Analysis of aquifer framework and hydraulic properties of Lovelock Valley, Lovelock, Nevada
Cara A. Nadler
2019, Open-File Report 2019-1133
Multiple aquifer tests were conducted in Lovelock, Nevada, to determine hydraulic conductivity and storage properties to be used with the numerical groundwater flow model of the lower Humboldt River Basin while accounting for the influence of surface features with a modeling component. The numerical model will ultimately provide the Nevada...
Seismic evaluation of shallow-depth structure, faulting, and groundwater variations across the Dos Palmas Preserve, Riverside County, California
Rufus D. Catchings, Mark R. Goldman, Joanne H. Chan, Robert R. Sickler, Michael J. Rymer, Coyn J. Criley
2019, Open-File Report 2019-1130
IntroductionDos Palmas Preserve is a Colorado Desert oasis and wetland in Riverside County, California, located near the base of the Orocopia Mountains and northeast of the Salton Sea. The original source of water for the oasis was artesian springs that developed at the base of the Orocopia Mountains, but more...
Assessment of existing groundwater quality data in the Green-Duwamish watershed, Washington
Craig A. Senter, Kathleen E. Conn, Robert W. Black, Wendy B. Welch, Elisabeth T. Fasser
2019, Open-File Report 2019-1131
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical support to the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) in their assessment of the role groundwater plays in contributing pollutant loading to the Green-Duwamish River near Seattle, Washington. Ecology is developing watershed hydrology models of the Green-Duwamish watershed, and need to assign...
Limited detection of antibodies to clade 2.3.4.4 A/Goose/Guangdong/1/1996 lineage highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza virus in North American waterfowl
David E. Stallknecht, Clara Kienzle-Dean, Nick Davis-Fields, Christopher S. Jennelle, Andrew S. Bowman, Jacqueline M. Nolting, Walter Boyce, James Crum, Jefferson Santos, Justin D. Brown, Diann Prosser, Susan E.W. De La Cruz, Joshua T. Ackerman, Michael L. Casazza, Scott Krauss, Daniel Perez, Andrew M. Ramey, Rebecca L. Poulson
2019, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (56) 47-57
During 2014, highly pathogenic (HP) influenza A viruses (IAVs) of the A/Goose/Guangdong/1/1996 lineage (GsGD-HP-H5), originating from Asia, were detected in domestic poultry and wild birds in Canada and the US. These clade 2.3.4.4 GsGD-HP-H5 viruses included reassortants possessing North American lineage gene segments; were detected in wild birds in the...
Estimating sediment flux to Jamaica Bay, New York
Richard A. Cartwright, Amy E. Simonson
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5085
Tidal wetland loss in Jamaica Bay, New York, is well documented. Maintaining wetlands is important from an environmental and ecological perspective and because wetlands buffer coastal communities from storm damage. An estimate of suspended-sediment flux through Rockaway Inlet is needed to improve understanding of sediment dynamics in Jamaica Bay and...
Managing effects of drought and other water resource challenges in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest
Jessica E. Halofsky, Jeremy S. Littell, David L. Peterson, Gregory D. Hayward, Rebecca Gravenmier
2019, Report, Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: Translating science into management responses
This is a Cooperator Report. As such, there is no specific abstract. The physical, ecological, and social environments of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest (PNW) region of the United States are extremely diverse. Alaska ranges from the Arctic Ocean and the very cold, dry environments of the North Slope to the...
Council monitoring and assessment program (CMAP) compilation of existing habitat and water quality monitoring and mapping assessments for the Gulf of Mexico Region
NOAA, United States Geological Survey, Julie Bosch, Heidi Burkart, Bogdan Chivoiu, Randy Clark, Chris Clement, Nicholas Enwright, Steve Giordano, Chris Jeffrey, Ed Johnson, Rheannon M. Hart, Sarah Davidson Hile, Jacob Howell, Claudia Laurenzano, Michael T. Lee, Terrence A. McCloskey, Terry McTigue, Michelle B. Meyers, Scott V. Mize, Mark E. Monaco, Kevin Owen, Richard A. Rebich, Samuel H. Rendon, Ali Robertson, Thomas Sample, Gregory D. Steyer, Kevin J. Suir, Christopher M. Swarzenski, Katie Watson
2019, NOAA Technical Memorandum 269
This report is a deliverable to the RESTORE Council for Task 7: Document the existing baseline habitat and water quality conditions prior to implementation of the restoration projects; these baseline conditions will serve as a basis for measuring change/progress after restoration. It is the second in a series of CMAP...
