Preliminary data from Arbuckle test wells, Miami, Douglas, Saline, and Labette counties, Kansas
Tony Gogel
1981, Open-File Report 81-1112
Preliminary data are presented for test wells in Kansas that were completed in Cambrian and Ordovician rocks of the Arbuckle Group in late 1979 and early 1980. Included in the report are hole history, electrical logs, geology (sample descriptions and cores), hydrologic testing, and geochemistry. These wells were drilled as...
Hydrologic conditions at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, emphasis: 1974-1978
Jack T. Barraclough, Barney D. Lewis, Rodger G. Jensen
1981, Open-File Report 81-526
The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) site covers about 890 square miles of the eastern Snake River Plain and overlies the Snake River Plain aquifer. Low concentrations of aqueous chemical and radio-active wastes have been discharged to shallow ponds and to shallow or deep wells on the site since 1952....
The U.S. Geological Survey Federal-State cooperative water-resources program
Bruce K. Gilbert, Thomas J. Buchanan
1981, Open-File Report 81-691
The U.S. Geological Survey Federal-State Cooperative Water Resources Program is a partnership between the Geological Survey and State and local agencies for the collection of the hydrologic information needed for the continuing determination and evaluation of the quantity, quality, and use of the Nation 's water resources. The Cooperative Program...
Hydrologic data for urban storm runoff from nine sites in the Denver metropolitan area, Colorado
Johnnie W. Gibbs
1981, Open-File Report 81-682
Urban storm-runoff data were collected April through September 1980, from nine urbanrunoff sites in the Denver metropolitan area, and are presented in this report. The sites consist of two single-family residential areas, two multi-family residential areas, one commercial area (shopping center), one mixed commercial and multi-family residential area, one native...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Montana, October 1980 through September 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1981, Open-File Report 81-817
The report describes the investigative efforts of the U.S. Geological Survey toward the water resources of Montana. Hydrologic information and knowledge of the water resources are gained and disseminated principally by programs of (1) collecting hydrologic data on a continuing basis, (2) conducting water-resources appraisals of surface and ground water,...
Water Resources Division training bulletin, October 1981 through September 1982
1981, Open-File Report 81-1017
This bulletin is designed to inform interested personnel about training available through the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey during the period October 1981 through September 1982. The information in this bulletin also can assist supervisors and training officers in developing a coordinated, efficient training program for the...
Hydrologic data of the Shawsheen River basin, Massachusetts
Frederick B. Gay, David F. Delaney
1981, Open-File Report 81-802
The Shawsheen River basin drains a 77-square-mile area northwest of metropolitan Boston in eastern Massachusetts and discharges into the Merrimack River. Principal tributaries to the Shawsheen River are: Content, Elm, Heath, Hussey, Kiln, Rogers, Spring, Strong Water, Vine, and Webb Brooks....
Hydrologic data of the Lake Cochituate drainage basin, Framingham-Natick, Massachusetts
Frederick B. Gay
1981, Open-File Report 82-342
Lake Cochituate is about 16 miles due west of Boston, Massachusetts, in the southeastern part of Middlesex County. The drainage basin is 17.7 mi2 at the outlet of Lake Cochituate in Framingham. Principal tributaries to the lake are Beaverdam, Course, Pegan, and Snake Brooks. Beaverdam and Course Brooks flow into...
Hydrologic effects of highway-deicing chemicals in Massachusetts; executive summary
L.R. Frost Jr., S.J. Pollock, R.F. Wakelee
1981, Open-File Report 81-210
Methods of estimating annual mean and annual maximum chloride concentrations in streams were developed through multiple and simple linear regression techniques using data collected during the 1972-77 water years. Independent variables are easily obtainable parameters, such as total salt application within a basin, annual precipitation, and drainage basin characteristics. Methods...
Hydrologic effects of highway-deicing chemicals in Massachusetts
L.R. Frost Jr., S.J. Pollock, R.F. Wakelee
1981, Open-File Report 81-209
Methods of estimating annual mean and annual maximum chloride concentrations and sodium concentrations in streams were developed using multiple and simple linear regression techniques and data collected during the 1972-77 water years. Independent variables are easily obtainable parameters such as total salt application within a basin, annual precipitation, and drainage...
Drainage areas of selected surface-water sites in Florida
Donald W. Foose
1981, Open-File Report 81-482
Drainage areas for about 1,600 surface-water sites on streams and lakes in Florida are contained in this report. The sites are generally either U.S. Geological Survey gaging stations or the mouths of gaged streams. Each site is identified by latitude and longitude, by the general stream type, and by the...
Hydrologic and morphologic changes in channels of the Platte River basin: A historical perspective
T.R. Eschner, R. F. Hadley, K.D. Crowley
1981, Open-File Report 81-1125
The channels of the Platte River and its major tributaries, the South Platte and North Platte Rivers in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, have undergone major changes in hydrologic regime and morphology since 1860. These changes are attributed here to agricultural, municipal, and industrial water use.Although water-resource development varied temporally throughout...
Progress report on the effects of surface mining on the surface-water hydrology of selected basins in the Fort Union coal region, North Dakota and Montana
Douglas G. Emerson
1981, Open-File Report 81-678
The purpose of the investigation is to provide a means to assess the impacts on surface-water hydrology due to changes in land use resulting from surface mining of coal in the Fort Union Coal Region, North Dakota and Montana. The objectives of the study are to: (1) Determine premining hydrologic...
