This is an Archive.
A bibliography of USGS publications for Chester County, Pennsylvania, Pre-2013.
Pre-2013 Publications available from the USGS Publications Warehouse are on the "Publications" tab.
Other publications listed below are not, or in some cases are only partially available at the Publications Warehouse.
USGS has Cooperated with the Chester County Water Resources Authority
Since 1969, USGS has cooperated with Chester County to measure and describe water resources. Cooperation has been primarily with the Chester County Water Resources Authority, with participation of the Chester County Health Department.
USGS Reports Published by Our Cooperators
Some USGS-authored reports about Chester County were published by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey or by the Chester County Water Resources Authority. One GIS data report is only available from the Delaware River Basin Commission.
Bibliography of USGS-approved reports and abstracts NOT available from the Publications Warehouse
Biesecker, J .E., Lescinsky, J.B., and Wood, C.R., 1968, Water resources of the Schuylkill River basin: Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters Water Resources Bulletin 3, 198 p.
Bromery, R.W., Zandle, G.L., and others, 1959-1960, Aeromagnetic maps of various quandrangles in Chester County: U.S. Geological Survey Geophysical Investigations Maps 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 209, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 234, 1 map each.
Cecil, L.D., Smith, R.C. II, Reilly, M.A., and Rose, A.W., 1987, Radium-228 and radium-226 in ground water of the Chickies Formation, southeastern Pennsylvania in Graves, Barbara, ed., Radon, radium, and other radioactivity in ground water: Chelsea, Michigan, Lewis Publishers, p. 437-447.
Hall, G.M., 1934, Ground water in southeastern Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources Report 2, 255 p.
McGreevy, L.J., and Sloto, R.A., 1976, Selected hydrologic data, Chester County, Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 138 p.
Poth, C.W., 1968, Hydrology of the metamorphic and igneous rocks of central Chester County, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources Report 25, 84 p.
Rima, D.R., Meisler, Harold, and Longwill, S.M., 1962, Geology and hydrology of the Stockton Formation in southeastern Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources Report 14, 111 p.
Senior, L.A., and Sloto, R.A., 2000, Radium-224 and its relation to gross-alpha-particle, radium-226, and radium-228 activities in ground water from rocks of the Piedmont Physiographic Province, southeastern Pennsylvania [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Northeastern Section, v. 32, no. 1, p. A-73.
Senior, L.A., and Vogel, K.V., 1992, Geochemistry of radium-226 and radium-228, and radon-222 in ground water in the Chickies Quartzite, Southeastern Pennsylvania, in Daniel, C.C. III, White, R.K., and Stone, P.A., eds., Ground water in the piedmont--Proceedings of a conference on ground water in the piedmont of the eastern United States, October 16-18, 1989; Clemson, South Carolina, Clemson University, p. 547-565.
Sloto, R.A., 1982, Digital computer simulation of proposed flood-control structures in the West Branch Brandywine Creek basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania [abstract]: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 63, no. 18, p. 320.
Sloto, R.A., 1985, Effects of flood controls proposed for the Sucker Run basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania: Chester County Water-Resources Report 1, 30 p.
Sloto, R.A., 1991, Drought management based on water-level data, Chester County, Pennsylvania [abstract]: Proceedings 27th Annual Conference on Water Management of River Systems and Symposium on Resource Development of the Lower Mississippi River, American Water Resources Association, p. 439-440.
Sloto, R.A., 1994, Geology, hydrology, and ground-water quality of Chester County, Pennsylvania: Chester County Water Resources Authority Water Resources Report 2, 127 p.
Sloto, R.A., and Senior, L.A., 2000, Radon-222 activities in the ground water of the Piedmont Physiographic Province, southeastern Pennsylvania [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Northeastern Section, v. 32, no. 1, p. A-75.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1998, Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-571, 1 CD. [ data at Delaware River Basin Commission ]
Wood, C.R., 1980, Groundwater resources of the Gettysburg and Hammer Creek Formations, southeastern Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources Report 49, 87 p.
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Chester County, Pennsylvania
Below are publications associated with this project.
A benthic-macroinvertebrate index of biotic integrity and assessment of conditions in selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1998-2009
Trace metals related to historical iron smelting at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Berks and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania
Estimated suspended-sediment loads and yields in the French and Brandywine Creek Basins, Chester County, Pennsylvania, water years 2008-09
Distribution of trace metals at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Berks and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania
Pathogenic bacteria and microbial-source tracking markers in Brandywine Creek Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 2009-10
Groundwater-quality monitoring program in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1980-2008
Pesticides in ground water in selected agricultural land-use areas and hydrogeologic settings in Pennsylvania, 2003-07
Physical and Vegetative Characteristics of a Newly Constructed Wetland and Modified Stream Reach, Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 2000-2006
Drought-trigger ground-water levels in Chester County, Pennsylvania, for the period of record ending May 2006
Effect of on-site wastewater disposal on quality of ground water and base flow: A pilot study in Chester County, southeastern Pennsylvania, 2005
Estimated ground-water availability in the Delaware River basin, 1997-2000
Low-flow, base-flow, and mean-flow regression equations for Pennsylvania streams
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This is an Archive.
