Principal facts for gravity data collected in the southern Albuquerque Basin area and a regional compilation, central New Mexico
Cindy L. Gillespie, V. J. S. Grauch, Kim Oshetski, Gordon R. Keller
2000, Open-File Report 2000-490
Principal facts for 156 new gravity stations in the southern Albuquerque basin are presented. These data fill a gap in existing data coverage. The compilation of the new data and two existing data sets into a regional data set of 5562 stations that cover the Albuquerque basin and vicinity is also described. Bouguer...
An overview of mining-related environmental and human health issues, Marinduque Island, Philippines: observations from a joint U.S. Geological Survey - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology reconnaissance field evaluation, May 12-19, 2000
Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Robert A. Morton, Terence P. Boyle, Jack H. Medlin, Jose A. Centeno
2000, Open-File Report 2000-397
This report summarizes results of a visit by the report authors to Marinduque Island, Philippines, in May 2000. The purpose of the visit was to conduct a preliminary examination of environmental problems created by a 1996 tailings spill from the Marcopper open-pit copper mine. The mine was operated from 1969-1996...
Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan Aquifer, west-central Florida, May 1999
A. D. Duerr, Arturo E. Torres
2000, Open-File Report 2000-72
Construction, completion, and testing of replacement monitoring wells MW 3-2, MW 6-2, MW 7-2, and MW 11-2, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, February through April 2000
D. J. Parliman
2000, Open-File Report 2000-515
In February and March 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey Western Regional Research Drilling Operation constructed replacement monitoring wells MW 3–2, MW 6–2, MW 7–2, and MW 11–2 as part of a regional ground-water monitor- ing network for the Mountain Home Air Force Base, Elmore County, Idaho. Total well depths ranged...
Alaska resource data file: Charley River quadrangle
C. E. Cameron
2000, Open-File Report 2000-290
No abstract available....
Use of InSAR to identify land-surface displacements caused by aquifer-system compaction in the Paso Robles area, San Luis Obispo County, California, March to August 1997
D.W. Valentine, J.N. Densmore, D. L. Galloway, Falk Amelung
2000, Open-File Report 2000-447-A
The population in San Luis Obispo County has grown steadily during the 1990s, and some land use has been converted from dry farming to grazing to irrigated vineyards and urban areas. Because insufficient surface-water supplies are available to meet the growing demand, ground-water pumpage has increased and the resulting water-level...
Alaska resource data file: Kantishna River quadrangle
C.S. Rombach
2000, Open-File Report 2000-289
No abstract available....
Alaska resource data file: Chandalar quadrangle
Joe Britton
2000, Open-File Report 2000-357
No abstract available....
Alaska resource data file: Philip Smith Mountains quadrangle
Joe Britton
2000, Open-File Report 2000-291
No abstract available....
Bedrock geologic map of the Hubbard Brook experimental forest, Grafton County, New Hampshire
W.C. Burton, G. J. Walsh, T. R. Armstrong
2000, Open-File Report 2000-45-B
No abstract available....
Alaska resource data file, Chignik quadrangle
Steven H. Pilcher
2000, Open-File Report 2000-130
Descriptions of the mineral occurrences can be found in the report. See U.S. Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Data from a thick unsaturated zone underlying Oro Grande and Sheep Creek washes in the western part of the Mojave Desert, near Victorville, San Bernardino County, California
John A. Izbicki, Dennis A. Clark, Maria I. Pimental, Michael Land, John C. Radyk, Robert L. Michel
2000, Open-File Report 2000-262
This report presents data on the physical properties of unsaturated alluvial deposits and on the chemical and isotopic composition of soil water and soil gas collected at 12 monitoring sites in the western part of the Mojave Desert, near Victorville, California. Sites were installed using the ODEX air-hammer method. Seven...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona—1999
Blakemore E. Thomas, Margot Truini
2000, Open-File Report 2000-453
The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile area of Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in this area because of continued industrial and municipal use, a growing population, and a precipitation of only about 6 to 12 inches per...
