Microbial and geochemical investigations of dissolved organic carbon and microbial ecology of native waters from the Biscayne and Upper Floridan Aquifers
John T. Lisle, Ron W. Harvey, George R. Aiken, David W. Metge
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1021
Groundwater resources in the United States are under ever-increasing demands for potable, irrigation, and recreational uses. Additionally, aquifer systems are being used or targeted for use as storage areas for treated surface waters and (or) groundwaters via injection (for example, aquifer storage and recovery). To date, the influence that the...
EAARL coastal topography-Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, post-Nor'Ida, 2009: first surface
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, J. C. Brock, C. W. Wright, D.B. Nagle, Xan Fredericks, Sara Stevens
2010, Data Series 564
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Kingston, RI. This project provides highly detailed...
Remotely sensed imagery revealing the effects of hurricanes Gustav and Ike on coastal Louisiana
John A. Barras, John Brock, Robert A. Morton, Laurinda J. Travers
2010, Data Series 566
Hurricane Gustav, a category 2 storm with 170 kilometers per hour (km/h) winds, approached the Louisiana coast from the south-southeast, making landfall near Cocodrie, La., on September 1, 2008 (Beven and Kimberlain, 2009); Hurricane Ike, a category 2 storm with 175 km/h winds, approached the Texas coast from the southeast,...
EAARL coastal topography and imagery-Fire Island National Seashore, New York, 2009
Saisudha Vivekanandan, E.S. Klipp, Amar Nayegandhi, J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, J. C. Brock, C. W. Wright, D.B. Nagle, Xan Fredericks, Sara Stevens
2010, Data Series 565
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced color-infrared (CIR) imagery and elevation measurements of lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) and first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network,...
Trends in pesticide concentrations in urban streams in the United States, 1992-2008
Karen R. Ryberg, Aldo V. Vecchia, Jeffrey D. Martin, Robert J. Gilliom
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5139
Pesticide concentration trends in streams dominated by urban land use were assessed using data from 27 urban streams sampled as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The sites were divided into four regions, Northeast, South, Midwest, and West, to examine possible regional patterns. Three partially overlapping...
EAARL Coastal Topography-Fire Island National Seashore, New York, Post-Nor'Ida, 2009
Amar Nayegandhi, Saisudha Vivekanandan, J. C. Brock, C. W. Wright, D.B. Nagle, J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Xan Fredericks, Sara Stevens
2010, Data Series 558
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) and first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Kingston, RI. This project...
EAARL Coastal Topography-Maryland and Delaware, Post-Nor'Ida, 2009
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Saisudha Vivekanandan, Amar Nayegandhi, A. H. Sallenger, C. W. Wright, J. C. Brock, D.B. Nagle, E.S. Klipp
2010, Data Series 562
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) and first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL. This project provides highly detailed and accurate datasets of a portion of the eastern Maryland and...
EAARL Coastal Topography and Imagery-Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia, Post-Nor'Ida, 2009
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, J. C. Brock, C. W. Wright, D.B. Nagle, E.S. Klipp, Saisudha Vivekanandan, Xan Fredericks, Sara Stevens
2010, Data Series 559
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced color-infrared (CIR) imagery and elevation measurements of lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) and first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network,...
EAARL Coastal Topography-Eastern Louisiana Barrier Islands, Post-Hurricane Gustav, 2008: First Surface
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, C. W. Wright, A. H. Sallenger, J. C. Brock, D.B. Nagle, Saisudha Vivekanandan, Xan Fredericks
2010, Data Series 560
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Wallops Flight Facility, VA. This project provides highly detailed and...
EAARL Coastal Topography-Mississippi and Alabama Barrier Islands, Post-Hurricane Gustav, 2008
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, C. W. Wright, A. H. Sallenger, J. C. Brock, D.B. Nagle, E.S. Klipp, Saisudha Vivekanandan, Xan Fredericks, Martha Segura
2010, Data Series 556
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) and first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL; the National Park Service (NPS), Gulf Coast Network, Lafayette, LA; and the National Aeronautics and...
EAARL Coastal Topography-Eastern Florida, Post-Hurricane Jeanne, 2004: First Surface
Xan Fredericks, Amar Nayegandhi, J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, C. W. Wright, A. H. Sallenger, J. C. Brock, E.S. Klipp, D.B. Nagle
2010, Data Series 561
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Wallops Flight Facility, VA. This project provides highly detailed and...
EAARL Coastal Topography-Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area, New Jersey, Post-Nor'Ida, 2009
Amar Nayegandhi, Saisudha Vivekanandan, J. C. Brock, C. W. Wright, J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, D.B. Nagle, E.S. Klipp, Sara Stevens
2010, Data Series 557
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) and first-surface (FS) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Kingston, RI. This project...
Shenandoah National Park Phenology Project-Weather data collection, description, and processing
John W. Jones, Danielle P. Aiello, Jesse D. Osborne
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1272
The weather data described in this document are being collected as part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study of changes in Shenandoah National Park (SNP) landscape phenology (Jones and Osbourne, 2008). Phenology is the study of the timing of biological events, such as annual plant flowering and seasonal bird...
