Alison E Tecca
Alison is a Hydrologic Technician with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center (COWSC), in Lakewood, CO.
Alison started her career with the USGS in Tacoma, WA as an independent contractor during the 2013 federal hiring freeze. As part of the Tacoma Studies division, she worked on a diverse set of projects including suspended and bedload sediment sampling in various coastal and large inland rivers, water quality monitoring and tidal mapping in the Nisqually Delta, and supporting the decades long NAWQA groundwater sampling effort in Eastern Washington. In 2018 she joined the Western Washington Field Office in Tacoma as a surface water hydrographer where she ran a small network of stream gages in the south Puget Sound region. She transferred to the COWSC in 2021 to continue work as a hydrographer specializing primarily in water quality data collection and analysis.
Science and Products
Water temperature and riparian vegetation survey data for the lower Quinault River, WA for select periods in 2018 and 2019
This data release includes hourly water temperature data at 12 locations in the main stem of the Quinault River and its major tributaries, and data from a riparian vegetation survey conducted in the lower Quinault River, Washington. Water temperature data was collected during the summer of 2018 and 2019 at most locations. Variable collection periods by site are described within the dataset. Ripari
Stage, water velocity and water quality data collected in the Lower Nisqually River, McAllister Creek and tidal channels of the Nisqually River Delta, Thurston County, Washington, February 11, 2016 to September 18, 2017 (ver. 1.1, December, 2019)
This data release includes time series data of stage, water velocity and water quality parameters at multiple locations in the tidally-influenced reaches of the Nisqually River and McAllister Creek, and tidal channels of the Nisqually River Delta. In total, time series data were collected at multiple sites from February 11, 2016 to March 19, 2018 during separate but generally overlapping periods o
Uranium concentrations in groundwater, northeastern Washington
A study of uranium in groundwater in northeastern Washington was conducted to make a preliminary assessment of naturally occurring uranium in groundwater relying on existing information and limited reconnaissance sampling. Naturally occurring uranium is associated with granitic and metasedimentary rocks, as well as younger sedimentary deposits, that occur in this region. The occurrence and distrib
Groundwater and surface-water data collection for Mason County, western Washington, 2016–18
Groundwater levels and surface water flow measurements were collected from August 2016 to September 2018 to provide the Mason Conservation District and other stakeholders with basic knowledge of existing water resources in Mason County, Washington. Additionally, the data were collected with the intent of contributing to informed decision making about groundwater use, management, and conservation t
Authors
Alison E. Tecca, Lonna M. Frans
Simulation of groundwater storage changes in the Quincy Basin, Washington
The Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group and younger sedimentary deposits of lacustrine, fluvial, eolian, and cataclysmic-flood origins compose the aquifer system of the Quincy Basin in eastern Washington. Irrigation return flow and canal leakage from the Columbia Basin Project have caused groundwater levels to rise substantially in some areas. Water resource managers are considering extraction of
Authors
Lonna M. Frans, Sue C. Kahle, Alison E. Tecca, Theresa D. Olsen
Magnitude, frequency, and trends of floods at gaged and ungaged sites in Washington, based on data through water year 2014
An investigation into the magnitude and frequency of floods in Washington State computed the annual exceedance probability (AEP) statistics for 648 U.S. Geological Survey unregulated streamgages in and near the borders of Washington using the recorded annual peak flows through water year 2014. This is an updated report from a previous report published in 1998 that used annual peak flows through th
Authors
Mark C. Mastin, Christopher P. Konrad, Andrea G. Veilleux, Alison E. Tecca
Science and Products
Water temperature and riparian vegetation survey data for the lower Quinault River, WA for select periods in 2018 and 2019
This data release includes hourly water temperature data at 12 locations in the main stem of the Quinault River and its major tributaries, and data from a riparian vegetation survey conducted in the lower Quinault River, Washington. Water temperature data was collected during the summer of 2018 and 2019 at most locations. Variable collection periods by site are described within the dataset. Ripari
Stage, water velocity and water quality data collected in the Lower Nisqually River, McAllister Creek and tidal channels of the Nisqually River Delta, Thurston County, Washington, February 11, 2016 to September 18, 2017 (ver. 1.1, December, 2019)
This data release includes time series data of stage, water velocity and water quality parameters at multiple locations in the tidally-influenced reaches of the Nisqually River and McAllister Creek, and tidal channels of the Nisqually River Delta. In total, time series data were collected at multiple sites from February 11, 2016 to March 19, 2018 during separate but generally overlapping periods o
Uranium concentrations in groundwater, northeastern Washington
A study of uranium in groundwater in northeastern Washington was conducted to make a preliminary assessment of naturally occurring uranium in groundwater relying on existing information and limited reconnaissance sampling. Naturally occurring uranium is associated with granitic and metasedimentary rocks, as well as younger sedimentary deposits, that occur in this region. The occurrence and distrib
Groundwater and surface-water data collection for Mason County, western Washington, 2016–18
Groundwater levels and surface water flow measurements were collected from August 2016 to September 2018 to provide the Mason Conservation District and other stakeholders with basic knowledge of existing water resources in Mason County, Washington. Additionally, the data were collected with the intent of contributing to informed decision making about groundwater use, management, and conservation t
Authors
Alison E. Tecca, Lonna M. Frans
Simulation of groundwater storage changes in the Quincy Basin, Washington
The Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group and younger sedimentary deposits of lacustrine, fluvial, eolian, and cataclysmic-flood origins compose the aquifer system of the Quincy Basin in eastern Washington. Irrigation return flow and canal leakage from the Columbia Basin Project have caused groundwater levels to rise substantially in some areas. Water resource managers are considering extraction of
Authors
Lonna M. Frans, Sue C. Kahle, Alison E. Tecca, Theresa D. Olsen
Magnitude, frequency, and trends of floods at gaged and ungaged sites in Washington, based on data through water year 2014
An investigation into the magnitude and frequency of floods in Washington State computed the annual exceedance probability (AEP) statistics for 648 U.S. Geological Survey unregulated streamgages in and near the borders of Washington using the recorded annual peak flows through water year 2014. This is an updated report from a previous report published in 1998 that used annual peak flows through th
Authors
Mark C. Mastin, Christopher P. Konrad, Andrea G. Veilleux, Alison E. Tecca