US Topo: Topographic Maps for the Nation
Patricia L. Hytes
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3108
US Topo is the next generation of topographic maps from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Arranged in the familiar 7.5-minute quadrangle format, digital US Topo maps are designed to look and feel (and perform) like the traditional paper topographic maps for which the USGS is so well known. In contrast...
Hurricane Gustav: Observations and analysis of coastal change
Kara S. Doran, Hilary F. Stockdon, Nathaniel G. Plant, Asbury H. Sallenger Jr., Kristy K. Guy, Katherine A. Serafin
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1279
Understanding storm-induced coastal change and forecasting these changes require knowledge of the physical processes associated with a storm and the geomorphology of the impacted coastline. The primary physical processes of interest are the wind field, storm surge, currents, and wave field. Not only does wind cause direct damage to structures...
Natural offshore oil seepage and related tarball accumulation on the California coastline — Santa Barbara Channel and the southern Santa Maria Basin; source identification and inventory
T.D. Lorenson, Frances D. Hostettler, Robert J. Rosenbauer, Kenneth E. Peters, Jennifer A. Dougherty, Keith A. Kvenvolden, Christina E. Gutmacher, Florence L. Wong, William R. Normark
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1225
Oil spillage from natural sources is very common in the waters of southern California. Active oil extraction and shipping is occurring concurrently within the region and it is of great interest to resource managers to be able to distinguish between natural seepage and anthropogenic oil spillage.The major goal of this...
Quality-Assurance Data for Routine Water Analyses by the U.S. Geological Survey Laboratory in Troy, New York - July 2001 Through June 2003
Tricia A. Lincoln, Debra A. Horan-Ross, Michael R. McHale, Gregory B. Lawrence
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1232
The laboratory for analysis of low-ionic-strength water at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Science Center in Troy, N.Y., analyzes samples collected by USGS projects throughout the Northeast. The laboratory's quality-assurance program is based on internal and interlaboratory quality-assurance samples and quality-control procedures that were developed to ensure proper sample...
Analysis of Water-Quality Trends for Selected Streams in the Water Chemistry Monitoring Program, Michigan, 1998-2005
C. J. Hoard, Lori M. Fuller, Lisa R. Fogarty
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5216
In 1998, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Geological Survey began a long-term monitoring program to evaluate the water quality of most watersheds in Michigan. Major goals of this Water-Chemistry Monitoring Program were to identify streams exceeding or not meeting State or Federal water-quality standards and to...
Compilation of Mineral Resource Data for Mississippi Valley-Type and Clastic-Dominated Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits
Ryan D. Taylor, David L. Leach, Dwight Bradley, Sergei A. Pisarevsky
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1297
This report contains a global compilation of the mineral resource data for sediment-hosted lead-zinc (SH Pb-Zn) deposits. Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits are historically the most significant sources of lead and zinc, and are mined throughout the world. The most important SH Pb-Zn deposits are hosted in clastic-dominated sedimentary rock sequences (CD...
Riparian and Associated Habitat Characteristics Related to Nutrient Concentrations and Biological Responses of Small Streams in Selected Agricultural Areas, United States, 2003-04
Ronald B. Zelt, Mark D. Munn
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5224
Physical factors, including both in-stream and riparian habitat characteristics that limit biomass or otherwise regulate aquatic biological condition, have been identified by previous studies. However, linking the ecological significance of nutrient enrichment to habitat or landscape factors that could allow for improved management of streams has proved to be a...
The Water Availability Tool for Environmental Resources (WATER): A water-budget modeling approach for managing water-supply resources in non-karst areas of Kentucky (phase I) — Data processing and model structure documentstion
Tanja N. Williamson, Kenneth R. Odom, Jeremy K. Newson, Aimee C. Downs, Hugh L. Nelson, Peter J. Cinotto, Mark A. Ayers
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5248
The Water Availability Tool for Environmental Resources (WATER) was developed in cooperation with the Kentucky Division of Water to provide a consistent and defensible method of estimating streamflow and water availability in ungaged basins. WATER is process oriented; it is based on the TOPMODEL code and incorporates historical water-use data...
