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...
Bedrock geologic map of the southern part of the Michigamme and Three Lakes quadrangles, Marquette and Baraga counties, Michigan
J. S. Klasner, W.F. Cannon
1978, IMAP 1078
Preliminary appraisal of the geohydrologic aspects of drainage wells, Orlando area, central Florida
Joel O. Kimrey
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-37
The Floridan aquifer contains two highly transmissive cavernous zones in the Orlando area: an upper producing zone about 150-600 feet below land surface; and a lower producing zone about 1,100-1,500 feet below land surface. Natural head differences are downward and there is hydraulic connection between the two producing zones. Drainage...
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...
Reconnaissance investigation of high-calcium marble in the Beaver Creek area, St. Lawrence County, New York
C. Ervin Brown
1978, Circular 774
Three belts of marble of the Grenville Series were mapped in the Beaver Creek drainage basin, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. One of these, on the west side of Beaver Creek, consists of coarsely crystalline pure calcitic marble that occurs in a zone at least 10 by 0.8 km in extent....
Generalized isopach map of the ledge sandstone member of the Ivishak Formation, eastern North Slope petroleum province
J.A. Levorsen, G. H. Pessel, I.L. Tailleur
1978, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 928-P
Nitrogen, phosphorus, organic carbon, and biochemical oxygen demand: in Florida surface waters, 1972
Matthew I. Kaufman, J.E. Dysart
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-43
Water samples were collected during spring and autumn 1972 from about 100 surface-water sites in Florida. The samples were analyzed for the plant nutrients, nitrogen and phosphorus. In most waters, nitrogen concentrations are less than 2.0 milligrams per liter as nitrogen, and organic nitrogen is dominant. Median total nitrogen concentration...
Digital-model simulation of the glacial-outwash aquifer, Otter Creek-Dry Creek basin, Cortland County, New York
O. J. Cosner, J. F. Harsh
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-71
The city of Cortland, New York, and surrounding areas obtain water from the highly productive glacial-outwash aquifer underlying the Otter Creek-Dry Creek basin. Pumpage from the aquifer in 1976 was approximately 6.3 million gallons per day and is expected to increase as a result of population growth and urbanization. A...
Appraisal of uncontrolled flowing artesian wells in Florida
Henry G. Healy
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-95
An estimated 15,000 uncontrolled flowing wells, many discharging water of poor quality are wastefully discharging about 790 million gallons per day by surface and internal flow. Internal flow in principal problem areas have been identified in Brevard, Charlotte, Clay, De Soto, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hendry, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Nassau,...
Floods in the Skunk River basin, Iowa
Albert J. Heinitz, Sulo Werner Wiitala
1978, Open-File Report 79-272
Evaluation of flood hazards, and the planning, design, and operation of various facilities on flood plains require information on floods. This report provides information on flood stages and discharges, flood magnitudes and frequency, and flood profiles for the Skunk River and some of its tributaries. It covers the Skunk --...
A guide to obtaining information from the USGS 1978
Paul F. Clarke (compiler), Helen E. Hodgson, Gary W. North
1978, Circular 777
For almost 100 years, the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) has served Federal, State, and local governments and the public by collecting, analyzing, and publishing detailed information about the Nation 's mineral, land, and water resources. This information is released in a variety of map, book, and other formats and is...
Aeromagnetic map of Idaho: Color coded intensities
Isidore Zietz, F. P. Gilbert, J. R. Kirby Jr.
1978, Geophysical Investigations Map 920
No abstract available....
Monthly fluctuations in the quality of ground water near the water table in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, New York
Brian G. Katz, Stephen E. Ragone, Juli B. Lindner-Lunsford
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-41
Water samples from wells in a sewered and an unsewered suburban area and an unsewered rural area on Long Island, N.Y. were collected and analyzed monthly from August 1975 to July 1976 to determine the concentrations of chloride, sulfate, and nitrate in ground water near the water table. Short-term and...
Configuration of the top of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas
A. Buono, A. T. Rutledge
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-34
This map depicts the approximate top of the rock that composes the Floridan aquifer. The contours represent the elevation of the top of the Floridan aquifer to mean sea level. Rock units recognized to be part of the Floridan aquifer are limestone and dolomite ranging from middle Eocene to early...
