Detailed Sections from Auger Holes in the Roanoke Rapids 1:100,000 Map Sheet, North Carolina
Robert E. Weems, William C. Lewis
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1092
Introduction The Roanoke Rapids 1:100,000 map sheet straddles the Coastal Plain / Piedmont boundary in northernmost North Carolina (Figure 1). Sediments of the Coastal Plain underlie the eastern three-fourths of this area, and patchy outliers of Coastal Plain units cap many of the higher hills in the western one-fourth of the...
U.S. Geological Survey Ground-Water Climate Response Network
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3003
The U.S. Geological Survey serves the Nation by providing reliable hydrologic information used by others to manage the Nation's water resources. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measures more than 20,000 wells each year for a variety of objectives as part of Federal programs and in cooperation with State and local agencies....
Assessment of artificial recharge at Sand Hollow Reservoir, Washington County, Utah, updated to conditions through 2006
Victor M. Heilweil, David D. Susong
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5023
Sand Hollow, Utah, is the site of a surface-water reservoir completed in March 2002 and operated by the Washington County Water Conservancy District (WCWCD) primarily as an aquifer storage and recovery project. The reservoir is an off-channel facility that receives water from the Virgin River, diverted near the town of...
Vertical gradients in water chemistry and age in the Northern High Plains Aquifer, Nebraska, 2003
P.B. McMahon, J.K. Böhlke, C. P. Carney
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5294
The northern High Plains aquifer is the primary source of water used for domestic, industrial, and irrigation purposes in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Despite the aquifer’s importance to the regional economy, fundamental ground-water characteristics, such as vertical gradients in water chemistry and age, remain poorly...
Water-balance model of a wetland on the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota
Kevin C. Vining
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5034
A numerical water-balance model was developed to simulate the responses of a wetland on the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, to historical and possible extreme hydrological inputs and to changes in hydrological inputs that might occur if a proposed refinery is built on the reservation. Results from model simulations indicated...
Hydrogeology, Ground-Water-Age Dating, Water Quality, and Vulnerability of Ground Water to Contamination in a Part of the Whitewater Valley Aquifer System near Richmond, Indiana, 2002-2003
Paul M. Buszka, Lee R. Watson, Theodore K. Greeman
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5281
Assessments of the vulnerability to contamination of ground-water sources used by public-water systems, as mandated by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, commonly have involved qualitative evaluations based on existing information on the geologic and hydrologic setting. The U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program has identified...
Chemical and hydrologic data from the Cement Creek and upper Animas River confluence and mixing zone, Silverton, Colorado, September 1997
Laurence E. Schemel, Marisa H. Cox
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1048
Cement Creek, an acidic tributary, discharges into the circum-neutral Animas River (pH>7) in Silverton, Colorado located in the high-elevation San Juan Mountains. Mixing of Animas River water with acidic metal rich Cement Creek water raises water pH and produces metal precipitates. This report presents selected anion, cation, chloride, and sulfate...
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey Organic Geochemistry Research Group--Determination of dissolved isoxaflutole and its sequential degradation products, diketonitrile and benzoic acid, in water using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry
Michael T. Meyer, Edward A. Lee, Elisabeth A. Scribner
2007, Techniques and Methods 5-A9
An analytical method for the determination of isoxaflutole and its sequential degradation products, diketonitrile and a benzoic acid analogue, in filtered water with varying matrices was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Organic Geochemistry Research Group in Lawrence, Kansas. Four different water-sample matrices fortified at 0.02 and 0.10 ug/L (micrograms...
Hydrologic conditions and water-quality conditions following underground coal mining in the North Fork of the Right Fork of Miller Creek drainage basin, Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah, 2004-2005
C.D. Wilkowske, J.L. Cillessen, P.N. Brinton
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5026
In 2004 and 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, reassessed the hydrologic system in and around the drainage basin of the North Fork of the Right Fork (NFRF) of Miller Creek, in Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah. The reassessment occurred 13 years after...
Characterization of habitat and biological communities at fixed sites in the Great Salt Lake basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, water years 1999-2001
Christine M. Albano, Elise M. P. Giddings
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5300
Habitat and biological communities were sampled at 10 sites in the Great Salt Lake Basins as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment program to assess the occurrence and distribution of biological organisms in relation to environmental conditions. Sites were distributed among the Bear River, Weber River, and...
Streamflow and nutrient fluxes of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin and subbasins for the period of record through 2005
Brent T. Aulenbach, Herbert T. Buxton, William A. Battaglin, Richard H. Coupe
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1080
U.S. Geological Survey has monitored streamflow and water quality systematically in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) for more than five decades. This report provides streamflow and estimates of nutrient delivery (flux) to the Gulf of Mexico from both the Atchafalaya River and the main stem of the Mississippi River. This...
Floodwater chemistry in the Yolo Bypass during winter and spring, 1998
Laurence E. Schemel, Marisa H. Cox
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1025
A preliminary investigation of temporal and spatial variations in floodwater chemistry was conducted during winter and spring 1998 in the Yolo Bypass floodplain of the Sacramento River system. Samples were collected at locations along the eastern margin of the floodplain over the duration of the study and across the floodplain...
Estimated water use and availability in the Pawtuxet and Quinebaug River basins, Rhode Island, 1995-99
Emily C. Wild, Mark T. Nimiroski
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5154
Water availability became a concern in Rhode Island during a drought in 1999, and an investigation was needed to assess demands on the hydrologic system from withdrawals during periods of little to no precipitation. The low water levels during the drought prompted the U.S. Geological Survey and the Rhode Island...
