The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Mississippi
William J. Carswell Jr.
2014, Fact Sheet 2014-3057
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of Mississippi, elevation data are critical for infrastructure and construction management, flood risk management, agriculture and precision farming, natural resources conservation, forest resources...
Tracking geomorphic signatures of watershed suburbanization with multi-temporal LiDAR
Daniel K. Jones, Matthew E. Baker, Andrew J. Miller, S. Taylor Jarnagin, Dianna M. Hogan
2014, Geomorphology (219) 42-52
Urban development practices redistribute surface materials through filling, grading, and terracing, causing drastic changes to the geomorphic organization of the landscape. Many studies document the hydrologic, biologic, or geomorphic consequences of urbanization using space-for-time comparisons of disparate urban and rural landscapes. However, no previous studies have documented geomorphic changes from...
Wetland management and rice farming strategies to decrease methylmercury bioaccumulation and loads from the Cosumnes River Preserve, California
Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Joshua T. Ackerman, Jacob Fleck, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Harry McQuillen, Wes Heim
2014, Open-File Report 2014-1172
We evaluated mercury (Hg) concentrations in caged fish (deployed for 30 days) and water from agricultural wetland (rice fields), managed wetland, slough, and river habitats in the Cosumnes River Preserve, California. We also implemented experimental hydrological regimes on managed wetlands and post-harvest rice straw management techniques on rice fields in...
Hydrologic models and analysis of water availability in Cuyama Valley, California
R. T. Hanson, Lorraine E. Flint, Claudia C. Faunt, Dennis R. Gibbs, Wolfgang Schmid
2014, Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5150
Changes in population, agricultural development practices (including shifts to more water-intensive crops), and climate variability are placing increasingly larger demands on available water resources, particularly groundwater, in the Cuyama Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in Santa Barbara County. The goal of this study was to produce a...
Cuyama Valley, California hydrologic study: an assessment of water availability
Randall T. Hanson, Donald S. Sweetkind
2014, Fact Sheet 2014-3075
Water resources are under pressure throughout California, particularly in agriculturally dominated valleys. Since 1949, the Cuyama Valley’s irrigated acreage has increased from 13 to 35 percent of the valley. Increased agriculture has contributed to the demand for water beyond natural recharge. The tools and information developed for this study can...
Strategic needs of water on the Yukon: an interdisciplinary approach to studying hydrology and climate change in the Lower Yukon River Basin
Nicole M. Herman-Mercer, Paul F. Schuster
2014, Fact Sheet 2014-3060
Strategic Needs of Water on the Yukon (SNOWY) is an interdisciplinary research project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF; http://www.nsf.gov/). The SNOWY team is made up of a diverse group of researchers from different backgrounds and organizations. This partnership between scientists from different disciplines (hydrology, geography, and...
Flood-inundation maps for the Saddle River in Ho-Ho-Kus Borough, the Village of Ridgewood, and Paramus Borough, New Jersey, 2013
Kara M. Watson, Michal J. Niemoczynski
2014, Scientific Investigations Map 3299
Digital flood-inundation maps for a 5.4-mile reach of the Saddle River in New Jersey from Hollywood Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus Borough downstream through the Village of Ridgewood and Paramus Borough to the confluence with Hohokus Brook in the Village of Ridgewood were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation...
Groundwater quality in the Upper Hudson River Basin, New York, 2012
Tia-Marie Scott, Elizabeth A. Nystrom
2014, Open-File Report 2014-1084
Water samples were collected from 20 production and domestic wells in the Upper Hudson River Basin (north of the Federal Dam at Troy, New York) in New York in August 2012 to characterize groundwater quality in the basin. The samples were collected and processed using standard U.S. Geological Survey procedures...
Stable isotope (δ18O and δ2H) data for precipitation, stream water, and groundwater in Puerto Rico
Martha A. Scholl, Angel Torres-Sanchez, Manuel Rosario-Torres
2014, Open-File Report 2014-1101
Puerto Rico is located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea (18.2 °N, 66.3 °W), with the Atlantic Ocean on its northern coast. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) program study area in which most of these data were collected comprises the El Yunque National Forest and surrounding...
