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Recent publications

Hydrogeologic framework and hydrologic conditions of the Piney Point aquifer in Virginia

The role of uplift and erosion in the persistence of saline groundwater in the shallow subsurface

Spatial and temporal variation of stream chemistry associated with contrasting geology and land-use patterns in the Chesapeake Bay watershed—Summary of results from Smith Creek, Virginia; Upper Chester River, Maryland; Conewago Creek, Pennsylvania; and Difficult Run, Virginia, 2010–2013

Hampton Roads Regional Water-Quality Monitoring Program

The Geology of Virginia: Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 18

Application of a weighted regression model for reporting nutrient and sediment concentrations, fluxes, and trends in concentration and flux for the Chesapeake Bay Nontidal Water-Quality Monitoring Network, results through water year 2012

Air- and stream-water temperature trends in the Chesapeake Bay region, 1960-2014

Fluvial geomorphology and suspended-sediment transport during construction of the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project in Roanoke, Virginia, 2005–2012

Hydrogeology and simulation of groundwater flow in fractured-rock aquifers of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces, Bedford County, Virginia

A conceptual framework and monitoring strategy for movement of saltwater in the coastal plain aquifer system of Virginia

Hydrologic budget and conditions of Permian, Pennsylvanian, and Mississippian aquifers in the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province

Annual and average estimates of water-budget components based on hydrograph separation and PRISM precipitation for gaged basins in the Appalachian Plateaus Region, 1900-2011

Data Collection and Simulation of Ecological Habitat and Recreational Habitat in the Shenandoah River, Virginia

Methods for Estimating Drought Streamflow Probabilities for Virginia Streams

Methods and Equations for Estimating Peak Streamflow Per Square Mile in Virginia’s Urban Basins

Streamflow, Water Quality, and Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of Selected Streams in Fairfax County, Virginia, 2007–12

Hydrogeology and Hydrologic Conditions of the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer System from Long Island, New York, to North Carolina

Land Subsidence and Relative Sea-Level Rise in the Southern Chesapeake Bay Region

Water Quality, Sediment Characteristics, Aquatic Habitat, Geomorphology, and Mussel Population Status of the Clinch River, Virginia and Tennessee, 2009–2011

Synthesis and Interpretation of Surface-Water Quality and Aquatic Biota Data Collected in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 1979–2009

Sediment Distribution and Hydrologic Conditions of the Potomac Aquifer in Virginia and Parts of Maryland and North Carolina

Comparison of Two Regression-Based Approaches for Determining Nutrient and Sediment Fluxes and Trends in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

South Fork Shenandoah River Habitat-Flow Modeling to Determine Ecological and Recreational Characteristics during Low-Flow Periods

Spatial and Temporal Trends in Runoff at Long-Term Streamgages within and near the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Quantifying Components of the Hydrologic Cycle in Virginia using Chemical Hydrograph Separation and Multiple Regression Analysis

Low-Flow Characteristics of Virginia Streams

Peak-Flow Characteristics of Virginia Streams

Simulated Changes in Salinity in the York and Chickahominy Rivers from Projected Sea-Level Rise in Chesapeake Bay

U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interst Group Proceedings, Fayetterville, Arkansas, April 26-29 2011

Assessing groundwater availability in the North Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system. (fact sheet)

Preliminary Assessment of the Hydrogeology and Groundwater Availability in the Metamorphic and Siliciclastic Fractured-Rock Aquifer Systems of Warren County, Virginia:

Weighted Regressions on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS), With an Application to Chesapeake Bay River Inputs  (journal article)

Use of chemical hydrograph separation and multiple regression to assess water availability across the commonwealth of Virginia, USA [abstract]

Hydrogeology and groundwater availability in Clarke County, Virginia:

Groundwater-Quality Data and Regional Trends in the Virginia Coastal Plain, 1906–2007

Increasing Precision of Turbidity-Based Suspended Sediment Concentration and Load Estimates

Effects of Groundwater-Flow Paths on Nitrate Concentrations Across Two Riparian Forest Corridors.

Outdoor water use and water conservation opportunities in Virginia Beach, Virginia (fact sheet)

Mercury Loads in the South River and Simulation of Mercury Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the South River, South Fork Shenandoah River, and Shenandoah River: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

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 Data Series

Krstolic, J.L., Johnson, G.C., and Ostby, B.J.K., 2013, Water quality, sediment characteristics, aquatic habitat, geomorphology, and mussel population status of the Clinch River, Virginia and Tennessee, 2009–2011: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 802, 15 p. + appendix tables A1–A25 (Excel)

Nelms, D.L., Messinger, Terence, and McCoy, K.J., 2015, Annual and average estimates of water-budget components based on hydrograph separation and PRISM precipitation for gaged basins in the Appalachian Plateaus Region, 1900–2011: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 944, 10 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds944.

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 Scientific Investigations Reports

Austin, S.H., 2014, Methods for estimating drought streamflow probabilities for Virginia streams: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5145, 20 p.

Austin, S.H., 2014, Methods and equations for estimating peak streamflow per square mile in Virginia’s urban basins: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5090, 25 p.

Austin, S.H., Krstolic, J.L., and Wiegand, Ute, 2011, Peak-flow characteristics of Virginia streams: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5144, 106 p. + 3 tables and 2 appendixes on CD.

Austin, S.H., Krstolic, J.L., and Wiegand, Ute, 2011, Low-flow characteristics of Virginia streams: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5143, 122 p. + 9 tables on CD.

Chanat, J.G., Moyer, D.L., Blomquist, J.D., Hyer, K.E., and Langland, M.J., 2016, Application of a weighted regression model for reporting nutrient and sediment concentrations, fluxes, and trends in concentration and flux for the Chesapeake Bay Nontidal Water-Quality Monitoring Network, results through water year 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5133, 76 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155133.

DePaul, V.T., Rice, D.E., and Zapecza, O.S., 2008, Water-level changes in aquifers of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, predevelopment to 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5247, 88 p.

Eggleston, Jack, 2009, Mercury loads in the South River and simulation of mercury total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for the South River, South Fork Shenandoah River, and Shenandoah River—Shenandoah Valley, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5076, 80 p.

García, A.M., 2009, Simulation of water quality in the Tull Creek and West Neck Creek watersheds, Currituck Sound basin, North Carolina and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5226, 22 p. (only online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir2008-5226).

Harlow, G.E., Jr., Orndorff, R.C., Nelms, D.L., Weary, D.J., and Moberg, R.M., 2005, Hydrogeology and Ground-Water Availability in the Carbonate Aquifer System of Frederick County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5161, 30 p.

Hayes, D.C., and Young, R.L., 2005, Comparison of Peak Discharge and Runoff Characteristic Estimates from the Rational Method to Field Observations for Small Basins in Central Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5254,  44 p.

Heywood, C.E., and Pope, J.P., 2009, Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Coastal Plain Aquifer System of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5039, 115 p.

Hyer, K.E., Denver, J.M., Langland, M.J., Webber, J.S., Böhlke, J.K., Hively, W.D., and Clune, J.W., 2016, Spatial and temporal variation of stream chemistry associated with contrasting geology and land-use patterns in the Chesapeake Bay watershed—Summary of results from Smith Creek, Virginia; Upper Chester River, Maryland; Conewago Creek, Pennsylvania; and Difficult Run, Virginia, 2010–2013: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016–5093, 211 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20165093.

Hyer, K.E., 2007, Escherichia coli Concentrations in Recreational Streams and Backcountry Drinking-Water Supplies in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 2005-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5160, 18 p.

Jastram, J.D., Krstolic, J.L., Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2015, Fluvial geomorphology and suspended-sediment transport during construction of the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project in Roanoke, Virginia, 2005–2012: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5111, 53 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155111.

Jastram, J.D., 2014, Streamflow, water quality, and aquatic macroinvertebrates of selected streams in Fairfax County, Virginia, 2007–12: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5073, 68 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20145073.

Jastram, J.D., Snyder, C.D., Hitt, N.P., and Rice, K.C., 2013, Synthesis and interpretation of surface-water quality and aquatic biota data collected in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 1979–2009: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5157, 77 p.

Jastram, J.D., Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2009, A comparison of turbidity-based and streamflow-based estimates of suspended-sediment concentrations in three Chesapeake Bay tributaries: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5165, 37 p.

Keaton, J.N., Messinger, Terence, and Doheny, E.J., 2005, Development and analysis of regional curves for streams in the non-urban Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5076, 109 p.

Krstolic, J.L., 2015, Data collection and simulation of ecological habitat and recreational habitat in the Shenandoah River, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5005, 30 p.

Krstolic, J.L., and Ramey, R.C., 2012, South Fork Shenandoah River habitat-flow modeling to determine ecological and recreational characteristics during low-flow periods: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5081, 64 p.

Krstolic, J.L., and Chaplin, J.J., 2007, Bankfull regional curves for streams in the non-urban, non-tidal Coastal Plain Physiographic Province, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5162, 48 p.

Krstolic, J.L., Hayes, D.C., and Ruhl, P.M., 2006, Physical Habitat Classification and Instream Flow Modeling to Determine Habitat Availability During Low-Flow Periods, North Fork Shenandoah River, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5025, 63 p.

Krstolic, J.L., and Hayes, D.C., 2004, Water-quality synoptic sampling, July 1999: North Fork Shenandoah River, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5153, 82 p.

Kuniansky, E.L., 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, 142 p.

Langland, M.J., Raffensperger, J.P., Moyer, D.L., Landwehr, J.M., and Schwarz, G.E., 2006, Changes in Streamflow and Water Quality in Selected Nontidal Basins in the Chesapeake Bay, 1985-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5178, 75 p., plus appendices (on CD).

Langland, M.J., Phillips, S.W., Raffensperger, J.P., and Moyer, D.L., 2005, Changes in streamflow and water quality in selected nontidal sites in the Chesapeake Bay Basin, 1985-2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5259, 50 p.

Lotspeich, R.R., 2009, Regional curves of bankfull channel geometry for non-urban streams in the Piedmont Physiographic Province, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5206, 51 p.

Martucci, S.K., Krstolic, J.L., Raffensperger, J.P., and Hopkins, K.J., 2005, Development of Land Segmentation, Stream-Reach Network, and Watersheds in Support of Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF) Modeling, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and Adjacent Parts of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5073, 24 p.

Masterson, J.P., Pope, J.P., Monti, Jack, Jr, Nardi, M.R., Finkelstein, J.S., and McCoy, K.J., 2013, Hydrogeology and hydrologic conditions of the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system from Long Island, New York, to North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5133, 76 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20135133.

McCoy, K.J., White, B.A., Yager, R.M., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2015, Hydrogeology and simulation of groundwater flow in fractured-rock aquifers of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Physiographic Provinces, Bedford County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5113, 54 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155113.

