Effects of wastewater-lagoon discharge through wetlands on water quality in Bonifas Creek, Gogebic County, Michigan
Stephen S. Aichele, James M. Ellis
2000, Open-File Report 2000-100
The Lac Vieux Desert Band of the Superior Chippewa (LVD) recently constructed a wastewater-treatment facility that discharges effluent twice annually from settling lagoons to wooded wetland areas adjoining the channel of Bonifas Creek, a small stream that flows near the LVD community in Watersmeet, Michigan. This report describes the hydrology...
Water-Resources Investigations in Wisconsin, 2000
Diane E. Maertz
2000, Open-File Report 2000-251
The statewide average precipitation of 36.00 inches for the 1999 water year was 4.35 inches greater than the normal annual precipitation of 31.65 inches for water years 1961-90. Average precipitation values ranged from 83 percent of normal at both the Rosholt 9 NNE weather station in north central Wisconsin and...
The Monterey Submarine Canyon, California, CTD Data Report Part C: The R/V Robert Gordon Sproul Cruise S-1-94-MB, Aug. 17 - 22, 1994
Jennifer L. Martin, Marlene A. Noble, Leslie K. Rosenfeld, Franklin B. Schwing, Cynthia H. Pilskaln
2000, Open-File Report 2000-269
In August 1993, a program was begun to study the mechanisms that govern the circulation within and the transport of sediment and water through Monterey Submarine Canyon. This is a very large, deep submarine canyon off central California that incises the continental margin from the outer slope to close to...
Characterization of stormwater discharges from Las Flores Industrial Park, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, 1998-99
Jose M. Rodriguez
2000, Open-File Report 2000-473
Stormwater discharges from Las Flores Industrial Park, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, were characterized from June 1998 to July 1999 by measuring the flow rate at two outfalls, delineating the drainage areas for each outfall, and calculating the volume of the stormwater discharges. Stormwater-discharge samples were collected and analyzed to determine...
Hydrologic data for water years 1933-97 used in the River and Reservoir Operations Model, Truckee River basin, California and Nevada
Steven N. Berris, Glen W. Hess, Larry R. Bohman
2000, Open-File Report 2000-478
Title II of Public Law 101-618, the Truckee?Carson?Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, provides direction, authority, and a mechanism for resolving conflicts over water rights in the Truckee and Carson River Basins. The Truckee Carson Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, to support implementation of Public Law 101-618,...
Hydraulic analysis of U.S. Highway 59 crossing of the Neosho River near Erie, Southeast Kansas
P.P. Rasmussen, C. A. Perry
2000, Open-File Report 2000-210
Hydrogeomorphic Regions of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: HGMR
John W. Brakebill, S.K. Kelley
2000, Open-File Report 2000-424
Generalized lithology (rock type) and physiography based on geologic formations were used to characterize hydrgeomorphic regions (HGMR) within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These HGMRs were used in conjunction with existing data to assess the significance of ground-water discharge as a source of nitrate load to nontidal streams in the Chesapeake...
Forecasting selenium discharges to the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary: Ecological effects of a proposed San Luis drain extension
Samuel N. Luoma, Theresa S. Presser
2000, Open-File Report 2000-416
During the next few years, federal and state agencies may be required to evaluate proposals and discharge permits that could significantly change selenium (Se) inputs to the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta), particularly in the North Bay (i.e., Suisun Bay and San Pablo Bay). These decisions may include discharge requirements...
Land cover data for central Nebraska, 1991, classified from Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper imagery, Path 31, Row 31 quadrilateral
Ronald B. Zelt, Jennifer B. Sharpe
2000, Open-File Report 96-323
Slide show on hierarchical systems analysis in karst terrains
Kenneth E. Kolm, William H. Langer
2000, Open-File Report 2000-429A
The determination of 30 elements in geological materials by energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
D. F. Siems
2000, Open-File Report 2000-475
Hydrologic, Water-Quality, Sediment Transport, and Bulk Atmospheric-Deposition Data, Guanella Pass Area, Colorado, October 1, 1994, through September 30, 1997
Michael R. Stevens
2000, Open-File Report 2000-82
The hydrology and water quality of streams and lakes in the Guanella Pass area could be affected by the proposed reconstruction of the existing road over Guanella Pass between Georgetown and Grant, Colo. Data were collected during water years 1995 through 1997 (October 1, 1994, through September 30, 1997) that...
Summary of hydrologic data for 1998, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
R. L. Carruth
2000, Open-File Report 2000-301
No abstract available....
