Hydraulic conductivity of the streambed, east branch Grand Calumet River, northern Lake County, Indiana
R.F. Duwelius
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4218
Horizontal and vertical hydraulic conductivity of the Streambed were estimated from results of hydraulic tests along four transects across the east branch Grand Calumet River in northern Lake County, Indiana. Tests were done in two types of temporary wells installed in the Streambed 2-inch-diameter wells that had a 1- or...
Water-quality assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana: Analysis of selected information on nutrients, 1980-92
Jeffrey D. Martin, Charles G. Crawford, Jeffrey W. Frey, Glenn A. Hodgkins
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4192
Water-quality data from 23 surfacewater-quality monitoring sites operated by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and streamflow data from 11 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in the White River Basin were analyzed to determine recent (1981 90 water years) water-quality conditions, trends, and river loads for ammonia, nitrate, total nitrogen,...
Hydrologic data for wetland sites at Millington, Shelby County, and Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee, May 1994 through September 1995
J. A. Robinson, T.H. Diehl
1996, Open-File Report 96-468
Hydrologic data at two wetland sites near Millington and Huntingdon in West Tennessee were collected to assist efforts by the Tennessee Department of Transportation to determine hydrologic conditions at the sites prior to wetland restoration. The Millington site is located along the Big Creek Drainage Canal east of State Route...
Hydrogeology of, and simulation of ground-water flow in, a mantled carbonate-rock system, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania
D. C. Chichester
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4090
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a study in a highly productive and complex regolith-mantled carbonate valley in the northeastern part of the Cumberland Valley, Pa., as part of its Appalachian Valleys and Piedmont Regional Aquifer-system Analysis program. The study was designed to quantify the hydrogeologic characteristics and understand the ground-water...
Great Basin geoscience data base
Gary L. Raines, Don L. Sawatzky, Katherine A. Connors
1996, Data Series 41
This CD-ROM serves as the archive for 73 digital GIS data set for the Great Basin. The data sets cover Nevada, eastern California, southeastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and western Utah. Some of the data sets are incomplete for the total area. On the CD-ROM, the data are provided in three...
Water quality of large discharges from mines in the anthracite region of eastern Pennsylvania
C. R. Wood
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4243
In 1991, 99 of the 102 coal mines in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania that discharged 1.0 cubic foot per second or more when water-quality samples were collected in 1975 were revisited. Water was not discharging from 15 of these 99 mines in 1991. Discharge, water temperature, specific conductance,...
Preliminary paleontologic report on core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida
S. E. Ishman, G. L. Brewster-Wingard, Debra A. Willard, Thomas M. Cronin, Lucy E. Edwards, C. W. Holmes
1996, Open-File Report 96-543
No abstract available....
Hydrogeology and analysis of ground-water-flow system, Sagamore Marsh area, southeastern Massachusetts
Donald A. Walter, John P. Masterson, Paul M. Barlow
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4200
A study of the hydrogeology and an analysis of the ground-water-flow system near Sagamore Marsh, southeastern Massachusetts, was undertaken to improve the understanding of the current (1994 95) hydrogeologic conditions near the marsh and how the ground-water system might respond to proposed changes in the tidal-stage regime of streams that...
Mineral resource assessment of the Custer National Forest in the Pryor Mountains, Carbon County, south-central Montana
B. S. Van Gosen, A.B. Wilson, J. M. Hammarstrom, D. M. Kulik
1996, Open-File Report 96-256
No abstract available....
Burial and thermal history of the Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado, and petroleum potential of the Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation
Vito F. Nuccio, Steven M. Condon
1996, Bulletin 2000-O
The Ismay-Desert Creek interval and Cane Creek cycle of the Alkali Gulch interval of the Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation in the Paradox Basin of Utah and Colorado contain excellent organic-rich source rocks having total organic carbon contents ranging from 0.5 to 11.0 percent. The source rocks in both intervals contain...
Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera
Warren J. Nokleberg, Thomas K. Bundtzen, Kenneth M. Dawson, Roman A. Eremin, Nikolai A. Goryachev, Richard D. Koch, Vladimir V. Ratkin, Ilya S. Rozenblum, Vladimir I. Shpikerman, Yuri F. Frolov, Mary E. Gorodinsky, Vladimir D. Melnikov, Nikolai V. Ognyanov, Eugene D. Petrachenko, Anany I. Pozdeev, Katherina V. Ross, Douglas H. Wood, Donald Grybeck, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Lidiya I. Kovbas, Ivan Ya. Nekrasov, Anatoly A. Sidorov
1996, Open-File Report 96-513-A
No abstract available....
Low-flow characteristics and profiles for selected streams in the Roanoke River basin, North Carolina
J. Curtis Weaver
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4154
An understanding of the magnitude and frequency of low-flow discharges is an important part of protecting surface-water resources and planning for municipal and industrial economic expansion. Low-flow characteristics are summarized for 22 continuous-record gaging stations in North Carolina (19 sites) and Virginia (3 sites) and 60 partial-record gaging stations in...
Environmental setting of benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin
S. J. Rheaume, J.S. Stewart, B. N. Lenz
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4038-A
This report describes the environmental setting of 20 benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin that are part of the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Benchmark streams are defined as those that show minimal adverse effects from human activity, and they were selected on the basis...
