Selected geohydrologic data for the Mesilla Basin, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and El Paso County, Texas
E. L. Nickerson
1986, Open-File Report 86-75
In 1983, the U.S. Geological Survey began a multiphase study to help define the hydrologic system of the Mesilla Basin in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and El Paso County, Texas. This report is a compilation of selected geohydrologic data collected through July 1985. The report describes the groundwater monitoring...
Climatic data for Williams Lake, Hubbard County, Minnesota, 1984
A.M. Sturrock, D.O. Rosenberry, J.L. Scarborough, T. C. Winter
1986, Open-File Report 86-64
Research on the hydrology of Williams Lake, north-central Minnesota includes study of evaporation. Presented here are those climatic data needed for energy-budget and mass-transfer studies, including: water-surface temperature, dry-bulb and wet-bulb air temperatures, wind speed, precipitation, and solar and atmospheric radiation. Data are collected at raft and land stations....
Records of wells and chemical analyses of ground water in Brown County, South Dakota
K.M. Neitzert, N.C. Koch
1986, Open-File Report 86-147
Well and chemical groundwater data contained in two tables were collected during a 5-year study started in 1967 to determine the geology and water resources of Brown County, South Dakota. Physical, hydrologic, and geologic data for 3,127 wells and test holes have been entered into computer storage in the Ground-Water...
Hydrologic monitoring in the area of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi-Alabama, fiscal year 1985
Fred Morris III
1986, Open-File Report 86-493
This report, the twelfth in a series of annual reports presenting hydrologic data collected from the area of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985. The Waterway, under construction since the early 1970s, was completed in January 1985. Included are data on groundwater levels and quality;...
Principal facts of gravity data for the Greenville 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
J. C. Wynn, K. R. Bond, R.T. Williams, L.T. Long
1986, Open-File Report 86-411
This report presents hydrologic data used in the Southern Sand Hills hydrogeology study, which encompasses an area of approximately 4,330 square miles in west-central Nebraska. These data include summary logs of 64 test holes drilled in or adjacent to the study area. Water level data for 240 wells are included....
Selected papers in the hydrologic sciences, 1986
Seymour Subitzky, editor(s)
1986, Water Supply Paper 2290
West Point Reservoir is a multiple-purpose project on the Chattahoochee River about 112 river kilometers downstream from Atlanta on the Alabama-Georgia border. Urbanization has placed large demands on the Chattahoochee River, and water quality below Atlanta was degraded even before impoundment. Water-quality, bottom-sediment, and fish-tissue samples were collected from the...
Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Program of the U.S. Geological Survey: Summary of projects, 1978-84
Ren Jen Sun, editor(s)
1986, Circular 1002
The Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Program of the U.S. Geological Survey was initiated in 1978 as a result of specifications of the appropriations bill of the 95th Congress, prompted by the 1977 drought. The purpose of this program is to define the regional hydrology and geology and to establish a framework...
Annual yield and selected hydrologic data for the Arkansas River Basin compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1985 water year
M. A. Moore, T.E. Lamb
1986, Open-File Report 86-66
The computed annual yield and deficiency of the subbasins as defined in the Arkansas River Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, are given in tables. Actual runoff from the subbasins and depletion caused by major reservoirs in the compact area are also given in tabular form. Monthly, maximum, minimum, and mean discharges are shown...
Data on the solute concentration within the subsurface flows of Little Lost Man Creek in response to a transport experiment, Redwood National Park, northwest California
Gary W. Zellweger, V. C. Kennedy, K.E. Bencala, R.J. Avanzino, A. P. Jackman, F.J. Triska
1986, Open-File Report 86-403-W
A solute transport experiment was conducted on a 327-m reach of Little Lost Man Creek, a small stream in Humboldt County, California. Solutes were injected for 20 days. Chloride was used as a conservative tracer; lithium, potassium, and strontium were used as reactive tracers. In addition, nitrate and phosphate were...
Hydrology of area 48, northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain coal provinces, Montana and Wyoming
Steven E. Slagle, and others
1986, Open-File Report 84-141
A preliminary evaluation of the geohydrology and water quality of the Greenacres Landfill area, Spokane County, Washington
W. E. Lum II, G. L. Turney, R. C. Alvord
1986, Open-File Report 85-496
The Greenacres Landfill, located about 11 mi east of the city of Spokane, Washington, was used for the disposal of waste from 1951 to 1972. Materials in the landfill include household and industrial waste materials, and various hazardous wastes. In 1983 the landfill was designated by the U.S. EPA as...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Houston metropolitan area, Texas, 1983
Fred Liscum
1986, Open-File Report 86-487
Hydro!ogic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in the Austin and Houston areas, and have been completed in the Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio areas. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Houston, began...