McCoy, K.J., Yager, R.M., Nelms, D.L., Ladd, D.E., Monti, Jack, Jr., and Kozar, M.D., 2015, Hydrologic budget and conditions of Permian, Pennsylvanian, and Mississippian aquifers in the Appalachian Plateaus Physiographic Province: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5106, 77 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155106.

McFarland, E.R., 2017, Hydrogeologic framework and hydrologic conditions of the Piney Point aquifer in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5041, 63 p., 2 pl., and CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175041.

McFarland, E.R., 2015, A conceptual framework and monitoring strategy for movement of saltwater in the Coastal Plain aquifer system of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5117, 30 p., 1 pl., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155117.

McFarland, E.R., 2013, Sediment distribution and hydrologic conditions of the Potomac aquifer in Virginia and parts of Maryland and North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5116, 67 p., 3 attachments, 2 plates.

Moyer, D.L., Hirsch, R.M., and Hyer, K.E., 2012, Comparison of two regression-based approaches for determining nutrient and sediment fluxes and trends in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5244, 118 p.

Moyer, D.L., and Bennett, M.R., 2007, Development of relations of stream stage to channel geometry and discharge for stream segments simulated with Hydrologic Simulation Program–Fortran (HSPF), Chesapeake Bay Watershed and adjacent parts of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5135, 83 p.

Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2009, Continuous turbidity monitoring in the Indian Creek watershed, Tazewell County, Virginia, 2006–08: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5085, 42 p.

Nelms, D.L., and Moberg, R.M., Jr., 2010, Preliminary Assessment of the Hydrogeology and Groundwater Availability in the Metamorphic and Siliciclastic Fractured-Rock Aquifer Systems of Warren County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5190, 74 p. (available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5190/)

Nelms, D.L., and Moberg, R.M., Jr., 2010, Hydrogeology and groundwater availability in Clarke County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5112, 119 p. (available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5112/)

Pope, J.P., McFarland, E.R., and Banks, R.B., 2008, Private domestic-well characteristics and the distribution of domestic withdrawals among aquifers in the Virginia Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5250, 47 p.

Rice, K.C., and Hirsch, R.M., 2012, Spatial and temporal trends in runoff at long-term streamgages within and near the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5151, 56 p.

Rice, K.C., Deviney, F.A., Hornberger, G.M., and Webb, J.R., 2005, Predicting the Vulnerability of Streams to Episodic Acidification and Potential Effects on 
Aquatic Biota in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5259, 154 p.

Sanford, W.E., Nelms, D.L., Pope, J.P., and Selnick, D.L., 2012, Quantifying components of the hydrologic cycle in Virginia using chemical hydrograph separation and multiple regression analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5198, 152 p.

Sanford, W.E., Pope, J.P., and Nelms, D.L., 2009, Simulation of groundwater-level and salinity changes in the Eastern Shore, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5066, 125 p.

Senus, M.P., Langland, M.J., and Moyer, D.L., 2005, Nutrient and sediment concentrations, loads, and trends for four nontidal tributaries in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 1997-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5125, 33 p.

Smith, Barry S., 2005, Simulated changes in water levels caused by potential changes in pumping from shallow aquifers of Virginia Beach, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5067, 25 p.

Yager, R.M., Southworth, Scott, and Voss, C.I., 2008, Simulation of ground-water flow in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia and West Virginia, using variable-direction anisotropy in hydraulic conductivity to represent bedrock structure: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5002, 55 p.

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 Professional Papers

Back, William, 1966, Hydrochemical facies and ground-water flow patterns in northern part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 498-A, 42 p.

Briel, L.I., 1997, Water quality in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge, the Blue Ridge, and the Piedmont physiographic provinces, Eastern United States, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1422-D, 115 p.

Brown, D.L., and Silvey, W.D., 1977, Artificial recharge to a fresh water-sensitive brackish-water sand aquifer, Norfolk, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 939, 53 p.

Brown, P.M., Miller, J.A., and Swain, F.M., 1972, Structural and stratigraphic framework, and spatial distribution of the permeability of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 796, 79 p.

Brown, P.M., and Reid, M.S., 1976, Geologic evaluation of waste-storage potential in selected segments of the Mesozoic aquifer system below the zone of fresh water, Atlantic Coastal Plain, North Carolina through New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 881, 47 p.

Cushing, E.M., Kantrowitz, I.H., and Taylor, K.R., 1973, Water resources of the Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 822, 58 p.

Giusti, E.V., 1962, Short papers in geology and hydrology, Articles 60­119-Art. 112, A relation between floods and drought flows in the Piedmont province in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 450­C, p. C128-­C129.

Harsh, J.F., and Laczniak, R.J., 1990, Conceptualization and analysis of ground-water flow system in the Coastal Plain of Virginia and adjacent parts of Maryland and North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1404­F, 100 p.

Hollyday, E.F. and Hileman, G.E., 1996, Hydrogeologic terranes and potential yield of water to wells in the Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province in eastern and southeastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1422-C, 31 p.

Horton, J.W., Jr., Powars, D.S., and Gohn, G.S., eds. 2005, Studies of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure-- The USGS-NASA Langley corehole, Hampton, Virginia, and related coreholes and geophysical surveys U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1688- chapters A-K, separately paginated. 453 p., 2 oversize figures.

McFarland, E.R.,  2010, Groundwater-quality data and regional trends in the Virginia Coastal Plain, 1906-2007: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1772, 86p., 14 pls. (Report PDF 5.7 MB)

McFarland, E.R., and Bruce, T.S., 2006, The Virginia Coastal Plain hydrogeologic framework: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1731, 118p., 25 pls.

Meng, A.A., III, and Harsh, J.F., 1988, Hydrogeologic framework of the Virginia Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1404­C, 82 p., 4 pls.

Patterson, J.L., and Paulhus, J.L.H., 1975, Hurricane Agnes rainfall and floods, June­July 1972: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 924, 403 p.

Pluhowski, E.J., 1972, Unusual temperature variations in two small streams in northern Virginia, in Geological Survey Research 1972, chap. B: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800­B, p. B225-­B258.

Pluhowski, E.J., 1972, Clear-cutting and its effect on the water temperature of a small stream in northern Virginia, in Geological Survey Research 1972, chap. C: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800­C, p. C257-­C262.

Powars, D.S., 2000, The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geologic framework and the correlation of hydrogeologic units of southeastern Virginia, south of the James River: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1622, 53 p., 1 pl.

Powars, D.S., and Bruce, T. S., 1999, The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geological framework and correlation of hydrogeologic units of the lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1612, 82 p., 9 pl.

Riggs, H.C., 1964, The relation of discharge to drainage area in the Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, in Geological Survey Research 1964, chap. B: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 501­B, p. B165-­B168.

Riggs, H.C., 1965, Effect of land use on the low flow of streams in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Geological Survey Research 1965, chap. C: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 525­C, p. C196-­C198.

Rutledge, A.T., and Mesko, T.O., 1996, Estimated hydrologic characteristics of shallow aquifer systems in the Valley and Ridge, the Blue Ridge, and the Piedmont Physiographic Provinces based on analysis of streamflow recession and base flow: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1422-B, 58 p.

Runner, G.S., and Chin, E.H., 1980, Flood of April 1977 in the Appalachian Region of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1098, 43 p.

Sinnott, Allen, and Cushing, E.M., 1978, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources Mid-Atlantic Region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813­I, 32 p.

Williams, G.P., and Guy, H., 1973, Erosional and depositional aspects of Hurricane Camille in Virginia, 1969: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 804, 80 p.

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 Water-Supply Papers

Anderson, D.G., 1970, Effects of urban development on floods in northern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2001-C, 22 p.

Belval, D.L., and Seivard, L.D., 1993, National Water Summary 1990­91-Hydrologic Events and Stream Water Quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2400, p. 531-­538.

Bogart, D.B., 1960, Floods of August-­October 1955, New England to North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1420, 854 p.

Cederstrom, D.J., 1957, Geology and ground-water resources of the York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1361, 237 p.

Cederstrom, D.J., 1972, Evaluation of yields of wells in consolidated rocks, Virginia to Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2021, 38 p.

Durfor, C.N., 1961, Water quality and hydrology in the Fort Belvoir area, Virginia, 1954­55: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1586­A, p. A1-A57.

Fisher, D.W., 1968, Annual variations in chemical composition of atmospheric precipitation, eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1535­M, 21 p.

Gambell, A.W., and Fisher, D.W., 1966, Chemical composition of rainfall, eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1535­K, p. K1­K41.

Grover, N.C., 1937, The floods of March 1936-Part 3, Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 800, 351 p.

Hamilton, P.A., Shedlock, R.J., and Phillips, P.J., 1992, Ground-water-quality assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: Analysis of available water-quality data through 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2355-B, 65 p.

Harlow, G.E., Jr., and LeCain, G.D., 1991, Hydraulic characteristics of, and ground-water flow in, coal-bearing rocks of southwestern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2388, 36 p.

Hayes, D.C., 1989, Low-flow characteristics of streams in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2374, 69 p.

Hirsch, R.M., Scott, A.G., and Wyant, Timothy, 1982, Investigations of trends in flooding in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2203, 37 p.

Johnston, P.M., 1962, Geology and ground-water resources of the Fairfax quadrangle, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1539-L, 61 p.

Johnston, P.M., 1964, Geology and ground-water resources of Washington, D.C., and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1776, 97 p.

Kull, T.K., Hopkins, H.T., and Walker, W.R., 1990, National water summary 1987-Hydrologic events and water supply  and use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2350, p. 505-­513.

Lohr, E.W., and Love, S.K., 1954, The industrial utility of public-water supplies in the United States, 1952-Part 1, States east of the Mississippi River: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1299, 639 p.

Meisler, Harold, Leahy, P.P., and Knobel, L.L., 1985, Effect of eustatic sea-level changes on saltwater-freshwater relations in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2255, 28 p.

Meng, A.A., III, Harsh, J.F., and Kull, T.K., 1985, National water summary 1984-Hydrologic events, selected water-quality trends and ground-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2275, p. 427-­432.

Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Hayes, D.C., 1997, Base-flow characteristics of streams in the Valley and Ridge, the Blue Ridge, and the Piedmont Physiographic Provinces of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2457, 48 p., 1 pl.

Nuckels, E.H., Prugh, B.J., Jr., Michaels, P.J., and Jones, D.R., 1991, National water summary 1988­89-Hydrologic events and floods and droughts: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2375, p. 543-­550.

Powell, J.D., and Hamilton, P.A., 1987, National water summary 1986-Hydrologic events and ground-water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2325, p. 509-­514.

Powell, J.D., and Larson, J.D., 1985, Relation between ground-water quality and mineralogy in the coal­producing Norton Formation of Buchanan County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2274, 30 p.

Prugh, B.J., Jr., and Scott, W.B., 1986, National water summary 1985-Hydrologic events and surface-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2300, p. 467-­472.

