A regional assessment of salt marsh restoration and monitoring in the Gulf of Maine
R.A. Konisky, D.M. Burdick, M. Dionne, H.A. Neckles
2006, Restoration Ecology (14) 516-525
We compiled salt marsh monitoring datasets from 36 complete or imminent restoration projects in the Gulf of Maine to assess regional monitoring and restoration practices. Data were organized by functional indicators and restoration project types (culvert replacement, excavation works, or ditch plugging) then pooled to generate mean values for...
An interface between the Agricultural Non-Point Source (AGNPS) pollution model and the ERDAS Imagine Geographic Information System (GIS)
Michael P. Finn, E. Lynn Usery, Douglas J. Scheidt, Gregory M. Jaromack, Timothy D. Krupinski
2006, Geographic Information Sciences (12) 10-20
The U.S. Department of Agriculture developed the Agricultural Non-Point Source (AGNPS) pollution model. The AGNPS pollution model simulates the behavior of runoff, sediment, and nutrient transport from watersheds that have agriculture as their prime use. This model has been used extensively by scientists conducting hydrologic or water quality analyses using...
The utility of gravity and magnetic methods for understanding subsurface hydrogeology in large alluvial watersheds: Examples from urbanized basins of the Western United States
V. J. S. Grauch, Victoria Langenheim
2006, Conference Paper, Symposium on the application of geophysics to engineering and environmental problems proceedings
Population continues to grow rapidly within the large alluvial watersheds associated with structural basins of the Basin and Range Province and the Rio Grande rift of the western United States. Increasing demands on ground‐water resources in these basins, combined with water‐rights disputes, have amplified the need for improved understanding of...
Resistivity imaging in eastern Nevada Using the audiomagnetotelluric method for hydrogeologic framework studies
Darcy McPhee, Louise Pellerin, B. A. Churchel, Janet E. Tilden, Gary L. Dixon
2006, Conference Paper, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2006
Inversion of audiomagnetotelluric (AMT) sounding data collected in eastern Nevada shows significant structure within the upper kilometer of the subsurface that defines the geologic framework from which hydrologic models will be developed. We collected AMT data along two profiles in Spring and Cave valleys in 2004–2005, using the Geometrics StrataGem...
Reconnaissance borehole geophysical, geological, and hydrological data from the proposed hydrodynamic compartments of the Culpeper Basin in Loudoun, Prince William, Culpeper, Orange, and Fairfax Counties, Virginia
Michael P. Ryan, Herbert A. Pierce, Carole D. Johnson, David M. Sutphin, David L. Daniels, Joseph P. Smoot, John K. Costain, Cahit Coruh, George E. Harlow Jr.
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1203
The Culpeper basin is part of a much larger system of ancient depressions or troughs, that lie inboard of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and largely within the Applachian Piedmont Geologic Province of eastern North America, and the transition region with the neighboring Blue Ridge Geologic Province. This basin system formed...
USGS Streamgages Linked to the Medium Resolution NHD
David W. Stewart, Alan Rea, David M. Wolock
2006, Data Series 195
The locations of approximately 23,000 current and historical U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in the United States and Puerto Rico (with the exception of Alaska) have been snapped to the medium resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). The NHD contains geospatial information about mapped surface-water features, such as streams, lakes,...
Analysis of the Magnitude and Frequency of Peak Discharges for the Navajo Nation in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico
Scott D. Waltemeyer
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5306
Estimates of the magnitude and frequency of peak discharges are necessary for the reliable flood-hazard mapping in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Navajo Nation requested that the U.S. Geological Survey update estimates of peak...
Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in New York
Richard Lumia, Douglas A. Freehafer, Martyn J. Smith
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5112
Techniques are presented for estimating the magnitude and frequency of flood discharges on rural, unregulated streams in New York, excluding Long Island. Peak-discharge-frequency data and basin characteristics from 388 streamflow-gaging stations in New York and adjacent states were used to develop multiple linear regression equations for flood discharges with recurrence...
Drainage Areas of Selected Streams in Virginia
Donald C. Hayes, Ute Wiegand
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1308
Drainage areas were determined for more than 1,600 basins in the three major river basins of Virginia -- the North Atlantic Slope, South Atlantic Slope, and Ohio River Basins. Drainage areas range from 0.004 square mile to 7,866 square miles. A geographic information system was used to digitize and store...
The Response of Suspended Sediment, Turbidity, and Velocity to Historical Alterations of the Missouri River
Dale W. Blevins
2006, Circular 1301
The heavy sediment load and large amounts of floating debris generated by the constantly caving banks of the Missouri River was documented in the first written description of the river by Father Jacques Marquette in 1673 as he approached the mouth of the Missouri River from the upper Mississippi River:...
Water Quality, Hydrology, and Response to Changes in Phosphorus Loading of Nagawicka Lake, a Calcareous Lake in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Herbert S. Garn, Dale M. Robertson, William J. Rose, Gerald L. Goddard, Judy A. Horwatich
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5273
Nagawicka Lake is a 986-acre, usually mesotrophic, calcareous lake in southeastern Wisconsin. Because of concern over potential water-quality degradation of the lake associated with further development in its watershed, a study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey from 2002 to 2006 to describe the water quality and hydrology of...
Ground-water-quality data for a treated-wastewater plume undergoing natural restoration, Ashumet Valley, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Jennifer G. Savoie, Richard L. Smith, Douglas B. Kent, Kathryn M. Hess, Denis R. LeBlanc, Larry B. Barber
2006, Data Series 198
A plume of contaminated ground water extends from former disposal beds at the Massachusetts Military Reservation wastewater-treatment plant toward Ashumet Pond, and farther southward toward coastal ponds and Vineyard Sound, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Treated sewage-derived wastewater was discharged to the rapid-infiltration beds for nearly 60 years before the disposal site...
