Summary of ground-water-quality data in the Anacostia River watershed, Washington, D.C., September-December 2005
Cheryl A. Klohe, Linda M. Debrewer
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1392
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the District Department of the Environment (formerly the District of Columbia, Department of Health, Environmental Health Administration), conducted a ground-water-quality investigation in the Anacostia River watershed within Washington, D.C. Samples were collected and analyzed from 17 ground-water monitoring wells located within the study...
Preliminary Surficial Geology of the Dove Spring Off-Highway Vehicle Open Area, Mojave Desert, California
David M. Miller, Lee Amoroso
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1265
Introduction As part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) monitoring plan to evaluate the environmental impact of off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in California, this report presents results of geologic studies in the Dove Spring OHV Open Area. This study produced baseline data, which when...
The National Map - Orthoimagery Layer
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3008
Many Federal, State, and local agencies use a common set of framework geographic information databases as a tool for economic and community development, land and natural resource management, and health and safety services. Emergency management and homeland security applications rely on this information. Private industry, nongovernmental organizations, and individual citizens...
Surficial Geologic Map of the West Franklin Quadrangle, Vanderburgh and Posey Counties, Indiana, and Henderson County, Kentucky
David W. Moore, Wayne L. Newell, Ronald C. Counts, Gordon S. Fraser, David A. Fishbaugh, Theodore R. Brandt
2007, Scientific Investigations Map 2967
The valley of the Ohio River is filled with alluvium and outwash (unit Qal), which total 33-39 m thick under the land surface in the southeast part of the West Franklin quadrangle in Indiana, and 30.5-35 m thick under Diamond Island in the southwest corner of the quadrangle. The...
Geologic Map and Map Database of Eastern Sonoma and Western Napa Counties, California
R. W. Graymer, E. E. Brabb, D. L. Jones, J. Barnes, R.S. Nicholson, R.E. Stamski
2007, Scientific Investigations Map 2956
Introduction This report contains a new 1:100,000-scale geologic map, derived from a set of geologic map databases (Arc-Info coverages) containing information at 1:62,500-scale resolution, and a new description of the geologic map units and structural relations in the map area. Prepared as part of the San Francisco Bay Region Mapping Project,...
Detailed Sections from Auger Holes in the Roanoke Rapids 1:100,000 Map Sheet, North Carolina
Robert E. Weems, William C. Lewis
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1092
Introduction The Roanoke Rapids 1:100,000 map sheet straddles the Coastal Plain / Piedmont boundary in northernmost North Carolina (Figure 1). Sediments of the Coastal Plain underlie the eastern three-fourths of this area, and patchy outliers of Coastal Plain units cap many of the higher hills in the western one-fourth of the...
Terrestrial LIDAR investigation of the December 2003 and January 2007 activations of the Northridge Bluff landslide, Daly City, California
Brian D. Collins, Robert Kayen, Thomas Reiss, Nicholas Sitar
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1079
On December 20, 2003 and again on January 1, 2007, landslides occurred along the coastal bluff that forms the west boundary of Daly City, California sending debris as far as 290 meters downhill and 90 meters into the ocean. This area is known for large landslide events where 150-meter tall...
Biomarker Benchmarks: Reproductive and Endocrine Biomarkers in Largemouth Bass and Common Carp from United States Waters
Steven L. Goodbred, Stephen B. Smith, Patricia S. Greene, Richard H. Rauschenberger, Timothy M. Bartish
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3026
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed a national database and report on endocrine and reproductive condition in two species of fish collected in U.S. streams and rivers. This information provides scientists with a national basis for comparing results of endocrine measurements in fish from individual sites throughout the country,...
Enhanced Historical Land-Use and Land-Cover Data Sets of the U.S. Geological Survey
Curtis V. Price, Naomi Nakagaki, Kerie J. Hitt, Rick M. Clawges
2007, Data Series 240
Historical land-use and land-cover data, available from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the conterminous United States and Hawaii, have been enhanced for use in geographic information systems (GIS) applications. The original digital data sets were created by the USGS in the late 1970s and early 1980s and were later...
Reproductive and Endocrine Biomarkers in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) from United States Waters
Steven L. Goodbred, Stephen B. Smith, Patricia S. Greene, Richard H. Rauschenberger, Timothy M. Bartish
2007, Data Series 227
A nationwide reconnaissance investigation was initiated in 1994 to develop and evaluate a suite of reproductive and endocrine biomarkers for their potential to assess reproductive health and status in teleost (bony) fish. Fish collections were made at 119 sites, representing many regions of the country and land- and water-use settings....
Geologic Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Black Warrior Basin Province, Alabama and Mississippi
Joseph R. Hatch, Mark J. Pawlewicz
2007, Data Series 69-I
Introduction The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geologically based hypotheses regarding the potential for additions to oil and gas reserves in priority areas of the United States. The USGS recently completed an assessment of undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Cambrian-Ordovician carbonate rocks, the...
Availability of Ground-Water Data for Idaho, Water Year 2006
A.M. Campbell
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3031
Introduction The Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local water agencies, collects a large amount of data each year pertaining to the ground-water resources of Idaho. These data constitute a valuable database for developing an improved understanding of the water resources of the...
