Estimated withdrawals and use of freshwater in Vermont, 1990
M.A. Horn, Laura Medalie
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4097
Estimated freshwater withdrawals during 1990 in Vermont totaled about 632 million gallons per day. The largest withdrawals were for thermoelectric- power generation (82 percent), industrial use (7 percent), and public supply (6 percent). Most withdrawals, 587 million gallons per day, were made from surface-water sources as compared to 44.9 million...
Distribution and transport of polychlorinated biphenyls in Little Lake Butte des Morts, Fox River, Wisconsin, April 1987-October 1988
L. B. House
1995, Open-File Report 93-31
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in the bottom sediment and water column of Little Lake Butte des Morts were studied by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey. The lake is a 8-kilometer-long impoundment of the Fox River between Lake Winnebago and Appleton, Wisconsin. Discharge of PCB's into...
Preliminary geologic map of the southeastern part of the Tallowbox Mountain Quadrangle, Jackson County, Oregon
Mary M. Donato
1995, Open-File Report 95-641
Watershed boundaries and digital elevation model of Oklahoma derived from 1:100,000-scale digital topographic maps
J. R. Cederstrand, A. H. Rea
1995, Open-File Report 95-727
This document provides a general description of the procedures used to develop the data sets included on this compact disc. This compact disc contains watershed boundaries for Oklahoma, a digital elevation model, and other data sets derived from the digital elevation model. The digital elevation model was produced using the...
Hydraulic characteristics near streamside structures along the Kenai River, Alaska
Joseph M. Dorava
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4226
Hydraulic characteristics, water velocity, depth, and flow direction were measured near eight sites along the Kenai River in southcentral Alaska. Each of the eight sites contained a different type of structure: a road-type boat launch, a canal-type boat launch, a floating dock, a rock retaining wall, a pile-supported dock, a...
Location and site characteristics of the ambient ground-water-quality-monitoring network in West Virginia
M.D. Kozar, D.P. Brown
1995, Open-File Report 95-130
Ground-water-quality-monitoring sites have been established in compliance with the 1991 West Virginia "Groundwater Protection Act." One of the provisions of the "Groundwater Protection Act" is to conduct ground-water sampling, data collection, analyses, and evaluation with sufficient frequency so as to ascertain the characteristics and quality of ground water and...
Ground-Water Data-Collection Protocols and Procedures for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Collection and Documentation of Water-Quality Samples and Related Data
Michael T. Koterba, Franceska D. Wilde, Wayne W. Lapham
1995, Open-File Report 95-399
Protocols for ground-water sampling are described in a report written in 1989 as part of the pilot program for the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). These protocols have been reviewed and revised to address the needs of the full-scale implementation of the NAWQA Program...
Evaluation of a monitoring program for assessing the effects of management practices on the quantity and quality of drainwater from the Panoche Water District, western San Joaquin Valley, California
David A. Leighton, John L. Fio
1995, Open-File Report 95-731
An evaluation was made of an existing monitoring program in the Panoche Water District for 1986-93. The Panoche Water District is an agricultural area located in the western San Joaquin Valley of California. Because irrigation drainage from this area has high concentrations of dissolved solids and selenium, management strategies have...
Background concentrations of metals in soils from selected regions in the State of Washington
K. C. Ames, E. A. Prych
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4018
Soil samples from 60 sites in the State of Washington were collected and analyzed to determine the magnitude and variability of background concen- trations of metals in soils of the State. Samples were collected in areas that were relatively undisturbed by human activity from the most pre- dominant soils in...
Secondary mineralogy of altered rocks, Summitville Mine, Colorado
M.J. Flohr, R.G. Dillenberg, Gordon L. Nord Jr., G.S. Plumlee
1995, Open-File Report 95-808
Rock and soil geochemical and natural-water hydrogeochemical surveys and environmental implications, Fort McClellan, AL
R. E. Tucker, J. B. McHugh, R.T. Hopkins, B.W. Garland
1995, Open-File Report 95-837
Response of U.S. Geological Survey creepmeters in central California to the October 18, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
K.S. Breckenridge, R.W. Simpson
1995, Open-File Report 95-830
Potentiometric surface of the Aquia Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 1994
Stephen E. Curtin, Frederick K. Mack, David C. Andreasen
1995, Open-File Report 95-743
A map showing the potentiometric surface of the Aquia aquifer in the Aquia aquifer in the Aquia Formation of Paleocene age in southern Maryland during September 1994 was prepared from water levels measured in 74 wells. The potentiometric surface was above sea level near the northwestern boundary and outcrop area...
