Hydrology, water quality, and nutrient loads to Lake Catherine and Channel Lake, near Antioch, Lake County, Illinois
Robert T. Kay, Gary P. Johnson, David L. Schrader
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4088
From April 21, 1998, through April 30, 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Fox Waterway Agency, conducted an investigation designed to characterize the hydrology, water quality, hydrologic budget, sediment budget, and nutrient budget of Lake Catherine and Channel Lake, Lake County, Illinois. These lakes are the northernmost...
Flood hydrology for Dry Creek, Lake County, northwestern Montana
Charles Parrett, Robert D. Jarrett
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4069
Field tests of polyethylene-membrane diffusion samplers for characterizing volatile organic compounds in stream-bottom sediments, Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump Superfund site, Ashland, Massachusetts
Forest P. Lyford, Richard E. Willey, Scott Clifford
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4108
A plume of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ground water extends from the Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump Superfund site in Ashland, Massachusetts, northward toward a mill pond on the Sudbury River and eastward toward the Sudbury River and former mill raceway downstream from the mill pond. Polyethylene-membrane water-to-vapor (vapor) and...
Two months of flooding in eastern North Carolina, September-October 1999: Hydrologic, water-quality, and geologic effects of hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene
Jerad D. Bales, Carolyn J. Oblinger, Sallenger Jr.
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4093
The combined effects of Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene in September and October 1999 resulted in 2 months of flooding throughout most of eastern North Carolina. Hurricane Dennis battered the Outer Banks for almost a week in early September, resulting in severe shore- line erosion in some locations near Buxton...
Evaluation of the use of reach transmissivity to quantify leakage beneath Levee 31N, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Mark S. Nemeth, Walter M. Wilcox, Helena M. Solo-Gabriele
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4066
A coupled ground- and surface-water model (MODBRANCH) was developed to estimate ground-water flow beneath Levee 31N in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and to simulate hydrologic conditions in the surrounding area. The study included compilation of data from monitoring stations, measurement of vertical seepage rates in wetlands, and analysis of the hydrogeologic...
A three-dimensional finite-volume Eulerian-Lagrangian Localized Adjoint Method (ELLAM) for solute-transport modeling
C.I. Heberton, T.F. Russell, Leonard F. Konikow, G.Z. Hornberger
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4087
This report documents the U.S. Geological Survey Eulerian-Lagrangian Localized Adjoint Method (ELLAM) algorithm that solves an integral form of the solute-transport equation, incorporating an implicit-in-time difference approximation for the dispersive and sink terms. Like the algorithm in the original version of the U.S. Geological Survey MOC3D transport model, ELLAM uses...
Development of a contour map showing generalized skew coefficients of annual peak discharges of rural, unregulated streams in New York, excluding Long Island
Richard Lumia, Yvonne H. Baevsky
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4022
Flood-frequency relations that are developed by fitting the logarithms of annual peak discharges to a Pearson Type-III distribution are sensitive to skew coefficients. Estimates of population skew for a site are improved when computed from the weighted average of (1) the sample (station) skew, and (2) an unbiased, generalized skew...
Development of a stream habitat index for use with an Index of Biotic Integrity in the St. Croix River Basin, Minnesota
R. M. Goldstein, D. L. Lorenz, Scott Niemela
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4290
More than 70 streams in the St. Croix River Basin in Minnesota were sampled for fish community composition and physical habitat during 1996–98. A habitat index was developed based on measurements, field observations, and land use. The objective was to develope a habitat index for use to evaluate water quality...
Digital airborne time domain electromagnetic data from surveys over Cochiti Pueblo, Rio Puerco, and Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Maria Deszcz-Pan, B. D. Rodriguez, J. P. Doucette, Michel Godbout, J. M. Williams, D.A. Sawyer, B. D. Stone, V.J. Grauch, Geoterrex-Dighem
2000, Open-File Report 2000-502
The Albuquerque-Santa Fe region is rapidly growing. The Santa Fe Group aquifer in the Middle Rio Grande Basin (MRGB) is the main source of municipal water for the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area and is more limited than previously thought (Thorn et al., 1993). The MRGB, as defined hydrologically and used...
Water-quantity and water-quality aspects of a 500-year flood - Nishnabotna River, southwest Iowa, June 1998
Dana W. Kolpin, Edward E. Fischer, Douglas J. Schnoebelen
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4025
Flooding that occurred in southwest Iowa during June 15–17, 1998, was the worst flood ever recorded on the Nishnabotna River, exceeding the theoretical 500-year flood calculated from peak-flow records (1922 to present). This flood was a direct consequence of severe thunderstorm activity that caused more than 4 inches of rain...
Estimating the probability of elevated nitrate (NO2+NO3-N) concentrations in ground water in the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area, Washington
Lonna M. Frans
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4110
Logistic regression was used to relate anthropogenic (man-made) and natural factors to the occurrence of elevated concentrations of nitrite plus nitrate as nitrogen in ground water in the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area, eastern Washington. Variables that were analyzed included well depth, depth of well casing, ground-water recharge rates,...
Regional equations for estimating mean annual and mean seasonal runoff for natural basins in Texas, base period 1961-90
Jennifer Lanning-Rush
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4064
Regional equations were developed for estimating mean annual and mean seasonal runoff for natural basins in Texas. The equations, which are based on the statistical relation between streamflow and basin characteristics, use streamflow data and basin characteristics from U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations within natural basins and with a least...