Puckett, L.J., 1981, Dendroclimatic estimates of a drought index for northern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2080, 39 p.

Richardson, D.L., 1994, Hydrogeology and analysis of the ground-water-flow system of the Eastern Shore Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2401, 108 p.

Sanford, Samuel, 1910, Saline artesian waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, in Fuller, M.L., and others, Underground water papers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 258, 123 p.

Speiran, G.K., 1996, Geohydrology and Geochemistry near coastal ground-water-discharge areas of the Eastern Shore, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2479, 73 p.

Trainer, F.W., and Watkins, F.A., Jr., 1975, Geohydrologic reconnaissance of the upper Potomac River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2035, 68 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1949, Floods of August 1940 in the southeastern States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1066, 554 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1964, Floods of January­February 1957 in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1652­A, 195 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1984, A water-quality study of the tidal Potomac River and estuary-an overview: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2233, 46 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1983, National water summary 1983-Hydrologic events and issues: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2250, p. 224­-226.

Vice, R.B., Guy, H.P., and Ferguson, G.E., 1969, Sediment movement in an area of suburban highway construction, Scott Run basin, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1591­E, 41 p.

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 Spatial Data Sets

Krstolic, J.L., 2006, Drainage basins for Virginia and surrounding areas: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Spatial Data Set at http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/metadata/usgswrd/XML/ofr2006-1308_Drainage_Basin.xml

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 Circulars

Appel, C.A., and Bredehoeft, J.D., 1976, Status of ground-water modeling in the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 737, 9 p.

Bricker, O.P. and Rice, K.C., 1995, Acid Rain: In: Carter, L.M.H., ed., Energy and the environment; application of geosciences to decision-making, USGS Circular 1108, p. 90-91

Dodd, Kurt, Fuller, H.K., and Clarke, P.F., 1985, Guide to obtaining U.S. Geological Survey information: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 900, 35 p.

Eggleston, Jack, and Pope, Jason, 2013, Land subsidence and relative sea-level rise in the southern Chesapeake Bay region: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1392, 30 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1392. ISSN 1067–084X (print) ISSN 2330–5703 (online)

Imhoff, E.A., Friz, T.O., and LaFevers, J.R., 1976, A guide to State programs for the reclamation of surface-mined areas: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 731, 33 p.

Hamilton, P.A., and Robert, J.S., 1992, Are fertilizers and pesticides in the ground water?: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1080, 16 p.

Johnston, P.M., 1960, Ground-water supplies in shale and sandstone in Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 424, 7 p.

Papadopulos, S.S., Bennett, R.R., Mack, F.K., and Trescott, P.C., 1974, Water from the Coastal Plain aquifers in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 697, 11 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1971, Index of surface-water records to September 30, 1970-Part 3, Ohio River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 653, 71 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1983, Estimated water use in United States, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1001, 56 p.

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 Water-Resources Investigations Reports

Bell, C.F., 1996, Hydrogeology and water quality of the shallow aquifer system at the Explosive Experimental Area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Site, Dahlgren, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4209, 37 p.

Bell, C.F., Belval, D.L., Campbell, J.P., 1996, Trends in nutrients and suspended solids at the Fall Line of five tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, July 1988 through June 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4191, 37 p.

Belval, D.L, and Sprague, L.A., 1999, Monitoring nutrients in the major rivers draining to Chesapeake Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4238, 8 p.

Belval, D.L., Campbell, J.P., Phillips, S.W., and Bell, C.F., 1995, Water-quality characteristics of five tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay at the Fall Line, Virginia, July 1988 through June 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4258, 71 p.

Belval, D.L., Woodside, M.D., and Campbell, J.P., 1994, Relation of stream quality to streamflow, and estimated loads of selected water-quality constituents in the James and Rappahannock Rivers near the Fall Line of Virginia, July 1988 through 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4042, 85 p.

Bisese, J.A., 1995, Methods for estimating peak discharges of rural, unregulated streams in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4148. 70 p.

Brockman, A.R., Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Gildea, J.J., 1997, Geohydrology of the shallow aquifer system, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4188, 61 p., 1 pl.

Brockman, A.R., and Richardson, D.L., 1992, Hydrogeologic framework of the shallow aquifer system of York County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4111, 36 p.

Carpenter, D.H., 1985, Cost-effectiveness of the Federal stream-gaging program in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4345, 72 p.

Carpenter, D.H., 1990, Floods in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, November 1985: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4213, 86 p.

Cosner, O.J., 1975, A predictive computer model of the Lower Cretaceous aquifer, Franklin area, southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 51-74, 72 p.

Doyle, W.H., Jr., Curwick, P.B., and Flynn, K.M., 1983, A flood model for the Tug Fork basin, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4014, 87 p. OUT OF STOCK

Ebner, D.B., Cherry, D.S., and Currie, R.J., 2004, Water and Streambed Sediment Quality, and Ecotoxicology of a Stream along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Adjacent to a Closed Landfill, near Roanoke, Virginia: 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4116, 55 p

Focazio, M.J., and Cooper, R.E., 1995, Selected characteristics of stormflow and base flow affected by land use and cover in the Chickahominy River Basin, Virginia, 1989­91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4225, 37 p.

Focazio, M.J., Plummer, L.N., Bohlke J.K., Busenberg, E., Bachman, L.J., and Powars, D.S., 1998, Preliminary estimates of residence times and apparent ages of ground water in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and water-quality data from a survey of springs: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4225, 75 p.

Focazio, M.J., and Samsel, T.B., III, 1993, Documentation of geographic-information-system coverages and data-input files used for analysis of the geohydrology of the Virginia Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4015, 53 p. OUT OF STOCK

Focazio, M.J., and Speiran, G.K., 1993, Estimating net drawdown resulting from episodic withdrawals at six well fields in the Coastal Plain physiographic province of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4159, 21 p.

Focazio, M.J., Speiran, G.K., and Rowan, M.E., 1993, Quality of ground water in the Coastal Plain physiographic province of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4175, 20 p.

Hamilton, P.A., and Larson, J.D., 1988, Hydrogeology and analysis of the ground-water-flow system in the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4240, 175 p. OUT OF STOCK

Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Bell, C.F., 1996, Hydrogeology and water quality of the shallow aquifer system at the Mainside, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Site, Dahlgren, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4055, 34 p.

Hayes, D.C., 1996, Scour at bridge sites in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4089, 35 p.

Hayes, D.C., 1993, Site selection and collection of bridge-scour data in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4017, 23 p.

Hayes, D.C., and Drummond, F.E., 1995, Use of fathometers and electrical-conductivity probes to monitor riverbed scour at bridge piers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4164, 17 p.

Hopkins, H.T., 1984, Water-resources reconnaissance of Prince William Forest Park, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4009, 17 p. OUT OF STOCK

Hopkins, H.T., 1985, Ground-water availability along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4168, 154 p. OUT OF STOCK

Hyer, K.E., and Moyer, D.L., 2003, Patterns and sources of fecal coliform bacteria in three streams in Virginia, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4115, 76 p.

Johnson, H.M., and Belval, D.L., 1998, Nutrient and suspended solids loads, yields, and trends in the non-tidal part of five major river basins in Virginia, 1985-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4025, 36 p.

Kull, T.K., and Laczniak, R.J., 1987, Ground-water withdrawals from the confined aquifers in the Coastal Plain of Virginia, 1891-1983: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4049, 37 p.  OUT OF STOCK

Larson, J.D., and Powell, J.D., 1985, Hydrology and effects of mining in the upper Russell Fork basin, Buchanan and Dickenson Counties, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4238, 63 p.

Laczniak, R.J. and Meng, A.A., III, 1988, Ground-water resources of the York-James Peninsula of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4059, 178 p.

Lindsey, B.D., Phillips, S.W., Donnelly, C.A., Speiran, G.K., Plummer, L.N., Bohlke, J.K., Focazio, M.J., Burton, W.C., and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2003, Residence times and nitrate transport in ground water discharging to streams in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4035, 201 p.

Lloyd, O.B., Jr., Larson, J.D., and Davis, R.W., 1985, Summary of northern Atlantic Coastal Plain hydrology and its relation to disposal of high-level radioactive waste in buried crystalline rock: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4146, 80 p. OUT OF STOCK

Lynch, D.D., 1992, Water quality and evaluation of raw-water-routing scenarios, Chickahominy, Diascund Creek, and Little Creek Reservoirs, southeastern Virginia, 1983-­86: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4034, 104 p.

Lynch, D.D., and Dise, N.B., 1985, Sensitivity of stream basins in Shenandoah National Park to acid deposition: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4115, 61 p. OUT OF STOCK

Lynch, D.D., 1987, Hydrologic conditions and trends in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 1983-­84: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4131, 115 p.

McFarland, E.R., 1997, Hydrogeologic framework, analysis of ground-water flow, and relations to regional flow in the Fall Zone near Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4021, 56 p.

McFarland, E.R., 1998, Design, revisions, and considerations for continued use of a ground-water-flow model of the Coastal Plain aquifer system in Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4085, 49 p.

McFarland, E.R., 1999, Hydrogeologic framework and ground-water flow in the Fall Zone of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4093, 83 p.

Miller, E.M., 1978, Technique for estimating the magnitude and frequency of Virginia floods: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-5, 83 p.

Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2003, Use of the Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN and bacterial source tracking for development of the fecal coliform total maximum daily load (TMDL) for Accotink Creek, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4160.

Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2003, Use of the Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN and bacterial source tracking for development of the fecal coliform total maximum daily load (TMDL) for Blacks Run, Rockingham County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4161.

Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2003, Use of the Hydrological Simulation Program- FORTRAN and bacterial source tracking for development of the fecal coliform total maximum daily load (TMDL) for Christians Creek, Augusta County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-41612.

Nelms, D.L., and Brockman, A.R., 1997, Hydrogeology of, and quality and recharge ages of ground water in, Prince William County, Virginia, 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4009, 58 p.

Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Brockman A.R., 2001, Apparent chlorofluorocarbon age of ground water of the shallow aquifer system, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia, Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4179, 51 p. [PDF file-1,084 KB]

Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., Plummer, L. N., and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2003, Aquifer susceptibility in Virginia, 1998-2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4278, 58 p. [PDF file-3 MB]

Nelms, D.L., and Richardson, D.L., 1990, Geohydrology and the occurrence of volatile-organic compounds in ground water, Culpeper basin of Prince William County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4032, 94 p.

