Publications
This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Few volatile organic compounds detected in rivers and ground water in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin
VOC’s are carbon-containing chemicals that readily evaporate at normal air temperature and pressure. They are contained in many commercial products such as gasoline, paints, adhesives, solvents, wood preservatives, dry-cleaning agents, pesticides, cosmetics, correction fluid, and refrigerants. Approximately 15 million pounds of VOC’s were released to the atmosphere in the focused study area (fig.
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William J. Andrews
Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in ground water in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1994–95
Water samples collected in 1994 and 1995 from 100 monitoring wells (91 shallow and 9 deep) screened in shallow unconsolidated aquifers in the White River Basin were analyzed for 58 volatile organic compounds (VOC’s). Twelve different VOC’s were detected. Chloroform was the most commonly detected VOC (found in 12 wells), whereas the highest measured VOC concentration was 39 micrograms per liter of
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Joseph M. Fenelon, Rhett C. Moore
Influence of natural and human factors on pesticide concentrations in surface waters of the White River Basin, Indiana
Pesticide concentrations in surface waters of the White River Basin are affected by natural and human factors. For example, concentrations of atrazine, a herbicide widely used on corn in the White River Basin, tended to be higher in an agricultural basin with permeable, well-drained soils, than in an agricultural basin with less permeable, more poorly drained soils. Concentrations of butylate, ano
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Charles G. Crawford
Description of Basinsoft, a computer program to quantify drainage-basin charactersitics
No abstract available.
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C.A. Harvey, D. A. Eash
Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin—Flood of June 19-July 31, 1993, in Davenport, Iowa, and vicinity
The hydrologic investigations atlas shows areas in and near Davenport, Iowa, that were flooded by the Mississippi River in 1993. This atlas also depicts the Federal Emergency Management Agency 100-year flood boundary. The drainage basin upstream from Mississippi River Lock and Dam 15 at Davenport received between 100 and 250 percent of normal rainfall from January through July, 1993. The profile o
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Bryan D. Schaap
Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin — Flood of June 18 through August 4, 1993, in Des Moines and vicinity, Iowa
This hydrologic investigations atlas shows the areas in and near Des Moines, Iowa, that were flooded by the Des Moines and the Raccoon Rivers and Walnut, Fourmile, and Beaver Creeks from June 18 through August 4, 1993. This map also depicts the Federal Emergency Management Agency 100-year flood boundaries. The area drained by the Des Moines River upstream from Des Moines received more than 100 per
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Bryan D. Schaap
Relation between selected water-quality variables and lake level in Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon
Upper Klamath Lake is a large (140 square-mile), shallow (mean depth about 8 ft) lake in south-central Oregon that the historical record indicates has been eutrophic since its discovery by non-Native Americans. In recent decades, however, the lake has had annual occurrences of near- monoculture blooms of the blue-green alga Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. In 1988 two sucker species endemic to the lake,
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Tamara M. Wood, Gregory J. Fuhrer, Jennifer L. Morace
Variations in surface-water quantity and quality as a result of the 1993 summer flood in the Devils Lake basin, North Dakota
Greater-than-normal precipitation during the summer of 1993 affected the hydrologic response and surface-water quality in the Devils Lake Basin. Large areas in the basin were flooded as a result of the precipitation, and water from these areas drained slowly through the chain of lakes into Devils Lake. This report summarizes the results of surface-water quantity and quality monitoring designed to
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Tara Williams-Sether, Robert M. Lent, Gregg J. Wiche
Sediment transport, particle size, and loads in North Fish Creek in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, water years 1990-91
North Fish Creek is underused as a trout and salmon hatchery despite its excellent water quality. The shifting-sand streambed in the lower 9 miles of the stream inhibits successful spawning and is a poor habitat for macroinvertebrates, the primary food for juvenile trout and salmon. To provide data necessary for evaluation of potential sand-loading-control practices, the U.S. Geological Survey det
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W. J. Rose, D. J. Graczyk
Trends in precipitation chemistry in the United States, 1983-94; an analysis of the effects of Phase I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Title IV
No abstract available.
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J.A. Lynch, V.C. Bowersox, J.W. Grimm
Conversion of the Twin Cities metropolitan area numerical ground-water-flow model from the Trescott-Larson computer code to the McDonald-Harbaugh computer code
A numerical model of ground-water flow in the Twin Cities metropolitan area was converted from the TrescottLarson computer code to the McDonald-Harbaugh computer code to facilitate current and future use of the model using up-to-date computer software and hardware. Differences exist between the two computer codes in how headdependent source-sink functions, including leaky rivers, springs and seepa
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R. J. Lindgren