Characterization of rainfall-runoff response and estimation of the effect of wetland restoration on runoff, Heron Lake Basin, southwestern Minnesota, 1991-97
Perry M. Jones, Thomas A. Winterstein
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4095
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Heron Lake Watershed District, conducted a study to characterize the rainfall-runoff response and to examine the effects of wetland restoration on the rainfall-runoff response within the Heron Lake Basin in southwestern Minnesota. About 93...
Hydrogeology, hydrologic budget, and water chemistry of the Medina Lake area, Texas
Rebecca B. Lambert, Kenneth C. Grimm, Roger W. Lee
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4148
A three-phase study of the Medina Lake area in Texas was done to assess the hydrogeology and hydrology of Medina and Diversion Lakes combined (the lake system) and to determine what fraction of seepage losses from the lake system might enter the regional ground-water-flow system of the Edwards and (or)...
Design, revision, and application of ground-water flow models for simulation of selected water-management scenarios in the coastal area of Georgia and adjacent parts of South Carolina and Florida
John S. Clarke, Richard E. Krause
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4084
Ground-water flow models of the Floridan aquifer system in the coastal area of Georgia and adjacent parts of South Carolina and Florida, were revised and updated to ensure consistency among the various models used, and to facilitate evaluation of the effects of pumping on the ground-water level near areas of...
Methodology for applying monitored natural attenuation to petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated ground-water systems with examples from South Carolina
Frank H. Chapelle, John F. Robertson, James Landmeyer, Paul M. Bradley
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4161
Natural attenuation processes such as dispersion, advection, and biogradation serve to decrease concentrations of disssolved contaminants as they are transported in all ground-water systems. However, the efficiency of these natural attenuation processes and the degree to which they help attain remediation goals, varies considerably from site to site. This report...
Electromagnetic surveys to detect clay-rich sediment in the Rio Grande inner valley, Albuquerque area, New Mexico
James R. Bartolino, Joseph M. Sterling
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4003
Information on the presence of clay-rich layers in the inner-valley alluvium is essential for quantifying the amount of water transmitted between the Rio Grande and the Santa Fe Group aquifer system. This report describes a study that used electromagnetic surveys to provide this information. In the first phase of the...
Quality assurance and analysis of water levels in wells on Pahute Mesa and vicinity, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
Joseph M. Fenelon
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4014
Periodic and continual water-level data from 1963 to 1998 were compiled and quality assured for 65 observation wells on Pahute Mesa and vicinity, Nye County, Nevada. As part of the quality assurance of all water levels, ancillary data pertinent to computing hydraulic heads in wells were compiled and analyzed. Quality-assured...
The importance of ground water in the Great Lakes Region
N.G. Grannemann, R. J. Hunt, J.R. Nicholas, T. E. Reilly, T. C. Winter
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4008
Ground water is a major natural resource in the Great Lakes Region that helps link the Great Lakes and their watershed. This linkage needs to be more fully understood and quantified before society can address some of the important water-resources issues in the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes constitute the largest...
Geothermal hydrology of Valles Caldera and the southwestern Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Frank W. Trainer, Robert J. Rogers, M.L. Sorey
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4067
The Jemez Mountains in north-central New Mexico are volcanic in origin and have a large central caldera known as Valles Caldera. The mountains contain the Valles geothermal system, which was investigated during 1970-82 as a source of geothermal energy. This report describes the geothermal hydrology of the Jemez Mountains and...
Delineation of discharge areas of two contaminant plumes by use of diffusion samplers, Johns Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1998
Jennifer G. Savoie, D.R. LeBlanc, D.S. Blackwood, T.D. McCobb, R.R. Rendigs, Scott Clifford
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4017
Diffusion samplers were installed in the bottom of Johns Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to confirm that volatile organic compounds from the Storm Drain-5 (SD-5) plume emanating from the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) were discharging into the pond. An array of 134 vapor-diffusion samplers was buried by divers about 0.5 feet...
Temperatures and water potentials in shallow unsaturated alluvium next to a burial site for low-level radioactive waste, Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada, 1987-96
Mary L. Tumbusch, David E. Prudic
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4261
No abstract available....
Metals transport in the Sacramento River, California, 1996-1997; Volume 2: Interpretation of metal loads
Charles N. Alpers, Ronald C. Antweiler, Howard E. Taylor, Peter D. Dileanis, Joseph L. Domagalski, editor(s)
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4002
Metals transport in the Sacramento River, northern California, from July 1996 to June 1997 was evaluated in terms of metal loads from samples of water and suspended colloids that were collected on up to six occasions at 13 sites in the Sacramento River Basin. Four of the sampling periods (July,...
Analysis of the magnitude and frequency of floods in Colorado
J. E. Vaill
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4190
Regionalized flood-frequency relations need to be updated on a regular basis (about every 10 years). The latest study on regionalized flood-frequency equations for Colorado used data collected through water year 1981. A study was begun in 1994 by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Transportation...
Effects of fluvial tailings deposits on soils and surface- and ground-water quality, and implications for remediation — Upper Arkansas River, Colorado, 1992–96
Katherine Walton-Day, F. J. Rossi, L. J. Gerner, J. B. Evans, T. J. Yager, J. F. Ranville, K. S. Smith
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4273
No abstract available....
