Appraisal of shallow ground-water resources and management alternatives in the Upper Peace and Eastern Alafia River Basins, Florida
C. B. Hutchinson
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-124
In southwest Florida, the shallow aquifer system underlying the 1,250-square-mile upper Peace and eastern Alafia River basins is a relatively untapped source of supply. The aquifer system ranges between 50 and 300 feet thick and is composed of a surficial sand unit underlain by a limestone unit. Sand and clay...
Susceptibility of coastal plain aquifers to contamination, Fairfax County, Virginia; a computer composite map
Richard H. Johnston, J. Nicholas Van Driel
1978, Open-File Report 78-265
A map is presented that classifies the Coastal Plain of Fairfax County, Virginia according to the susceptibility of the principal sand aquifers to contamination from surface sources. The following classification is used: (1) areas where leachate can readily enter the principal sand aquifers, (2) areas offering great natural protection against...
Understanding natural systems; a perspective for land-use planning in Appalachian Kentucky
Wayne L. Newell
1978, Bulletin 1438
An eight-county area at the headwaters of the Kentucky River has been designated the Kentucky River Area Development District (KRADD) by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The objective of the project described in this report has been to provide materials to KRADD planners in a format and containing terminology usable by...
New Windsor Quadrangle, Maryland; geology, hydrology, and mineral resources
E. G. Otton, and others
1978, Open-File Report 78-769
Model evaluation of the hydrogeology of the Cypress Creek well field in west-central Florida
Paul D. Ryder
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-79
The Cypress Creek well field is being developed to help supply a rapidly growing population in west-central Florida. The ground-water system in the Cypress Creek well-field area consists of a surficial sand aquifer, a semiconfining clay layer ranging from 2 to 25 feet in thickness, and a sequence of carbonate...
Climate variation and its effects on our land and water : Part B, Current research by the Geological Survey
George I. Smith, editor(s)
1978, Circular 776-B
To better coordinate information being generated by the U.S. Geological Survey, a workshop was convened near Denver, Colo., on December 7-9, 1976, to exchange ideas about research that is oriented toward climate, climate variation, and the effects of climate on the Nation 's land and water resources. This is the...
Limnology of Laguna Tortuguero, Puerto Rico
Ferdinand Quinones-Marquez, Luis A. Fuste
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-122
The principal chemical, physical and biological characteristics, and the hydrology of Laguna Tortuguero, Puerto Rico, were studied from 1974-75. The lagoon, with an area of 2.24 square kilometers and a volume of about 2.68 million cubic meters, contains about 5 percent of seawater. Drainage through a canal on the north...
Geohydrologic data from the Jemez Mountains and vicinity, north-central New Mexico
Frank W. Trainer
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-131
The Jemez Mountains volcanic region, on the west margin of the Rio Grande rift in north-central New Mexico, is the site of studies for power development from geothermal heat. This report summarizes geohydrologic data to provide background information relative to the geothermal exploration and to investigate the usefulness of hydrology...
Hydrologic overlay maps of the Aurantia Quadrangle, Brevard County, Florida
James M. Frazee Jr., Charles P. Laughlin
1978, Open-File Report 78-195
Flood hydrology of Butte Basin, 1973-77 water years, Sacramento Valley, California
R.G. Simpson
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-86
Flooding in Butte Basin, CA., is caused primarily by overflow from the Sacramento River on the western boundary. Stage and discharge data were collected during 1973-77 at 6 recording and 45 crest-stage gages within the basin and combined with discharge records on the main channel of the Sacramento River to...
Technique for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in St. Louis County, Missouri
Donald Webster Spencer, Terry W. Alexander
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-139
Equations and nomographs in.this report can be used to estimate peak flood-discharges having recurrence intervals up to 100 years in rural and urban areas of St. Louis County, Mo. The basin characteristics significant at the 5-percent probability level were drainage area and percentage imperviousness. Drainage area can be measured from...
Evaluation of the geologic and hydrologic factors related to the waste-storage potential of Mesozoic aquifers in the southern part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia
Philip M. Brown, D.L. Brown, M.S. Reid, O. B. Lloyd Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-292
This report describes the subsurface distribution of rocks of Cretaceous to Late Jurassic(?) age in the Atlantic. Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia, and examines their potential for deep-well waste storage. For mapping purposes a waste-storage "operational unit" is established and defined. It is a sand or sandstone layer, 20...
