Water resources of Rockland Basin, southeastern Idaho
Rhea P. Williams, H.W. Young
1982, Open-File Report 82-755
Rockland basin comprises about 320 sq mi of the Snake River drainage in southeastern Idaho. Mountain ranges bordering the basin are composed predominantly of limestone and are complexly faulted. Major aquifers include Holocene alluvium, Quaternary-Tertiary volcanic rocks, and Tertiary sedimentary rocks. Groundwater occurs under water table conditions except where it...
Geophysical survey of the Centennial Mountains Wilderness Study Area and contiguous areas, Beaverhead County, Montana and Clark and Fremont counties, Idaho
R.A. Martin
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1342-C
Parts of both the Targhee and Beaverhead National Forests are within the study area. Four contiguous parcels of land, totaling about 96,176 acres (38,922 ha) make up the area. The first of these encompasses about 46,126 acres (18,667 ha), is wholly in Montana, and includes an addition by the Bureau...
A description of colored gravity and terrain maps for the United States and adjacent Canada east of 104 degrees
R.W. Simpson, T.G. Hildenbrand, R. H. Godson, M. F. Kane
1982, Open-File Report 82-877
Selected hydrologic data for northern Utah Valley, Utah, 1935-82
Cynthia L. Appel, David W. Clark, Paul E. Fairbanks
1982, Open-File Report 82-1023
This report contains hydrologic data collected in northern Utah Valley from 1935 to 1982. Northern Utah Valley is approximately the northern half of an alluvial-filled basin partly occupied by Utah Lake in north-central Utah. The report area is bounded by the Wasatch Range on the east, the Lake Mountains on...
Availability and quality of water from the Dakota aquifer, northwest Iowa
M. R. Burkart
1982, Open-File Report 82-264
The Dakota aquifer in northwest Iowa consists of sandstones in the Dakota Formation. It underlies most of the study area and is the most extensive source of ground water in the area. Individual sandstone beds are from less than 10 to more than 150 feet thick. The cumulative thickness of...
Temporal trends in the acidity of precipitation and surface waters of New York
Norman E. Peters, Roy A. Schroeder, David E. Troutman
1982, Water Supply Paper 2188
Statistical analyses of precipitation data from a nine-station monitoring network indicate little change in pH from 1965-78 within New York State as a whole but suggest that pH of bulk precipitation has decreased in the western part of the State by approximately 0.2 pH units since 1965 and increased in...
Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Lakota Formation and equivalent units in the northern Great Plains area of Montana
Gary Wayne Levings
1982, Open-File Report 82-563
The potentiometric surface of water in the lower Cretaceous Lakota Formation and equivalent units (Cut Bank Sandstone Member , Sunburst Sandstone Member, and Moulton Member of Kootenai formation; Third Cat Creek sandstone of Kootenai Formation; Pryor Conglomerate Member of Kootenai Formation) is shown on a base at a scale of...
Simulation of ground-water flow in the vicinity of Hyde Park landfill, Niagara Falls, New York
M.L. Maslia, R.H. Johnston
1982, Open-File Report 82-159
The Hyde Park landfill is a 15-acre chemical waste disposal site located north of Niagara Falls, New York. Underlying the site in descending order are: (1) low permeability glacial till, (2) a moderately permeable fractured rock aquifer--the Lockport Dolomite, and (3) a low permeability unit--the Rochester Shale. The site is...
Altitude and configuration of the predevelopment water table in the High Plains regional aquifer, northwestern Oklahoma
John S. Havens
1982, Open-File Report 82-275
The High Plains aquifer in Oklahoma is part of a region~l aquifersystem extending from South Dakota on the north through Wyoming, Colorado,Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to Texas and New Mexico o~ the south.(index map). The principal aquifer, the Ogallala F?rmat1on of :ert1aryage, is hydraulically connected with other unconsolidated ~eposits, .principally...
Chemical and mineralogical variation in the Pioneer Batholith, southwest Montana
J. M. Hammarstrom
1982, Open-File Report 82-148
No abstract available....
Geohydrology of the preglacial Genesee Valley, Monroe County, New York
Roger Milton Waller, T. J. Holecek, W. B. Stelz, J. L. Belli
1982, Open-File Report 82-552
This report is last in a series of 11 map sets depicting geohydrologic conditions in selected aquifers in upstate New York. Geohydrologic data are compiled on five maps at 1:24,000 scale. Together the maps provide a comprehensive overview of a buried glacio-fluvial aquifer in Monroe County. The maps include surficial...
