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Floods of August 21-24, 2007, in Northwestern and North-Central Ohio
Heavy rains in northwestern and north-central Ohio on August 19-22, 2007, caused severe flooding and widespread damages to residential, public, and commercial structures in the communities of Bluffton, Bucyrus, Carey, Columbus Grove, Crestline, Findlay, Mansfield, Ottawa, and Shelby. On August 27, 2007, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a notice of a Presidential declaration of
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David E. Straub, Andrew D. Ebner, Brian M. Astifan
A Bayesian approach to identifying and tracking damage in structures
No abstract available.
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J.M. Nichols, William A. Link, K.D. Murphy, C.C. Olson, F. Bucholtz, J.V. Michalowicz
Simulation of Groundwater-Level and Salinity Changes in the Eastern Shore, Virginia
Groundwater-level and salinity changes have been simulated with a groundwater model developed and calibrated for the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The Eastern Shore is the southern part of the Delmarva Peninsula that is occupied by Accomack and Northampton Counties in Virginia. Groundwater is the sole source of freshwater to the Eastern Shore, and demands for water have been increasing from domestic,
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Ward E. Sanford, Jason P. Pope, David L. Nelms
Flood of April 2007 in Southern Maine
Up to 8.5 inches of rain fell from April 15 through 18, 2007, in southern Maine. The rain - in combination with up to an inch of water from snowmelt - resulted in extensive flooding. York County, Maine, was declared a presidential disaster area following the event.
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), determined peak streamflows and rec
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Pamela J. Lombard
Continuous Turbidity Monitoring in the Indian Creek Watershed, Tazewell County, Virginia, 2006-08
Thousands of miles of natural gas pipelines are installed annually in the United States. These pipelines commonly cross streams, rivers, and other water bodies during pipeline construction. A major concern associated with pipelines crossing water bodies is increased sediment loading and the subsequent impact to the ecology of the aquatic system. Several studies have investigated the techniques use
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Douglas Moyer, Kenneth Hyer
Annual Peak-Flow and Peak Dam-Pool-Elevation Frequency Characteristics of Selected Dry Dams in the Great Miami River Basin, Ohio
This report describes the results of a study to determine frequency characteristics of post-regulation annual peak flows at streamflow-gaging stations near the Taylorsville, Huffman, and Germantown dry dams in the Miami Conservancy District flood-protection system (southwestern Ohio), and of annual peak elevations of the corresponding dam pools. Log-Pearson Type III distributions were fit to annua
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G. F. Koltun
Developing a Vision: Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Decision Making - Proceedings of a Workshop
The production, location, use, and value of ecosystem services have become an important factor in resource management. Decisions relating to resource conservation and restoration, as well as development, require an understanding of the services provided by natural systems and the response of these systems to natural and human-induced change. Increased demands for development and the resulting pres
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Dianna Hogan, Greg Arthaud, Iris Goodman, Malka Pattison, Roger G. Sayre, Carl Shapiro, Bea Van Horne
Primary Productivity in Meduxnekeag River, Maine, 2005
During August and September 2005, dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, specific conductance, streamflow, and light intensity (LI) were determined continuously at six sites defining five reaches on Meduxnekeag River above and below Houlton, Maine. These data were collected as input for a dual-station whole-stream metabolism model to evaluate primary productivity in the river above and below Houlton.
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Robert M. Goldstein, Charles W. Schalk, Joshua P. Kempf
Three-dimensional movement of silver-phase American eels in the forebay of a small hydroelectric facility
Declines in the population of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata, along the northwestern Atlantic have stimulated resource managers to consider the impact of hydroelectric facilities on silver-phase eels as they migrate downstream to the sea. During the fall of 2002, we investigated the movement of migrant eels passing downstream of a small hydroelectric facility on the Connecticut River (Massach
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Leah Brown, Alexander Haro, Theodore R. Castro-Santos
Land Cover Trends in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain
This report presents an assessment of land use and land cover change in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain ecoregion for the period from 1973 to 2000. The ecoregion is one of 84 level III ecoregions defined by the Environmental Protection Agency; ecoregions have been designed to serve as a spatial framework for environmental resource management and denote areas that contain a geographically distin
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Steven Kambly, Thomas R. Moreland
Use of Minerals and Materials in the United States From 1900 Through 2006
No abstract available.
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Grecia R. Matos
Michigan Magnetic and Gravity Maps and Data: A Website for the Distribution of Data
This web site provides the best available, public-domain, aeromagnetic and gravity data in the State of Michigan and merges these data into composite grids that are available for downloading. The magnetic grid is compiled from 25 separate magnetic surveys that have been knit together to form a single composite digital grid and map. The magnetic survey grids have been continued to 305 meters (1,000
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David L. Daniels, Robert P. Kucks, Patricia L. Hill, Stephen L. Snyder