Spatial capture-recapture models for search-encounter data
J. Andrew Royle, Marc Kery, Jerome Guelat
2011, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2) 602-611
1. Spatial capture–recapture models make use of auxiliary data on capture location to provide density estimates for animal populations. Previously, models have been developed primarily for fixed trap arrays which define the observable locations of individuals by a set of discrete points. 2. Here, we develop a class of models...
Collection, processing, and interpretation of ground-penetrating radar data to determine sediment thickness at selected locations in Deep Creek Lake, Garrett County, Maryland, 2007
William S.L. Banks, Carole D. Johnson
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5223
The U.S. Geological Survey collected geophysical data in Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland, between September 17 through October 4, 2007 to assist the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to better manage resources of the Lake. The objectives of the geophysical surveys were to provide estimates of sediment thickness...
Results of time-domain electromagnetic soundings in Miami-Dade and southern Broward Counties, Florida
David V. Fitterman, Scott T. Prinos
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1299
Time-domain electromagnetic (TEM) soundings were made in Miami-Dade and southern Broward Counties to aid in mapping the landward extent of saltwater in the Biscayne aquifer. A total of 79 soundings were collected in settings ranging from urban to undeveloped land, with some of the former posing problems of land access...
Status and understanding of groundwater quality in the San Diego Drainages Hydrogeologic Province, 2004: California GAMA Priority Basin Project
Michael T. Wright, Kenneth Belitz
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5154
Groundwater quality in the approximately 3,900-square-mile (mi2) San Diego Drainages Hydrogeologic Province (hereinafter San Diego) study unit was investigated from May through July 2004 as part of the Priority Basin Project of the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program. The study unit is located in southwestern California in the...
Groundwater quality in the San Diego Drainages Hydrogeologic Province, California
Michael T. Wright, Kenneth Belitz
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3111
More than 40 percent of California's drinking water is from groundwater. To protect this vital resource, the State of California created the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program. The Priority Basin Project of the GAMA Program provides a comprehensive assessment of the State's groundwater quality and increases public access...
Tamarisk biocontrol using tamarisk beetles: Potential consequences for riparian birds in the southwestern United States
Eben H. Paxton, Tad C. Theimer, Mark K. Sogge
2011, The Condor (113) 255-265
The tamarisk beetle (Diorhabda spp.), a non-native biocontrol agent, has been introduced to eradicate tamarisk (Tamarix spp.), a genus of non-native tree that has become a dominant component of riparian woodlands in the southwestern United States. Tamarisk beetles have the potential to spread widely and defoliate large expanses of tamarisk...
TOPMODEL simulations of streamflow and depth to water table in Fishing Brook Watershed, New York, 2007-09
Elizabeth A. Nystrom, Douglas A. Burns
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5190
TOPMODEL, a physically based, variable-source area rainfall-runoff model, was used to simulate streamflow and depth to water table for the period January 2007-September 2009 in the 65.6 square kilometers of Fishing Brook Watershed in northern New York. The Fishing Brook Watershed is located in the headwaters of the Hudson River...
Summary of hydrologic testing of the Floridan aquifer system at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Gerard Gonthier
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1020
Two test wells were completed at Fort Stewart, GA, in January and February 2010 to investigate the potential of using the Lower Floridan aquifer as a source of water to satisfy anticipated increases in water use. One well was completed in the Lower Floridan aquifer at a depth of 1,255...
Evaluation of landslide monitoring in the Polish Carpathians
Brian D. Collins, Rex L. Baum, Teresa Mrozek, Piotr Nescieruk, Zbigniew Perski, Wojciech Raczkowski, Marek Graniczny
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1001
In response to the June 15, 2010 request from the Polish Geological Institute (PGI) to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for assistance and advice regarding real-time landslide monitoring, landslide specialists from the USGS Landslide Hazard Program visited PGI headquarters and field sites in September 2010. During our visit we became...
Geomorphology and bank erosion of the Matanuska River, southcentral Alaska
Janet H. Curran, Monica L. McTeague
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5214
Bank erosion along the Matanuska River, a braided, glacial river in southcentral Alaska, has damaged or threatened houses, roadways, and public facilities for decades. Mapping of river geomorphology and bank characteristics for a 65-mile study area from the Matanuska Glacier to the river mouth provided erodibility information that was assessed...
Borehole geophysical and flowmeter data for eight boreholes in the vicinity of Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, Lake Seminole, Jackson County, Florida
John S. Clarke, Michael D. Hamrick, O. Gary Holloway
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1254
Borehole geophysical logs and flowmeter data were collected in April 2011 from eight boreholes to identify the depth and orientation of cavernous zones within the Miocene Tampa Limestone in the vicinity of Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam in Jackson County, Florida. These data are used to assess leakage near the...
Water-quality conditions near the confluence of the Snake and Boise Rivers, Canyon County, Idaho
Molly S. Wood, Alexandra Etheridge
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5217
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) have been established under authority of the Federal Clean Water Act for the Snake River-Hells Canyon reach, on the border of Idaho and Oregon, to improve water quality and preserve beneficial uses such as public consumption, recreation, and aquatic habitat. The TMDL sets targets for...
