Program activities of the U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1984, Report
The mission of the Geological Survey is to collect, organize, interpret, and publish information about the nation's energy, minerals, water, and land resources; and to determine the geologic structure of the United States and develop an understanding of earth processes and hydrologic principles....
Hydrology of Area 62, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces, New Mexico and Arizona
F.E. Roybal, J.G. Wells, R.L. Gold, J.V. Flager
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-698
This report summarizes available hydrologic data for Area 62 and will aid leasing decisions, and the preparation and appraisal of environmental impact studies and mine-permit applications. Area 62 is located at the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Coal Province in parts of New Mexico and Arizona and includes approximately...
Evaluation of the efficiency of streamflow data collection strategies for alluvial rivers
P.K. Kitanidis, O. G. Lara, R.W. Lane
1984, Journal of Hydrology (72) 85-103
Streamflow discharge is usually determined indirectly from measurements of the river stage at gaging stations and through the use of stage-discharge relationships (rating curves). However, in alluvial streams, stage-discharge relationships change continually and, sometimes, quite markedly. Such changes may be caused by major floods, seasonal variations, or long-term secular trends...
Transport and concentration controls for chloride, strontium, potassium and lead in Uvas Creek, a small cobble-bed stream in Santa Clara County, California, U.S.A.: 1. Conceptual model
V. C. Kennedy, A. P. Jackman, S.M. Zand, G. W. Zellweger, R.J. Avanzino
1984, Journal of Hydrology (75) 67-110
Stream sediments adsorb certain solutes from streams, thereby significantly changing the solute composition; but little is known about the details and rates of these adsorptive processes. To investigate such processes, a 24-hr. injection of a solution containing chloride, strontium, potassium, sodium and lead was made at the head of a...
Transport and concentration controls for chloride, strontium, potassium and lead in Uvas Creek, a small cobble-bed stream in Santa Clara County, California, U.S.A.: 2. Mathematical modeling
A. P. Jackman, R. A. Walters, V. C. Kennedy
1984, Journal of Hydrology (75) 111-141
Three models describing solute transport of conservative ion species and another describing transport of species which adsorb linearly and reversibly on bed sediments are developed and tested. The conservative models are based on three different conceptual models of the transient storage of solute in the bed. One model assumes the...
Groundwater-flow parameter estimation and quality modeling of the Equus Beds aquifer in Kansas, U.S.A.
M.A. Sophocleous
1984, Journal of Hydrology (69) 197-222
The salinity problems created in the Burrton area as a result of poor oil-field brine disposal practices of the past continue to be a major concern to the area depending on the Equus Beds aquifer for water, including the City of Wichita, Kansas. In this paper, an attempt is made...
Use of a digital model to evaluate hydrogeologic controls on groundwater flow in a fractured rock aquifer at Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A.
M.L. Maslia, R.H. Johnston
1984, Journal of Hydrology (75) 167-194
The Hyde Park landfill is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) chemical waste disposal site located north of Niagara Falls, New York. Underlying the site in descending order are: (1) low-permeability glacial till and lacustrine deposits; (2) a moderately permeable fractured rock aquifer - the Lockport Dolomite; and (3) a low-permeability unit...
Experimental studies in natural groundwater recharge dynamics: Assessment of recent advances in instrumentation
M. Sophocleous, C. A. Perry
1984, Journal of Hydrology (70) 369-382
To quantify and model the natural groundwater-recharge process, two sites in south-central Kansas, U.S.A., were instrumented with various modern sensors and data microloggers. The atmospheric-boundary layer and the unsaturated and saturated soil zones were monitored as a unified regime. Data from the various sensors were collected using microloggers in combination...
Channel changes of Powder River between Moorhead and Broadus, Montana, 1939-1978
H. A. Martinson
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4128
Bank erosion and changes in channel width, length, and pattern were determined for the Powder River between Moorhead and Broadus, Montana using maps of the bankfull channel made from aerial photographs taken during 1939, 1954, 1967, 1973, and 1978. Contemporaneous daily mean and peak discharge records from Moorhead provide the...
Hydrology of area 11, Eastern Coal Province, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia
D.K. Roth, S.C. Cooper
1984, Open-File Report 84-233
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Uses, funding, and availability of continuous streamflow data in Montana
R.R. Shields, M. K. White
1984, Open-File Report 84-862
This report documents the results of a study of the uses, funding, and availability of continuous streamflow data collected and published by the U.S. Geological Survey in Montana. Data uses and funding sources are identified for the 218 continuous streamflow gages currently (1984) being operated. These stations are supported by...
Hydrogeologic framework of the New Jersey coastal plain
O. S. Zapecza
1984, Open-File Report 84-730
Results are presented of a water-resources-oriented subsurface mapping program within the Coastal Plain of New Jersey. The occurrence and configuration of 15 regional hydrogeologic units are defined based primarily on the interpretation of borehole geophysical data. The nine aquifers and six confining beds are composed of unconsolidated clay, silt, sand,...
Hydrology of Washoe Valley, Washoe County, Nevada
F.E. Arteaga, W. D. Nichols
1984, Open-File Report 84-465
Hydrologic data for the Larimer-Weld regional water-monitoring program, Colorado, 1975-82
S. R. Blakely, J.T. Steinheimer
1984, Open-File Report 84-139
The Larimer-Weld, Colorado, regional Monitoring Program was begun in 1976 to provide information on the quality and quantity of the surface-water resources in the area. Three stations on the big Thompson River and five stations on the Cache La Poudre River were selected for a data-collection network. Four previously established...
