Assessment of the hydrologic system and hydrologic effects of uranium exploration and mining in the southern Powder River Basin Uranium District and adjacent areas, Wyoming, 1983
M.E. Lowry, P. B. Daddow, Samuel J. Rucker IV
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4154
Data from core analyses, aquifer testing, and geophysical logging of Denver Basin bedrock aquifers at Castle Pines, Colorado
S. G. Robson, E. R. Banta
1993, Open-File Report 93-442
This report contains data pertaining to the geologic and hydrologic characteristics of the bedrock aquifers of the Denver basin at a site near Castle Pines, Colorado. Data consist of a lithologic- description of about 2,400 ft of drill core and laboratory determinations of mineralogy, grain size, bulk and grain density,...
Regional aquifers in Kansas, Nebraska, and parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: Geohydrologic framework
Donald G. Jorgensen, John O. Helgesen, Jeffrey L. Imes
1993, Professional Paper 1414-B
Regional aquifers are described within a 370,000-square-mile area extending from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado to the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers in eastern Nebraska and Missouri, and from South Dakota to the Ouachita, Arbuckle, and Wichita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. The present geohydrologic framework of aquifers and...
Global Change Hydrology Program
H.F. Lins
1993, Open-File Report 93-36
Tracer-dilution experiments and solute-transport simulations for a mountain stream, Saint Kevin Gulch, Colorado
R. E. Broshears, K.E. Bencala, B. A. Kimball, Diane M. McKnight
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4081
No abstract available....
Water-resources activities, North Dakota District, Fiscal Year 1992
1993, Open-File Report 93-52
The mission of the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, is to provide the hydrologic information and understanding needed for the optimum utilization and management of the Nation's water resources for the overall benefit of the people of the United States. This report describes water-resources activities of the Water Resources...
Water resources activities of the USGS, 1992
E. T. Smith (compiler)
1993, Open-File Report 92-117
The Water Resources Division (WRD) of the U.S. Geological Survey has the principal responsibility within the Federal Government for providing hydrologic information and appraising the Nation's water resources. The USGS is unique among government organizations because it has neither regulatory nor developmental authority. Information that is made available equally to...
Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN) Streamflow Data Set, 1874-1988
James Richard Slack, Alan M. Lumb, Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076
The potential consequences of climate change to continental water resources are of great concern in the management of those resources. Critically important to society is what effect fluctuations in the prevailing climate may have on hydrologic conditions, such as the occurrence and magnitude of floods or droughts and the seasonal...
A dual drawworks controller for borehole tomography
T.P. Grover, R.P. Kipfinger, D.L. Wright
1993, Open-File Report 93-324
No abstract available....
Hydrogeologic, water-quality, and land-use data for the reconnaissance of herbicides and nitrate in near-surface aquifers of the Midcontinental United States, 1991
D.W. Kolpin, M. R. Burkart, E.M. Thurman
1993, Open-File Report 93-114
Water samples were collected during the spring and summer of 1991 from 303 wells penetrating near-surface unconsolidated and bedrock aquifers of the midcontinental United States. Samples were analyzed for 11 herbicides, 2 dealkylated atrazine metabolites, and 4 nutrients. Specific conductance, pH, and dissolved-oxygen concentrations of the ground water were measured...
Hydrologic and sedimentologic data collected during four cruises at high water on the Mississippi River and some of its tributaries, March 1989-June 1990
J. A. Moody, R.H. Meade
1993, Open-File Report 92-651
U. S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Abstracts of the Technical Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993
David W. Morganwalp, David A. Aronson
1993, Open-File Report 93-454
Ground-water-quality assessment of the Central Oklahoma Aquifer, Oklahoma: Geochemical and geohydrologic investigations
David L. Parkhurst, Scott C. Christenson, George N. Breit
1993, Open-File Report 92-642
The National Water-Quality Assessment pilot project for the Central Oklahoma aquifer examined the chemical and isotopic composition of ground water, the abundances and textures of minerals in core samples, and water levels and hydraulic properties in the flow system to identify geochemical reactions occurring in the aquifer and rates and...
Streamflow and selected precipitation data for Yucca Mountain and vicinity, Nye County, Nevada, water years 1983-85
M.E. Pabst, D.A. Beck, P.A. Glancy, J. A. Johnson
1993, Open-File Report 93-438
Streamflow and precipitation data collected at and near Yucca Mountain, Nevada, during water years 1983-85, are presented. The data were collected and compiled as part of the studies the U.S. Geological Survey is making, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, to characterize surface water hydrology in the Yucca...
