Selected Hydrogeologic Data for the High Plains Aquifer in Southwestern Laramie County, Wyoming, 1931-2006
Laura L. Hallberg, Jon P. Mason
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1069
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Wyoming State Engineer's Office, created a hydrogeologic database for southwestern Laramie County, Wyoming. The database contains records from 166 wells and test holes drilled during 1931-2006. Several types of information, including well construction; well or test hole locations; lithologic logs; gamma, neutron,...
Property-Transfer Modeling to Estimate Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Deep Sediments at the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho
Kim S. Perkins, Kari A. Winfield
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5093
The unsaturated zone at the Idaho National Laboratory is complex, comprising thick basalt flow sequences interbedded with thinner sedimentary layers. Understanding the highly nonlinear relation between water content and hydraulic conductivity within the sedimentary interbeds is one element in predicting water flow and solute transport processes in this geologically complex...
Nutrients, suspended sediment, and pesticides in water of the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota, 1990-2004
V.G. Christensen
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5065
Nutrient, suspended sediment, and pesticide data from 1990 through 2004 in the Red River of the North Basin were compiled, summarized, and compared to historical data. Streamflow varied widely throughout the basin during the 1990-2004 study period. For 19 of 22 streamflow sites, median annual streamflow during the study period...
Nutrient, Habitat, and Basin-Characteristics Data and Relations with Fish and Invertebrate Communities in Indiana Streams, 1998-2000
Jeffrey W. Frey, Brian J. Caskey
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5076
An analysis of existing nutrient, habitat, basin-characteristics, and biological-community (fish and invertebrate) data assessed significant relations between nutrients and biological data. Data from 1998 through 2000 for 58 sites in the Upper Wabash River Basin, Lower Wabash River Basin, and tributaries to the Great Lakes and Ohio River Basins were...
Undiscovered locatable mineral resources in the Bay Resource Management Plan Area, southwestern Alaska: A probabilistic assessment
J.M. Schmidt, T.D. Light, L.J. Drew, Frederic H. Wilson, Marti L. Miller, R. W. Saltus
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5039
The Bay Resource Management Plan (RMP) area in southwestern Alaska, north and northeast of Bristol Bay contains significant potential for undiscovered locatable mineral resources of base and precious metals, in addition to metallic mineral deposits that are already known. A quantitative probabilistic assessment has identified 24 tracts of land that...
Hydrogeology of, and simulation of ground-water flow In, the Pohatcong Valley, Warren County, New Jersey
Glen B. Carleton, Alison D. Gordon
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5269
A numerical ground-water-flow model was constructed to simulate ground-water flow in the Pohatcong Valley, including the area within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pohatcong Valley Ground Water Contamination Site. The area is underlain by glacial till, alluvial sediments, and weathered and competent carbonate bedrock. The northwestern and southeastern valley boundaries...
River Chemistry and Solute Flux in Yellowstone National Park
Shaul Hurwitz, Sean Eagan, Henry Heasler, Dan Mahony, Mark A. Huebner, Jacob B. Lowenstern
2007, Data Series 278
Introduction The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) was established to 'To strengthen the long-term monitoring of volcanic and earthquake unrest in the Yellowstone National Park region'. Yellowstone National Park is underlain by a voluminous magmatic system overlain by the most active hydrothermal system on Earth. Tracking changes in water and gas chemistry...
Geophysical Logs of Selected Test Wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund Site in Holley, New York
David A.V. Eckhardt, J. Alton Anderson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1081
In June and July 2006, geophysical logs were collected and analyzed along with rock-core samples to define the bedrock stratigraphy and flow zones penetrated by four test wells at the Diaz Chemical Superfund site at Holley in eastern Orleans County, New York. The work was completed as a preliminary part...
Rainfall and Seasonal Movement of the Weeks Creek Landslide, San Mateo County, California
Gerald F. Wieczorek, Mark E. Reid, Walter Jodicke, Chris Pearson, Grant Wilcox
2007, Data Series 276
Introduction Many different types of landslide occur in the Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County, Calif. (Brabb and Pampeyan, 1972); most slope movement is triggered by strong earthquakes, heavy rainfall, or shoreline erosion. In this area, shallow landslides of loose soil and rock, which may transform into debris flows, commonly...
Assessment of Data for Use in the Development of Nutrient Criteria for Massachusetts Rivers and Streams
Marc J. Zimmerman, Kimberly W. Campo
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5022
The U.S. Geological Survey synthesized, reviewed, and assessed Massachusetts water-quality data for use in the development of either numerical nutrient criteria for rivers and streams or a science-based framework for interpreting narrative criterial for nutrients. Water-quality data collected from 65 Massachusetts locations were selected to represent a wide range, but...
Availability of Ground-Water Data for California, Water Year 2006
Julia A. Huff
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3038
Introduction 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...
The roles of physical habitat in reproduction and survival of pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River, progress 2005–06: Chapter D in Factors affecting the reproduction, recruitment, habitat, and population dynamics of pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon in the Missouri River
Robert B. Jacobson, Harold E. Johnson, Joanna M. Reuter, Caroline M. Elliott
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1262-D
This report documents progress on three related components of habitat assessments in the Lower Missouri River during 2005–06. The habitat-use component links this research directly to sturgeon ecology research described in other chapters. The habitat availability and habitat dynamics assessments provide physical context for the ecological research. Results from 2005...
