Generalized hydrogeology and ground-water budget for the C Aquifer, Little Colorado River Basin and parts of the Verde and Salt River Basins, Arizona and New Mexico
Robert J. Hart, John J. Ward, Donald J. Bills, Marilyn E. Flynn
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4026
The C aquifer underlies the Little Colorado River Basin and parts of the Verde and Salt River Basins and is named for the primary water-bearing rock unit of the aquifer, the Coconino Sandstone. The areal extent of this aquifer is more than 27,000 square miles. More than 1,000 well and...
Concentrations of Escherichia coli in streams in the Ohio River Watershed in Indiana, May—August 2000
Cheryl A. Silcox, Bret A. Robinson, Timothy C. Willoughby
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002–4064
Water samples collected from 40 stream sites in the Ohio River Watershed in Indiana from May through August 2000 were analyzed for concentrations of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. Each site was sampled five times in a 30-day period. Concentrations of E. coli in 72 of the 200 samples exceeded...
The Lake Olathe watershed: Understanding an important resource
David P. Mau, Carly S. Adams
2002, Fact Sheet 057-02
No abstract available....
Llano Grande Lake bottom sediments; a chronicle of water-quality changes in the Arroyo Colorado, South Texas, 1989-2001
Barbara June Mahler, Peter C. Van Metre
2002, Fact Sheet 065-02
The Arroyo Colorado, an ancient channel of the Rio Grande, extends 90 miles from Mission, Tex., to the Laguna Madre. The Arroyo Colorado flows through areas of intense agricultural cultivation and through important habitat for migrating birds and other wildlife, including several wildlife sanctuaries and refuges. The above-tidal segment of...
Simulation of ground-water flow and delineation of areas contributing recharge within the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer to well fields in the Prairie Island Indian Community, Minnesota
J. F. Ruhl
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4155
The Prairie Island Indian Community in east-central Minnesota uses ground water from the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer as its source of water supply. Tribal officials implemented a Source Water Protection Program to protect the quality of this water. Areas of contributing recharge were delineated for two community well fields. At well...
Hydrogeology and water quality of the Upper Three Runs aquifer in the vicinity of the Gibson Road Landfill, Fort Gordon, Georgia, June-November 1999
Sherlyn Priest, Kristen Bukowski McSwain
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4153
Fort Gordon military installation, a U.S. Department of the Army facility, is located in east-central Georgia southwest of Augusta. The military base operates a three-phase unlined landfill—Gibson Road Landfill— to store a variety of wastes. Phases I and II stored only household wastes, and these phases were discontinued during the...
Metal concentrations and sources in the Miller Creek watershed, Park County, Montana, August 2000
Thomas E. Cleasby, David A. Nimick
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4148
Miller Creek is a tributary of Soda Butte Creek in south-central Montana near the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park. Surface-water and streambed-sediment samples were collected from streams and seeps throughout the Miller Creek watershed during low-flow conditions on August 28-31, 2000, to characterize metal concentrations and identify possible sources...
Water-quality and aquatic-community characteristics of selected reaches of the St. Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 2000
G. A. Payne, K. E. Lee, G.R. Montz, P. J. Talmage, J.K. Hirsch, J. D. Larson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4147
Synoptic sampling was used to determine chemical and biological characteristics of the St. Croix River within a study reach that extended from near Danbury, Wisconsin to the confluence with the Mississippi River at Prescott, Wisconsin. The study was conducted August 7- September 25, 2000 during summer low flow. Dissolved-residue concentrations were...
Detection of fresh ground water and a contaminant plume beneath Red Brook Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2000
Timothy D. McCobb, Denis R. LeBlanc
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4166
Trichloroethene and tetrachloroethene were detected in ground water in a vertical interval from about 68 to 176 feet below sea level beneath the shoreline where the contaminant plume emanating from a capped landfill on the Massachusetts Military Reservation intersects Red Brook Harbor. The highest concentrations at the shoreline, about 15...
Geohydrology of a deep-aquifer system monitoring-well site at Marina, Monterey County, California
Randall T. Hanson, Rhett R. Everett, Mark W. Newhouse, Steven M. Crawford, M. Isabel Pimentel, Gregory A. Smith
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4003
In 2000, a deep-aquifer system monitoring-well site (DMW1) was completed at Marina, California to provide basic geologic and hydrologic information about the deep-aquifer system in the coastal region of the Salinas Valley. The monitoring-well site contains four wells in a single borehole; one completed from 930 to 950 feet below...
Water-quality assessment of the Great Salt Lake basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming: Environmental setting and study design
Robert L. Baskin, Kidd M. Waddell, Susan A. Thiros, Elise M. Giddings, Heidi K. Hadley, Doyle W. Stephens, Steven J. Gerner
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4115
The Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming is one of 51 study units in the United States where the status and trends of water quality, and the factors controlling water quality, are being studied by the National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. The 14,500-square-mile Great...
