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....
Ground-water hydrology of the Mormon Island Crane Meadows wildlife area near Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska
R. Theodore Hurr
1981, Open-File Report 81-1109
The Platte River in south-central Nebraska flows generally eastward in a broad, flat valley. The river banks and many areas adjacent to the river support thick stands of cottonwood and willow trees. Brush, grass, pasture land, and cultivated fields occupy most of the remaining area. This is the habitat for...
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 data for North Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1979
C.C. Kidwell
1981, Open-File Report 81-823
This report contains rainfall and runoff data collected during the 1979 water year for the 21.6-square mile area above the stream-gaging station North Creek near Jacksboro, Texas. A continuous water-stage recording gage was installed at one representative floodwater-retarding structure (site 28-A) on Oct. 5, 1972. The data are collected to...
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...
Depth estimation for ordinary high water of streams in the Mobile District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alabama and adjacent states
Joe R. Harkins, Mark E. Green
1981, Open-File Report 81-481
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 streas. Each site is identified by latitude and longitude, by the general stream type, and by the...
Selective annotated bibliography of geology and ground-water resources for the Montana part of the Northern Great Plains regional aquifer-system analysis
Julianne F. Levings, G. W. Levings, R.D. Feltis, W. R. Hotchkiss, R. W. Lee
1981, Open-File Report 81-401
Increasing demand for water to meet needs for energy, industry, irrigation, domestic, and municipal uses has resulted in a study of the geology and hydrology of rocks of Mesozoic and Cenozoic age. This report presents the results of a literature search for the part of the study area in Montana....
Methodology for hydrologic evaluation of a potential surface mine: The Tsosie Swale basin, San Juan County, New Mexico
L. M. Shown, D. G. Frickel, R. F. Hadley, R.F. Miller
1981, Open-File Report 81-74
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 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...
Hydrology of area 14, Eastern Coal Province, Kentucky
F. Quinones
1981, Open-File Report 81-137
The general hydrology of Area 14, Eastern Coal Province, in Kentucky, is described. The area includes 4,423 square miles in the Kentucky, Licking, and Red River basins. Coal-bearing rocks of Pennsylvanian age underlie most of the area. Coal production in 1978 was about 38 million tons, 65% of which was...
Changes in surface-water hydrology, Platte River basin in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska upstream from Duncan, Nebraska
J. E. Kircher, M.R. Karlinger
1981, Open-File Report 81-818
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...
Hydrology of area 18, Eastern Coal Province, Tennessee
V.J. May
1981, Open-File Report 81-492
The Eastern Coal Province is divided into 24 hydrologic reporting areas. This report describes the hydrology of area 18 which is located in the Cumberland River basin in central Tennessee near the southern end of the Province. Hydrologic information and sources are presented as text, tables, maps, and other illustrations...
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...
Addendum to sources of powerplant cooling water in the desert area of Southern California: a reconnaissance study
J. H. Koehler, Michael J. Mallory
1981, Open-File Report 81-527
A hydrologic reconnaissance study was made in five basins in southern California previously classified as suitable for providing sufficient ground water for cooling a 1,000-megawatt electric-power generating plant. The criteria used to evaluate the basins were (1) theoretical aquifer response to pumping, (2) alternative sources of water, and (3) chemical...
Methodology for hydrologic evaluation of a potential surface mine, Red Rim Site, Carbon and Sweetwater counties, Wyoming
Donald G. Frickel, L. M. Shown, R. F. Hadley, R.F. Miller
1981, Open-File Report 81-75
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....
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 hydrothermal system in southern Grass Valley, Pershing County, Nevada
Alan H. Welch, M.L. Sorey, F. H. Olmsted
1981, Open-File Report 81-915
Southern Grass Valley is typical extensional basin in the Basin and Range province. Leach Hot Springs, in the southern part of the valley, represents the discharge end of an active hydrothermal flow system with an estimated deep aquifer temperature of 163-173C. This report discusses results of geologic, hydrologic, geophysical and...
Hydrogeologic conditions in the coastal plain of New Jersey
Eric F. Vowinkel, W. Kendall Foster
1981, Open-File Report 81-405
A wedge-shaped mass of unconsolidated sediments composed of alternating layers of clay, silt, sand, and gravel underlies the Coastal Plain of New Jersey. The hydrologic units of this mass vary in thickness, lateral extent, lithology, and water-bearing characteristics. Some of the units act as aquifers, whereas other units act as...
Hydrogeologic data from selected wells and test holes in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, 1972-80
Richard K. Krulikas
1981, Open-File Report 81-500
The population of Suffolk County, New York, an area of 922 square miles, has increased rapidly, from less than 200,000 in 1940 to about 1.3 million in 1978. Ground-water pumpage has increased from an average of 42 million gallons per day in 1950 to about 257 million gallons per day...
Hydrology of area 25, Eastern Region, Interior Coal Province, Illinois
E.E. Zuehls, G.L. Ryan, D.B. Peart, K. K. Fitzgerald
1981, Open-File Report 81-636
The eastern region of the Interior Coal Province has been divided into 11 hydrologic study areas. Area 25, located in west-central Illinois, includes the Spoon River and small tributaries to the Illinois River. Pennsylvanian age rocks underlie most of the study area. Illinois, with the largest reserves of bituminous coal,...
Magnitude and chemical quality of base flow of Otter Creek, Tongue River, and Rosebud Creek, southeastern Montana, October 26-November 5, 1977
Roger W. Lee, Steven E. Slagle, James R. Stimson
1981, Open-File Report 80-1298
Hydrologic and chemical data were collected during base-flow conditions on three streams in southeastern Montana from October 26 to November 5, 1977, to characterize groundwater discharge. Maximum measured flow of Otter Creek, an interrupted stream, was 1.2 cubic feet per second. The water chemistry was dominated by sodium, magnesium, and...
