Hydrology and model study of the proposed Prosperity Reservoir, Center Creek Basin, southwestern Missouri
Edward Joseph Harvey, Leo F. Emmett
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-7
A dam and reservoir have been proposed for construction on Center Creek, Jasper County, in southwestern Missouri. Ground-water levels in the hills adjacent to the reservoir will rise when the impoundment is completed. One of the problems is that the proposed site of Prosperity Reservoir is a few miles upstream...
Physical environment and hydrologic characteristics of coal-mining areas in Missouri
J. E. Vaill, James H. Barks
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-67
Hydrologic information for the north-central and western coal-mining regions of Missouri is needed to define the hydrologic system in these areas of major historic and planned coal development. This report describes the physical setting, climate, coal-mining practices, general hydrologic system, and the current (1980) hydrologie data base in these two...
Index of streamflow and water quality records to September 30, 1978, Yukon Basin, Alaska
Patsy J. Still
1980, Open-File Report 80-552
This report, which is one of a series of reports for Alaska, lists stations in Yukon Basin, Alaska, at which streamflow and water quality data have been collected by the U.S. Geological Survey. Included are a hydrologic subregion map of Yukon Basin, Alaska, and a table listing the types of...
Hydrology of selected basins in the Warrior coal field, Alabama — A progress report
Celso Puente, John G. Newton, Thomas J. Hill
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-22
Hydrologic data are being collected in four basins in the Warrior coal field in Alabama to provide baseline information to aid in determining the effect mining will have on water resources. Basins monitored are in two different geologic and hydrologic environments. Two basins are underlain predominantly by relatively impermeable indurated...
Appraisal of the water resources of the Big Sioux aquifer, Brookings, Deuel, and Hamlin counties, South Dakota
Neil C. Koch
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-100
The Big Sioux aquifer in Brookings, Deuel, and Hamlin Counties, South Dakota, has been extensively developed and in some areas discharge, principally by wells, from the aquifer may be exceeding recharge to the aquifer.A finite-difference method digital model was used to simulate steady-state conditions of the Big Sioux aquifer. Average...
Hydrologic setting of Williams Lake, Hubbard County, Minnesota
Donald I. Siegel, Thomas C. Winter
1980, Open-File Report 80-403
The hydrology and geology of Williams Lake watershed was studied to evaluate the accuracy of various methods used to determine precipitation and evaporation in lake water-balance studies and to define a lake and ground-water system according to approaches suggested by theoretical modeling studies. Regression analysis between estimated and measured precipitation...
A preliminary report of the geohydrology of the Mississippi salt-dome basin
C. A. Spiers, L. A. Gandl
1980, Open-File Report 80-595
The U.S. Department of Energy is investigating the suitability of salt domes in the Mississippi salt-dome basin as repositories for storing radioactive wastes. The Department of Energy has requested that the U.S. Geological Survey describe the groundwater hydrology of the Mississippi salt-dome basin, giving special attention to direction and rate...
Effects of the proposed Prosperity Reservoir on ground water and water quality in lower Center Creek basin, Missouri
Wayne R. Berkas, James H. Barks
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-88
Effects of the proposed Prosperity Reservoir on ground water and water quality in lower Center Creek basin depend partly on the effectiveness of Grove Creek as a hydrologic boundary between the reservoir site and the Oronogo-Duenweg mining belt. Results of two dye traces indicate that Grove Creek probably is not...
Water-resources reconnaissance of the southeastern part of St Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Alvin John Feulner
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-61
A hydrologic reconnaissance of the southeastern part of St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, was made in August 1979 to determine if sufficient freshwater is available for a proposed harbor and fish-processing facility. Only three wells were being used in 1979, two by the community of St. Paul and one...
A water-quality monitoring network for Vallecitos Valley, Alameda County, California
C. D. Farrar
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-59
A water-quality monitoring network is proposed to detect the presence of and trace the movement of radioisotopes in the hydrologic system in the vicinity of the Vallecitos Nuclear Center. The source of the radioisotopes is treated industrial wastewater from the Vallecitos Nuclear Center that is discharged into an unnamed tributary...
Evaluation of remote hydrologic data-acquisition systems, west-central Florida
J.F. Turner Jr., W. M. Woodham
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-102
The study provides an evaluation of the hydrologic applications of a land-line and two satellite data-relay systems operated during 1977-78 in the Southwest Florida Water Management District. These systems were tested to evaluate operational and reliability characteristics. Telephone lines were used to relay data in the land-line system, and the...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area, 1978
R.M. Slade Jr., M.E. Dorsey, J.D. Gordon, R.N. Mitchell
1980, Open-File Report 80-728
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, Dallas, Dallas County, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Resources, began hydrologic studies in the Austin urban...
Hydrologic and land-cover features of the Caloosahatchee River Basin, Lake Okeechobee to Franklin Lock, Florida
Henry R. LaRose, Benjamin F. McPherson
1980, Open-File Report 80-732
The freshwater part of the Caloosahatchee River basin, Fla., from Franklin Lock to Lake Okeechobee, is shown at a scale of 1 inch equals 1 mile on an aerial photomosaic, dated January 1979. The basin is divided into 16 subbasins, and the land cover and land use in each subbasin...
