The hydrothermal system of Long Valley Caldera, California
M.L. Sorey, Robert Edward Lewis, F. H. Olmsted
1978, Professional Paper 1044-A
Long Valley caldera, an elliptical depression covering 450 km 2 on the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California, contains a hot-water convection system with numerous hot springs and measured and estimated aquifer temperatures at depths of 180?C to 280?C. In this study we have synthesized the results...
Hydrologic data for the Antlers aquifer, southeastern Oklahoma
Robert E. Davis, Donald L. Hart Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-1038
The U.S. Geological Survey has collected data on Oklahoma's ground-water resources since 1934. Most of these data were collected as part of specific ground-water studies conducted in cooperation with various Federal, State, and local agencies.The information in this report was obtained in the field, from published reports (Davis, 1960, Hart,...
Linear ground-water flow, flood-wave response program for programmable calculators
John Michael Kernodle
1978, Open-File Report 78-356
Two programs are documented which solve a discretized analytical equation derived to determine head changes at a point in a one-dimensional ground-water flow system. The programs, written for programmable calculators, are in widely divergent but commonly encountered languages and serve to illustrate the adaptability of the linear model to use...
Hydrologic data for the Copper Basin area, a potential mining area in Yavapai County, Arizona
B. W. Thomsen, R.S. Stulik
1978, Open-File Report 78-413
Large low-grade ore bodies have been discovered in Copper Basin, and a large copper-mining operation is anticipated in the near future. Hydrologic data are being collected to provide the data base necessary to determine the effects of a potential mining operation on the water resources of the area. The area...
Hydrological data for urban studies in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area, 1976
James S. Hutchison
1978, Open-File Report 78-128
No abstract available....
Site evaluation for U.S. Bureau of Mines experimental oil-shale mine, Piceance Creek basin, Rio Blanco County, Colorado
John R. Ege, G.H. Leavesley, G.S. Steele, J.B. Weeks
1978, Open-File Report 78-390
The U.S. Geological Survey is cooperating with the U.S. Bureau of Mines in the selection of a site for a shaft and experimental mine to be constructed in the Piceance Creek basin, Rio Blanco County, Colo. The Piceance Creek basin, an asymmetric, northwest-trending large structural downwarp, is located approximately 40...
Nuclear power reactor sites in the southeastern United States
Mareta West
1978, Open-File Report 78-256
This report describes nuclear power reactor sites in the southeastern United States. The map indicates the location of all sites as of July 1976 in the conterminous United States, and a later published report will include all sites. The project is one of several in the National Environmental Overview Program...
Potential sites for a spent unreprocessed fuel facility (SURFF), southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site
D. L. Hoover, Edwin Butt Eckel, Jane P. Ohl
1978, Open-File Report 78-269
In the absence of specific criteria, the topography, geomorphology, and geology of Jackass Flats and vicinity in the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site are evaluated by arbitrary guidelines for a Spent Unreprocessed Fuel Facility. The guidelines include requirements for surface slopes of less than 5 percent, 61 m...
Hydrologic information for land-use planning, Fairbanks vicinity, Alaska
Gordon L. Nelson
1978, Open-File Report 78-959
The flood plain on the Chena and Tanana Rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska, has abundant water in rivers and in an unconfined alluvial aquifer. The principal source of ground water is the Tanana River, from which ground water flows northwesterly to the Chena River. Transmissivity of the aquifer commonly exceed 100...
Drainage areas of surface water bodies of the Saco River basin in southwestern Maine
Derrill J. Cowing, Douglas Caracappa
1978, Open-File Report 78-556-B
The report contains drainage area value for: lakes and ponds included in the Maine Informational Display Analysis System (MIDAS) File 906-Z, streams that drain an area greater than 25 mil2, dams, and hydrologic data collection sites. Supplemental information in the report includes State and Federal location systems used to identify...
Progress toward a ground-water-quality monitoring network for Idaho
R.L. Whitehead
1978, Open-File Report 78-786
A ground-water-quality monitoring network is being designed for Idaho. The primary objectives of the network are to (1) determine the present quality of the State's ground water, (2) provide continual monitoring of groundwater quality for water-management purposes, and (3) serve as a warning system of undesirable changes in ground-water quality. Data...
Drainage areas of surface water bodies of the Royal and Presumpscot River basins in southwestern Maine
Derrill J. Cowing, J.L. McNelly
1978, Open-File Report 78-556-A
The report contains drainage area values for: lakes and ponds included in the Maine Informational Display Analysis System (MIDAS) File 906-Z, streams that drain an area greater than 25 mi2, dams, and hydrologic data collection sites. Supplemental information in the report includes State and Federal location systems used to identify...