Habitat characteristics of benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin
F. A. Fitzpatrick, E. M. Peterson, J.S. Stewart
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4038-B
Stream habitat characteristics were measured at twenty sites in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin by the U.S. Geological Survey in May and June, 1993 as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program Western Lake Michigan Drainages study unit. These "benchmark" stream sites were selected for study to represent standards of...
Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas: Occurrence and distribution of selected pesticides and nutrients at selected surface-water sites in the Mesilla Valley, 1994-95
D. F. Healy
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4069
The Rio Grande Valley study unit of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program conducted a two-phase synoptic study of the occurrence and distribution of pesticides and nutrients in the surface water of the Mesilla Valley, New Mexico and Texas. Phase one, conducted in April-May 1994 during the high-flow...
Geohydrologic site characterization of the municipal solid waste landfill facility, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas
Cynthia G. Abeyta
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4217
Geohydrologic conditions of the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility (MSWLF) on the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas, were evaluated by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Army. The 106.03-acre MSWLF has been in operation since January 1974. The landfill...
Trends in nutrient inflows to the Gulf of Mexico from streams draining the conterminous United States, 1972-93
David E. Dunn
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4113
Trends are computed for nutrient inflows from 37 streams discharging into the Gulf of Mexico. The drainage areas of these streams represent about 86 percent of the drainage area to the Gulf from the conterminous United States. The period analyzed varies for each stream, but generally includes water years 1972-93....
Hydrogeologic factors that affect the flowpath of water in selected zones of the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio region, Texas
George E. Groschen
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4046
The Edwards aquifer in the San Antonio region supplies drinking water for more than 1 million people. Proper development and protection of the aquifer is a high priority for local and State authorities. To better understand the flow of water in two major flowpaths in the Edwards aquifer, stratigraphic, structural,...
Altitude and configuration of the potentiometric surface, December 6, 1994, in the carbonate rocks in part of East Whiteland and Charlestown townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania
B. C. McManus, R. A. Sloto
1996, Open-File Report 96-367
A map showing ground-water levels in the carbonate rocks in part of East Whiteland and Charlestown Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania, was constructed from water levels measured in 64 wells on December 6, 1994. Observed water-level altitudes range from 226 feet above sea level near Morehall Road to 400 feet above...
Mean annual runoff, precipitation, and evapotranspiration in the glaciated northeastern United States, 1951-80
Allan D. Randall
1996, Open-File Report 96-395
Two maps, compiled at 1:1 million scale, depict mean annual runoff, precipitation, and evapotranspiration in the part of the United States east of Cleveland, Ohio and north of the southern limit of glaciation. The maps are mutually consistent in that runoff equals precipitation minus evapotranspiration everywhere. The runoff map is...
Altitude and configuration of the potentiometric surface in the crystalline and metasedimentary rocks in East Brandywine, Upper Uwchlan and Uwchlan townships and parts of Caln, East Caln, and West Whiteland townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania, April 1993 through June 1994
Stephen S. Aichele, C. R. Wood
1996, Open-File Report 96-338
No abstract available...
Altitude and configuration of the potentiometric surface in the crystalline and metasedimentary rocks in Birmingham, Newlin, Pennsbury, and Pocopson Townships and parts of East Marlborough and Kennett Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania, June 1994 through November 1995
Charles R. Wood, William C. Wettstein, Stephen S. Aichele, James Joyce, Frank M. Schneider
1996, Open-File Report 96-336
A map showing ground-water levels in crystalline and metasedimentary rocks in Birmingham, Newlin, Pennsbury, and Pocopson Townships and parts of East Marlborough and Kennett Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania, was constructed from water levels measured in wells from June 1994 through November 1995. Pre-1994 measurements were incorporated on the map to...
Drilling, construction, caliper-log, and specific-conductance data for well 3-3604-01, Kawailoa deep monitor well, Oahu, Hawaii
T.K. Presley, D.S. Oki
1996, Open-File Report 96-430
The Kawailoa deep monitor well (State well number 3-3604-01) was drilled about 1.9 miles east- northeast of the town of Haleiwa. The well is on agricultural land in the Kawailoa ground-water area. The well penetrates through the freshwater lens and into the freshwater-saltwater transition zone to an elevation of -392...
Drilling, construction, and caliper-log data for well 3-3505-26, Opaeula exploratory well, Oahu, Hawaii
T.K. Presley, D.S. Oki
1996, Open-File Report 96-429
The Opaeula exploratory well (State well number 3-3505-26) was drilled about 1.2 miles east- southeast of the town of Haleiwa. The well is located on agricultural land in the Waialua ground-water area. The well was drilled at an elevation of about 287 feet above mean sea level and penetrates about...
Drilling, construction, and caliper-log data for well 3-3505-25, North Lower Anahulu exploratory well, Oahu, Hawaii
T.K. Presley, D.S. Oki
1996, Open-File Report 96-428
The North Lower Anahulu exploratory well (State well number 3-3505-25) was drilled about 1.4 miles east-northeast of the town of Haleiwa. The well was drilled on agricultural land in the Kawailoa ground-water area. The well was drilled from an elevation of about 232 feet above mean sea level and penetrates...
