Hydrologic maps of the High Plains aquifer, January 1981, southwestern Kansas
Joseph M. Spinazola
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4079
The U.S. Geological Survey furnishes maps depicting saturated thickness of the High Plains aquifer to the Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3 through a continuing cooperative agreement. The Groundwater Management District uses the maps to calculated a planned depletion rate of 40 percent of the saturated thickness of the...
Geologic and well-construction data for the H-8 borehole complex near the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site, southeastern New Mexico
J.G. Wells, S.L. Drellack
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4118
The H-8 complex, a group of three closely-spaced boreholes, is located 9 miles south of the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in southeastern Eddy County, New Mexico. The holes were drilled during July, August, and September of 1979 to obtain geologic and hydrologic data to better define the regional...
Geologic and well-construction data for the H-9 borehole complex near the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site, southeastern New Mexico
S.L. Drellack, J.G. Wells
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4111
The H-9 complex, a group of three closely spaced boreholes, is located 5.5 miles south of the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site in east-central Eddy County, New Mexico. The holes were drilled during July, August, and September 1979 to obtain geologic and hydrologic data to better define the...
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...
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...
Submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal Potomac River and Estuary of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia; Hydrologic data report, May, 1978 to November, 1981
James E. Paschal Jr., Darin R. Miller, Nancy C. Bartow, Virginia Carter
1982, Open-File Report 82-694
Hydrology of coal-resource areas in the southern Wasatch Plateau, central Utah
T. W. Danielson, D.A. Sylla
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4009
The study defines the surface and groundwater hydrology of coal-resources areas in the Southern Wasatch Plateau in Central Utah and, where possible, predicts the hydrologic impacts of underground mining. Discharge data at four streamflow gaging stations indicated that from 5 to 29% of the average annual precipitation on a drainage...
Preliminary map showing availability of ground water from glacial-drift aquifers in Logan County, south-central North Dakota
Robert L. Klausing
1982, Open-File Report 82-515
This preliminary map is the first product of the ground-water resources study of Logan County, which has an area of 1,015 mi2 (2,629 km2) in south-central North Dakota (see location map). This study is part of a statewide program to determine the...
Results of hydrologic tests and water-chemistry analyses, wells H-5A, H-5B, and H-5C, at the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site, southeastern New Mexico
Kevin F. Dennehy, Jerry W. Mercer
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-19
Data were collected during hydrologic testing at wells H-5A, H-5B, and H-5C in the northeastern part of the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in southeastern New Mexico. The three water-bearing zones tested, the Magenta and Culebra Dolomite Members of the Rustler Formation and the Rustler Formation-Salado Formation contact, yield...
Chloride Concentration in Water from the Upper Permeable Zone of the Tertiary Limestone Aquifer System, Southeastern United States
Craig L. Sprinkle
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-1103
INTRODUCTION The tertiary limestone aquifer system of the southeastern United States is a sequence of carbonate rocks referred to as the Floridan aquifer in Florida and the principal artesian aquifer in Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina. More than 3 billion gallons of water are pumped daily from the limestone aquifer; and...
Base flow of streams on Long Island, New York
Richard J. Reynolds
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-48
On Long Island, base flow under nonurbanized conditions constitutes 90 to 95% of total stream discharge. Base-flow data from 19 continuously gaged streams are presented as monthly mean and annual mean discharge for water years 1960-75, which includes the 1962-66 drought. The data were derived by hydrograph-separation procedures that isolate...
Digital model of the Bates Creek alluvial aquifer near Casper, Wyoming
K. C. Glover
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4068
A digital model was used to simulate ground-water flow within the Bates Creek alluvial aquifer, southwest of Casper, Wyoming. Hydrologic data collected during 1977 and 1978 were used to develop the flow model under steady-state and transient conditions. Three scenarios for operating the stream-aquifer system were evaluated with the digital...
Hydrologic monitoring in the area of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi-Alabama, fiscal year 1981
D.J. Tomaszewski
1982, Open-File Report 82-503
A digital-computer model of the Big Sioux aquifer in Minnehaha County, South Dakota
N.C. Koch
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4064
A finite-difference digital model was used to simulate steady-state conditions of the Big Sioux aquifer in Minnehaha County. Average water levels and average base flow discharge (4.9 cu ft/s) of the Big Sioux River were based on data from 1970 through 1979. The computer model was calibrated for transient conditions...
