Field conditions at the Maricopa Agricultural Center, Pinal County, Arizona, September 28, 1989
Sandra J. Owen-Joyce
1989, Open-File Report 89-590
Field conditions were documented during the Landsat and SPOT satellite overpasses of the Maricopa Agricultural Center, Pinal County, Arizona, on September 28, 1989. Crop types were mapped and photographed for each demonstration farm field, and irrigation, cultivation, and orientation of rows are described. Field and photographic descriptions are presented in...
Characteristics and trends of streamflow and dissolved solids in the upper Colorado River Basin, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
Timothy D. Liebermann, David K. Mueller, James E. Kircher, Anne F. Choquette
1989, Water Supply Paper 2358
Annual and monthly concentrations and loads of dissolved solids and major constituents were estimated for 70 streamflow-gaging stations in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Trends in streamflow, dissolved-solids concentrations, and dissolved-solids loads were identified. Nonparametric trend-analysis techniques were used to determine step trends resulting from human activities upstream and long-term...
Preparation of average annual runoff map of the United States, 1951-80
W.R. Krug, W.A. Gebert, D.J. Graczyk
1989, Open-File Report 87-535
Average annual runoff was computed or estimated for 2,148 hydrologic cataloging units in the United States and Puerto Rico , for the period 1951-80. Runoff was computed from the recorded streamflow at 5,951 U.S. Geological Survey gaging stations. The runoff at more than 3,000 of these stations was estimated by...
Preliminary description of a mineral-bound ammonium locality in the Cedar Mountains, Esmeralda County, Nevada
M. D. Krohn
1989, Open-File Report 89-637
Quality of bottom material and elutriates in the lower Willamette River, Portland Harbor, Oregon
Gregory J. Fuhrer
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4005
In October 1983 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, collected bottom-material and water samples from Portland Harbor, Oregon to determine concentrations of trace metals and organic compounds in elutriate-test filtrate and bottom material. Of the trace metals examined in bottom material, concentrations of...
Hydrogeology of the Leadville limestone and other paleozoic rocks in northwestern Colorado, with results of aquifer tests at Glenwood Springs
Arthur L. Geldon
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4195
Paleozoic rocks in northwestern Colorado were investigated during the U.S. Geological Survey 's Regional Aquifer Systems Analysis of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Paleozoic rocks in the study area are grouped into 11 hydrostratigraphic units on the basis of lithologic and hydrologic properties. Devonian and Mississippian carbonate rocks and Pennsylvanian...
Measurement of time of travel in streams by dye tracing
F. A. Kilpatrick, James F. Wilson
1989, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-A9
The use of fluorescent dyes and tracing techniques provides a means for measuring the time-of-travel and dispersion characteristics of steady and gradually varied flow in streams. Measurements of the dispersion and concentration of dyes give insight into the behavior of soluble contaminants that may be introduced into a stream. This manual describes methods of measuring time...
Estimation of the recharge area contributing water to a pumped well in a glacial-drift, river-valley aquifer
Daniel J. Morrissey
1989, Water Supply Paper 2338
The highly permeable, unconfined, glacial-drift aquifers that occupy most New England river valleys constitute the principal source of drinking water for many of the communities that obtain part or all of their public water supply from ground water. Recent events have shown that these aquifers are highly susceptible to contamination...
Southeast Friends of the Pleistocene, 2nd annual field conference; Cenozoic geology and geomorphology of southern New Jersey coastal plain, November 11 - 13, 1988
Wayne L. Newell, J.S. Wyckoff, J. P. Owens, John Farnsworth
1989, Open-File Report 89-159
Preliminary assessment of sources, distribution, and mobility of selenium in the San Joaquin Valley, California
R. J. Gilliom
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4186
Selenium in tile drain water from parts of the western San Joaquin Valley, California, has adversely affected fish and waterfowl where drain water was impounded. Soils in these drained areas were derived from Coast Range marine sedimentary formations, were naturally saline and probably contained abundant soluble selenium. Decades of irrigation...
Chemical characteristics, including stable-isotope ratios, of surface water and ground water from selected sources in and near East Fork Armells Creek basin, southeastern Montana, 1985
R. F. Ferreira, J. H. Lambing, R. E. Davis
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4024
Water samples were collected from 29 sites to provide synoptic chemical data, including stable-isotope ratios, for an area of active surface coal mining and to explore the effectiveness of using the data to chemically distinguish water from different aquifers. Surface-water samples were collected from one spring, four sites on East...
