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Maps Showing Ground-Water Conditions in the San Simon Area, Cochise and Graham Counties, Arizona, and in Hidalgo County, New Mexico--1975

This report includes two maps of the same location, one describing water-level contour, well depth in which depth to water was measured, the other describing well from which water sample was collected and irrigated areas. It includes a letter from the district chief of the United States Department of the Interior to users of the geological survey hydrologic data.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Wilson, R. P. & White, Natalie D.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land-Surface Subsidence at Seabrook, Texas (open access)

Land-Surface Subsidence at Seabrook, Texas

Abstract: Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, has caused a decline in fluid pressures, which in turn has resulted in subsidence of the land surface. Subsidence of the land surface at Seabrook is due principally to the removal of water. Significant subsidence of the land surface probably began after 1920, and a minimum of about 3.3 feet (1.0 m) and a maximum of about 4.3 feet (1.3 m) of subsidence had occurred at Seabrook by 1973. Probable future subsidence was calculated by two different methods for each of two different loading situations. In the first loading situation, case I, the artesian heads in the Alta Lorna Sand (Rose, 1943) and Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at the respective rates of 8 feet (2.4 m) per year and 7 feet (2.1 m) per year until 1980 and then cease. In the second loading situation, case II, the artesian heads in the Alta Lorna Sand and Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at rates of 8 and 7 feet (2.4 and 2.1 m) per year until 1990 and then cease.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K. & Bonnet, C. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrologic Relations Between Lakes and Aquifers in a Recharge Area near Orlando, Florida (open access)

Hydrologic Relations Between Lakes and Aquifers in a Recharge Area near Orlando, Florida

Abstract: The three lakes investigated gain water- from adjoining water-table aquifer and lose water to Floridan aquifer by downward leakage. Net seepage (net exchange of water between lake and aquifers) can be estimated by equation S = AX + BY, where S is net seepage, X represents hydraulic gradient between lake and water-table aquifer, A is lumped parameter representing effect of hydaulic conductivity and cross-sectional area of materials in flow section of water-table aquifer, Y is head difference between lake level and potentiometric surface of Floridan aquifer, and B is lumped parameter representing effect of hydraulic conductivity, area, and thickness of materials between lake bottom and Floridan aquifer. If values of S, X, and Y are available for two contrasting water-level conditions, coefficients A and B are determinable by solution of two simultaneous equations. If the relation between lake- and ground-water level is same on all sides of the lake with regard to each aquifer and if X and Y are truly representative of these relations, then X and Y terms of equation provide valid estimates of inflow to lake from water-table aquifer and outflow from lake to Floridan aquifer.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Lichtler, W. F.; Hughes, G. H. & Pfischner, F. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Map Showing Ground-Water Conditions in the Aravaipa Valley Area, Graham and Pinal Counties, Arizona--1975

Map and survey information of the the Aravaipa Valley area in Arizona, including information on well depths, irrigated areas, approximate boundaries, and arbitrary boundaries of ground-water area, as well as general hydrologic data and selected references.
Date: September 1976
Creator: Gould, J. A. & Wilson, R. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrology of Lakes in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area: A Summary of Available Data Stored -- Using a Data-Base Management System (open access)

Hydrology of Lakes in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area: A Summary of Available Data Stored -- Using a Data-Base Management System

Abstract:Data were collected and summarized on the hydrology and hydrogeology of 949 lakes, 10 acres (4 hectares) or larger, in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota. Eight tables totaling over 100 pages present data on location, depth, area, lake level, ecological and game-management classification, inflowing and outflowing streams, soils, bedrock type, water added to or take from lake, and reported lake-related problems. SYSTEM 2000, a generalized computer data-base management system, was used to organize the data and prepare the tables. SYSTEM 2000 provides powerful capabilities for future retrieval and analyses of the data. The data base is available to potential users so that questions not implicitly anticipated in the preparation of the published tables can be answered readily, and the user can retrieve data in tabular or other forms to meet his particular needs.
Date: September 1976
Creator: McBride, Mark S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Waterlogging in an Alluvial Aquifer near Lake Minnequa, Pueblo, Colorado (open access)