Aquatic biology in Nederlo Creek, southwestern Wisconsin
Phil A. Kammerer Jr., R.A. Lidwin, J.W. Mason, R.P. Narf
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-56
This report presents the results of biologic investigations by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources during a study of hydrology and water quality in a small drainage basin in the "Driftless Area" of southwest Wisconsin. The investigation included aquatic macrophytes, periphytic and planktonic algae, benthic...
Hydrologic characteristics of surface-mined land reclaimed by sludge irrigation, Fulton County, Illinois
G. L. Patterson, R.F. Fuentes, L.G. Toler
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-16
Analyses of water samples collected at four stream-monitoring stations, in an area surface mined for coal and being reclaimed by sludge irrigation, show the principal metals are sodium, calcium, and magnesium and principal non-metals are chloride, sulfate, and bicarbonate. Comparing yearly mean chemical concentrations shows no changing trends since reclamation...
Technique for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods in natural-flow streams in Florida
W. C. Bridges
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4012
A technique is presented for estimating floods on natural-flow streams in Florida for specific recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10 , 25, 50, 100, 200, and 500 years. Florida peaks from 159 stream-gaging stations with long-term records (10-53 years) and 23 rainfall-runoff stations with short-term records (7-17 years) were used...
Altitude and configuration of the 1980 water table in the High Plains regional aquifer, northwestern Oklahoma
John S. Havens
1982, Open-File Report 82-100
The High Plains aquifer in Oklahoma is part of a regional aquifer system extending from South Dakota on the north through Wyoming, Colorado Nebraska Kansas, and Oklahoma to Texas and New Mexico on the south (index map) . The principal aquifer, the Ogallala Formation of Tertiary age, is hydraulically connected...
Appraisal of water in bedrock aquifers, northern Cascade County, Montana
K.R. Wilke
1982, Open-File Report 82-1025
Suburban residential expansion of the city of Great Falls has resulted in an increased demand on water supplies from bedrock aquifers in northern Cascade County. The unconsolidated deposits aquifer of Quaternary age, including alluvium and glacial lake deposits, also is an important source of water in the area. Water levels...
Water information for northwestern Missouri: A planning document
John Skelton, Edward Joseph Harvey, Don E. Miller
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-27
Water supplies are limited in much of northwestern Missouri, and water-resources data also are limited. This report presents a summary of hydrologic data and an evaluation of areas where additional hydrologic data are needed to provide a data base suitable for use in making decisions regarding future water development.The largest...
Hydrology of Salt Wells Creek — A plains stream in southwestern Wyoming
H. W. Lowham, L. L. DeLong, K. R. Collier, E. A. Zimmerman
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-62
Development of energy minerals in plains areas of Wyoming is expanding rapidly. Such development may affect water resources and hydrologic relations of the plains; however, little information exists concerning hydrologic processes for these areas. This report summarizes results of a hydrologic study made during 1975-78 of Salt Wells creek, a...
Hydrology of the Somerset area, Kentucky
R. W. Davis
1982, Open-File Report 82-640
Hydrologic information for land-use planning, Badger Road area, Fairbanks, Alaska
A.P. Krumhardt
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4097
Hydrologic-information needs for oil-shale development, northwestern Colorado
O.J. Taylor
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4076
Hydrologic information is not adequate for proper development of the large oil-shale reserves of Piceance basin in northwestern Colorado. Exploratory drilling and aquifer testing are needed to define the hydrologic system, to provide wells for aquifer testing, to design mine-drainage techniques, and to explore for additional water supplies. Sampling networks...
Hydrologic effects of storing liquified sewage sludge on strip-mined land, Fulton County, Illinois
G. L. Patterson
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4047
The water table near four sewage storage basins in a strip-mined area of western Illinois, has risen about 10 feet since the basins were constructed in 1971. Two dimensional modeling of ground-water flow in the mine spoil indicates that the rise is caused by leakage from one storage basin. The...