Assessment of hydrologic and hydrogeologic data at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, North Carolina
Douglas Harned, O. B. Lloyd Jr., M.W. Treece Jr.
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4096
The Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base occupies 164 square miles in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina, including 30 square miles of the New River estuary that bisects the Base. As much as 1,500 feet of unconsolidated or partly consolidated sand,...
The vertical distribution of selected trace metals and organic compounds in bottom materials of the proposed lower Columbia River export channel, Oregon, 1984
Gregory J. Fuhrer, Arthur J. Horowitz
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4099
A proposal to deepen the lower Columbia River navigation channel in Oregon prompted a study of the vertical distribution of selected trace metals and organic compounds in bottom sediments. These data are needed to evaluate the effects of dredging and disposal operations. Elutriation testing of bottom material indicated chemical concentrations...
Water Resources Data for Alaska, Water Year 1988
B. B. Bigelow, R. D. Lamke, P.J. Still, J.L. VanMaanen, R.L. Burrows
1989, Water Data Report AK-88-1
Mineral resources of the Muggins Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Yuma County, Arizona
David B. Smith, R. M. Tosdal, J. A. Pitkin, M. D. Kleinkopf, R. H. Wood
1989, Bulletin 1702-D
Geologic map of the Buckhorn Mountain quadrangle, Larimer County, Colorado
William A. Braddock, Joseph T. O’Connor, Gary C. Curtin
1989, Geologic Quadrangle 1624
Geohydrology of the alluvial and terrace deposits of the North Canadian River from Oklahoma City to Eufaula Lake, central Oklahoma
J.S. Havens
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4234
This investigation was undertaken to describe the geohydrology of the alluvial and terrace deposits along the North Canadian River between Lake Overholser and Eufaula Lake, an area of about 1,835 square miles, and to determine the maximum annual yield of ground water. A 1982 water-level map of the alluvial and terrace...
Hydrogeology and results of aquifer tests in the vicinity of a hazardous-waste disposal site near Byron, Illinois
Robert T. Kay, David N. Olson, Barbara J. Ryan
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4081
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, conducted an investigation of a Superfund Site near Byron, Illinois. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the hydrogeologic properties of the Galena-Platteville and St. Peter aquifers, the primary water-supply aquifers for domestic supply in the area....
Geochemistry of artificial-recharge tests in the Oakes aquifer near Oakes, southeastern North Dakota
G. F. Huff, J. D. Wald
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4122
As part of an artificial-recharge feasibility study, water from the James River was introduced into the Oakes aquifer of southeastern North Dakota by infiltration through a recharge basin. Chemical composition of water in the recharge basin and ground water from two separate flow paths beneath the basin was determined from...
Trends in selected water-quality characteristics, Flathead River at Flathead, British Columbia, and at Columbia Falls, Montana, water years 1975-86
L. E. Cary
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4054
Data for selected water quality variables were evaluated for trends at two sampling stations--Flathead River at Flathead, British Columbia (Flathead station) and Flathead River at Columbia Falls, Montana (Columbia Falls station). The results were compared between stations. The analyses included data from water years 1975-86 at the Flathead station and...
Geologic map of Yosemite National Park and vicinity, California
N.K. Huber, P. C. Bateman, Clyde Wahrhaftig
1989, IMAP 1874
This digital map database represents the general distribution of bedrock and surficial deposits of the Yosemite National Park vicinity. It was produced directly from the file used to create the print version in 1989. The Yosemite National Park region is comprised of portions of 15 7.5 minute quadrangles....
Geologic map of the Horsetooth Reservoir quadrangle, Larimer County, Colorado
William A. Braddock, R.H. Calvert, J. T. O’Connor, G.A. Swann
1989, Geologic Quadrangle 1625
Glacial history and geohydrology of the Irondequoit Creek Valley, Monroe County, New York
W. M. Kappel, R.A. Young
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4145
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, Carol Ann Varner
1989, Open-File Report 89-300-I
Streamflow, sediment discharge, and streambank erosion in Cache Creek, Yolo County, California, 1953-86
J.G. Harmon
1989, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4188
This report defines cross-section geometry, slope, sinuosity, bed and bank material size, and sediment discharge for Cache Creek, Capay Valley, Yolo County, California; it also relates streambank erosion to daily volumes of flow greater than 6,000 acre-ft. Mean bed elevations at six cross sections during 1983-86 and at two cross...