Regression models to estimate real-time concentrations of selected constituents in two tributaries to Lake Houston near Houston, Texas, 2005-07
Timothy D. Oden, William H. Asquith, Matthew S. Milburn
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5231
In December 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the City of Houston, Texas, began collecting discrete water-quality samples for nutrients, total organic carbon, bacteria (total coliform and Escherichia coli), atrazine, and suspended sediment at two U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations upstream from Lake Houston near Houston (08068500 Spring...
USGS standard quadrangle maps for emergency response
Laurence R. Moore
2009, Book, Annual Association of American Geographers Meeting
The 1:24,000-scale topographic quadrangle was the primary product of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Program from 1947-1992. This map series includes about 54,000 map sheets for the conterminous United States, and is the only uniform map series ever produced that covers this area at such a large...
Using a coupled groundwater/surface-water model to predict climate-change impacts to lakes in the Trout Lake Watershed, northern Wisconsin
Randall J. Hunt, John F. Walker, Steven L. Markstrom, Lauren E. Hay, John Doherty
Richard M. T. Webb, Darius J. Semmens, editor(s)
2009, Conference Paper, Planning for an uncertain future - monitoring, integration, and adaptation (SIR 2009-5049)
A major focus of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Trout Lake Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) project is the development of a watershed model to allow predictions of hydrologic response to future conditions including land-use and climate change. The coupled groundwater/surface-water model GSFLOW was chosen for this purpose because it...
Hindcasting of decadal‐timescale estuarine bathymetric change with a tidal‐timescale model
Neil K. Ganju, David H. Schoellhamer, Bruce E. Jaffe
2009, Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface (114)
Hindcasting decadal-timescale bathymetric change in estuaries is prone to error due to limited data for initial conditions, boundary forcing, and calibration; computational limitations further hinder efforts. We developed and calibrated a tidal-timescale model to bathymetric change in Suisun Bay, California, over the 1867–1887 period. A general, multiple-timescale calibration ensured robustness...
Multi-scale measurements and modeling of denitrification in streams with varying flow and nitrate concentration in the upper Mississippi River basin, USA
J.K. Bohlke, Ronald C. Antweiler, Judson W. Harvey, Andrew E. Laursen, Lesley K. Smith, Richard L. Smith, Mary A. Voytek
2009, Biogeochemistry (93) 117-141
Denitrification is an important net sink for NO3− in streams, but direct measurements are limited and in situ controlling factors are not well known. We measured denitrification at multiple scales over a range of flow conditions and NO3− concentrations in streams draining agricultural land in the upper Mississippi River basin....
Importance of light, temperature, zooplankton, and fish in predicting the nighttime vertical distribution of Mysis diluviana
Brent Boscarino, Lars G. Rudstam, S.A. Ellenberger, Robert O’Gorman
2009, Aquatic Biology (5) 263-279
The opossum shrimp Mysis diluviana (formerly M. relicta) performs large amplitude diel vertical migrations in Lake Ontario and its nighttime distribution is influenced by temperature, light and the distribution of its predators and prey. At one location in southeastern Lake Ontario, we measured the vertical distribution of mysids, mysid predators (i.e. planktivorous fishes)...
Lysimetric Evaluation of Simplified Surface Energy Balance Approach in the Texas High Plains
Gabriel B. Senay, P.H. Gowda, T.A. Howell, T.H. Marek
2009, Applied Engineering in Agriculture (25) 665-669
Numerous energy balance (EB) algorithms have been developed to make use of remote sensing data to estimate evapotranspiration (ET) regionally. However, most EB models are complex to use and efforts are being made to simplify procedures mainly through the scaling of reference ET. The Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) is...
2008 Spawning Cisco Investigations in the Canadian Waters of Lake Superior
Daniel L. Yule, Peter A. Addison, Lori M. Evrard, Ken I. Cullis, Gary A. Cholwek
2009, Report
The Great Lakes Science Center of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) is working cooperatively with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) on a threeyear study to develop standard procedures for acoustic and midwater trawl (AC-MT) assessments of spawning cisco Coregonus artedi that the OMNR can carry forward as...