Map showing distribution, composition, and age of late Cenozoic volcanic centers in Colorado, Utah, and southwestern Wyoming
R. G. Luedke, R. L. Smith
1978, IMAP 1091-B
Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, September 12-13, 1977
Leland D. Hauth, William J. Carswell Jr.
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-63
The storm of September 12-13, 1977, produced as much as 16 inches of rainfall in the Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas area, left 25 persons dead, many homeless, and caused over 50 million dollars in damages.Data from National Weather Service recording rain gages indicate the storm came in two bursts within 24...
Geologic map of the Aeolis Quadrangle of Mars
D. H. Scott, M.N. West
1978, IMAP 1111
Two principal physiographic provinces of Mars are represented in the Aeolis quadrangle: (1) Elysium Planitia in the north is part of a broad planet-encircling belt of relatively young lowland plains, and (2) cratered highlands in the south consist<span...
Map showing ground-water conditions in the House Rock area, Coconino County, Arizona-- 1976
G. W. Levings, C. D. Farrar
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-15
The House Rock area includes about 1,500 sq mi in north-central Arizona. Ground water is present in several aquifers that are made up of one or more formations. In the Paria Plateau and Wahweap areas ground water is obtained from the N aquifer, which includes the Navajo Sandstone, Kayenta Formation,...
Altitude and configuration of the top of the Floridan Aquifer, Duval County, Florida
G.W. Leve
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-114
Structural contours on the top of the Floridan aquifer in Duval County, Florida, show that the top of the aquifer ranges from less than 300 feet below sea level to more than 600 feet below sea level. Two inferred concealed faults occur in the aquifer; one trending northeast-southwest in the...
Water-resources appraisal of the Wet Mountain Valley, in parts of Custer and Fremont counties, Colorado
C.J. Londquist, R.K. Livingston
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-1
The Wet Mountain Valley is an intermontane trough filled to a depth of at least 6,700 feet with unconsolidated deposits. Ground water occurs under both artesian and water-table conditions within the basin-fill aquifer and ground-water moverment is toward Grape and Texas Creeks. The depth to the water table is less...
Evaluation and correlation of water-quality data for the North Fork Flathead River, northwestern Montana
J. R. Knapton
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-111
This report is a compilation and evaluation of water-quality measurements that have been made by the U.S. Geological Survey at two stations on the North Fork Flathead River in Montana. Historical streamflow records show an annual mean daily discharge of 3,010 cubic feet per second near the mouth--a threefold increase...
Geohydrology of the northern Louisiana salt-dome basin pertinent to the storage of radioactive wastes; a progress report
R. L. Hosman
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-104
Salt domes in northern Louisiana are being considered as possible storage sites for nuclear wastes. The domes are in an area that received regional sedimentation through early Tertiary (Eocene) time with lesser amounts of Quaternary deposits. The Cretaceous-Tertiary accumulation is a few thousand feet thick; the major sands are regional...
Maps showing formation temperatures and configurations of the tops of the Minnelusa Formation and the Madison Limestone, Powder River basin, Wyoming, Montana, and adjacent areas
William J. Head, Kevin Thomas Kilty, Richard K. Knottek
1978, Open-File Report 78-905
This report is part of a study to describe the hydrogeologic framework needed to evaluate the water resources of the Paleozoic age aquifers in the Northern Great Plains coal region. Preliminary studies by the U.S. Geological Survey and State agencies in Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota have indicated that these...
Quality and movement of ground water in Otter Creek - Dry Creek basin, Cortland County, New York
William Buller, Wallace J. Nichols, J. F. Harsh
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-3
A steady increase in the chloride and nitrate content of water in a sand and gravel aquifer of glacial origin in the Cortland, N.Y., area prompted a study to obtain data on the extent and source of these constituents. Chloride concentration in the upper part of the aquifer increased generally...
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Comobabi Quadrangle, Pima County, Arizona
Gordon Haxel, J.A. Briskey, J. J. Rytuba, J.R. Bergquist, P. M. Blacet, S. T. Miller
1978, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 964