Economics and undiscovered conventional oil and gas accumulations in the 1995 National Assessment of U.S. oil and gas resources: conterminous United States
E. D. Attanasi, Donald L. Gautier, David H. Root
1995, Open-File Report 95-75-H
Magnetic and gravity studies of buried volcanic centers in the Amargosa Desert and Crater Flat, southwest Nevada
V.E. Langenheim
1995, Open-File Report 95-564
Results of a shallow seismic-refraction survey in the Little Valley area near Hemet, Riverside County, California
L. F. Duell Jr.
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4138
Little Valley, a small locally named valley southeast of the city of Hemet in Riverside County, California, is being evaluated for development of a constructed wetland and infiltration area as part of a water-resources management program in the area. The valley is a granitic basin filled with unconsolidated material. In...
Nutrient loading to Lewisville Lake, north-central Texas, 1984-87
W. S. Gain, Stanley Baldys
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4076
Concentrations of nutrients in the streams of the 1,660-square-mile Lewisville Lake drainage basin have some association with the two types of physiographic regions in the basin prairie regions and cross timbers regions. Total nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations generally are larger in streams draining the prairie regions than in streams draining...
An isotope hydrology study of the Kilauea volcano area, Hawaii
M. A. Scholl, S. E. Ingebritsen, C. J. Janik, J. P. Kauahikaua
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4213
Isotope tracer methods were used to determine flow paths, recharge areas, and relative age for ground water in the Kilauea volcano area on the Island of Hawaii. Stable isotopes in rainfall show three distinct isotopic gradients with elevation, which are correlated with trade-wind, rain shadow, and high-elevation climatological patterns. Temporal...
Geochemical data for environmental studies at Nabesna and Kennecott, Alaska; water, leachates, stream-sediments, heavy-mineral-concentrates, and rocks
R. G. Eppinger, J. B. McHugh, Paul H. Briggs, W. M. d’Angelo, M. W. Doughten, D.L. Fey, P. L. Hageman, R.T. Hopkins, R. J. Knight, A. L. Meier, J. M. Motooka, R. M. O’Leary, B. H. Roushey
1995, Open-File Report 95-645-A
Potentiometric surface of the Magothy Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 1994
Stephen E. Curtin, Frederick K. Mack, David C. Andreasen
1995, Open-File Report 95-744
A map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in the Magothy Formation of Cretaceous age in southern Maryland during September 1994 was prepared from water levels measured in 85 wells. The potentiometric surface was highest near the northwestern boundary and outcrop area of the aquifer in topographically high...
Potentiometric surfaces of the intermediate aquifer system, west-central Florida, May 1995
Patricia A. Metz, K. A. Stelman
1995, Open-File Report 95-707
No abstract available....
Geochemical data for environmental studies at Nabesna and Kennecott, Alaska; water, leachates, stream-sediments, heavy-mineral-concentrates, and rocks
R. G. Eppinger, J. B. McHugh, Paul H. Briggs, W. M. d’Angelo, M. W. Doughten, D.L. Fey, P. L. Hageman, R.T. Hopkins, R. J. Knight, A. L. Meier, J. M. Motooka, R. M. O’Leary, B. H. Roushey
1995, Open-File Report 95-645-B
The use of three-parameter rating table lookup programs, RDRAT and PARM3, in hydraulic flow models
C.L. Sanders Jr.
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4090
Subroutines RDRAT and PARM3 enable computer programs such as the BRANCH open-channel unsteady-flow model to route flows through or over combinations of critical-flow sections, culverts, bridges, road- overflow sections, fixed spillways, and(or) dams. The subroutines also obstruct upstream flow to simulate operation of flapper-type tide gates. A multiplier can be...
Water Budget for the Island of Kauai, Hawaii
Patricia J. Shade
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4128
A geographic information system model was created to calculate a monthly water budget for the island of Kauai. Ground-water recharge is the residual component of a monthly water budget calculated using long-term average rainfall, streamflow, and pan-evaporation data, applied irrigation-water estimates, and soil characteristics. The water-budget components are defined seasonally,...
Retention time and flow patterns in Lake Marion, South Carolina, 1984
G. G. Patterson, R.M. Harvey
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4145
In 1984, six dye tracer tests were made on Lake Marion to determine flow patterns and retention times under conditions of high and low flow. During the high-flow tests, with an average inflow of about 29,000 cubic feet per second, the approximate travel time through the lake for the peak...