Reconnaissance data for selected herbicides, two atrazine metabolities, and nitrate in surface water of the Midwestern United States, 1989-90
E.A. Scribner, E.M. Thurman, D. A. Goolsby, M. T. Meyer, M. S. Mills, M.L. Pomes
1993, Open-File Report 93-457
Water-quality data were collected from 147 rivers and streams during 1989-90 to assess selected preemergent herbicides, two atrazine metabolites, and nitrate in 10 Midwestern States. This report includes a description of the sampling design, data collection techniques, laboratory and analytical methods, and a compilation of constituent concentrations and quality-assurance data....
Geohydrology, water quality, and estimation of ground-water recharge in San Francisco, California, 1987-92
S.P. Phillips, S. N. Hamlin, E.B. Yates
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4019
The city of San Francisco is considering further development of local groundwater resources as a supplemental source of water for potable or nonpotable use. By the year 2010, further water demand is projected to exceed the delivery capacity of the existing supply system, which is fed by surface-water sources; thus...
Evaluation of statistical models to predict chemical quality of shallow ground water in the Pine Barrens of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
P. E. Stackelberg, S. F. Siwiec
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4100
No abstract available....
Hydrogeologic data collected from a crude-oil spill site near Bemidji, Minnesota, 1983-91
S. E. Smith, M. F. Hult
1993, Open-File Report 93-496
The U.S. Geological Survey began a research project at the site of a crude oil spill near Bemidji, Minnesota in 1983. The project is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's Toxic Substances Hydrology Program. The objectives of research at this site are to obtain an understanding of the mobilization, transport,...
Selected hydrologic data for southern Utah and Goshen Valleys, Utah, 1890-1992
Bernard J. Stolp, Marilyn J. Drumiler, Lynette E. Brooks
1993, Open-File Report 93-108
This report contains hydrologic data collected in southern Utah and Goshen Valleys from 1890 to 1992. Southern Utah and Goshen Valleys are south of Salt Lake City in Utah County, north-central Utah. The area is bounded on the east and south by the Wasatch Range, on the south by Long...
Surface-water hydrology of Honey Lake Valley, Lassen County, California, and Washoe County, Nevada
Gerald L. Rockwell
1993, Hydrologic Atlas 726
Honey Lake Valley straddles the State line of California and Nevada; it is about 35 mi north of Reno and about three-fourths of the area is in California. In this report, Honey Lake Valley (also referred to as “the basin") includes the entire area within the hydrographic boundary shown in...
U.S. Geological Survey; North Carolina's water resources; a partnership with State, Federal and local agencies
M. D. Winner Jr.
1993, Open-File Report 93-113
For more than 80 years, the Federal-State Cooperative Program in North Carolina has been an effective partnership that provides timely water information for all levels of government. The cooperative program has raised awareness of State and local water problems and issues and has enhanced transfer and exchange of scientific information....
Simulated hydrologic responses of the Quashnet River stream-aquifer system to proposed ground-water withdrawals, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
P. M. Barlow, K.M. Hess
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4064
An investigation of the Quashnet River stream- aquifer system on Cape Cod was initiated in response to concern over possible streamflow reduction and degradation of the sea-run brown trout habitat of the river resulting from proposed ground-water withdrawals. A two-layer finite-difference ground-water-flow model was developed to simulate the stream-aquifer system....
Hydrology and water chemistry of shallow aquifers along the upper Clark Fork, western Montana
D. A. Nimick
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4052
Shallow ground-water resources in western Montana have been developed primarily in Quaternary alluvium and Tertiary deposits, although bedrock supplies water to wells locally. Well-yield and trans- missivity values were largest (medians of 40 gallons per minute and 970 feet squared per day, respec- tively) in alluvium and smallest (medians of...
Hydrology of the Hart Syncline area, northwestern Colorado
W. P. Van Liew, S. G. Robson
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4050
Hydrology of the Jackson, Tennessee, area and delineation of areas contributing ground water to the Jackson well fields
Z. C. Bailey
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4146
A comprehensive hydrologic investigation of the Jackson area in Madison County, Tennessee, was conducted to provide information for the development of a wellhead-protection program for two municipal well fields. The136-square-mile study area is between the Middle Fork Forked Deer and South Fork Forked Deer Rivers and includes the city of...