User's manual for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program Invertebrate Data Analysis System (IDAS) software, version 5
Thomas F. Cuffney, Robin A. Brightbill
2011, Techniques and Methods 7-C4
The Invertebrate Data Analysis System (IDAS) software was developed to provide an accurate, consistent, and efficient mechanism for analyzing invertebrate data collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The IDAS software is a stand-alone program for personal computers that run Microsoft Windows(Registered). It allows...
Wyoming groundwater-quality monitoring network
Gregory K. Boughton
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3041
A wide variety of human activities have the potential to contaminate groundwater. In addition, naturally occurring constituents can limit the suitability of groundwater for some uses. The State of Wyoming has established rules and programs to evaluate and protect groundwater quality based on identified uses. The Wyoming Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Network...
Evaluation of LiDAR-acquired bathymetric and topographic data accuracy in various hydrogeomorphic settings in the Deadwood and South Fork Boise Rivers, West-Central Idaho, 2007
Kenneth D. Skinner
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5051
High-quality elevation data in riverine environments are important for fisheries management applications and the accuracy of such data needs to be determined for its proper application. The Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging)-or EAARL-system was used to obtain topographic and bathymetric data along the Deadwood and South...
Geophysical logging data from the Mills Gap Road area near Asheville, North Carolina
Melinda J. Chapman, Brad A. Huffman
2011, Data Series 538
In September 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was requested to assist the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Superfund Section in the development of a conceptual groundwater flow model in the area of the Mills Gap Road contaminant investigation near Asheville, North Carolina (Site ID A4P5) through an Interagency...
Saline aquifer mapping project in the southeastern United States
Lester J. Williams, Rick M. Spechler
2011, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference
In 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey initiated a study of saline aquifers in the southeastern United States to evaluate the potential use of brackish or saline water from the deeper portions of the Floridan aquifer system and the underlying Coastal Plain aquifer system (Fig. 1). The objective of this study...
Summary of hydrologic testing of the Floridan aquifer system at Fort Stewart, coastal Georgia, 2009-2010
Gerald J. Gonthier
2011, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference
Two test wells were completed at Fort Stewart, coastal Georgia, to investigate the potential for using the Lower Floridan aquifer as a source of water to satisfy anticipated, increased water needs. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Army, completed hydrologic testing of the Floridan...
Groundwater modeling to evaluate interaquifer leakage in the Floridan aquifer system near Hunter Army Airfield and Fort Stewart
Gregory S. Cherry
2011, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference
Simulations using a modified regional groundwater- flow model were used to determine the amount of leakage from the Upper Floridan aquifer (UFA) through the Lower Floridan confining unit (LFC) into the Lower Floridan aquifer (LFA) resulting from pumping about 1 million gallons per day at newly constructed LFA production wells...
Quest for water in coastal Georgia: assessment of alternative water sources at Hunter Army Airfield, Chatham County, Georgia
John S. Clarke
2011, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference
To meet growing demands for water in the coastal Georgia area, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Army, conducted detailed site investigations and modeling studies at Hunter Army Airfield to assess the water-bearing potential of ponds and wells completed in the Lower Floridan aquifer....
Characteristics of suspended and streambed sediment within constructed chutes and the main channel at Upper Hamburg and Glovers Point Bends, Missouri River, Nebraska, 2008
Brenda K. Woodward, David L. Rus
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1049
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, as part of the Missouri River Bank Stabilization and Navigation Mitigation Project, has constructed 17 off-channel chutes along the channelized Missouri River, downstream from Sioux City, Iowa, to increase habitat diversity. To better understand characteristics of suspended and streambed sediment within these...
Floods of September 2010 in Southern Minnesota
Christopher A. Ellison, Christopher A. Sanocki, David L. Lorenz, Gregory B. Mitton, Gregory A. Kruse
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5045
During September 22-24, 2010, heavy rainfall ranging from 3 inches to more than 10 inches caused severe flooding across southern Minnesota. The floods were exacerbated by wet antecedent conditions, where summer rainfall totals were as high as 20 inches, exceeding the historical average by more than 4 inches. Widespread flooding...
Flood-inundation maps for the St. John and Fish Rivers in Fort Kent, Maine
Pamela J. Lombard
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3157
Time-domain electromagnetic soundings collected in Dawson County, Nebraska, 2007-09
Jason Payne, Andrew Teeple
2011, Data Series 581
Between April 2007 and November 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Central Platte Natural Resources District, collected time-domain electro-magnetic (TDEM) soundings at 14 locations in Dawson County, Nebraska. The TDEM soundings provide information pertaining to the hydrogeology at each of 23 sites at the 14 locations; 30...
River-aquifer exchanges in the Yakima River basin, Washington
J. J. Vaccaro
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5026
Five categories of data are analyzed to enhance understanding of river-aquifer exchanges-the processes by which water moves between stream channels and the adjacent groundwater system-in the Yakima River basin. The five datasets include (1) results of chemical analyses of water for tritium (3H, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen) and the...
