Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Trace Contamination of Streams and Beaches
James Nickles
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3040
Concentrations of fecal-indicator bacteria in urban streams and ocean beaches in and around Santa Barbara occasionally can exceed public-health standards for recreation. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), working with the City of Santa Barbara, has used multi-disciplinary science to trace the sources of the bacteria. This research is helping local...
Providing Data and Modeling to Help Manage Water Supplies
James Nickles
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3038
The Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) and other local water purveyors have partnered with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to assess hydrologic conditions and to quan-tify the county-wide interconnections between surface water and ground water. Through this partnership, USGS scientists have completed assessments of the geohydrology and geochemistry of the Sonoma...
Streamflow Characteristics of Streams in the Helmand Basin, Afghanistan
Tara Williams-Sether
2008, Data Series 333
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for all historical streamflow-gaging stations for the Helmand Basin upstream from the Sistan Wetlands are presented in this report. The summaries for each streamflow-gaging station include (1) manuscript (station description), (2) graph of the annual mean discharge for the period of record, (3) statistics of...
Effects of the H-3 Highway stormwater runoff on the water quality of Halawa Stream, Oahu, Hawaii, November 1998 to August 2004
Reuben H. Wolff, Michael F. Wong
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5034
Since November 1998, water-quality data have been collected from the H-3 Highway Storm Drain C, which collects runoff from a 4-mi-long viaduct, and from Halawa Stream on Oahu, Hawaii. From January 2001 to August 2004, data were collected from the storm drain and four stream sites in the Halawa Stream...
Science to Help Understand and Manage Important Ground-Water Resources
James Nickles
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3039
Throughout California, as pressure on water resources continues to grow, water-supply agencies are looking to the state?s biggest ?reservoir? ? its ground-water basins ? for supply and storage. To better utilize that resource, the Sweetwater Authority and other local partners, including the city of San Diego and Otay Water Districts,...
Thermal Profiles for Selected River Reaches in the Yakima River Basin, Washington
J. J. Vaccaro, M. E. Keys, R. J. Julich, W.B. Welch
2008, Data Series 342
Thermal profiles (data sets of longitudinal near-streambed temperature) that provide information on areas of potential ground-water discharge and salmonid habitat for 11 river reaches in the Yakima River basin, Washington, are available as Microsoft Excel? files that can be downloaded from the Internet. Two reaches were profiled twice resulting in...
Introduction to Field Water-Quality Methods for the Collection of Metals - 2007 Project Summary
Monica L. Allen
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3012
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Region VI of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Osage Nation presented three 3-day workshops, in June-August 2007, entitled ?Introduction to Field Water-Quality Methods for the Collection of Metals.? The purpose of the workshops was to provide instruction to tribes within USEPA Region...
Distribution of Igneous Rocks in Medina and Uvalde Counties, Texas, as Inferred from Aeromagnetic Data
David V. Smith, Robert R. McDougal, Bruce D. Smith, Charles D. Blome
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5191
A high-resolution aeromagnetic survey was flown in 2001 over Medina and Uvalde Counties, Texas, as part of a multi-disciplinary investigation of the geohydrologic framework of the Edwards aquifer in south-central Texas. The objective of the survey was to assist in mapping structural features that influence aquifer recharge and ground-water flow....
USGS Alaska State Mosaic
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3023
The Alaska State Mosaic consists of portions of scenes from the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics 2001 (MRLC 2001) collection. The 172 selected scenes have been geometrically and radiometrically aligned to produce a seamless, relatively cloud-free image of the State. The scenes were acquired between July 1999 and September 2002, resampled to...
Hydrographs showing ground-water level trends for selected wells in the Yakima River basin aquifer system, Washington
M. E. Keys, J. J. Vaccaro, M. A. Jones, R. J. Julich
2008, Data Series 343
Selected ground-water level hydrographs for the Yakima River basin aquifer system, Washington, are presented in an interactive web-based map to illustrate the existence or lack of trends in ground-water levels and, thus, potential variations in ground-water availability in the area. Hydrographs are linked to points corresponding to the well location...
Estimated use of water in the Upper Duck River watershed, central Tennessee, and water-demand projections through 2030
Susan S. Hutson
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5058
Future municipal water demand was estimated for the Bedford, Coffee, Marshall, and Maury-southern Williamson water-service areas in the upper Duck River watershed in central Tennessee through 2030. The Duck River, a primary source of municipal water, provided a total of 24.3 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) or 92 percent of...
Simulations of Ground-Water Flow, Transport, Age, and Particle Tracking near York, Nebraska, for a Study of Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants (TANC) to Public-Supply Wells
Brian R. Clark, Matthew K. Landon, Leon J. Kauffman, George Z. Hornberger
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5068
Contamination of public-supply wells has resulted in public-health threats and negative economic effects for communities that must treat contaminated water or find alternative water supplies. To investigate factors controlling vulnerability of public-supply wells to anthropogenic and natural contaminants using consistent and systematic data collected in a variety of principal aquifer...
Areas of historical oil and gas exploration and production in the United States
Laura Biewick
2008, Data Series 69-Q
This report contains maps and associated spatial data showing historical oil and gas exploration and production in the United States. Because of the proprietary nature of many oil and gas well databases, the United States was divided into cells one-quarter square mile and the production status of all wells in...
