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Hydrologic effects of ground- and surface-water withdrawals in the Howe area, Lagrange County, Indiana Hydrologic effects of ground- and surface-water withdrawals in the Howe area, Lagrange County, Indiana

Geometry and hydraulic characteristics of a 46.5 sq mi area of the sand and gravel outwash-aquifer system between Fawn and Pigeon Rivers in Lagrange County were defined in a study of the effect of current and potential uses of water on the aquifer, streams, lakes, and wetlands. There are three aquifers: Aquifer 1, a surficial water table aquifer that ranges from 10 to 60 ft in thickness...
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Z. C. Bailey, T. K. Greeman, E. J. Crompton

Water-quality data-collection activities in Colorado and Ohio; Phase I, Inventory and evaluation of 1984 programs and costs Water-quality data-collection activities in Colorado and Ohio; Phase I, Inventory and evaluation of 1984 programs and costs

Pilot projects are being conducted in Colorado and Ohio to determine the extent to which existing water quality data, collected by different groups for various purposes and using different procedures, can be aggregated for use in addressing selected water quality questions of regional and national scope. The project has been divided into three phases; this report presents the results of...
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Janet Hren, Thomas H. Chaney, J. Michael Norris, Carolyn J. Oblinger Childress

Determination of reaeration-rate coefficients of the Wabash River, Indiana, by the modified tracer technique Determination of reaeration-rate coefficients of the Wabash River, Indiana, by the modified tracer technique

The modified tracer technique was used to determine reaeration-rate coefficients in the Wabash River in reaches near Lafayette and Terre Haute, Indiana, at streamflows ranging from 2,310 to 7,400 cu ft/sec. Chemically pure (CP grade) ethylene was used as the tracer gas, and rhodamine-WT dye was used as the dispersion-dilution tracer. Reaeration coefficients determined for a 13.5-mi reach...
Authors
Charles G. Crawford

Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods on streams in Indiana Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods on streams in Indiana

Equations are presented for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods at ungaged sites on unregulated and nonurban streams in Indiana. The equations were developed by multiple-regression, analysis of basin characteristics and peak-flow statistical data from 242 gaged locations in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. The State of Indiana was divided into seven areas on the basis of the...
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D.R. Glatfelter

Floods of March 1982, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio Floods of March 1982, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio

Rapid melting of a snowpack containing 2 to 6 inches of water equivalent coinciding with moderate rainfall caused flooding in March 1982 across northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and northwestern Ohio. Millions of dollars in property damage and the loss of four lives resulted from the flooding. Peak discharges at several gaging stations in each of the following river basins have...
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D.R. Glatfelter, G.K. Butch, J. A. Stewart

Chemical and biological quality of streams at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana, 1978-80 Chemical and biological quality of streams at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana, 1978-80

A variety of land uses affects water quality of streams at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Discharge from storm sewers and runoff from roads contributed lead, zinc, and chlorinated hydrocarbons (chlordane, DOT, ODD, DDE, and PCB's) to all streams except Derby ditch. In addition, the Little Calumet River received ammonia from industrial discharges, and organic materials, nitrogen...
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M. A. Hardy

Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Randolph County, Indiana Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Randolph County, Indiana

The two major aquifer systems in Randolph County, Indiana are sand and gravel and bedrock (limestone, dolomite, and shale of Silurian to Odovician age). The average thickness of the sands and gravels is 15 ft, and the aquifers are areally discontinuous. The bedrock aquifer underlies the entire study area and is estimated to be 150 ft in thickness. Six pumping plans simulated in the two...
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W.W. Lapham, L. D. Arihood

Quality of surface water in the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, October 1979 to September 1980 Quality of surface water in the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, October 1979 to September 1980

The U.S. Geological Survey collected water-quality and other hydrologic data for surface water in the coal-mining region of southwestern Indiana. These data were collected at 85 sites in 19 counties during October 1979 and at 21 of the 85 sites in 12 of the 19 counties monthly from January through September 1980. The samples were collected during steady flow. Samples were also collected...
Authors
D.E. Renn

Lineaments and fracture traces, Decatur County, Indiana Lineaments and fracture traces, Decatur County, Indiana

Lineanents and fracture traces have been mapped throughout Decatur County, Indiana. These lineaments and fracture traces may indicate that solution enlarged vertical fractures in the limestone and dolonite aquifers underlie most of the county. The use of lineament and fracture-trace maps in selecting bedrock-drilling sites results in a significant increase in the number of usable sites...
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Theodore K. Greeman

Ground-water resources of the glacial outwash along the White River, Johnson and Morgan counties, Indiana Ground-water resources of the glacial outwash along the White River, Johnson and Morgan counties, Indiana

An 88-square-mile segment of the White River valley contains an unconfined sand and gravel aquifer ranging-from a featheredge zero, to 120 feet in saturated thickness. Hydraulic conductivity is 340 feet per day, and transmissivity is as much as 35,000 square feet per day. The aquifer, recharged primarily by precipitation, gains same recharge through interbedded till and outwash...
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Z. C. Bailey, T.E. Imbrigiotta

Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Hamilton and Tipton Counties, Indiana Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Hamilton and Tipton Counties, Indiana

An analysis of the ground-water resources of the Hamilton and Tipton Counties was based on data from about 1,900 well logs, 125 water levels in 125 wells, streamflow measurements at 57 sites, and municipal- and industrial-pumpage records. These data were used to map the flow system and construct a three-dimensional model of the study area and a more detailed two-dimensional model of the...
Authors
Leslie D. Arihood

Hydrologic data collected in and around a surface coal mine, Clay and Vigo counties, Indiana, 1977-80 Hydrologic data collected in and around a surface coal mine, Clay and Vigo counties, Indiana, 1977-80

Few data are available for evaluating water-quality and other hydrologic properties in and around surface coal mines, particularly in areas where material having a high potential for acid-production is selectively buried. This report contains hydrologic data collected in an active coal mining area in Clay and Vigo Counties, Indiana, from September 1977 through February 1980. Methods of...
Authors
Linda L. Bobo, Stephen E. Eikenberry
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