Orndorff, Randall C. and Harlow, George E., Jr., 2002, FIELD TRIP GUIDE Hydrogeologic framework of the Northern Shenandoah Valley carbonate aquifer system, in Kuniansky, Eve L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, August 20-22, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4174, pp. 81-89. [PDF file-667 KB]

Powell, J.D., and Abe, J.M., 1985, Availability and quality of ground water in the Piedmont province of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4235, 32 p. OUT OF STOCK

Powell, J.D., Wright, W.G., Nelms, D.L., and Ahlin, R.J., 1990, Ground-water contamination and movement at the Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4113, 36 p. Abstract

Rice, K.C. and Bricker, O.P., 1996, Hydrologic and geochemical factors affecting the chemistry of small headwater streams in response to acidic deposition on Catoctin Mountain, north-central Maryland: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4155, 63 p.

Richardson, D.L., 1994, Ground-water discharge from the Coastal Plain of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4191, 15 p. (PDF scanned; 18MB)

Richardson, D.L., and Brockman, A.R., 1992, Hydrogeology and water quality of the shallow ground-water system in eastern York County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4090, 41 p. OUT OF STOCK

Rogers, S.M., and Powell, J.D., 1983, Quality of ground water in southern Buchanan County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4022, 36 p.

Scott, A.G., 1984, Analysis of characteristics of simulated flows from small surface-mined and undisturbed Appalachian watersheds in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4151, 169 p. OUT OF STOCK

Skrobialowski, S.C., 1998, Hydrologic characteristics and water budget for Swift Creek Reservoir, Virginia, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4122, 35 p.

Smith, B. S., 2003, Ground-water flow and saline water in the shallow aquifer system of the southern watersheds of Virginia Beach, Virginia: U. S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4258, 67 p.

Smith, B.S., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2002, Conceptual hydrogeologic framework of the shallow aquifer system at Virginia Beach, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4262, 32 p. 

Smith, B.S., 2001, Ground-water flow in the shallow aquifer system at the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4077, 33 p.

Smith, B.S., 1999, Hydrogeology and ground-water flow of the shallow aquifer system at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4149, 40 p.

Smith, B.S., 1999, The potential for saltwater intrusion in the Potomac aquifers of the York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4187, 24 p.

Speiran, G.K., 2000, Dissolved organic carbon and disinfection by-product precursors in waters of the Chickahominy River Basin, Virginia, and implications for public supply: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4175, 60 p. (Abstract)

Speiran, G.K., 1998, Selected heavy metals and other constituents in soil and stormwater runoff at the Interstate 95 Interchange near Atlee, Virginia, April 1993-May 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4115, 39 p.

Sprague, L.A., 2001, Effects of storm-sampling frequency on estimation of water-quality loads and trends in two tributaries to Chesapeake Bay in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4136, 38 p. [PDF file-1,065 KB]

Sprague, L.A., and others, 2000, Factors affecting nutrient trends in major rivers of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4218, 98 p.

Woodside, M.D., 1994, Land use in, and water quality of, the Pea Hill Arm of Lake Gaston, Virginia and North Carolina, 1988­90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4140, 54 p.

Wright, W.G., 1985, Effects of fracturing on well yields in the coalfield areas of Wise and Dickenson Counties, southwestern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4061, 21 p. Out-of-stock

Wright, W.G., 1990, Ground-water hydrology and quality in the Valley and Ridge and Blue Ridge physiographic provinces of Clarke County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4134, 61 p.

Wright, W.G., and Powell, J.D., 1990, Assessment of ground-water contamination from a leaking underground storage tank at a Defense General Supply Center near Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4091, 38 p. OUT OF STOCK

Zappia, Humbert and Hayes, D.C., 1998, A demonstration of the instream flow incremental methodology, Shenandoah River, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4157, 24 p.

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 Fact Sheets

Porter, A.J., and Jastram, J.D., 2016, Hampton roads regional Water-Quality Monitoring Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2016–3095, 2 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20163095.

Eggleston, J.R., 2010, Outdoor water use and water conservation opportunities in Virginia Beach, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2010–3007, 2 p.

Erwin, M.L., McFarland, E.R., and Bruce, T. S., 1999, USGS Ground-water flow model--An essential tool for managing the Water-Supply  of the Virginia Coastal Plain, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 099-99, 4 p.

Johnson, Henry, IV, 1999, The Virginia Beach shallow ground-water study, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 173-99, 2 p.

Masterson, J.P., Pope, J.P., Monti, Jack, Jr., and Nardi, M.R., 2011, Assessing groundwater availability in the North Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011–3019, 4 p., (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3019.)

Rice, K.C. and Bricker, O.P., 1995, Seasonal cycles in streamwater quality on Catoctin Mountain, Maryland: USGS FS-136-95, 2 p.

Rice, K.C., Deviney, F.A., and Olson, G., 2007, Acid rain in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: USGS Fact Sheet 2007-3057, 4 p.

Speiran, G.K., Hamilton, P.A., and Woodside, M.D., 1998, Natural processes for managing nitrate in ground water discharged to Chesapeake Bay and other surface waters-more than forested buffers: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 178-97.

Barlow, P.M., and Kidd, M.A. (ed.), Ground-Water Resources For The Future: Atlantic Coastal Zone, 2000, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 085-00, 4 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia, 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 048-99, 4 p.

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 Abstracts

Ator, S.W., Denver, J.M., and Hancock, T.C., 2000, Relating Surficial Hydrogeology to Shallow Ground-Water Quality in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain [abs.], National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, April 25-27, 2000, Austin, Tex.

Augenstein, T.W., Terziotti, Silvia, and Hom, P.J., 1990, Proximity analysis-A tool for comparing data bases [abs.]: U.S. Geological Survey National Computer Technology Meeting, San Antonio, Tex., 1990, p. 2.

Belval, D.L., and Zynjuk, L.D., 1994, Comparison of nutrient loadings among major tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia [abs.]: 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference, June 1­3, 1994, Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel, Va.

Bell, C.F., 1995, Hydrogeology of the shallow aquifer system at the Explosive Experimental Area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Dahlgren, Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1995, p. 8.

Brockman, A.R., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 1993, The shallow aquifer system at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Dahlgren Virginia, [abs.], AAPG Eastern Section meeting, in AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, no. 8, p. 1466. AAPG Eastern section meeting, Williamsburg, Va., 1993.

Brockman, A.R., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 1994, The shallow aquifer system at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Dahlgren Virginia,[abs.], in Schultz, A.P. and Rader, E.K., eds. Studies in eastern energy and the environment; AAPG Eastern Section special volume,  Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication, v. 132, p. 178. AAPG Eastern section meeting, Williamsburg, Va., 1993.

Brockman, A.R., and Richardson, D.L., 1993, The Cornwallis Cave aquifer: A new aquifer designation for York County, Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1993, p. 66.

Burns, D.A., Rice, K.C., Lawrence, G.B., Sullivan, T.J., and Ellsworth, A.C., 2012, Stream chemistry and sensitivity to acid deposition along the Appalachian Trail: [abs.] NADP meeting, Oct. 2-5, 2012; Portland, Maine.

Chanat, J.G., Hornberger, G.M., and Rice, K.C., 2001, Variability in concentration-discharge plots: Modeling results with implications for field studies [abs.], in Abstracts, Virginia Water Research Symposium 2001: Virginia Water Resources Research Center Special Report SR21-2001, p. 20.

Conko, K.M., and Rice, K.C., 2000, Atmospheric wet deposition of trace elements to a suburban catchment in Northern Virginia:  AGU Spring Meeting, May 2000, Washington, D.C., EOS Transactions, May 9, 2000.

Cooper, R.E., Focazio, M.J., and Rowan, M.E., 1993, Selected characteristics of hydrology and water quality in the Chickahominy River, Virginia, 1989-91 [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1993, p. 58

Cooper, R.E., 1995, Contributions of the U.S. Geological Survey's participation in Prince William County's stormwater-management demonstration project [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1995, 44.

Deviney, Jr., F.A., Brown, D.E., and Rice, K.C., 2012, Evaluation of Bayesian estimation of a hidden continuous-time Markov Chain Model with application to threshold violation in water-quality indicators: Journal of Environmental Informatics, vol. 19(2), 70-78. doi: 10.3808/jei.201200210.

Focazio, M.J., Woodside, M.D., and Cooper, R.E., 1993, Effects of wetlands on water quality downstream from an urbanized area in Virginia [abs.]: Joint meeting of The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and The Society of Wetland Scientists: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1993.

Focazio, M.J., 1994, Ground-water flow from an upland agricultural field to a wooded wetland, saltwater marsh, and estuary: An analysis using flow modeling, water-recharge dates, and water chemistry [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Conference, 1994, Fall Meeting, in EOS Transaction, San Francisco, Ca., Dec. 1995.

Focazio, M.J., and Speiran, G.K., 1995, Hydrologic and geochemical characteristics of protected wetlands in the North Landing River Basin: Preliminary results [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1995, p 41.

Focazio, M.J., and Speiran, G.K., 1999, Wetlands hydrology in relation to the surrounding landscape in the North Landing River Natural Area Preserve, Virginia [abs.], Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia: Bulletin, Society of Wetland Scientists, Supplement, v. 16(2), p. A-46 - A-47.

Hamilton, P.A., 1988, Objectives of and approaches used in the ground-water-quality assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula [abs.], in Briefing papers of the Virginia Waters-Current Developments, 1988 Water Resources Research Forum, Richmond, Va., 1988, p. 48.

Hamilton, P.A., 1990, Relations between land use and nitrate concentrations in shallow ground water, Delmarva Peninsula [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1990, p. 30.

Hamilton, P.A. 1991, Relations between ground-water flow, land use and shallow ground-water quality, Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1991, p. 15.

Hamilton, P.A., 1993, Effects of agriculture chemicals on natural geochemistry of shallow groundwater, Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia [abs.] in American Association of Petroleum Geologist Bulletin, v. 77, p. 1468.

Hancock, T.C., Denver, J.M., Riedel, G.F., Miller, C.V., 2001, Reconnaissance for Arsenic in a Poultry Dominated Chesapeake Bay Watershed -- Examination of Source, Transport, and Fate, [abs.], US EPA Workshop Managing Arsenic Risks to the Environment: Characterization of Waste, Chemistry, and Treatment and Disposal, May 1-3, 2001, Denver, Colorado.

Hancock, T.C., Miller, C.V., Denver, J.M., Riedel, G.F., 2000, Fate and Transport of Arsenical Feed Amendments in Chesapeake Bay Watersheds, [abs.], Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21st Annual Meeting, November 12-16, 2000, Nashville, Tenn.

Hancock, T.C., S.W. Ator, and J.M. Denver, 2000, Use of a Hydrogeologic Framework to Examine the Effects of Agricultural Fertilizers and Manure Applications on Nutrients in Shallow Ground Water of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain [abs.], in Wilde, F.D., Britton, L.J., Miller, C.V., and Kolpin, D.W., compilers, Effects of animal feeding operations on water resources and the environment--proceedings of the technical meeting, Fort Collins, Co.,  August 30-September 1, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-024, 107 p.

