Water-Level Changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2005 and 2003 to 2005
V. L. McGuire
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5324
The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.4 million acres (174,000 square miles) in parts of eight States-Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Water-level declines began in parts of the High Plains aquifer soon after the beginning of extensive ground-water irrigation. This report presents water-level changes in...
Peak stages from backwater conditions at streamflow-gaging stations in and near South Dakota through water year 2001
Ryan F. Thompson
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1395
Stream stages associated with the annual peak discharge are presented for 182 streamflow-gaging stations in and near South Dakota. The peak stage at a station can occur as the result of the annual maximum discharge, but also as the result of backwater conditions. Backwater, often caused by ice, can produce...
Compositional Data for Bengal Delta Sediment Collected from a Borehole at Rajoir, Bangladesh
George N. Breit, James C. Yount, Nehal Uddin, Ad. Atual Muneem, Heather Lowers, Cyrus J. Berry, John W. Whitney
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1022
Processes active within sediment of the Bengal basin have attracted world concern because of the locally high content of arsenic dissolved in ground water drawn from that sediment. Sediment samples were collected from a borehole in the town of Rajoir, Rajoir upazila, Madaripur district, Bangladesh, to investigate the processes contributing...
Archive of digital chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruise 05SCC01 offshore of Port Fourchon and Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, August 2005
Arnell S. Harrison, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Dana S. Wiese, Karynna Calderon
2007, Data Series 242
In August of 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted geophysical surveys offshore of Port Fourchon and Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, and in nearby waterbodies. This report serves as an archive of unprocessed digital chirp seismic reflection data, trackline maps, navigation files, GIS information, Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs, observer's logbook,...
Guidelines for preparation of State water-use estimates for 2005
Susan S. Hutson
2007, Techniques and Methods 4-E1
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated the use of water in the United States at 5-year intervals since 1950. This report describes the water-use categories and data elements required for the 2005 national water-use compilation conducted as part of the USGS National Water Use Information Program. The report identifies...
Landsat ETM+ False-Color Image Mosaics of Afghanistan
Philip A. Davis
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1029
In 2005, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency contracted with the U.S. Geological Survey to perform assessments of the natural resources within Afghanistan. The assessments concentrate on the resources that are related to the economic development of that country. Therefore, assessments were initiated...
A Deep Percolation Model for Estimating Ground-Water Recharge: Documentation of Modules for the Modular Modeling System of the U.S. Geological Survey
J. J. Vaccaro
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5318
A daily water-budget model for estimating ground-water recharge, the Deep Percolation Model, was modularized for inclusion into the U.S. Geological Survey's Modular Modeling System. The model was modularized in order to facilitate estimation of ground-water recharge under a large range in climatic, landscape, and land-use and land-cover conditions. The model...
Circulation and physical processes within the San Gabriel River Estuary during summer 2005
Kurt J. Rosenberger, Jingping Xu, Eric D. Stein, Marlene A. Noble, Anne L. Gartner
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1011
The Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) is developing a hydrodynamic model of the SGR estuary, which is part of the comprehensive water-quality model of the SGR estuary and watershed investigated by SCCWRP and other local agencies. The hydrodynamic model will help understanding of 1) the exchange processes between...
Status review of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Alaska and British Columbia
John F. Piatt, K.J. Kuletz, A.E. Burger, Scott A. Hatch, Vicki L. Friesen, T.P. Birt, Mayumi L. Arimitsu, G.S. Drew, A.M.A. Harding, K.S. Bixler
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1387
The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a small, diving seabird inhabiting inshore waters of the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. This species feeds on small, schooling fishes and zooplankton, and nests primarily on the moss-covered branches of large, old-growth conifers, and also, in some parts of its range, on the ground. We...
The National Streamflow Statistics Program: A Computer Program for Estimating Streamflow Statistics for Ungaged Sites
Kernell G. Ries III, J. B. With sections by Atkins, P.R. Hummel, Matthew J. Gray, R. Dusenbury, M.E. Jennings, W.H. Kirby, H. C. Riggs, V.B. Sauer, W.O. Thomas Jr.
2007, Techniques and Methods 4-A6
The National Streamflow Statistics (NSS) Program is a computer program that should be useful to engineers, hydrologists, and others for planning, management, and design applications. NSS compiles all current U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) regional regression equations for estimating streamflow statistics at ungaged sites in an easy-to-use interface that operates on...
Reconnaissance of arsenic concentrations in ground water from bedrock and unconsolidated aquifers in eight northern-tier counties of Pennsylvania
Dennis J. Low, Daniel G. Galeone
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1376
Samples of ground water for analysis of total-arsenic concentrations were collected in eight counties--Potter, Tioga, Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike, Sullivan, and Wyoming--and from eight bedrock formations (bedrock aquifers) and overlying glacial aquifers in the north-central and northeastern parts of Pennsylvania in July 2005 and from March through June 2006. The...
Extensive debris flow deposits on the eastern Wilkes Land margin: a key to changing glacial regimes
C. Escutia, F. Donda, F.J. Lobo, M. Tanahashi
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1047-SRP-026
Glacial sequences deposited on the base-of-slope and upper continental rise off the eastern Wilkes Land margin show that depositional systems vary with time. During the early Oligocene to middle-late Miocene times glacial sequences are dominated by extensive glacigenic debris flow deposits (GDFs) that have lens or wedge shaped external geometries and internal chaotic...
Model calibration and issues related to validation, sensitivity analysis, post-audit, uncertainty evaluation and assessment of prediction data needs
Claire R. Tiedeman, Mary C. Hill
2007, Book chapter, Groundwater: Resource Evaluation, Augmentation, Contamination, Restoration, Modeling and Management
When simulating natural and engineered groundwater flow and transport systems, one objective is to produce a model that accurately represents important aspects of the true system. However, using direct measurements of system characteristics, such as hydraulic conductivity, to construct a model often produces simulated values that poorly match observations of...