Geological assessment of cores from the Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, New Hampshire
Nora K. Foley, Robert A. Ayuso, Joseph D. Ayotte, Denise L. Montgomery, Gilpin R. Robinson Jr.
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5203
Geological sources of metals (especially arsenic and zinc) in aquifer bedrock were evaluated for their potential to contribute elevated values of metals to ground and surface waters in and around Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Ayotte and others (1999, 2003) had proposed that arsenic concentrations in ground water flowing through bedrock...
Assessment of artificial recharge at Sand Hollow Reservoir, Washington County, Utah, updated to conditions through 2006
Victor M. Heilweil, David D. Susong
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5023
Sand Hollow, Utah, is the site of a surface-water reservoir completed in March 2002 and operated by the Washington County Water Conservancy District (WCWCD) primarily as an aquifer storage and recovery project. The reservoir is an off-channel facility that receives water from the Virgin River, diverted near the town of...
Data collected to support monitoring of constructed emergent sandbar habitat on the Missouri River downstream from Gavins Point Dam, South Dakota and Nebraska, 2004-06
Ryan F. Thompson, Michaela R. Johnson, Michael J. Andersen
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1056
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has constructed emergent sandbar habitat on sections of the Missouri River bordering South Dakota and Nebraska downstream from Gavins Point Dam to create and enhance habitat for threatened and endangered bird species. Two areas near river miles 761.3 and 769.8 were selected for construction...
Vertical gradients in water chemistry and age in the Northern High Plains Aquifer, Nebraska, 2003
P.B. McMahon, J.K. Böhlke, C. P. Carney
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5294
The northern High Plains aquifer is the primary source of water used for domestic, industrial, and irrigation purposes in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Despite the aquifer’s importance to the regional economy, fundamental ground-water characteristics, such as vertical gradients in water chemistry and age, remain poorly...
U.S. Geological Survey Ground-Water Climate Response Network
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3003
The U.S. Geological Survey serves the Nation by providing reliable hydrologic information used by others to manage the Nation's water resources. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measures more than 20,000 wells each year for a variety of objectives as part of Federal programs and in cooperation with State and local agencies....
Geologic framework studies of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay, 1999-2003: Geospatial data release
W. E. Baldwin, J. F. Denny, W. C. Schwab, P. T. Gayes, R. Morton, N. W. Driscoll
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1346
The northern South Carolina coast is a heavily developed region that supports a thriving tourism industry, large local populations and extensive infrastructure (Figure 1). The economic stability of the region is closely tied to the health of its beaches: primarily in providing support for local tourism and protection from storm...
A GIS library of multibeam data for Massachusetts Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, offshore of Boston, Massachusetts
Bradford Butman, Page C. Valentine, Tammie J. Middleton, William W. Danforth
2007, Data Series 99
Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has mapped the sea floor of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and western Massachusetts Bay, offshore of Boston, Massachusetts (figure 1a, figure 1b). The mapping was carried out using a Simrad Subsea EM1000 Multibeam Echo Sounder (95 kHz) on the Frederick G. Creed on...
Assessment of Areal Recharge to the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, Spokane County, Washington, and Bonner and Kootenai Counties, Idaho
James R. Bartolino
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5038
A numerical flow model of the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer currently (2007) being developed requires the input of values for areally-distributed recharge, a parameter that is often the most uncertain component of water budgets and ground-water flow models because it is virtually impossible to measure over large areas. Data from...
Water-balance model of a wetland on the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota
Kevin C. Vining
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5034
A numerical water-balance model was developed to simulate the responses of a wetland on the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, to historical and possible extreme hydrological inputs and to changes in hydrological inputs that might occur if a proposed refinery is built on the reservation. Results from model simulations indicated...
Cenozoic environmental changes along the East Antarctic continental margin inferred from regional seismic stratigraphy
G.L. Leitchenkov, Y.B. Guseva, V.V. Gandyukhin
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1047-SRP-005
We interpret ~40,000 km of multichannelseismic reflection lines collected by the Russian Antarctic Expedition along the East Antarctic continental margin between 32° E and 115° E, and present a revised seismic stratigraphic model for depositional paleoenvironments of the region. Variations in acoustic facies characteristics observed across major seismic horizons are correlated...
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use Along the Lower Colorado and Tributaries, 2006 Annual Report
Matthew J. Johnson, Jennifer A. Holmes, Christopher Calvo, Ivan Samuels, Stefani Krantz, Mark K. Sogge
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1097
Executive Summary This 2006 annual report details the first season of a 2-year study documenting western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) distribution, abundance, and habitat use throughout the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Plan boundary area. We conducted cuckoo surveys at 55 sites within 17 areas, between 11 June and 13...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona— 2005-06
Margot Truini, J. P. Macy
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1041
The N aquifer is the major source of water 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 and the needs of a growing population. Precipitation in the Black...
Hydrogeology, Ground-Water-Age Dating, Water Quality, and Vulnerability of Ground Water to Contamination in a Part of the Whitewater Valley Aquifer System near Richmond, Indiana, 2002-2003
Paul M. Buszka, Lee R. Watson, Theodore K. Greeman
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5281
Assessments of the vulnerability to contamination of ground-water sources used by public-water systems, as mandated by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, commonly have involved qualitative evaluations based on existing information on the geologic and hydrologic setting. The U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program has identified...
