Proceedings of the Ninth American Woodcock Symposium
Daniel G. McAuley, John G. Bruggink, Greg F. Sepik
2000, Information and Technology Report 2000-0009
The Ninth Woodcock Symposium was held January 26-28, 1997 in Baton Rough, Louisiana. Contents include: American Woodcock Management, Past, Present, and Future; Current Population Status and Likely Future Trends for American Woodcock; American Woodcock Use of Reclaimed Surface Mines in West Virginia; Food Habits and Preferences of American Woodcock in...
Water Resources Data, New York, Water Year 1999, Volume 1. Eastern New York Excluding Long Island
Gerard K. Butch, Patricia M. Murray, Thomas P. Suro, Jay F. Weigel
2000, Water Data Report NY-99-1
Water resources data for the 1999 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 137 gaging stations; stage only at 11 gaging...
Fish communities and their relation to environmental factors in the eastern Iowa basins in Iowa and Minnesota, 1996
Daniel J. Sullivan
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4194
Fish community data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at 12 sites in 1996 in the Wapsipinicon, the Cedar, the Iowa, and the Skunk River Basins in eastern Iowa. The study was done as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the USGS. This report presents an...
Stratigraphic sections and equivalent uranium (eU), Meade Peak phosphatic shale member of Permian Phosphoria Formation, east-central part of Rasmussen Ridge, Caribou County, Idaho
Russell G. Tysdal, R. I. Grauch, G. A. Desborough, J. R. Herring
2000, Open-File Report 99-20-C
No abstract available....
Potentiometric surfaces of aquifers in the Cockfield Formation in southeastern Arkansas and the Wilcox Group in southern and northeastern Arkansas, 2000
Tony P. Schrader, Robert L. Joseph
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4206
The Cockfield and lower Wilcox aquifers are sources of water for local use in southern and northeastern Arkansas, where in 1995 more than 51 million gallons per day of water was withdrawn. During January through April 2000, 54 water-level measurements were made in wells completed in the Cockfield aquifer, 13...
Water-Resources Investigations in Wisconsin, 2000
Diane E. Maertz
2000, Open-File Report 2000-251
The statewide average precipitation of 36.00 inches for the 1999 water year was 4.35 inches greater than the normal annual precipitation of 31.65 inches for water years 1961-90. Average precipitation values ranged from 83 percent of normal at both the Rosholt 9 NNE weather station in north central Wisconsin and...
Geologic map of the Palisade quadrangle, Mesa County, Colorado
Paul E. Carrara
2000, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2326
The Palisade 1:24,000 quadrangle is in Mesa County in western Colorado. Because the map area is dominated by various surficial deposits, the map depicts 22 different Quaternary units. Two prominent river terraces are present in the quadrangle containing gravels deposited by the Colorado River. The map area contains many mass...
Ground-water flow and contributing areas to public-supply wells in Kingsford and Iron Mountain, Michigan
Carol L. Luukkonen, David B. Westjohn
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4226
The cities of Kingsford and Iron Mountain are in the southwestern part of Dickinson County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Residents and businesses in these cites rely primarily on ground water from aquifers in glacial deposits. Glacial deposits generally consist of an upper terrace sand-and-gravel unit and a lower...
Methodology for estimating nutrient loads discharged from the east coast canals to Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Arthur C. Lietz
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4094
No abstract available....
Stratigraphic framework of upper Paleozoic rocks, southeastern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
E.H. Baltz, D.A. Myers
1999, Report, Memoir 48
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains of south-central Colorado and north-central New Mexico are the physiographic expression of a southerly trending Cenozoic structural uplift that plunges gently south to die out in the Great Plains south of Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico. The uplift is bounded on the west...
Large-scale studies of marked birds in North America
John Tautin, L. Metras, Graham W. Smith
1999, Bird Study (46) S271-S278
The first large-scale, co-operative, studies of marked birds in North America were attempted in the 1950s. Operation Recovery, which linked numerous ringing stations along the east coast in a study of autumn migration of passerines, and the Preseason Duck Ringing Programme in prairie states and provinces, conclusively demonstrated the...
Density and habitat of breeding Swallow-tailed Kites in the lower Suwannee ecosystem, Florida
P.W. Sykes Jr., C. B. Kepler, K.L. Litzenberger, H.R. Sansing, E.T.R. Lewis, Jeff S. Hatfield
1999, Journal of Field Ornithology (70) 321-336
Historically the Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) bred in the United States in at least 16 eastern states. Currently it is restricted to seven southeastern states, with most of its breeding range in Florida. Breeding Bird Surveys indicate a declining trend for this Neotropical migrant in most of Florida....
Role of banding in forest conservation strategy in eastern Guatemala
C.S. Robbins, B.A. Dowell, I. Arias, A. Cerezo B.
1999, North American Bird Bander (24) 93-94(abs)
In response to a request from FUNDAECO, a Guatemalan non-government organization, we worked with them to develop a conservation strategy for the Cerro San Gil Protected Area and surrounding private lands. Volunteer banders from a dozen states and Canadian provinces assisted in long-term monitoring of populations of resident and migratory...
A petrographical and geochemical study of quartzose nodules, country rocks, and dike rocks from the Upheaval Dome structure, Utah
C. Koeberl, J. B. Plescia, C.L. Hayward, W.U. Reimold
1999, Meteoritics and Planetary Science (34) 861-868
Upheaval Dome, in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, is a unique structure on the Colorado Plateau. It has earlier been interpreted as an impact structure or as a pinched-off salt diapir. Some subrounded quartzose fragments were found in a ring depression near the eastern margin of the structure and, based...
