Navajo coal and air quality in Shiprock, New Mexico
Joseph E. Bunnell, Linda V. Garcia
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3094
Among the Navajo people, high levels of respiratory disease, such as asthma, exist in a population with low rates of cigarette smoking. Air quality outdoors and indoors affects respiratory health. Many Navajo Nation residents burn locally mined coal in their homes for heat, as coal is the most economical energy...
Navajo coal and air quality in Shiprock, New Mexico
Joseph E. Bunnell, Linda V. Garcia
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3094
Among the Navajo people, high levels of respiratory disease, such as asthma, exist in a population with low rates of cigarette smoking. Air quality outdoors and indoors affects respiratory health. Many Navajo Nation residents burn locally mined coal in their homes for heat, as coal is the most economical energy...
Estimated water use in Wyoming during 2000
Gregory K. Boughton, Kendra R. Remley, Timothy T. Bartos
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3099
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled and published estimates of water withdrawals every 5 years since 1950. This series of water-use reports serves as one of the few sources of information about regional or national trends in water withdrawals (Hutson and others, 2004).In Wyoming, six categories—irrigation, mining, thermoelectric power,...
Taking the pulse of a river system: first 20 years
Linda Leake, Barry Johnson
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3098
Your doctor would not base decisions for your health care today on one physical examination when you were age three! You would reasonably expect decisions to be based on records from over your lifetime. Likewise, those responsible for monitoring the health of the Upper Mississippi River System want a more...
Water quality in the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004
Donald H. Wilkison, Daniel J. Armstrong, Richard D. Norman, Barry C. Polton, Edward T. Furlong, Steven D. Zaugg
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3103
Water-quality data were collected from sites in the Blue River Basin from July 1998 to October. Sites upstream from wastewater-treatment plants or the combined sewer system area had lower concentrations of total nitrogen, phosphorus, organic wastewater compounds, and pharmaceuticals, and more diverse aquatic communities. Sites downstream from wastewater-treatment plants had...
Effects of urban development on stream ecosystems alongthe Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado and Wyoming
Lori A. Sprague, Robert E. Zuellig, Jean A. Dupree
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3083
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a study from 2002 through 2003 through its National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program to determine the effects of urbanization on the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of stream ecosystems along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The objectives of the study were to...
Assessment of coalbed gas resources in Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks on the North Slope, Alaska, 2006
Steve Roberts, Charles E. Barker, Kenneth J. Bird, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy Cook, David W. Houseknecht, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3105
The North Slope of Alaska is a vast area of land north of the Brooks Range, extending from the Chukchi Sea eastward to the Canadian border. This Arctic region is known to contain extensive coal deposits; hypothetical coal resource estimates indicate that nearly 4 trillion short tons of coal are...
Use of Numerical Simulations in Surface-Water Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Missouri
David C. Heimann, Paul H. Rydlund Jr., Susan S. Licher
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3075
Numerical simulations of surface-water systems can be a useful tool to predict and understand a variety of physical, chemical, and ecological processes. A number of applications have been conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey Missouri Water Science Center in conjunction with ecological and flood studies in Missouri. Numerical simulations can...
Ciencia Interdisciplinaria en Apoyo a la Salud Ambiental a lo largo de la Frontera de Mexico-Estados Unidos
Diana Papoulias, Jean Parcher, Jim Stefanov, Ric Page
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3054
Interdisciplinary science in support of environmental health along the United States-Mexico border
Diana Papoulias, Jean Parcher, Jim Stefanov, Ric Page
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3054
The diverse, fragile ecosystems of the borderlands have been pushed beyond sustainable levels due to rapid population growth and land-use changes. Water shortages and pollution, poor air quality, increased soil salinities, residual pesticides and heavy metal contaminants are some of the many stressors that are degrading the quality of life...
Monitoring changes in the Platte River riparian corridor with serial LiDAR surveys
Paul J. Kinzel, Jonathan M. Nelson, C. Wayne Wright
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3063
The Platte River in central Nebraska is a wide, sand-bedded river that provides habitat for migratory water birds along the North American flyway. The central Platte River functions as critical habitat for the endangered whooping crane (Grus americana) and also is an important habitat for the endangered least tern (Sterna...
