Publications
The following is a list of our publications available from the USGS Publications Warehouse. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact our Public Information Officer, Tim Merrick, at trmerrick@usgs.gov or 208-387-1305.
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Water-quality assessment of the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming — Summary of aquatic biological data for surface water through 1992
The 35,800-square-mile upper Snake River Basin in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming was one of 20 areas selected for water-quality study under the National Water-Quality Assessment Program. As part of the initial phase of the study, data were compiled to describe the current (1992) and historical aquatic biological conditions of surface water in the basin. This description of natural and human env
Authors
Terry R. Maret
Water-quality assessment of the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming — Environmental setting, 1980-92
The 35,800-square-mile upper Snake River
Basin is one of 20 areas studied as part of the
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Objectives of NAWQA are to study ground- and
surface-water quality, biology, and their relations
to land-use activities. Major land and water uses
that affect water quality in the basin are irrigated
agriculture, grazing, a
Authors
Molly A. Maupin
Data for and adjusted regional regression models of volume and quality of urban storm-water runoff in Boise and Garden City, Idaho, 1993-94
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires information on the volume and quality of urban
storm-water runoff to apply for a permit to discharge this water into the Boise River under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program. Concentrations of selected chemical constituents in
storm runoff were determined from samples collected at four storm-sewer outfalls in Boise from
Authors
L.C. Kjelstrom
Hydrographs of water levels in observation wells in Idaho, 1944-93
This report presents hydrographs of water levels in 578 observation wells in the statewide monitoring network during 1944-93. The monitoring network is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Idaho Department of Water Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, and other Federal and State agencies.
Authors
Annette M. Tungate
Methods to estimate annual mean spring discharge to the Snake River between Milner Dam and King Hill, Idaho
Many individual springs and groups of springs discharge water from volcanic rocks that form the north canyon wall of the Snake River between Milner Dam and King Hill. Previous estimates of annual mean discharge from these springs have been used to understand the hydrology of the eastern part of the Snake River Plain. Four methods that were used in previous studies or developed to estimate annual m
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L.C. Kjelstrom
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for selected gaging stations in Idaho and western Wyoming through September 1990 — Volume 2: Gaging stations with 5 to 9 years of record or that measure discharge from springs
This volume presents statistical summaries of streamflow data for 76 gaging stations with 5 to 9 years of continuous record, or with records of discharge measurements from springs, through September 1990. The gaging stations are located in Idaho and western Wyoming. Some of the gaging stations at which spring discharge is measured have 10 or more years of record. Volume 1 presents statistical summ
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L.C. Kjelstrom, M. A. J. Stone, W. A. Harenberg
The hydrogeologic framework and geochemistry of the Columbia Plateau aquifer system, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
No abstract available.
Authors
K. J. Whiteman, J. J. Vaccaro, J. B. Gonthier, H. H. Bauer
Bathymetric map of Coeur D'Alene Lake, Idaho
The U.S. Geological Survey investigated nutrient and trace-element enrichment in Coeur d'Alene Lake, northern Idaho, during 1991-92. The objectives of the investigation were to characterize limnology, quantify hydrologic and nutrient budgets, and develop a nutrient-load/lake-response model. The model required bathymetric data to compute mass balances of water and nutrients within many depth laye
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P. F. Woods, Charles E. Berenbrock
Analysis of data on nutrients and organic compounds in ground water in the upper Snake River basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, 1980-91
Nutrient and organic compound data from the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STORET data bases provided information for development of a preliminary conceptual model of spatial and temporal ground-water quality in the upper Snake River Basin. Nitrite plus nitrate (as nitrogen; hereafter referred to as nitrate) concentrations exceeded the Federal drinking-water re
Authors
Michael G. Rupert
Assessment of selected constituents in surface water of the upper Snake River basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, water years 1975-89
In 1991, a water-quality investigation of
the upper Snake River Basin was initiated as part
of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. The initial task of
the assessment was to compile and analyze available nutrient, suspended sediment, and pesticide
data collected in the basin. For analysis of nutrients
and suspended sediment, data collected during
water year
Authors
Gregory M. Clark
Statistical summaries of streamflow data for selected gaging stations on and near the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, through September 1990
Statistical summaries and graphs of streamflow data were prepared for 13
gaging stations with 5 or more years of continuous record on and near the Idaho
National Engineering Laboratory. Statistical summaries of streamflow data for
the Big and Little Lost Rivers and Birch Creek were analyzed as a requisite for a
comprehensive evaluation of the potential for flooding of facilities at the Idaho
Authors
M. A. J. Stone, Larry J. Mann, L.C. Kjelstrom
Simulation of changes in water levels and ground-water flow in response to water-use alternatives in the Mud Lake area, eastern Snake River plain, eastern Idaho
Water users rely on surface and ground water to irrigate crops and maintain wildlife refuges in the 2,200-square-mile Mud Lake study area. Water managers need the ability to evaluate the effects of water-use changes on the future supply of surface and ground water. A five-layer, three-dimensional, finite-difference, numerical ground-water flow model, calibrated to assumed 1980 steady-state hydrolo
Authors
Joseph M. Spinazola