Using tracers to evaluate streamflow gain-loss characteristics of Terror Creek, in the vicinity of a mine-permit area, Delta County, Colorado, water year 2003
Cory A. Williams, Kenneth J. Leib
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5018
In 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Delta County, initiated a study to characterize streamflow gainloss in a reach of Terror Creek, in the vicinity of a mine-permit area planned for future coal mining. This report describes the methods of the study and includes results from a comparison...
Quantification and simulation of metal loading to the Upper Animas River, Eureka to Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, September 1997 and August 1998
Suzanne S. Paschke, Briant A. Kimball, Robert L. Runkel
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5054
Drainage from abandoned and inactive mines and from naturally mineralized areas in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado contributes metals to the upper Animas River near Silverton, Colorado. Tracer-injection studies and associated synoptic sampling were performed along two reaches of the upper Animas River to develop detailed profiles of...
Managing Fire in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert: A Review and Analysis of the Literature
Brooke S. Gebow, William L. Halvorson
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1157
Executive Summary This report began as a literature review (Gebow and Halvorson 2001) conducted for fire planners at Carlsbad Caverns National Park who were seeking information about (1) the natural state of park vegetation, (2) northern Chihuahuan Desert natural fire regimes, and (3) fire effects on park plant species. It is...
Construction, Geology, and Aquifer Testing of the Maalo Road, Aahoaka Hill, and Upper Eleele Tank Monitor Wells, Kauai, Hawaii
Scot K. Izuka
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1159
The Maalo Road, Aahoaka Hill, and Upper Eleele Tank monitor wells were constructed using rotary drilling methods between July 1998 and August 2002 as part of a program of exploratory drilling, aquifer testing, and hydrologic analysis on Kauai. Aquifer tests were conducted in the uncased boreholes of the wells. The Maalo...
Water resources data--Illinois, water year 2004 (includes historical data)
S.R. Cutshaw, P. C. Mills, J.L. Hogan, D.J. Fazio
2005, Water Data Report IL-04-1
Hydrogeology of the Mogollon Highlands, central Arizona
John T.C. Parker, William C. Steinkampf, Marilyn E. Flynn
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5294
The Mogollon Highlands, 4,855 square miles of rugged, mountainous terrain at the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in central Arizona, is characterized by a bedrock-dominated hydrologic system that results in an incompletely integrated regional ground-water system, flashy streamflow, and various local water-bearing zones that are sensitive to drought. Increased...
The fishes of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Missouri, 2003
James C. Petersen, B. G. Justus
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5127
An inventory of fishes of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield was conducted at eight sites on three streams, two springs, a pond, and within a cave. Fish were sampled using conventional electrofishing equipment during July 2003. Approximately 325 fish were collected and identified from five of the eight sampling sites. A...
Hydrologic characteristics of the Agua Fria National Monument, central Arizona, determined from the reconnaissance study
John B. Fleming
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5163
Hydrologic conditions in the newly created Agua Fria National Monument were characterized on the basis of existing hydrologic and geologic information, and streamflow data collected in May 2002. The study results are intended to support the Bureau of Land Management's future water-resource management responsibilities, including quantification of a Federal reserved...
Simulated water-level responses, ground-water fluxes, and storage changes for recharge scenarios along Rillito Creek, Tucson, Arizona
John P. Hoffmann, Stanley A. Leake
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5286
A local ground-water flow model is used to simulate four recharge scenarios along Rillito Creek in northern Tucson to evaluate mitigating effects on ground-water deficits and water-level declines in Tucson's Central Well Field. The local model, which derives boundary conditions from a basin-scale model, spans the 12-mile reach of Rillito...
Water resources data - Washington water year 2004
R. A. Kimbrough, G.P. Ruppert, W.D. Wiggins, R. R. Smith
2005, Water Data Report WA-04-1
Hydrogeologic framework, ground-water quality, and simulation of ground-water flow at the Fair Lawn Well Field Superfund site, Bergen County, New Jersey
Jean C. Lewis-Brown, Donald E. Rice, Robert Rosman, Nicholas P. Smith
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5280
Production wells in the Westmoreland well field, Fair Lawn, Bergen County, New Jersey (the 'Fair Lawn well field Superfund site'), are contaminated with volatile organic compounds, particularly trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane. In 1983, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) placed the Westmoreland well field on its National Priority List of...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 5. Well installation, water-level data, and surface- and ground-water geochemistry in the Straight Creek drainage basin, Red River Valley, New Mexico, 2001-03
Cheryl A. Naus, R. Blaine McCleskey, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Lisa C. Donohoe, Andrew G. Hunt, Frederick L. Paillet, Roger H. Morin, Philip L. Verplanck
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5088
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New Mexico Environment Department, is investigating the pre-mining ground-water chemistry at the Molycorp molybdenum mine in the Red River Valley, northern New Mexico. The primary approach is to determine the processes controlling ground-water chemistry at an unmined, off-site, proximal analog. The Straight...
