A preliminary evaluation of vertical separation between production intervals of coalbed-methane wells and water-supply wells in the Raton basin, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, Colorado, 1999-2004
Kenneth R. Watts
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5109
The Raton Basin in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico is undergoing increased development of its coalbed-methane resources. Annual production of methane from coalbeds in the Raton Basin in Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, Colorado, increased from about 28,000,000 thousand cubic feet from 478 wells to about 80,000,000 thousand cubic...
Publications of the Volcano Hazards Program 2004
Manuel Nathenson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1102
The Volcano Hazards Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is part of the Geologic Hazards Assessments subactivity as funded by Congressional appropriation. Investigations are carried out in the Geology and Hydrology Disciplines of the USGS and with cooperators at the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, University of...
Ground-water quality data in the north San Francisco Bay hydrologic provinces, California, 2004: Results from the California Ground-water Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) program
Justin T. Kulongoski, Kenneth Belitz, Barbara J. Dawson
2006, Data Series 167
Ground-water quality in the ~1,000 square-mile (mi2) North San Francisco Bay study unit was investigated from August to November, 2004, as part of the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) program. Samples were collected from 89 public-supply wells, 7 hydrothermal wells, and 1 hydrothermal spring in Napa, Sonoma and...
Investigation of the hydrologic monitoring network of the Willcox and Douglas Basins of southeastern Arizona: A project of the Rural Watershed Initiative
A.D. Konieczki
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3055
In 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR), began an investigation of the geology and hydrology of the Willcox and Douglas Basins (primarily focusing on the hydrologic monitoring network) as part of the Rural Watershed Initiative (RWI). The purpose of this...
Hydrogeochemical investigations in the Osgood Mountains, north-central Nevada
Richard B. Wanty, Byron R. Berger, Michele L. Tuttle, Paul H. Briggs, Allen L. Meier, James G. Crock, Lisa L. Stillings
2006, Bulletin 2210-B
Field investigations performed in the Osgood Mountains during the summers of 1999 and 2000 were designed to test methods of combining geologic, hydrologic, and geochemical investigations. The goals were to develop a more thorough understanding of the movement of water through the study area and to understand the water-rock reactions...
Simulated water budgets and ground-water/surface-water interactions in Bushkill and parts of Monocacy Creek watersheds, Northampton County, Pennsylvania: A preliminary study with identification of data needs
Dennis W. Risser
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1143
This report, prepared in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Mineral Resources Management, provides a preliminary analysis of water budgets and generalized ground-water/surface-water interactions for Bushkill and parts of Monocacy Creek watersheds in Northampton County, Pa., by use of a ground-water flow model. Bushkill Creek watershed was...
Science to support adaptive habitat management: Overton Bottoms North Unit, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Missouri
Robert B. Jacobson, editor(s)
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5086
Extensive efforts are underway along the Lower Missouri River to rehabilitate ecosystem functions in the channel and flood plain. Considerable uncertainty inevitably accompanies ecosystem restoration efforts, indicating the benefits of an adaptive management approach in which management actions are treated as experiments, and results provide information to feed back into...
Water resources data, New Jersey, water year 2005. Volume 1 - surface-water data
B.T. White, H.L. Hoppe, G.L. Centinaro, J.F. Dudek, B.S. Painter, A.R. Protz, T.J. Reed, J.C. Shvanda, A.F. Watson
2006, Water Data Report NJ-05-1
Water-resources data for the 2005 water year for New Jersey are presented in three volumes, and consists of records of stage, discharge, and water-quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water-quality of ground water. Volume 1 contains discharge records for 103 gaging stations;...
Water resources data, New Jersey, water year 2005.Volume 2 - ground-water data
Walter D. Jones
2006, Water Data Report NJ-05-2
Water-resources data for the 2005 water year for New Jersey are presented in three volumes, and consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams: stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 2 contains a summary...
Monitored natural attenuation of chlorinated solvents: Moving beyond reductive dechlorination
Karen M. Vangelas, Brian B. Looney, Tom O. Early, Tyler Gilmore, Francis H. Chapelle, Karen M. Adams, Claire H. Sink
2006, Remediation Journal (16) 5-23
Monitored natural attenuation (MNA), while a remedy of choice for many sites, can be challenging when the contaminants are chlorinated solvents. Even with many high-quality technical guidance references available, there continue to be challenges implementing MNA at some chlorinated solvent sites. The U.S. Department of Energy, as one organization facing...
Freshwater and saline loads of dissolved inorganic nitrogen to Hood Canal and Lynch Cove, western Washington
Anthony J. Paulson, Christopher P. Konrad, Lonna M. Frans, Marlene Noble, Carol Kendall, Edward G. Josberger, Raegan L. Huffman, Theresa D. Olsen
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5106
Hood Canal is a long (110 kilometers), deep (175 meters) and narrow (2 to 4 kilometers wide) fjord of Puget Sound in western Washington. The stratification of a less dense, fresh upper layer of the water column causes the cold, saltier lower layer of the water column to be isolated...
User's guide to the Variably Saturated Flow (VSF) process to MODFLOW
R. Brad Thoms, Richard L. Johnson, Richard W. Healy
2006, Techniques and Methods 6-A18
A new process for simulating three-dimensional (3-D) variably saturated flow (VSF) using Richards' equation has been added to the 3-D modular finite-difference ground-water model MODFLOW. Five new packages are presented here as part of the VSF Process--the Richards' Equation Flow (REF1) Package, the Seepage Face (SPF1) Package, the Surface Ponding...
