Geology and hydrology of western Crawford County, Pennsylvania
George R. Schiner, John T. Gallaher
1978, Open-File Report 78-204
Hydrologic monitoring of waste-injection wells near Pensacola, Florida, March 1970 - December 1977
Charles A. Pascale, J.B. Martin
1978, Open-File Report 78-355
This report presents hydraulic and chemical data collected from March 1970 to December 1977 at a deep-well waste-injection system at the Monsanto Company's plant near Pensacola, Florida. The injection system presently consists of Injection Well A, Injection Well B, and two deep monitor wells all completed open hole in the...
Hydrologic monitoring of a waste-injection well near Milton, Florida, June 1975 - June 1977
Charles A. Pascale, J.B. Martin
1978, Open-File Report 78-101
This report presents the hydraulic and chemical data collected from June 1, 1975, when injection began, to June 30, 1977 through a monitoring program at a deep-well waste-injection system at the American Cyanamid Company's plant near Milton, about 12 miles northwest of Pensacola. The injection system consists of a primary...
January 1978 water levels, and data related to water-level changes since 1940 or 1950, western Kansas
Marilyn E. Pabst
1978, Open-File Report 78-409
This report contains basic data on water-level measurements in observation wells in western Kansas. The measurements were made in mid-winter, mostly in January, when pumping was minimal and water levels had recovered from the effects of pumping during the previous irrigation season. This report also provides basic hydrologic data for...
Geologic and geophysical data from Osceola National Forest, Florida
James Andrew Miller
1978, Open-File Report 78-799
Ten core holes were drilled as part of a hydrologic study of Osceola National Forest. This report describes the detailed lithology of the cores taken from test drilling, illustrates gamma-ray logs obtained from the test holes and from wells near the forest, and lists the microfauna obtained and identified from...
Water-level declines in the Madison area, Dane County, Wisconsin
R.S. McLeod
1978, Open-File Report 78-936
The water supply for the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and for surrounding municipalities is obtained from the ground-water reservoir that underlies the area. This ground-water reservoir is composed of an upper aquifer and an underlying sandstone aquifer. High-capacity water-supply wells pump from the sandstone aquifer. Pumping from the sandstone aquifer has...
Effects of grazing on runoff and sediment yield from desert rangeland at Badger Wash in western Colorado, 1953-73
Gregg C. Lusby
1978, Open-File Report 78-165
Four different systems of livestock management were compared hydrologically during a 20-year study (November 1953-November 1973) in western Colorado. These systems were grazing by cattle and sheep from November 15 to May 15 each year, complete elimination of grazing, grazing by sheep from November 15 to February 15 each year,...
Effects of converting sagebrush cover to grass on the hydrology of small watersheds at Boco Mountain, Colorado
Gregg C. Lusby
1978, Open-File Report 78-289
Changes in runoff and sediment yield caused by changing sagebrush cover to grass cover were studied at four small watersheds in western Colorado during a 9-year period. Measurements of runoff and sediment yield from four watersheds were made for 3 years, at which time two watersheds were plowed and seeded...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Montana, October 1977 through September 1978
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Open-File Report 78-436
The U.S. Geological Survey was established as an agency in the Department of the Interior on March 3, 1879, 30 years to the day after establishment of the Department itself. The initial purpose of the Survey was to prepare a plan that would secure the best possible results at the...
Ground-water availability in the Hayes-Red Willow, Frenchman, and Meeker-Driftwood irrigation districts, southwest Nebraska
E.G. Lappala, P.F. Hemphill, R.E. Booker
1978, Open-File Report 78-461
Surface-water supplies are diminishing in the Hitchcock-Red Willow and Frenchman Valley Irrigation Districts in southwest Nebraska. Stream depletions due to ground-water withdrawals upstream from Enders Reservoir (northwest of the study area) have resulted in a shortage of about 8,700 acre-feet per year. The availability of ground water to supply part...
Hydrologic environment of the Silurian salt deposits in parts of Michigan, Ohio, and New York
Stanley E. Norris
1978, Open-File Report 78-684
The aggregate thickness of evaporites (salt, gypsum, and anhydrite) in the Silurian Salina sequence in Michigan exceeds 1200 feet in areas near the periphery of the Michigan basin, where the salt beds are less than 3000 feet below land surface. In northeast Ohio the aggregate thickness of salt beds is...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Drainage areas of streams in Arkansas--Red River basin
Marion S. Hines, John J. Yanchosek
1978, Open-File Report 78-555
Drainage areas, determined in accordance with procedures recommended by the Subcommittee on Hydrology of the Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee, are listed for points on streams in the Red River basin in Arkansas. Points on the streams are identified by some topographic feature and by latitude and longitude....
Hydrologic data for Mountain Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1976
H.D. Buckner
1978, Open-File Report 77-800
The total drainage area of Mountain Creek, Texas, is 304 sq mi. The stream-gaging stations on Mountain Creek near Cedar Hill and Walnut Creek near Mansfield provide hydrologic data to define runoff characteristics from small drainage basins. They also serve as index stations for inflow into the reservoir and provide...
Summary of U.S. Geological Survey investigations and hydrologic conditions in the Southwest Florida Water Management District for 1977
A. Buono, K.W. Causseaux, J.E. Moore
1978, Open-File Report 78-331
This report summarizes the activities of the Southwest Florida Subdistrict of the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division for fiscal year 1977. The organization and mission of the subdistrict office are described. The cooperative program for fiscal year 1977 included 41 interpretive investigations. Abstracts of twenty reports released by the...
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...
Annual water-resources review, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1977; a hydrologic-data report
R. R. Cruz
1978, Open-File Report 78-553
Ground-water data were collected in 1977 at White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico. Near the Post Headquarters water-level declines for the period 1968-77 declined about 20 feet. Total ground-water pumpage at White Sands Missile Range for 1977 was 2,146 acre-feet, 93 acre-feet more than in 1976. Wells at...
Selected hydrologic data, Yampa River basin and parts of the White River basin, northwestern Colorado and south-central Wyoming
T.F. Giles, Robert E. Brogden
1978, Open-File Report 78-23
Selected hydrologic data are presented from four energy-related projects conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Yampa River basin and parts of the White River basin in northwestern Colorado and south-central Wyoming. Water-quality data during 1974 and 1975 and parts of 1976 for 129 ground-water sites and 119 surface-water...
Water resources along the TAPS route, Alaska, 1970-74
Joseph M. Childers, J. W. Nauman, D.R. Kernodle, P.F. Doyle
1978, Open-File Report 78-137
The U.S. Geological Survey installed 10 streamgaging and water-quality stations along the trans-Alaska pipeline route (TAPS) starting in 1970. These stations, mostly north of Fairbanks, add to the historical network of gaging stations and provide records of hydrologic conditions along the TAPS route. Selected data from 23 gaging stations along...
Hydrologic and geomorphic data from the Piceance Basin, Colorado, 1972-77
Donald G. Frickel
1978, Open-File Report 78-825
This report is a compilation of erosion measurements made at 121 channel sites and 45 hillslope sites during the period 1972-77 in the Piceance basin of northwestern Colorado. The data were collected as part of channel-morphology, sediment-transport, and erosion-rate studies being conducted in conjunction with development of the oil-shale resource...
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...
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....