Hydrology of the Princeton area, Kentucky
R. O. Plebuch
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-43
The Princeton area comprises about 155 square miles in western Kentucky and includes parts of Caldwell, Crittenden, and Lyon Counties. The area is in the Mississippi Plateau region of Kentucky and lies within the drainage basin of the Cumberland River and Tradewater River basins. In 1974 municipal water-supply systems utilized...
Time of travel of solutes in selected reaches of the Sandusky River Basin, Ohio, 1972 and 1973
Arthur O. Westfall
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-50
A time of travel study of a 106-mile (171-kilometer) reach of the Sandusky River and a 39-mile (63-kilometer) reach of Tymochtee Creek was made to determine the time required for water released from Killdeer Reservoir on Tymochtee Creek to reach selected downstream points. In general, two dye sample runs were...
Basement flooding and foundation damage from water-table rise in the East New York section of Brooklyn, Long Island, New York
Julian Soren
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-95
A rising water table following cessation of public-supply pumping has been causing basement flooding and building-foundation damage in the East New York section of Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., since 1975. The water table in the central part of the area rose from a low of about 12 feet...
Maps showing ground-water conditions in the San Simon area, Cochise and Graham Counties, Arizona, and in Hidalgo County, New Mexico — 1975
R. P. Wilson, N. D. White
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-89
Arizona is divided into 67 ground-water areas, and individual areas are selected for intensive data collection once every 6 years. The data collected in the San Simon area are given on maps that show depth to water, well depth, and altitude of the water level, 1975; pumpage, 1915-74; and change...
Preimpoundment water quality of Raystown Branch Juniata River and six tributary streams, south-central Pennsylvania
Donald R. Williams
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-57
The Raystown Branch Juniata River watershed, which is the main water source for Raystown Lake, is a 960-square-mile (2,490 square kilometres) drainage basin in south-central Pennsylvania. Preimpoundment water-quality data were collected on the Raystown Branch and six tributary st.reams in the basin. Specific conductance values varied inversely with water discharge....
High-resolution seismic reflection profiling for mapping shallow aquifers in Lee County, Florida
T.M. Missimer, Richard Alfred Gardner
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-45
High-resolution continuous seismic reflection profiling equipment was utilized to define the configuration of sedimentary layers underlying part of Lee County, Florida. About 45 miles (72 kilometers) of profile were made on the Caloosahatchee River Estuary and San Carlos Bay. Two different acoustic energy sources, a high resolution boomer and a...
Index to water resources data for Illinois
D.E. Winget
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-87
This index to water resources data for Illinois includes 1,275 sites where surface-water and ground-water data were collected through December 31, 1975. The index is the first comprehensive tabulation of data collected in Illinois by the U.S. Geological Survey; data collection began in 1903. Information included are the county code,...
Erosional landform map of the Redwood Creek drainage basin, Humboldt County, California, 1947-74
K.M. Nolan, D.M. Harden, Steven M. Colman
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-42
Landslides and actively eroding stream channels disrupt roads, damage valuable timberland, and increase stream sediment loads in northwestern California. This 1:62,500 photointerpretative map shows the distribution of ten common types of fluvial and mass-movement erosional landforms in the drainage basin of Redwood Creek in 1947 and 1974. The mapped landforms...
A hydrologic description of Keystone Lake near Tampa, Florida
R.C. Reichenbaugh
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-124
The terrain around Keystone Lake, a 388-acre lake in northwest Hillsborough County, Florida, near the Cosme well field, is dotted with sinks that promote leakage from the surficial aquifer to the underlying Floridan aquifer. The lake, an integral part of the Brooker Creek channel, receives overland runoff from cypress swamps,...
Potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer in the Northwest Florida Water Management District, May 1976
J.C. Rosenau, P.E. Meadows
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-2
This map shows the potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer in the Florida Panhandle. Contour intervals of 10 feet show altitude at which water level would have stood in tightly cased wells. Datum is mean sea level. Locations of observation wells also are shown. (Woodard-USGS)...
Geohydrology of the Anza-Terwilliger area, Riverside County, California
W. R. Moyle Jr.
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-10
The Anza-Terwilliger area consists of about 96 square miles (24-9 square kilometres) in the upper parts of the Santa Margarita River and Coyote Creek drainage basins in Riverside County, Calif., about 90 miles (145 kilometres) southeast of Los Angeles. This report deals with geology, steady state and transient state of...
