Production of a national 1:1,000,000-scale hydrography dataset for the United States: feature selection, simplification, and refinement
Robin H. Gary, Zachary D. Wilson, Christy-Ann M. Archuleta, Florence E. Thompson, Joseph Vrabel
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5202
During 2006-09, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Atlas of the United States, produced a 1:1,000,000-scale (1:1M) hydrography dataset comprising streams and waterbodies for the entire United States, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for inclusion in the recompiled National Atlas. This report documents the...
Apparent Resistivity and Estimated Interaction Potential of Surface Water and Groundwater along Selected Canals and Streams in the Elkhorn-Loup Model Study Area, North-Central Nebraska, 2006-07
Andrew Teeple, Joseph Vrabel, Wade H. Kress, James C. Cannia
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5171
In 2005, the State of Nebraska adopted new legislation that in part requires local Natural Resources Districts to include the effect of groundwater use on surface-water systems in their groundwater management plan. In response the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Upper Elkhorn, Lower Elkhorn, Upper Loup, Lower Loup,...
To burn or not to burn Oriental bittersweet: A fire manager’s conundrum
Noel B. Pavlovic, Stacey A. Leicht-Young, Krystal Frohnapple, Neal Mulconrey
2009, Report
Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) is a highly invasive liana (woody vine) that occurs throughout the Eastern United States. This twining plant can blanket and girdle adjacent vegetation, affecting succession and damaging trees. In areas where prescribed fire is a management tool, the response of Oriental bittersweet to fire needs to...
Spectroscopic analysis of arsenic uptake in Pteris Ferns
E. Terrence Slonecker, Barry N. Haack, Susan D. Price
2009, Remote Sensing (1) 644-675
Two arsenic-accumulating Pteris ferns (Pteris cretica mayii and Pteris multifida), along with a non-accumulating control fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) were grown in greenhouse conditions in clean sand spiked with 0, 20, 50, 100 and 200 ppm sodium arsenate. Spectral data were collected for each of five replicates prior...
Magma evolution and ascent at the craters of the moon and neighboring volcanic fields, southern Idaho, USA: Implications for the evolution of polygenetic and monogenetic volcanic fields
Keith D. Putirka, Mel A. Kuntz, Daniel M. Unruh, Nitin Vaid
2009, Journal of Petrology (50) 1639-1665
The evolution of polygenetic and monogenetic volcanic fields must reflect differences in magma processing during ascent. To assess their evolution we use thermobarometry and geochemistry to evaluate ascent paths for neighboring, nearly coeval volcanic fields in the Snake River Plain, in south-central Idaho, derived from (1) dominantly Holocene polygenetic evolved...
Capacitively Coupled Resistivity Survey of Selected Irrigation Canals Within the North Platte River Valley, Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming, 2004 and 2007-2009
Bethany L. Burton, Michaela R. Johnson, Joseph Vrabel, Brian H. Imig, Jason Payne, Ryan E. Tompkins
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5194
Due to water resources of portions of the North Platte River basin being designated as over-appropriated by the State of Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the North Platte Natural Resources District (NPNRD), in cooperation with the DNR, is developing an Integrated Management Plan (IMP) for groundwater and surface water...
Estimated bankfull discharge for selected Michigan rivers and regional hydraulic geometry curves for estimating bankfull characteristics in southern Michigan rivers
Cynthia M. Rachol, Kristine Boley-Morse
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5133
Regional hydraulic geometry curves are power-function equations that relate riffle dimensions and bankfull discharge to drainage-basin size. They are defined by data collected through surveys conducted at stable stream reaches and can be used to aid watershed managers, design engineers, and others involved in determination of the best course of...
Rainfall, discharge, and water-quality data during stormwater monitoring, July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009; Halawa Stream drainage basin and the H-1 storm drain, Oahu, Hawaii
Todd K. Presley, Marcael T. J. Jamison
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1162
Storm runoff water-quality samples were collected as part of the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation Stormwater Monitoring Program. The program is designed to assess the effects of highway runoff and urban runoff on Halawa Stream, and to assess the effects from the H-1 storm drain on Manoa Stream. For...
Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the Leon Creek watershed, Bexar County, Texas, 1997-2004
Darwin J. Ockerman, Meghan C. Roussel
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5191
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the San Antonio River Authority, configured, calibrated, and tested a Hydrological Simulation Program ? FORTRAN watershed model for the approximately 238-square-mile Leon Creek watershed in Bexar County, Texas, and used the model to simulate streamflow and...
Groundwater, surface–water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona—2007-2008
Jamie P. Macy
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1148
The N aquifer is an extensive aquifer and the primary source of groundwater in the 5,400-square-mile Black Mesa area in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in northeastern Arizona because of continued water requirements for industrial and municipal use by a growing population and because of low...
Monitoring for Pesticides in Groundwater and Surface Water in Nevada, 2008
Carl E. Thodal, Jon Carpenter, Charles W. Moses
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3093
Commercial pesticide applicators, farmers, and homeowners apply about 1 billion pounds of pesticides annually to agricultural land, non-crop land, and urban areas throughout the United States (Gilliom and others, 2006, p. 1). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) defines a pesticide as any substance used to kill or control insects,...
A landscape indicator approach to the identification and articulation of the consequences of land-cover change in the Mid-Atlantic Region, 1973-2001
E. Terrence Slonecker, Lesley E. Milheim, Peter R. Claggett
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1187
Landscape indicators, derived from land-use and land-cover data, hydrology, nitrate deposition, and elevation data, were used by Jones and others (2001a) to calculate the ecological consequences of land-cover change. Nitrate loading and physical bird habitat were modeled from 1973 and 1992 land-cover and other spatial data for the Mid-Atlantic region....
Detrital zircon geochronology of Cretaceous and Paleogene strata across the south-central Alaskan convergent margin
Dwight Bradley, Peter J. Haeussler, Paul O'Sullivan, Rich Friedman, Alison Till, Dan Bradley, Jeff Trop
2009, Professional Paper 1760-F
Ages of detrital zircons are reported from ten samples of Lower Cretaceous to Paleogene metasandstones and sandstones from the Chugach Mountains, Talkeetna Mountains, and western Alaska Range of south-central Alaska. Zircon ages are also reported from three igneous clasts from two conglomerates. The results bear on the regional geology, stratigraphy,...
Benthic oxygen demand in three former salt ponds adjacent to south San Francisco Bay, California
Brent R. Topping, James S. Kuwabara, Nicole D. Athearn, John Y. Takekawa, Francis Parcheso, Kathleen D. Henderson, Sara Piotter
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1180
Sampling trips were coordinated in the second half of 2008 to examine the interstitial water in the sediment and the overlying bottom waters of three shallow (average depth <1 meter) ponds adjacent to the southern reach of San Francisco Bay (herein referred to as South Bay), which were previously used...
Temporal characteristics of coherent flow structures generated over alluvial sand dunes, Mississippi River, revealed by acoustic doppler current profiling and multibeam echo sounding
John A. Czuba, Kevin A. Oberg, Jim L. Best, Daniel R. Parsons, S. M. Simmons, K. K. Johnson, C. Malzone
2009, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the IAHR symposium on river coastal and estuarine morphodynamics 2009
This paper investigates the flow in the lee of a large sand dune located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, USA. Stationary profiles collected from an anchored boat using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) were georeferenced with data from a real-time kinematic differential global positioning system....
Variations in Withdrawal, Return Flow, and Consumptive Use of Water in Ohio and Indiana, with Selected Data from Wisconsin, 1999-2004
Kimberly H. Shaffer
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5096
This report contains an analysis of water withdrawal and return-flow data for Ohio and withdrawal data for Indiana and Wisconsin to compute consumptive-use coefficients and to describe monthly variability of withdrawals and consumptive use. Concurrent data were available for most water-use categories from 1999 through 2004. Average monthly water withdrawals...