Water-quality and biological conditions in selected tributaries of the Lower Boise River, southwestern Idaho, water years 2009-12
Alexandra B. Etheridge, Dorene E. MacCoy, Rhonda J. Weakland
2014, Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5132
Water-quality conditions were studied in selected tributaries of the lower Boise River during water years 2009–12, including Fivemile and Tenmile Creeks in 2009, Indian Creek in 2010, and Mason Creek in 2011 and 2012. Biological samples, including periphyton biomass and chlorophyll-a, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish were collected in Mason Creek...
Sediment accretion in tidal freshwater forests and oligohaline marshes of the Waccamaw and Savannah Rivers, USA
Scott H. Ensign, Cliff R. Hupp, Gregory B. Noe, Ken W. Krauss, Camille L. Stagg
2014, Estuaries and Coasts (37) 1107-1119
Sediment accretion was measured at four sites in varying stages of forest-to-marsh succession along a fresh-to-oligohaline gradient on the Waccamaw River and its tributary Turkey Creek (Coastal Plain watersheds, South Carolina) and the Savannah River (Piedmont watershed, South Carolina and Georgia). Sites included tidal freshwater forests, moderately salt-impacted forests at...
Continuous resistivity profiling and seismic-reflection data collected in April 2010 from Indian River Bay, Delaware
V.A. Cross, J.F. Bratton, H.A. Michael, K.D. Kroeger, Adrian G. Mann, Emile M. Bergeron
2014, Open-File Report 2011-1039
A geophysical survey to delineate the fresh-saline groundwater interface and associated sub-bottom sedimentary structures beneath Indian River Bay, Delaware, was carried out in April 2010. This included surveying at higher spatial resolution in the vicinity of a study site at Holts Landing, where intensive onshore and offshore studies were subsequently...
Quality of groundwater in the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado, 2003-5
MaryLynn Musgrove, Jennifer A. Beck, Suzanne S. Paschke, Nancy J. Bauch, Shana L. Mashburn
2014, Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5051
Groundwater resources from alluvial and bedrock aquifers of the Denver Basin are critical for municipal, domestic, and agricultural uses in Colorado along the eastern front of the Rocky Mountains. Rapid and widespread urban development, primarily along the western boundary of the Denver Basin, has approximately doubled the population since about...
Linking multi-temporal satellite imagery to coastal wetland dynamics and bird distribution
Bradley A. Pickens, Sammy L. King
2014, Ecological Modelling (285) 1-12
Ecosystems are characterized by dynamic ecological processes, such as flooding and fires, but spatial models are often limited to a single measurement in time. The characterization of direct, fine-scale processes affecting animals is potentially valuable for management applications, but these are difficult to quantify over broad extents. Direct predictors are...
Flood-inundation maps for the West Branch Susquehanna River near the Boroughs of Lewisburg and Milton, Pennsylvania
Mark A. Roland, Scott A. Hoffman
2014, Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5094
Digital flood-inundation maps for an approximate 8-mile reach of the West Branch Susquehanna River from approximately 2 miles downstream from the Borough of Lewisburg, extending upstream to approximately 1 mile upstream from the Borough of Milton, Pennsylvania, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Susquehanna...
Pink spot, white spot: the pineal skylight of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea Vandelli 1761) skull and its possible role in the phenology of feeding migrations
John Davenport, T. Todd Jones, Thierry M. Work, George H. Balazs
2014, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (461) 1-6
Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, which have an irregular pink area on the crown of the head known as the pineal or ‘pink spot’, forage upon jellyfish in cool temperate waters along the western and eastern margins of the North Atlantic during the summer. Our study showed that the skeletal structures...
A precipitation-runoff model for simulating natural streamflow conditions in the Smith River watershed, Montana, water years 1996-2008
Katherine J. Chase, Rodney R. Caldwell, Andrea K. Stanley
2014, Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5125
This report documents the construction of a precipitation-runoff model for simulating natural streamflow in the Smith River watershed, Montana. This Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System model, constructed in cooperation with the Meagher County Conservation District, can be used to examine the general hydrologic framework of the Smith River watershed, including quantification of...
Summary of hydrologic conditions in Kansas, 2013 water year
Arin J. Peters, Teresa J. Rasmussen
2014, Fact Sheet 2014-3061
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Kansas Water Science Center (KSWSC), in cooperation with local, State, and other Federal agencies, maintains a long-term network of hydrologic monitoring gages in the State of Kansas. These include 195 real-time streamflow-gaging stations (herein gages) and 12 real-time reservoir-level monitoring stations. These data and associated...