Waterlogging in an Alluvial Aquifer near Lake Minnequa, Pueblo, Colorado

Abstract: The Lake Minnequa area, located immediately south of the Arkansas River, is mantled with as much as 46 feet (14 meters) of alluvium covering bedrock of Pierre Shale and Niobrara Formation. Surface water enters the area by the Minnequa Canal and the St. Charles Flood Ditch. The water is stored in Lake Minnequa and other reservoirs. Seepage from St. Charles Reservoirs No. 2 and No. 3 is the major source of water to the alluvial aquifer. The depth of the water table ranges from 0 to 40 feet (0 to 12.2 meters). A 0.5-square-mile (1.3-square-kilometers) area immediately south of Lake Minnequa has a water table less than 6 feet (1.8 meters) below land surface. Lake Minnequa is the principal cause of the shallow water table and resulting waterlogged soil. The bedrock hill east of Lake Minnequa and ground-water flow also contribute to the problem. To eliminate the waterlogging problem, the water table would have to be at least 6 feet (1.8 meters) below land surface. Possible alternatives for eliminating the problem include lowering the water, level in Lake Minnequa, placing a network of dewaterinq wells, or constructing a drainage system in the waterlogged area.
Date: July 1976
Creator: Emmons, Patrick J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Passaic County, New Jersey (open access)

Summary of Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Passaic County, New Jersey

From introduction: This is one of a series of County ground-water reports authorized by the Water Supply Act of 1958 and its companion Water Bond Act. These reports present assembled data and interpretation on the availability, occurrence, movement, and chemical quality of ground water in New Jersey.
Date: June 1976
Creator: Carswell, L. D. & Rooney, J. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
WATEQF: A FORTRAN IV Version of  WATEQ, a Computer Program for Calculating Chemical Equilibrium of Natural Waters (open access)

WATEQF: A FORTRAN IV Version of WATEQ, a Computer Program for Calculating Chemical Equilibrium of Natural Waters

Abstract: WATEQF is a FORTRAN IV computer program that models the thermodynamic speciation of inorganic ions and complex species in solution for a given water analysis. The original version (WATEQ) was written in 1973 by A. H. Truesdell and B. F. Jones in Programming Language/one (PL/1). With but a few exceptions, the thermochemical data, speciation, activity coefficients, and general calculation procedure of WATEQF is identical to the PL/1 version. This report notes the differences between WATEQF and WATEQ, demonstrates how to set up the input data to execute WATEQF, provides a test case for comparison, and makes available a listing of WATEQF.
Date: September 1976
Creator: Plummer, L. Niel; Jones, Blair F. & Truesdell, Alfred H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analog-Model Simulations for Secondary Canal Controls and Forward Pumping Water-Management Schemes in Southeast Florida (open access)

Analog-Model Simulations for Secondary Canal Controls and Forward Pumping Water-Management Schemes in Southeast Florida

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate, through electrical analog model simulation, the effects of two specific water-management proposals in Dade County. Proposal one is the installation of a secondary control on Snake Creek Canal and proposal two is the forward pumping scheme.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Cordes, E. H. & Gardner, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
MIX2: A Computer Program for Modeling Chemical Reactions in Natural Waters (open access)

MIX2: A Computer Program for Modeling Chemical Reactions in Natural Waters

From abstract: This report presents the theory and method of calculation used by MIX2, describes the input to the program, presents results of two test cases, and provides a program listing.
Date: February 1976
Creator: Plummer, L. Niel; Parkhurst, David L. & Kosiur, David R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computer Simulation Model of the Pleistocene Valley-Fill Aquifer in Southwestern Essex and Southeastern Morris Counties, New Jersey (open access)

Computer Simulation Model of the Pleistocene Valley-Fill Aquifer in Southwestern Essex and Southeastern Morris Counties, New Jersey

From purpose and scope: The purpose of the present study by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Division of Water Resources of the New Jersey of Environmental Protection is to make a quantitative hydrologic analysis of the known buried valley-fill aquifer in southwestern Essex and southeastern Morris County Counties in order to provide water-resources planners with the hydrologic bases to plan ground-water development and to allocate available water.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Meisler, Harold
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technique for Estimating Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in Kentucky (open access)

Technique for Estimating Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in Kentucky