Hancock, T.C., S.W. Ator, and J.M. Denver, 2000, Use of a Hydrogeologic Framework in Relating Surficial Hydrogeology to Shallow Ground-Water Quality in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain [abs.], in Younos, T. and Poss, J., eds., 2000 Virginia Water Research Symposium, Advances in Land and Water Monitoring Technologies and Research for Monitoring of Water Resources, Special Report SR 19 2000, Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Blacksburg, Va., 2001. 

Harlow, G.E., Jr., Augenstein, T.W., Samsel, T.B., III, and Wilson, W.D., 1996, Geographic information system data base for the Elizabeth River watershed, Virginia [abs.], in Chesapeake Bay Symposium, Richmond, Va.: Virginia Journal of Science 46 (4), p. 264.

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Harlow, George E., Jr., Nelms, David L., Yager, Richard M., Kozar, Mark D., Sanford, Ward E., and Moberg, Roger M., 2008, Estimating recharge to heterogeneous fractured-rock and karst aquifer systems in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia, in Kuniansky, Eve L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, p. 50. [PDF file-79 KB]

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 McCoy, K.J., Kozar, M.D., Yager, R.M., Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Nelms, D.L., 2011, Synthesis of Multiple Scale Modeling in the Faulted and Folded Karst of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia and West Virginia [abs.], in Kuniansky, E.L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 26-29, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5031, p. 171.

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Nelms, D.L., and Ahlin, R.J., 1993, Use of chlorofluorocarbons to age date ground water in Prince William County, Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1993, p. 67.

Nelms, D.L., and Harlow, Jr., G.E., 2000, The Virginia aquifer susceptibility study:  Dating of ground water for source water assessment [abs.], in Poff, J.A., and Shabman, Leonard, (eds.) 1999 Virginia Water Research Symposium:  Integrating science into development and implementation of effective water resource policies Virginia Water Resources Research Center, p. 149.

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Nelms, David L. and Moberg, Roger M., 2008, Impact of 1998-2002 drought on the karst aquifers of Clarke County in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, in Kuniansky, Eve L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, p. 51. [PDF file-75 KB]

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Orndorff R.C., Epstein J.B., Weary D.J., and Harlow G.E., 2001, Geologic aspects of karst in the Appalachians [abs.]: Appalachian Region Workshop, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 2001.

Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Bohlke, J.K., Nelms, D.L., Michel, R.L., and Schlosser, Peter, 2000, Ground-water residence times and water-quality trends in spring discharge from Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.]: Eos, May 9, 2000, American Geophysical Union, p. S260.

Plummer, L.N., Nelms, D.L., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Bohlke, J.K., and Schlosser, Peter, 1999, Residence times of ground water and spring discharge in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-331.

Powars, David S., Quick, James E., Bruce, T. Scott,  Catchings, Rufus D., Emry, Scott R., Gohn, Gregory S., Izett, Glen, A., Johnson, Gerald H., Levine, Joel S., McFarland, E. Randolph, and Poag, C. Wylie, 2001, Structure and composition of the southwestern margin of the buried Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure [abs.], to be presented at the GSA Field Forum in Nevada and Utah on bolide impacts on wet targets, April 22-28, 2001.

Powars, D.P., Johnson, G.H., Bruce, T.S., and Edwards, L.E., 2001, The relation between the Chesapeake Bay impact structure and the structure and stratigraphy of Cenozoic deposits in eastern Virginia [abs.], to be presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America Southeastern Section, April 5-6, 2001.

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Rice, K.C., Hong, Bo, and Shen, Jian, 2012, Assessment of salinity intrusion in the James and Chickahominy Rivers as a result of simulated sea-level rise in Chesapeake Bay, East Coast, USA: Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 111, p. 61-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.06.036.

Rice, K.C., Hong, B., and Shen, J., 2012, Assessment of salinity intrusion in the James and Chickahominy rivers as a result of simulated sea-level rise in Chesapeake Bay, East Coast, United States: [abs.] AGU Chapman conference, Tidal freshwater river ecosystems, Nov. 13-16, 2012; Reston, Va.

Rice, K.C., and Herman, J.S., 2012, Acidification of Earth: An assessment across mechanisms and scales: [abs.] GSA Annual Meeting, Nov. 4-7, 2012; Charlotte, NC.

Rice, K.C., 2008, Water-quality data at amphibian research sites in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, 2005–2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1204, 12 p.

Rice, K.C., and Bricker, O.P., 1995, Relation of streamwater chemistry to hydrologic and geochemical controls in four small forested watersheds on Catoctin Mountain in North-Central Maryland [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Conference, 1995, Fall Meeting, in EOS Transactions, San Francisco, Ca., Nov. 1995.

Rice, K.C., Chanat, J.G., Hornberger, G.M., and Webb, J.R., 2001, Hydrological and geochemical controls on episodic acidification of streams in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.], in Abstracts, Virginia Water Research Symposium 2001: Virginia Water Resources Research Center Special Report SR21-2001, p. 29.

Rice, K.C., and Conko, K.M., 2004, Atmospheric Wet Deposition of Trace Elements to a Suburban Environment near Washington, D.C., USA [abs.], National Atmospheric Deposition Program Scientific Symposium, Sept. 21-24, 2004, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Rice, K.C., Deviney, F.A., Jr., and Webb, J.R., 2004, Vulnerability of Streams to Episodic Acidification in Shenandoah National Park [abs.]: Virginia Water Research Symposium, Oct. 4-6, 2004, Blacksburg, Va.

Rice, K.C., Hornberger, G.M., and Webb, R.J., 2000, Episodic variation of acid-neutralizing capacity in streamwater at Paine Run, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.], American Geophysical Union 2000 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.: published as a supplement to EOS Transactions, May 9, 2000, p. S259.

Rice, K.C., Raffensperger, J.P. and Webb, R.J., 1999, Hydrological and geochemical controls on episodic acidification of streams in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia--Development and testing of a predictive model [abs.]:  Virginia Water Research Symposium, November 15, 1999, Richmond, Va.

Rice, K.C., Chanat, J.G., Hornberger, G.M. , and Webb J.R., 2001, Concentration-discharge patterns in acid-neutralizing capacity during stormflow in three small, forested catchments in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, [abs.], in U.S. Geological Survey Appalachian Region integrated science workshop proceedings, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 22-26, 2001: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-406, p.130.

Richardson, D.L., and Nelms, D.L., 1988, Geographic information system for the assessment of contamination by volatile organic compounds in the Triassic basin of Prince William County, Virginia [abs.]: National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Geological Survey, and Association of American State Geologists, GIS Symposium: Integrating Technology and Geoscience Applications, Denver, Colorado, September 26-30, 1988, p. 137.

Roeloffs, E.A., Nelms, D.L., Sheets, R.A., Cunningham, W.L., Kozar, M.D., Williams, J.H., Dawson, Cian, and Risser, D.W., 2011, Groundwater-level changes caused by strain and seismic shaking from the August 23, 2011 Mw5.8 Virginia Earthquake [abs.]: Presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. 2011.

Sanford, W.E. and Pope, J.P., 2011, Forecasting Salt-Water Intrusion In the Eastern Shore of Virginia Using a Three-Dimensional Numerical Model [abs.]: National Ground Water Association, 2011 Ground Water Summit and 2011 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1-5.

Sanford, W.E. and Pope, J.P., 2011, Use of Regional Groundwater Models to Estimate Potential Submarine Groundwater Discharge along the Chesapeake Bay [abs.]: National Ground Water Association, 2011 Ground Water Summit and 2011 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1-5.

Sanford, W. E. and Pope, J. P., 2007, A simulation of groundwater discharge and nitrate delivery to Chesapeake Bay from the lowermost Delmarva Peninsula, USA., in Sanford, W., Langevin, C., Polemio, M., and Povinec. P., eds., 2007, A new focus on groundwater-seawater interactions: IAHS Publication 312, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, p. 326-333.

Sanford, W.E., Nelms, D.L., and Pope, J.P., 2004, Ground-water chemistry and modeling come together at Virginia's Eastern Shore [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 324.

Sanford, W.E., Pope, J.P., and Selnick, D.L., 2010, Use of chemical hydrograph separation and multiple regression to assess water availability across the commonwealth of Virginia, USA [abs]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.42, no. 5, p. 325.

Snyder, C.D., Jastram, J.D., Hitt, N.P., Wofford, J., and Rice, K.C., 2012, Macroinvertebrate responses to increasing stream temperatures in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (USA): [abs.] AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, 2012; San Francisco, Ca.

Speiran, G.K., 1991, Processes controlling nitrate concentrations in ground-water discharge [abs.]: First Eastern Shore Natural Resources Symposium, Cape Charles, Va., 1991, 2 p.

Speiran, G.K., 1992, Nitrate concentrations in ground water beneath a riparian wooded wetland near Townsend, Virginia [abs.]; in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1992, p. 14.

Speiran, G.K., 1993, Flow and quality of ground water in Coastal discharge areas of the Eastern Shore, Virginia [abs.]; in American Association of Petroleum Geologist Bulletin, v. 77, p. 1475.

Speiran, G.K., 1994, Effects of sediment composition and land cover on nitrate concentrations and ground-water discharge to estuaries on the Eastern Shore, Virginia [abs.]: 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference, June 1­3, 1994, Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel, Va.

Speiran, G.K., and Focazio, M.J., 1994, Analysis of ground-water flow from an upland agricultural field to a wooded wetland, saltwater marsh, and estuary based on geology, water levels, water chemistry, and water-recharge dates [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Conference, 1994, Fall Meeting, in EOS Transaction, San Francisco, Ca., Dec. 1995.

Richardson, D.L., and Nelms, D.L., 1989, Geographic information system for the assessment of contamination by volatile organic compounds in the Triassic basin of Prince William County, Virginia [abs.]: National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Association of American State Geologists, Geographic Information System Symposium-Integrating Technology and Geoscience Applications, Denver, Colo., 1988, p. 137.

Weary, D.J., Doctor, D.H., Orndorff, R.C., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2007, Structural control of spring locations in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia and West Virginia: interpretation of geologic controls on ground-water flow paths in folded and faulted carbonate rocks [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.39, no. 2, p. 99.

Weary, D.J., Harlow, G.E., Jr., Orndorff, R.C., and Alemán-González, Wilma, 2004, Interdisciplinary cooperative geologic mapping and ground-water resource analyses of Frederick County, Virginia by the U.S. Geological Survey [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 578.

Woodside, M.D., 1990, Copper sulfate treatment of algae in an urban pond in Blacksburg, Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1990, p. 57.

Woodside, M.D., and Rowan, M.E., 1991, Spatial distribution of selected trace metals in wetland sediments in the Chickahominy River basin, Virginia [abs.]: Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium, Baton Rouge, La.,: Laboratory for Wetland Soils and Sediments, Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, 1991, 1 p.

