Quality assurance/quality control manual; National Water Quality Laboratory
J.W. Pritt, J.W. Raese
1995, Open-File Report 95-443
Quality-control practices are established for the operation of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Laboratory. These practices specify how samples are preserved, shipped, and analyzed in the Laboratory. This manual documents the practices that are currently (1995) used in the Laboratory....
Water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Illinois, 1994
G. O. Balding (compiler)
1995, Open-File Report 95-391
This report gives an overview of U.S. Geological Survey, Illinois District, Water Resources Division activities related to the water resources of the State of Illinois. The report includes sections describing District organization, programs, water conditions, data collection activities, and project summaries. Also included is a complete listing of District and...
Onshore-offshore wide-angle seismic recording in October 1994 near Cape Blanco, Oregon
T.M. Brocher, M.J. Davis, S.H. Clark Jr., E.L. Geist
1995, Open-File Report 95-819
Water-use data by category, county, and water management district in Florida, 1950-90
R. L. Marella
1995, Open-File Report 94-521
The population for Florida in 1990 was estimated at 12.94 million, an increase of nearly 10.17 million (370 percent) from the population of 2.77 million in 1950. Consequently, water use (fresh and saline) in Florida increased nearly 510 percent (15,175 million gallons per day) between 1950 and 1990. The resident...
Status of ground-water resources at U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia; summary of hydrologic and climatic data, January 1992 through December 1994
J.D. Torikai
1995, Open-File Report 95-387
This report contains hydrologic and climatic data that describe the status of ground-water resources at U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Data presented are from January 1992 through December 1994. This report concentrates on data from October through December 1994, and references previous data from 1992 through 1994. Cumulative rainfall...
Water-quality, bed-sediment, and biological data (October 1993 through September 1994) and statistical summaries of data for streams in the Upper Clark Fork basin, Montana
J. H. Lambing, Michelle I. Hornberger, E.V. Axtmann, K. A. Dodge
1995, Open-File Report 95-429
Water, bed sediment, and biota were sampled in streams from Butte to below Missoula as part of a program to characterize aquatic resources in the upper Clark Fork basin of western Montana. Water- quality data were obtained periodically at 16 stations during October 1993 through September 1994 (water year 1994);...
Bench mark descriptions and photographs for global positioning system (GPS) stations in the vicinity of Mt. Shasta and Medicine Lake, California
K.M. Yamashita, D.E. Wieprecht
1995, Open-File Report 95-811
Measurements of evapotranspiration, surface-energy fluxes, weather variables, and water-table depths in the closed basin of the San Luis Valley, Alamosa County, Colorado, 1985-88
D.I. Stannard, H. L. Weaver
1995, Open-File Report 93-639
No abstract available....
Flow duration of Kentucky streams through 1990; historical and monthly flow characteristics, including the effects of reservoirs
K.J. Ruhl, R.J. Burns, G. R. Martin, D.P. Allgeier
1995, Open-File Report 95-353
This report presents flow-duration tables and plots for selected streamflow sites in Kentucky with three or more years of continuous record through 1990. Flow duration describes the frequency with which given streamflows are equalled or exceeded. The flow-duration tables were computed using daily mean discharge values for the entire period...
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, annual project summaries, XXXVI; Volume 1
Muriel L. Jacobson (compiler)
1995, Open-File Report 95-210
Standard procedures and quality-control practices for the U.S. Geological Survey National Field Quality Assurance Program from 1982 through 1993
D.L. Stanley
1995, Open-File Report 95-317
The U.S. Geological Survey operates the National Field Quality Assurance Program to provide quality- assurance reference samples to field personnel who make water-quality field measurements. The program monitors the accuracy and precision of pH, specific conductance, and alkalinity field measurements. This report documents the operational procedures and quality-control techniques used...
Design of monitor wells, hydrogeology, and ground-water quality beneath Country Pond, Kingston, New Hampshire
Thomas J. Mack
1995, Open-File Report 95-465
Ten monitoring well were installed in May 1993 to collect data on the hydrogeology and ground-water quality beneath Country Pond, in Kingston, New Hampshire. Monitoring wells were installed 4 to 48 feet beneath the pond surface in stratified drift that was up to 40 feet thick. The stratified drift is...