Element cycling in the Middle-Late Triassic Shublik Formation: Mineralization vs. recycling of biolimiting nutrients in an unconventional resource play
Katherine J. Whidden, Julie A. Dumoulin, James Macquaker, Justin E. Birdwell, Adam Boehlke, Katherine L. French
2019, Conference Paper, New directions in geosciences for unconventional resources
The Triassic Shublik Formation in northern Alaska is one of the major source rocks in North America, having generated much of the petroleum in Prudhoe Bay and associated fields. The middle Shublik Formation, the focus of this study, is a highly phosphatic, organic-rich carbonate mudstone interval. Apatite cements can occur...
Managed aquifer recharge in snow-fed river basins: What, why and how?
Kelley Sterle, Wesley Kitlasten, Eric D. Morway, Richard G. Niswonger, Loretta Singletary
2019, Fact Sheet 19-10
What does climate change mean for snow-fed river basins?Climate change poses unique challenges in snow-fed river basins across the western United States because the majority of water supply originates as snow (Dettinger, Udall, & Georgakakos, 2015). In the Sierra Nevada, recent observations include changes in snow accumulation and snowmelt, and...
Hydrogeologic framework of the Treasure Valley and surrounding area, Idaho and Oregon
James R. Bartolino
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5138
Most of the population of the Treasure Valley and the surrounding area of southwestern Idaho and easternmost Oregon depends on groundwater for domestic supply, either from domestic or municipal-supply wells. As of 2017, 41 percent of Idaho’s population was concentrated in Idaho’s portion of the Treasure Valley, and current and...
Preliminary assessment of shallow groundwater chemistry near Goodell Creek, North Cascades National Park, Washington
Rich W. Sheibley, James R. Foreman
2019, Open-File Report 2019-1144
Goodell Creek is located within North Cascades National Park and is high-quality habitat for Chinook salmon, which are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The creation of a levee near the mouth of the creek where it enters the Skagit River has cut off the historical flood plain...
Iodine-129 in the Eastern Snake River Plain aquifer at and near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, 2017–18
Neil V. Maimer, Roy C. Bartholomay
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5133
From 1953 to 1988, approximately 0.941 curies of iodine-129 (129I) were contained in wastewater generated at the Idaho National Laboratory, with almost all of it discharged at or near the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC). Until 1984, most of the wastewater was discharged directly into the eastern Snake...
Status and trends of pelagic prey fish in Lake Huron, 2018
Timothy P. O’Brien, Steve A. Farha, David Warner, Peter C. Esselman, Kristy Phillips, Steven Lenart, Chris Olds
2019, Conference Paper
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center conducted integrated acoustic and mid-water trawl surveys of Lake Huron annually from 2004-2018. The 2018 survey was conducted during September and included transects in Lake Huron’s main basin, Georgian Bay, and North Channel. Mean lake-wide pelagic fish density was 1532...
The US Geological Survey’s Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)—Providing framework geologic, geophysical, and elevation data to the nation’s critical mineral-bearing regions
Warren C. Day, Benjamin J. Drenth, Anne E. McCafferty, Anjana K. Shah, David A. Ponce, James V. Jones III, V. J. Grauch
2019, Newsletter
New detailed mapping of the geologic resources of the Nation has the potential to significantly close the gap in the essential data needed to fuel a modern era of economic development and technological innovation, while at the same time dramatically enhancing our understanding of the fundamental way geology impacts everyday...
Off-channel waterbodies in the Middle Mississippi River: A pilot investigation
Molly Sobotka, John West
2019, Report
Off-channel and floodplain water bodies are important components of large river ecosystems while rare within the Middle Mississippi River. The lack of these habitats likely influences water quality, nutrient processing, and communities of organisms. In early 2016 a major flood event breached two levees south of Cape Girardeau, MO resulting...