Hydrogeology and Simulated Ground-Water Flow in the Salt Pond Region of Southern Rhode Island
John P. Masterson, Jason R. Sorenson, Janet Radway Stone, S. Bradley Moran, Andrea Hougham
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5271
The Salt Pond region of southern Rhode Island extends from Westerly to Narragansett Bay and forms the natural boundary between the Atlantic Ocean and the shallow, highly permeable freshwater aquifer of the South Coastal Basin. Large inputs of fresh ground water coupled with the low flushing rates to the open...
Surface-Water Conditions in Georgia, Water Year 2005
Jaime A. Painter, Mark N. Landers
2007, Data Series 252
INTRODUCTION The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Georgia Water Science Center-in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies-collected surface-water streamflow, water-quality, and ecological data during the 2005 Water Year (October 1, 2004-September 30, 2005). These data were compiled into layers of an interactive ArcReaderTM published map document (pmf). ArcReaderTM is a product...
U.S. Geological Survey scientific activities in the exploration of Antarctica: 1946-2006 record of personnel in Antarctica and their postal cachets: U.S. Navy (1946-48, 1954-60), International Geophysical Year (1957-58), and USGS (1960-2006)
Tony K. Meunier, Richard S. Williams Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1116
Antarctica, a vast region encompassing 13.2 million km2 (5.1 million mi2), is considered to be one of the most important scientific laboratories on Earth. During the past 60 years, the USGS, in collaboration and with logistical support from the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs, has sent 325 USGS...
U.S. Geological Survey scientific activities in the exploration of Antarctica: 1995-96 field season
Tony K. Meunier, Richard S. Williams Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1114
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mapping program in Antarctica is one of the longest continuously funded projects in the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). This is the 46th U.S. expedition to Antarctica in which USGS scientists have participated. The financial support from the National Science Foundation, which extends back to...
U.S. Geological Survey scientific activities in the exploration of Antarctica: 2002-03 field season
Tony K. Meunier, Richard S. Williams Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1113
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mapping program in Antarctica is one of the longest continuously funded projects in the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). This is the 53rd U.S. expedition to Antarctica in which USGS scientists have participated. The financial support from the National Science Foundation, which extends back to...
Seismic Shear Wave Reflection Imaging at the Former Fort Ord, Monterey, California
Seth S. Haines, Bethany L. Burton, Lewis E. Hunter
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1068
At the former Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, contamination threatens an aquifer that provides drinking water for local communities. Assessment and remediation require accurate hydrological modeling, which in turn require a thorough understanding of aquifer stratigraphy. In order to help guide remediation efforts at the site, the U.S. Geological...
A Precipitation-Runoff Model for the Blackstone River Basin, Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Jeffrey R. Barbaro, Phillip J. Zarriello
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5213
A Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN (HSPF) precipitation-runoff model of the Blackstone River Basin was developed and calibrated to study the effects of changing land- and water-use patterns on water resources. The 474.5 mi2 Blackstone River Basin in southeastern Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island is experiencing rapid population and commercial growth throughout...
Hydrologic Data Summary for the Northeast Creek/Fresh Meadow Estuary, Acadia National Park, Maine, 2000-2001
James M. Caldwell, Charles W. Culbertson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1035
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, collected data in Northeast Creek estuary, Mt. Desert Island, Maine, to establish baseline water-quality conditions including estuarine nutrient concentrations. Five sampling sites in Northeast Creek were established and monitored continuously for temperature and specific conductance during May to November,...
Physiological Ecology and Ecohydrology of Coastal Forested Wetlands
Ken W. Krauss
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3018
The form, function, and productivity of wetland communities are influenced strongly by the hydrologic regime of an area. Wetland ecosystems persist by depending upon surpluses of rainfall, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, and frequency and amplitude of water-level fluctuations. Yet, wetland vegetation can also influence ecosystem water economy through conservative water- and...
Evaluation of tandem offline and online solid-phase extraction with liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry for the analysis of antibiotics in ambient water and comparision to an independent method
M. T. Meyer, E.A. Lee, G.M. Ferrell, J.E. Bumgarner, Jerry Varns
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5021
This report describes the performance of an offline tandem solid-phase extraction (SPE) method and an online SPE method that use liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for the analysis of 23 and 35 antibiotics, respectively, as used in several water-quality surveys conducted since 1999. In the offline tandem SPE method, normalized concentrations for...
Dichloroethene and vinyl chloride degradation potential in wetland sediments at Twin Lakes and Pen Branch, Savannah River National Laboratory, South Carolina
Paul M. Bradley
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1028
A series of 14C-radiotracer-based microcosm experiments was conducted to assess the mechanisms and products of degradation of dichloroethene (DCE) and vinyl chloride (VC) in wetland sediments at the Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River National Laboratory. This project investigated the potential for biotic and abiotic DCE and VC degradation in...
Ground-Water Conditions and Studies in Georgia, 2004-2005
David C. Leeth, Michael F. Peck, Jaime A. Painter
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5017
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects ground-water data and conducts studies to monitor hydrologic conditions, better define ground-water resources, and address problems related to water supply, water use, and water quality. During 2004-2005, ground-water levels were monitored continuously in a network of 183 wells completed in major aquifers throughout the...