Ground-water resources of Wilson County, North Carolina
M. D. Winner Jr.
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-60
The most important sources of ground water for Wilson County, North Carolina are (1) the sand beds of the Cretaceous aquifer system in the Coastal Plain section in the eastern part of the county and (2) the bedrock aquifer system in the Piedmont section in the western part of the...
Evaluation of ground-water contamination from cleaning explosive-projectile casings at the Bangor Annex, Kitsap County, Wash., phase II
J.V. Tracy, N. P. Dion
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-62
No abstract available. ...
Digital-model analysis to predict water levels in a well field near Columbus, Indiana
Michael Planert
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-63
Columbus, Indiana, obtains its water supply from six municipally owned wells southwest of the city. The wells are screened in an outwash sand and gravel aquifer that was deposited by glacial melt water in a preglacial bedrock valley. The well field is midway between the East Fork White River and...
Construction and testing of two waste-injection monitor wells in northwest Florida
Charles A. Pascale
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-1
No abstract available. ...
Techniques for estimating flood depths for Oklahoma streams
Wilbert O. Thomas Jr.
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-2
Regional relations are defined for estimating the depths of floods having recurrence intervals ranging from 2 to 100 years for both natural and urban streams in Oklahoma. Contributing drainage area and the 2-year 24-hour rainfall are the only independent variables required for estimating flood depths for natural streams. For urban...
Application of the U.S. Geological Survey rainfall-runoff simulation model to improve flood-frequency estimates on small Tennessee streams
Herman C. Wibben
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-120
The U.S. Geological Survey rainfall-runoff simulation model was used in conjunction with National Weather Service climatological data to improve flood-frequency estimates for 52 small drainage basins in Tennessee. The basins range in size from 0.17 to 64 square miles (0.44 to 166 square kilometers) and are distributed throughout the State....
Summary of some current and possible future environmental problems related to geology and hydrology at Memphis, Tennessee
William Scott Parks, Richard W. Lounsbury
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-4
This report summarizes information concerning many aspects of the geology and hydrology at Memphis, Tenn. It also outlines some of the current problems related to the local geology and hydrology or ones that may arise as a result of urbanization and industrialization of the area. The city is in the...
Water temperatures of Kentucky
John S. Zogorski, James L. Kiesler
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-86
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey has been gathering temperature data on streams throughout Kentucky under a number of different programs for several decades. Periodic water temperature observations, which were made at a frequency of approximately once per month during the past 15 years, were...
Occurrence of arsenic in the Dry Creek Basin, Sonoma County, California
Robert F. Middelburg
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-30
A reconnaissance study was made of occurrence of arsenic in the Dry Creek basin in northern California where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to construct Warm Springs Dam. The purpose of the study, made from August through November 1974, was to determine the extent of any potential arsenic...
Effects of urbanization on flood characteristics in Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee
Herman C. Wibben
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-121
Streamflow data from 14 basins in Davidson County, Tenn., were extended in time by use of a digital model of the hydrologic system. The basins ranged in size from 1.58 to 64.0 square miles and ranged in extent of manmade impervious cover from 3 to 37 percent. The flood-frequency characteristics...
The shallow aquifer : a prime freshwater resource in eastern Palm Beach County, Florida
Harry G. Rodis, Larry F. Land
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-21
The shallow aquifer underlies all of Palm Beach County and is the source of almost all fresh-water supplies in the eastern part of the county. It consists of mixtures of sand, shell sandstone, and limestone. In this area the concentration of dissolved solids in the ground water usually does not...
Flood characteristics of streams in Owyhee County, Idaho
H. C. Riggs, W. A. Harenberg
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-88
Channel-width measurements were used to estimate annual peaks with a recurrence interval of 10 years at 79 sites in Owyhee County, Idaho, and adjacent areas. These discharges and those from 33 gaging stations are plotted on a map of the area. The map will allow the user to interpolate between...
WATEQF; a FORTRAN IV version of WATEQ : a computer program for calculating chemical equilibrium of natural waters
Niel Plummer, Blair F. Jones, Alfred Hemingway Truesdell
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-13
WATEQF is a FORTRAN IV computer program that models the thermodynamic speciation of inorganic ions and complex species in solution for a given water analysis. The original version (WATEQ) was written in 1973 by A. H. Truesdell and B. F. Jones in Programming Language/one (PL/1.) With but a few exceptions,...
Operation and maintenance of a deep-well water-level measurement device, the "Iron Horse"
J. E. Weir, J.W. Nelson
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-27
