Hydrologic analysis of the proposed Badger-Beaver Creeks artificial-recharge project: Morgan County, Colorado
Alan W. Burns
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-46
A hydrologic analysis of the proposed Badger-Beaver Creeks artificial-recharge project in Morgan County, Colo., was made with the aid of three digital computer models: A canal-distribution model, a ground-water flow model, and a stream-aquifer model. Statistical summaries of probable diversions from the South Platte River based on a 27-year period...
Evaluation of the Malaga Bend salinity alleviation project, Eddy County, New Mexico
J.L. Kunkler
1980, Open-File Report 80-1111
In an effort to reduce the flow of brine springs in the Malaga Bend reach of the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico, brine was pumped from an aquifer underlying the Malaga Bend reach to a local depression known as Anderson Lake. The attempt to improve the quality of river...
Hydrogeologic data for the Mississippi Embayment of southeastern Missouri
Richard R. Luckey, Dale L. Fuller
1980, Open-File Report 79-421
The Mississippi embayment of southeastern Missouri is a 4 ,000-square-mile agricultural area that is presently (1979) undergoing rapid development for irrigation. In July 1974, a project was initiated to evaluate the water resources of the area, determine the extent of irrigation, and to assess the future potential for irrigation supplies....
Geological Survey research 1980
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Professional Paper 1175
A summary of recent significant scientific and economic results accompanied by a list of geologic, hydrologic, and cartographic investigations in progress....
Geohydrology and model analysis for water-supply management in a small area of west-central Kansas
Lloyd E. Dunlap, Jack Kume, James G. Thomas
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-91
The Ogallala Formation in the intensive-study area, an area of 12 square miles in northeastern Wichita County, west-central Kansas, has had a substantial decrease in saturated thickness since the development of irrigation. The annual water-level decline during 1950-78 ranged from 1.08 to 2.22 feet per year.The hydrologic system was investigated...
Appraisal of ground-water resources in the San Antonio Creek Valley, Santa Barbara County, California
C. B. Hutchinson
1980, Open-File Report 80-750
A nearly threefold increase in demand for water in the 154-square-mile San Antonio Creek valley in California during the period 1958-77 has increased the potential for overdraft on the ground-water basin. The hydrologic budget for this period showed a perennial yield of about 9,800 acre-feet per year and an annual...
Geologic and hydrologic map reports for land-use planning in the Baltimore-Washington urban area
A.J. Froelich, John Tilton Hack, E. G. Otton
1980, Circular 806
No abstract available....
Digital model simulation of the hydrologic flow system, with emphasis on ground water in Spokane Valley, Washington and Idaho
E.L. Bolke, J.J. Washington
1980, Open-File Report 80-1300
A digital-computer model of the hydrologic flow system, with emphasis on ground water, was developed for Spokane Valley, Washington and Idaho. The current rate of ground-water pumping in Spokane Valley has little effect on water levels in the Spokane aquifer, although short-term water-level declines occur locally. The model was used...
Quality of surface water in the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, March and May 1979
Danny E. Renn, Stephen E. Ragone, William G. Wilber
1980, Open-File Report 80-970
On August 3, 1977, the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act, Public Law 95-87 (the Act) was enacted by the 95th Congress. Under Section 507(b)(11) of the Act, an appropriate Federal or State agency must provide applicants for coal-mining permits hydrologic and water-quality information for the general use of proposed...
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...
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...
Streamflow characteristics of the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana, through 1976
L. Grady Moore, Ronald R. Shields
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-41
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for selected stream-gaging and crest-stage gage sites are presented in this report to aid in appraising the hydrology of the Yellowstone River basin, Montana. Streamflow records presented for 45 gaging stations and 45 crest-stage gages for the period of record. Streamflow record collection in the...
Preliminary delineation of salty ground water in the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Harold Meisler
1980, Open-File Report 81-71
Salty ground water underlies freshwater in the eastern part of the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain. The transition zone between freshwater and saltwater is represented in this report by a series of maps showing the depths to chloride concentrations of 250, 1,000, 10,000, and 18,000 milligrams per liter. The maps are...
