Percentage change in saturated thickness of the High Plains Aquifer, west-central Kansas, 1950 to average 1980-82
Marilyn E. Pabst
1982, Open-File Report 82-1010
A statistical technique, called kriging, was programmed for a computer to interpolate hydrologic data based on a network of 296 measured values in west-central Kansas and eastern Colorado. The computer program generated estimated values of selected hydrologic data at the center of each 1-mile section in the Western Kansas Groundwater...
Maps showing ground-water conditions in the Bill Williams area, Mohave, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties, Arizona - 1980
H. W. Sanger, G. R. Littin
1982, Open-File Report 82-87
The Bill Williams area includes about 3,200 mi2 in Mohave, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties in west-central Arizona. The west half of the area is in the Basin and Range lowlands water province, and the east half is in the Central high-lands water province (see index map). The Basin and Range...
Effects of a floodwater-retarding structure on the hydrology and ecology of Trout Creek in southwestern Wisconsin
Steve Baima, David J. Graczyk, Stephen J. Field, Dennis A. Wentz, William L. Hilsenhoff, Eddie L. Avery, O. M. Brynildson
Dennis A. Wentz, David J. Graczyk, editor(s)
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-23
The primary effects of a floodwater-retarding structure (FRS) on the streamflow of Trout Creek, Wisconsin, are attenuation of flood peaks and extension of the time base of flood hydrographs. Reduction of flood peaks ranged from 58 to 91 percent during the study period from 1975 to 1979. There is an inverse...
Hydrologic analysis of the upper San Pedro basin from the Mexico-United States international boundary to Fairbank, Arizona
G. W. Freethey
1982, Open-File Report 82-752
A definition of the hydrologic system of the upper San Pedro basin was obtained by developing a numerical ground-water model to evaluate a conceptual model of the system. Information on hydraulic properties of the basin fill, recharge from bordering mountain ranges, discharge by evapotranspiration, and exchange of water between aquifer...
U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal year 1979
Robert Schneider, E.H. Roseboom, J.B. Robertson, P. R. Stevens
1982, Circular 847
The report summarizes progress on geologic and hydrologic research related to the disposal of radioactive wastes. The research is described according to whether it is related most directly to: (1) high-level and transuranic wastes; (2) low-level wastes, or (3) uranium mill tailings. Included is research applicable to the identification and...
Field, model, and computer simulation study of some aspects of the origin and distribution of Colorado Plateau-type uranium deposits
F.G. Ethridge, D.K. Sunada, Noel Tyler, Sarah Andrews
1982, Open-File Report 82-589
Numerous hypotheses have been proposed to account for the nature and distribution of tabular uranium and vanadium-uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau. In one of these hypotheses it is suggested that the deposits resulted from geochemical reactions at the interface between a relatively stagnant groundwater solution and a dynamic, ore-carrying...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area, 1980
R.M. Slade, J.L. Gaylord, M.E. Dorsey, R.N. Mitchell, J.D. Gordon
1982, Open-File Report 82-506
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. Studies have been completed in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Resources, began...
Hydrology of area 15, Eastern Coal province, Kentucky and Tennessee
David W. Leist, Ferdinand Quinones, D. S. Mull, Mary Young
1982, Open-File Report 81-809
Area 15, in Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee consists of 3,095 square miles in the Cumberland, Rockcastle and Laurel River basins. The area is underlain by Permian, Pennsylvanian, Mississippian rocks. The Breathitt Formation of Pennsylvanian age crops out in about 75% of the area and contains most of the coal. About...
Index of hydrologic data for selected sites in Broward County, Florida, 1939-80
R.S. Sonenshein, J.E. Fish, C. R. Causaras, D.M. Poore
1982, Open-File Report 82-920
A comprehensive assessment of the surficial aquifers, of southeast Florida, including the Biscayne aquifer, was begun in 1979 by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the South Florida Water Management District. In the initial phase of the study, an inventory was made of existing data available in the files...
A plan for hydrologic investigations of in situ, oil-shale retorting near Rock Springs, Wyoming
Kent C. Glover, E. A. Zimmerman, L. R. Larson, J.C. Wallace
1982, Open-File Report 82-758
The recovery of shale oil by the in-situ retort process may cause hydrologic impacts, the most significant being ground-water contamination and possible transport of contaminants into surrounding areas. Although these impacts are site-specific, many of the techniques used to investigate each retort operation commonly will be the same. The U.S....
Results of hydraulic tests in U.S. Department of Energy's wells DOE-4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, Salt Valley, Grand County, Utah
Leonard E. Wollitz, William Thordarson, Merrick S. Whitfield Jr., James E. Weir Jr.
1982, Open-File Report 82-346
Six exploratory wells were drilled into the cap rock underlying Salt Valley, Utah, for geologic, geophysical, and hydrologic data to augment information obtained from three previous test wells. Drilling of three other test holes was abandoned due to caving and loss of drilling tools, Before reaching the zone of saturation;...
Selected hydrologic data, Price River basin, Utah, water years 1979 and 1980
K.M. Waddell, J.E. Dodge, D.W. Darby, S.M. Theobald
1982, Open-File Report 82-916
The Price River basin in east-central Utah includes a significant part of the Wasatch Plateau and Book Cliffs coal-fields area (pi. 1) and currently (1980) is part of the most active coal-mining areas in the State.This report presents data gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a hydrologic...
