Simulation of streamflow and wetland storage, Starkweather Coulee subbasin, North Dakota, water years 1981-98
Kevin C. Vining
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4113
A study was conducted to simulate streamflow and wetland storage within a part of the Starkweather Coulee subbasin. Information on streamflow and wetland storage in Starkweather Coulee subbasin may help with the management of water issues in the Devils Lake Basin. Information from a digital elevation model and geographic-information-system analyses...
Historic and unregulated monthly streamflow for selected sites in the Red River of the North Basin in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota, 1931-99
Douglas G. Emerson, Valerie M. Dressler
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4095
Operation of the Garrison Diversion Unit in North Dakota may have various effects on the quantity and quality of streamflow in the Sheyenne River and the Red River of the North. To model the effects that the Garrison Diversion Unit could have on water quality, gaged and estimated historic streamflow...
Software user's guide for determining the Pennsylvania scour critical indicator code and streambed scour assessment rating for roadway bridges
M.F. Henneberg, J. L. Strause
2002, Open-File Report 2001-446
This report presents the instructions required to use the Scour Critical Bridge Indicator (SCBI) Code and Scour Assessment Rating (SAR) calculator developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the U.S. Geological Survey to identify Pennsylvania bridges with excessive scour conditions or a high potential for scour. Use of...
Map Scales
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Fact Sheet 015-02
The proportion chosen for a particular map is its scale. Selecting the appropriate scale depends on the size of the sheet of paper and the accurate placement of features. Ground area, rivers, lakes, roads, distances between features, and so on must be shown proportionately smaller than they really are....
Madbi Amran/Qishn total petroleum system of the Ma'Rib-Al Jawf/Shabwah, and Masila-Jeza basins, Yemen
Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
2002, Bulletin 2202-G
Since the first discovery of petroleum in Yemen in 1984, several recent advances have been made in the understanding of that countrys geologic history and petroleum systems. The total petroleum resource endowment for the combined petroleum provinces within Yemen, as estimated in the recent U.S. Geological Survey world assessment, ranks...
Hydrogeologic and water-quality reconnaissance of the artesian aquifer under the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation and Tokeland Peninsula, Pacific County, Washington, 1998-99
R. C. Lane, J.C. Ebbert
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4023
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected and compiled hydrogeologic and water quality data from September 1998 through September 1999 to describe the hydrogeologic setting and to assess the quality of the water in the artesian aquifer under the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation and the adjacent Tokeland Peninsula area of Pacific...
Federally owned coal and Federal lands in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin coal regions
S.J. Tewalt
2002, Fact Sheet 013-02
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessed five coal beds or coal zones in the northern and central Appalachian Basin coal regions for the National Coal Resource Assessment: the Pittsburgh coal bed, the Upper Freeport coal bed, the Fire Clay coal zone, the Pond Creek coal zone, and the Pocahontas No....
Stratigraphy of the Proterozoic Revett Formation, Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho
Jeffrey L. Mauk
2002, Open-File Report 2001-319
The Proterozoic Revett Formation of the Belt Supergroup contains three informal members that can be identified throughout the Coeur d'Alene mining district of northern Idaho. The lower Revett Formation is dominated by quartzite, but also contains intervals of siltite. The middle Revett consists predominantly of siltite, though quartzite and argillite...
Ground-water resources of the Clifton Park area, Saratoga County, New York
Paul M. Heisig
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4104
Ground water is the sole source of public water supply for Clifton Park, a growing suburban community north of Albany, New York. Increasing water demand, coupled with concerns over ground-water quantity and quality, led the Clifton Park Water Authority in 1995 to initiate a cooperative study with the U.S. Geological...
Natural hazards on alluvial fans: The Venezuela debris flow and flash flood disaster
Matthew C. Larsen, Gerald F. Wieczoreck, L. Scott Eaton, Benjamin A. Morgan, Heriberto Torres-Sierra
2002, Fact Sheet 103-01
In December 1999, rainstorms induced thousands of landslides along the Cordillera de la Costa, Vargas, northern Venezuela. Rainfall on December 2-3 totaled 200 millimeters (8 inches) and was followed by a major storm (911 millimeters, or 36 inches) on December 14 through 16. Debris flows and flash floods on alluvial...
Preliminary geologic map of the Redman Quadrangle, Los Angeles and Kern counties, California
A. W. Ward, G. L. Dixon
2002, Open-File Report 93-695
Hydrogeologic framework, availability of water supplies, and saltwater intrusion, Cape May County, New Jersey
Pierre J. Lacombe, Glen B. Carleton
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4246
During 1960-90, saltwater intrusion forced the abandonment of at least 10 public-supply wells, 3 industrial-supply wells, and more than 100 domestic-supply wells in Cape May County, N.J. Actual or imminent ground-water contamination caused by land-use practices and human activities has forced the closure of at least six shallow public-supply wells...