Groundwater conditions in the Brunswick-Glynn County area, Georgia, 2009
Gregory S. Cherry, Michael F. Peck, Jaime A. Painter, Welby L. Stayton
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5087
The Upper Floridan aquifer is contaminated with saltwater in a 2-square-mile area of downtown Brunswick, Georgia. The presence of this saltwater has limited the development of the groundwater supply in the Glynn County area. Hydrologic, geologic, and water-quality data are needed to effectively manage water resources. Since 1959, the U.S....
Seasonal flux and assemblage composition of planktic foraminifera from the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2008-2010
Jessica W. Spear, Caitlin E. Reynolds, Richard Z. Poore
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1215
The U.S. Geological Survey anchored a sediment trap in the northern Gulf of Mexico to collect seasonal time-series data on the flux and assemblage composition of live planktic foraminifers. This report provides an update of the previous time-series data to include results from 2010. Ten species, or varieties, of planktic...
Gravity data from the San Pedro River Basin, Cochise County, Arizona
Jeffrey R. Kennedy, Daniel Winester
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1287
The U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona Water Science Center in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geodetic Survey has collected relative and absolute gravity data at 321 stations in the San Pedro River Basin of southeastern Arizona since 2000. Data are of three types: observed gravity values and...
Soils Data Related to the 1999 FROSTFIRE Burn
K.L. Manies, J.W. Harden, R. Ottmar
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1216
This report describes the sample collection and processing for U.S. Geological Survey efforts at FROSTFIRE, an experimental burn that occurred in Alaska in 1999. Data regarding carbon, water, and energy dynamics pre-fire, during, and post-fire were obtained in this landscape-scale prescribed burn. U.S. Geological Survey investigators measured changes in the...
LandsatLook images
U.S. Geological Survey
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3153
LandsatLook images are full resolution JPEG files derived from Landsat Level 1 data products. The images are compressed and stretched to create an image optimized for image selection and visual interpretation; it is not recommended that they be used in digital analysis....
Assessment of soil-gas, seep, and soil contamination at the North Range Road Landfill, Fort Gordon, Georgia, 2008-2009
James Landmeyer, W. Fred Falls, W. Hagan Ratliff, John B. Wellborn
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1043
Soil gas, seeps, and soil were assessed for contaminants at the North Range Road Landfill at Fort Gordon, Georgia, from October 2008 to September 2009. The assessment included delineating organic contaminants present in soil-gas samples beneath the area estimated to be the landfill and in water samples collected from three...
Factors influencing riverine fish assemblages in Massachusetts
David S. Armstrong, Todd A. Richards, Sara B. Levin
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5193
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, conducted an investigation of fish assemblages in small- to medium-sized Massachusetts streams. The objective of this study was to determine relations between fish-assemblage...
Kirschenmann Road multi-well monitoring site, Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara County, California
R.R. Everett, R. T. Hanson, D. S. Sweetkind
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1292
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Water Agency Division of the Santa Barbara County Department of Public Works, is evaluating the geohydrology and water availability of the Cuyama Valley, California (fig. 1). As part of this evaluation, the USGS installed the Cuyama Valley Kirschenmann Road multiple-well monitoring...
Derived crop management data for the LandCarbon Project
Gail Schmidt, Shu-Guang Liu, Jennifer Oeding
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1303
The LandCarbon project is assessing potential carbon pools and greenhouse gas fluxes under various scenarios and land management regimes to provide information to support the formulation of policies governing climate change mitigation, adaptation and land management strategies. The project is unique in that spatially explicit maps of annual land cover...
Regional potentiometric-surface map of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system in Snake Valley and surrounding areas, Juab, Millard, and Beaver Counties, Utah, and White Pine and Lincoln Counties, Nevada
Philip M. Gardner, Melissa D. Masbruch, Russell W. Plume, Susan G. Buto
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3193
Water-level measurements from 190 wells were used to develop a potentiometric-surface map of the east-central portion of the regional Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system in and around Snake Valley, eastern Nevada and western Utah. The map area covers approximately 9,000 square miles in Juab, Millard, and Beaver Counties,...
Mapping the Natchez Trace Parkway
Amina Rangoonwala, Terri Bannister, Elijah W. Ramsey III
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1276
Based on a National Park Service (NPS) landcover classification, a landcover map of the 715-km (444-mile) NPS Natchez Trace Parkway (hereafter referred to as the "Parkway") was created. The NPS landcover classification followed National Vegetation Classification (NVC) protocols. The landcover map, which extended the initial landcover classification to the entire...
Data report for the geologic and scenic quality evaluation of selected sand and gravel sites on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming
William H. Langer, Bradley S. Van Gosen, Belinda Arbogast, David A. Lindsey
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1302
In April 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted field studies on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming, to inventory and evaluate sand and gravel deposits underlying river terraces on tribal lands along the Wind River. This report contains the results for 12 sites of sand and gravel deposits evaluated...
Suspended-sediment loads, reservoir sediment trap efficiency, and upstream and downstream channel stability for Kanopolis and Tuttle Creek Lakes, Kansas, 2008-10
Kyle E. Juracek
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5187
Continuous streamflow and turbidity data collected from October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2010, at streamgage sites upstream and downstream from Kanopolis and Tuttle Creek Lakes, Kansas, were used to compute the total suspended-sediment load delivered to and released from each reservoir as well as the sediment trap efficiency for...
