Selected ground-water data for Yucca Mountain region, southern Nevada and eastern California, January 2000-December 2002
Glenn L. Locke, Richard J. La Camera
2003, Open-File Report 2003-387
The U.S. Geological Survey, in support of the U.S. Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Project, collects, compiles, and summarizes hydrologic data in the Yucca Mountain region. The data are collected to allow assessments of ground-water resources during activities to determine the potential suitability or development of Yucca Mountain for storing...
Effects of channel changes on geomorphic and hydraulic characteristics of the Canadian River near Raton, New Mexico, 1965-2000
Anne Marie Matherne, Nathan C. Myers
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4221
Historical ground-water-flow patterns and trends in iron concentrations in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system in parts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden and Gloucester Counties, New Jersey
Ronald A. Sloto
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4255
The Potomac-Raritan-Magothy (PRM) aquifer system is an important sole-source ground-water supply in Camden and Gloucester Counties, N.J. Elevated iron concentrations are a persistent water-quality problem associated with ground water from the PRM. In Philadelphia, the PRM no longer is usable as a water supply because of highly elevated concentrations of...
Assessment of selected inorganic constituents in streams in the Central Arizona Basins study area, Arizona and northern Mexico, through 1998
David W. Anning
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4063
Stream properties and water-chemistry constituent concentrations from data collected by the National Water-Quality Assessment and other U.S. Geological Survey water-quality programs were analyzed to (1) assess water quality, (2) determine natural and human factors affecting water quality, and (3) compute stream loads for the surface-water resources in the Central Arizona...
Preliminary cross section of Englebright Lake sediments
Noah P. Snyder, Margaret A. Hampton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-397
Overview -- The Upper Yuba River Studies Program is a CALFED-funded, multidisciplinary investigation of the feasibility of introducing anadromous fish species to the Yuba River system upstream of Englebright Dam. Englebright Lake (Figure 1 on poster) is a narrow, 14-km-long reservoir located in the northern Sierra Nevada, northeast of Marysville,...
Computation and analysis of the instantaneous-discharge record for the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, Arizona — May 8, 1921, through September 30, 2000
David J. Topping, John C. Schmidt, L. E. Vierra Jr.
2003, Professional Paper 1677
A gaging station has been operated by the U.S. Geological Survey at Lees Ferry, Arizona, since May 8, 1921. In March 1963, Glen Canyon Dam was closed 15.5 miles upstream, cutting off the upstream sediment supply and regulating the discharge of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry for the first...
Pesticides and pesticide degradates in the East Fork Little Miami River and William H. Harsha Lake, southwestern Ohio, 1999-2000
Jason M. Funk, David C. Reutter, Gary L. Rowe
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4216
In 1999 and 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program conducted a national pilot study of pesticides and degradates in drinking-water supplies, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). William H. Harsha Lake, which provides drinking water for several thousand people in southwestern Ohio, was...
Estimated water use and availability in the lower Blackstone River basin, northern Rhode Island and south-central Massachusetts, 1995-99
Lora K. Barolw
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4190
The Blackstone River basin includes approximately 475 square miles in northern Rhode Island and south-central Massachusetts. The study area (198 square miles) comprises six subbasins of the lower Blackstone River basin. The estimated population for the study period 1995?99 was 149,651 persons. Water-use data including withdrawals, use, and return flows...
Logs and Data from Trenches Across the Hayward Fault at Tyson's Lagoon (Tule Pond), Fremont, Alameda County, California, 2001-2003
James J. Lienkaemper, Patrick L. Williams, Timothy E. Dawson, Stephen F. Personius, Gordon G. Seitz, Samuel J. Heller, David P. Schwartz
2003, Open-File Report 2003-488
Isotopes and ages in the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern California
Ronald W. Kistler, Joseph L. Wooden, Douglas M. Morton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-489
Strontium, oxygen and lead isotopic and rubidium-strontium geochronologic studies have been completed on Cretaceous and Jurassic (?) granitic rock samples from the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith in southern California. Many of these samples were collected systematically and studied chemically by A. K. Baird and colleagues (Baird and others, 1979). The...
Levels at streamflow gaging stations--A CD-ROM based training class
K. Michael Nolan, Nathan Jacobson, Robert Erickson, Stanley Landon
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4002
Streamgages record the elevation of the water surface above some reference surface, or datum. This datum is assumed to remain unchanged throughout the life of the gage. However, the elevation of gages and their supporting structures often change over time as a result of earthmovement, floods, ice, and debris. The...