Application of digital profile modeling techniques to ground-water solute transport at Barstow, California
Stanley G. Robson
1978, Water Supply Paper 2050
This study investigated the use of a two-dimensional profile-oriented water-quality model for the simulation of head and water-quality changes through the saturated thickness of an aquifer. The profile model is able to simulate confined or unconfined aquifers with nonhomogeneous anisotropic hydraulic conductivity, nonhomogeneous specific storage and porosity, and nonuniform saturated...
Collection, storage, retrieval, and publication of water-resources data
C. R. Showen (compiler)
1978, Circular 756
This publication represents a series of papers devoted to the subject of collection, storage, retrieval, and publication of hydrologic data. The papers were presented by members of the U.S. Geological Survey at the International Seminar on Organization and Operation of Hydrologic Services, Ottawa, Canada, July 15-16, 1976, sponsored by the...
Description of data-collection system and synopsis of selected hydrologic data for Soldier Creek Basin, Kansas
William J. Carswell Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-678
Soldier Creek basin is a long, narrow basin encompassing an area of about 290 square miles almost directly north of Topeka, Kansas. A wide range of hydrologic data has been collected in the basin since the spring of 1964. These data include rainfall, stream discharge, sediment concentrations, chemical quality of...
Recent and projected changes in Dead Sea level and effects on mineral production from the sea
Stanley P. Sauer
1978, Open-File Report 78-176
Hydrologic data for the Dead Sea area were reviewed to assess the probable magnitude and rate of change of the water level of the Dead Sea. Historical average annual Dead Sea levels range from a minimum of 399.4 meters below sea level in about 1818 to a maximum of 388.6...
Selected hydrologic data, Camas Prairie, south-central Idaho
H.W. Young, R.L. Backsen, K.S. Kenyon
1978, Open-File Report 78-500
This report presents data collected during a 1-year study of the water resources of Camas Prairie, Idaho. Included are records of wells, discharge measurements of streams, hydrographs of water levels in wells, water-quality data, and drillers' logs of wells. The data are conveniently made available to supplement an interpretive report,...
Hydrologic data for urban storm runoff from three localities in the Denver metropolitan area, Colorado
Sherman R. Ellis
1978, Open-File Report 78-410
Urban storm-runoff data, collected from 1975 to 1977, on three catchment areas in the Denver, Colo., metropolitan area are presented. The catchment are predominantly a single-family residential catchment area in Littleton, a multifamily residential and commercial catchment area in Lakewood, and a high-density residential and commercial catchment area in Denver....
Preparation of a geologic photo map and hydrologic study of the Yemen Arab Republic
Maurice J. Grolier, M. Ibrahim, W.C. Overstreet, G. Chase Tibbitts, D.F. Davidson
1978, Open-File Report 78-770
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Fish Springs Flat area, Tooele, Juab and Millard counties, Utah
E.L. Bolke, C. T. Sumsion
1978, Open-File Report 78-312
The Fish Springs Flat area includes about 590 square miles (1,530 square kilometers) in western Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 7 inches (180 millimeters) and totals about 232,000 acre-feet (286 cubic hectometers). Fish Springs Wash is the major drainage in the area; and, along with numerous...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Dallas, Texas metropolitan area, 1976
B.B. Hampton, C.M. Wood
1978, Open-File Report 78-437
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, Dallas, Dallas County, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio....
Hydrologic data for North Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1976
C.C. Kidwell
1978, Open-File Report 77-732
The U.S. Soil Conservation Service is actively engaged in the installation of flood- and soil-erosion reducing structures in Texas under the authority of "The Flood Control Act of 1936 and 1944" and Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act" (Public Law 566), as amended. The Soil Conservation Service has found that...
Selected water-quality data from the Merced River, California, November 1976 through August 1977
Ray J. Hoffman
1978, Open-File Report 78-735
The Merced River originates on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows through Yosemite National Park. The river drains 1,276 square miles before joining the San Joaquin River near Stevinson, Calif. Data were collected to permit descriptions of the river's quality during a hydrologic cycle, the natural and...
A compilation of hydrologic data before and during highway construction in parts of Tijeras Canyon, New Mexico, 1972-1977
J.D. Hudson
1978, Open-File Report 78-238
Tijeras Canyon is located at the eastern edge of Albuquerque, New Mexico and extends about 15 miles to the east. The canyon is the construction site of a new east-west interstate highway. This basic-data report contains surface and ground-water data collected prior to and during highway construction. Well and spring...
Application of hydraulic and hydrologic data in urban stormwater management
Thomas L. Huntzinger
1978, Open-File Report 78-414
Techniques are described for using flood-insurance study information from the Federal Insurance Administration to analyze flood plain management alternatives. A method of developing rating curves which relate flood discharge to flood elevation is explained. Graphical methods of determining urban flood discharges are used in conjunction with rating curves to develop...
