Data on surface-water quality and quantity, lower Edgewood Creek basin, Douglas County, Nevada, 1984-85
R.J. La Camera, S.B. Browning
1988, Open-File Report 87-565
Selected hydrologic data were collected from August 1984 through July 1985 at three sites on the lower part of Edgewood Creek, and at a recently constructed sediment-catchment basin that captures and retains runoff from developed areas in the lower Edgewood Creek drainage. The data were collected to quantify the discharge...
Hydrology of the Melton Valley radioactive-waste burial grounds at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee
D.A. Webster, Mike Bradley
1988, Open-File Report 87-686
Burial grounds 4, 5, and 6 of the Melton Valley Radioactive-waste Burial Grounds, Oak Ridge, TN, were used sequentially from 1951 to the present for the disposal of solid, low level radioactive waste by burial in shallow trenches and auger holes. Abundant rainfall, a generally thin unsaturated zone, geologic media...
Operating manual for the R200 downhole recorder with husky hunter retriever
Roy A. Johnson, James I. Rorabaugh
1988, Open-File Report 88-455
The R200 Downhole Recorder is a battery-powered device that, when placed in a well casing, monitors water levels for a period of up to 1 year. This instrument measures a 1- to 70-foot range of water levels. These water-level data can be retrieved through use of a commercially available portable...
Sources of water-use data in Minnesota
L. C. Trotta
1988, Open-File Report 87-544
Since the 1976-77 drought in Minnesota, legislators, planners, and citizens have become aware of the need for water management based on knowledge of water availability and use in order to alleviate local water shortages. In addition to maintaining an adequate supply, information on the amount of water used, where it...
Inventory of interbasin water transfers in Minnesota
L. C. Trotta
1988, Open-File Report 88-466
Water transfer data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey , in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, from the 13 hydrologic subregions in Minnesota. About 30,000 acre-ft of water is exported annually from eight of these subregions. Interbasin transfer of water is classified according to type of...
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...
Potential for aquifer compaction, land subsidence, and earth fissures in the Tucson basin, Pima County, Arizona
S. R. Anderson
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 713
Hydrologic Unit Map-1988, State of Ohio
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1988, Hydrologic Unit 35
No abstract available....
Flood of May 26-27, 1984 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
DeRoy L. Bergman, Robert L. Tortorelli
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 707
The greatest flood disaster in the history of Tulsa, Oklahoma occurred during 8 hours from 2030 hours May 26 to 0430 hours May 27, 1984, as a result of intense rainfall centered over the metropolitan area. Storms of the magnitude that caused this flood are not uncommon to the southern...
General hydrogeology of the aquifers of Mesozoic age, Upper Colorado River Basin - excluding the San Juan Basin - Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona
Geoffrey W. Freethey, Briant A. Kimball, Dale E. Wilberg, James W. Hood
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 698
The objective of the Upper Colorado Regional Aquifer Systems Analyses (RASA) project is to assess quantitatively the occurrence, movement, and availability of water stored in rock formations underlying the basin. This is one of a series of preliminary reports that describe what is currently known (1984) about the geometry and...
Configuration of the water table and depth to water, spring 1980, water-level fluctuations, and water movement in the Snake River Plain Regional Aquifer System, Idaho and eastern Oregon
Gerald F. Lindholm, S. P. Garabedian, G. D. Newton, R.L. Whitehead
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 703
Distribution of fluoride in ground water in the alluvial basins of Arizona and adjacent parts of California, Nevada, and New Mexico
Frederick N. Robertson, W. B. Garrett
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 665
No abstract available....
Hydrogeology of the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states
Russell W. Plume, Stephen M. Carlton
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 694-A
This atlas is a product of the Great Basin Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA), a study that began in 1981. The study is part of a U.S. Geological Survey program for evaluating regional aquifer systems nationwide. A regional aquifer system is defined as “an areally extensive set of aquifers which are...
Dissolved-solids concentrations and primary water types, Gulf Coast aquifer systems, south-central United States
Robert A. Pettijohn
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 706
Water resources in the French-Quinebaug Rivers basin, Massachusetts
Valerie A. Eames, Victoria J. Epstein
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 700
No abstract available....
Major ground-water flow systems in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states
James R. Harrill, Joseph Spencer Gates, James M. Thomas
1988, Hydrologic Atlas 694-C
This atlas is one of several reports that are products of an analysis of regional aquifer systems in the Great Basin of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent States. The Geological Survey program of regional aquifer-system analyses is a nationwide study of ground-water systems on a regional scale. The program is intended...
Review of mechanisms, methods, and theory for determining recharge to shallow aquifers in North Dakota
W.F. Horak
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4122
Effective management of ground-water resources requires knowledge of all components of the water budget for the aquifer of interest. Efforts to simulate ground-water flow prior to development and the effects of proposed pumping in several of North Dakota's shallow glacial aquifers have been hindered by the lack of reliable estimates...
Hydrology of Alkali Creek and Castle Valley Ridge coal-lease tracts, central Utah, and potential effects of coal mining
R. L. Seiler, R. L. Baskin
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4186
The Alkali Creek coal-lease tract includes about 2,150 acres in the Book Cliffs coal field in central Utah, and the Castle Valley Ridge coal-lease tract includes about 3,360 acres in the Wasatch Plateau coal field, also in central Utah. Both the Alkali Creek and Castle Valley Ridge coal-lease tracts are...
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...
Regionalization of peak discharges for streams in Kentucky
Anne F. Choquette
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4209
Multiple regression analysis was used to delineate hydrologically distinct regions in Kentucky, and to develop regression models for estimating peak discharge for unregulated streams in these regions. The regression models provide estimates of flood quantiles with associated average recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 years. The...
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...
Hydrology of the Citrus Park Quadrangle, Hillsborough County, Florida
M.A. Corral Jr., T. H. Thompson
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4166
Rapid increases in population and development in the Citrus Park quadrangle northwest of Tampa have increased the demand for water from the surficial and Upper Floridan aquifers, while at the same time decreasing the amount of wetlands and agricultural or forested lands that formerly provided recharge to these aquifers. Because...
Potential hydrologic effects of a drainage system in McMillan delta and water impoundment in Brantley Reservoir, Eddy County, New Mexico
T. M. Crouch, G. E. Welder
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4054
Construction of a proposed drainage system could result in a moderate flow increase in the Pecos River downstream from the McMillan delta. The potential effect of a new line channel of the Pecos River in McMillan delta in southeastern New Mexico would be an increase of less than 11,000 acre-ft/year....
Distribution of gases in the unsaturated zone at a low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Illinois
Robert G. Striegl
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4025
The unsaturated zone is a medium that provides pneumatic communication for the movement of gases from wastes buried in landfills to the atmosphere, biota, and groundwater. Gases in unsaturated glacial and eolian deposits near a waste-disposal trench at the low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Bureau County, Illinois, were identified,...
Hydrology of the chain of lakes tributary to Devils Lake and water-level simulations of Devils Lake, northeastern North Dakota
Gerald L. Ryan, Gregg J. Wiche
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4020
High water levels of the chain of lakes tributary to Devils Lake, North Dakota have, in recent years, caused flooding of cropland and county roads, thus disrupting agricultural interests. High water levels of Devils Lake pose a flood threat to the city of Devils Lake, Camp Grafton National Guard Camp,...
