Publications
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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
Geohydrology and simulation of flow and water levels in the aquifer system in the Mud Lake area of the eastern Snake River plain, eastern Idaho
Water users rely on surface water and ground water to irrigate crops and to maintain lakes on wildlife refuges in the 2,200-square-mile Mud Lake study area. Ground-water development between the late 1970's and 1989 increased withdrawals from about 240,000 acre-feet in 1983 to about 370,000 acre-feet in 1990. Concurrent with ground-water development, change from subirrigation to sprinkler irrigatio
Authors
Joseph M. Spinazola
Effects of well discharges on hydraulic heads in and spring discharges from the geothermal aquifer system in the Bruneau area, Owyhee County, southwestern Idaho
Demand for ground water in the 600-
square-mile Bruneau study area has increased
since 1954 because of agricultural development. Declining flow at Indian Bathtub Spring
is adversely affecting a unique species of snail
that inhabits the spring.
The Bruneau study area is underlain by
sedimentary and volcanic rocks that form a
regional geothermal aquifer. Sedimentary
rocks range in thickness f
Authors
Charles Berenbrock
Aquifer-test results, direction of ground-water flow, and 1984-90 annual ground-water pumpage for irrigation, lower Big Lost River Valley, Idaho
The study area (see index map of Idaho), part of the Big Lost River drainage basin, is at the northern side of the eastern Snake River Plain. The lower Big Lost River Valley extends from the confluence of Antelope Creek and the Big Lost River to about 4 mi south of Arco and encompasses about 145 mi2 (see map showing water-level contours). The study area is about 18 mi long and, at its narrowest, 4
Authors
M. D. Bassick, M.L. Jones
Geohydrologic framework of the Snake River plain regional aquifer system, Idaho and eastern Oregon
The Snake River Plain in southern Idaho is a major geologic
structure of uncertain origin. Surface geology is generally well
defined, but subsurface geology is poorly defined below about
500 feet. Rocks that underlie the plain form the framework for a
regional ground-water system that supplies large quantities of
water for irrigation and makes the plain nationally important in
terms of agric
Authors
R.L. Whitehead
Hydrology and digital simulation of the regional aquifer system, eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
The occurrence and movement of water in the regional aquifer
system that underlies the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, de-
pend on the transmissivity and storage capacity of rocks that
compose the geologic framework and on the distribution and
amount of recharge and discharge of water within that frame-
work. On a regional scale, most water moves horizontally through
interflow zones in Qua
Authors
S. P. Garabedian
Seasonal changes in ground-water quality and ground-water levels and directions of ground-water movement in southern Elmore County, southwestern Idaho, including Mountain Home Air Force Base, 1990-91
The study area is located in southern Elmore County, southwestern Idaho, and includes the Mountain Home Air Force Base located approximately 10 mi southwest of the city of Mountain Home. Chemical analyzes have been made periodically since the late 1940's on water samples from supply wells on the Air Force Base. These analyses indicate increases in specific conductance and in concentrations of nitr
Authors
H.W. Young, D. J. Parliman, Michael L. Jones
Geohydrologic and chemical data from wells in the Mud Lake area, eastern Idaho, 1988-91
Well information, results of test drilling, water-level measurements in observation wells, and chemical and
isotopic constituents in ground-water samples were among the data collected as part of a study of the availability of
ground water from the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer system in the Mud Lake area of eastern Idaho. Data from
about 1,200 wells were stored in the National Water Informa
Authors
Joseph M. Spinazola, Annette M. Tungate, T. L. Rogers
Depth to water in the eastern Snake River Plain and surrounding tributary valleys, southwestern Idaho, calculated using water levels from 1980 to 1988
The vulnerability of ground water to contamination in Idaho is being assessed by the IDHW/DEQ (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Environmental Quality), using a modified version of the Environmental Orotection Agency DRASTIC methods (Allers and others, 1985). The project was designed as a technique to: (1) Assign priorities for development of ground-water management and monitorin
Authors
Molly A. Maupin
Depth to water in the western Snake River Plain and surrounding tributary valleys, southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon, calculated using water levels from 1980 to 1988
The vulnerability of ground water to contamination in Idaho is being assessed by the ISHW/DEQ (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Environmental Quality), using a modified version of the Environmental Protection Agency DRASTIC methods (Allers and others, 1985). The project was designed as a technique to: (1) Assign priorities for development of ground-water management and monitorin
Authors
Molly A. Maupin
Results of test drilling and hydrologic monitoring in the Indian Bathtub area, Owyhee County, southwestern Idaho, January 1989 through September 1990
This report presents data collected during the period January 1989 through
September 1990 from eight test holes and selected thermal-water wells and
springs in the Indian Bathtub area, southwestern Idaho. The data include
completion, lithologic, and gamma logs for eight test holes, hydrographs of water
levels in the test holes and ten other wells, hydrographs of discharges at four
springs, an
Authors
H.W. Young, M.L. Jones, D. J. Parliman, A.M. Tungate