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Ground-water potential of the glacial deposits near Logansport, Cass County, Indiana Ground-water potential of the glacial deposits near Logansport, Cass County, Indiana

The glacial deposits underlying a 260 square-mile area near Logansport, Indiana, range in thickness from 0 to 300 feet and consist of three semiconfined sand and gravel aquifer units separated and overlain by three semiconfining till units. The ground-water development potential of the lowest of the sand and gravel aquifers is considerable. Thickness of the aquifer is generally about 80...
Authors
Daniel C. Gillies

Effects of coal fly-ash disposal on water quality in and around the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana Effects of coal fly-ash disposal on water quality in and around the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana

Dissolved constituents in seepage from fly-ash settling ponds bordering part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (the Lakeshore) have increased the concentrations of major ions (calcium, fluoride, potassium, and sulfate), trace elements (aluminum, arsenic, boron, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, strontium, and zinc), and gross alpha and beta radioactivity in ground water and...
Authors
Mark A. Hardy

Effects of irrigation pumping on the ground-water system in Newton and Jasper Counties, Indiana Effects of irrigation pumping on the ground-water system in Newton and Jasper Counties, Indiana

Flow in the ground-water system in Newton and Jasper Counties, Indiana, was simulated in a quasi-three-dimensional model in a study of irrigation use of ground water in the two counties. The ground-water system consists of three aquifers: (1) a surficial coarse sand aquifer known as the Kankakee aquifer, (2) a limestone and dolomite bedrock aquifer, and (3) a sand and gravel bedrock...
Authors
Marcel P. Bergeron

Hydrologic and chemical evaluation of the ground-water resources of northwest Elkhart County, Indiana Hydrologic and chemical evaluation of the ground-water resources of northwest Elkhart County, Indiana

A 3-year study in northwest Elkhart County, Indiana, was done to (1) de-fine the general flow and quality of water in the outwash aquifer system, (2) determine if a well field proposed for a site at the Elkhart Municipal Airport would draw leachate from the Himco landfill, and (3) define the areal extent of the ground water affected by the landfill and an east-side industrial-park area...
Authors
Thomas E. Imbrigiotta, Angel Martin

Lineaments and fracture traces, Jennings County and Jefferson Proving Ground, Indiana Lineaments and fracture traces, Jennings County and Jefferson Proving Ground, Indiana

Jennings and several adjacent counties are economically restricted "by inadequate water supplies. The North Vernon Water Utility, supplying more than 25 percent of Jennings County's population, obtains its water from the Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River, although streamflow is less than the average daily withdrawal 69 days of the year. The U.S. Army, Jefferson Proving Ground, pipes water...
Authors
T. K. Greeman

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

The ground-water resources of the White River basin in and near Madison County, Indiana, were investigated by mapping the aquifers, estimating their hydraulic properties, determining the distribution of potentiometric head in the aquifers, and estimating some of the components of the ground-water budget from data collected in the field. This information was used to construct and...
Authors
Wayne W. Lapham

Assessment of water quality in streams draining coal-producing areas in Ohio Assessment of water quality in streams draining coal-producing areas in Ohio

Quality of water in 150 sites in the coal-producing areas of eastern Ohio was studied in a two-phase investigation between May 1975 and August 1976. Results of phase one, a reconnaissance to determine the occurrence of certain inorganic and organic constituents and to relate their occurrence to coal mining, indicated that acid mine drainage generally occurred where abandoned drift or...
Authors
C.L. Pfaff, D.R. Helsel, D.P. Johnson, C.G. Angelo

Ground-water hydrology of strip-mine areas in eastern Ohio (conditions during mining of two watersheds in Coshocton and Muskingum counties) Ground-water hydrology of strip-mine areas in eastern Ohio (conditions during mining of two watersheds in Coshocton and Muskingum counties)

Ground-water conditions during coal strip mining in two small watersheds are described as part of an ongoing study of effects of mining on hydrologic systems. Both watersheds were underlain by stratified sedimentary rocks containing two perched aquifers above clay beds which underlaid the major coal seams. Mining involved removing the overburden rocks, including the top aquifer...
Authors
John O. Helgesen, Allan C. Razem

Floods in Indiana, June-August 1979 Floods in Indiana, June-August 1979

This report documents rainstorms and resultant floods in central and southern Indiana during the summer of 1979. Major flooding was caused by three storms, one in June and two in July 1979, centered primarily in central and southern Indiana. Peak discharge exceeded the 100-year recurrence interval at 16 sites in this area. State Civil Defense officials estimated that almost 50-million...
Authors
Robert L. Gold, Stephen W. Wolcott

Quality of surface water in the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, March and May 1979 Quality of surface water in the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, March and May 1979

On August 3, 1977, the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act, Public Law 95-87 (the Act) was enacted by the 95th Congress. Under Section 507(b)(11) of the Act, an appropriate Federal or State agency must provide applicants for coal-mining permits hydrologic and water-quality information for the general use of proposed mining. To help meet the goals of the Act, the U.S. Geological...
Authors
Danny E. Renn, Stephen E. Ragone, William G. Wilber

Flood of June 18, 1978, on Honey Creek tributary at Thornville, Ohio Flood of June 18, 1978, on Honey Creek tributary at Thornville, Ohio

A high-intensity summer rain estimated at 8 inches in 2 hours caused flooding on a small stream near Thornville, Ohio, destroying a culvert and highway fill on State Route 188. Computation of peak discharges of 3,250 feet3 per second at a site 4,400 feet above and of 4,050 feet3 per second at a site 3,250 feet below the culvert indicates a greater than 100-year flood.
Authors
Earl E. Webber, Ronald I. Mayo

Water-quality assessment of the Porter County watershed, Kankakee River basin, Porter County, Indiana Water-quality assessment of the Porter County watershed, Kankakee River basin, Porter County, Indiana

Water type in the 241-square mile Porter County watershed in Indiana, was calcium bicarbonate or mixed calcium bicarbonate and calcium sulfate. Concentrations of dissolved chemical constituents in surface water and contents of chlorinated hydrocarbons in streambed samples in the watershed were generally less than water-quality alert limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Authors
Linda L. Bobo, Danny E. Renn
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