Occurrence of chlorothalonil, its transformation products, and selected other pesticides in Texas and Oklahoma streams, 2003-2004
William A. Battaglin, Kathryn Kuivila, Kim Winton, Michael Meyer
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5016
The primary purpose of the study described in this report was to determine if the fungicide chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloroisophthalonitrile), three of its transformation products, or selected other pesticides are transported to surface water after use on peanuts or other crops in Texas and Oklahoma. The results summarized here are part of...
Geospatial Information is the Cornerstone of Effective Hazards Response
Mark Newell
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3026
Every day there are hundreds of natural disasters world-wide. Some are dramatic, whereas others are barely noticeable. A natural disaster is commonly defined as a natural event with catastrophic consequences for living things in the vicinity. Those events include earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, tsunami, volcanoes, and wildfires. Man-made disasters are...
Methods for Processing and Summarizing Time-Series Temperature Data Collected as Part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program Studies on the Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems
Thomas F. Cuffney, Robin A. Brightbill
2008, Data Series 330
Temperature data and summary statistics are presented for 256 sites in 9 metropolitan areas as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program studies of the effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems. The computer program (GRAN) that was developed to derive uniform data granularity and calculate temperature statistics...
Physicochemical and analytical data for tributary water, lake water, and lake sediment, Lake Arrowhead, Clay and Archer Counties, Texas, 2006
Jennifer T. Wilson, MaryLynn Musgrove, Monti M. Haynie, Peter C. Van Metre
2008, Data Series 334
Lake Arrowhead is a reservoir about 24 kilometers southeast of Wichita Falls, Texas, that provides drinking water for the city of Wichita Falls and surrounding areas. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Wichita Falls, did a study in 2006 to assess conditions contributing to elevated arsenic...
Paleomagnetic study of late Miocene through Pleistocene igneous rocks from the southwestern USA: Results from the historic collections of the U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park laboratory
Edward A. Mankinen
2008, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (9) 1-27
Seventy sites from the southwestern United States provide paleomagnetic results that meet certain minimum criteria and can be considered for the Time‐Averaged Field Initiative (TAFI). The virtual geomagnetic poles for these 70 units are circularly distributed, and their mean is nearly coincident with the rotational axis. When other published data...
Radiative forcing over the conterminous United States due to contemporary land cover land use albedo change
Christopher Barnes, David P. Roy
2008, Geophysical Research Letters (35)
Recently available satellite land cover land use (LCLU) and albedo data are used to study the impact of LCLU change from 1973 to 2000 on surface albedo and radiative forcing for 36 ecoregions covering 43% of the conterminous United States (CONUS). Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow-free broadband albedo values...
Comparison of storage capacity and sedimentation trends of Lago Guayabal, Puerto Rico-December 2001 and October 2006
Luis R. Soler-Lopez
2008, Scientific Investigations Map 3016
Lago Guayabal dam is located on the Río Jacaguas in the municipality of Villalba in southern Puerto Rico, about 4 kilometers north of the town of Juana Díaz and about 5 kilometers south of Villalba (fig. 1). The dam is owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Electric Power...
Water-Quality and Fish-Community Data for the Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska, 2003-05
Benjamin Dietsch
2008, Fact Sheet 2007-3098
In 1991, a 76-mile reach of the Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska was designated as a National Scenic River (NSR). This reach of the river hosts a unique ecosystem that provides habitat for a diverse fish and wildlife population that include several threatened and endangered species. The Niobrara NSR also...
Finding concealed active faults: Extending the southern Whidbey Island fault across the Puget Lowland, Washington
Brian L. Sherrod, Richard J. Blakely, Craig S. Weaver, Harvey M. Kelsey, Elizabeth Barnett, Lee Liberty, Karen L. Meagher, Kristin Pape
2008, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (113) -
The southern Whidbey Island fault zone (SWIF), as previously mapped using borehole data, potential field anomalies, and marine seismic reflection surveys, consists of three subparallel, northwest trending strands extending ∼100 km from near Vancouver Island to the northern Puget Lowland. East of Puget Sound, the SWIF makes landfall between the...
Dissolved-solids transport in surface water of the Muddy Creek Basin, Utah
Steven J. Gerner
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5001
Muddy Creek is located in the southeastern part of central Utah and is a tributary of the Dirty Devil River, which, in turn, is a tributary of the Colorado River. Dissolved solids transported from the Muddy Creek Basin may be stored in the lower Dirty Devil River Basin, but are...
Pesticides in air and rainwater in the midcontinental United States, 1995: Methods and data
Michael S. Majewski, William T. Foreman, Richard H. Coupe, Donald A. Goolsby, Frank W. Wiebe
2008, Open-File Report 2007-1369
Weekly composite high-volume air and wet-only deposition samples were collected from April through September 1995 at paired urban and agricultural areas in Mississippi, Iowa, and Minnesota, and at a background site in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This report describes the methods used to collect, analyze, and quality assure the samples, and...
Temporal Differences in the Hydrologic Regime of the Lower Platte River, Nebraska, 1895-2006
Daniel Ginting, Ronald B. Zelt, Joshua I. Linard
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5267
In cooperation with the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District for a collaborative study of the cumulative effects of water and channel management practices on stream and riparian ecology, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) compiled, analyzed, and summarized hydrologic information from long-term gaging stations on the lower Platte River to...
