guatemala
Thomas C. Michot, James N. Burch, Alejandro Arrivillaga, Patricia S. Rafferty, Thomas W. Doyle, R. Scott Kemmerer
2003, Open-File Report 2003-181
Geomorphic data collected within and adjacent to Nebraska Public Power District's Cottonwood Ranch Property, Platte River, Nebraska, Water Year 2002
Paul Kinzel, Randolph Parker, Jonathan Nelson, Steven Gyetvai, Aaron Burman, Ashley Heckman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-171
River-channel topographic surveys were conducted and bed-material samples were collected along transects across the Platte River during water year 2002 (October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002). A total of 57 transect lines or cross sections were established within three study reaches located along the middle channel of the Platte...
Hurricane Mitch: effects on mangrove soil characteristics and root contributions to soil stabilization
Karen L. McKee, Thomas E. McGinnis II
2003, Open-File Report 2003-178
An acoustic doppler current profiler survey of flow velocities in Detroit River, a connecting channel of the Great Lakes
David J. Holtschlag, John A. Koschik
2003, Open-File Report 2003-219
Acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP) were used to survey flow velocities in Detroit River from July 8-19, 2002, as part of a study to assess the susceptibility of public water intakes to contaminants on the St. Clair-Detroit River Waterway. More than 3.5 million point velocities were measured at 130 cross...
Near-field receiving water monitoring of a benthic community near the Palo Alto Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay: February 1974 through December 2002
Michelle K. Shouse, Francis Parcheso, Janet K. Thompson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-224
Analyses of the benthic community structure over a 28-year period show that changes in the community have occurred concurrent with reduced concentrations of metals in the sediment and in the tissues of the biosentinal clam Macoma balthica from the same area. The community has shifted from being dominated by several...
Estimated mean annual natural ground-water recharge in the conterminous United States
David M. Wolock
2003, Open-File Report 2003-311
This 1-kilometer resolution raster (grid) dataset is an index of mean annual natural ground-water recharge. The dataset was created by multiplying a grid of base-flow index (BFI) values by a grid of mean annual runoff values derived from a 1951-80 mean annual runoff contour map. Mean annual runoff is long-term...