Predicting the natural flow regime: Models for assessing hydrological alteration in streams
D.M. Carlisle, J. Falcone, D.M. Wolock, M. R. Meador, R.H. Norris
2009, River Research and Applications (26) 118-136
Understanding the extent to which natural streamflow characteristics have been altered is an important consideration for ecological assessments of streams. Assessing hydrologic condition requires that we quantify the attributes of the flow regime that would be expected in the absence of anthropogenic modifications. The objective of this study was to...
Efficacy of automatic vocalization recognition software for anuran monitoring
J. Hardin Waddle, Tyler F. Thigpen, Brad M. Glorioso
2009, Herpetological Conservation and Biology (4) 384-388
Surveys of vocalizations are a widely used method for monitoring anurans, but it can be difficult to coordinate standardized data collection across a large geographic area. Digital automated recording systems (ARS) offer a low-cost method for obtaining samples of anuran vocalizations, but the number of recordings can...
Coregistration of Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) topography with high-resolution Mars images
Kelly J. Kolb, Chris H. Okubo
2009, Computers & Geosciences (35) 2304-2313
Spacecraft continue to send back extraordinary amounts of data from Mars leaving scientists with the considerable task of analyzing an ever-increasing wealth of information. There are abundant uses for coregistered topography and images, but coregistering various datasets can be time-consuming and labor-intensive. We have developed a set of C-shell Unix...
TerraLook: A GIS-ready time-series of satellite imagery
Claudia Young, Gary Geller, Eugene A. Fosnight
2009, Conference Paper, GIS—Designing our future
The goal of TerraLook is to provide satellite images that anyone can use to see changes in the Earth's surface over time. Landsat and other satellites have been collecting images of the Earth from Space for more than 35 years. TerraLook allows users to create their own collections of georeferenced...
Evansville Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (EAEHMP)— Progress report, 2008
Oliver S. Boyd, Jennifer L. Haase, David W. Moore
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1249
Maps of surficial geology, deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard, and liquefaction potential index have been prepared by various members of the Evansville Area Earthquake Hazard Mapping Project for seven quadrangles in the Evansville, Indiana, and Henderson, Kentucky, metropolitan areas. The surficial geologic maps feature 23 types of surficial geologic deposits,...
Water-Quality Characterization of Surface Water in the Onondaga Lake Basin, Onondaga County, New York, 2005-08
William F. Coon, Brett A. Hayhurst, William M. Kappel, David A.V. Eckhardt, Carolyn O. Szabo
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5246
Water-resources managers in Onondaga County, N.Y., have been faced with the challenge of improving the water-quality of Onondaga Lake. To assist in this endeavor, the U.S. Geological Survey undertook a 3-year basinwide study to assess the water quality of surface water in the Onondaga Lake Basin. The study quantified the...
Compositional variation in the chevkinite group: new data from igneous and metamorphic rocks
Harvey E. Belkin, R. MacDonald, F. Wall, B. Baginski
2009, Mineralogical Magazine (73) 777-796
Electron microprobe analyses are presented of chevkinite-group minerals from Canada, USA, Guatemala, Norway, Scotland, Italy and India. The host rocks are metacarbonates, alkaline and subalkaline granitoids, quartz-bearing pegmatites, carbonatite and an inferred K-rich tuff. The analyses extend slightly the range of compositions in the chevkinite group, e.g. the most...
Nocturnal movements of desert bighorn sheep in the Muddy Mountains, Nevada
Kathleen M. Longshore, Chris E. Lowrey, Matthew Jeffress, Daniel B. Thompson
2009, Desert Bighorn Council Transactions (50) 18-31
Adequate management of a species requires complete knowledge of its ecology, including both nocturnal and diurnal behavior. Knowledge of the movement behavior of bighorn sheep can provide insight for understanding spatial population processes as the combined result of individual behavior, physiological constraints, and fine-scale environmental influences. However, because of past...
Land-cover change in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1973-2000
Krista A. Karstensen, Kristi L. Sayler
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1280
The Land Cover Trends is a research project focused on understanding the rates, trends, causes, and consequences of contemporary United States land-use and land-cover change. The project is coordinated by the Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