The relative importance of oceanic nutrient inputs for Bass Harbor Marsh Estuary at Acadia National Park, Maine
Thomas G. Huntington, Charles W. Culbertson, Christopher Fuller, Patricia Glibert, Luke Sturtevant
2014, Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5123
The U.S. Geological Survey and Acadia National Park (ANP) collaborated on a study of nutrient inputs into Bass Harbor Marsh Estuary on Mount Desert Island, Maine, to better understand ongoing eutrophication, oceanic nutrient inputs, and potential management solutions. This report includes the estimation of loads of nitrate, ammonia, total dissolved...
Assessment of suspended-sediment transport, bedload, and dissolved oxygen during a short-term drawdown of Fall Creek Lake, Oregon, winter 2012-13
Liam N. Schenk, Heather M. Bragg
2014, Open-File Report 2014-1114
The drawdown of Fall Creek Lake resulted in the net transport of approximately 50,300 tons of sediment from the lake during a 6-day drawdown operation, based on computed daily values of suspended-sediment load downstream of Fall Creek Dam and the two main tributaries to Fall Creek Lake. A suspended-sediment budget calculated...
California State Waters Map Series: Offshore of Coal Oil Point, California
Samuel Y. Johnson, Peter Dartnell, Guy R. Cochrane, Nadine E. Golden, Eleyne L. Phillips, Andrew C. Ritchie, Rikk G. Kvitek, Bryan E. Dieter, James E. Conrad, T.D. Lorenson, Lisa M. Krigsman, H. Gary Greene, Charles A. Endris, Gordon G. Seitz, David P. Finlayson, Ray W. Sliter, Florence L. Wong, Mercedes D. Erdey, Carlos I. Gutierrez, Ira Leifer, Mary M. Yoklavich, Amy E. Draut, Patrick E. Hart, Frances D. Hostettler, Kenneth E. Peters, Keith A. Kvenvolden, Robert J. Rosenbauer, Grace Fong
Samuel Y. Johnson, Susan A. Cochran, editor(s)
2014, Scientific Investigations Map 3302
In 2007, the California Ocean Protection Council initiated the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP), designed to create a comprehensive seafloor map of high-resolution bathymetry, marine benthic habitats, and geology within the 3-nautical-mile limit of California’s State Waters. The CSMP approach is to create highly detailed seafloor maps through collection, integration,...
Technical review of managed underground storage of water study of the upper Catherine Creek watershed, Union County, northeastern Oregon
Daniel T. Snyder
2014, Open-File Report 2014-1164
Because of water diversions during summer, flow in Catherine Creek, a tributary to the Grande Ronde River in northeastern Oregon, is insufficient to sustain several aquatic species for which the stream is listed as critical habitat. A feasibility study for managed underground storage (MUS) in the upper Catherine Creek watershed...
Characterization of selected bed-sediment-bound organic and inorganic contaminants and toxicity, Barnegat Bay and major tributaries, New Jersey, 2012
Kristin M. Romanok, Timothy J. Reilly, Anthony R. Lopez, John J. Trainor, Michelle Hladik, Jacob K. Stanley, Daniel Farrar
2014, Data Series 867
A study of bed-sediment toxicity and organic and inorganic contaminants was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Bed-sediment samples were collected once from 22 sites in Barnegat Bay and selected major tributaries during August–September 2012 and analyzed for...
Landscape and climate science and scenarios for Florida
Adam Terando, Steve Traxler, Jaime Collazo
2014, Open-File Report 2014-1150
The Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative (PFLCC) is part of a network of 22 Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) that extend from Alaska to the Caribbean. LCCs are regional-applied conservation-science partnerships among Federal agencies, regional organizations, States, tribes, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), private stakeholders, universities, and other entities within a geographic area....
Preliminary simulation of chloride transport in the Equus Beds aquifer and simulated effects of well pumping and artificial recharge on groundwater flow and chloride transport near the city of Wichita, Kansas, 1990 through 2008
Brian J. Klager, Brian P. Kelly, Andrew C. Ziegler
2014, Open-File Report 2014-1162
The Equus Beds aquifer in south-central Kansas is a primary water-supply source for the city of Wichita. Water-level declines because of groundwater pumping for municipal and irrigation needs as well as sporadic drought conditions have caused concern about the adequacy of the Equus Beds aquifer as a future water supply...