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Woodside, M.D. 1995, Nutrients and pesticides in streams draining agricultural and forested basins in the Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin, North Carolina and Virginia [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Conference, 1995, Fall Meeting, in EOS Transaction, San Francisco, Ca., Nov. 1995.

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Yager, R.M., 2011, Delineating Capture Zones in Inclined and Folded Sedimentary Rock in the Newark Basin and Valley and Ridge Province [abs.]: National Ground Water Association Focus Conference on Fractured Rock and Eastern Groundwater Regional Issues, Burlington, Vermont, September 26-27.

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 Journal articles/Proceedings papers

Bachman, L.J., Denver, J.M., and Hamilton, P.A., 1991, Multivariate statistical analysis of geochemical processes in shallow ground water in the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1991, p. 114.

Barbash J.E., Capel, P.D., Hancock, T.C., and Rice, K.C., 2009, Hierarchical approach for obtaining values of physical and chemical parameters controlling the transport and fate of pesticides and their transformation products in the hydrologic system: American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Bricker, O.P. and Rice, K.C., 1989, Acidic deposition to streams: A geology-based method predicts their sensitivity: Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 23, no. 4, p. 379-385.<

Bricker, O.P., and Rice, K.C., 1993, Investigations of acid depositions: WRD Bulletin, 81st Year, July-December, 1993, p. 29-33.

Bricker, O.P. and Rice, K.C., 1993, Acid Rain: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol. 21, p. 151-174.

Bricker, O.P. and Rice, K.C., 1997, Acid Rain: in Hydrologic Processes from Catchment to Continental Scales, p. 203-226; ed. Dietrich, W.E., and Sposito, Garrison

Brown, D.L., 1971, Techniques for quality-of-water interpretations from calibrated geophysical logs, Atlantic coastal area: Ground Water, v. 9, no. 4, p. 25-38.

Burns, D.A., Murdoch, P.S., Rice, K.C., Baron, J.S., Bricker, S.B., Norton, S.A., and Shanley, J.B., 2011, Memorial to Owen P. Bricker, III (1936-2011): Geological Society of America Memorials, v. 40, October 2011

Callender, E., and Rice, K.C., 2000, The urban environmental gradient--Anthropogenic influences on the spatial and temporal distributions of lead and zinc in sediments: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 34, no. 2, p. 232-238. [Abstract]

Chanat, J.G., Rice, K.C., and Hornberger, G.M., 2002, Consistency of patterns in concentration-discharge plots: Water Resources Research, 38, no. 8, doi:10.1029/2001WR000971. PDF

Conko, K.M., Rice, K.C., and Kennedy, M.M., 2004, Atmospheric wet deposition of trace elements to a suburban environment, Reston, Virginia, USA: Atmospheric Environment, v. 38, no. 24, p. 4025-4033. [Abstract]

Deviney, F.A., Jr., Rice, K.C., and Hornberger, G.M., 2006, Time series and recurrence interval models to predict the vulnerability of streams to episodic acidification in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: Water Resources Research, 42, W09405, doi:10.1029/2005WR004740.

Doctor, D.H., Weary, D.J., Orndorff, R.C., Harlow, G.E., Jr., Kozar, M.D., and Nelms, D.L., 2008, Bedrock structural controls on the occurrence of sinkholes and springs in the northern Great Valley karst, Virginia and West Virginia; in:Yuhr L.B.,Alexander, E.C., Jr., and Beck, B.F., (eds.), Geotechnical Special Publication No. 183, Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, Proceedings of the Eleventh Multidisciplinary Conference, Tallahassee, Florida, September 22-26, 2008, p. 12-22.

Focazio, M.J., 1990, Application of a geographic information system to the analysis of ground-water resources in the Coastal Plain of Virginia: International Conference on Application of a Geographic Information System-Simulation Model and Knowledge-Based Systems for Landuse Management, Blacksburg, Va., 1990, Proceedings, p. 351-359.

Focazio, M.J., and Speiran, G.K., 1991, A method for estimating regional drawdowns in local areas: American Water Resources Association symposium on availability of ground water, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1992, Proceedings, p. 347-­361.

Glynn, P.D., Rice, K.C., and Baron, J.S., 2011, A brief history of, and future directions for, small watershed ecosystem studies: GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 9-12, 2011

Grant, E.H.C., Jung, R.E., and Rice, K.C., 2005, Stream salamander species richness and abundance in relation to environmental factors in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: American Midland Naturalist, v. 153, p. 348-356. [Abstract]

Hamilton, P.A., 1988, Regional effects of pumpage in the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia, in Critical water issues and computer applications: American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, p. 168-170.

Hamilton, P.A., and Denver, J.M., 1990, Effects of land use and ground-water flow on shallow ground-water quality, Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: Groundwater, v. 28, no. 5, p. 789.

Hamilton, P.A., and Laczniak, R.J., 1986, Application of a ground-water flow model to assess regional effects of ground-water withdrawals on Chesapeake Bay: Third Annual Regional Ground-Water Conference, National Water Well Association, Proceedings, 17 p.

Hamilton, P.A., and Shedlock, R.J., 1989, Relations between land use and nitrate concentrations in shallow ground water, Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Yearbook Fiscal Year 1989, p. 38-41.

Hancock, T.C., Sandstrom, M.W., Vogel, J.R., Webb, R.M.T., Bayless, E.R., and Barbash, J.E., 2008, Pesticide Fate and Transport throughout Unsaturated Zones in Five Agricultural Settings, USA, Published online 1 May 2008, doi:10.2134/jeq2007.0024,J.Environ Qual 2008 37: 1086-1100.

Harlow, G.E., Jr., Nelms, D.L., and Puller, J.C., 1999, Ground-water dating to assess aquifer susceptibility,in Water Resource Management: Source-of-Supply Challenges--1999 Water Resources Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, Sept. 26-29, 1999, Proceedings: Denver, American Water Works Association [One CD-ROM}.

Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Nelms, D.L., 1992, Use of a geographic information system to identify hydrogeologic units in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge physiographic provinces, Virginia to New Jersey: Conference on Ground water in the Piedmont of the Eastern United States, Charlotte, N.C., 1989, Proceedings, p. 312-316.

Heywood, C.E., 2003a, Influence of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure on ground-water flow and salinity in the Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system of Virginia; in: Poeter, E., Zheng, C., Hill, M., and Doherty, J., MODFLOW and More 2003: Understanding Through Modeling – Conference Proceedings, Sept. 16-19, 2003, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, p. 871-875.

Heywood, C.E., 2003b, Influence of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure on ground-water flow and salinity, in: Proceedings of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center Annual Conference, Blacksburg, VA, p. 165-171.

Heywood, C.E., 2006, The Virginia Coastal Plain model: implications of new simulation features for ground-water management; in: Poeter, E., Hill, M., Zheng, C., MODFLOW and More 2006: Managing Groundwater Systems– Conference Proceedings, May 21-24, 2006, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, p. 455-459.

Hirsch, Robert M., Douglas L. Moyer, and Stacey A. Archfield, 2010. Weighted Regressions on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS), With an Application to Chesapeake Bay River Inputs. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 46(5):857-880. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00482.x

Hyer, K.E., and Moyer, D.L., 2004, Enhancing fecal coliform total maximum daily load models through bacterial source tracking: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 40, no. 6, p. 1511-1526.

Jastram, John D., Zipper, Carl E., Zelazny, Lucian, W., and Hyer, Kenneth E., 2010, Increasing precision of turbidity-based suspended sediment concentration and load estimates. Journal of Environmental Quality 39:1306-1316 (2010), doi:10.2134/jeq2009.0280.

Kendall, Carol, Mast, M.A., and Rice, K.C., 1992, Tracing watershed weathering reactions with 13C: Proceedings Volume of the 7th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Park City, Utah, 13-19 July 1992, p. 569-572.

Lane, J.W., Jr., Day-Lewis, F.D., Johnson, C.D., Dawson, C.B., Nelms, D.L., Eddy-Miller, C.A., Wheeler, J.D., Harvey, C.F., and Karam, H., 2008, Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing: A new tool for assessment and monitoring of hydrologic processes, in Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, April 6-10, 2008, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Proceedings: Denver, Colorado, Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, 9 p.

Larson, J.D., 1984, A water resource appraisal of the Powell River basin in Wise County, Virginia: 1983 Powell River Project Symposium, 1984, p. 8­14.

McDonald, I.R., Kämpfer, P., Topp, E., Warner, K.L., Cox, M.J., Hancock, T.L.C., Miller, L.G., Larkin, M.J., Ducrocq, V., Coulter, C., Harper, D.B., Murrell, J.C., and Oremland, R.S., 2005, Aminobacter ciceronei sp. nov. and Aminobacter lissarensis sp. nov., isolated from various terrestrial environments: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology: 2005, v. 55, p. 1827-1832 (PDF; 116 KB)

McFarland, E.R., and Bruce, T.S., 2004, Distribution, origin, and resource-management implications of ground-water salinity along the western margin of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, in  ICDP-USGS Workshop on Deep Drilling in the Central Crater of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA: Proceedings Volume: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1016, p. 34-35.

McFarland, E.R., and Pope, J.P., 2004, Spatial analysis of the hydrogeologic framework of the Virginia Coastal Plain, in ICDP-USGS Workshop on Deep Drilling in the Central Crater of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA: Proceedings Volume: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1016, p. 35-36.

O'Brien, A.K., Rice, K.C., Bricker, O.P., Kennedy, M.M., and Anderson, R.T., 1997, Use of geochemical mass balance modelling to evaluate the role of weathering in determining stream chemistry in five mid-Atlantic watersheds on different lithologies: Hydrological Processes, vol. 11, p. 719-744

O'Brien, A.K., Rice, K.C., Kennedy, M.M., and Bricker, O.P., 1993, Comparison of episodic acidification of Mid-Atlantic upland and Coastal Plain streams: Water Resources Research, vol. 29, no. 9, p. 3029-3039

Phillips, P.J., Shedlock, R.J., and Hamilton, P.A., 1989, National Water-Quality Assessment Program activities on the Delmarva Peninsula in parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, in Gohn, G.S., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Workshop on the Geology and Geohydrology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, 1988, U.S. Geological Circular 1059.

Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, E., Bohlke, J.K., Nelms, D.L., Michel, R.L., and Schlosser, P., 2001, Groundwater residence times in Shenandoah National Park, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, USA: A multi-tracer approach.  Chemical Geology, v. 179, p. 93-111. [Abstract]

Powell, J.D., 1988, Origin and influence of coal mine drainage on streams of the United States: Environmental Geology Water Science, v. 11, no. 2, p. 141-­152.

Powell, J.D., Hufschmidt, P.W., and Larson, J.D., 1982, Geochemistry of ground water in the coal-producing area of southwest Virginia: 1982 Symposium on Surface Mining Hydrology, Sedimentation and Reclamation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1982, p. 439-­444.