Ground-Water Quality of the Northern High Plains Aquifer, 1997, 2002-04
Jennifer S. Stanton, Sharon L. Qi
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5138
An assessment of ground-water quality in the northern High Plains aquifer was completed during 1997 and 2002-04. Ground-water samples were collected at 192 low-capacity, primarily domestic wells in four major hydrogeologic units of the northern High Plains aquifer-Ogallala Formation, Eastern Nebraska, Sand Hills, and Platte River Valley. Each well was...
Investigating the Environmental Effects of Agriculture Practices on Natural Resources: Scientific Contributions of the U.S. Geological Survey to Enhance the Management of Agricultural Landscapes
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3001
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) enhances and protects the quality of life in the United States by advancing scientific knowledge to facilitate effective management of hydrologic, biologic, and geologic resources. Results of selected USGS research and monitoring projects in agricultural landscapes are presented in this Fact Sheet. Significant environmental and...
Growth rates of young-of-year shovelnose sturgeon in the Upper Missouri River
P. J. Braaten, D.B. Fuller
2007, Journal of Applied Ichthyology (23) 506-515
Information on growth during the larval and young-of-year life stages in natural river environments is generally lacking for most sturgeon species. In this study, methods for estimating ages and quantifying growth were developed for field-sampled larval and young-of-year shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus in the upper Missouri River. First, growth was assessed by...
Regional Water-Resources Studies in Nevada
Eva M. Bauer, Shannon C. Watermolen
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3006
Introduction: Water-resources information for the State of Nevada should be readily accessible to community planners and the general public in a user-friendly web environment and should be actively managed and maintained with accurate historic and current hydrologic data. The USGS, in cooperation with State of Nevada and local government agencies,...
Geostatistical Modeling of Sediment Abundance in a Heterogeneous Basalt Aquifer at the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho
John A. Welhan, Renee L. Farabaugh, Melissa J. Merrick, Steven R. Anderson
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5316
The spatial distribution of sediment in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer was evaluated and modeled to improve the parameterization of hydraulic conductivity (K) for a subregional-scale ground-water flow model being developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. The aquifer is hosted within a layered series of permeable basalts within which...
U.S. Geological Survey Georgia Water Science Center and City of Brunswick–Glynn County Cooperative Water Program— Summary of activities, July 2005 through June 2006
Gregory S. Cherry
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1368
Since 1959, the U.S. Geological Survey has conducted a cooperative water resources program (CWP) with the City of Brunswick and Glynn County in the Brunswick, Georgia, area. Since the late 1950s, the salinity of ground water in the Upper Floridan aquifer near downtown Brunswick, Georgia, has been increasing, and its...
First Record of Corisella inscripta (Uhler) (Heteroptera: Corixidae) from North Dakota
Bruce A. Hanson, David M. Mushet, Ned Euliss, Stephen W. Chordas III
2007, Prairie Naturalist (39) 107-110
Corisella inscripta is a water boatman species that was reported in H. B. Hungerford's (1948) seminal monograph as occurring throughout Mexico and nine western states of the United States. Subsequently, additional records of C. inscripta have been reported for British Columbia in Canada (Maw et al. 2000) and for Montana (Roemhild 1976), Arkansas...
Type region of the Ione Formation (Eocene), central California: Stratigraphy, paleogeography, and relation to auriferous gravels
Scott Creely, Eric R. Force
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1378
The middle Eocene Ione Formation extends over 200 miles (320 km) along the western edge of the Sierra Nevada. Our study was concentrated in the type region, 30 miles (48 km) along strike. There a bedrock ridge forms the seaward western side of the Ione depositional tract, defining a subbasin...
Holocene oceanographic and climatic variability of the Vega Drift deduced through foraminiferal interpretation
Phillip Szymcek, Scott E. Ishman, Eugene W. Domack, Amy Leventer
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1047-SRP-010
A sediment sequence recovered from the Vega Drift, Antarctica was analyzed for benthic foraminifera to determine Holocene oceanographic and climatic variability of the northern Antarctic Peninsula margin. Core NBP0003-JPC38, collected during cruise 00-03 of the R.V. Nathaniel B. Palmer recovered 20.53 meters of Holocene glacio-marine sediments. Samples were collected every...
Geologic Characterization of Young Alluvial Basin-Fill Deposits from Drill Hole Data in Yucca Flat, Nye County, Nevada
Donald S. Sweetkind, Ronald M. Drake II
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1390
Yucca Flat is a topographic and structural basin in the northeastern part of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in Nye County, Nevada, that has been the site of numerous underground nuclear tests; many of these tests occurred within the young alluvial basin-fill deposits. The migration of radionuclides to the Paleozoic...
Harmful algal blooms
Jennifer L. Graham
2007, Fact Sheet 2006-3147
What are Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)? Freshwater and marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) can occur anytime water use is impaired due to excessive accumulations of algae. HAB occurrence is affected by a complex set of physical, chemical, biological, hydrological, and meteorological conditions making it difficult to isolate specific causative environmental factors....
Protecting Your Family From Earthquakes-The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety (in Spanish and English)
American Red Cross, Asian Pacific Fund, California Earthquake Authority, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, New America Media, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, General Information Product 41
This book is provided here to share an important message on emergency preparedness. Historically, we have suffered earthquakes here in the San Francisco Bay Area that have caused severe hardship for residents and incredible damage to our cities. It is likely we will experience a severe earthquake within the next...
