Documentation of Precipitation Runoff Modeling System modules for the Modular Modeling System modified for the Watershed and River Systems Management Program
Mark C. Mastin, J. J. Vaccaro
2002, Open-File Report 2002-362
A decision support system is being developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as part of a long-term project, the Watershed and River Systems Management Program. The goal of the program is to apply the decision support system to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects in...
Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1999-2000
James W. Ball, R. Blaine McCleskey, D. Kirk Nordstrom, JoAnn M. Holloway, Philip L. Verplanck, Sabin A. Sturtevant
2002, Open-File Report 2002-382
Sixty-seven water analyses are reported for samples collected from 44 hot springs and their overflow drainages and two ambient-temperature acid streams in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) during 1990-2000. Thirty-seven analyses are reported for 1999, 18 for June of 2000, and 12 for September of 2000. These water samples were collected and analyzed as...
Ground water near Pella and in selected parts of Jasper, Mahaska and Marion Counties, Iowa
James P. Caldwell, Eric M. Sadorf
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4118
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Pella, Iowa, conducted a study of the ground-water resources in selected parts of Jasper, Mahaska, and Marion Counties near Pella, Iowa, during 2000–01. The purpose of the study was to describe the ground-water resources in the Pella, Iowa, area. Following a...
Environmental setting and water-quality issues of the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee
Gregory C. Johnson, Robert E. Kidd, Celeste A. Journey, Humbert Zappia, J. Brian Atkins
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4162
The Mobile River Basin is one of over 50 river basins and aquifer systems being investigated as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. This basin is the sixth largest river basin in the United States, and fourth largest in terms of streamflow, encompassing parts of...
Relation of Environmental characteristics to the composition of aquatic assemblages along a gradient of urban land use in New Jersey, 1996-98
Jonathan G. Kennen, Mark A. Ayers
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4069
Community data from 36 watersheds were used to evaluate the response of fish, invertebrate, and algal assemblages in New Jersey streams to environmental characteristics along a gradient of urban land use that ranged from 3 to 96 percent. Aquatic assemblages were sampled at 36 sites during 1996-98, and more than...
Human-health pharmaceutical compounds in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001
Robert A. Boyd, Edward T. Furlong
2002, Open-File Report 2002-385
The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service conducted a reconnaissance study to investigate the occurrence of selected human-health pharmaceutical compounds in water samples collected from Lake Mead on the Colorado River and Las Vegas Wash, a waterway used to transport treated wastewater from the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
Near field receiving water monitoring of benthic community near the Palo Alto Water Quality Control Plant in south San Francisco Bay: February 1974 through December 2000
Janet K. Thompson, Francis Parcheso, Michelle K. Shouse
2002, Open-File Report 2002-394
Analyses of the benthic community structure over a 26-year period show that changes in the community have occurred concurrent with reduced concentrations of metals in the sediment and in the tissues of the biosentinal clam Macoma balthica from the same area. The community has shifted from being dominated by several...
Lithologic and ground-water data for monitoring sites in the Mojave River and Warren Valley basins, San Bernardino County, California, 1992-1998
Julia A. Huff, Dennis A. Clark, Peter Martin
2002, Open-File Report 2002-354
Lithologic and ground-water data were collected at 85 monitoring sites constructed in the Mojave Water Agency Management area in San Bernardino County, California, as part of a series of cooperative studies between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Mojave Water Agency. The data are being used to evaluate and address...
Simulation of runoff and water quality for 1990 and 2008 land-use conditions in the Reedy Creek watershed, east-central Florida
Shaun Wicklein, Donna M. Schiffer
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4018
Hydrologic and water-quality data have been collected within the 177-square-mile Reedy Creek, Florida, watershed, beginning as early as 1939, but the data have not been used to evaluate relations among land use, hydrology, and water quality. A model of the Reedy Creek watershed was developed and applied to the period...
Supporting data for hydrologic studies in San Francisco Bay, California: Meteorological measurements at the Port of Redwood City during 1998-2001
Laurence E. Schemel
2002, Open-File Report 2002-231
Meteorological data were collected during 1998-2001 at the Port of Redwood City, California, to support hydrologic studies in South San Francisco Bay. The measured meteorological variables were air temperature, atmospheric pressure, quantum flux (insolation), and four parameters of wind speed and direction: scalar mean horizontal wind speed, (vector) resultant horizontal...
User's guide to Model Viewer, a program for three-dimensional visualization of ground-water model results
Paul A. Hsieh, Richard B. Winston
2002, Open-File Report 2002-106
Model Viewer is a computer program that displays the results of three-dimensional groundwater models. Scalar data (such as hydraulic head or solute concentration) may be displayed as a solid or a set of isosurfaces, using a red-to-blue color spectrum to represent a range of scalar values. Vector data (such as...
Modeling Fish Population and Biomass on the Everglades Landscape (ALFISH)
Donald L. DeAngelis, Louis J. Gross, Holly Gaff, Rene Salinas
2002, Fact Sheet 138-02
ALFISH is a model created under the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Its purpose is to describe fish functional groups in freshwater marshes of the greater Everglades area of southern Florida. In particular, it is intended to assess the spatial pattern of...
