Hydrology and chemical quality of ground water in Kiowa County, Colorado
Martha H. Mustard, Doug Cain
1981, Open-File Report 81-1023
Ground water is available in Kiowa County, Colo., in quantities suitable for municipal or irrigation uses from at least two aquifers, the Big Sandy-Rush Creek alluvial aquifer and the Ogallala aquifer. The Dakota Sandstone and the Cheyenne Sandstone Member of the Purgatoire Formation may provide marginally sufficient water for municipal...
Hydrologic data for the Cache Creek-Bear Thrust environmental impact statement near Jackson, Wyoming
G.S. Craig Jr., B. H. Ringen, E.R. Cox
1981, Open-File Report 81-410
Information on the quantity and quality of surface and ground water in an area of concern for the Cache Creek-Bear Thrust Environmental Impact Statement in northwestern Wyoming is presented without interpretation. The environmental impact statement is being prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Forest Service and...
Hydrologic description of Lake Hancock, Polk County, Florida
K.M. Hammett, L.J. Snell, Boyd F. Joyner
1981, Open-File Report 81-131
Available data were evaluated to document hydrologic conditions in the Lake Hancock basin. Bathymetric data indicate that Lake Hancock is very shallow, having a maximum depth of about 3 feet. The lake bottom is covered by a layer of organic material that may be more than 5 feet thick near...
Hydrologic description of Lake Jackson, Sebring, Florida
K.M. Hammett
1981, Open-File Report 81-494
No abstract available....
Hydrologic effects of proposed changes in management practices, Winnebago Pool, Wisconsin
William R. Krug
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-107
Various changes in the management practices for the Winnebago pool have been proposed. The objectives of the proposed changes are protecting wetlands adjacent to the lakes in the pool and assuring adequate flow in the Fox River downstream from Lake Winnebago. Three proposed operation plans for the Winnebago pool were...
Geologic structure, hydrology, and water quality of the Dawson aquifer in the Denver basin, Colorado
Stanley G. Robson, John C. Romero
1981, Hydrologic Atlas 643
Hydrologic maps of Ogallala Aquifer, west-central Kansas
Lloyd E. Dunlap, Joseph M. Spinazola
1981, Open-File Report 81-908
Water-level and saturated-thickness changes, predevelopment to 1980, in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
Richard R. Luckey, Edwin D. Gutentag, John B. Weeks
1981, Hydrologic Atlas 652
Hydrologic reconnaissance near Fourth of July Creek, Seward, Alaska
Gordon L. Nelson
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-21
The 1.3-square-mile alluvial fan of Fourth of July Creek, Seward , Alaska, is being developed as an industrial area and port. Fourth of July Creek is a glacier-fed stream that occupies a braided channel near the middle of the fan. The presence of glacial flow during the summer and low...
Potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer in the Northwest Florida Water Management District, May 1980
J.C. Rosenau, R.S. Milner
1981, Open-File Report 81-205
A May 1980 potentiometric surface map of the Northwest Florida Water Management District depicts water levels in wells tapping the Floridan aquifer prior to summer pumpage. Compared to earlier potentiometric maps of the area, there are no significant differences in the 1980 map that are the result of hydrologic conditions....
Flood of July 1-5, 1978 on the Kickapoo River, southwestern Wisconsin
Peter E. Hughes, J.S. Hannuksela, W.J. Danchuk
1981, Hydrologic Atlas 653
The Kickapoo River valley in southwestern Wisconsin had a devastating flood ($10 million estimated damages) during July 1-5, 1978. The flash flooding was caused by intense storms on June 30 through July 2. Total rainfall accumulation ranged from 5.8 inches near Ontario to 9.5 inches at La Farge. The resulting...
Water resources data for West Virginia, water year 1980. Appendix - coal areas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1981, Water Data Report WV-80-A
Water resources data for the 1980 water year for coal regions of West Virginia consist of discharge and water-quality records collected during two sampling periods at 369 sites. Also included are sediment data from 26 sites. Data was collected as a part of the statewide Coal Hydrology project....
Water resources data for Utah, water year 1980
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1981, Water Data Report UT-80-1
Water resources data for the 1980 water year for Utah consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 294 gaging stations; stage and contents for...
