Wyoming Water Resources Data, Water Year 2000, Volume 1. Surface Water
R. B. Swanson, M.L. Smalley, R. E. Woodruff, M. L. Clark
2001, Water Data Report WY-00-1
Water resources data for the 2000 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 1 of this report contains discharge records for 141 gaging stations; stage...
Digital data for construction material sources reported by the Arizona Department of Transportation in 1977 for Maricopa County, Arizona
Douglas M. Hirschberg, G. Stephen Pitts, Henry L. Melcher, James D. Bliss
2001, Open-File Report 2001-122
Material inventories for prospective sources of material for use in building roads and associated structures were prepared by Arizona for several counties including Maricopa County. The inventories provide information about pit locations, materials classification and type, and measures of some characteristics used to determine suitability for aggregate. The digital data given...
Water Resources Data, Colorado, Water Year 2000--Volume 1. Missouri River Basin, Arkansas River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin
R.M. Crowfoot, J.W. Unruh, R.D. Steger, G. B. O’Neill
2001, Water Data Report CO-00-1
Water-resources data for Colorado for the 2000 water year consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; meteorological data; and water levels and water quality of wells and springs. This report (Volumes 1 and 2) contains discharge records...
Water Resources Data, Illinois, Water Year 2000
J.K. LaTour, J.M. Gioja, J.C. Maurer, T.L. Wicker
2001, Water Data Report IL-00-1
Water resources data, Mississippi, water year 2000
M.L. Plunkett, F. Morris, D.P. Turnipseed
2001, Water Data Report MS-00-1
Water resources data for the 2000 water year for Mississippi consist of records of surface water and ground water in the State. Specifically, it contains: (1) Discharge records for 96 streamflow-gaging stations, stage records for 19 of these gaging stations, discharge records for 73 partial-record or miscellaneous streamflow stations, including...
A Guide to Bottomland Hardwood Restoration
J. A. Allen, B. D. Keeland, J.A. Stanturf, A.F. Clewell, H.E. Kennedy Jr.
2001, Information and Technology Report 2000-0011
During the last century, a large amount of the original bottomland hardwood forest area in the United States has been lost, with losses greatest in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and East Texas. With a holistic approach in mind, this manual describes methods to restore bottomland hardwoods in the lower...
Freshwater flow from estuarine creeks into northeastern Florida Bay
Clinton Hittle, Eduardo Patino, Mark A. Zucker
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4164
Water-level, water-velocity, salinity, and temperature data were collected from selected estuarine creeks to compute freshwater flow into northeastern Florida Bay. Calibrated equations for determining mean velocity from acoustic velocity were obtained by developing velocity relations based on direct acoustic measurements, acoustic line velocity, and water level. Three formulas were necessary...
Determination of instream metal loads using tracer-injection and synoptic-sampling techniques, Wightman Fork, southwestern Colorado, July 1999
Roderick F. Ortiz
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4167
In July 1999, a tracer-injection study was conducted concurrently with synoptic sampling to generate mass-load profiles in Wightman Fork near the Summitville Mine site. The mine site is located in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado at an elevation of about 3,500 meters above sea level. Metal loads increased...
Saline contamination of soil and water on Pawnee tribal trust land, eastern Payne County, Oklahoma
Donna L. Runkle, Marvin M. Abbott, Jeffrey E. Lucius
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4271
The Bureau of Land Management reported evidence of saline contamination of soils and water in Payne County on Pawnee tribal trust land. Representatives of the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Geological Survey inspected the site, in September 1997, and observed dead grass, small shrubs, and large trees near some...
Irrigation drainage studies of the Angostura Reclamation Unit and the Belle Fourche Reclamation Project, western South Dakota: Results of 1994 sampling and comparisons with 1988 data
Steven K. Sando, Joyce E. Williamson, Kimberly K. Dickerson, Edwin A. Wesolowski
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4103
The U.S. Department of the Interior started the National Irrigation Water Quality Program in 1985 to identify the nature and extent of irrigation-induced water-quality problems that might exist in the western U.S. The Angostura Reclamation Unit (ARU) and Belle Fourche Reclamation Project (BFRP) in western South Dakota were included as...
Surface-water and ground-water quality in the Yucaipa area, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California, 1996-98
Gregory O. Mendez, Wesley R. Danskin, Carmen A. Burton
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4269
The quality of surface water and ground water in the Yucaipa area was evaluated to determine general chemical characteristics and to identify areas of recent ground-water recharge. Water samples, collected from 8 sites on 3 creeks and from 25 wells, were analyzed for general chemistry, nutrients, tritium, and stable isotopes...
Summary of water-quality data, October 1987 through September 1997, for Fountain and Monument Creeks, El Paso and Pueblo Counties, Colorado
Clifford R. Bossong
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4263
Fountain and Monument Creeks, which drain parts of El Paso and Pueblo Counties in Colorado, have been sampled systematically by the U.S. Geological Survey for many years to obtain records of water-quality properties and constituents; the data are stored in the National Water Inventory System. Statistical summaries of these data...
Hydrogeology, water quality, and simulated effects of ground-water withdrawals from the Floridan aquifer system, Seminole County and vicinity, Florida
Rick M. Spechler, Keith J. Halford
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4182
The hydrogeology and ground-water quality of Seminole County in east-central Florida was evaluated. A ground-water flow model was developed to simulate the effects of both present day (September 1996 through August 1997) and projected 2020 ground-water withdrawals on the water levels in the surficial aquifer system and the potentiometric surface...