High-resolution seismic reflection/refraction imaging from Interstate 10 to Cherry Valley Boulevard, Cherry Valley, Riverside County, California: Implications for water resources and earthquake hazards
G. Gandhok, R. D. Catchings, M. R. Goldman, E. Horta, M. J. Rymer, P. Martin, A. Christensen
1999, Open-File Report 99-320
This report is the second of two reports on seismic imaging investigations conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) during the summers of 1997 and 1998 in the Cherry Valley area in California (Figure 1a). In the first report (Catchings et al., 1999), data and interpretations were presented for four...
Summary of water-quality data for City of Albuquerque drinking-water supply wells, 1988-97
Laura M. Bexfield, William E. Lindberg, Scott K. Anderholm
1999, Open-File Report 99-195
The City of Albuquerque has collected and analyzed more than 5,000 water-quality samples from 113 water-supply wells in the Albuquerque area, including many drinking-water supply wells, since May of 1988. As a result, a large water-quality data base has been compiled that includes data for major ions, nutrients, trace elements,...
Thickness of unconsolidated deposits in the towns of Solon and Taylor, Cortland County, New York
Todd S. Miller
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4197
IntroductionSiting of waste-disposal facilities in Cortland County poses a potential threat to local ground-water resources. An especially sensitive waste-disposal siting issue arose in 1988, when the New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission (NYSLLWSC) identified 15 sites in six towns (Towns of Solon, Taylor, Freetown, Cincinnatus, Marathon, and Willet)...
Digital data for the geologic framework of the Alaska Peninsula, southwest Alaska, and the Alaska Peninsula terrane
Frederic H. Wilson, Robert L. Detterman, Gregory D. DuBois
1999, Open-File Report 99-317
These digital databases are the result of the compilation and reinterpretation of published and unpublished 1:250,000- and 1:63,360-scale mapping. The map area covers approximately 62,000 sq km (23,000 sq mi) in land area and encompasses much of 13 1:250,000-scale quadrangles on the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska. The compilation was...
Data on Holocene tephra (volcanic ash) deposits in the Alaska Peninsula and lower Cook Inlet region of the Aleutian volcanic arc, Alaska
J.R. Riehle, C.E. Meyer, Ronny T. Miyaoka
1999, Open-File Report 99-135
This site provides information about the number, thickness, and grainsize of Holocene volcanic ash deposits at 50 localities in the eastern Aleutian volcanic arc. In addition, the major-element compositions of the glasses separated from more than 350 samples of tephra from these localities, determined by electron microprobe, are presented as...
Hydrogeology of the Schodack-Kinderhook Area, Rensselaer and Columbia Counties, New York
Richard J. Reynolds
1999, Open-File Report 97-639
Two glaciodeltaic outwash terraces in southern Rensselaer and northern Columbia Counties, known locally as the Schodack and Kinderhook terraces, consist of ice-contact and outwash sand and gravel and together form a regional, unconfined, stratified-drift aquifer with a combined area of 18.75 square miles. The hydrogeology of these aquifers is summarized...
Improvements to the DRASTIC ground-water vulnerability mapping method
Michael G. Rupert
1999, Fact Sheet 066-99
Ground-water vulnerability maps are designed to show areas of greatest potential for ground-water contamination on the basis of hydrogeologic and anthropogenic (human) factors. The maps are developed by using computer mapping hardware and software called a geographic information system (GIS) to combine data layers such as land use, soils, and...
Hydrogeology, water use, and simulation of flow in the High Plains aquifer in northwestern Oklahoma, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, northeastern New Mexico, and northwestern Texas
Richard L. Luckey, Mark F. Becker
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4104
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, began a three-year study of the High Plains aquifer in northwestern Oklahoma in 1996. The primary purpose of this study was to develop a ground-water flow model to provide the Water Board with the information it needs to...
Simulated effects of projected ground-water withdrawals in the Floridan aquifer system, greater Orlando metropolitan area, east-central Florida
Louis C. Murray Jr., Keith J. Halford
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4058
Ground-water levels in the Floridan aquifer system within the greater Orlando metropolitan area are expected to decline because of a projected increase in the average pumpage rate from 410 million gallons per day in 1995 to 576 million gallons per day in 2020. The potential decline in ground-water levels and...
Water resources of Monroe County, New York, water years 1989-93, with emphasis on water quality in the Irondequoit Creek basin: Part 2. Atmospheric deposition, ground water, streamflow, trends in water quality, and chemical loads to Irondequoit Bay
Donald A. Sherwood
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4084
Irondequoit Creek, which drains 169 square miles in the eastern part of Monroe County, has been recognized as a source of contaminants that contribute to the eutrophication of Irondequoit Bay on Lake Ontario. The discharge from sewage-treatment plants to the creek and its tributaries was eliminated in 1979 by diversion...
Water quality in the southern Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp in the vicinity of the Tamiami Trail, 1996-97
Ronald L. Miller, Benjamin F. McPherson, Kim H. Haag
1999, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4062
The quality of water flowing southward in the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp was characterized by three synoptic surveys along an 80-mile section of the Tamiami Trail and along a 24-mile transect down the Shark River Slough, by monthly sampling of a background reference site in the central Big Cypress...