Ground-water data for the Riley and Andrews Resource Areas, southeastern Oregon
Paul J. Townley, Constance M. Soja, W.C. Sidle
1980, Open-File Report 80-419
Appraisals of the resources of selected management areas in eastern Oregon are being made by the U.S. Bureau of Land Mangement. To provide needed hydrologic information, the Bureau of Land Management requested the U.S. Geological Survey to inventory ground-water data for the Riley and Andrews Resource Areas. The inventory included...
Ground-water resources investigation in the Amran Valley, Yeman Arab Republic
G. Chase Tibbitts, James Aubel
1980, Open-File Report 80-774
A program of hydrologic studies and exploratory drilling was conducted intermittently between 1974 and 1978 to evaluate the water-bearing properties of the unconsolidated alluvial sediments and associated rocks in the semi-arid Amran Valley basin, an 800-square-kilometer area in north-central Yemen Arab Republic. Inventory data from 395 wells were compiled, observation...
Weather forecast needs from the viewpoint of hydrology
Donald M. Thomas, Thomas J. Buchanan
1980, Open-File Report 80-754
Hydrologists now depend on directly observed data in their forecasting and only infrequently use meteorological forecasts. Case studies show how reliable meteorological forecasts could be beneficial in flood and drought situations. Hydrologists need meteorological forecasts that recognize spatial variability, that are unbiased, and that have a specified degree of uncertainty....
Effects of strip mining the abandoned deep Anna S Mine on the hydrology of Babb Creek, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Lloyd A. Reed
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-53
Daylighting (strip mining of coal seams previously deep mined) operations are being conducted on the Anna S Mine, that underlies about 850 acres that are drained by three major discharges. The Hunter Drift drains an underground area of about 400 acres, the Anna S 1 main entry, an area of...
Hydrologic data for Mountain Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1978
E.R. Carillo
1980, Open-File Report 80-744
The collection of hydrologic data by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Mountain Creek watershed began on March 9, 1925, with the establishment of a stream-gaging station located about 2.5 miles upstream from the present site of Mountain Creek Lake Dam. The stream-gaging station was discontinued on July 5, 1933....
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Missouri : fiscal year 1980
Wanietia M. Kratzer
1980, Open-File Report 80-1019
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Missouri consist of collecting hydrologic data and conducting interpretative investigations. The data and the results of the investigations are published or released by either the U.S. Geoloogical Survey or by cooperating agencies. The report describes the data-collection activities and investigations in Missouri...
Hydrology and chemical quality of ground water in Crowley County, Colorado
Doug Cain, Barbara J. Ryan, Patrick J. Emmons
1980, Open-File Report 80-681
Significant quantities of groundwater can be obtained from several alluvial water-table aquifers possibly from two deep confined sandstone aquifers in Crowley County, Colo. The major water-table aquifer is the alluvium along the Arkansas River valley where well yields may be as much as 2,000 gallons per minute. Minor alluvial aquifers...
Hydrology of the Chicod Creek basin, North Carolina, prior to channel improvements
Clyde E. Simmons, Mary C. Aldridge
1980, Open-File Report 80-680
Extensive modification and excavation of stream channels in the 6-square mile Chicod Creek basin began in mid-1979 to reduce flooding and improve stream runoff conditions. The effects of channel improvements on this Coastal Pain basin 's hydrology will be determined from data collected prior to, during, and for several years...
Water-quality assessment of the Cypress Creek watershed, Warrick County, Indiana
Linda L. Bobo, Charles A. Peters
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-35
The U.S. Soil Conservation Service needs chemical, biological, microbiological, and hydrological data to prepare an environmental evaluation of the water quality in the Cypress Creek watershed, Warrick County, Ind., before plans can be devised to (1) improve water quality, (2) minimize flooding, (3) reduce sedimentation, and (4) provide adequate outlets...
Hydrologic and climatologic data, southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado, water year 1978
Loretta S. Conroy
1980, Open-File Report 80-1025
This report contains data collected in the vicinity of the oil-shale area in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado, from Oct. 1, 1977, to Sept. 30, 1978. The data presented in tables, include monthly precipitation, depth-duration of rainfall, snow depth and water content, air temperature, daily streamflow records, water-quality...
Ground-water hydrology of the Dade City area, Pasco County, Florida, with emphasis on the hydrologic effects of pumping from the Floridan aquifer
C. H. Tibbals, Warren Anderson, Charles P. Laughlin
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-33
The Dade City area, northeast Pasco County, Florida, is an area of about 260 square miles. Of the approximately 32 million gallons per day pumped from the Floridan aquifer in the area in 1975, about 16 million gallons per day were pumped from an area of about 0.25 square miles...
A comparison of analog and digital modeling techniques for simulating three-dimensional ground-water flow on Long Island, New York
Thomas E. Reilly, Arlen W. Harbaugh
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-14
A three-dimensional electric-analog model of the Long Island, NY , groundwater system constructed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the early 1970 's was used as the basis for developing a digital, three-dimensional finite-difference model. The digital model was needed to provide faster modifications and more rapid solutions to water-management...
