Annotated bibliography of the lakes, ponds, and reservoirs of New York State through 1974 (exclusive of lakes Erie and Ontario)
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-55
More than 1,200 titles and abstracts of limnological studies of ponds, reservoirs, and lakes (excluding Lakes Erie and Ontario) are compiled in one volume. Publications cited date from the late 19th century through 1974. Titles and abstracts are presented alphabetically by author's name; cross indexes of coauthors, locations, and subjects...
Mathematical model of the West Bolsa Ground-water Basin, San Benito County, California
Robert E. Faye
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-71
Simulation of the West Bolsa ground-water basin hydrology in California had provided values of basin recharge and discharge and nodally distributed values of transmissivity and storage coefficient. Average net recharge from April 1945 to March 1969 was 6.2 cubic feet per second and occurred as subsurace recharge and infiltration of...
Statistical summaries of Indiana streamflow data
R.G. Horner
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-35
Complete statistical analyses are presented in tabular form for all gaging stations in Indiana, regardless of length of record. Each station analysis includes lowest and highest mean daily discharges, flow duration, statistics on normal monthly means, statistics on normal annual means, statistics on log monthly means, statistics on log annual...
Distribution and trend of nitrate, chloride, and total solids in water in the Magothy aquifer in southeast Nassau County, New York, from the 1950's through 1973
Henry F. Ku, Dennis J. Sulam
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-44
Concentrations of nitrate, chloride, and total solids in water in the Magothy aquifer, southeast Nassau County, N.Y., show a steadily increasing trend from the early 1950 's through 1973. Vertical distribution of nitrate, chloride, and total-solids concentrations as shown in cross sections of the study area indicate downward movement of...
Availability of water in the Floridan aquifer in southern Duval and northern Clay and St. Johns counties, Florida
R.W. Fairchild
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-98
The Floridan aquifer within the area of investigation consists of 1,100 to 1,800 feet of soft, porous limestone interbedded with hard, dense limestone and dolomite overlain by several hundred feet of confining beds. From late 1948 to May 1972, water levels in wells tapping the Floridan aquifer declined as much...
Estimating runoff volumes and flood hydrographs in the Colorado River Basin, southern Utah
James H. Eychaner
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-102
Hydrographs of 364 floods from 18 continuous-record gaging sites in the Colorado River basin in southern Utah were used to define a single relation of flood volume to peak discharge; the standard error of estimate of that relation . is 82 percent. Using the same data, a mean dimensionless hydrograph...
A model for calculating effects of liquid waste disposal in deep saline aquifer
Inc. Intercomp Resource Development and Engineering
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-61
Injection of liquid industrial wastes into confined underground saline aquifers can offer a good disposal alternative from both environmental and economic considerations. One of the needs in choosing from among several disposal alternatives is a means of evaluating the influence such an injection will have on the aquifer system. This...
Water-resources data for deep aquifers of eastern Montana
W.B. Hopkins
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-40
Water from aquifers of Mesozoic and Paleozoic age in eastern Montana is little used. This report presents maps and tables to assist in the evaluation of the water in terms of possible utility. In the southern third of eastern Montana water from the Madison Group or from the Tensleep Sandstone...
Mapping and measuring land-cover characteristics of New River Basin, Tennessee, using Landsat digital tapes
E. F. Hollyday, S.P. Sauer
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-106
Land-cover information is needed to select subbasins within the New River basin, Tennessee, for the study of hydrologic processes and also is needed to transfer study results to other sites affected by coal mining. It was believed that data recorded by the first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (Landsat-1) could be...
Magnitude and frequency of floods in North Carolina, technique for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods on natural streams in North Carolina
N.M. Jackson Jr.
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-17
Methods are provided to estimate the magnitude and frequency of floods on natural North Carolina streams with drainage areas greater than 0.5 square mile (1.3 square kilometers). For 257 gaged sites, the magnitudes of floods having recurrence intervals from 2 to 100 years are provided in tables. For ungaged sites,...
Technique for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods in Kentucky
Curtis H. Hannum
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-62
Flood magnitude and frequency relations applicable to unregulated stream in Kentucky are based on flood data at 117 gaging stations in Kentucky and 14 in adjacent states having 10 or more years of record. Equations that related flood magnitude and frequency to contributing drainage area in 16 geographic areas may...
Reaeration-coefficient measurements of 10 small streams in Wisconsin using radioactive tracers : with a section on the energy-dissipation model
R. Stephen Grant
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-96
Reaeration-rate coefficients were measured for 10 small streams in Wisconsin using the radioactive-tracer method. The coefficients ranged from 2.06 to 55.2 per day (base e at 25 degrees Celsius). Stream discharges ranged from 0.3 to 37.0 cubic feet per second, most discharges being less than 10 cubic feet per second....
