Travel times and dispersion of soluble dye in thirteen New Hampshire rivers
Thor E. Smith
2002, Open-File Report 2002-226
Dye was injected and traced in 13 New Hampshire rivers in 2000 to determine the velocity at which a soluble substance spilled into the river would travel to drinking-water supply intakes. Travel times were studied on the Ammonoosuc, Androscoggin, Connecticut, Contoocook, East Branch Pemigewasset, Exeter, Lamprey, Mascoma, Merrimack, Oyster, Piscassic,...
Water quality and environmental isotopic analyses of ground-water samples collected from the Wasatch and Fort Union Formations in areas of coalbed methane development — Implications to recharge and ground-water flow, eastern Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Timothy T. Bartos, Kathy Muller Ogle
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4045
Chemical analyses of ground-water samples were evaluated as part of an investigation of lower Tertiary aquifers in the eastern Powder River Basin where coalbed methane is being developed. Ground-water samples were collected from two springs discharging from clinker, eight monitoring wells completed in the Wasatch aquifer, and 13 monitoring or coalbed...
Historical contributions of phosphorus from natural and agricultural sources and implications for stream water quality, Cheney Reservoir watershed, south-central Kansas
Larry M. Pope, Chad R. Milligan, David P. Mau
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4021
An examination of soil cores collected from 43 nonagricultural coring sites in the Cheney Reservoir watershed of south-central Kansas was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in September 1999. The cores were collected as part of an ongoing cooperative study with the city of Wichita, Kansas. The 43 sites (mostly...
Watershed models for decision support in the Yakima River basin, Washington
M. C. Mastin, J. J. Vaccaro
2002, Open-File Report 2002-404
A Decision Support System (DSS) is being developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Reclamation as part of a long-term project, the Watershed and River Systems Management Program. The goal of the program is to apply the DSS to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects in the western...
Hydrology and chemistry of floodwaters in the Yolo Bypass, Sacramento River system, California, during 2000
Laurence E. Schemel, Marisa H. Cox, Stephen W. Hager, Theodore R. Sommer
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4202
Discharges to and floodwaters in the Yolo Bypass were sampled during winter and spring, 2000. The primary purpose of the study was to link changes in water quality in the Yolo Bypass to inflows from the Sacramento River (over Fremont Weir) and from four local streams that discharge to the...
Environmental setting and water-quality issues of the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee
Gregory C. Johnson, Robert E. Kidd, Celeste A. Journey, Humbert Zappia, J. Brian Atkins
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4162
The Mobile River Basin is one of over 50 river basins and aquifer systems being investigated as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. This basin is the sixth largest river basin in the United States, and fourth largest in terms of streamflow, encompassing parts of...
Spatial digital database for the tectonic map of southeast Arizona
Harald Drewes, Robert A. digital database by Fields, Douglas M. Hirschberg, Karen S. Bolm
2002, IMAP 1109
A spatial database was created for Drewes' (1980) tectonic map of southeast Arizona: this database supercedes Drewes and others (2001, ver. 1.0). Staff and a contractor at the U.S. Geological Survey in Tucson, Arizona completed an interim digital geologic map database for the east part of the map in 2001,...
Water Resources Data, New York, Water Year 2001; Volume 1. Eastern New York; Excluding Long Island
Gerard K. Butch, Patricia M. Murray, J.A. Robideau, J. A. Gardner II
2002, Water Data Report NY-01-1
Water resources data for the 2001 water year for New York consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This volume contains records for water discharge at 144 gaging stations; stage only at 10 gaging...
Lithogeochemical character of near-surface bedrock in the New England coastal basins
Gilpin R. Robinson Jr., Joseph D. Ayotte, Denise L. Montgomery, Leslie A. DeSimone
2002, Open-File Report 2002-7
This geographic information system (GIS) data layer shows the generalized lithologic and geochemical, termed lithogeochemical, character of near-surface bedrock in the New England Coastal Basin (NECB) study area of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The area encompasses 23,000 square miles in western and central...
Lake belt study area: High-resolution seismic-reflection survey, Miami-Dade County Florida
Jack L. Kindinger
2002, Open-File Report 2002-325
Executive Summary The Northwest Dade County Freshwater Lake Plan Area (commonly referred to as the Lake Belt Area) is vital to the future planning and development of southeastern Florida. This area is located within one of the most environmentally sensitive parts of the state – the eastern borders of the...
Historical Aerial Photography for the Greater Everglades of South Florida: The 1940, 1:40,000 Photoset
Thomas J. Smith III, Anne M. Foster, Peter R. Briere, Alisa W. Coffin, John Jones, Carson Van Arsdall, Laurinda J. Frye
2002, Open-File Report 2002-327
IntroductionThe Greater Everglades Ecosystem comprises a vast swath of wetlands beginning in central Florida with the headwaters of the Kissimmee River and continuing southward through Lake Okeechobee and then to Florida Bay (Davis 1943). The ecosystem runs some 450 km, north to south, and over 100 km east to west,...
Hydrogeology and leachate plume delineation at a closed municipal landfill, Norman, Oklahoma
Carol Becker
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4168
The City of Norman operated a solid-waste municipal landfill at two sites on the Canadian River alluvium in Cleveland County, Oklahoma from 1970 to 1985. The sites, referred to as the west and east cells of the landfill, were originally excavations in the unconsolidated alluvial deposits and were not lined....