Geology, ground-water hydrology, geochemistry, and ground-water simulation of the Beaumont and Banning Storage Units, San Gorgonio Pass area, Riverside County, California
Diane L. Rewis, Allen H. Christensen, Jonathan Matti, Joseph A. Hevesi, Tracy Nishikawa, Peter Martin
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5026
Ground water has been the only source of potable water supply for residential, industrial, and agricultural users in the Beaumont and Banning storage units of the San Gorgonio Pass area, Riverside County, California. Ground-water levels in the Beaumont area have declined as much as 100 feet between the early 1920s...
Assessment of hydrologic and water quality data collected in Abbotts Lagoon watershed, Point Reyes National Seashore, California, during water years 1999 and 2000
Charles R. Kratzer, Dina K. Saleh, Celia Zamora
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5261
Abbotts Lagoon is part of Point Reyes National Seashore, located about 40 miles northwest of San Francisco and about 20 miles south of Bodega Bay. Water-quality samples were collected quarterly during water year 1999 at a site in each of three connected lagoons that make up Abbotts Lagoon and at...
Rainfall, runoff, and water-quality data for the urban storm-water program in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan area, water year 2004
Todd Kelly, Orlando Romero, Mike Jimenez
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1105
Urbanization has dramatically increased precipitation runoff to the system of drainage channels and natural stream channels in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan area. Rainfall and runoff data are important for planning and designing future storm-water conveyance channels in newly developing areas. Storm-water quality also is monitored in accordance with the...
Quantification of mass loading to Strawberry Creek near the Gilt Edge mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota, June 2003
Briant A. Kimball, Robert L. Runkel, Katherine Walton-Day, Joyce E. Williamson
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5006
Although remedial actions have taken place at the Gilt Edge mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota, questions remain about a possible hydrologic connection along shear zones between some of the pit lakes at the mine site and Strawberry Creek. Spatially detailed chemical sampling of stream and inflow sites...
Magnetotelluric data collected near geophysically logged boreholes in the Española and Middle Rio Grande Basins, New Mexico
Jackie M. Williams, Brian D. Rodriguez
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1120
The Santa Fe region is growing rapidly. The Santa Fe Group aquifer in the Española Basin is the main source of municipal water for the region, and water shortfalls could have serious consequences. Future growth and land management in the region depend on accurate assessment and protection of the region's...
Geologic and hydrogeologic framework of the Espa?ola basin -- Proceedings of the 5th annual Espa?ola basin workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 7-8, 2006
Kevin C. McKinney
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1134
This report presents abstracts of technical studies that are focused on the hydrogeologic framework of the Espa?ola basin, a major subbasin of the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift. The Rio Grande, Rio Chama, Santa Fe River, and their tributaries carry important surface water in the Espa?ola basin. Sediments and interbedded volcanic...
GoPhast: A graphical user interface for PHAST
Richard B. Winston
2006, Techniques and Methods 6-A20
GoPhast is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the USGS model PHAST. PHAST simulates multicomponent, reactive solute transport in three-dimensional, saturated, ground-water flow systems. PHAST can model both equilibrium and kinetic geochemical reactions. PHAST is derived from HST3D (flow and transport) and PHREEQC (geochemical calculations). The flow and transport calculations...
Estimation of shallow ground-water recharge in the Great Lakes basin
B.P. Neff, A.R. Piggott, R. A. Sheets
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5284
This report presents the results of the first known integrated study of long-term average ground-water recharge to shallow aquifers (generally less than 100 feet deep) in the United States and Canada for the Great Lakes, upper St. Lawrence, and Ottawa River Basins. The approach used was consistent throughout the study...
Sinkhole flooding in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, 2001-02
Mike Bradley, Gregg Edward Hileman
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5281
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, conducted an investigation from January 2001 through April 2002 to delineate sinkholes and sinkhole watersheds in the Murfreesboro area and to characterize the hydrologic response of sinkholes to major rainfall events. Terrain analysis was used to define sinkholes...
Effects of spatially variable resolution on field-scale estimates of tracer concentration from electrical inversions using Archie's law
Kamini Singha, Steven M. Gorelick
2006, Geophysics (71) G83-G91
Two important mechanisms affect our ability to estimate solute concentrations quantitatively from the inversion of field-scale electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) data: (1) the spatially variable physical processes that govern the flow of current as well as the variation of physical properties in space and (2) the overparameterization of inverse models,...
Evaluation of hydrologic conditions and nitrate concentrations in the Rio Nigua de Salinas alluvial fan aquifer, Salinas, Puerto Rico, 2002-03
Jose M. Rodriguez
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5062
A ground-water quality study to define the potential sources and concentration of nitrate in the Rio Nigua de Salinas alluvial fan aquifer was conducted between January 2002 and March 2003. The study area covers about 3,600 hectares of the coastal plain within the municipality of Salinas in southern Puerto Rico,...
Suspended-sediment yields and stream-channel processes on Judy's Branch watershed in the St. Louis Metro East region in Illinois
Timothy D. Straub, Gary P. Johnson, Donald P. Roseboom, Carlos R. Sierra
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5016
Judy's Branch watershed, a small basin (8.64 square miles) in the St. Louis Metro East region in Illinois, was selected as a pilot site to determine suspended-sediment yields and stream-channel processes in the bluffs and American Bottoms (expansive low-lying valley floor in the region). Suspended-sediment and stream-chan-nel data collected and...
Continuous hydrologic simulation and flood-frequency, hydraulic, and flood-hazard analysis of the Blackberry Creek watershed, Kane County, Illinois
David T. Soong, Timothy D. Straub, Elizabeth A. Murphy
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5270
Results of hydrologic model, flood-frequency, hydraulic model, and flood-hazard analysis of the Blackberry Creek watershed in Kane County, Illinois, indicate that the 100-year and 500-year flood plains range from approximately 25 acres in the tributary F watershed (a headwater subbasin at the northeastern corner of the watershed) to almost 1,800...