Rice, K.C., 2009, Forecasting effects of climate and land-use changes in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: USGS Chesapeake Bay Science Workshop, Oct. 27-28, 2009, NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV.

Rice, K.C. and Bricker, O.P., 1993, Hydrologic, chemical, and isotopic characterization of two small watersheds on Catoctin Mountain, north-central Maryland, U.S.A.: Chemical Geology, vol.107, p. 319-321.

Rice, K.C. and Bricker, O.P., 1995, Seasonal cycles of dissolved constituents in streamwater in two forested catchments in the mid-Atlantic region of the eastern U.S.A.: Journal of Hydrology, vol. 170, p. 137-158.

Rice, K.C., Chanat, J.G., Hornberger, G.M., and Webb, J.R., 2004, Interpretation of concentration-discharge patterns in acid-neutralizing capacity during storm flow in three small, forested catchments in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: Water Resources Research, 40, W05301, doi:10.1029/2003WR002709.

Rice, K.C., Conko, K.M., and Hornberger, G.M., 2002, Anthropogenic sources of arsenic and copper to sediments in a suburban lake, Northern Virginia: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 36, no. 23, p. 4962-4967. PDF

Rice, K.C., Cosby, B.J., Deviney, Jr., F.A., Webb, J.R., 2009, Differences in sulfate behavior along a North-South gradient of unglaciated Eastern U.S. catchments: Fall AGU meeting, Dec. 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, CA

Rice, K.C., Deviney, Jr., F.A., J. Cosby, B.J., Lynch, J., 2011, Understanding sulfate dynamics in unglaciated Eastern U.S. catchments: GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 9-12, 2011

Rice, K.C., Deviney, Jr., F.A., and Hornberger, G.M., 2006, Time series and recurrence interval models to predict the vulnerability of streams to episodic acidification in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: AGU Spring Meeting, May 22-25, 2006, Baltimore, Md.;

Rice, K.C., Deviney, Jr., F.A., and Hornberger, G.M., 2006, Time series and recurrence interval models to predict the vulnerability of streams to episodic acidification in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 38, No. 7; Philadelphia, Pa.;

Rice, K.C., Deviney, Jr., F.A., and Hornberger, G.M., 2007, Regionalization of a predictive surface-water-quality model: USGS National Water Quality Meeting, Nov. 5-9, 2007, Galveston, Tx

  • Rice, K.C., and Herman, J.S., 2011, Acidification of Earth: An assessment across mechanisms and scales: Applied Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.001
  • Rice, K.C., and Hornberger, G.M., 1998, Comparison of hydrochemical tracers to estimate source contributions to peak flow in a small, forested, headwater catchment: Water Resources Research, 34,  No. 7,  p. 1755-1766.  PDF

    Hong, B., Shen, J., Rice, K.C., and Bennett, M.R., 2010, Modeling study of salinity change under different sea-level rise scenarios in the Chesapeake Bay: Chesapeake Modeling Symposium 2010, May 10-12, Annapolis, MD

    Rice, K.C., Shen, J., Hong, B., 2010, Simulated changes in salinity in the York and James River estuaries, Southeastern Virginia, USA, from projected sea-level rise in the Chesapeake Bay: Fall AGU meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2010, San Francisco, CA

    Rice, K.C., and Spangler, L.E., 1999, Hydrology and geochemistry of carbonate springs in Mantua Valley, northern Utah: Utah Geological Association Publication 27, p. 337-352.

    Rice, K.C., Webb, J.R., Deviney, Jr., F.A., and Schaberl, J.P., 2009, Examining sulfate behavior along a North-South gradient of unglaciated Eastern U.S. catchments: NADP meeting, Oct. 6-9, 2009, Saratoga Springs, NY

    Rice, K.C., 1999, Trace-element concentrations in streambed sediment across the conterminous United States:  Environmental Science and Technology, v. 33, no. 15, p. 2499-2504. [Abstract]

    Rice, K.C., 2002, An ancient duality: People, Land & Water, U.S. Department of the Interior, vol. 9, no.1, p. 29.

    Richardson, D.L., 1991, Analysis of well distribution and saltwater intrusion of the Eastern Shore Peninsula in Virginia by means of a finite-difference sharp-interface ground-water-flow model: American Water Resources Association symposium on availability of ground water, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1992, Proceedings, p. 337-­346.

    Richardson, D.L., and Bell, C.F., 1994, A method for estimating ground-water discharge from the Coastal Plain of Virginia: 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference, June 1­3, 1994, Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel, Proceedings.

    Sanford, W.E. and Pope, J.P., 2010, Current challenges using models to forecast seawater intrusion: Lessons from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, USA, Hydrogeology Journal, v. 18, no. p. 73–93; DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0513-4. (on-line abstract or on-line journal article in pdf format, 3.9 MB, published by Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, copyright U.S. Government)

    Scudlark, J.R., Rice, K.C., Conko, K.M., Bricker, O.P., and Church, T.M., 2005, Transmission of atmospherically derived trace elements through an undeveloped, forested Maryland watershed: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 163, no. 1-4, p. 53-79, DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-8135-5.

    Shedlock, R.J., Phillips, P.J., Bachman, L.J., Hamilton, P.A., and Denver, J.M., 1991, Influence of wetlands on regional water-quality patterns in the Delmarva Peninsula of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, in Collected abstracts of the 1991 Society of Wetland Scientists Meeting, Ann Arbor, Mich.

    Speiran, Gary K., 2010. Effects of Groundwater-Flow Paths on Nitrate Concentrations Across Two Riparian Forest Corridors. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 46(2):246-260. DOI: 10.1111/ j.1752-1688.2010.00427.x   (PDF 730k)

    Speiran, G.K., 1996, Ground-water resources of the Eastern Shore, part 1, app. D in Water Resources of the Eastern Shore of Virginia: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 75 p

    Stoeckel, D.M., Mathes, M.V., Hyer, K.E., Hagedorn, Charles, Kator, Howard, Lukasik, Jerzy, O'Brien, T.L., Fenger, T.W., Samadpour, Mansour, Strickler, K. M., and Wiggins, B.A., 2004, Comparison of seven protocols to identify fecal contamination sources using Escherichia coli : Environmental Science and Technology, v. 38, no. 22, p. 6109-6117.

    Yager, R.M., McCoy, K.J., Voss, C.I., Sanford, W.E., and Winston, R.B., 2017, The role of uplift and erosion in the persistence of saline groundwater in the shallow subsurface: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 44, p. 3672–3681, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL072980/full.

    Yager, R.M., Voss, C.I., and Southworth, S., 2009, Comparison of alternative representations of hydraulic-conductivity anisotropy in folded fractured-sedimentary rock: modeling groundwater flow in the Shenandoah Valley (USA): Hydrogeology Journal (2009) 17: p. 1111-1131.

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     Posters

    Augenstein, T.W., Richardson, D.L., and Terry, J.E., Jr., 1988, Budget, A water-use supply and demand program to assist water-use planners: American Water Resources Association Symposium, Poster, Tucson, Ariz., 1988.

    Chanat, J.G., Rice, K.C., and Hornberger, G.M., 2001, Variability in concentration-discharge plots - modeling results with implications for field studies: AGU Spring Meeting, May 2001, Boston, Ma., published as a supplement to the May 2001 issue of Eos.

    Harlow, George E., Jr., 2001, Appraisal of the Northern Shenandoah Valley Carbonate Aquifer System, Frederick County, Virginia [PDF file 3.2 MB], Source Water Protection in Karst: Delineation, Policy, and Management Workshop, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, Va.

    Harlow, George E., Jr., Nelms, David L., Yager, Richard M., Kozar, Mark D., Sanford, Ward E., and Moberg, Roger M., 2008, Estimating recharge to heterogeneous fractured-rock and karst aquifer systems in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia, [PDF file 3.2 MB], U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Workshop, May 27-29, 2008, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

    Hyer, K., E., Moyer, D.L., and Baldwin, T., L., Bacteria source tracking to improve TMDL development in bacteria-impaired streams: Emerging Issues Associated with Aquatic Environmental Pathogens [PDF file-2.7 MB], September 5-7, 2001. Ft. Meade, Maryland.

    Nelms, David L., and Moberg, Roger M., 2008, Impact of 1998-2002 drought on the karst aquifers of Clarke County in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, [PDF file 4.2 MB], U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Workshop, May 27-29, 2008, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

    Rice, K.C., 2000, Effects of urban sprawl on the water resources of northern Virginia [PDF file-593 KB]: Federal Urban Sprawl Workshop, December 6-8, 2000, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

    Weary, D.J., Doctor, D.H., Orndorff, R.C., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2007, Structural control of spring locations in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia and West Virginia: interpretation of geologic controls on ground-water flow paths in folded and faulted carbonate rocks, Geologic maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic Maps (PDF Posters), 2007 Southeastern Section-56th Annual Meeting (March 29-30, 2007), Geological Society of America. (Page1) 23.8 MB, (Page2) 33.9 MB.

    Weary, D.J., Harlow, G.E., Jr., Orndorff, R.C., and Alemán-González, Wilma, 2004, Interdisciplinary cooperative geologic mapping and ground-water resource analyses of Frederick County, Virginia by the U.S. Geological Survey, Geological Mapping: Providing for Successful Water and Land Resource Planning (Posters), 2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7-10, 2004), Geological Society of America. [PDF file 44.7 MB; poster is 42" x 72": Zipped PDF file available 42.6 MB]

    White, B.A., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2008, Hydrogeologic data collection for water-resources evaluation in Bedford County, Virginia [PowerPoint Presentation 5.20 MB],Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy Division of Geology and Mineral Resources 2008 Symposium "Geologic Research in the Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge Provinces of Virginia," In Honor of Tom Gathright, December 12, 2008, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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     Open-File Reports

    Austin, S.H., and Wiegand, U., 2009, Annual maximum stages and discharges of selected streams in Virginia through 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1007, 733 p. (available only online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr2009-1007).

    Bain, G.L., 1973, Feasibility study of East Coast Triassic basins for waste storage: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 73-0015. OUT OF STOCK

    Bell, C.F., Bolles, T.P., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 1994, Hydrogeologic and water-quality data for the Main Site, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Dahlgren, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-301, 81 p.

    Belval, D.L., and Campbell, J.P., 1996, Water-quality data and estimated loads of selected constituents in five tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay at the Fall Line, Virginia, July 1993 through June 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-220, 79 p.

    Blanchard, S.F., Coupe, R.H., Jr., and Woodward, J.C., 1982, Water quality of the tidal Potomac River and estuary, Hydrologic Data Report, 1981 Water Year: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-575, 304 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Briel, L.I., 1993, Documentation of a multiple-technique computer program for plotting major-ion composition of natural waters: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-74, 88 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Brown, D.L., 1968, Memorandum report on test drilling at Norfolk, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-0025, 28 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Brown, G.A., 1981, Water resources of Prince William Forest Park: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-964, 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

    Camp, J.D., and Miller, E.M., 1970, Flood of August 1969 in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-0051, 120 p. 