Vegetation communities at Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Missouri
Matthew A. Struckhoff, Keith W. Grabner, Esther D. Stroh
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1038
New and existing data were used to describe and map vegetation communities at Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Existing data had been gathered during the growing seasons of 2002, 2003, and 2004. New data were collected in 2007 to describe previously unsampled communities and communities within which insufficient...
Groundwater conditions and studies in Georgia, 2008-2009
Michael F. Peck, David C. Leeth, Jaime A. Painter
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5048
The U.S. Geological Survey collects groundwater data and conducts studies to monitor hydrologic conditions, better define groundwater resources, and address problems related to water supply, water use, and water quality. In Georgia, water levels were monitored continuously at 179 wells during 2008 and 181 wells during 2009. Because of missing...
EAARL Coastal Topography-Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, Post-Nor'Ida, 2009: Bare Earth
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, Xan Fredericks, J. C. Brock, C. W. Wright, D.B. Nagle, Sara Stevens
2011, Data Series 578
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) 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...
Estimated loads of suspended sediment and selected trace elements transported through the Clark Fork basin, Montana, in selected periods before and after the breach of Milltown Dam (water years 1985-2009)
Steven K. Sando, John H. Lambing
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5030
Milltown Reservoir is a National Priorities List Superfund site in the upper Clark Fork basin of western Montana where sediments enriched in trace elements from historical mining and ore processing have been deposited since the completion of Milltown Dam in 1908. Milltown Dam was breached on March 28, 2008, as...
Magnitude and Frequency of Floods for Urban and Small Rural Streams in Georgia, 2008
Anthony J. Gotvald, Andrew E. Knaak
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5042
A study was conducted that updated methods for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in ungaged urban basins in Georgia that are not substantially affected by regulation or tidal fluctuations. Annual peak-flow data for urban streams from September 2008 were analyzed for 50 streamgaging stations (streamgages) in Georgia and...
The chronology for the d18O record from Devils Hole, Nevada, extended into the Mid-Holocene
J.M. Landwehr, W.D. Sharp, T.B. Coplen, K.R. Ludwig, I.J. Winograd
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1082
This report presents the numeric values for the chronology of the paleoclimatically relevant mid-to-late Pleistocene record of the ratios of stable oxygen isotope (delta18O) in vein calcite from Devils Hole, Nev., which recently had been extended into the mid-Holocene. Dating was obtained using 230Th-234U-238U thermal ionization mass spectrometry. Devils Hole is...
WTAQ version 2-A computer program for analysis of aquifer tests in confined and water-table aquifers with alternative representations of drainage from the unsaturated zone
Paul M. Barlow, Allen F. Moench
2011, Techniques and Methods 3-B9
The computer program WTAQ simulates axial-symmetric flow to a well pumping from a confined or unconfined (water-table) aquifer. WTAQ calculates dimensionless or dimensional drawdowns that can be used with measured drawdown data from aquifer tests to estimate aquifer hydraulic properties. Version 2 of the program, which is described in this...
Condition of streams in Independence, Missouri: What is being done to protect stream health and how citizens can help
Shelley L. Niesen, Dorris L. Bender, Richard H. Champion Jr., Eric D. Christensen, Thomas E. Harris
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3033
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Water Science Programs in Kansas
Andy Ziegler
2011, General Information Product 121
The USGS has collected hydrologic information in Kansas since 1895 with the first USGS Cooperative Water Program funding agreement for 6 streamflow gages with the Kansas Water Board. USGS collects streamflow and gage-height data; reservoir content; water-quality and water-quantity data; suspended-sediment data; and groundwater levels. Hydrologic studies are conducted on...
Stream profile analyses using a step-backwater model for selected reaches in the Chippewa Creek Basin in Medina, Wayne, and Summit Counties, Ohio
David E. Straub, Andrew D. Ebner
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5024
The USGS, in cooperation with the Chippewa Subdistrict of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, performed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for selected reaches of three streams in Medina, Wayne, Stark, and Summit Counties in northeast Ohio: Chippewa Creek, Little Chippewa Creek, and River Styx. This study was done to facilitate assessment...
Mysid and fish zooplanktivory in Lake Ontario: quantification of direct and indirect effects
Gideon Gal, Lars G. Rudstam, Edward L. Mills, Jana R. Lantry, Ora E. Johannsson, C. Greene
2011, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (63) 2734-2747
Mysis relicta and planktivorous fish feed on zooplankton in Lake Ontario and form a trophic triangle that includes intraguild predation by fish on mysids. Thus, fish affect zooplankton both directly and indirectly. To evaluate the importance of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax), and mysids as zooplanktivores in Lake...
Microhabitat use and seasonal movements of hatchery-reared and wild shortnose sturgeon in the Savannah River, South Carolina--Georgia
D.G. Trested, K.M. Ware, R. Bakal, J. Jeffery Isely
2011, Journal of Applied Ichthyology (27) 454-461
Radio and acoustic telemetry were used to monitor the seasonal movement of hatchery-reared and wild shortnose sturgeon (622-927 mm total length) in the Savannah River. Diploid, and sterile hatchery-reared shortnose sturgeon, and wild shortnose sturgeon showed apparent similar seasonal patterns of movement within the river. We were unable to detect...
