SIMSPAR model simulates the impact of hydrology on the Cape Sable seaside sparrow
Donald L. DeAngelis, Philip Nott, Louis J. Gross
2002, Fact Sheet 136-02
SIMSPAR is a spatially-explicit, individual-based model designed as a management and evaluation tool for the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis), an endangered subspecies of seaside sparrow that lives exclusively in the southern Everglades. The model is designed to simulate how changes in hydrology across the nesting area of...
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...
ATLSS high-resolution topography and hydrology model
Donald L. DeAngelis, Scott M. Duke-Sylvester
2002, Fact Sheet 137-02
The Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey has produced High-Resolution Hydrology and High-Resolution Topography models to provide high-resolution hydrologic data for the Greater Everglades landscape. Such hydrologic data is essential for describing the effect of hydrology on the important wildlife populations that are being...
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 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...
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...
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...
Lake belt study area: High-resolution seismic-reflection survey, Miami-Dade County Florida
Jack L. Kindinger
2002, Open-File Report 2002-325
Executive Summary The Northwest Dade County Freshwater Lake Plan Area (commonly referred to as the Lake Belt Area) is vital to the future planning and development of southeastern Florida. This area is located within one of the most environmentally sensitive parts of the state – the eastern borders of the...
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...
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...
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...
Characterization and analysis of temporal and spatial variations in habitat and macroinvertebrate community structure, Fountain Creek basin, Colorado Springs and vicinity, Colorado, 1998-2001
James F. Bruce
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4093
The Fountain Creek Basin in and around Colorado Springs, Colorado, is affected by various land- and water-use activities. Biological, hydrological, water-quality, and land-use data were collected at 10 sites in the Fountain Creek Basin from April 1998 through April 2001 to provide a baseline characterization of macroinvertebrate communities and habitat...
Simulation of ground-water flow in the Intermediate and Floridan aquifer systems in Peninsular Florida
Nicasio Sepulveda
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4009
A numerical model of the intermediate and Floridan aquifer systems in peninsular Florida was used to (1) test and refine the conceptual understanding of the regional ground-water flow system; (2) develop a data base to support subregional ground-water flow modeling; and (3) evaluate effects of projected 2020 ground-water withdrawals on...
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...
Three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model for use with a steady-state numerical ground-water flow model of the Death Valley regional flow system, Nevada and California
Wayne R. Belcher, Claudia C. Faunt, Frank A. D’Agnese
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4254
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Department of Energy and other Federal, State, and local agencies, is evaluating the hydrogeologic characteristics of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system. The ground-water flow system covers an area of about 100,000 square kilometers from latitude 35? to 38?15' North to...
Compilation of minimum and maximum isotope ratios of selected elements in naturally occurring terrestrial materials and reagents
T.B. Coplen, J.A. Hopple, J.K. Böhlke, H.S. Peiser, S.E. Rieder, H.R. Krouse, K.J.R. Rosman, T. Ding, R.D. Vocke Jr., K.M. Revesz, A. Lamberty, P. Taylor, P. De Bievre
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4222
Documented variations in the isotopic compositions of some chemical elements are responsible for expanded uncertainties in the standard atomic weights published by the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. This report summarizes reported variations in the isotopic compositions of 20...
Hurricane Mitch: Peak Discharge for Selected River Reachesin Honduras
Mark E. Smith, Jeffrey V. Phillips, Norman E. Spahr
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4266
Hurricane Mitch began as a tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea on 22 October 1998. By 26 October, Mitch had strengthened to a Category 5 storm as defined by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (National Climate Data Center, 1999a), and on 27 October was threatening the northern coast of Honduras (fig....
Hydrology and Water Quality of the Grand Portage Reservation, Northeastern Minnesota, 1991-2000
Thomas A. Winterstein
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4156
The Grand Portage Reservation is located in northeastern Cook County, Minnesota at the boundary between Minnesota, USA, and Ontario, Canada. Between 1991 and 2000 the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a series of studies, with the cooperation with Grand Portage Band of Chippewa, to describe the water resources of the Grand...
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...