Integrated model of the shallow and deep hydrothermal systems in the East Mesa area, Imperial Valley, California
T. David Riney, J.W. Pritchett, L.F. Rice
1982, Open-File Report 82-980
Geological, geophysical, thermal, petrophysical and hydrological data available for the East Mesa hydrothermal system that are pertinent to the construction of a computer model of the natural flow of heat and fluid mass within the system are assembled and correlated. A conceptual model of the full system is developed and...
Physical and hydrologic environments of the Mulberry coal reserves in eastern Kansas
J. F. Kenny, H.E. Bevans, A.M. Diaz
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4074
Strippable reserves of Mulberry coal underlie an area of approximately 300 square miles of Miami, Linn, and Bourbon Counties of eastern Kansas. Although subject to State reclamation law, current and projected strip mining of this relatively thin coal seam could alter and hydrologic environment of the study area. Drained by...
Generalized configuration of the top of the limestone unit of the lower part of the surficial aquifer, Duval County, Florida
Rick M. Spechler
1982, Open-File Report 82-336
The top of the limestone unit ranges from about 25 feet above sea level in western Duval County to about 75 feet below sea level locally in the eastern part of the county. The limestone, which is part of the surficial aquifer, is the principal source of water to shallow...
A study of trends in dissolved oxygen and fecal coliform bacteria at NASQAN stations
Richard A. Smith, Richard B. Alexander
1982, Open-File Report 82-1019
Most stations in the U.S. Geological Survey's National Stream Quality Accounting Network show no significant trend in either dissolved oxygen concentration or fecal coliform bacteria population for the period October 1974. through October 1981. Of the stations which do show trends, however, most show improved water quality: thirty-one of a...
Gulf of Alaska and Lower Cook Inlet summary report 3: Second revision of Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Alaska (including Lower Cook Inlet) and their onshore impacts: A summary report, September 1980
Joanne Barnes Jackson, Frederick N. Kurz
1982, Open-File Report 82-20
Five Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sales have been held in the Gulf of Alaska subregion of Alaska. Lease Sale 39, in the northern Gulf of Alaska, was held on April 13, 1976, and it resulted in the leasing of 76 tracts. Lease Sale CI, held on October 27, 1977,...
Yearly variations in runoff and frequency of dry years for the conterminous United States, 1911-79
W. B. Langbein, J. R. Slack
1982, Open-File Report 82-751
Gaging-station data are presented on variations in annual runoff over the conterminous United States and nearby Canada during the period 1911-79 in tabular and graphic (map) form. These data bring up-to-date and extend backward in time previous reports on streamflow stations by Harbeck and Langbein in 1949 which covered the...
Mineral resources of the Big Frog Wilderness Study Area and additions, Polk County, Tennessee and Fannin County, Georgia
John F. Slack, Gertrude C. Gazdik, Maynard L. Dunn Jr.
1982, Bulletin 1531
No abstract available....
Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in the Long Valley-Mono Lake area, east-central California and southwest Nevada; a preliminary assessment
C. Dan Miller, D. R. Mullineaux, D. R. Crandell, R. A. Bailey
1982, Circular 877
No abstract available....
Configuration of the water table, March 1980, in the Snake River plain regional aquifer system, Idaho and eastern Oregon
G. F. Lindholm, S. P. Garabedian, G. D. Newton, R.L. Whitehead
1982, Open-File Report 82-1022
No abstract available....
Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Judith River Formation in the northern Great Plains area of Montana
Gary W. Levings
1982, Open-File Report 82-562
The potentiometric surface of the Judith River Formation is mapped at a scale of 1:1,000,000. The map is one of a series produced as part of a regional study of aquifers of Cenozoic and Mesozoic age in the northern Great Plains of Montana. The contour interval is 200 feet. Water...
Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Eagle Sandstone and equivalent units in the northern Great Plains area of Montana
Gary W. Levings
1982, Open-File Report 82-565
The potentiometric surface of water in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Sandstone and equivalent units (Virgelle Sandstone and Telegraph Creek Formation) is shown on a base map at a scale of 1:1,000,000. The map is one of a series of maps produced as part of a regional study of aquifers of...
A workshop on "Preparing for and responding to a damaging earthquake in the Eastern United States"
W. W. Hays, editor(s)
1982, Open-File Report 82-220
Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Delaware County, Indiana
Leslie D. Arihood, Wayne W. Lapham
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-47
The ground-water resources of the White River basin in and near Delaware County, Indiana, were investigated by mapping the aquifers, calculating their hydraulic properties, determining the distribution of potentiometric head, and determining some of the components of the ground-water budget from data collected in the field. This information was used...
Preliminary assessment of potential volcanic hazards in the Long Valley-Mono Lake area, east-central California and southwestern Nevada
C. Dan Miller, D. R. Crandell, D. R. Mullineaux, R. Hoblitt, R. A. Bailey
1982, Open-File Report 82-583
No abstract available....
