Hazards, Disasters, and The National Map
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 027-03
Governments depend on base geographic information that describes the Earth's surface and locates features. They use this information for economic and community development, land and natural resource management, delivery of health services, and ensuring public safety. It is also the foundation for studying and solving geographically based problems. Geographic information...
The Norman Landfill environmental research site: What happens to the waste in landfills?
Scott C. Christenson, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli
2003, Fact Sheet 040-03
No abstract available....
Estimated ground-water discharge by evapotranspiration from Death Valley, California, 1997-2001
Guy A. DeMeo, Randell J. Laczniak, Robert A. Boyd, J. LaRue Smith, Walter E. Nylund
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4254
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service and Inyo County, Calif., collected field data from 1997 through 2001 to accurately estimate the amount of annual ground-water discharge by evapotranspiration (ET) from the floor of Death Valley, California. Multispectral satellite-imagery and National Wetlands Inventory data are used...
Water quality and trend analysis of Colorado-Big Thompson system reservoirs and related conveyances, 1969 through 2000
Michael R. Stevens
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4044
The U.S. Geological Survey, in an ongoing cooperative monitoring program with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Bureau of Reclamation, and City of Fort Collins, has collected water-quality data in north-central Colorado since 1969 in reservoirs and conveyances, such as canals and tunnels, related to the Colorado–Big Thompson Project, a...
Recalibration of a ground-water flow model of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in southeastern Arkansas, 1918-1998, with simulations of hydraulic heads caused by projected ground-water withdrawals through 2049
Gregory P. Stanton, Brian R. Clark
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4232
To evaluate the effects of projected ground water withdrawals, three scenarios were used to simulate a range of possible withdrawals. Five additional stress periods of 10 years each were added to the model to facilitate predictive scenario generation. The predictive scenarios control pumpage by either continuing 1997 pumpage into the...
Maple Creek Watershed selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 083-03
Ecological indicators of water quality in the Spokane River, Idaho and Washington, 1998 and 1999
Dorene E. MacCoy, Terry R. Maret
2003, Fact Sheet 067-03
A water-quality investigation of the Spokane River was completed during summer low-flow conditions in 1998 and 1999 as part of the USGS NAWQA Program, in cooperation with the WDOE. (Abbreviations used in this report are defined on the last page.) Samples for analyses of water chemistry; bed sediment; aquatic communities...
Effects of Urban Development on Floods
Christopher P. Konrad
2003, Fact Sheet 076-03
USGS National Assessment of Oil and Gas Online (NOGA Online)
L. H. Biewick
2003, Fact Sheet 098-03
The Central Energy Resources Team (CERT) of the U.S. Geological Survey is providing results of the USGS National Assessment of Oil and Gas online (NOGA Online). In addition to providing resource estimates and geologic reports, NOGA Online includes an internet map application that allows interactive viewing and analysis of assessment...
Hydrology, nutrient concentrations, and nutrient yields in nearshore areas of four lakes in northern Wisconsin, 1999-2001
David J. Graczyk, Randall J. Hunt, Steven R. Greb, Cheryl A. Buchwald, James T. Krohelski
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4144
The effects of shoreline development on water quality and nutrient yields in nearshore areas of four lakes in northern Wisconsin were investigated from October 1999 through September 2001. The study measured surface runoff and ground-water flows from paired developed (sites containing lawn, rooftops, sidewalks, and driveways) and undeveloped (mature and...
Survival, transport, and sources of fecal bacteria in streams and survival in land-applied poultry litter in the upper Shoal Creek basin, southwestern Missouri, 2001–2002
John G. Schumacher
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4243
Densities of fecal coliform bacteria along a 5.7-mi (mile) reach of Shoal Creek extending upstream from State Highway 97 (site 3) to State Highway W (site 2) and in two tributaries along this reach exceeded the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) standard of 200 col/100 mL (colonies per 100...
A chronicle of organochlorine contamination in Clear Creek, Galveston and Harris Counties, Texas, 1960-2002, as recorded in sediment cores
Barbara Mahler, Peter Van Metre
2003, Fact Sheet 088-03
Clear Creek flows through the Texas Coastal Plain from its headwaters southeast of Houston, Texas, to Clear Lake, which empties into Galveston Bay. Segments of Clear Creek were on the State of Texas 303(d) list for 1998, 1999, and 2000 as a result of a fish consumption advisory issued by...