Physical-habitat and geomorphic data for selected river reaches in central Arizona Basins, 1995-98
Karen M. Beaulieu, Joseph P. Capesius, Joseph B. Gebler
2000, Open-File Report 2000-90
This report presents data from physical-habitat and geomorphic measurements that were made at 11 stream reaches in the Central Arizona Basins study area of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment program from 1995 to 1998. Measurements of water velocity and depth, particle size of bed material, embeddedness of substrate,...
The distribution and abundance of lotic macroinvertebrates during Spring 1997 in seven streams of the Santa Clara Valley area, California
J.L. Carter, S.V. Fend
2000, Open-File Report 2000-68
No abstract available....
Chemical and radiochemical constituents in water from wells in the vicinity of the naval reactors facility, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho, 1997-98
Roy C. Bartholomay, LeRoy L. Knobel, Betty J. Tucker, Brian V. Twining
2000, Open-File Report 2000-236
The U.S. Geological Survey, in response to a request from the U.S. Department of Energy?s Phtsburgh Naval Reactors Ofilce, Idaho Branch Office, sampled water from 13 wells during 1997?98 as part of a long-term project to monitor water quality of the Snake River Plain aquifer in the vicinity of the Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho National Engineering and...
Use of Low-Flow Trend and Transfer-Function Models to Determine Relation of Low Flows to Regional Urbanization and Precipitation, Rahway River Basin, New Jersey, 1940-91
Thomas H. Barringer, Robert G. Reiser, Curtis V. Price
2000, Open-File Report 99-257
The Rahway River Basin in northern New Jersey has become heavily urbanized. The importance of the Rahway River as a water-supply source for the region led to an investigation of trends in the river's low-flow characteristics over time and their relation to regional urbanization and precipitation. Since 1950, low flows...
The Monterey Submarine Canyon, California, CTD Data Report Part A: The R/V Robert Gordon Sproul Cruise S-1-93-MB, August 3 - 5, 1993
Jennifer L. Martin, Marlene A. Noble, Leslie K. Rosenfeld, Franklin B. Schwing, Cynthia H. Pilskaln
2000, Open-File Report 2000-267
Elk-effects vegetation monitoring program for Tomales Point Elk Range, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Kathryn McEachern, Marcia Semenoff-Irving, Pamela van der Leeden
2000, Open-File Report 2000-487
The monitoring program for elk effects on Tomales Point vegetation is designed to provide information on how tule elk grazing affects plant communities and rare species. The basic objective of the program is to show whether the elk are driving the vegetation into an unacceptable state by their grazing. The...
Data sets and related information used for estimating regional ground-water evapotranspiration in eastern Nevada
J. LaRue Smith, Brian D. Reece, Rose L. Medina
2000, Open-File Report 99-242
Uses of National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network data, May 1998 to June 1999
Brooke Conley, Mark A. Nilles
2000, Open-File Report 2000-52
Maps showing geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of the Asia Pacific region
Douglas W. Steinshouer, Jin Qiang, Peter J. McCabe, Robert T. Ryder
1999, Open-File Report 97-470-F
This digitally compiled maps include geology, geologic provinces, and oil and gas fields of the Asia Pacific Region. The map is part of a worldwide series of maps on CD-ROM released by the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project. The goal of the project is to assess the undiscovered, technically...
Maps showing geology, oil and gas fields and geologic provinces of the South America region
Christopher J. Schenk, Roland J. Viger, Christopher P. Anderson
1999, Open-File Report 97-470-D
This digitally compiled map includes geology, geologic provinces, and oil and gas fields of South America. The map is part of a worldwide series on CD-ROM by World Energy Project released of the U.S. Geological Survey . The goal of the project is to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil...
Maps showing geology, oil and gas fields and geologic provinces of the Arabian Peninsula
Richard M. Pollastro, Amy S. Karshbaum, Roland J. Viger
1999, Open-File Report 97-470-B
IntroductionThis digital map compilation, which includes geology, geologic provinces, and oil and gas fields of the Arabian Peninsula, is part of a map series of the world produced by the U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Project. The goal of the project is to produce a worldwide assessment of the undiscovered,...
Measuring streamflow in Virginia (1999 revision)
Roger M. Moberg, Karen C. Rice, Eugene D. Powell
1999, Open-File Report 95-713
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior, is the Nation's largest Earth-science information agency. Among its many responsibilities, such as map making and providing information on earthquakes and other natural hazards, the USGS provides information on the Nation's water resources. The USGS has collected and analyzed hydrologic...