Preliminary evaluation of a precipitation threshold for anticipating the occurrence of landslides in the Seattle, Washington, area
Alan F. Chleborad
2003, Open-File Report 2003-463
Surficial and bedrock geologic map database of the Kelso 7.5 Minute quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
David R. Bedford
2003, Open-File Report 2003-501
This geologic map database describes geologic materials for the Kelso 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California. The area lies in eastern Mojave Desert of California, within the Mojave National Preserve (a unit of the National Parks system). Geologic deposits in the area consist of Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, Cambrian-Neoproterozoic sedimentary...
Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan Aquifer, west-central Florida, September 2002
Robert Allen Blanchard, L. A. Knochenmus, A.V. Seidenfeld, D. S. McCulloch
2003, Open-File Report 2003-223
Estimating the susceptibility of surface water in Texas to nonpoint-source contamination by use of logistic regression modeling
William A. Battaglin, Randy L. Ulery, Thomas Winterstein, Toby Welborn
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4205
In the State of Texas, surface water (streams, canals, and reservoirs) and ground water are used as sources of public water supply. Surface-water sources of public water supply are susceptible to contamination from point and nonpoint sources. To help protect sources of drinking water and to aid water managers in...
Modeling uncertainty: Quicksand for water temperature modeling
John M. Bartholow
2003, Hydrological Science and Technology (19) 221-232
Uncertainty has been a hot topic relative to science generally, and modeling specifically. Modeling uncertainty comes in various forms: measured data, limited model domain, model parameter estimation, model structure, sensitivity to inputs, modelers themselves, and users of the results. This paper will address important components of uncertainty in modeling water...
Differential incision of the Grand Canyon related to Quaternary faulting: Constraints from U-series and Ar/Ar dating: Comment and reply: COMMENT
Thomas C. Hanks, J. Luke Blair
2003, Geology (31) e16-e17
No abstract available....
U.S. Geological Survey Activities Related to American Indians and Alaska Natives Fiscal Year 2003
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Report
IntroductionInformation is a resource for Native American governments, communities, organizations, and people. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides technical expertise, reports, and other impartial information sources that benefit Native Americans interested in subsistence issues, water, resources and land use, and the health of many parts of the environment. Native decisions...
Human-induced contaminant impacts on migratory birds: Lessons from the North American eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Kurt K. Sladky, Charlotte Quist, Pedro Ramirez, David Hill, F. Joshua Dein
2003, Conference Paper, Proceedings, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference: Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 4-10, 2003
The effects of aquatic contaminants generated by soda ash mining processes on the North American eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) population illustrates important issues associated with human-induced habitat degradation on the health of migratory species. Eared grebes have been extensively studied in their staging and breeding habitats, but little is known...
Preliminary geologic map of Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas P. Miller, Christopher Nye
2003, Open-File Report 2003-36
No abstract available....
Scrubbing masks magmatic degassing during repose at Cascade-Range and Aleutian-Arc volcanoes
Robert B. Symonds, C. J. Janik, William C. Evans, B.E. Ritchie, Dale Counce, R.J. Poreda, Mark Iven
2003, Open-File Report 2003-435
Between 1992 and 1998, we sampled gas discharges from ≤173°C fumaroles and springs at 12 quiescent but potentially restless volcanoes in the Cascade Range and Aleutian Arc (CRAA) including Mount Shasta, Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Augustine Volcano, Mount Griggs, Trident, Mount Mageik, Aniakchak Crater, Akutan,...
Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2001, 1999 to 2000, and 2000 to 2001
Virginia L. McGuire
2003, Fact Sheet 078-03
Recalibration of a ground-water flow model of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer of northeastern Arkansas, 1918-1998, with simulations of water levels caused by projected ground-water withdrawals through 2049
Thomas B. Reed
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4109
A digital model of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas was used to simulate ground-water flow for the period from 1918 to 2049. The model results were used to evaluate effects on water levels caused by demand for ground water from the alluvial aquifer, which has increased...
MTBE concentrations in ground water in Pennsylvania
Steven D. McAuley
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4201
The distribution, concentrations, and detection frequency of methyl tert-butyl-ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive used in reformulated gasoline to improve air quality, were characterized in Pennsylvania's ground water. Two sources of MTBE in ground water, the atmosphere and storage-tank release sites, were examined. An analysis of atmospheric MTBE concentrations shows that...
Earthquake recordings from the 2002 Seattle Seismic Hazard Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Washington state
Thomas L. Pratt, Karen L. Meagher, Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas Yelin, Robert Norris, Lynn Hultgrien, Elizabeth Barnett, Craig S. Weaver
2003, Open-File Report 2003-361
This report describes seismic data obtained during the fourth Seismic Hazard Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS) experiment, termed Seattle SHIPS . The experiment was designed to study the influence of the Seattle sedimentary basin on ground shaking during earthquakes. To accomplish this, we deployed seismometers over the basin to record...