Selected applications of hydrologic science and research in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., 2001-2003
Lisa D. Olsen
2003, Fact Sheet 126-03
One of the roles of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to provide reliable water data and unbiased water science needed to describe and understand the Nation?s water resources. This fact sheet describes selected techniques that were used by the USGS to collect, transmit, evaluate, or interpret data, in support...
Geologic Map of the Atlanta 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Georgia
Michael W. Higgins, T. J. Crawford, R. L. Atkins, R. F. Crawford
2003, IMAP 2602
Forest Types in the Lower Suwannee River Floodplain, Florida?-A Report and Interactive Map
M. R. Darst, H.M. Light, L.J. Lewis, A.A. Sepulveda
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4008
A map of forest types in the lower Suwannee River floodplain, Florida, was created during a study conducted from 1996 to 2000 by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Suwannee River Water Management District. The map is presented with this report on a compact disc with interactive viewing...
New cation-exchange method for field speciation of hexavalent chromium
James W. Ball
2003, Fact Sheet 006-03
No abstract available....
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analyses of Selected Streams in Lorain County, Ohio, 2003
K. Scott Jackson, Chad J. Ostheimer, Matthew T. Whitehead
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4215
Hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were done for selected reaches of nine streams in Lorain County Ohio. To assess the alternatives for flood-damage mitigation, the Lorain County Engineer and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiated a cooperative study to investigate aspects of the hydrology and hydraulics of the nine streams. Historical...
Morgan Creek Watershed selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 080-03
Water movement through thick unsaturated zones overlying the central High Plains aquifer, southwestern Kansas, 2000-2001
Peter B. McMahon, K.F. Dennehy, R. L. Michel, M.A. Sophocleous, K. M. Ellett, D.B. Hurlbut
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4171
The role of irrigation as a driving force for water and chemical movement to the central High Plains aquifer is uncertain because of the thick unsaturated zone overlying the aquifer. Water potentials and profiles of tritium, chloride, nitrate, and pesticide concentrations were used to evaluate water movement through thick unsaturated...
Landsat: A Global Land-Observing Program
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 023-03
Landsat represents the world's longest continuously acquired collection of space-based land remote sensing data. The Landsat Project is a joint initiative of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) designed to gather Earth resource data from space. NASA developed and launched the spacecrafts, while...
LakeVOC; A Computer Model to Estimate the Concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds in Lakes and Reservoirs
David A. Bender, William E. Asher, John S. Zogorski
2003, Fact Sheet 104-03
Geologic Map of the Wilderness and Handy Quadrangles, Oregon, Carter, and Ripley Counties, Missouri
Richard W. Harrison, Robert C. McDowell
2003, IMAP 2801
The bedrock exposed in the Wilderness and Handy Quadrangles, Missouri, comprises Early Ordovician aged dolomite, sandstone, and chert. The sedimentary rocks are nearly flat-lying except where they are adjacent to faults. The carbonate rocks are karstified and the area contains numerous sinkholes, springs, caves, and losing-streams. This map is one of...
Ground-water depletion across the nation
J. R. Bartolino, W. L. Cunningham
2003, Fact Sheet 103-03
The Flood of June 2003 in Southwest Central Florida
Richard L. Kane
2003, Fact Sheet 113-03
A series of severe thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall and flooding to southwest-central Florida during June 21-24, 2003. The storms and resultant precipitation were caused by a late-season stationary cool front (Canadian high pressure ridge) that combined with tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to produce above-normal rainfall over already...
Total dissolved gas and water temperature in the lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, 2003: Quality-assurance data and comparison to water-quality standards
Dwight Q. Tanner, Heather M. Bragg, Matthew W. Johnston
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4306
Significant Findings When water is released through the spillways of dams, air is entrained in the water, increasing the concentration of total dissolved gas. Excess dissolved-gas concentrations can have adverse effects on freshwater aquatic life. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, collected total-...
