U.S. Geological Survey's alert notification system for volcanic activity
Cynthia A. Gardner, Marianne C. Guffanti
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3139
The United States and its territories have about 170 volcanoes that have been active during the past 10,000 years, and most could erupt again in the future. In the past 500 years, 80 U.S. volcanoes have erupted one or more times. About 50 of these recently active volcanoes are monitored,...
Pesticides in Ground Water of the Maryland Coastal Plain
Judith M. Denver, Scott W. Ator
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3119
Selected pesticides are detectable at low levels (generally less than 0.1 microgram per liter) in unconfined ground water in many parts of the Maryland Coastal Plain. Samples were recently collected (2001-04) from 47 wells in the Coastal Plain and analyzed for selected pesticides and degradate compounds (products of pesticide degradation)....
Garnet--An Essential Industrial Mineral and January's Birthstone
James G. Evans, Phillip R. Moyle, David G. Frank, Donald W. Olson
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3149
Garnet is one of the most common minerals in the world. Occurring in almost any color, it is most widely known for its beauty as a gem stone. Because of its hardness and other properties, garnet is also an essential industrial mineral used in abrasive products, non-slip surfaces, and filtration....
Monitoring Inland Storm Surge and Flooding from Hurricane Rita
Benton D. McGee, Roland W. Tollett, Mason Jr.
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3136
Pressure transducers (sensors) and high-water marks were used to document the inland water levels related to storm surge generated by Hurricane Rita in southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas. On September 22-23, 2005, an experimental monitoring network of sensors was deployed at 33 sites over an area of about 4,000 square...
Estimating magnitude and frequency of floods using the PeakFQ program
Kathleen M. Flynn, William H. Kirby, Robert Mason, Timothy A. Cohn
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3143
Monitoring for methane gas in Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah, 1995-2003
Andrew L. Burr, Bernard J. Stolp, Kevin K. Johnson, Gilbert L. Hunt
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3113
The release of methane gas from coal beds creates the potential for it to move into near-surface environments through natural and human-made pathways. To help ensure the safety of communities and determine the potential effects of development of coal-bed resources, methane gas concentrations in soils and ground water in Carbon...
Ground water in the Anchorage area, Alaska: Meeting the challenges of ground-water sustainability
Edward H. Moran, Devin L. Galloway
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3148
Ground water is an important component of Anchorage's water supply. During the 1970s and early 80s when ground water extracted from aquifers near Ship Creek was the principal source of supply, area-wide declines in ground-water levels resulted in near record low streamflows in Ship Creek. Since the importation of Eklutna...
U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Land Management Cooperative Coalbed Methane Project in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3132
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming Reservoir Management Group and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began a cooperative project in 1999 to collect technical and analytical data on coalbed methane (CBM) resources and quality of the water produced from coalbeds in the Wyoming part of the Powder River...
Coalbed Methane Extraction and Soil Suitability Concerns in the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3137
The Powder River Basin is located in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. It is an area of approximately 55,000 square kilometers. Extraction of methane gas from the coal seams that underlie the Powder River Basin began in Wyoming in the late 1980s and in Montana in the late 1990s. About...
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Powder River Basin Province of Wyoming and Montana— 2006 update
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3135
Using a geology-based assessment method, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 16.6 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas, 639 million barrels of undiscovered oil, and 131 million barrels of natural gas liquids in the Powder River Basin Province....
Natural and Man-Made Chemicals in North American Soils--Continental-Scale Pilot Study Completed
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3115
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Canada recently completed a continental-scale pilot study for a proposed geochemical survey of North American soils. This survey will provide baseline soil chemistry data against which future changes in soil composition can be measured and that can be used by Federal,...
Pesticides in ground water - Sublette County, Wyoming, 2004-2005
Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Kendra J. Remley
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3121
In 1991, members of local, State, and Federal governments, as well as industry and interest groups, formed the Ground-water and Pesticide Strategy Committee to prepare the State of Wyoming's generic Management Plan for Pesticides in Ground Water. Part of this management plan is to sample and analyze Wyoming's ground water...
Pesticides in ground water - Carbon County, Wyoming, 2004-2005
Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Kendra J. Remley
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3122
In 1991, members of local, State, and Federal governments, as well as industry and interest groups, formed the Ground-water and Pesticide Strategy Committee to prepare the State of Wyoming's generic Management Plan for Pesticides in Ground Water. Part of this management plan is to sample and analyze Wyoming's ground water...
