Maps showing distribution of dissolved solids and dominant chemical type in ground water, Basin and Range Province, Idaho
Thomas H. Thompson, Richard Chappell
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4117-B
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...
Hydrogeology and effects of tailings basins on the hydrology of Sands Plain, Marquette County, Michigan
N.G. Grannemann
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4114
Sands Plain, a 225-square mile area, is near the Marquette iron-mining district in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Gribben Basin, a settling basin for disposal of waste rock particles from iron-ore concentration, is in the western part. Because Sands Plain is near iron-ore deposits, but not underlain by them, parts of the...
Maps showing distribution of dissolved solids and dominant chemical type in ground water, Basin and Range Province, Nevada
Thomas H. Thompson, Richard Chappell
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4119-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, New Mexico
Thomas H. Thompson, Richard Chappell, Donald L. Hart Jr.
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4118-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...
Hydrologic responses of streams to mining of the Mulberry coal reserves in eastern Kansas
H.E. Bevans
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4047
The U.S. Geological Survey investigated the hydrologic responses of streams with respect to coal-mining activities in the Mulberry coal reserves of Miami, Linn, and Bourbon Counties, eastern Kansas. Results of a low-flow water-quality reconnaissance showed that small streams draining previously coal-mined areas generally have relatively large concentrations of sulfate. Large...
Maps showing distribution of dissolved solids and dominant chemical type in ground water, Basin and Range Province, Texas
Thomas H. Thompson, Janet Nuter
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4121-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, Utah
Thomas H. Thompson, Janet Nuter
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4122-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...
Bedrock aquifers in the Denver basin, Colorado; a quantitative water-resources appraisal
S. G. Robson
1984, Open-File Report 84-431
The Denver metropolitan area is experiencing a rapid population growth that is requiring increasing supplies of potable water to be pumped from bedrock aquifers in order to meet demand. In an effort to determine the ability of the aquifers to continue to meet this demand, the Colorado Department of Natural...
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...
Maps showing ground-water units and withdrawal, Basin and Range Province, Nevada
M. S. Bedinger, J. R. Harrill, J. M. Thomas
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4119-A
This report on ground-water units and withdrawal in the Basin and Range province of Nevada (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 f Sargent, and Reed, 1984),...
Geohydrology, aqueous geochemistry, and thermal regime of the Soda Lakes and Upsal Hogback geothermal systems, Churchill County, Nevada
F. H. Olmsted, A. H. Welch, A. S. Van Denburgh, S. E. Ingebritsen
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4054
A flow-routing model of the upper Schoharie Creek basin, New York, was developed and used to simulate high flows at the inlet of the Blenheim-Gilboa Reservoir. The flows from Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, the primary source of flow data in the basin, and tributary flows from the six minor basins...
Application of the U.S. Geological Survey's precipitation-runoff modeling system to the Prairie Dog Creek basin, southeastern Montana
L. E. Cary
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4178
The U.S. Geological Survey 's precipitation-runoff modeling system was tested using 2 year 's data for the daily mode and 17 storms for the storm mode from a basin in southeastern Montana. Two hydrologic response unit delineations were studied. The more complex delineation did not provide superior results. In this...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Hudson River basin
S. William Wandle Jr.
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4250
The Hudson River basin includes streams draining the Hoosic River (205 square miles), Kinderhook Creek (20.9 square miles), and Roeliff Jansen Kill (13.3 square miles) basins in western Massachusetts, eastern New York, and southern Vermont. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps, are re-computed for data-collection sites...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Housatonic River basin
S. W. Wandle, R. G. Lippert
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4285
The Housatonic River basin includes streams that drain 504 square miles in western Massachusetts and 30.5 square miles in eastern New York. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps, were computed for the first time for streams draining more than 3 square miles and were recomputed for...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Connecticut River basin
S. W. Wandle
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4282
The Connecticut River basin study area includes streams draining the Ashuelot River (6.6 square miles), Millers River (389 square miles), Deerfield River (663 square miles), Chicopee River (727 square miles), Westfield River (517 square miles), Farmington River (158 square miles), and Connecticut River lowlands (656 square miles) basin in western...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Coastal river basins of the South Shore and Buzzards Bay
S. W. Wandle, M. A. Morgan
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4288
The coastal river basins include the minor river basins draining into Massachusetts Bay along the South Shore or into Buzzards Bay. The larger of these basins are the North, South, Jones, Wareham, Weweantic, Mattapoisett, Acushnet, and Slocums River basins. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps, were...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Coastal river basins of the North Shore and Massachusetts Bay
S. W. Wandle
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4281
The coastal river basins of the North Shore and Boston Bay include streams draining the Parker River (60.4 square miles), Rowley River (9.9 square miles), Ipswich River (156 miles), Mystic River (66.0 square miles), Charles River (311 square miles), Neponset River (117 square miles), Weymouth Fore and Weymouth Back Rivers...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Blackstone River basin
S. W. Wandle, A. F. Phipps
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4286
The Blackstone River basin encompasses 335 square miles in south-central Massachusetts, including parts of Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Worcester Counties. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps, were computed for the first time for streams draining more than 3 square miles and were recomputed for data-collection sites....
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...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Thames River basin
S. W. Wandle, J. A. LeBlanc
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4287
The Thames River basin includes streams draining the Quinebaug River (141 square miles), French River (99.5 square miles), and Middle River (about 6 square miles) basins in south central Massachusetts. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24 ,000 scale topographic maps, were computed for the first time for streams draining...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Taunton and Ten Mile River basins and coastal river basins of Mount Hope Bay, Narragansett Bay, and Rhode Island Sound
S. W. Wandle, G. R. Keezer
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4283
The study area includes streams draining the Taunton River (562 square miles), the Tenmile River (53.1 square miles), and the minor streams flowing into Mount Hope Bay, Narragansett Bay, and Rhode Island Sound in southern Massachusetts, and adjacent areas of Rhode Island. Drainage areas, using the latest available 1:24 ,000...
Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts — Merrimack River basin
S. W. Wandle, R. A. Fontaine
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4284
The Merrimack River basin in northeastern Massachusetts includes streams draining the Nashua (507 square miles), Concord (400 square miles), Shawsheen (78.0 square miles), and lower Merrimack (275 square miles) River basins. Drainage areas using the latest available 1:24,000 scale topographic maps were computed for the first time for streams draining...
Potential effects of surface coal mining on the hydrology of the Circle West coal tracts, McCone County, eastern Montana
M. R. Cannon
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4181
The Circle West coal tracts in McCone County, Montana, contain about 460 million tons of recoverable coal reserves. Estimates of coal reserves for the tract are based predominantly on the S coal bed, which averages about 16 ft in thickness. About 175 million tons, or 38%, of the recoverable coal...
Hydrologic effects of impoundments in Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
R. G. Brown
1984, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4175
The hydrologic effects of proposed impoundments in Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge were found to be insignificant with respect to both ground- and surface-water flow patterns and water quality. Monitoring of water levels in 23 observation wells and of discharge in the St. Francis River during 1980 and 1981 has shown...
Geohydrologic framework of the Snake River plain, Idaho and eastern Oregon
R.L. Whitehead
1984, Open-File Report 84-51
This report is one in a series resulting from the U.S. Geological Survey's Snake River Plain RASA (Regional Aquifer System Analysis) study that was initiated in October 1979. As stated by Lindholm (1981), the purpose of the study was to (1) refine knowledge of the regional ground-water flow system, (2) determine...