The U.S. Geological Survey Coal Hydrology Program and the potential of hydrologic models for impact assessments
W. Harry Doyle
1981, Open-File Report 81-542
A requirement of Public Law 95-87, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, is the understanding of the hydrology in actual and proposed surface-mined areas. Surface-water data for small specific-sites and for larger areas such as adjacent and general areas are needed also to satisfy the hydrologic requirements...
Hydrologic data of the lower Merrimack River basin, Massachusetts, from Concord River, Lowell, to Plum Island, Newburyport
David F. Delaney, Frederick B. Gay
1981, Open-File Report 81-1185
The lower Merrimack River basin study area drains approximately 180 square miles along the New Hampshire border in northeastern Massachusetts. This area includes parts of the Merrimack River basin within Massachusetts east of the Beaver Brook and Concord River basins, except for the Shawsheen River basin. Even though the Blackwater...
Hydrologic data for the alluvium and terrace aquifer of the Beaver-North Canadian River from the Panhandle to Canton Reservoir, northwestern Oklahoma
Robert E. Davis, Scott C. Christenson, Stephen P. Blumer
1981, Open-File Report 80-159
The U.S. Geological Survey has collected data on Oklahoma's groundwater resources since 1934. The data in this report were collected as part of a study in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to evaluate the geohydrology of the alluvium and terrace aquifer of the Beaver-North Canadian River 4] in...
Geohydrology and numerical simulation of the alluvium and terrace aquifer along the Beaver-North Canadian River from the Panhandle to Canton Lake, northwestern Oklahoma
Robert E. Davis, Scott C. Christenson
1981, Open-File Report 81-483
A quantitative description of the hydrologic system in alluvium and terrace deposits along the Beaver-North Canadian River in northwestern Oklahoma is needed as an aid for planning and management of the aquifer. A two-dimensional finite-difference model was used to describe the aquifer and to predict the effects of future ground-water...
Hydrology of the coal-resource areas in the upper drainages of Huntington and Cottonwood creeks, central Utah
T. W. Danielson, Michael D. ReMillard, Richard H. Fuller
1981, Open-File Report 81-539
The hydrology of coal-resource areas in the upper drainages of Huntington and Cottonwood Creeks in central Utah was studied in order to better define the hydrologic system, to identify the hydrologic effects of underground coal mining, and to devise methods to detect the effects.Discharge records from gaging stations in this...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Noatak River basin, Alaska, 1978
Joseph M. Childers, Donald R. Kernodle
1981, Open-File Report 81-1005
Hydrologic data were collected in 1978 described water resources of the Noatak River basin, Alaska. Streamflow varies seasonally. No flow was observed from the upper part of the basin in late winter (April). In the lower part of the basin springs support perennial flow in the Kugururok River and downstream...
Selected hydrologic and climatologic data from the Prairie Dog Creek Basin, southeastern Montana, water year 1979
Lawrence E. Cary, Joel D. Johnson
1981, Open-File Report 81-412
Hydrologic and climatologic data are being collected in a 19-square-mile (49-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...
Simulated hydrologic effects of possible ground-water and surface-water management alternatives in and near the Platte River, south-central Nebraska
Alan W. Burns
1981, Open-File Report 81-1116
Digital computer models were developed and used to simulate the hydrologic effects of hypothetical water-management alternatives on the wetland habitat area near Grand Island, Nebr. Areally distributed recharge to and discharge from the aquifer system adjacent to the Platte River between Overton and Grand Island were computed for four hypothetical...
Water quality in the tidal Potomac River and estuary, hydrologic data report, 1979 water year
Stephen F. Blanchard, D. C. Hahl
1981, Open-File Report 81-1074
This report contains data on the physical and chemical properties measured during the 1979 water year for the tidal Potomac River and estuary. Data were collected routinely at five major stations and periodically at 14 intervening stations. Each major station represents a cross section through which the transport of selected...
Background hydrologic information in potential lignite mining areas in Mississippi, August 1980
J. K. Arthur
1981, Open-File Report 81-421
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Mississippi Bureau of Geology is conducting a hydrologic data-collection program in the potential lignite-producing areas in Mississippi. During the week of August 25-28, 1980, hydrologic data on channel characteristics were collected at 15 sites on small streams draining potential lignite mining areas in...
A wind powered, ground-water monitoring installation at a radioactive waste management site in Idaho
Jefferson C. Bagby, G.E. Ghering, Rodger G. Jensen, A. G. Barr
1981, Open-File Report 81-493
In 1971, four wells were drilled just outside a radioactive solid waste storage and disposal facility located on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in southeastern Idaho. This facility, the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC), has been in use since 1952. These wells serve several purposes: to study the geology and...
Water-resources investigations of the USGS in Texas, fiscal year 1981
Alicia A. Mitchell, H.D. Buckner
1981, Open-File Report 81-347
Water-resources investigations in Texas consist of the collection of basic records through the hydrologic-data network, interpretive studies, and research projects. The hydrologic records and the results of investigations are published by the Geological Survey or by cooperating agencies. This report describes the water-resources projects and activities of the Geological Survey...