Bedrock Geology of the Turkey Creek Drainage Basin, Jefferson County, Colorado
Stephen J. Char
2000, Open-File Report 2000-265
This geospatial data set describes bedrock geology of the Turkey Creek drainage basin in Jefferson County, Colorado. It was digitized from maps of fault locations and geologic map units based on age and lithology. Created for use in the Jefferson County Mountain Ground-Water Resources Study, it is to be...
Evaluation of the Federal-State Cooperative observation well network in upstate New York, 1995-97
Richard J. Reynolds
2000, Open-File Report 99-468
The U.S. Geological Survey?s Federal-State cooperative observation well network in upstate New York was evaluated in terms of areal coverage, objectives, and short- and long-term expansion plans. This report presents a history of the observation well network in upstate New York and depicts, on maps, the distribution of observation wells with respect to climatic regions, physiographic regions,...
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Cannon River Basin, southeastern Minnesota
Christopher A. Sanocki, Thomas A. Winterstein
2000, Open-File Report 99-472
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Cannon River Basin, located in southeastern Minnesota, are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the subbasin covered only by lakes, the...
Preliminary results of natural attenuation modeling in the West Branch Canal Creek area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
James C. Johnson
2000, Open-File Report 2000-287
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska
Judy Fierstein, Wes Hildreth
2000, Open-File Report 2000-489
The world’s largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century broke out at Novarupta (fig. 1) in June 1912, filling with hot ash what came to be called the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and spreading downwind more fallout than all other historical Alaskan eruptions combined. Although almost all the magma...
Processed Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery for Selected Areas within the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
John C. Dohrenwend, Floyd Gray, Robert J. Miller
2000, Open-File Report 2000-309
The study is summarized in the Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file OF00-309.PDF. This publication also contain satellite full-scene images of selected areas along the U.S.-Mexico border. These images are presented as high-resolution images in jpeg format (IMAGES). The folder LOCATIONS in contains TIFF images showing exact positions of...
Water-surface profile and flood boundaries for the computed 100-year flood, lower Salt River, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Kirk A. Miller, John P. Mason
2000, Open-File Report 2000-201
The water-surface profile and flood boundaries for the computed 100-year flood were determined for a part of the lower Salt River in Lincoln County, Wyoming. Channel cross-section data were provided by Lincoln County. Cross-section data for bridges and other structures were collected and compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey. Roughness...
Method for estimating pesticide use for county areas of the conterminous United States
Gail P. Thelin, Leonard P. Gianessi
2000, Open-File Report 2000–0250
Information on the amount and distribution of pesticide compounds used throughout the United States is essential to evaluate the relation between water quality and pesticide use. This information is the basis of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program studies of the effects of pesticides on water quality...
Report for explosion and earthquake data acquired in the 1999 Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Washington
Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas L. Pratt, Kate C. Miller, Anne M. Trehu, Catherine M. Snelson, Craig S. Weaver, Ken C. Creager, Robert S. Crosson, Uri S. ten Brink, Marcos G. Alvarez, Steven H. Harder, Isa Asudeh
2000, Open-File Report 2000-318
This report describes the acquisition, processing, and quality of seismic reflection and refraction data obtained in the Seattle basin, central Puget Lowland, western Washington, in September 1999 during the Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS). As a sequel to the 1998 SHIPS air gun experiment (also known as 'Wet...
Results of the U.S. Geological Survey's Analytical Evaluation Program for Standard Reference Samples Distributed in March 2000
Jerry W. Farrar, Ashley M. Copen
2000, Open-File Report 2000-398
This report presents the results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for six standard reference samples -- T-161 (trace constituents), M-154 (major constituents), N-65 (nutrient constituents), N-66 nutrient constituents), P-34 (low ionic strength constituents), and Hg-30 (mercury) -- that were distributed in March 2000 to 144 laboratories enrolled...
Ground-water quality, water levels, and precipitation at the biosolids study site, Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, New Jersey, 1995-97
Eric Jacobsen
2000, Open-File Report 2000-197
Floods of May 17-20, 1999, in the Volga and Wapsipinicon River Basins, northeast Iowa
J.L. Ballew, E.E. Fischer
2000, Open-File Report 2000-237