Evaluation of recharge to the Skunk Creek Aquifer from a constructed wetland near Lyons, South Dakota
Ryan F. Thompson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4133
A wetland was constructed in the Skunk Creek flood plain near Lyons in southeast South Dakota to mitigate for wetland areas that were filled during construction of a municipal golf course for the city of Sioux Falls. A water-rights permit was obtained to allow the city to pump water from...
Concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the lower Puyallup and White Rivers, Washington, August and September 2000 and 2001
J.C. Ebbert
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4146
The U.S. Geological Survey, Washington State Department of Ecology, and Puyallup Tribe of Indians conducted a study in August and September 2001 to assess factors affecting concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the lower Puyallup and White Rivers, Washington. The study was initiated because observed concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the...
Ground-water resources of the uppermost confined aquifers, southern Wadena County and parts of Ottertail, Todd, and Cass Counties, central Minnesota, 1997–2000
R. J. Lindgren
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4023
Water managers are concerned about the increase of ground-water withdrawals from high-capacity wells completed in the uppermost confined aquifers in southern Wadena County. The hydrogeologic units of primary interest in the study area are the surficial aquifer, the uppermost confining units, and the uppermost confined aquifers. The surficial aquifer underlies...
Undiscovered oil and gas resources of Lower Silurian Qusaiba-Paleozoic total petroleum systems, Arabian Peninsula
Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, R. M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk
2002, Fact Sheet 008-02
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an assessment of the undiscovered conventional oil and gas potential of 128 of the world’s petroleum provinces (U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Assessment Team, 2000). In each province, the USGS defined Total Petroleum Systems, and Assessment Units in each Total Petroleum System, and...
Coal resources of selected coal beds and zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin
Leslie F. Ruppert, Susan Tewalt, Linda Bragg
2002, Fact Sheet 004-02
The Appalachian Basin is one of the most important coal-producing regions in the world. Bituminous coal has been mined in the basin for the last three centuries, and the cumulative production is estimated at 34.5 billion short tons. Annual production in 1998 was about 452 million short tons; the basin's...
Environmental Database For Water-Quality Data for the Penobscot River, Maine: Design Documentation and User Guide
Sarah E. Giffen
2002, Open-File Report 2001-485
An environmental database was developed to store water-quality data collected during the 1999 U.S. Geological Survey investigation of the occurrence and distribution of dioxins, furans, and PCBs in the riverbed sediment and fish tissue in the Penobscot River in Maine. The database can be used to store a wide range...
PHREEQCI--A graphical user interface to the geochemical model PHREEQC
S.R. Charlton, D.L. Parkhurst
2002, Fact Sheet 031-02
No abstract available....
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht
2002, Fact Sheet 045-02
A new USGS assessment concludes that NPRA holds signicantly greater petroleum resources than previously estimated. Technically recoverable, undiscovered oil beneath the Federal part of NPRA likely ranges between 5.9 and 13.2 billion barrels, with a mean (expected) value of 9.3 billion barrels. An estimated 1.3 to 5.6 billion barrels of...
Natural gas production in the United States
Christopher J. Schenk, Richard M. Pollastro
2002, Fact Sheet 113-01
History and hydrologic effects of ground-water use in Kings, Queens, and western Nassau Counties, Long Island, New York, 1800's through 1997
Richard A. Cartwright
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4096
Ground-water withdrawals from the aquifers underlying Kings and Queens Counties varied temporally and spatially during the 20th century and caused extreme changes in water levels. The resultant lowering of water levels during periods of heavy pumping caused saltwater intrusion in nearshore areas and the migration of contaminants from land surface...
Pesticides and nutrients in karst springs in the Green River basin, Kentucky, May-September 2001
Angela S. Crain
2002, Fact Sheet 133-01
Concepts for national assessment of water availability and use
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Circular 1223
In response to a directive from Congress to the U.S. Geological Survey to 'prepare a report describing the scope and magnitude of the efforts needed to provide periodic assessments of the status and trends in the availability and use of freshwater resources,' of the United States, a program is proposed...
Geologic map of the Hidden Hills and vicinity, Mohave County, northwestern Arizona
G. H. Billingsley, J. L. Wellmeyer, Michelle Harr, S. S. Priest
2002, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2387
This digital map database is compiled from unpublished data and new mapping by the authors and represents the general distribution of surficial and bedrock geology in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying pamphlet, it provides current information on the geologic structure and stratigraphy of the area. The database delineates...
