U.S. Geological Survey ground-water studies in Oregon
E.L. Bolke
1988, Open-File Report 88-129
The use of groundwater in Oregon is expected to increase owing to continued population growth and to surface water supplies that are inadequate to meet present or future demand. The major groundwater issues in Oregon are: conjunctive use of surface and groundwater; contamination from hazardous wastes, leakage from underground gasoline...
Selected papers in the hydrologic sciences, 1987
Seymour Subitzky, editor(s)
1988, Water Supply Paper 2330
No abstract available....
Hydrologic data collection activities in the Solomon Gulch basin near Valdez, Alaska
B. B. Bigelow
1988, Open-File Report 88-719
In 1981, the Alaska Power Authority completed construction of a dam spillway at the north end of Solomon Lake near Valdez. Regulation and diversion from the dam since 1982 have significantly altered the natural flow characteristics of Solomon Gulch. In September 1986, the Geological Survey began data collection to determine...
Geophysical logs and hydrologic data for eight wells in the Coyote Spring Valley area, Clark and Lincoln counties, Nevada
D.L. Berger, K. C. Kilroy, D. H. Schaefer
1988, Open-File Report 87-679
Geophysical logs, drilling operations, pump-test data, and water quality determinations are presented for eight wells in the Coyote Spring Valley area of southeastern Nevada. The wells are in an area where thick units of Paleozoic carbonate rock are overlain by Tertiary semiconsolidated basin-fill deposits and Quaternary alluvial deposits. Data collected...
Character and evolution of the ground-water flow system in the central part of the western San Joaquin Valley, California
Kenneth Belitz
1988, Open-File Report 87-573
The occurrence of selenium in agricultural drain water derived from the western San Joaquin Valley, California, has focused concern on the ground-water flow system of the western valley. In this investigation, previous work and recently collected texture and water-level data are used to evaluate the character and evolution of the...
Water use on the Snake River plain, Idaho and eastern Oregon
S. A. Goodell
1988, Professional Paper 1408-E
Amounts of water withdrawn and consumptively used for irrigation and other uses on the Snake River Plain were estimated to help deter- mine hydrologic effects of ground- and surface-water use. Irrigation is the largest off stream use of water on the plain. Surface-water irriga- tion began in the 1840's and...
Hydrology and ecology of the Apalachicola River, Florida : a summary of the river quality assessment
John F. Elder, Sherron D. Flagg, Harold C. Mattraw Jr.
1988, Water Supply Paper 2196-D
During 1979-81, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a large-scale study of the Apalachicola River in northwest Florida, the largest and one of the most economically important rivers in the State. Termed the Apalachicola River Quality Assessment, the study emphasized interrelations among hydrodynamics, the flood-plain forest, and the nutrient-detritus flow through...
Application of seismic-refraction techniques to hydrologic studies
F.P. Haeni
1988, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 02-D2
During the past 30 years, seismic-refraction methods have been used extensively in petroleum, mineral, and engineering investigations and to some extent for hydrologic applications. Recent advances in equipment, sound sources, and computer interpretation techniques make seismic refraction a highly effective and economical means of obtaining subsurface data in hydrologic...
Preimpoundment hydrologic conditions in the Swatara Creek (1981-84) and estimated postimpoundment water quality in and downstream from the planned Swatara State Park Reservoir, Lebanon and Schuylkill counties, Pennsylvania
D. K. Fishel
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4087
The hydrology and water quality of Swatara Creek were studied by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of State Parks, from July 1981 through September 1984. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of anthracite-coal mining and other point...
The isotopic composition of ore lead of the Creede mining district and vicinity, San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Text of a talk presented at the San Juan Mountains symposium to honor Thomas A. Steven; Rocky Mountain Section meeting of the Geological Society of America, May 2, 1987, Boulder, Colorado
N.K. Foley, P.B. Barton, P. M. Bethke, B. R. Doe
1988, Open-File Report 88-510
Galenas from the major Creede veins and their northern extensions are remarkably homogeneous in Pb-isotopic composition and are too radiogenic to have been derived from any magma comparable in composition to the principal volcanic rocks. This pattern was identified by Doe et al. in 1979 who proposed that the lead...
National water-information clearinghouse activities; ground-water perspective
C.A. Haupt, R.A. Jensen
1988, Open-File Report 88-114
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has functioned for many years as an informal clearinghouse for water resources information, enabling users to access groundwater information effectively. Water resources clearinghouse activities of the USGS are conducted through several separate computerized water information programs that are involved in the collection, storage, retrieval, and...
Methods to determine transit losses for return flows of transmountain water in Fountain Creek between Colorado Springs and the Arkansas River, Colorado
Gerhard Kuhn
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4119
Methods were developed by which transit losses could be determined for transmountain return flows in Fountain Creek between Colorado Springs, Colorado, and its confluence with the Arkansas River. The study reach is a complex hydrologic system wherein a substantially variable streamflow interacts with an alluvial aquifer. The study approach included:...