Water quality in the Sugar Creek basin, Bloomington and Normal, Illinois
Byron J. Prugh Jr.
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-78
Sugar Creek, within the twin cities of Bloomington and Normal, Illinois, has differences in water quantity and quality as a result of urban runoff and overflows from combined sewers.Water-quality data from five primary and eight secondary locations showed three basic types of responses to climatic and hydrologic stresses. Stream temperatures...
Progress report on hydrologic investigations of small drainage areas in New Hampshire: preliminary relations for estimating peak discharges on rural, unregulated streams
Denis R. LeBlanc
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-47
The magnitude and frequency of floods on rural, unregulated streams in New Hampshire with drainage areas between 0.27 and 622 square miles may be estimated from drainage area, main-channel slope, and a precipitation intensity index. Based on multiple-regression analyses of data from 59 gaged sites in New Hampshire and adjacent...
Hydrologic overlay maps of the False Cape Quadrangle, Brevard County, FLorida
James M. Frazee Jr., Charles P. Laughlin
1978, Open-File Report 78-196
Hydrologic maps of the Mims quadrangle, Brevard County, Florida
James M. Frazee Jr., Charles P. Laughlin
1978, Open-File Report 78-72
No abstract available....
Hydrologic overlay maps of the Maytown Quadrangle, Brevard County, Florida
James M. Frazee Jr., Charles P. Laughlin
1978, Open-File Report 78-189
Hydrology of the Nevin Wetland near Madison, Wisconsin
R.P. Novitzki
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-48
The 120-acre Nevin wetland at the south edge of Madison, Wis., is a discharge area of the local ground-water system. A hydrologic unit composed of drift and the upper part of an underlying sandstone sequence provides ground-water inflow. Ground water enters as springflow and as leakage upward through the organic...
Computer modeling of ground-water availability in the Pootatuck River Valley, Newtown, Connecticut
F.P. Haeni, Elinor H. Handman
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-77
A hydrologic analysis of the stratified drift in Newtown, Conn., based on available data, test drilling, seismic refraction profiling, and the stream-aquifer connection was performed using a digital computer model. Simulated pumping indicates that a total of 4.0 million gallons of water per day (Mgal/d) can be withdrawn from the...
Preliminary applications of Landsat images and aerial photography for determining land-use, geologic, and hydrologic characteristics, Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming
F.J. Heimes, G. K. Moore, T.D. Steele
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-96
Expanded energy- and recreation-related activities in the Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming, have caused a rapid increase in economic development which will result in increased demand and competition for natural resources. In planning for efficient allocation of the basin 's natural resources, Landsat images and small-scale color and color-infrared...
Hydrologic overlay maps of the Wilson Quadrangle, Brevard County, Florida
James M. Frazee Jr., Charles P. Laughlin
1978, Open-File Report 78-193
The hydrology of Lake Rousseau, west-central Florida
E. R. German
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-126
Lake Rousseau, about 4 miles southwest of Inglis, Florida, was formed in 1909 by impoundment of the Withlacooche River by Inglis Dam, west of Dunnellon, Florida. The lake was to have been part of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal; a lock and channel associated with the presently inactive project were completed...
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Souris-Red-Rainy region
Harold O. Reeder
1978, Professional Paper 813-K
A broad-perspective analysis of the ground-water resources and present and possible future water development and management in the Souris-Red-Rainy Region is presented. The region includes the basins of the Souris River within Montana and North Dakota; the Red River of the North in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota; and...
Water resources of the Lake Superior watershed, northeastern Minnesota
Perry G. Olcott, D.W. Ericson, P.E. Felsheim, W.L. Broussard
1978, Hydrologic Atlas 582
The Lake Superior watershed is mostly a highland, generally 1,200 feet (366 meters) to 2,000 feet (610 meters) above mean sea level. It extends from Duluth to the Canadian border. Both maximum and minimum altitudes for Minnesota occur in the watershed; 2.301 ft (701 ) at Eagle Mountain, about 12 mi...
Water resources data for California, water year 1976; Volume 4: Northern Central Valley basins and the Great Basin from Honey Lake basin to Oregon State line
California District of the Water Resources Division
1978, Water Data Report CA-76-4
Water-resources data for the 1976 water year for California consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; records of water levels in selected observation wells; and selected chemical analyses of ground water. Records for a few pertinent streamflow...