Geologic structure, hydrology, and water quality of the Denver aquifer in the Denver basin, Colorado
Stanley G. Robson, John C. Romero
1981, Hydrologic Atlas 646
Hydrologic and chemical evaluation of the ground-water resources of northwest Elkhart County, Indiana
Thomas E. Imbrigiotta, Angel Martin Jr.
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-53
A 3-year study in northwest Elkhart County, Indiana, was done to (1) de-fine the general flow and quality of water in the outwash aquifer system, (2) determine if a well field proposed for a site at the Elkhart Municipal Airport would draw leachate from the Himco landfill, and (3) define...
Outline for a hydrologic data base for Portugal
Norman E. Hutchison
1981, Open-File Report 81-424
The Agency for International Development requested the assistance of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to help the Government of Portugal in the investigation and management of ground water resources in the Algarve region. The assistance was to be provided in four specialty areas, but the scope of this report is...
Analysis and computer simulation of stream-aquifer hydrology, Arkansas River valley, southwestern Kansas
R.A. Barker, Lloyd E. Dunlap, C. G. Sauer
1981, Open-File Report 81-686
A study was made, in cooperation with the Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture, to determine geohydrologic conditions underlying nearly 110,000 acres of the Arkansas River Valley between the Colorado-Kansas State line and the Bear Creek Fault zone in southwestern Kansas. The Arkansas River meanders atop and...
Water resources data for Ohio, water year 1980: Volume 2. St. Lawrence River Basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1981, Water Data Report OH-80-2
Water resources data for the 1980 water year for Ohio consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report in two volumes and one appendix contains records...
Geologic structure, hydrology, and water quality of the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer in the Denver basin, Colorado
Stanley G. Robson
1981, Hydrologic Atlas 650
The Denver ground-water basin underlies a 6,700-square-mile area extending from Greeley in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, and from the Front Range in the west to near Limon in the east. The four major bedrock aquifers that occur in the basin are the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer (the...
Geology and hydrology for environmental planning in Marquette County, Michigan
F. R. Twenter
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-90
Marquette County, in the glaciated area of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, includes 1,878 square miles. Precipitation averages 32 inches per year. Bedrock and glacial deposits contain materials that are good aquifers. Sedimentary bedrock units generally yield sufficient water for domestic supply and, in places, may yield more than 100...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area, 1979
C.M. Wood, H.S. Butler, J.D. Benton
1981, Open-File Report 81-491
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. These studies are now in progress in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. The study for the Fort Worth metropolitan area was completed at the end of the 1978 water year, and this report is...
Documentation of a dissolved-solids model of the Tongue River, southeastern Montana
Paul F. Woods
1981, Open-File Report 81-479
A model has been developed for assessing potential increases in dissolved solids of the Tongue River as a result of leaching of overburden materials used to backfill pits in surface coal-mining operations. The model allows spatial and temporal simulation of streamflow and dissolved-solids loads and concentrations under user-defined scenarios of...
Hydrologic almanac of Florida
Richard C. Heath, Clyde Stuart Conover
1981, Open-File Report 81-1107
This first edition is a ready reference source of information on various facts and features about water in Florida. It is aimed primarily to help bust politicians, writers, agency officials, water managers, planners, consultants, educators, hydrologists, engineers, scientists, and the general public answer questions that arise on comparative and statistical...
Hydrologic monitoring in the coal fields of central Utah, August 1978-September 1979
Gregory C. Lines, Gerald G. Plantz
1981, Open-File Report 81-138
Surface-water quantity and quality were observed at 12 gaging stations downstream from mined and lease areas in the Wasatch Plateau, Book Cliff's, and Emery coal fields in central Utah. Measurements of base flow were made at 52 additional sites in the region. The report describes the hydrologic setting of this...
Ground-water hydrology of strip-mine areas in eastern Ohio (conditions during mining of two watersheds in Coshocton and Muskingum counties)
John O. Helgesen, Allan C. Razem
1981, Open-File Report 81-913
Ground-water conditions during coal strip mining in two small watersheds are described as part of an ongoing study of effects of mining on hydrologic systems. Both watersheds were underlain by stratified sedimentary rocks containing two perched aquifers above clay beds which underlaid the major coal seams. Mining involved removing the...