Hydrologic, lithologic, and chemical data for sediment in the shallow alluvial aquifer at two sites near Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, 1984-85
M.S. Lico, A. H. Welch, J. L. Hughes
1986, Open-File Report 86-250
The U.S. Geological Survey collected an extensive amount of hydrogeologic data from the shallow alluvial aquifer at two study sites near Fallon, Nevada, from 1984 though 1985. These data were collected as part of a study to determine the geochemical controls on the mobility of arsenic and other trace elements...
Aquifer-nomenclature guidelines
R. L. Laney, C.B. Davidson
1986, Open-File Report 86-534
Guidelines and recommendations for naming aquifers are presented to assist authors of geohydrological reports in the United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Division. The hierarchy of terms that is used for water- yielding rocks from largest to smallest is aquifer system, aquifer, and zone. If aquifers are named, the names...
Geohydrologic data from Port Royal Sound, Beaufort County, South Carolina
R.A. Burt, D.L. Belval, Michael Crouch, W.B. Hughes
1986, Open-File Report 86-497
Nine offshore wells were drilled through overlying sediments into the Upper Floridan aquifer in Port Royal Sound, South Carolina and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean, to obtain geologic, hydrologic, and water quality data. The Upper Floridan aquifer consists predominantly of light-gray, poorly consolidated, fossiliferous limestone. In the Port Royal Sound area,...
Hydrologic data for the Weldon Spring radioactive waste-disposal sites, St. Charles County, Missouri; 1984-1986
M. J. Kleeschulte, L. F. Emmett, J.H. Barks
1986, Open-File Report 86-488
Hydrologic and water quality data were collected during an investigation of the Weldon Spring radioactive waste disposal sites and surroundings area in St. Charles County, Missouri, from 1984 to 1986. The data consists of water quality analyses of samples collected from 45 groundwater and 27 surface water sites. This includes...
Background hydrologic information in potential lignite mining areas in north-central Mississippi, August 1985
S. J. Kalkhoff
1986, Open-File Report 86-238
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Geology, is conducting a hydrologic data collection program in potential lignite-producing areas in the outcrops of the Wilcox Group in Mississippi. During August 1985, hydrologic data were collected at a total of 15 stream sites...
Compilation of references on geology and hydrology of the Snake River drainage basin above Weiser, Idaho
M. D. Bassick
1986, Open-File Report 86-245
More than 1,100 references concerning geology and hydrology of the Snake River drainage basin above Weiser, Idaho, are compiled as part of the U.S. Geological Survey 's RASA (Regional Aquifer-System Analysis) study of the Snake River Plain. The list of references is intended as a primary source of information for...
Hydrologic data for the southern Sand Hills area, Nebraska
M.S. Johnson, J.E. Geoke, R. A. Engberg
1986, Open-File Report 86-411-W
Hydrologic data for the south-central area, Nebraska
P.A. Bartz, J. M. Peckenpaugh
1986, Open-File Report 86-246
Hydrologic data were compiled for the South-Central hydrogeology study, which covers an area of approximately 5,600 square miles in south-central Nebraska. Data pertain to the groundwater, surface water, climate, land use, and pumpage and precipitation at water use sites in the study area. Groundwater data include water level elevations from...
Distributed information system (water fact sheet)
A.W. Harbaugh
1986, Open-File Report 85-649
During 1982-85, the Water Resources Division (WRD) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) installed over 70 large minicomputers in offices across the country to support its mission in the science of hydrology. These computers are connected by a communications network that allows information to be shared among computers in each...
Annotated bibliography of the hydrology, geology, and geothermal research of the Jemez Mountains and vicinity, north-central New Mexico
Cynthia G. Abeyta, B. M. Delaney
1986, Open-File Report 85-83
The Jemez Mountains volcanic complex, located in north-central New Mexico at the intersection of the Rio Grande rift and Jemez lineament, is a potential location for geothermal energy exploration. This bibliography lists selected papers pertaining to the geology, hydrology, geochemistry, geothermometry, geophysics, ecology, and geothermal and hydrologic modeling aspects of...
Application of seismic-refraction techniques to hydrologic studies
F.P. Haeni
1986, Open-File Report 84-746
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 studies....
Water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in New Mexico, fiscal year 1986
R. L. Knutilla (compiler)
1986, Open-File Report 86-141
All U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic investigations in the New Mexico District in progress during fiscal year 1986 are summarized. The summaries include sections on the problem addressed, the objective and approach of the investigation, progress of the investigation and plans for 1986 fiscal year, and reports published as a result...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin metropolitan area, Texas, 1984
J.D. Gordon, D.L. Pate, M.E. Dorsey
1986, Open-File Report 85-676
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, and Houston. Studies have been completed in the Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio areas. The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Reources, began...