A bibliography of USGS publications for Chester County, Pennsylvania, Pre-2013.
Pre-2013 Publications available from the USGS Publications Warehouse are on the "Publications" tab.
Other publications listed below are not, or in some cases are only partially available at the Publications Warehouse.
USGS has Cooperated with the Chester County Water Resources AuthoritySince 1969, USGS has cooperated with Chester County to measure and describe water resources. Cooperation has been primarily with the Chester County Water Resources Authority, with participation of the Chester County Health Department.
USGS Reports Published by Our CooperatorsSome USGS-authored reports about Chester County were published by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey or by the Chester County Water Resources Authority. One GIS data report is only available from the Delaware River Basin Commission.
Bibliography of USGS-approved reports and abstracts NOT available from the Publications Warehouse
Biesecker, J .E., Lescinsky, J.B., and Wood, C.R., 1968, Water resources of the Schuylkill River basin: Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters Water Resources Bulletin 3, 198 p.
Bromery, R.W., Zandle, G.L., and others, 1959-1960, Aeromagnetic maps of various quandrangles in Chester County: U.S. Geological Survey Geophysical Investigations Maps 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 209, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 234, 1 map each.
Cecil, L.D., Smith, R.C. II, Reilly, M.A., and Rose, A.W., 1987, Radium-228 and radium-226 in ground water of the Chickies Formation, southeastern Pennsylvania in Graves, Barbara, ed., Radon, radium, and other radioactivity in ground water: Chelsea, Michigan, Lewis Publishers, p. 437-447.
Hall, G.M., 1934, Ground water in southeastern Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources Report 2, 255 p.
McGreevy, L.J., and Sloto, R.A., 1976, Selected hydrologic data, Chester County, Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 138 p.
Poth, C.W., 1968, Hydrology of the metamorphic and igneous rocks of central Chester County, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources Report 25, 84 p.
Rima, D.R., Meisler, Harold, and Longwill, S.M., 1962, Geology and hydrology of the Stockton Formation in southeastern Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources Report 14, 111 p.
Senior, L.A., and Sloto, R.A., 2000, Radium-224 and its relation to gross-alpha-particle, radium-226, and radium-228 activities in ground water from rocks of the Piedmont Physiographic Province, southeastern Pennsylvania [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Northeastern Section, v. 32, no. 1, p. A-73.
Senior, L.A., and Vogel, K.V., 1992, Geochemistry of radium-226 and radium-228, and radon-222 in ground water in the Chickies Quartzite, Southeastern Pennsylvania, in Daniel, C.C. III, White, R.K., and Stone, P.A., eds., Ground water in the piedmont--Proceedings of a conference on ground water in the piedmont of the eastern United States, October 16-18, 1989; Clemson, South Carolina, Clemson University, p. 547-565.
Sloto, R.A., 1982, Digital computer simulation of proposed flood-control structures in the West Branch Brandywine Creek basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania [abstract]: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 63, no. 18, p. 320.
Sloto, R.A., 1985, Effects of flood controls proposed for the Sucker Run basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania: Chester County Water-Resources Report 1, 30 p.
Sloto, R.A., 1991, Drought management based on water-level data, Chester County, Pennsylvania [abstract]: Proceedings 27th Annual Conference on Water Management of River Systems and Symposium on Resource Development of the Lower Mississippi River, American Water Resources Association, p. 439-440.
Sloto, R.A., 1994, Geology, hydrology, and ground-water quality of Chester County, Pennsylvania: Chester County Water Resources Authority Water Resources Report 2, 127 p.
Sloto, R.A., and Senior, L.A., 2000, Radon-222 activities in the ground water of the Piedmont Physiographic Province, southeastern Pennsylvania [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Northeastern Section, v. 32, no. 1, p. A-75.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1998, Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-571, 1 CD. [ data at Delaware River Basin Commission ]
Wood, C.R., 1980, Groundwater resources of the Gettysburg and Hammer Creek Formations, southeastern Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Water Resources Report 49, 87 p.
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Related science
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Since 1969, the Pennsylvania Water Science Center has had a cooperative program with Chester County to measure and describe water resources. Cooperation has been primarily with the Chester County Water Resources Authority, with participation from the Chester County Health Department. This partnership provides Chester County with scientific information for water-resources management. - Publications
Below are publications associated with this project.