Statewide analysis of the drainage-area ratio method for 34 streamflow percentile ranges in Texas
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel, Joseph Vrabel
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5286
The drainage-area ratio method commonly is used to estimate streamflow for sites where no streamflow data are available using data from one or more nearby streamflow-gaging stations. The method is intuitive and straightforward to implement and is in widespread use by analysts and managers of surface-water resources. The method equates...
Occurrence and transport of agricultural chemicals in Leary Weber Ditch Basin, Hancock County, Indiana, 2003-04
Nancy T. Baker, Wesley W. Stone, John T. Wilson, Michael T. Meyer
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5251
Leary Weber Ditch Basin, Hancock County, Indiana, is one of seven first-order basins selected from across the United States as part of the Agricultural Chemicals: Source, Transport, and Fate study conducted by the National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. The nationwide study was designed to increase the...
Simulated Effects of Seasonal Ground-Water Pumpage for Irrigation on Hydrologic Conditions in the Lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Southwestern Georgia and Parts of Alabama and Florida, 1999-2002
L. Elliott Jones, Lynn J. Torak
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5234
To determine the effects of seasonal ground-water pumpage for irrigation, a finite-element ground-water flow model was developed for the Upper Floridan aquifer in the lower Flint River Basin area, including adjacent parts of the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola River Basins. The model simulates withdrawal from the aquifer at 3,280 irrigation, municipal,...
Kendall-Theil Robust Line (KTRLine--version 1.0)-A Visual Basic Program for Calculating and Graphing Robust Nonparametric Estimates of Linear-Regression Coefficients Between Two Continuous Variables
Gregory E. Granato
2006, Techniques and Methods 4-A7
The Kendall-Theil Robust Line software (KTRLine-version 1.0) is a Visual Basic program that may be used with the Microsoft Windows operating system to calculate parameters for robust, nonparametric estimates of linear-regression coefficients between two continuous variables. The KTRLine software was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the...
Hydrogeomorphic Classification of Wetlands on Mt. Desert Island, Maine, Including Hydrologic Susceptibility Factors for Wetlands in Acadia National Park
Martha G. Nielsen
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5162
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, developed a hydrogeomorphic (HGM) classification system for wetlands greater than 0.4 hectares (ha) on Mt. Desert Island, Maine, and applied this classification using map-scale data to more than 1,200 mapped wetland units on the island. In addition, two hydrologic...
Flood Study of Warren Brook in Alstead and Cold River in Alstead, Langdon, and Walpole, New Hampshire, 2005
Robert H. Flynn
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1313
This report presents water-surface elevations and profiles as determined using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) one-dimensional Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System, also known as HEC-RAS. Steady flow water-surface profiles were developed for two stream reaches: the Cold River from its confluence with the Connecticut River in Walpole,...
Hydrology and simulation of ground-water flow, Lake Point, Tooele County, Utah
Lynette E. Brooks
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5310
Water for new residential development in Lake Point, Utah may be supplied by public-supply wells completed in consolidated rock on the east side of Lake Point. Ground-water flow models were developed to help understand the effect the proposed withdrawal will have on water levels, flowing-well discharge, spring discharge, and ground-water...
Evaporation from Lake Mead, Arizona and Nevada, 1997-99
Craig L. Westenburg, Guy A. DeMeo, Daron J. Tanko
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5252
Lake Mead is one of a series of large Colorado River reservoirs operated and maintained by the Bureau of Reclamation. The Colorado River system of reservoirs and diversions is an important source of water for millions of people in seven Western States and Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation...
Development of land segmentation, stream-reach network, and watersheds in support of hydrological simulation program: Fortran (HSPF) modeling, Chesapeake Bay watershed, and adjacent parts of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia
Sarah K. Martucci, Jennifer L. Krstolic, Jeff P. Raffensperger, Katharine J. Hopkins
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5073
The U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Office, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, Maryland Department of the Environment, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are collaborating on the Chesapeake Bay...
Nutrient Concentrations, Loads, and Yields in the Eucha-Spavinaw Basin, Arkansas and Oklahoma, 2002-2004
Robert L. Tortorelli
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5250
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, uses Lake Eucha and Spavinaw Lake in the Eucha-Spavinaw basin in northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma for public water supply. Taste and odor problems in the water attributable to blue-green algae have increased in frequency over time. Changes in the algae community in the lakes...
Wave interferometry applied to borehole radar data: Virtual monostatic and multi-offset reflection profiling
Lanbo Liu, John W. Lane Jr., Lieyuan Zhu
2006, Conference Paper, GPR 200: 11th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar
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Solute transport processes
A. Kemna, Andrew Binley, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Andreas Englert, Bulent Tezkan, Jan Vanderborght, Harry Vereecken, Peter Winship
2006, Book chapter
Soils and aquifers are major compartments of the subsurface environment, which together control the terrestrial hydrological cycle. This subsurface is important for water resources and also as repository for municipal, industrial, and government waste. Aquifers are typically recharged by natural rainfall entering the soil profile and leaching into deeper soil...
Response of Everglades tree islands to environmental change
Debra A. Willard, Christopher E. Bernhardt, Charles W. Holmes, Bryan Landacre, Marci E. Marot
2006, Ecological Monographs (76) 565-583
Tree islands are centers of biodiversity within the Florida Everglades, USA, but the factors controlling their distribution, formation, and development are poorly understood. We use pollen assemblages from tree islands throughout the greater Everglades ecosystem to reconstruct the timing of tree island formation, patterns of development, and response to specific...