2005 hydrographic survey of south San Francisco Bay, California
Amy C. Foxgrover, Bruce E. Jaffe, Gerald T. Hovis, Craig A. Martin, James R. Hubbard, Manoj R. Samant, Steve M. Sullivan
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1169
An acoustic hydrographic survey of South San Francisco Bay (South Bay) was conducted in 2005. Over 20 million soundings were collected within an area of approximately 250 sq km (97 sq mi) of the bay extending south of Coyote Point on the west shore, to the San Leandro marina on...
Development and Application of Health-Based Screening Levels for Use in Water-Quality Assessments
Patricia L. Toccalino
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5106
Health-Based Screening Levels (HBSLs) are non-enforceable water-quality benchmarks that were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and others. HBSLs supplement existing Federal drinking-water standards and guidelines, thereby providing a basis for a more comprehensive evaluation of contaminant-occurrence data in the context...
Water-quality and ancillary data collected from the Arroyo Colorado near Rio Hondo, Texas, 2006
Meghan C. Roussel, Michael G. Canova, William H. Asquith, Richard L. Kiesling
2007, Data Series 255
The Arroyo Colorado is in the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas and extends from near Mission, Texas, eastward to the Laguna Madre estuarine and coastal marine system, which separates Padre Island from the Texas mainland. Streamflow in the Arroyo Colorado primarily is sustained by effluent from municipal wastewater-treatment...
Estimating Water Storage Capacity of Existing and Potentially Restorable Wetland Depressions in a Subbasin of the Red River of the North
Robert A. Gleason, Brian A. Tangen, Murray K. Laubhan, Kevin E. Kermes, Ned H. Euliss Jr.
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1159
Executive Summary Concern over flooding along rivers in the Prairie Pothole Region has stimulated interest in developing spatially distributed hydrologic models to simulate the effects of wetland water storage on peak river flows. Such models require spatial data on the storage volume and interception area of existing and restorable wetlands in...
Fly Ash: From Cradle to Grave
Margaret S. Ellis, Ronald H. Affolter
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1160
The Energy Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey promotes and supports coal research to improve the understanding of the coal endowment of the United States. This results in geologically based, non-biased energy information products for policy and decision makers, land and resource managers, other federal and state agencies, the...
U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program - Science Supporting Mineral Resource Stewardship
S.J. Kropschot
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3035
The United States is the world's largest user of mineral resources. We use them to build our homes and cities, fertilize our food crops, and create wealth that allows us to buy goods and services. Individuals rarely use nonfuel mineral resources in their natural state - we buy light bulbs,...
Integrating remote sensing and ground methods to estimate evapotranspiration
Edward P. Glenn, Alfredo R Huete, Pamela L. Nagler, Katie Hirschboeck, Paul Brown
2007, Critical Reviews in Plant Science (26) 139-168
Evapotranspiraton (ET) is the second largest term in the terrestrial water budget after precipitation, and ET is expected to increase with global warming. ET studies are relevant to the plant sciences because over 80% of terrestrial ET is due to transpiration by plants. Remote sensing is the only feasible means...
Hydrogeologic Setting and Ground-Water Flow in the Leetown Area, West Virginia
Mark D. Kozar, David J. Weary, Katherine S. Paybins, Herbert A. Pierce
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5066
The Leetown Science Center is a research facility operated by the U.S. Geological Survey that occupies approximately 455-acres near Kearneysville, Jefferson County, West Virginia. Aquatic and fish research conducted at the Center requires adequate supplies of high-quality, cold ground water. Three large springs and three production wells currently (in 2006)...
Spring Database for the Basin and Range Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, White Pine County, Nevada, and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah
Michael T. Pavelko
2007, Data Series 272
A database containing nearly 3,400 springs was developed for the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system study area in White Pine County, Nevada, and adjacent areas in Nevada and Utah. The spring database provides a foundation for field verification of springs in the study area. Attributes in the database include...
Irrigated Acreage Within the Basin and Range Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, White Pine County, Nevada, and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah
Toby L. Welborn, Michael T. Moreo
2007, Data Series 273
Accurate delineations of irrigated acreage are needed for the development of water-use estimates and in determining water-budget calculations for the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system (BARCAS) study. Irrigated acreage is estimated routinely for only a few basins in the study area. Satellite imagery from the Landsat Thematic Mapper and...
Mapping Evapotranspiration Units in the Basin and Range Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, White Pine County, Nevada, and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah
J. LaRue Smith, Randell J. Laczniak, Michael T. Moreo, Toby L. Welborn
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5087
Accurate estimates of ground-water discharge are crucial in the development of a water budget for the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system study area. One common method used throughout the southwestern United States is to estimate ground-water discharge from evapotranspiration (ET). ET is a process by which water from the...
Water-Level Surface Maps of the Carbonate-Rock and Basin-Fill Aquifers in the Basin and Range Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, White Pine County, Nevada, and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah
J.W. Wilson
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5089
Water-level measurements in 418 wells were used to develop a potentiometric-surface map of the carbonate-rock aquifer and a water-table map of the basin-fill aquifer in the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system (BARCAS) study area. The BARCAS study area encompasses about 13,500 square miles and includes most of White Pine...
Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in the vicinity of the Race, eastern Long Island Sound
L.J. Poppe, M. L. DiGiacomo-Cohen, E. F. Doran, S. M. Smith, H.F. Stewart, N.A. Forfinski
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1012
Digital terrain models (DTMs) produced from multibeam bathymetric data provide valuable base maps for marine geological interpretations (Todd and others, 1999; Mosher and Thomson, 2002; ten Brink and others, 2004; Poppe and others, 2006a, b, c, d). These maps help define the geological variability of the sea floor (one of...
