Digital aeromagnetic data and derivative products from a helicopter survey over the town of Blanca and surrounding areas, Alamosa and Costilla Counties, Colorado
Viki Bankey, V. J. S. Grauch, Fugro Airborne Surveys Corporation
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1229-B
This CD-ROM contains digital data, image files, and text files describing data formats and survey procedures for aeromagnetic data collected during a helicopter geophysical survey in southern Colorado during October 2003. The survey covers the town of Blanca and surrounding communities in Alamosa and Costilla Counties. Several derivative products from...
Simulation of runoff and wetland storage in the Hamden and Lonetree watershed sites within the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota and Minnesota
Kevin C. Vining
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5168
Re-establishment of wetlands has been promoted by various groups to control future floods in the Red River of the North Basin in North Dakota and Minnesota. Therefore, a study was conducted to simulate runoff and wetland storage in the Hamden and Lonetree watershed sites in the Red River of the...
Whole rock geochemical data For paleozoic sedimentary rocks of the western Brooks Range, Alaska
John F. Slack, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Julie A. Dumoulin
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1371
Conceptual model and numerical simulation of the ground-water-flow system in the unconsolidated deposits of the Colville River Watershed, Stevens County, Washington
D. Matthew Ely, Sue C. Kahle
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5237
Increased use of ground- and surface-water supplies in watersheds of Washington State in recent years has created concern that insufficient instream flows remain for fish and other uses. Issuance of new ground-water rights in the Colville River Watershed was halted by the Washington Department of Ecology due to possible hydraulic...
Virus fate and transport during recharge using recycled water at a research field site in the Montebello Forebay, Los Angeles County, California, 1997-2000
Robert Anders, William A. Yanko, Roy A. Schroeder, James L. Jackson
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5161
Total and fecal coliform bacteria distributions in subsurface water samples collected at a research field site in Los Angeles County were found to increase from nondetectable levels immediately before artificial recharge using tertiary-treated municipal wastewater (recycled water). This rapid increase indicates that bacteria can move through the soil with the...
Evaluation of U.S. Geological Survey Monitoring-well network and potential effects of changes in water use, Newlands Project, Churchill County, Nevada
Douglas K. Maurer, Ralph L. Seiler, Sharon A. Watkins
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5246
Domestic wells tapping shallow ground water are an important source of potable water for rural residents of Lahontan Valley. For this reason, the public has expressed concern over the acquisition of water rights directed by Public Law 101-618. The acquisition has resulted in removal of land from irrigation, which could...
Occurrence and distribution of trace elements in snow, streams, and streambed sediments, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska, 2002-2003
Timothy P. Brabets
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5229
Cape Krusenstern National Monument is located in Northwest Alaska. In 1985, an exchange of lands and interests in lands between the Northwest Alaska Native Association and the United States resulted in a 100-year transportation system easement for 19,747 acres in the monument. A road was then constructed along the easement...
Water quality of Nippersink Creek and Wonder Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, 1994-2001
David H. Dupre, Dale M. Robertson
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5085
Wonder Lake, McHenry County, Illinois was formed when an earthen dam was constructed across Nippersink Creek in 1929. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation District, operated two streamflow and water-quality monitoring sites (upstream and downstream of Wonder Lake) from July 1994...
Age and source of water in springs associated with the Jacksonville Thrust Fault Complex, Calhoun County, Alabama
James L. Robinson
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5145
Water from wells and springs accounts for more than 90 percent of the public water supply in Calhoun County, Alabama. Springs associated with the Jacksonville Thrust Fault Complex are used for public water supply for the cities of Anniston and Jacksonville. The largest ground-water supply is Coldwater Spring, the primary...
Hydrogeologic characterization of the Modesto Area, San Joaquin Valley, California
Karen R. Burow, Jennifer L. Shelton, Joseph Hevesi, Gary S. Weissmann
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5232
Hydrogeologic characterization was done to develop an understanding of the hydrogeologic setting near Modesto by maximizing the use of existing data and building on previous work in the region. A substantial amount of new lithologic and hydrologic data are available that allow a more complete and updated characterization of the...
One-dimensional wave bottom boundary layer model comparison: Specific eddy viscosity and turbulence closure models
Jack A. Puleo, O. Mouraenko, Daniel M. Hanes
2004, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (130) 322-325
Six one-dimensional-vertical wave bottom boundary layer models are analyzed based on different methods for estimating the turbulent eddy viscosity: Laminar, linear, parabolic, k—one equation turbulence closure, k−ε—two equation turbulence closure, and k−ω—two equation turbulence closure. Resultant velocity profiles, bed shear stresses, and turbulent kinetic energy are compared to laboratory data...
Interpretation of the Miyakejima 2000 eruption and dike emplacement using time animations of earthquakes
Thomas L. Wright, Shin’ichi Sakai
2004, Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute (79) 1-16
The seismic sequence of over 12,000 earthquakes accompanying the 2000 eruption of Miyakejima volcano has been studied by viewing time animations of the earthquakes beneath transparent topography. Seismic activity began on the evening of June 26 extending southwest from Miyakejima’s summit. A few...
Natural bitumen and extra-heavy oil
R. F. Meyer, Emil D. Attanasi
2004, Conference Paper
Crude oil is found in sedimentary rocks throughout the world, except, thus far, in Antarctica. In many places the oil has been degraded, so that it is represented by viscous black oil that is difficult to recover, transport, and refine. Depending upon the degree of degradation the result is extra-heavy...