Hydrogeologic framework and potentiometric surface of the Williamson Creek Aquifer "B" sand in the Fort Polk area, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, March 1997
Lawrence B. Prakken
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4064
The Fort Polk Military Reservation(hereinafter referred to as the Reservation) in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, occupies 107,024 acres of lands; 66,998 acres are owned by the U.S. Army, and 40,026 acres are owned by the U.S. Forest Service (Dan Nance, Fort Polk Public Affairs office, written commun., 1998). Some areas of...
Structural controls on ground-water conditions and estimated aquifer properties near Bill Williams Mountain, Williams, Arizona
Herbert A. Pierce
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4058
As of 1999, surface water collected and stored in reservoirs is the sole source of municipal water for the city of Williams. During 1996 and 1999, reservoirs reached historically low levels. Understanding the ground-water flow system is critical to managing the ground-water resources in this part of the Coconino Plateau....
Ground-water discharge determined from estimates of evapotranspiration, Death Valley regional flow system, Nevada and California
Randell J. Laczniak, J. LaRue Smith, Peggy E. Elliott, Guy A. DeMeo, Melissa A. Chatigny, Gaius J. Roemer
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4195
The Death Valley regional flow system (DVRFS) is one of the larger ground-water flow systems in the southwestern United States and includes much of southern Nevada and the Death Valley region of eastern California. Centrally located within the ground-water flow system is the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The NTS, a...
Estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in rural basins of North Carolina— Revised
Benjamin F. Pope, Gary D. Tasker, Jeanne C. Robbins
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4207
A statewide study was conducted to develop two methods for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in rural ungaged basins in North Carolina. Flood-frequency estimates for gaged sites in North Carolina were computed by fitting the annual peak flows for each site to a log-Pearson Type III distribution. As...
Evaluation of passive diffusion bag samplers in selected wells at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Louisville, Kentucky, July 1999 to January 2000
Don A. Vroblesky, Matthew D. Petkewich, Clifton C. Casey
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4163
Passive diffusion bag samplers were tested in 11 wells at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Louisville, Kentucky, by comparing the volatile organic compound concentrations obtained from passive diffusion bag samplers to volatile organic compound concentrations obtained by pumping the wells. The wells were screened in poorly permeable formations, including overburden,...
Preliminary evaluation of the importance of existing hydraulic-head observation locations to advective-transport predictions, Death Valley regional flow system, California and Nevada
Mary C. Hill, D. Matthew Ely, Claire R. Tiedeman, Grady M. O’Brien, Frank A. D’Agnese, Claudia C. Faunt
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4282
When a model is calibrated by nonlinear regression, calculated diagnostic statistics and measures of uncertainty provide a wealth of information about many aspects of the system. This report presents a method of ranking the likely importance of existing observation locations using measures of prediction uncertainty. It is suggested that continued...
Simulated ground-water flow and water quality of the Mississippi River alluvium near Burlington, Iowa, 1999
Robert A. Boyd
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4274
The City of Burlington, Iowa, obtains some of its public water supply by withdrawing ground water from the Mississippi River alluvium, an alluvial aquifer adjacent to the Mississippi River. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Burlington, conducted a hydrologic study of the Mississippi River alluvium near...
Geophysical investigations of well fields to characterize fractured-bedrock aquifers in southern New Hampshire
James R. Degnan, Richard Bridge Moore, Thomas J. Mack
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4183
Bedrock-fracture zones near high-yield bedrock wells in southern New Hampshire well fields were located and characterized using seven surface and six borehole geophysical survey methods. Detailed surveys of six sites with various methods provide an opportunity to integrate and compare survey results. Borehole geophysical surveys were conducted at three of...
Water Resources Data, Kentucky, Water Year 2000
D.L. McClain, F.D. Byrd, A.C. Brown
2001, Water Data Report KY-00-1
Water resources data for the 2000 water year for Kentucky consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and lakes; and water levels of wells. This report includes daily discharge records for 114 stream-gaging stations. It also includes water-quality data for eight stations sampled at regular intervals...
Effects of residential development on the water quality of Higgins Lake, Michigan 1995-99
Russel J. Minnerick
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4055
Higgins Lake, a popular recreation area in the north-central Lower Peninsula of Michigan, drains an area of 58 square miles and is composed of two deep basins separated by a narrow channel between Flag Point and Point Detroit.The North and South Basins have a maximum depth of about 141 and...
Water resources data-Maine, water year 2001
G.J. Stewart, J.P. Nielsen, J. M. Caldwell, A.R. Cloutier
2001, Water Data Report ME-01-1
The Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with State, Federal, and other local governmental agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the water resources of Maine each year. These data, accumulated during the many water years, constitute a valuable data base for developing an improved understanding of...
Review and analysis of available streamflow and water-quality data for Park County, Colorado, 1962-98
Robert A. Kimbrough
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4034
Information on streamflow and surface-water and ground-water quality in Park County, Colorado, was compiled from several Federal, State, and local agencies. The data were reviewed and analyzed to provide a perspective of recent (1962-98) water-resource conditions and to help identify current and future water-quantity and water-quality concerns. Streamflow has been...