Pesticides in ground water - Campbell County, Wyoming, 2004-2005
Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Kendra J. Remley
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3123
In 1991, members of local, State, and Federal governments, as well as industry and interest groups, formed the Ground-water and Pesticide Strategy Committee to prepare the State of Wyoming's generic Management Plan for Pesticides in Ground Water. Part of this management plan is to sample and analyze Wyoming's ground water...
Digital data set of orchards where arsenical pesticides were likely used in Clark and Frederick Counties, Virginia, and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia
Bradley W. Reed, Peter Larkins, Gilpin R. Robinson Jr.
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3134
This Fact Sheet provides information on a digital data set that identifies orchard areas under cultivation between the 1920s and 1960s in Clarke and Frederick Counties, Virginia and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia. The apple orchards in these areas likely used arsenical pesticides during this time. The digital data...
Negotiation Training Courses for Natural Resource Professionals
Nina Burkardt, M. Earlene Swann, Katherine Walters
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3116
FORT's Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch (PASA) has been conducting and publishing research on multi-party natural resource negotiation since the 1980s. This research has led to the development of basic and advanced negotiation training courses. Each course is two-and-a-half days. Both courses are a mix of lecture, hands-on training,...
A Century of Retreat at Portage Glacier, South-Central Alaska
Ben W. Kennedy, Dennis C. Trabant, Lawrence R. Mayo
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3141
Introduction: The Portage Glacier, in south-central Alaska, is viewed by thousands of visitors annually who come to the U.S. Forest Service Begich, Boggs Visitor Center located on the road system between Anchorage and Whittier, Alaska. During the past century, the terminus of the glacier has retreated nearly 5 kilometers to...
Ground-Water Flow Modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey in Nevada: Uses and Approaches
Wayne R. Belcher, Alan H. Welch
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3138
No abstract available....
Land-based lidar mapping: a new surveying technique to shed light on rapid topographic change
Brian D. Collins, Robert Kayen
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3111
The rate of natural change in such dynamic environments as rivers and coastlines can sometimes overwhelm the monitoring capacity of conventional surveying methods. In response to this limitation, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists are pioneering new applications of light detection and ranging (lidar), a laser-based scanning technology that promises to...
The National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS)
John Ewert, Marianne Guffanti, Peter Cervelli, James Quick
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3142
The National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS) is a proposed national-scale effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Volcano Hazards Program and its affiliated partners in the Consortium of U.S. Volcano Observatories (CUSVO) (http://www.cusvo.org) to ensure that volcanoes are monitored at a level commensurate with the threats...
Natural Bitumen Resources of the United States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3133
Major natural bitumen accumulations in the United States are estimated to contain about 36 billion barrels of measured in-place resource and about 18 billion barrels of speculative in-place resource. Major natural bitumen resources are in Alabama, Alaska, California, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming....
Flooding in Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, December 2004 and January 2005
Roslyn Ryan
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3124
Introduction: A regional storm passed through the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, on December 28-29, 2004, producing up to 2 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. Due to the intense, sustained rainfall, streamflow along Las Vegas Wash was near the record discharges of July 8, 1999. Additional rainfall in December...
Investigations of the Effects of Synthetic Chemicals on the Endocrine System of Common Carp in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona
Michael R. Rosen, Steven L. Goodbred, Reynaldo Patiño, Thomas A. Leiker, Erik Orsak
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3131
Introduction: Lake Mead is the largest reservoir by volume in the United States and was created by the construction of the 221-meter high Hoover Dam in 1935 at Black Canyon on the lower Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona (fig. 1). Inflows of water into the lake include three rivers, Colorado,...
Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology research site--Physical, chemical, and biological processes that control the fate of contaminants in ground water
Denis R. LeBlanc
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3096
No abstract available....
Submarine ground-water discharge: nutrient loading and nitrogen transformations
Kevin D. Kroeger, Peter W. Swarzenski, John Crusius, John F. Bratton, Matthew A. Charette
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3110
Eutrophication of coastal waters due to nonpoint source land-derived nitrogen (N) loads is a worldwide phenomenon and perhaps the greatest agent of change altering coastal ecology (National Research Council, 2000; Howarth and others, 2000). Within the United States, a majority of estuaries have been determined to be moderately to severely...