NADM Conceptual Model 1.0 -- A Conceptual Model for Geologic Map Information
North American Geologic Map Data Model (NADM) Steering Committee Data Model Design Team
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1334
Executive Summary -- The NADM Data Model Design Team was established in 1999 by the North American Geologic Map Data Model Steering Committee (NADMSC) with the purpose of drafting a geologic map data model for consideration as a standard for developing interoperable geologic map-centered databases by state, provincial, and federal...
VPV--The velocity profile viewer user manual
John M. Donovan
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1255
The Velocity Profile Viewer (VPV) is a tool for visualizing time series of velocity profiles developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS uses VPV to preview and present measured velocity data from acoustic Doppler current profilers and simulated velocity data from three-dimensional estuarine, river, and lake hydrodynamic models....
Principal facts for gravity data collected in Wisconsin: A web site and CD-ROM for distribution of data
Stephen L. Snyder, Daniel W. Geister, David L. Daniels, C. Patrick Ervin
2004, Open-File Report 2003-157
Principal facts for 40,488 gravity stations covering the entire state of Wisconsin are presented here in digital form. This is a compilation of previously published data collected between 1948 and 1992 from numerous sources, along with over 10,000 new gravity stations collected by the USGS since 1999. Also included are...
Use of submersible pressure transducers in water-resources investigations
Lawrence A. Freeman, Michael C. Carpenter, Donald O. Rosenberry, Joseph P. Rousseau, Randy Unger, John S. McLean
2004, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 08-A3
Submersible pressure transducers, developed in the early 1960s, have made the collection of water-level and pressure data much more convenient than former methods. Submersible pressure transducers, when combined with electronic data recorders have made it possible to collect continuous or nearly continuous water-level or pressure data from wells, piezometers, soil-moisture...
Development of a geodatabase and conceptual model of the hydrogeologic units beneath air force plant 4 and Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field, Fort Worth, Texas
Sachin D. Shah
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5062
Air Force Plant 4 and adjacent Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field at Fort Worth, Texas, constitute a government-owned, contractor-operated facility that has been in operation since 1942. Contaminants from AFP4, primarily volatile organic compounds and metals, have entered the ground-water-flow system through leakage from waste-disposal sites and from...
Organochlorine pesticides in the Johnson Creek Basin, Oregon, 1988-2002
Dwight Q. Tanner, Karl K. Lee
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5061
Organochlorine pesticides were detected in unfiltered samples from Johnson Creek that were collected during a storm in March, 2002. Total DDT (the sum of DDT and its metabolites), as well as dieldrin, potentially exceeded Oregon chronic, freshwater criteria at all four Johnson Creek stream-sampling sites. The total DDT criterion was...
Synthesis of rainfall and runoff data used for Texas Department of Transportation Research Projects 0-4193 and 0-4194
William H. Asquith, David B. Thompson, Theodore G. Cleveland, Xing Fang
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1035
In the early 2000s, the Texas Department of Transportation funded several research projects to examine the unit hydrograph and rainfall hyetograph techniques for hydrologic design in Texas for the estimation of design flows for stormwater drainage systems. A research consortium comprised of Lamar University, Texas Tech University, the University of...
Sediment characteristics and configuration within the Otsego City Dam impoundment on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan, 2001-02
S. J. Rheaume, D. L. Hubbell, C. M. Rachol, A. Simard, L. M. Fuller
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4218
The removal of the Otsego City Dam on the Kalamazoo River at Otsego, Mich., is under consideration by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the city of Otsego. The historical discharge of papermill waste containing polychlorinated biphenyls from sources upstream from the dam has led the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Flow velocity, water temperature, and conductivity in Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida: June 2002–July 2003
Ami L. Riscassi, Raymond W. Schaffranek
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1233
The data described in this report were collected in the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Priority Ecosystems Science project investigating "Forcing Effects on Flow Structure in Vegetated Wetlands of the Everglades." Data collected at five locations in Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, during the 2002-2003 wet season are documented...
Lead isotopic compositions of common arsenical pesticides used in New England
Robert Ayuso, Nora Foley, Gilpin Robinson Jr., Gregory Wandless, Jeremy Dillingham
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1342
The three most important arsenical pesticides and herbicides that were extensively used on apple, blueberry, and potato crops in New England from mid-1800s to recent times are lead arsenate, calcium arsenate, and sodium arsenate. Lead arsenate was probably the most heavily used of the arsenical pesticides until it was banned...
Quality of ground water for selected municipal water supplies in Iowa, 1997–2002 water years
Gregory R. Littin
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1048
The Iowa ground-water-quality monitoring program has been conducted cooperatively since 1982 by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Geological Survey; the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory; and the U.S. Geological Survey. The original objectives of the program were to provide baseline ground-water-quality data throughout the State for the major...
Rainfall, runoff, and water-quality data for the urban storm-water program in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan area, water year 2002
Todd Kelly, Orlando Romero, Eric Turner
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1347
Urbanization has dramatically increased precipitation runoff to the system of drainage channels and natural stream channels in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan area. Rainfall and runoff data are important for planning and designing future storm-water conveyance channels in newly developing areas. Storm-water quality also is monitored in accordance with the...
