Publications
All of our publications are accessible through the USGS Publication Warehouse. Publications by scientists of the Oregon Water Science Center are listed below.
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Floods of November 1990 in western Washington Floods of November 1990 in western Washington
No abstract available.
Authors
L.L. Hubbard
Verification of a national water data base using a geographic information system Verification of a national water data base using a geographic information system
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) was developed to assist users of water-resource data in the identification, location, and acquisition of data. The Master Water Data Index (MWDI) of NAWDEX currently indexes the data collected by 423 organizations from nearly 500,000 sites throughout the United Stales. The utilization of new computer technologies permit the distribution of the...
Authors
H.E. Harrison
Variations in turbidity in streams of the Bull Run Watershed, Oregon 1989-90 Variations in turbidity in streams of the Bull Run Watershed, Oregon 1989-90
In this study, turbidity is used to help explain spatial and temporal patterns of erosion and sediment transport. Automated turbidity sampling in streams in the Bull Run watershed during water years 1989 and 1990, showed turbidity levels, in general, are remarkably low, with levels below 1 NTU (nephelometric turbidity unit) about 90 percent of the time. However, ephemeral increases in...
Authors
Richard G. LaHusen
Hydrologic, water-quality, and meteorologic data for Newberry Volcano and vicinity, Deschutes County, Oregon, 1991-93 Hydrologic, water-quality, and meteorologic data for Newberry Volcano and vicinity, Deschutes County, Oregon, 1991-93
This report is a compilation of hydrologic, water- quality, and meteorologic data collected in the vicinity of Newberry Volcano near Bend, Oregon. These data were collected, in cooperation with the Bonneville Power Administration, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management, to provide baseline data for identifying and assessing the effects of proposed geothermal...
Authors
Milo D. Crumrine, David S. Morgan
Ground Water Atlas of the United States: Segment 7, Idaho, Oregon, Washington Ground Water Atlas of the United States: Segment 7, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
The States of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, which total 248,730 square miles, compose Segment 7 of this Atlas. The area is geologically and topographically diverse and contains a wealth of scenic beauty, natural resources, and ground and surface water that generally are suitable for all uses. Most of the area of Segment 7 is drained by the Columbia River, its tributaries, and other...
Authors
R.L. Whitehead
Estimation of ground-water recharge from precipitation, runoff into drywells, and on-site waste-disposal systems in the Portland Basin, Oregon and Washington Estimation of ground-water recharge from precipitation, runoff into drywells, and on-site waste-disposal systems in the Portland Basin, Oregon and Washington
The average recharge rate in the Portland Basin, in northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington, is estimated to be about 22.0 inches per year. Of that amount, precipitation accounts for about 20.8 inches per year, runoff into drywells 0.9 inches per year, and on-site waste disposal about 0.4 inches per year. Recharge is highest, about 49 inches per year, in the Cascade Range...
Authors
D. T. Snyder, D. S. Morgan, T.S. McGrath
Water-quality data for the South Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, 1990-92 Water-quality data for the South Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, 1990-92
Data are presented from a study of algal and nutrient dynamics in the South Umpqua River Basin in southwestern Oregon during summer, low-flow periods from September 1990 to October 1992. The study was done to assist local and state regulatory agencies in determining total maximum daily loads of nutrients for the basin in order to maintain dissolved oxygen greater than 90 percent of...
Authors
Chauncey W. Anderson, Dwight Q. Tanner, Douglas B. Lee
Use of a rainfall-runoff model for simulating effects of forest management on streamflow in the east fork Lobster Creek basin, Oregon Use of a rainfall-runoff model for simulating effects of forest management on streamflow in the east fork Lobster Creek basin, Oregon
No abstract available.
Authors
L.Y. Nakama, J. C. Risley
Estimated average annual ground-water pumpage in the Portland Basin, Oregon and Washington 1987-88 Estimated average annual ground-water pumpage in the Portland Basin, Oregon and Washington 1987-88
Data for ground-water pumpage were collected during an inventory of wells in 1987-88 in the Portland Basin located in northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington. Estimates of annual ground-water pumpage were made for the three major categories of use: public supply, industry, and irrigation. A large rapidly expanding metropolitan area is situated within the Portland Basin, along...
Authors
C. A. Collins, T.M. Broad
Preliminary evaluation of water-quality conditions of Johnson Creek, Oregon Preliminary evaluation of water-quality conditions of Johnson Creek, Oregon
No abstract available.
Authors
T.K. Edwards, D. A. Curtiss
Preliminary results of the simulation of Oregon coastal basins using precipitation-runoff modeling system (PRMS) Preliminary results of the simulation of Oregon coastal basins using precipitation-runoff modeling system (PRMS)
No abstract available.
Authors
R. L. Allen, Antonius Laenen
Statistical summaries of streamflow data in Oregon: Volume 2 – Annual low and high flow and instantaneous peak flow Statistical summaries of streamflow data in Oregon: Volume 2 – Annual low and high flow and instantaneous peak flow
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Wellman, J. M. Gordon, R. L. Moffatt