Hydrology of the Floral City Pool of Tsala Apopka Lake, west-central Florida
L. A. Bradner
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4024
Tsala Apopka Lake, in west-central Florida, has an area of about 19,000 acres and is divided into three water-management pools, with the Floral City Pool, the most upgradient. The Floral City Pool, which has a surface area of approximately 4,750 acres, contains an extensive combination of lakes, wetlands, and connecting...
Hydrogeology and preliminary assessment of regional flow in the upper Cretaceous and adjacent aquifers in the northern Mississippi embayment
J. V. Brahana, T. O. Mesko
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4000
On a regional scale, the groundwater system of the northern Mississippi embayment is composed of a series of nonindurated clastic sediments that overlie a thick sequence of Paleozoic carbonate, sandstones, and shales. The units that comprise the geohydrologic framework of this study are the alluvium-lower Wilcox Aquifer the Midway confining...
Temperature, thermal conductivity, and heat flow near Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Some tectonics and hydrologic implications
J.H. Sass, A.H. Lachenbruch, W.W. Dudley Jr., J. J. Priest, R. J. Munroe
1988, Open-File Report 87-649
No abstract available....
U.S. Geological Survey applied research studies of the Cheyenne River system, South Dakota; description and collation of data, water years 1985-86
Kimball E. Goddard, editor(s)
1988, Open-File Report 88-484
The Cheyenne River system in Western South Dakota has been impacted by the discharge of about 100 million metric tons of gold-mill tailings to Whitewood Creek near Lead, South Dakota. In April 1985, the U.S. Geological Survey initiated an extensive series of research studies to investigate the magnitude of the...
Hydrologic and suspended-sediment data for Reelfoot Lake, Obion and Lake Counties, northwestern Tennessee, May 1985-September 1986
J.W. Garrett
1988, Open-File Report 88-170
Hydrologic data for Reelfoot Lake in Obion and Lake Counties, Tennessee, were collected at 4 surface water inflow stations, 1 outflow station, 2 rainfall stations, 2 lake elevation stations, and 29 wells for the period May 1, 1985 through September 30, 1986. Additionally, suspended-sediment data were collected at three stations...
Climatic data for Mirror Lake, West Thornton, New Hampshire: 1985
Alex M. Sturrock, D.C. Buso, J.L. Scarborough, T. C. Winter
1988, Open-File Report 87-682
Research on the hydrology of Mirror Lake, West Thornton, New Hampshire, includes a study of evaporation. Those climatic data needed for energy-budget and mass-transfer evaporation studies are presented, including: water surface temperature, dry-bulb and wet-bulb air temperatures, vapor pressure at and above the water surface, wind speed, and short- and...
The US Geological Survey stream-gaging program in west-central Florida
R.T. Mycyk
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4032
The results of a study of the network of the stream-gaging program in west-central Florida are documented. Selected hydrologic data, including drainage area, period of record, and mean annual flow were compiled for the 57 continuous-record gaging stations which were active in 1985. Additionally, selected hydrologic data for 20 discontinued...
Surface-water hydrology of Hay Creek watershed, Montana, and West Branch Antelope Creek watershed, North Dakota
Douglas G. Emerson
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4038
Hydrologric data were used to determine the premining surface-water conditions in two small basins in the Fort Union coal region of Montana and North Dakota. The two streams. Hay Creek and West Branch Antelope Creek, are ephemeral. Most of the volume and peak discharges are due to snowmelt runoff. Little...
Water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Texas– Fiscal year 1987
1988, Open-File Report 88-100
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1879, to provide a permanent Federal agency to conduct the systematic and scientific classification of the public lands and to examine the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of national domain. An integral part of...
Water-resources investigations in Tennessee; programs and activities of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1987-1988
Ferdinand Quinones, B.H. Balthrop, E.G. Baker
1988, Open-File Report 88-322
This report contains a summation of 44 projects which were active in the Tennessee District during 1987 and 1988. Given in each summary is the name of the project chief, the objective of the project, the progress or results of the study to date, and the name of the cooperator....
Nuclear-waste hydrology program
George A. Dinwiddie
1988, Open-File Report 88-131
Flood hydrology near Flagstaff, Arizona
G. W. Hill, T.A. Hales, B. N. Aldridge
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4210
Peak discharges measured at 11 crest-stage gages near Flagstaff were used to determine discharges that have recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, and 25 years. The discharges were related to drainage area and urban development in order to provide equations for design of hydraulic structure in the Flagstaff area. Peak...
Hydrologic investigations of the lower Calcasieu River, Louisiana
M.J. Forbes
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4173