Abstract: This report presents flood magnitude and frequency relations applicable to 'unregulated streams in Kentucky. The relations are based on flood data at 117 gaging stations in Kentucky and 14 in adjacent states having 10 or more years of record not significantly affected by man-made changes . Equations that relate flood magnitude and frequency to contributing drainage area in 16 geographic areas may be used to estimate magnitude of future floods with recurrence intervals of as much as 100 years on gaged and ungaged streams having drainage areas of 10 to 4,300 square miles (25 .9, to 11,100 square kilometers) . Estimating equations are also presented in graphical form for the convenience of the user . Additional graphs are presented to estimate flood magnitude for selected recurrence intervals along the Cumberland, Kentucky, and Ohio Rivers .
Date: November 1976
Creator: Hannum, Curtis H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simulation of Streamflow of Flambeau River at Park Falls, Wisconsin to Define Low-Flow Characteristics (open access)

Simulation of Streamflow of Flambeau River at Park Falls, Wisconsin to Define Low-Flow Characteristics

Report and Geographical Survey. Report uses a streamflow-routing model to simulate the daily flow at Park Falls over the next ten years and includes several illustrations and tables.
Date: September 1976
Creator: Krug, William R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Moses Lake Near Texas City, Texas (open access)

Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Moses Lake Near Texas City, Texas

Abstract: Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris and Galveston Counties has caused declines in fluid pressures, which in turn have resulted in subsidence of the land surface. Subsidence of the land surface at Moses Lake is due principally to the removal of ground water in adjacent areas. Significant subsidence of the land surface at Moses Lake began after 1900, and as much as 1.8 feet (0.55 meters) of subsidence had occurred in the area by 1973. Probable future subsidence was calculated by two methods for two loading situations. In the first loading situation, case 1, the artesian head in the middle Chicot aquifer, in the Alta Lorna Sand (Rose, 1943), and in the Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at respective rates of 1, 3, and 3 feet (0.3, 0.9, and 0.9 meters) per year until 1980 and then cease. In the second loading situation, case 2, the artesian head in the middle Chicot aquifer, in the Alta Lorna Sand, and in the Evangeline aquifer would continue to decline at respective rates of 1, 3, and 3 feet (0.3, 0.9, and 0.9 meters) per year until 1990 and then cease.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K. & Bonnet, C. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potentiometric Surface of Floridan Aquifer May 1975, and Change of Potentiometric Surface 1969 to 1975, Soutwest Florida Water Management District and Adjacent Areas (open access)

Potentiometric Surface of Floridan Aquifer May 1975, and Change of Potentiometric Surface 1969 to 1975, Soutwest Florida Water Management District and Adjacent Areas

This is a map of the southwest Florida aquifer.
Date: 1976
Creator: Mills, L. R. & Laughlin, C. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Selected Benthic Communities in the Florida Everglades with Reference to Their Physical and Chemical Environment (open access)

Analysis of Selected Benthic Communities in the Florida Everglades with Reference to Their Physical and Chemical Environment

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this investigation is to document the types of aquatic benthic organisms found within the Everglades and to determine the extent to which the chemical and physical character of surface water and bottom materials affect their distribution and community structure.
Date: April 1976
Creator: Waller, Bradley G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Availability and Chemical Characteristics of Ground Water in Central La Plata County, Colorado (open access)

Availability and Chemical Characteristics of Ground Water in Central La Plata County, Colorado

From introduction: This report presents the results of an investigation of the ground-water resources of the central part of La Plata County, Colorado. The purpose of the investigation is to describe the geologic units and the availability and quality of ground water in the central part of the county.
Date: 1976
Creator: Brogden, Robert E. & Giles, T. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Crystal River and Cattle Creek Drainage Basins near Glenwood Springs, West-Central Colorado (open access)

Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Crystal River and Cattle Creek Drainage Basins near Glenwood Springs, West-Central Colorado

From introduction: This report presents the results of an investigation of the ground-water resources of the Crystal River and Cattle Creek drainage basins...The purpose of the investigation was to describe the geologic units, the aquifers and their characteristics, and the availability and chemical quality of ground water in the study area.
Date: 1976
Creator: Brogden, Robert E. & Giles, T. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Graphic and Analytical Methods for Assessment of Steam-Water Quality -- Mississippi River in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area, Minnesota (open access)

