Integrated model of the shallow and deep hydrothermal systems in the East Mesa area, Imperial Valley, California
T. David Riney, J.W. Pritchett, L.F. Rice
1982, Open-File Report 82-980
Geological, geophysical, thermal, petrophysical and hydrological data available for the East Mesa hydrothermal system that are pertinent to the construction of a computer model of the natural flow of heat and fluid mass within the system are assembled and correlated. A conceptual model of the full system is developed and...
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;...
Hydrology of the Floridan Aquifer in Northwest Volusia County, Florida
A. T. Rutledge
1982, Open-File Report 82-108
Northwest Volusia County, in east-central Florida, is a 262-square-mile area including the southern part of the Crescent City Ridge and the northern tip of the DeLand Ridge. The hydrogeologic units in the area include the Floridan aquifer, which is made up of parts of the Lake City Limestone, the Avon...
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...
Preliminary interpretation of thermal data from the Nevada Test Site
John Harvey Sass, Arthur H. Lachenbruch
1982, Open-File Report 82-973
Analysis of data from 60 wells in and around the Nevada Test Site, including 16 in the Yucca Mountain area, indicates a thermal regime characterized by large vertical and lateral gradients in heat flow. Estimates of heat flow indicate considerable variation on both regional and local scales. The variations are...
Shallow subsurface temperatures and some estimates of heat flow from the Colorado Plateau of northeastern Arizona
J.H. Sass, Claudia Stone, D. J. Bills
1982, Open-File Report 82-994
Temperature data to depths of a few hundred meters were obtained from 29 wells in northeastern Arizona; 12 in the region surrounding the San Francisco Volcanic Field, 8 in the Black Mesa area, and 9 in the south-central Colorado Plateau which includes the White Mountains. Although there was evidence for...
Sediment and channel-geometry investigations for the Kansas River bank stabilization study, Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado
W. R. Osterkamp, R.E. Curtis, H.G. Crowther
1982, Open-File Report 81-128
Analysis of hydrologic data from the Kansas River basin suggests that the channels of the lower Solomon, Saline, and Smoky Hill Rivers have narrowed and stabilized as a result of construction of upstream reservoirs. The Kansas River channel, however, remains relatively unstable and locally active. Streamflow regulation and sediment trapping...
U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal; fiscal year 1980
Robert Schneider, N.J. Trask
1982, Open-File Report 82-509
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...
Low-level radioactive-waste burial at the Palos Forest Preserve, Illinois; Part II, geology and hydrology of the glacial drift as related to the migration of tritium
J.C. Olimpio
1982, Open-File Report 82-78
No abstract available. ...
Data for wells at the low-level radioactive-waste burial site in the Palos Forest Preserve, Illinois
J.C. Olimpio
1982, Open-File Report 82-692
The U.S. Geological Survey is studying the geologic, hydrologic, and geochemical properties of the glacial drift and underlying bedrock at a low-level radioactive-waste burial site in the Palos Forest Preserve, 22 kilometers southwest of Chicago. Data collected from the 33 test wells drilled into the drift plus data from 4...
Ground-water levels and water quality in an area near Topaz Lake, Douglas County, Nevada
Jon O. Nowlin
1982, Open-File Report 80-2046
Intensive residential development of land along the northwest shore of Topaz Lake has raised concern regarding the adequacy of the water supply and possible effects of septic-tank effluents on the quality of local ground water and the lake. Existing data on water levels, well construction, and water quality were compiled,...
Design of surface-water data networks for regional information
Marshall E. Moss, E.J. Gilroy, Gary D. Tasker, M.R. Karlinger
1982, Water Supply Paper 2178
This report describes a technique, Network Analysis of Regional Information (NARI), and the existing computer procedures that have been developed for the specification of the regional information-cost relation for several statistical parameters of streamflow. The measure of information used is the true standard error of estimate of a regional logarithmic...
Hydrology of area 29, Eastern Region, Interior Coal Province, Illinois
K. K. Fitzgerald, C.A. Peters, E.E. Zuehls
1982, Open-File Report 82-858
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
Geological Survey research 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Professional Paper 1275
This U.S. Geological Survey activities report includes a summary of 1981 fiscal year scientific and economic results accompanied by a list of geologic, hydrologic, and cartographic investigations in progress. The summary of results includes: (1) Mineral, (2) Water resources, (3) Engineering geology and hydrology, (4) Regional geology, (5) Principles and...
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...
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...