Simulation of runoff and water quality for 1990 and 2008 land-use conditions in the Reedy Creek watershed, east-central Florida
Shaun Wicklein, Donna M. Schiffer
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4018
Hydrologic and water-quality data have been collected within the 177-square-mile Reedy Creek, Florida, watershed, beginning as early as 1939, but the data have not been used to evaluate relations among land use, hydrology, and water quality. A model of the Reedy Creek watershed was developed and applied to the period...
Water-quality data analysis of the upper Gunnison River watershed, Colorado, 1989-99
Jason J. Gurdak, Adrienne I. Greve, Norman E. Spahr
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4001
Water-quality data from October 1969 to December 1999 for both surface water and ground water in the upper Gunnison River watershed were retrieved and compiled from the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Storage and Retrieval databases. Analyses focused primarily on a subset...
Construction and destruction of crinoidal mudmounds on Mississippian Antler forebulge, east of Eureka, Nevada
Charles Sandberg, Forrest G. Poole, Jared R. Morrow
2001, Book chapter, Structure and stratigraphy of the Eureka, Nevada area: Nevada Petroleum Society 2001 summer field trip
No abstract available....
The condition of browse plants at the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch (TRMR)
R.B. Keigley, Gary R. Olson
2001, Report, Statewide Browse Evaluation Project Report No. One – July 2001
The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch (TRM), owned and operated by the Boone and Crockett Club, spans 6,000 acres along the Rocky Mountain East Front. The ranch is located west of Dupuyer, Montana, on the forks of Dupuyer and Scoffin Creeks. Each fall, mule deer migrate from the Bob Marshall Wilderness...
Cytochrome b sequences in black-crowned night-herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) from heronries exposed to genotoxic contaminants
Christopher R. Dahl, John W. Bickham, Jeffery K. Wickliffe, Thomas W. Custer
2001, Ecotoxicology (10) 291-296
DNA sequence analysis of a 215 base-pair region of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene was used to examine genetic variation and search for evidence of an increased mutation rate in black-crowned night-herons. We examined five populations exposed to environmental contamination (primarily PAHs and PCBs) and one reference population from the...
After site selection and before data analysis: sampling, sorting, and laboratory procedures used in stream benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring programs by USA state agencies
James L. Carter, Vincent H. Resh
2001, Journal of the North American Benthological Society (20) 658-682
A survey of methods used by US state agencies for collecting and processing benthic macroinvertebrate samples from streams was conducted by questionnaire; 90 responses were received and used to describe trends in methods. The responses represented an estimated 13,000-15,000 samples collected and processed per year. Kicknet devices were used in...
Pesticides and amphibian population declines in California, USA
Donald W. Sparling, Gary M. Fellers, Laura L. McConnell
2001, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (20) 1591-1595
Several species of anuran amphibians have undergone drastic population declines in the western United States over the last 10 to 15 years. In California, the most severe declines are in the Sierra Mountains east of the Central Valley and downwind of the intensely agricultural San Joaquin Valley. In...
Importance of early successional habitat to ruffed grouse and American woodcock
D.R. Dessecker, D.G. McAuley
2001, Wildlife Society Bulletin (29) 456-465
Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) and American woodcock (Scolopax minor) provide millions of days of recreation each year for people in the eastern United States (U.S). These popular game birds depend on early successional forest habitats throughout much of the year. Ruffed grouse and woodcock populations are declining in...
Nest survival of forest birds in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
D.J. Twedt, R.R. Wilson, J. L. Henne-Kerr, R.B. Hamilton
2001, Journal of Wildlife Management (65) 450-460
In the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, flood control has led to a drastic reduction in the area of forest habitat and altered the patchwork of forest cover types. Silvicultural management of the remaining fragmented forests has changed to reflect the altered hydrology of the forests, current economic conditions of the area,...
Potentiometric surface of the Ozark aquifer in northern Arkansas, 2001
Tony P. Schrader
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4233
The Ozark aquifer in northern Arkansas comprises dolomites, limestones, sandstones, and shales of Late Cambrian to Middle Devonian age, and ranges in thickness from approximately 1,100 feet to more than 4,000 feet. Hydrologically, the aquifer is complex, characterized by disconnected and extensive flow components with large variations in permeability. The potentiometric-surface...
Apparent chlorofluorocarbon age of ground water of the shallow aquifer system, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia
David L. Nelms, George E. Harlow Jr., Allen R. Brockman
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4179
Apparent ages of ground water are useful in the analysis of various components of flow systems, and results of this analysis can be incorporated into investigations of potential pathways of contaminant transport. This report presents the results of a study in 1997 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation...
Status of water levels and selected water-quality conditions in the Mississippi River valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas, 2000
Tony P. Schrader
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4124
During the spring of 2000, water levels were measured in 735 wells completed in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas. Water samples were collected during the summer of 2000 from 151 wells completed in the alluvial aquifer. All samples were measured for specific conductance, and samples from...
Hydrodynamic and suspended-solids concentration measurements in Suisun Bay, California, 1995
Jay I. Cuetara, Jon R. Burau, David H. Schoellhamer
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4086
Sea level, current velocity, water temperature, salinity (computed from conductivity and temperature), and suspended-solids data collected in Suisun Bay, California, from May 30, 1995, through October 27, 1995, by the U.S. Geological Survey are documented in this report. Data were collected concurrently at 21 sites. Various parameters were measured at...