A one-dimensional, steady-state, dissolved-oxygen model and waste-load assimilation study for Little Laughery Creek, Ripley and Franklin counties, Indiana
Charles G. Crawford, William G. Wilber, James G. Peters
1980, Open-File Report 80-74
The Indiana State Board of Health is developing a State water-quality management plan that includes establishing Limits for wastewater effluents discharged into Indiana streams. A digital model calibrated to conditions in Little Laughery Creek tributary and Little Laughery Creek was used to predict alternatives for future waste loadings that would...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado; fiscal year 1980
Stephen R. Blakely
1980, Open-File Report 80-442
Water-resources data-collection activities for October 1, 1979, through September 30, 1980, are summarized for Colorado and bordering States. Fifty-four interpretive hydrologic investigations include: 9 statewide investigations, 6 regional investigations, 11 investigations in the Missouri River basin, 7 investigations in the Arkansas River basin, 3 investigations in the Rio Grande basin,...
Drainage areas of surface water bodies of the Kennebec River basin in southwestern Maine
Richard A. Fontaine
1980, Open-File Report 78-556-E
The report contains drainage-area values for: lakes and ponds included in the MIDAS (Maine Informational Display Analysis System) File 906-Z, streams that drain an area greater than 25 square miles, dams, and locations where hydrologic data are collected. Supplemental information includes State and Federal location systems used to identify these...
Recent vegetation changes along the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead, Arizona
Raymond Marriner Turner, Martin M. Karpiscak
1980, Professional Paper 1132
Vegetation changes in the canyon of the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead were studied by comparing photographs taken prior to completion of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963 with photographs taken afterwards at the same sites. In general, the older pictures show an absence of riparian plants...
Selected hydrologic data from the vicinity of Rayburns and Vacherie salt domes, northern Louisiana salt-dome basin
G.N. Ryals, R. L. Hosman
1980, Open-File Report 80-217
The U.S. Department of Energy is considering salt domes in northern Louisiana as possible sites for storage of nuclear waste from commercial sources. As part of this National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) Program, the U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a regional study of the geohydrology of the northern Louisiana salt-dome...
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...
Water resources of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
Eugene H. Walker
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 615
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....
Results of hydraulic tests in wells DOE-1, 2, 3, Salt Valley, Grand County, Utah
F. Eugene Rush, I. M. Hart, M.S. Whitfield, T.F. Giles, T. E. D’Epagnier
1980, Open-File Report 80-205
Three exploratory wells were drilled for geological, geophysical, and hydrological purposes in Salt Valley, Grand County, Utah. Cap rock, salt, and interbeds of the Paradox Member of the Hermosa Formation of Middle Pennsylvanian age were penetrated. The observed depth below land surface of the cap rock-salt interface ranges from 163...
Columbia Glacier, Alaska: Recent ice loss and its relationship to seasonal terminal embayments, thinning, and glacial flow
W. G. Sikonia, Austin Post
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 619
In 1974 the U.S. Geological Survey began an intensive investigation of the stability of Columbia Glacier, a calving tidewater glacier terminating in Columbia Bay, near Valdez, Alaska. Aerial photographs taken in 1957 and a sequence of photographs taken at about 2-month intervals since 1976, when analyzed photogrammetrically, provided detailed data...
Chemical and microbiological monitoring of a sole-source aquifer intended for artificial recharge, Nassau County, New York
Brian G. Katz, Gail E. Mallard
1980, Open-File Report 80-567
In late 1980, approximately 4 million gallons per day of highly treated wastewater will be used to recharge the groundwater reservoir in central Nassau County through a system of 10 recharge basins and 5 shallow injection wells. To evaluate the impact of large-scale recharge with reclaimed water on groundwater quality,...
Hurricane Frederic tidal floods of September 12-13, 1979, along the Gulf Coast, Orange Beach quadrangle, Alabama
John C. Scott, Larry R. Bohman
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 636
Shown on the Orange Beach topographic map are floodmark elevations and approximate areas flooded by Hurricane Frederic tides of September 12-13, 1979, along the shores of Wolf Bay, Perdido Bay, and Bayou St. John and adjacent areas in the vicinity of Orange Beach, Ala., and along the beaches exposed to...
