Hydrologic Analysis and Two-Dimensional Simulation of Flow at State Highway 17 crossing the Gasconade River near Waynesville, Missouri
Richard J. Huizinga
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5194
In cooperation with the Missouri Department of Transportation, the U.S. Geological Survey determined hydrologic and hydraulic parameters for the Gasconade River at the site of a proposed bridge replacement and highway realignment of State Highway 17 near Waynesville, Missouri. Information from a discontinued streamflow-gaging station on the Gasconade River near...
Landslides Mapped from LIDAR Imagery, Kitsap County, Washington
Jonathan P. McKenna, David J. Lidke, Jeffrey A. Coe
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1292
Landslides are a recurring problem on hillslopes throughout the Puget Lowland, Washington, but can be difficult to identify in the densely forested terrain. However, digital terrain models of the bare-earth surface derived from LIght Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) data express topographic details sufficiently well to identify landslides. Landslides and escarpments...
Geologic map of Mount Mazama and Crater Lake Caldera, Oregon, including the database for the geologic map of Mount Mazama and Crater Lake Caldera, Oregon
Charles R. Bacon, David W. Ramsey, Dillon R Dutton
2008, Scientific Investigations Map 2832
Crater Lake partly fills one of the most spectacular calderas of the world, an 8-by-10-km basin more than 1 km deep formed by collapse of the volcano known as Mount Mazama (fig. 1) during a rapid series of explosive eruptions about 7,700 years ago. Having a maximum depth of 594...
EarthNow!
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2008, General Information Product 81
EarthNow! displays live or recent acquisitions from the Landsat 5 and Landsat 7 satellites as they pass over North America. When these satellites pass within range of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, data imagery is downloaded and displayed in near-real time. When the...
Continuous Temperature and Water-Level Data Collected for a Heat Tracer Study on a Selected Reach of Tri-State Canal, Western Nebraska, 2007
Christopher M. Hobza
2008, Data Series 381
The water supply in parts of the North Platte River Basin in the Nebraska Panhandle has been designated as fully appropriated or over appropriated by the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources. Recent legislation (LB 962) requires the North Platte Natural Resources District and the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources to...
Morphological Analyses and Simulated Flood Elevations in a Watershed with Dredged and Leveed Stream Channels, Wheeling Creek, Eastern Ohio
James M. Sherwood, Carrie A. Huitger, Andrew D. Ebner, G. F. Koltun
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5133
The USGS, in cooperation with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, conducted a study in the Wheeling Creek Basin to (1) evaluate and contrast land-cover characteristics from 2001 with characteristics from 1979 and 1992; (2) compare current streambed elevation, slope, and geometry with conditions present in the late 1980s; (3) look...
Use of Superposition Models to Simulate Possible Depletion of Colorado River Water by Ground-Water Withdrawal
Stanley A. Leake, William Greer, Dennis Watt, Paul Weghorst
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5189
According to the 'Law of the River', wells that draw water from the Colorado River by underground pumping need an entitlement for the diversion of water from the Colorado River. Consumptive use can occur through direct diversions of surface water, as well as through withdrawal of water from the river...
Results of Gravity Fieldwork Conducted in March 2008 in the Moapa Valley Region of Clark County, Nevada
Daniel S. Scheirer, Arne Dossing Andreasen
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1300
In March 2008, we collected gravity data along 12 traverses across newly-mapped faults in the Moapa Valley region of Clark County, Nevada. In areas crossed by these faults, the traverses provide better definition of the gravity field and, thus, the density structure, than prior gravity observations. Access problems prohibited complete...
Database for the Geologic Map of Upper Eocene to Holocene Volcanic and Related Rocks of the Cascade Range, Oregon
Kathryn Nimz, David W. Ramsey, David R. Sherrod, James G. Smith
2008, Data Series 313
Since 1979, Earth scientists of the Geothermal Research Program of the U.S. Geological Survey have carried out multidisciplinary research in the Cascade Range. The goal of this research is to understand the geology, tectonics, and hydrology of the Cascades in order to characterize and quantify geothermal resource potential. A major...
7th U.S. / Japan Natural Resources (UJNR) Panel on Earthquake Research: Abstract volume and technical program
Shane T. Detweiler, William L. Ellsworth
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1335
The U.S. / Japan Natural Resources (UJNR) Panel on Earthquake Research promotes advanced study toward a more fundamental understanding of the earthquake process and hazard estimation. The Panel promotes basic and applied research to improve our understanding of the causes and effects of earthquakes and to facilitate the transmission of...
What can we learn from the Wells, NV earthquake sequence about seismic hazard in the intermountain west?
M.D. Petersen, K.L. Pankow, G. P. Biasi, M. Meremonte
2008, Conference Paper
The February 21, 2008 Wells, NV earthquake (M 6) was felt throughout eastern Nevada, southern Idaho, and western Utah. The town of Wells sustained significant damage to unreinforced masonry buildings. The earthquake occurred in a region of low seismic hazard with little seismicity, low geodetic strain rates, and few mapped...
Ground-Water Conditions and Studies in the Albany Area of Dougherty County, Georgia, 2007
Debbie W. Gordon
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1328
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been working with the Albany Water, Gas, and Light Commission to monitor ground-water quality and availability since 1977. This report presents an overview of ground-water conditions and studies in the Albany area of Dougherty County, Georgia, during 2007. Historical data are also presented for...