A computerized data base of nitrate concentrations in Indiana ground water
M.R. Risch, D.A. Cohen
1995, Open-File Report 95-468
As part of a cooperative study with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the U.S. Geological Survey compiled a computerized data base of nitrate concentrations in Indiana ground water. The data included nitrate determinations from more than 29 studies by five Federal and State agencies during June 1973 through August...
Chemical quality of bottom sediments in selected streams, Jefferson County, Kentucky, April-July 1992
B.L. Moore, R. D. Evaldi
1995, Open-File Report 95-339
Bottom sediments from 25 stream sites in Jefferson County, Ky., were analyzed for percent volatile solids and concentrations of nutrients, major metals, trace elements, miscellaneous inorganic compounds, and selected organic compounds. Statistical high outliers of the constituent concentrations analyzed for in the bottom sediments were defined as a measure of...
Water-resources activities in Arkansas, 1992-94
Bobbie L. Louthian
1995, Open-File Report 95-423
Time drill; an introduction to geologic time
Kevin P. Purcell
1995, Open-File Report 95-805-A
Hydrogeologic and water-quality data for the explosive experimental area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Site, Dahlgren, Virginia
E. C. Hammond, C. F. Bell
1995, Open-File Report 95-386
Hydrogeologic and water-quality data were collected at the Explosive Experimental Area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Site at Dahlgren, Virginia, as part of a hydrogeologic assessment of the shallow aquifer system begun in 1993. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted this study to provide the U.S. Navy with hydrogeologic data to...
Bibliography of well-log applications annual update, October 1, 1994 to September 30, 1995
Stephen E. Prensky
1995, Open-File Report 95-817-C
Ground-water data for the Suck Creek area of Walden Ridge, southern Cumberland Plateau, Marion County, Tennessee
D. W. Hanchar
1995, Open-File Report 94-704
An investigation was made of the ground-water resources of the Suck Creek area, Marion County, Tennessee, 1990-91. Suck Creek is located on the Walden Ridge section of the Cumberland Plateau, and is about 16 miles northwest of Chattanooga. Eight wells were drilled into bedrock of Pennsylvania age. Drilling sites were...
Earthquake information needs in south-central Alaska
R.A. Page, Peter J. Haeussler
1995, Open-File Report 95-696
Vertical hydraulic conductivity of soil and potentiometric surface of the Missouri River alluvial aquifer at Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas — August 1992 and January 1993
B. P. Kelly, D. W. Blevins
1995, Open-File Report 95-322
No abstract available....
Bibliography of the Edwards Aquifer, Texas, through 1993
J.A. Menard
1995, Open-File Report 95-336
The bibliography comprises 1,022 multidisciplinary references to technical and general literature for the three regions of the Edwards aquifer, Texas-San Antonio area; Barton Springs segment, Austin area; and northern segment, Austin area. The references in the bibliography were compiled from computerized data bases and from published bibliographies and reports. Dates...
Bibliography for Hayes, Spurr, Crater Peak, Redoubt, Iliamna, Augustine, Douglas, and Aniakchak volcanoes, Alaska
K.J. Lemke, B.A. May, A.M. Vanderpool
1995, Open-File Report 95-435
Alaska has more than 40 active volcanoes, many of which are close to the major population centers of south-central Alaska. This bibliography was compiled to assist in the preparation of volcano hazard evaluations at Cook Inlet volcanoes. It lists articles, reports, and maps about the geology and hydrology of Hayes,...
Re-examination of rock geochemistry in the Copper Canyon area, Lander County, Nevada
B. B. Kotlyar, T. G. Theodore, R.C. Jachens
1995, Open-File Report 95-816
No abstract available....
Base-flow characteristics of streams in the Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, and Piedmont physiographic provinces of Virginia
D.L. Nelms, G.E. Harlow Jr., Donald C. Hayes
1995, Open-File Report 95-298
Growth within the Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, and Piedmont Physiographic Provinces of Virginia has focused concern about allocation of surface-water flow and increased demands on the ground-water resources. The purpose of this report is to (1) describe the base-flow characteristics of streams, (2) identify regional differences in these flow...
