Hydrologic characteristics and possible effects of surface mining in the northwestern part of West Branch Antelope Creek basin, Mercer County, North Dakota
Mark E. Crawley, Douglas G. Emerson
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-79
Lignite beds and abundant discontinuous sandstone beds of the Paleocene Sentinel Butte Member of the Fort Union Formation and sand and gravel beds in the Quarternary glaciofluvial deposits (Antelope Creek aquifer) are the most important aquifers for domestic and livestock water supplies in the West Branch Antelope Creek basin. In...
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...
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...
Generalized thickness of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District
R. M. Wolansky, J.M. Garbade
1981, Open-File Report 80-1288
This map report presents the thickness of the Floridan aquifer in the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The Floridan aquifer ranges in thickness from 600 feet in the northern part of the District to 2,400 feet in the southern part. It is composed chiefly of limestone and dolomite beds that...
Selected hydrologic relationships for Soldier Creek, northeastern Kansas
William J. Carswell Jr.
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-8
Hydrologic data from Soldier Creek basin were compared with relations from statewide data. The quantity and quality of streamflow were affected mostly by soils, slopes, and land use. Average annual precipitation during the study (196476) was 35.12 inches, or 2.3 percent greater than the long-term (1929-76) average. The average streamflow...
Hydrologic monitoring in the area of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi-Alabama
D.J. Tomaszewski
1981, Open-File Report 81-546
Ground-water potential of the glacial deposits near Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Daniel C. Gillies
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-7
The glacial deposits underlying a 260 square-mile area near Logansport, Indiana, range in thickness from 0 to 300 feet and consist of three semiconfined sand and gravel aquifer units separated and overlain by three semiconfining till units. The ground-water development potential of the lowest of the sand and gravel aquifers...
Maps Showing Ground-Water Conditions in the San Simon Wash Area, Papago Indian Reservation, Arizona - 1979
Kenneth J. Hollet
1981, Open-File Report 81-530
INTRODUCTION The San Simon Wash area includes about 2,300 mi2 in the Papago Indian Reservation in south-central Arizona and is characterized by low mountains separated by broad alluvial basins. Most of the basins and mountains trend north and slightly northwest. The basins are underlain by a thick sequence of basin-fill deposits....
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...
Maps Showing Ground-Water Conditions in the San Francisco Peaks Area, Coconino County, Arizona - 1979
Cynthia L. Appel, Donald J. Bills
1981, Open-File Report 81-914
INTRODUCTION The San Francisco Peaks area includes about 2,300 mi2, of which about 500 mi2 is in the Navajo Indian Reservation, in north-central Arizona. Ground-water development has been slight except for the public-supply wells for Flagstaff and domestic wells in Fort Valley, Pitman Valley, and the area west of Elden Mountain....
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area, 1979
R.M. Slade, M.E. Dorsey, J.D. Gordon, R.N. Mitchell, J.L. Gaylord
1981, Open-File Report 81-628
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by theU.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. Studies have been completed in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas.The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Resources, began hydrologic...
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...
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...
Hydrology of the Ferron sandstone aquifer and effects of proposed surface-coal mining in Castle Valley, Utah
Gregory C. Lines, Daniel J. Morrissey
1981, Open-File Report 81-535
No abstract available....
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...
Patterns of groundwater salinity changes in a deep continental-oceanic transect off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the U.S.A.
F.T. Manheim, C. K. Paull
1981, Journal of Hydrology (54) 95-105
Investigations of formation-fluid salinities in a transect from western Georgia to the edge of the Blake Plateau off the coast of Georgia show surprisingly similar hydrochemical features offshore and onshore. A fresh-brackish wedge of groundwater (<25 g/kg total dissolved solids) lies beneath the shelf to a depth of ∼ 900...
Geological considerations in hazardous waste disposal
K. Cartwright, R. H. Gilkeson, T.M. Johnson
1981, Journal of Hydrology (54) 357-369
Present regulations assume that long-term isolation of hazardous wastes - including toxic chemical, biological, radioactive, flammable and explosive wastes - may be effected by disposal in landfills that have liners of very low hydraulic conductivity. In reality, total isolation of wastes in humid areas is not possible; some migration of...
Subsurface injection of liquid waste in Florida, United States of America
John Vecchioli
1981, Science of Total Environment (21) 127-136
In 1979, liquid waste was injected into the subsurface of Florida by 10 injection systems at an aggregate average rate of 165,000 m3/d. All the systems inject into carbonate rocks that contain salty water. Extensive precautions are taken in the construction of the injection wells and in the monitoring of...
Role of numerical simulation in analysis of ground-water quality problems
Leonard F. Konikow
1981, Science of the Total Environment (21) 299-312
The increasing public awareness and concern about the hazards of toxic chemicals contaminating aquifers has created an increased need for predictive capabilities to analyze ground-water contamination problems. Several digital models to simulate the movement and concentration of ground-water contaminants have been documented recently. Most simulate the transport and dispersion of...
Reservoir analysis of the Denver earthquakes: A case of induced seismicity
Paul A. Hsieh, John D. Bredehoeft
1981, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres (86) 903-920
Injection of fluid wastes into the fractured Precambrian crystalline bedrock beneath the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver triggered earthquakes in the 1960's. An analysis, based on the assumption that fluid flow in the fractured reservoir can be approximated by flow in a porous medium, is presented. The configuration and hydrologic...
Satellite observations of a geothermal submarine spring off Florida west coast
F. A. Kohout, R.C. Munson, R. M. Turner, W.R. Royal
Morris Deutch, Donald R. Wiesnet, Albert Rango, editor(s)
1981, Conference Paper, Satellite hydrology: proceedings of the Fifth Annual William T. Pecora Memorial Symposium on Remote Sensing, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, June 10-15, 1979
Maps for America: cartographic products of the U.S. Geological Survey and others
Morris M. Thompson
1981, Report
"Maps for America" was originally published in 1979 as a Centennial Volume commemorating the Geological Survey's hundred years of service (1879-1979) in the earth sciences. It was an eminently fitting Centennial Year publication, for, since its establishment, the Geological Survey has continuously carried on an extensive program of mapping to...
Selected irrigation acreage estimates in northern Florida from Landsat data
K. B. Webster, J. R. Lucas, R. J. Musgrove, A.L. Higer
1981, Conference Paper, Satellite hydrology: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual William T. Pecora Memorial Symposium on Remote Sensing
No abstract available....
Results of a modeling workshop concerning preservation and protection of wetlands in North Dakota
Austin K. Andrews, Gregor T. Auble, Richard A. Ellison, David B. Hamilton, James E. Roelle
1981, Report
In a recently signed letter, the Governor of North Dakota and the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks charged a joint state-federal study group with examination of two separate questions: 1) mitigation for the Garrison Diversion Project; and 2) planning for long-range protection and preservation...
Two examples of seismic zonation in the San Francisco Bay region
W. J. Kockelman, E. E. Brabb
1981, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (13) 80-84
The science of earthquakes in complex, requiring data and research in seismology, geology, soil mechanics, geophysics, hydrology, and engineering. Nevertheless, if earthquake hazards are to be reduced, earth science information must be translated from scientific and technical language into a form that can be effectively used by planners and decisionmakers. Out...