Digital model to predict effects of pumping from the Arikaree aquifer in the Dwyer area, southeastern Wyoming
G. C. Lines
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-8
Techniques for estimating flow characteristics of Wyoming streams
H. W. Lowham
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-112
This report presents relations for estimating peak flows and mean annual flow characteristics are: (1) The Channel-geometry method, whereby flow characteristics are related to channel dimensions; and (2) the basin-characteristics method, whereby flow characteristics are related to physiographic and climatic features of the drainage basin. Development of the channel-geometry method...
Water-quality investigation, Salinas River, California
George A. Irwin
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-110
Concentrations of dissolved solids in the Salinas River are variable and range from 164 to 494 milligrams per liter near Bradley and from 170 to 1,090 milligrams per liter near Spreckels. Higher concentrations near Spreckels are caused mainly by sewage inflow about 150 feet (50 meters) upstream. Concentrations of nitrogen,...
Backflushing Filters for Field Processing of Water Samples Prior to Trace-Element Analyses
V. C. Kennedy, E. A. Jenne, J.M. Burchard
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-126
A portable unit is described for filtering water samples at field sites in such a manner that the filtrate is suitable for analysis not only of major constituents but also of trace elments at the mocrogram-per-liter level. A battery-operated peristaltic pump forces the water sample through medical-grade silicone tubing into...
Dissolved solids, hardness, and orthophosphate of surface-water runoff in the Northwest Florida Water Management District
J.E. Earle
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-16
This atlas consists of three maps that show the general distribution of dissolved solids, hardness, and orthophosphate in the streams and lakes within the Northwest Florida Water Management District. The atlas was prepared in cooperation with the Water Management District to provide pertinent water-quality information relating to the objectives of...
Measurement and prediction of sediment yields in Wisconsin streams
S. M. Hindall
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-54
Sediment data of some form have been collected by the U.S. Geological Survey at 118 stream-gaging sites throughout Wisconsin, beginning in 1935. The average concentration of suspended sediment for Wisconsin streams is low in comparison with that of many streams in the United States—110 milligrams per litre for Wisconsin, as...
Availability of ground water near Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana
D. C. Gillies
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-46
A study of the hydraulic characteristics of the unconsolidated glacial deposits near the city of Carmel in central Indiana shows that 21.3 million gallons per day (933 litres per second) of additional water could be withdrawn from the aquifer for an indefinite period of time . This pumpage is approximately...
Probable effects of increasing pumpage from the Schofield ground-water body, Island of Oahu, Hawaii
R. H. Dale, K. J. Takasaki
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-47
No abstract available. ...
A technique for estimating the time of travel of water in Indiana streams
Stephen E. Eikenberry, Leroy G. Davis
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-9
Estimates of the traveltime of waterborne particles in streams is important for pollution studies and in the event of spills of contaminants. This report provides data for the 16 Indiana streams on which time-of-travel information has been obtained and a means for estimating the velocity of any naturally flowing stream...
Water levels in artesian and nonartesian aquifers of Florida, 1973-74
Henry G. Healy
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-101
Based on measurements of water level in 675 wells selected from a network of about 1,300 observation wells, ground-water levels during May 1973 - May 1974 declined from 2 to 4 feet in the Floridan aquifer through most of north and central peninsular Florida. Hydrographs of 55 wells show the...
Preliminary digital model of ground-water flow in the Madison Group, Powder River Basin and adjacent areas, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska
Leonard F. Konikow
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-63
A digital simulation model was used to analyze regional ground-water flow in the Madison Group aquifer in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming and adjacent areas. Most recharge to the aquifer originates in or near the outcrop areas of the Madison in the Bighorn Mountains and Black Hills,...
Results of infiltration tests near Scott City, western Kansas
Joe B. Gillespie, G.D. Hargadine
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-12
Several types of ring infiltrometers were used to determine infiltration rates in loessial soil near Scott City, Kansas. Test results were evaluated for consistency, and were compared with infiltration rates in the underlying loess and with hydraulic conductivities in the unsaturated zone.Average daily infiltration rates in the Richfield soil ranged...
Measured and simulated ground-water levels in the Franklin area, southeastern Virginia
O. J. Cosner
1976, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-83
The Lower Cretaceous aquifer is the principal source of water in Southeastern Virginia. Synoptic water-level measurements made since 1970 have been used to verify a digital model of the aquifer. Measurements made in December 1973, August and December 1974 were used to further verify the model, using updated pumpage for...