Identifying characteristics of actionable science for drought planning and adaptation: Final report to the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Adam Wilke, Amanda E. Cravens
2019, Report
Changing climate conditions can make water management planning and drought preparedness decisions more complicated than ever before. Resource managers can no longer rely solely on historical data and trends to base their actions, and are in need of science that is relevant to their specific needs and can directly inform...
USGS telemetry database and analyses in support of SEAcarP
Brent C. Knights, Marybeth K. Brey, Jessica C. Stanton, Travis J. Harrison, Timothy J. Fox, Enrika Hlavacek, James J. Duncker
2019, Report, 2019 Interim summary report: Asian carp monitoring and response plan
No abstract available....
USGS real-time telemetry in support of management
Brent C. Knights, Marybeth K. Brey, Douglas Appel, Travis J. Harrison, James J. Duncker
2019, Report, 2019 Interim summary report: Asian carp monitoring and response plan
No abstract available....
Quantifying erosion rates by using terrestrial laser scanning at Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, Nevada County, California, 2014–17
James F. Howle, Charles N. Alpers, Alfred J. Ward, Sandra Bond, Jennifer A. Curtis
2019, Open-File Report 2019-1124
The abandoned hydraulic mine pit at Malakoff Diggins near Grass Valley, California, can produce large volumes of eroded sediment transportable by storm runoff. Sediment-laden water discharged from the pit is a major source of heavy metals to Humbug Creek and the South Yuba River. To develop a comprehensive sediment budget...
Status and trends in the Lake Superior fish community, 2019
Mark R. Vinson, Lori M. Evrard, Owen Gorman, Caroline Lynn Rosinski, Daniel Yule
2019, Report
The Lake Superior fish community was sampled in 2019 with daytime bottom trawls at 76 nearshore and 35 offshore stations distributed throughout the lake. In the nearshore zone, 25,131 fish from 24 species or morphotypes were collected. The number of species collected at nearshore stations ranged from 0 to 15,...
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) climate scenario planning pilot report
Diane Borggaard, Dori Dick, Jonathan Star, Mike Alexander, M. Bernier, Matt Collins, Kelly Damon-Randall, Robert W. Dudley, Roger Roger Griffis, Sean Hayes, Mike Johnson, Dan Kircheis, John Kocik, Benjamin Letcher, Nate Mantua, Wendy Morrison, Keith Nislow, Vince Saba, R. Saunders, Tim Sheehan, Michelle D. Staudinger
2019, Greater Atlantic Region Pollicy Series 19-05
Scenario planning is a structured process that embraces uncertainty and explores plausible alternative future conditions under different assumptions to help manage risk and prioritize actions ( Schwartz 1996, Peterson et al. 2003). It has been used by a variety of organizations to explore and help prepare...
Stream corridor sources of suspended sediment and phosphorus from an agricultural tributary to the Great Lakes
Faith A. Fitzpatrick, James D. Blount, Leah Kammel, David L. Hoover, Allen C. Gellis, Barbara C. Scudder Eikenberry
2019, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SEDHYD 2019
Fine-grained sediment and phosphorous are major contaminants in the Great Lakes and their tributaries. Plum Creek, Wisconsin (92 km2), a tributary to the Lower Fox River, has a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requiring reductions of suspended sediment and phosphorus loading by 70% and 77%, respectively. In 2016-18, an...
Transmissivity and geophysical data for selected wells at and near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, 2017–18
Brian V. Twining, Neil V. Maimer
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5134
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, conducted aquifer tests during 2017–18 on 101 wells at and near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, to define the hydraulic characteristics for individual wells. These were short-duration aquifer tests, conducted with a limited number of observations during routine...
Geomorphic controls on hyporheic exchange across scales - Watersheds to particles
Steven Wondzell, Skuyler Herzog, Michael Gooseff, Adam S Ward, Noah Schmadel
2019, Book chapter, Treatise on fluvial geomorphology
We examined the relationship between fluvial geomorphology and hyporheic exchange flows. We use geomorphology as a framework to understand hyporheic processes and how these processes change with location within a stream network, and over time in response to changes in stream...
Yellowstone River Compact Commission sixty-eighth annual report 2019
Seth Davidson
2019, Report
No abstract available....