Ecological Requirements for Pallid Sturgeon Reproduction and Recruitment in the Lower Missouri River: A Research Synthesis 2005-08
Aaron J. DeLonay, Robert B. Jacobson, Diana M. Papoulias, Darin G. Simpkins, Mark L. Wildhaber, Joanna M. Reuter, Tom W. Bonnot, Kimberly A. Chojnacki, Carl E. Korschgen, Gerald E. Mestl, Michael J. Mac
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5201
This report provides a synthesis of results obtained between 2005 and 2008 from the Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Program, an interagency collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Missouri River Recovery - Integrated Science Program....
Magnitude and Frequency of Rural Floods in the Southeastern United States, 2006: Volume 3, South Carolina
Toby D. Feaster, Anthony J. Gotvald, J. Curtis Weaver
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5156
A multistate approach was used to update methods for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in rural, ungaged basins in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina that are not substantially affected by regulation, tidal fluctuations, or urban development. Annual peak-flow data through September 2006 were analyzed for 943 streamgaging...
Distribution and Joint Fish-Tag Survival of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Migrating through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California, 2008
Christopher M. Holbrook, Russell W. Perry, Noah S. Adams
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1204
Acoustic telemetry was used to obtain the movement histories of 915 juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) through the lower San Joaquin River and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, in 2008. Data were analyzed within a release-recapture framework to estimate survival, route distribution, and detection probabilities among three migration pathways through...
Hydrogeologic Framework of the Yakima River Basin Aquifer System, Washington
J. J. Vaccaro, M. A. Jones, D.M. Ely, M. E. Keys, T. D. Olsen, W.B. Welch, S.E. Cox
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5152
The Yakima River basin aquifer system underlies about 6,200 square miles in south-central Washington. The aquifer system consists of basin-fill deposits occurring in six structural-sedimentary basins, the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG), and generally older bedrock. The basin-fill deposits were divided into 19 hydrogeologic units, the CRBG was divided into...
Geologic Setting and Hydrogeologic Units of the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
Sue C. Kahle, Theresa D. Olsen, David S. Morgan
2009, Scientific Investigations Map 3088
The Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System (CPRAS) covers approximately 44,000 square miles of northeastern Oregon, southeastern Washington, and western Idaho. The area supports a $6 billion per year agricultural industry, leading the Nation in production of apples and nine other commodities (State of Washington Office of Financial Management, 2007; U.S....
Methodology for Estimation of Flood Magnitude and Frequency for New Jersey Streams
Kara M. Watson, Robert D. Schopp
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5167
Methodologies were developed for estimating flood magnitudes at the 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year recurrence intervals for unregulated or slightly regulated streams in New Jersey. Regression equations that incorporate basin characteristics were developed to estimate flood magnitude and frequency for streams throughout the State by use of...
Estimated water use in Washington, 2005
R. C. Lane
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5128
Water use in the State of Washington has evolved in the past century from meager domestic and stock water needs to the current complex requirements of domestic-water users, large irrigation projects, industrial plants, and numerous other uses such as fish habitat and recreational activities. Since 1950, the U.S. Geological Survey...
Groundwater-quality data in the South Coast Interior Basins study unit, 2008: Results from the California GAMA Program
Timothy M. Mathany, Justin T. Kulongoski, Mary C. Ray, Kenneth Belitz
2009, Data Series 463
Groundwater quality in the approximately 653-square-mile South Coast Interior Basins (SCI) study unit was investigated from August to December 2008, as part of the Priority Basins Project of the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program. The GAMA Priority Basins Project was developed in response to Legislative mandates (Supplemental Report...
Watershed Models for Decision Support for Inflows to Potholes Reservoir, Washington
Mark C. Mastin
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5081
A set of watershed models for four basins (Crab Creek, Rocky Ford Creek, Rocky Coulee, and Lind Coulee), draining into Potholes Reservoir in east-central Washington, was developed as part of a decision support system to aid the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, in managing water resources in...