A Servicewide Benthic Mapping Program for National Parks
Christopher S. Moses, Amar Nayegandhi, Rebecca Beavers, John Brock
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1264
In 2007, the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program directed the initiation of a benthic habitat mapping program in ocean and coastal parks in alignment with the NPS Ocean Park Stewardship 2007-2008 Action Plan. With 74 ocean and Great Lakes parks stretching over more than 5,000 miles of...
Water-quality sampling by the U.S. Geological Survey-Standard protocols and procedures
Franceska D. Wilde
2010, Fact Sheet 2010-3121
Thumbnail of and link to report PDF (1.0 MB) The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) develops the sampling procedures and collects the data necessary for the accurate assessment and wise management of our Nation's surface-water and groundwater resources. Federal and State agencies, water-resource regulators and managers, and many organizations and interested parties...
The national assessment of shoreline change: A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Coasts
Emily A. Himmelstoss, Meredith G. Kratzmann, Cheryl Hapke, E. Robert Thieler, Jeffrey List
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1119
Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate. Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion. As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes....
Hydrostratigraphy, soil/sediment chemistry, and water quality, Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system, Puchack Well Field Superfund site and vicinity, Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey, 1997-2001
Julia L. Barringer, Richard L. Walker, Eric Jacobsen, Pamela Jankowski
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5179
Drinking-water supplies from the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system at the Puchack well field in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey, have been contaminated by hexavalent chromium-the most toxic and mobile form-at concentrations exceeding the New Jersey maximum contaminant level of 100 micrograms per liter. Also, scattered but widespread instances of volatile...
Time-lapse imagery of the breaching of Marmot Dam, Oregon, and subsequent erosion of sediment by the Sandy River– October 2007 to May 2008
Jon J. Major, Kurt R. Spicer, Rebecca A. Collins
2010, Data Series 521
In 2007, Marmot Dam on the Sandy River, Oregon, was removed and a temporary cofferdam standing in its place was breached, allowing the river to flow freely along its entire length. Time-lapse imagery obtained from a network of digital single-lens reflex cameras placed around the lower reach of the sediment-filled...
Assessment of coal geology, resources, and reserves in the northern Wyoming Powder River Basin
David C. Scott, Jon E. Haacke, Lee M. Osmonson, James A. Luppens, Paul E. Pierce, Timothy J. Rohrbacher
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1294
The abundance of new borehole data from recent coal bed natural gas development in the Powder River Basin was utilized by the U.S. Geological Survey for the most comprehensive evaluation to date of coal resources and reserves in the Northern Wyoming Powder River Basin assessment area. It is the second...
Selected low-flow frequency statistics for continuous-record streamgage locations in Maryland, 2010
Edward J. Doheny, William S.L. Banks
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1310
According to a 2008 report by the Governor's Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources, Maryland's population grew by 35 percent between 1970 and 2000, and is expected to increase by an additional 27 percent between 2000 and 2030. Because domestic water demand generally increases...
Water-quality, bed-sediment, and biological data (October 2008 through September 2009) and statistical summaries of long-term data for streams in the Clark Fork basin, Montana
Kent A. Dodge, Michelle I. Hornberger, Jessica Dyke
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1267
Water, bed sediment, and biota were sampled in streams from Butte to near Missoula, Montana, as part of a long-term monitoring program in the upper Clark Fork basin; additional water samples were collected in the Clark Fork basin from sites near Missoula downstream to near the confluence of the Clark...
Catalogue of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternal den locations in the Beaufort Sea and neighboring regions, Alaska, 1910–2010
George M. Durner, Anthony S. Fischbach, Steven C. Amstrup, David C. Douglas
2010, Data Series 568
This report presents data on the approximate locations and methods of discovery of 392 polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternal dens found in the Beaufort Sea and neighboring regions between 1910 and 2010 that are archived by the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. A description of data collection...
Strontium isotope detection of brine contamination in the East Poplar oil field, Montana
Zell E. Peterman, Joanna N. Thamke, Kiyoto Futa, Thomas A. Oliver
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1326
Brine contamination of groundwater in the East Poplar oil field was first documented in the mid-1980s by the U.S. Geological Survey by using hydrochemistry, with an emphasis on chloride (Cl) and total dissolved solids concentrations. Supply wells for the City of Poplar are located downgradient from the oil field, are...
Effects of wastewater effluent discharge and treatment facility upgrades on environmental and biological conditions of the upper Blue River, Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri, January 2003 through March 2009
Jennifer L. Graham, Mandy L. Stone, Teresa J. Rasmussen, Barry C. Poulton
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5248
The Johnson County Blue River Main Wastewater Treatment Facility discharges into the upper Blue River near the border between Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri. During 2005 through 2007 the wastewater treatment facility underwent upgrades to increase capacity and include biological nutrient removal. The effects of wastewater effluent on...
Regional climate change-Science in the Southeast
Sonya A. Jones
2010, Fact Sheet 2010-3016
Resource managers are at the forefront of a new era of management. They must consider the potential impacts of climate change on the Nation's resources and proactively develop strategies for dealing with those impacts on plants, animals, and ecosystems. This requires rigorous, scientific understanding of environmental change. The role of the...