Geological framework data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990: A digital data release
L.J. Poppe, V.F. Paskevich, R. S. Lewis, M. L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
2002, Open-File Report 02-002
IntroductionSince 1980 the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey and Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection have conducted a joint program of cooperative geologic research in Long Island Sound and its vicinity. As part of this program, a...
Aerial Magnetic, Electromagnetic, and Gamma-ray Survey, Berrien County, Michigan
Joseph S. Duval, Herbert A. Pierce, David L. Daniels, John L. Mars, Michael W. Webring, Thomas G. Hildenbrand
2002, Open-File Report 2002-117
This publication includes maps, grids, and flightline databases of a detailed aerial survey and maps and grids of satellite data in Berrien County, Michigan. The purpose of the survey was to map aquifers in glacial terrains. This was accomplished by using a DIGHEMVRES mufti-coil, mufti-frequency electromagnetic system supplemented by a...
Cold War legacy not a post-dismantlement environmental concern
Emitt C. Witt III
2002, Fact Sheet 085-02
Standing ready to defend our country or to assure mutual destruction, the mid-west’s contribution to nuclear proliferation of the 60s and 70s resided innocuously beneath concrete slabs in Missouri’s cornfields. In June 1961, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) implemented a plan to place 150 intercontinental ballistic missiles in west-central...
Priority-pollutant trace elements in streambed sediments of the Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, 1998-2000
Steven A. Frenzel
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4163
Trace element concentrations in 48 streambed sediment samples collected at 47 sites in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska, were compared to concentrations from studies in the conterminous United States using identical methods and to Probable Effect Concentrations. Concentrations of arsenic, chromium, mercury, and nickel in the 0.063-mm size fraction of...
Coal Underlying Federal Lands in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain
Alex W. Karlsen, John R. SanFilipo, Peter D. Warwick
2002, Fact Sheet 094-02
Vulnerability of U.S. National Parks to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Change
E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams, Rebecca Beavers
2002, Fact Sheet 095-02
Flood-prone areas and waterways, Edwards Air Force Base, California
Robert W. Meyer, James C. Bowers
2002, Open-File Report 2000-183
Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) is in the Mojave Desert region of southern California. Although the climate in the study area is arid, occasional intense storms result in flooding on the base, damaging roads and buildings. To plan for anticipated development at EAFB, the U.S. Department of the Air Force...
Archive of sidescan-sonar data and DGPS navigation data collected during USGS cruise DIAN97011 Long Island, NY inner shelf-Fire Island, NY, 5 May-26 May, 1997
M.K. Capone, E. S. Hammar-Klose, J. C. Hill, W. C. Schwab
2002, Open-File Report 2002-120
Robowell: Providing accurate and current water-level and water-quality data in real time for protecting ground-water resources
Gregory E. Granato, Kirk P. Smith
2002, Fact Sheet 053-02
No abstract available....
Archive of sidescan-sonar data and DGPS navigation data collected during USGS cruise ATSV99044, South Carolina coast, 29 October-14 November, 1999
C.S. Roberts, E. S. Hammar-Klose, W. C. Schwab
2002, Open-File Report 2002-103
The Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT)
Vladimir Yu. Kirianov, Christina A. Neal, Evgenii I. Gordeev, Thomas P. Miller, James W. Hendley II, Peter Stauffer
2002, Fact Sheet 064-02
Ecological resource management: A call to arms
J.M. Emlen, Lawrence Kapustka, L. Barnthouse, N. Beyer, G. Biddinger, T. Kedwards, W. Landis, C. Menzie, W. Munns, M. Sorenson, R. Wentsel
2002, Ecological Society Bulletin (83) 269-271
As the human population enlarges, it becomes increasingly difficult to sustain valued ecological resources. Human use of resources, whether it is the harvest of ocean fisheries, logging of forests, or farming...
Hydrologic conditions and quality of rainfall and storm runoff in agricultural and rangeland areas in San Patricio County, Texas, 2000-2001
Darwin J. Ockerman
2002, Open-File Report 2002-291
During 2000–2001, rainfall and runoff were monitored in one mixed agricultural watershed and two rangeland watersheds in San Patricio County, located in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas. During this period, five rainfall samples were collected and analyzed for selected nutrients. Ten runoff samples from nine runoff events were...
Geologic map of the Low Wassie Quadrangle, Oregon and Shannon counties, Missouri
Robert E. Weems
2002, IMAP 2719
The bedrock exposed in the Low Wassie Quadrangle, Missouri, comprises Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician aged dolomite, sandstone, and chert. The sedimentary rocks are nearly flat-lying except where they are adjacent to faults. The carbonates are karstified and the area contains numerous sinkholes, springs, caves, and losing-streams. This map is one...