Environmental Characteristics and Geographic Information System Applications for the Development of Nutrient Thresholds in Oklahoma Streams
Jason R. Masoner, Brian E. Haggard, Alan Rea
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4191
The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency has developed nutrient criteria using ecoregions to manage and protect rivers and streams in the United States. Individual states and tribes are encouraged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to modify or improve upon the ecoregion approach. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board uses a dichotomous process...
Influence of hydrology on life-history parameters of common freshwater fishes from southern Florida
William F. Loftus
2002, Fact Sheet 139-02
Fishes are essential to the successful functioning of wetland food webs in southern Florida through their roles as prey and predators. Any changes that reduce the population sizes, community composition, or availability of aquatic animals will affect all facets of the ecology of these wetlands. In particular, small and medium-size...
Flux of dissolved forms of mercury across the sediment-water interface in Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada
James S. Kuwabara, Mark Marvin-DiPasquale, Wayne Praskins, Earl Byron, Brent R. Topping, James L. Carter, Steven V. Fend, Francis Parcheso, David P. Krabbenhoft, Mae S. Gustin
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4138
No abstract available....
Design of a real-time ground-water level monitoring network and portrayal of hydrologic data in southern Florida
Scott T. Prinos, A.C. Lietz, R.B. Irvin
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4275
Ground-water resources in southern Florida are under increasing stress caused a rapid growth in population. As a result of increased demands on aquifers, water managers need more timely and accurate assessments of ground-water conditions in order to avoid or reduce adverse effects such as saltwater intrusion, loss of pumpage...
Estimating ground-water inflow to lakes in central Florida using the isotope mass-balance approach
Laura A. Sacks
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4192
The isotope mass-balance approach was used to estimate ground-water inflow to 81 lakes in the central highlands and coastal lowlands of central Florida. The study area is characterized by a subtropical climate and numerous lakes in a mantled karst terrain. Ground-water inflow was computed using both steady-state and transient formulations...
Hydrology and chemistry of floodwaters in the Yolo Bypass, Sacramento River system, California, during 2000
Laurence E. Schemel, Marisa H. Cox, Stephen W. Hager, Theodore R. Sommer
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4202
Discharges to and floodwaters in the Yolo Bypass were sampled during winter and spring, 2000. The primary purpose of the study was to link changes in water quality in the Yolo Bypass to inflows from the Sacramento River (over Fremont Weir) and from four local streams that discharge to the...
Interdecadal changes in the hydrometeorological regime of the Pacific Northwest and in the regional-to-hemispheric climate regimes, and their linkages
J. J. Vaccaro
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4176
Selected hydrometeorological (HM) data for the Pacific Northwest, and regional-to-hemispheric atmospheric-circulation data and sea-surface temperature (SST) data for the North Pacific, are examined for three successive interdecadal periods that are subsets of the instrumental record in order to estimate if their characteristics have changed. The HM data included monthly precipitation...
Watershed models for decision support in the Yakima River basin, Washington
M. C. Mastin, J. J. Vaccaro
2002, Open-File Report 2002-404
A Decision Support System (DSS) is being developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Reclamation as part of a long-term project, the Watershed and River Systems Management Program. The goal of the program is to apply the DSS to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects in the western...
Ground-cover vegetation in wetland forests of the lower Suwannee River floodplain, Florida, and potential impacts of flow reductions
Melanie R. Darst, Helen M. Light, Lori J. Lewis
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4027
Ground-cover vegetation was surveyed in wetland forests in the lower Suwannee River floodplain, Florida, in a study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Suwannee River Water Management District from 1996 to 1999. Increased water use in the basin, supplied primarily from ground water, could reduce ground-water...
Hydrologic investigation of Powell Marsh and its relation to Dead Pike Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin
James T. Krohelski, William J. Rose, Randall J. Hunt
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4034
An analytic element ground-water-flow model was constructed to help understand the ground- and surface-water hydrology in the vicinity of Dead Pike Lake and Powell Marsh, Vilas County, Wisconsin. The model was used to simulate the effect of removing Powell Marsh control structures (ditches and Vista Pond) on the hydrology of...
Hydrology and water quality of Geneva Lake, Walworth County, Wisconsin
Dale M. Robertson, Gerald L. Goddard, Elizabeth A. Mergener, William J. Rose, Paul J. Garrision
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4039
As part of continuing efforts to improve the water quality of Geneva Lake, a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency was initiated in 1997 to document the present quality of the lake and its sediments, compute detailed...
Report of hydrologic investigations in the Three Sisters area of central Oregon, Summer 2001
William C. Evans, Robert H. Mariner, Steven E. Ingebritsen, B. Mack Kennedy, Matthias C. van Soest, Mark A. Huebner
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4061
An ongoing episode of crustal uplift centered in the Separation Creek drainage of the Three Sisters area, central Oregon Cascades, may result from a magmatic intrusion that began in 1998. An investigation of springs in this drainage in summer 2001 revealed slightly elevated water temperatures and chloride (Cl-) concentrations of...
Ground-water levels in the Floridan-Midville aquifer in the Breezy Hill area, Aiken and Edgefield Counties, South Carolina, April 1999-November 2000
Larry G. Harrelson, W. Fred Falls, David C. Prowell
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4075
The Breezy Hill area in Aiken and Edgefield Counties of west-central South Carolina is a rapidly growing region in need of increasing amounts of ground water. From 1995 to 1998, the local water utility increased ground-water withdrawals in the Breezy Hill area from 1.4 to 2.1 million gallons per day...