Glaciers of North America - Glaciers of Alaska
Bruce F. Molnia, Robert M. Krimmel, Dennis C. Trabant, Rod S. March, W.F. Manley
Richard S. Williams Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno, editor(s)
2008, Professional Paper 1386-K
Glaciers cover about 75,000 km2 of Alaska, about 5 percent of the State. The glaciers are situated on 11 mountain ranges, 1 large island, an island chain, and 1 archipelago and range in elevation from more than 6,000 m to below sea level. Alaska's glaciers extend geographically from the far...
Survival and migration behavior of juvenile coho salmon in the Klamath River relative to discharge at Iron Gate Dam, Northern California, 2007
John W. Beeman, Greg Stutzer, Steve Juhnke, Nicholas Hetrick
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1332
This report describes a study of survival and migration behavior of juvenile coho salmon in the Klamath River relative to discharge at Iron Gate Dam in 2006. This was the second year of a multi-year study with the goal of determining the effects of discharge at Iron Gate Dam on...
Opening the Landsat Archive
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3091
The USGS Landsat archive holds an unequaled 36-year record of the Earth's surface that is invaluable to climate change studies, forest and resource management activities, and emergency response operations. An aggressive effort is taking place to provide all Landsat imagery [scenes currently held in the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science...
Hydrogeologic Framework in Three Drainage Basins in the New Jersey Pinelands, 2004-06
Richard L. Walker, Pamela A. Reilly, Kara M. Watson
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5061
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, began a multi-phase hydrologic investigation in 2004 to characterize the hydrologic system supporting the aquatic and wetland communities of the New Jersey Pinelands area (Pinelands). The Pinelands is an ecologically diverse area in the southern New Jersey Coastal...
The Significance of Accounting Order for Evapotranspiration and Recharge in Monthly and Daily Threshold-Type Water Budgets
Delwyn S. Oki
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5163
Most threshold-type water-budget models account for the loss of water by evapotranspiration before accounting for recharge. Recharge estimates can differ substantially, depending on whether recharge is counted before or after evapotranspiration in the water budget. This disparity is the source of uncertainty and is most pronounced for areas where soil-moisture...
Geologic assessment of undiscovered gas resources of the Eastern Oregon and Washington Province
2008, Data Series 69-O
The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geology-based hypotheses regarding the potential for additions to oil and gas reserves in priority areas of the United States, focusing on the distribution, quantity, and availability of oil and natural gas resources. The USGS...
The Virtual Data Center Tagged-Format Tool: Introduction and executive summary
John R. Evans, Melinda Squibb, Christopher D. Stephens, W.U. Savage, Hamid Haddadi, Charles A. Kircher, Mahmoud M. Hachem
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1327
This Report introduces and summarizes the new Virtual Data Center (VDC) Tagged Format (VTF) Tool, which was developed by a diverse group of seismologists, earthquake engineers, and information technology professionals for internal use by the COSMOS VDC and other interested parties for the exchange, archiving, and analysis of earthquake strong-ground-motion...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Seismic Data, January to December 2007
Jennifer S. Nakata, Paul G. Okubo
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1261
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) summary presents seismic data gathered during the year. The seismic summary is offered without interpretation as a source of preliminary data and is complete in that most data for events of M=1.5 are included. All latitude and longitude references in this...
Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i. Part IV: Measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and turbidity: June-September 2006
Curt D. Storlazzi, M. Katherine Presto, Joshua B. Logan, Michael E. Field
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1295
High-resolution measurements of waves, currents, water levels, temperature, salinity and turbidity were made in Hanalei Bay, northern Kaua'i, Hawai'i, during the summer of 2006 to better understand coastal circulation, sediment dynamics, and the potential impact of a river flood in a coral reef-lined embayment during quiescent summer conditions. A series...
Nutrient Loading and Algal Response in West Thompson Lake, Thompson, Connecticut, 2003-2005
Jonathan Morrison, Michael J. Colombo
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5072
Water quality and nutrient loads were characterized for parts of the Quinebaug River and West Thompson Lake in northeastern Connecticut during 2003 to 2005. The West Thompson Lake watershed is a mainly forested watershed that receives treated municipal wastewater from several point sources in Massachusetts. The lake is a flood-control...
Ground-Water Conditions and Studies in the Brunswick-Glynn County Area, Georgia, 2007
Gregory S. Cherry, John S. Clarke
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1297
The Upper Floridan aquifer is contaminated with saltwater in a 2-square-mile area of downtown Brunswick, Georgia. This contamination has limited the development of the ground-water supply in the Glynn County area. Hydrologic, geologic, and water-quality data are needed to effectively manage water resources. Since 1959, the U.S. Geological Survey has...
Water-Quality Characteristics of Ledge Creek and Holman Creek Upstream from Lake Rogers, Granville County, North Carolina, 2005 and 2008
Stephen L. Harden, Mary J. Giorgino
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1319
Water-quality and hydrologic data were collected during 2005 and 2008 to characterize potential source areas of nutrients and sediment within the Ledge and Holman Creek watersheds upstream from Lake Rogers in Granville County, North Carolina. Eight monitoring locations were established in all--five in Holman Creek and three in Ledge Creek--for...
Flood of June 7-9, 2008, in Central and Southern Indiana
Scott E. Morlock, Chad D. Menke, Donald V. Arvin, Moon H. Kim
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1322
On June 6-7, 2008, heavy rainfall of 2 to more than 10 inches fell upon saturated soils and added to already high streamflows from a wetter than normal spring in central and southern Indiana. The heavy rainfall resulted in severe flooding on many streams within the White River Basin during...