Monitoring the Recovery of the Sparta Aquifer in Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana
Rheannon M. Scheiderer, David A. Freiwald
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3090
The Sparta aquifer supplies the majority of water for industrial, municipal, and agricultural uses in Union County, Arkansas, and the surrounding area. In Union County, the Sparta aquifer has been used increasingly since development began in the early 1920s, resulting in water-level declines of more than 360 feet (ft) in...
Automated Crest-Stage Gage Application in Ephemeral Streams in New Mexico
Scott D. Waltemeyer
2006, Fact Sheet 2005-3136
Natural history collections: A scientific treasure trove
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3079
Natural history collections play an indispensable and often overlooked role in the conservation and management of our Nation’s flora and fauna. Scientific specimens housed in museum collections not only open an important window into the current and past diversity of life on Earth, but also play a vital role in...
U.S. Geological Survey studies quality of drinking-water supplies in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands principal aquifer
Carol P. Moss, Heather L. Welch
2006, Fact Sheet 2005-3133
Ballast water research at the WFRC
Lyman Thorsteinson
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3080
Invasive aquatic species are considered to be one of the greatest threats to marine biodiversity, coastal economies, and even human health. Ballast water is a primary vector for these bioinvasions. One method of reducing risk of ballast water introductions is mid-ocean exchange of marine ballast water. However, it is widely...
Flood chronology of the Carson River basin, California and Nevada web site
Anne E. Jeton
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3102
Recycled Cell Phones - A Treasure Trove of Valuable Metals
Daniel E. Sullivan
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3097
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fact Sheet examines the potential value of recycling the metals found in obsolete cell phones. Cell phones seem ubiquitous in the United States and commonplace throughout most of the world. There were approximately 1 billion cell phones in use worldwide in 2002. In the United States,...
Along-Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS)
John Brock, Dave Zawada
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3051
"Along-Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS)" describes the U.S. Geological Survey's Along-Track Reef Imaging System, a boat-based sensor package for rapidly mapping shallow water benthic environments. ATRIS acquires high resolution, color digital images that are accurately geo-located in real-time....
Hydrologic Requirements of and Evapotranspiration by Riparian Vegetation along the San Pedro River, Arizona
James M. Leenhouts, Julie C. Stromberg, Russell L. Scott
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3027
This report summarizes analyses of riparian system hydrologic requirements and ground-water use detailed in U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5163, 'Hydrologic requirements of and consumptive ground-water use by riparian vegetation along the San Pedro River, Arizona,' compiled by J.M. Leenhouts, J.C. Stromberg, and R.L. Scott....
Urban seismic hazard mapping for Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Joan Gomberg
2006, Fact Sheet 2005-3142
Earthquakes cannot be predicted, but scientists can forecast how strongly the ground is likely to shake as a result of an earthquake. Seismic hazard maps provide one way of conveying such forecasts. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which produces seismic hazard maps for the Nation, is now engaged in developing...
1976 Big Thompson flood, Colorado — Thirty years later
Robert D. Jarrett, John E. Costa
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3095
In the early evening of Saturday, July 31, 1976, a large stationary thunderstorm released as much as 7.5 inches of rainfall in about an hour (about 12 inches in a few hours) in the middle reaches of the Big Thompson River Basin and to a lesser extent in parts of...
Assessment of Undiscovered Gas Resources of the Eastern Oregon and Washington Province, 2006
Michael E. Brownfield, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3091
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 2.4 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of undiscovered natural gas in the Eastern Oregon and Washington Province. More than 90 percent, or 2.1 TCF, of the estimated undiscovered natural gas is continuous gas estimated to be trapped in...
Trends in Streamflow of the San Pedro River, Southeastern Arizona
Blakemore E. Thomas
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3004
Total annual streamflow of the San Pedro River at Charleston in southeastern Arizona (fig. 1) decreased by about 66 percent from 1913 to 2002 (fig. 2). The San Pedro River is one of the few remaining free-flowing perennial streams in the arid Southwestern United States, and the riparian forest along...
Availability of Ground-Water Data for California, Water Year 2005
Julia A. Huff
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3089
The U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the ground-water resources of California each water year (October 1-September 30). These data constitute a valuable database for developing an improved understanding of the water resources of the...
