Environmental quality and preservation; reefs, corals, and carbonate sands; guides to reef-ecosystem health and environment
Barbara H. Lidz
2001, Open-File Report 2000-164
Introduction In recent years, the health of the entire coral reef ecosystem that lines the outer shelf off the Florida Keys has declined markedly. In particular, loss of those coral species that are the building blocks of solid reef framework has significant negative implications for economic vitality of the region. What are the reasons for this decline? Is it due...
Elk-Effects Vegetation Monitoring Program for Tomales Point Elk Range, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
K. McEachern, M. Semenoff-Irving, P. van der Leeden
2001, Open-File Report 2000-487
No abstract available at this time...
Compilation of post-wildfire runoff-event data from the Western United States
Erica R. Bigio, Susan H. Cannon
2001, Open-File Report 2001-474
No abstract available....
The distribution of MVT-related metals in ground water of the Ozark Plateaus region of the United States
Lopaka Lee, Martin B. Goldhaber
2001, Open-File Report 2001-171
No abstract available....
Citizen knowledge of and attitudes toward black-tailed prairie dogs: Completion report
B. L. Lamb, Kurt Cline, Ayeisha Brinson, N.R. Sexton, P.D. Ponds
2001, Open-File Report 2001-471
In the late summer of 2000, we canvassed a random sample of residents in the 11-sate short grass prairie region of the United States. We asked about people's attitude toward and knowledge of black-tailed prairie dogs and their management. The survey received 1,933 useable responses with a response rate of...
Application of radio telemetry in studies of cranes
John Y. Takekawa, D.L. Orthmeyer
2001, Open-File Report 01-403
No abstract available at this time...
Databases and simplified geology for mineralized areas, claims, mines and prospects in Wyoming
Anna B. Wilson, Terry L. Klein, William D. Heran
2001, Open-File Report 2001-497
No abstract available....
Toward assessing the effects of bank stabilization activities on wildlife communities of the upper Yellowstone River, U.S.A
Susan K. Skagen, Erin Muths, Rod D. Adams
2001, Open-File Report 2001-58
The upper Yellowstone River has been subject to multiple bank stabilization projects between Gardiner and Springdale, Montana, over the last 20 years. Additional channel modification activities are likely on the Yellowstone, and there is concern over the short- and long-term cumulative effects of channel modification activities on physical processes and...
PHABSIM for Windows User's Manual and Exercises
Terry Waddle
2001, Open-File Report 2001-340
This document is a combined self-study textbook and reference manual. The material is presented in the general order of a PHABSIM study placed within the context of an IFIM application. The document may also be used as reading material for a lecture-based course....
Water quality and nutrient loading in the Klamath River between Keno, Oregon and Seiad Valley, CA from 1996-1998
Sharon G. Campbell
2001, Open-File Report 2001-301
A water quality study was performed in the mainstem Klamath River from Keno, Oregon to Seiad Valley, California during 1996 through 1998. Four sites within the study area were continuously monitored using multiparameter recorders. Water quality sampling was also performed at these four locations in 1996 and 1997. Additional water...
Digital geologic map of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
F. K. Miller, J. C. Matti, H.J. Brown, R. E. Powell, P. M. Cossette, Gregory Morton
2001, Open-File Report 98-579
Version 1.1 of this Open-File Report contains a digital geologic map and map database of the Fawnskin 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, that includes: 1. ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute) version 7.2.1 double-precision coverages of the various elements of the geologic map 2. A PostScript (.ps) file to plot the geologic...
hypoDD-A Program to Compute Double-Difference Hypocenter Locations
Felix Waldhauser
2001, Open-File Report 2001-113
HypoDD is a Fortran computer program package for relocating earthquakes with the double-difference algorithm of Waldhauser and Ellsworth (2000). This document provides a brief introduction into how to run and use the programs ph2dt and hypoDD to compute double-difference (DD) hypocenter locations. It gives a short overview of the DD...
Water-quality and lake stage data for Wisconsin lakes, water year 2000
Wisconsin District Lakes-Studies Team
2001, Open-File Report 2001-86
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with local and other agencies, collects data at selected lakes throughout Wisconsin. These data, accumulated over many years, provide a data base for developing an improved understanding of the water quality of lakes. To make these data available to interested parties outside the...