Filter Total Items: 120A benthic-macroinvertebrate index of biotic integrity and assessment of conditions in selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1998-2009
The Stream Conditions of Chester County Biological Monitoring Network (Network) was established by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Chester County Water Resources Authority in 1969. Chester County encompasses 760 square miles in southeastern Pennsylvania and has a rapidly expanding population. Land-use change has occurred in response to this continual growth, as open space, agricultural lands, aAuthorsAndrew G. ReifTrace metals related to historical iron smelting at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Berks and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania
Iron ore containing elevated concentrations of trace metals was smelted at Hopewell Furnace during its 113 years of operation (1771-1883). The ore used at Hopewell Furnace was obtained from iron mines within 5 miles of the furnace. The iron-ore deposits were formed about 200 million years ago and contain abundant magnetite, the primary iron mineral, and accessory minerals enriched in arsenic, cobaAuthorsRonald A. SlotoEstimated suspended-sediment loads and yields in the French and Brandywine Creek Basins, Chester County, Pennsylvania, water years 2008-09
Turbidity and suspended-sediment concentration data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at four stream stations--French Creek near Phoenixville, West Branch Brandywine Creek near Honey Brook, West Branch Brandywine Creek at Modena, and East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown--in Chester County, Pa. Sedimentation and siltation is the leading cause of stream impairment in ChesAuthorsRonald A. Sloto, Leif E. OlsonDistribution of trace metals at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Berks and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania
Hopewell Furnace, located approximately 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia, was a cold-blast, charcoal iron furnace that operated for 113 years (1771 to 1883). The purpose of this study by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, was to determine the distribution of trace metals released to the environment from an historical iron smelter at Hopewell Furnace NationAuthorsRonald A. Sloto, Andrew G. ReifPathogenic bacteria and microbial-source tracking markers in Brandywine Creek Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 2009-10
The City of Wilmington, Delaware, is in the downstream part of the Brandywine Creek Basin, on the main stem of Brandywine Creek. Wilmington uses this stream, which drains a mixed-land-use area upstream, for its main drinking-water supply. Because the stream is used for drinking water, Wilmington is in need of information about the occurrence and distribution of specific fecally derived pathogenicAuthorsJoseph W. Duris, Andrew G. Reif, Leif E. Olson, Heather E. JohnsonGroundwater-quality monitoring program in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1980-2008
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Chester County Water Resources Authority and the Chester County Health Department began a groundwater-quality monitoring program in 1980 in Chester County, Pa., where a large percentage of the population relies on wells for drinking-water supply. This report documents the program and serves as a reference for data collected through the program froAuthorsLisa A. Senior, Ronald A. SlotoPesticides in ground water in selected agricultural land-use areas and hydrogeologic settings in Pennsylvania, 2003-07
This report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) as part of the Pennsylvania Pesticides and Ground Water Strategy (PPGWS). Monitoring data and extensive quality-assurance data on the occurrence of pesticides in ground water during 2003–07 are presented and evaluated; decreases in the land area used for agriculture anAuthorsConnie A. Loper, Kevin J. Breen, Tammy Zimmerman, John W. ClunePhysical and Vegetative Characteristics of a Newly Constructed Wetland and Modified Stream Reach, Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 2000-2006
To compensate for authorized disturbance of naturally occurring wetlands and streams during roadway improvements to U.S. Highway 202 in Chester and Montgomery Counties, Pa., the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) constructed 0.42 acre of emergent wetland and 0.94 acre of scrub-shrub/forested wetland and modified sections of a 1,600-foot reach of Valley Creek with woody riparian plAuthorsJeffrey J. Chaplin, Kirk E. White, Leif E. OlsonDrought-trigger ground-water levels in Chester County, Pennsylvania, for the period of record ending May 2006
This report presents the results of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Chester County Water Resources Authority (CCWRA), to update the drought-trigger water levels for the Chester County observation-well network. The Chester County observation-well network was established in 1973 through a cooperative agreement between the CCWRA and the USGS to monitor local grouAuthorsPeter J. CinottoEffect of on-site wastewater disposal on quality of ground water and base flow: A pilot study in Chester County, southeastern Pennsylvania, 2005
On-site wastewater disposal has the potential to introduce contaminants into ground water and subsequently, by ground-water discharge, to streams. A pilot study was conducted during 2005 by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Chester County Health Department and the Chester County Water Resources Authority to determine if wastewater components, including inorganic constituents and sAuthorsLisa A. Senior, Peter J. CinottoEstimated ground-water availability in the Delaware River basin, 1997-2000
Ground-water availability using a watershed-based approach was estimated for the 147 watersheds that make up the Delaware River Basin. This study, conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), supports the DRBC's Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin. Different procedures were used to estimate ground-water availability for the rAuthorsRonald A. Sloto, Debra E. BuxtonLow-flow, base-flow, and mean-flow regression equations for Pennsylvania streams
Low-flow, base-flow, and mean-flow characteristics are an important part of assessing water resources in a watershed. These streamflow characteristics can be used by watershed planners and regulators to determine water availability, water-use allocations, assimilative capacities of streams, and aquatic-habitat needs. Streamflow characteristics are commonly predicted by use of regression equationsAuthorsMarla H. Stuckey - Partners