Hydrologic data-verification management program plan
C.W. Alexander
1982, Open-File Report 82-374
Data verification refers to the performance of quality control on hydrologic data that have been retrieved from the field and are being prepared for dissemination to water-data users. Water-data users now have access to computerized data files containing unpublished, unverified hydrologic data. Therefore, it is necessary to develop techniques and...
Selected hydrologic data for northern Utah Valley, Utah, 1935-82
Cynthia L. Appel, David W. Clark, Paul E. Fairbanks
1982, Open-File Report 82-1023
This report contains hydrologic data collected in northern Utah Valley from 1935 to 1982. Northern Utah Valley is approximately the northern half of an alluvial-filled basin partly occupied by Utah Lake in north-central Utah. The report area is bounded by the Wasatch Range on the east, the Lake Mountains on...
Evaluation of the hydrologic system in the New Leipzig coal area, Grant and Hettinger counties, North Dakota
C. A. Armstrong
1982, Open-File Report 82-698
Aquifers in the New Leipzig coal area consist of sandstone beds in the Fox Hills Sandstone, the Hell Creek Formation, the Cannonball and Ludlow Members of the Fort Union Formation, and the basal part of the Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Formation. Aquifers also occur in sandstone and...
Background hydrologic information in potential lignite mining areas in Mississippi, August 1981
J. K. Arthur
1982, Open-File Report 82-326
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Mississippi Bureau of Geology is conducting a hydrologic data-collection program in potential lignite-producing areas in Mississippi. During the period August 24-31, 1981, hydrologic data consisting of channel characteristics and stream discharge were collected at 18 sites, and water and channel bottom material...
Water quality of the tidal Potomac River and estuary hydrologic data report, 1980 water year
Stephen Blanchard, R.H. Coupe Jr., J.C. Woodward
1982, Open-File Report 82-152
This report contains data on the physical and chemical properties measured in the Tidal Potomac River and Estuary during the 1980 Water Year. Data were collected routinely at five stations, and periodically at 17 stations including three stations near the mouth of the Potomac River in Chesapeake Bay. Each of...
Hydrologic data collected in and around a surface coal mine, Clay and Vigo counties, Indiana, 1977-80
Linda L. Bobo, Stephen E. Eikenberry
1982, Open-File Report 82-639
Few data are available for evaluating water-quality and other hydrologic properties in and around surface coal mines, particularly in areas where material having a high potential for acid-production is selectively buried. This report contains hydrologic data collected in an active coal mining area in Clay and Vigo Counties, Indiana, from...
Hydrology of the low-level radioactive solid waste burial site and vicinity near Barnwell, South Carolina
James M. Cahill
1982, Open-File Report 82-863
Geologic and hydrologic conditions at a burial site for low-level radioactive waste were studied, and migration of leachates from the buried waste into surrounding unconsolidated sediments were evaluated. The burial site and vicinity are underlain by a sequence of unconsolidated sediments of Late Cretaceous, Tertiary, and Quaternary age. These sediments...
Potential effects of surface coal mining on the hydrology of the Cook Creek area, Ashland coal field, southeastern Montana
M. R. Cannon
1982, Open-File Report 82-681
The Cook Creek area of the Ashland coal field contains large reserves of Federally owned coal that have been identified for potential lease sale. A hydrologic study has been conducted in the potential lease area to describe existing hydrologic systems and to assess potential impacts of surface coal mining on...
A U.S. Geological Survey data standard: Codes for the identification of hydrologic units in the United States and the Caribbean outlying areas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Circular 878-A
Volcano-tectonic history of Crater Flat, southwestern Nevada, as suggested by new evidence from drill hole USW-VH-1 and vicinity
W. J. Carr
1982, Open-File Report 82-457
New evidence for a possible resurgent dome in the caldera related to eruption of the Bullfrog Member of the Crater Flat Tuff has been provided by recent drilling of a 762-meter (2,501-foot) hole in central Crater Flat. Although no new volcanic units were penetrated by the drill hole (USW-VH-1), the...
Selected hydrologic and climatologic data from the Prairie Dog Creek basin, southeastern Montana, water year 1980
L. E. Cary, J.D. Johnson
1982, Open-File Report 82-273
Hydrologic and climatologic data are being collected in a 25-square-mile (65-square-kilometer) basin in southeastern Montana to provide a base for development, calibration, and verification of a precipitation-runoff model. The study area and data-collection stations within the area are shown on a map. A summary of data collected at each station...
Activities in Idaho; status of projects, fiscal years 1982-83
Linda K. Channel (compiler)
1982, Open-File Report 83-40
Twenty-three projects were conducted by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in Idaho during FY 's (fiscal year) 1982-83. These projects were done in cooperation with seven State and local and nine federal agencies. State and local cooperative funding amounted to $566,123 in FY 1982 and $570,000...
Summary of ground-water and surface-water data for city of Pensacola and Escambia County, Florida
J.E. Coffin
1982, Open-File Report 82-361
Hydrologic, geologic, and water-quality data collected in Escambia County, Florida, October 1962 through September 1980 are presented. The data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a cooperative investigation with the city of Pensacola and Escambia County to provide information on the quality and quantity of water...