Chemical and radiochemical constituents in water from wells in the vicinity of the Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho, 1999
R. C. Bartholomay, L.L. Knobel, B.J. Tucker, B.V. Twining
2001, Open-File Report 2001-27
No abstract available....
Land-Cover Classes to Characterize watersheds in North Carolina
Silvia Terziotti, Jo Leslie Eimers
2001, Open-File Report 01-492
This web site contains the Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata (documentation) for digital data produced for the North Carolina, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Water Supply Section, Source Water Assessment Program. The metadata are for 11 individual Geographic Information System data sets. An overlay and indexing method was...
Comparison of Hydrologic Data from Monroe County, Michigan, 1991-2001
J.R. Nicholas, Stephen P. Blumer, Rose M. McGowan
2001, Open-File Report 2001-498
In the summer of 2001, there were renewed concerns about the effects of quarry dewatering on nearby domestic ground-water supplies in Monroe County, Michigan. Reports of domestic wells “going dry” are not uncommon historically in Monroe County. Such reports have been linked to droughts, nearby irrigation, quarrying, and other large...
Estimated depth to water, North Carolina
Jo Leslie Eimers, Silvia Terziotti, Mary J. Giorgino
2001, Open-File Report 01-487
This web site contains the Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata (documentation) for digital data produced for the North Carolina, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Water Supply Section, Source Water Assessment Program. The metadata are for 11 individual Geographic Information System data sets. An overlay and indexing method was...
Land-cover classes to characterize the unsaturated zone in North Carolina
Silvia Terziotti, Jo Leslie Eimers
2001, Open-File Report 01-491
This web site contains the Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata (documentation) for digital data produced for the North Carolina, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Water Supply Section, Source Water Assessment Program. The metadata are for 11 individual Geographic Information System data sets. An overlay and indexing method was...
Bulk mineralogy, micromineralogy, and authigenic minerals in the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member of the Phosphoria Formation, southeastern Idaho
G. A. Desborough, R. G. Tysdal, A. C. Knudsen, R. I. Grauch, J. R. Herring, I. Brownfield
2001, Open-File Report 2001-4
A preliminary finite-element analysis of a shallow landslide in the Alki area of Seattle, Washington
S. Debray, W. Z. Savage
2001, Open-File Report 2001-357
Spectral induced polarization measurements at the main iron incline mine dump near Leadville, Colorado
D. L. Campbell
2001, Open-File Report 2001-315
Average annual precipitation classes to characterize watersheds in North Carolina
Silvia Terziotti, Jo Leslie Eimers
2001, Open-File Report 01-494
This web site contains the Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata (documentation) for digital data produced for the North Carolina, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Water Supply Section, Source Water Assessment Program. The metadata are for 11 individual Geographic Information System data sets. An overlay and indexing method was...
Digital data for construction material sources reported by the Arizona Department of Transportation in 1977 for Maricopa County, Arizona
Douglas M. Hirschberg, G. Stephen Pitts, Henry L. Melcher, James D. Bliss
2001, Open-File Report 2001-122
Material inventories for prospective sources of material for use in building roads and associated structures were prepared by Arizona for several counties including Maricopa County. The inventories provide information about pit locations, materials classification and type, and measures of some characteristics used to determine suitability for aggregate. The digital data given...
Water-Chemistry and On-Site Sulfur-Speciation Data for Selected Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1996-1998
James W. Ball, D. Kirk Nordstrom, R. Blaine McCleskey, Martin A.A. Schoonen, Yong Xu
2001, Open-File Report 2001-49
Fifty-eight water analyses are reported for samples collected from 19 hot springs and their overflow drainages and one ambient-temperature acid stream in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) during 1996-98. These water samples were collected and analyzed as part of research investigations on microbially mediated sulfur oxidation in stream waters and sulfur redox speciation in...
Vertical series hydraulic conductance classes to characterize the unsaturated zone in North Carolina
Jo Leslie Eimers, Silvia Terziotti, Gloria M. Ferrell
2001, Open-File Report 01-486
This web site contains the Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata (documentation) for digital data produced for the North Carolina, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Water Supply Section, Source Water Assessment Program. The metadata are for 11 individual Geographic Information System data sets. An overlay and indexing method was...