Water Quality, Fish Tissue, and Bed Sediment Monitoring in Waterbodies of Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, Arkansas, 2002-2004
B. G. Justus, Gregory P. Stanton
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5273
The Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center is a facility used to train as many as 50,000 Arkansas National Guardsmen each year. Due to the nature of ongoing training and also to a poor understanding of environmental procedures that were practiced in the World War II era, areas within Fort Chaffee...
The drought of 1998-2002 in North Carolina — Precipitation and hydrologic conditions
J. Curtis Weaver
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5053
Drought conditions prevailed across much of North Carolina during 1998-2002, resulting in widespread record-low streamflow and ground-water levels in many areas. During this 4-year period, the drought was continuous in areas of western North Carolina, although eastern areas of the State had some periods of relief from tropical storms in...
The fishes of Buffalo National River, Arkansas, 2001-2003
James C. Petersen, B. G. Justus
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5130
During June through September 2001 and 2002, extensive fish community sampling was conducted at 29 sites within the boundaries of Buffalo National River. Samples were collected using backpack, tote barge, and boat electrofishing equipment. Kick seining also was used at all sites. To supplement these results, samples were collected in...
The fishes of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, 2003
James C. Petersen, B. G. Justus
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5126
Fish communities were sampled from eight sites within Hot Springs National Park. Fish were collected by seining and electrofishing during base-flow periods in July and October 2003. All individuals were identified to species. More than 1,020 individuals were collected, representing 24 species. The number of species collected at the sites...
The fishes of Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas, 2003
B. G. Justus, James C. Petersen
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5129
A fish inventory was conducted at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas, during base-flow conditions in September 2003. Six sites including four streams and two ponds were sampled using conventional electrofishing equipment (a seine also was used at one site). There were 653 individuals collected comprising 18 species (plus 1...
The fishes of George Washington Carver National Monument, Missouri, 2003
B. G. Justus, James C. Petersen
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5128
Fish were collected at six sites at George Washington Carver National Monument by seining and electrofishing during a base-flow period on July 17-18, 2003. Approximately 700 fish were collected and identified at the six sampling sites. Those individuals represented 17 species (and 1 hybrid) and 13 genera. The number of...
Ecological science and sustainability for the 21st century
Margaret A. Palmer, Emily S. Bernhardt, Elizabeth A. Chornesky, Scott L. Collins, Andrew P. Dobson, Clifford S. Duke, Barry Gold, Robert B. Jacobson, Sharon E. Kingsland, Rhonda H. Kranz, Michael J. Mappin, M. Luisa Martinez, Fiorenza Micheli, Jennifer L. Morse, Michael L. Pace, Mercedes Pascual, Stephen S. Palumbi, O. J. Reichman, Alan R. Townsend, Monica G. Turner
2005, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (3) 4-11
Ecological science has contributed greatly to our understanding of the natural world and the impact of humans on that world. Now, we need to refocus the discipline towards research that ensures a future in which natural systems and the humans they include coexist on a more sustainable planet. Acknowledging that...
Classification of hydrogeologic areas and hydrogeologic flow systems in the basin and range physiographic province, southwestern United States
David W. Anning, Alice D. Konieczki
2005, Professional Paper 1702
The hydrogeology of the Basin and Range Physiographic Province in parts of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and most of Nevada was classified at basin and larger scales to facilitate information transfer and to provide a synthesis of results from many previous hydrologic investigations. A conceptual model for the spatial...
Grazing by the intertidal gastropod Melampus coffeus greatly increases mangrove leaf litter degradation rates
C. Edward Proffitt, Donna Devlin
2005, Marine Ecology Progress Series (296) 209-218
Melampus coffeus, a pulmonate gastropod, forages for mangrove leaf litter at low tide and climbs tree trunks to avoid inundation during high tide. Unlike many grazers, these snails can assimilate mangrove leaf material. At Boca Ceiga Bay, Florida, densities of adult snails were high (>100 snails m–2) throughout a 130 m...
Determining age and vertical contribution of ground water pumped from wells in a small coastal river basin: a case study in the Sweetwater River valley, San Diego county, California
Wesley R. Danskin, Clinton D. Church
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1032
Digital data and derivative products from a high-resolution aeromagnetic survey of the central San Luis basin, covering parts of Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, and Rio Grande counties, Colorado, and Taos county, New Mexico
Viki Bankey, V. J. S. Grauch, Ank Webbers, Inc PRJ
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1200
This report describes data collected from a high-resolution aeromagnetic survey flown over the central San Luis basin during October, 2004, by PRJ, Inc., on contract to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The survey extends from just north of Alamosa, Colorado, southward to just northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It covers...
Reported historic asbestos mines, historic asbestos prospects, and natural asbestos occurrences in the eastern United States
Bradley S. Van Gosen
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1189
Geochemistry of sediments in cores and sediment traps from Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho
James L. Bischoff, Kathleen Cummins, Donald D. Shamp
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1215
The present study of Bear Lake began in 1998. Initially, the study utilized sediments from three long cores (up to 5 m) previously collected in 1996 and short cores (up to 40 cm) collected in 1998. The short cores were specifically acquired to preserve the uppermost layers of sediment that...