Graphic and Analytical Methods for Assessment of Steam-Water Quality -- Mississippi River in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area, Minnesota

From Purpose and Objectives: This study was made primarily to provide a means to depict and forecast stream quality based on known causative or apparent correlative factors.
Date: July 1976
Creator: Larson, Steven P.; Mann, William B., IV; Steele, Timothy Doak & Susag, Russell H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preimpoundment Water Quality of Raystown Branch Juniata River and Six Tributary Streams, South-Central Pennsylvania (open access)

Preimpoundment Water Quality of Raystown Branch Juniata River and Six Tributary Streams, South-Central Pennsylvania

Abstract: The Raystown Branch Juniata River watershed, which is the main water source for Raystown Lake, is a 960-square-mile (2,490 square kilometers) drainage basin in south-central Pennsylvania. Preimpoundment water-quality data were collected on the Raystown Branch and six tributary streams in the basin. Specific conductance values varied inversely with water discharge. The pH values were extremely low only at the Shoup Run site. Dissolved oxygen concentrations observed at all sites indicated a relatively high oxygen saturation level throughout the year. Seasonal variations in nitrate-N and orthophosphate-P levels were measured at the main inflow station at Saxton, Pa. The highest concentrations of nitrate-N and orthophosphate-P occurred in the winter and spring months and the lowest concentrations were measured during the summer and fall. Bacteriological data indicated no excessive amounts of fecal matter present at the in-flows. Soil samples collected at four sites in the impoundment area were predominantly of the Barbour, Philo, and Basher series, which are considered to be highly fertile soils with silt-loam and sandy-loam textures. Morphological features of the lake basin and lo~ nutrient levels at the ·inflows should prevent excessive weed growth around the lake perimeter.
Date: June 1976
Creator: Williams, Donald R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Backflushing Filters for Field Processing of Water Samples Prior to Trace-Element Analysis (open access)

Backflushing Filters for Field Processing of Water Samples Prior to Trace-Element Analysis

This report includes several photographs and illustrations, as well as text, to describe a portable unit for filtering water samples. It "is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with Geological Survey standards and nomenclature."
Date: November 1976
Creator: Kennedy, V. C.; Jenne, E. A. & Burchard, J. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Camden County, New Jersey (open access)

Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Camden County, New Jersey

From introduction: The purpose of this investigation is to collect and interpret the basic hydrologic and geologic data and to appraise and report on the ground-water resources of Camden County. The objectives were to define the thickness and areal extent of the hydrologic units, evaluate the hydraulic characteristics of the aquifers, determine the effect of pumpage on the water levels of the area, define the source of recharge of the aquifers, and to evaluate the chemical quality of the ground water.
Date: June 1976
Creator: Farlekas, George M.; Nemickas, Bronius & Gill, Harold E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Some Current and Possible Future Environmental Problems Related to Geology and Hydrology at Memphis, Tennessee (open access)

Summary of Some Current and Possible Future Environmental Problems Related to Geology and Hydrology at Memphis, Tennessee

From introduction: This report summarizes information concerning many aspects of the geology and hydrology at Memphis, Tennessee. It also outlines some of the current problems related to the local geology and hydrology or ones that may arise as a result of urbanization and industrialization of the area.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Parks, William S. & Lounsbury, Richard W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Availability of Ground Water near Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana (open access)

Availability of Ground Water near Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana

Abstract: Flow in the unconsolidated glacial deposits near the city of Carmel in central Indiana was simulated by a digital-computer model in a study of hydraulic characteristics of the deposits. The study shows that 21 • 3 million gallons per day (933 liters per second) of additional water could be withdrawn from the aquifer for an indefinite period of time. This pumpage is approximately 5 million gallons per day (219 liters per second) above the projected water needs of Carmel for 1990. Saturated thickness, transmissivity, and storage coefficient of the outwash aquifer along the White River east of Carmel were determined, using available data supplemented by test drilling . The saturated thickness of the aquifer ranges from 10 to 110 feet 0 to 34 meters ); transmissivity ranges from 1,000 feet squared per day (93 meters squared per day) to 24 ,000 feet squared per day (2 ,230 meters squared per day); and the average storage coefficient is 0.11.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Gillies, D. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library