Proposed 10-year plan for continuation of hydrologic studies of the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio area, Texas
Larry F. Land
1984, Open-File Report 84-817
The importance of the Edwards aquifer as a freshwater resource and its susceptibility to being contaminated, being over utilized, or both resulted in the development of a proposed 10-year plan to monitor and study its hydrology. The plan proposes adjustments to the current monitoring activities of computing and measuring recharge,...
Geologic and hydrologic data from a test-drilling program in the High Plains area of South Dakota, 1979-80
C. L. Loskot, H.L. Case, D.G. Hern
1984, Open-File Report 84-148
The High Plains aquifer system in south-central South Dakota comprises dune sands, the Ogallala Formation, the Arikaree Formation, and the White River Group. As part of the High Plains Regional Aquifer-Systems Analysis, a total of 29 test holes were drilled from 1979 to 1980 to aid in defining the geometry...
January 1984 water levels, and data related to water-level changes, western and south-central Kansas
M.E. Pabst, B.J. Dague
1984, Open-File Report 84-613
Water-level measurements were made, mostly during January 1984, in about 1,450 wells in western and south-central Kansas. The measurements were made in mid-winter when pumping was minimal and water levels had recovered, for the most part, from the effects of pumping during the previous irrigation season. Annual hydrologic data are...
Analysis of the Carmel Valley alluvial ground-water basin, Monterey County, California
Glenn W. Kapple, Hugh T. Mitten, Timothy J. Durbin, Michael J. Johnson
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4280
A two-dimensional, finite-element, digital model was developed for the Carmel Valley alluvial ground-water basin using measured, computed, and estimated discharge and recharge data for the basin. Discharge data included evapotranspiration by phreatophytes and agricultural, municipal, and domestic pumpage. Recharge data included river leakage, tributary runoff, and pumping return flow. Recharge...
Maps showing distribution of dissolved solids and dominant chemical type in ground water, Basin and Range Province, Oregon
Thomas H. Thompson, Richard Chappell, J. B. Gonthier, W. D. McFarland
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4120-C
This map report is one of a series of geologic and hydrologic maps of States in the Basin and Range Province. These map reports contain information on ground-water hydrology, ground-water quality, surface distribution of selected rock types, data on tectonic conditions, areal geophysical data, Pleistocene lakes and marshes and natural...
Maps showing distribution of dissolved solids and dominant chemical type in ground water, Basin and Range Province, Southern California
Thomas H. Thompson, Janet Nuter, W. R. Moyle Jr., Linda R. Woolfenden
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4116-C
This map report is one of a series of geologic and hydrologic maps of States in the Basin and Range Province. These map reports contain information on ground-water hydrology, ground-water quality, surface distribution of selected rock types, data on tectonic conditions, areal geophysical data, Pleistocene lakes and marshes and natural...
Maps showing ground-water levels, springs, and depth to water, Basin and Range Province, Oregon
J.E. Reed, M. S. Bedinger, J. B. Gonthier, William H. Langer, W. D. McFarland, D. A. Mulvihill
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4120-B
This report on ground-water levels, springs and depth to ground water in the Basin and Range province of Oregon (see index map) was prepared as part of a program of the U.S. Geological Survey to identify prospective regions for further study relative to isolation of high level nuclear waste (Bedinger,...
Maps showing ground-water levels, springs, and depth to ground water, Basin and Range Province, Southern California
William H. Langer, W. R. Moyle, L. R. Woolfenden, D. A. Mulvihill
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4116-B
This report on ground-water levels, springs and depth to ground water in the Basin and Range province of southern California (see index map) was prepared as part of a program of the U.S. Geological Survey to identify prospective regions for further study relative to isolation of high-level nuclear waste (Bedinger, Sargent,...
Maps showing ground-water levels, springs, and depth to ground water, Basin and Range Province, Texas
B. T. Brady, M. S. Bedinger, D. A. Mulvihill, John Mikels, W. H. Langer
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4121-B
This report on ground-water levels, springs, and depth to ground water in the Basin and Range province of Texas (see index map) was prepared as part of a program of the U.S. Geological Survey to identify prospective regions for further study relative to isolation of high-level nuclear waste (Bedinger, Sargent,...
Runoff, sediment transport, and water quality in a northern Illinois agricultural watershed before urban development, 1979-81
H.E. Allen Jr., J. R. Gray
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4073
A study designed to quantify and evaluate changes in runoff and sediment transport attributable to construction activities during urban development of a watershed required identification of pre-construction hydrologic conditions. Data collected before construction on a 2.81 sq m (7.28 sq km) agricultural watershed (upper Spring Creek) near Rockford, IL, show...
Estimation of streamflow for selected sites on the Carson and Truckee rivers in California and Nevada, 1944-80
J. C. Blodgett, R.N. Oltmann, K.R. Poeschel
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4058
Daily mean and monthly discharges were estimated for 10 sites on the Carson and Truckee Rivers for periods of incomplete records and for tributary sites affected by reservoir regulation. On the basis of the hydrologic characteristics, stream-flow data for a water year were grouped by month or season for subsequent...
