Assessment of selected water-quality data collected in the lower Red River (main stem) basin, Texas, 1997-98
Stanley Baldys, Danna K. Hamilton
2003, Fact Sheet 106-03
The Texas part of the Red River Basin has been divided into five reaches or subbasins (fig. 1) to facilitate improved planning, monitoring, geographical analysis, and dissemination of information. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Red River Authority of Texas, is studying the five subbasins, each for...
Freshwater-use trends in Maryland, 1985-2000
Judith C. Wheeler
2003, Fact Sheet 112-03
Nutrients in the upper Mississippi River : scientific information to support management decisions
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 105-03
Studies of processes provide information for improved understanding of nutrient sources, cycling, and transport. This information can be used to improve model development and aid in management decisions for the protection of water quality and habitat....
Hazards, Disasters, and The National Map
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 027-03
Governments depend on base geographic information that describes the Earth's surface and locates features. They use this information for economic and community development, land and natural resource management, delivery of health services, and ensuring public safety. It is also the foundation for studying and solving geographically based problems. Geographic information...
U.S. Geological Survey World Wide Web Information
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 055-03
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) invites you to explore an earth science virtual library of digital information, publications, and data. The USGS World Wide Web sites offer an array of information that reflects scientific research and monitoring programs conducted in the areas of natural hazards, environmental resources, and cartography. This...
Selected applications of hydrologic science and research in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., 2001-2003
Lisa D. Olsen
2003, Fact Sheet 126-03
One of the roles of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to provide reliable water data and unbiased water science needed to describe and understand the Nation?s water resources. This fact sheet describes selected techniques that were used by the USGS to collect, transmit, evaluate, or interpret data, in support...
Granger Drain subbasin selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 082-03
Ground-water depletion across the nation
J. R. Bartolino, W. L. Cunningham
2003, Fact Sheet 103-03
The Norman Landfill environmental research site: What happens to the waste in landfills?
Scott C. Christenson, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli
2003, Fact Sheet 040-03
No abstract available....
Morgan Creek Watershed selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 080-03
Evaluation of OTT PLUVIO Precipitation Gage versus Belfort Universal Precipitation Gage 5-780 -- supplemental data, January 15 through July 16, 2002
Mary L. Tumbusch
2003, Fact Sheet 077-03
Sugar Creek Watershed selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 084-03
Landsat: A Global Land-Observing Program
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 023-03
Landsat represents the world's longest continuously acquired collection of space-based land remote sensing data. The Landsat Project is a joint initiative of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) designed to gather Earth resource data from space. NASA developed and launched the spacecrafts, while...
Diurnal variation in trace-metal concentrations in streams
David A. Nimick
2003, Fact Sheet 086-03
No abstract available....
The Flood of June 2003 in Southwest Central Florida
Richard L. Kane
2003, Fact Sheet 113-03
A series of severe thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall and flooding to southwest-central Florida during June 21-24, 2003. The storms and resultant precipitation were caused by a late-season stationary cool front (Canadian high pressure ridge) that combined with tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to produce above-normal rainfall over already...
USGS National Assessment of Oil and Gas Online (NOGA Online)
L. H. Biewick
2003, Fact Sheet 098-03
The Central Energy Resources Team (CERT) of the U.S. Geological Survey is providing results of the USGS National Assessment of Oil and Gas online (NOGA Online). In addition to providing resource estimates and geologic reports, NOGA Online includes an internet map application that allows interactive viewing and analysis of assessment...
Ecological indicators of water quality in the Spokane River, Idaho and Washington, 1998 and 1999
Dorene E. MacCoy, Terry R. Maret
2003, Fact Sheet 067-03
A water-quality investigation of the Spokane River was completed during summer low-flow conditions in 1998 and 1999 as part of the USGS NAWQA Program, in cooperation with the WDOE. (Abbreviations used in this report are defined on the last page.) Samples for analyses of water chemistry; bed sediment; aquatic communities...
A chronicle of organochlorine contamination in Clear Creek, Galveston and Harris Counties, Texas, 1960-2002, as recorded in sediment cores
Barbara Mahler, Peter Van Metre
2003, Fact Sheet 088-03
Clear Creek flows through the Texas Coastal Plain from its headwaters southeast of Houston, Texas, to Clear Lake, which empties into Galveston Bay. Segments of Clear Creek were on the State of Texas 303(d) list for 1998, 1999, and 2000 as a result of a fish consumption advisory issued by...
Effects of Urban Development on Floods
Christopher P. Konrad
2003, Fact Sheet 076-03
Lower Merced River and Mustang Creek watersheds selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 081-03
New cation-exchange method for field speciation of hexavalent chromium
James W. Ball
2003, Fact Sheet 006-03
No abstract available....
Maple Creek Watershed selected for a national water-quality study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 083-03
LakeVOC; A Computer Model to Estimate the Concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds in Lakes and Reservoirs
David A. Bender, William E. Asher, John S. Zogorski
2003, Fact Sheet 104-03
Occurrence of pesticides in ground water of the North Platte Natural Resources District, Nebraska, 2002
Gregory V. Steele, James C. Cannia
2003, Fact Sheet 114-03
Real-time surface-water monitoring in New Jersey, 2003
Robert D. Schopp, David A. Stedfast, Anthony S. Navoy
2003, Fact Sheet 048-03
A network of 93 gaging stations that provide surface-water stage, flow (discharge), and tide-level data on a “realtime” basis through satellite, radio, and telephone telemetry is operating (May 2003) in New Jersey through a cooperative effort of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other agencies. The stream data from these...