    Carrington, N.R., 1986, Selected publications on the water resources of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-418W, 34 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Carter, Virginia, and Clark, C.P., 1978, Map of roads and ditches of the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia and North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-86, 1 sheet, scale 1:126,720. OUT OF STOCK

    Cederstrom, D.J., 1969, Geology and ground-water resources of the Middle Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 69-0037. OUT OF STOCK

    Conko, K.M., Kennedy, M.M., and Rice, K.C., 2000, Water-quality data collected at Lake Anne, Reston, Virginia, 1997-1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-481, 49 p.

    Colman, J.A., Rice, K.C., and Willoughby, T.C. 2001, Methodology and significance of studies of atmospheric deposition in highway runoff: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-259, 
    63 p. [PDF file-1,982 KB]

    Cosner, O.J., 1976, Measured and simulated ground-water levels in the Franklin area, southeastern Virginia 1973­74: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-83, 5 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

    Cosner, O.J., and Brown, G.A., 1970, Potentiometric surface of the Lower Cretaceous aquifer, Franklin area, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-0079. OUT OF STOCK

    Farrington, S.T., Carrington, N.R., and Daniels, W.V., Jr., 1984, Water-level hydrographs for observation wells in Virginia, 1982: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-134, 167 p.

    Froelich, A.J., Johnston, R.H., and Langer, W.H., 1979, Preliminary report on the ancestral Potomac River deposits in Fairfax County, Virginia, and their potential hydrogeologic significance: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-544, 37 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Hamilton, P.A., Denver, J.M., and Phillips, P.J., Shedlock, R.J., 1993, Water-quality assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia-Effects of agricultural activities on, and distribution of, nitrate and other inorganic constituents in the surficial aquifer: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-40, 87 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Hamilton, P.A., Shedlock, R.J., and Phillips, P.J., 1989, Ground-water assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia-Analysis of available water-quality data through 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-34, 71 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Hammond, E.C., McFarland, E.R., Focazio, M.J., 1994, Potentiometric surface of the Brightseat-upper Potomac aquifer in Virginia 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-370, 1 sheet.

    Hammond, E.C., McFarland, E.R., Focazio, M.J., 1994, Potentiometric surface of the middle Potomac aquifer in Virginia 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-372, 1 sheet.

    Hammond, E.C., McFarland, E.R., Focazio, M.J., 1994, Potentiometric surface of the lower Potomac aquifer in Virginia 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-373, 1 sheet.

    Hammond, E.C., and Bell, C.F., 1995, Hydrogeologic and water-quality data for the Explosive Experimental Area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Site, Dahlgren, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-386, 68, p.

    Hancock, T.C., and Brayton, M.J., 2006, Environmental Setting of the Morgan Creek Basin, Maryland, 2002-04: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1151, 28 p.

    Hayes, D.C., and Wiegand, Ute, 2006, Drainage areas of selected streams in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006–1308, 51 p.

    Harsh, J.F., 1980, Ground-water hydrology of James City County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-961, 73 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Hendrick, W.E., Jr., 1982, Summary of hydrologic data collected at Wytheville National Fish Hatchery No. 2, Max Meadows, Virginia, 1976 to 1979: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-686, 28 p.

    Heywood, C.E., Galloway, D.L., and Stork, S. V., 2003, InSAR-derived temporal and spatial patterns of land subsidence and uplift caused by aquifer-system deformation controlled in part by ground-water-level variations and geologic structures near Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Prince, K.R. and Galloway, D.L., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Subsidence Interest Group Conference, Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Galveston, Texas, November 27-29, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-308, p. 129-142.

    Hirsch, R.M., 1978, Risk analyses for  a water-supply system: Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax, and Prince William Counties, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-452, 61 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Hopkins, H.T., Bower, R.F., Abe, J.M., and Harsh, J.F., 1981, Potentiometric surface map for the Cretaceous aquifer, Virginia Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-965, 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.

    Hufschmidt, P.W., 1984, Description and evaluation of the Information Transfer Workshop Series-Coal Hydrology in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-852, 23 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Hufschmidt, P.W., and others, 1981, Hydrology of Area 16, Eastern Coal Province, Virginia-Tennessee: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-204, 68 p.

    Jastram, J.D., and Rice, K.C., 2015, Air- and stream-water-temperature trends in the Chesapeake Bay region, 1960–2014: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015?1207, 28 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151207.

    Johnston, R.H., 1978, Probable yields of wells in the bedrock aquifers of Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78­267, 1 pl., 2 tab., scale 1:48,000. OUT OF STOCK

    Johnston, R.H., and Froelich, A.J., 1977, Map showing lithofacies and inferred subsurface distribution of channel-fill sands in the Potomac Group in Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-287, 8 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Johnston, R.H., and Larson, J.D., 1976, Preliminary appraisal of ground water in the Franconia area, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-400, 19 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Johnston, R.H., and Larson, J.D., 1977, Potentiometric surface maps and water-level change map for the lower aquifer of the Cretaceous Potomac Group in Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-284, 7 p., scale: 1:4,000. OUT OF STOCK

    Johnston, R.H., and Larson, J.D., 1979, Principal sources of ground water in Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-211, 1 sheet. OUT OF STOCK

    Johnston, R.H., and Van Driel, J.N., 1978, Susceptibility of Coastal Plain aquifers to contamination, Fairfax County, Virginia-A computer composite map: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-265, 1 pl., scale 1:48,000. OUT OF STOCK

    Johnston, R.H., and Van Driel, J.N., 1979, Evaluation of potential yield of water wells in bedrock aquifers, Fairfax County, Virginia-computer composite map: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-525, 2 pls., scale 1:48,000. OUT OF STOCK

    Knobel, L.L., 1985, Ground-water quality data for the Atlantic Coastal Plain: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-154, 84 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Langland, M.J., 2007, Streamflow, nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads, and water-quality change in selected nontidal basins in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 1985-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 2007-1372.

    Langland, M.J., Blomquist, J.D., Sprague, L.A., and Edwards, R.E., 2000, Trends and status of flow, nutrients, and sediments for selected nontidal sites in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 1985-98: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-451, 46 p.

    Larson, J.D., 1978, Hydrogeology of the observation well site at U.S. Geological Survey National Headquarters, Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-144, 35 p.

    Larson, J.D., 1978, Chemical quality of ground water in Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-268, 2 pl., 3 tab. OUT OF STOCK

    Larson, J.D., 1978, Chemical composition of streams during low flow-Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-719, 31 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Larson, J.D., 1981, Distribution of saltwater in the Coastal Plain aquifers of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1013, 25 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Larson, J.D., 1985, Selected hydrologic data for the Powell River basin in Wise County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-186, 22 p.

    Larson, J.D., and Froelich, A.J., 1977, Map showing extent, altitude at base, and thickness of the Potomac Group in Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-286, 4 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Larson, J.D., and Laczniak, R.J., 1991, Ground-water use and levels in the southern Coastal Plain of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-187, 165 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Lescinsky, J.B., 1987, Flood of November 1985 in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-486, 33 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Lewis, T.A., 1981, Solid waste disposal sites in Fairfax County and vicinity, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-164. OUT OF STOCK

    Lichtler, W.F., and Wait, R.L., 1974, Summary of the ground-water resources of the James River basin, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 74-139, 54 p.

    Lichtler, W.F., and Walker, P.N., 1974, Hydrology of the Dismal Swamp, Virginia­North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 74-39, 50 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Lloyd, O.B., Jr., Barnes, C.R., and Woodside, M.D., 1991, National water-quality assessment program -The Albemarle­Pamlico drainage: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-156, 2 p.

    Lotspeich, R.R., 2007, The quality of water and bottom material in Lunga Reservoir, Virginia, September 2004 through August 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007–1053, 52 p.

    McFarland, E.R., and Focazio, M.J., 1994, Ground water in Virginia: Use during 1990, availability, and resource information needs: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-114, 1 sheet

    McFarland, J.A., 1992, Selected U.S. Geological Survey publications on the water-resources of Virginia, 1910­91: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-69, 19 p.

    McGreevy, L.J., Hyatt, G.J., and Cockey, E.J., 1986, Water resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey, Mid­Atlantic District, 1984­1986: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-490, 129 p.

    Meisler, Harold, 1981, Preliminary delineation of salty ground water in the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-71, 39 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Miller, E.M., 1977, Equation for estimating regional flood depth--Frequency relation for Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-396, 6 p.

    Miller, E.M., 1977, Annual maximum stages and discharges of Virginia streams: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-720, 250 p.

    Miller, E.M., and Kapinos, F.P., 1970, Flood of July 22, 1969, in northern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-0225, 35 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Moberg, R.M., Powell, E.D., and Rice, K.C., 1995 (revised, 2002), Measuring streamflow in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-713, pamphlet.

    Mohler, E.H., Jr., 1977, Map showing drainage basins and locations of streamflow-measuring sites, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-270, 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000. OUT OF STOCK

    Mohler, E.H., Jr., and Hagan, G.F., 1981, Low flow of streams in Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-63, 30 p.

    Mohler, E.H., Jr., and Novak, C.E., 1978, 100-year flood map, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-767, 1 pl., scale 1:48,000. OUT OF STOCK

    Mulheren, M.P., Larson, J.D., and Hopkins, H.T., 1982, An index of geophysical well logging in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-432, 34 p.

    Nelms, D.L., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2003, Aquifer susceptibility in Virginia--Data on chemical and isotopic composition, recharge temperature, and apparent age of water from wells and springs, 1998-2000: U. S. Geological Survey Open File Report 03-246, 101 p. ONLINE ONLY. 

    Nelms, D.L., and Brockman, A.R., 1993, Well-construction, water-level, and ground-water-quality data for Prince William County, Virginia, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-443, 73 p.

    Plummer, L. N., Busenberg, E., Bohlke, J-K., Carmody, R.W., Casile, G.C., Coplen, T.B., Doughten, M.W., Hannon, J.E., Kirkland, W., Michel, R.L., Nelms, D.L., Norton, B.C., Plummer, K.E., Qi, H., Revesz, K., Schlosser, P., Spitzer, S., Wayland, J.E., and Widman, P.K., 2000, Chemical and isotopic composition of water from springs, wells, and streams in parts of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, and vicinity, 1995-1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-373, 70 p.

    Pope, J.P., and Burbey, T.J., 2003, Characterization and modeling of land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawals from the confined aquifers of the Virginia Coastal Plain, in Prince, K.R. and Galloway, D.L., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Subsidence Interest Group Conference, Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Galveston, Texas, November 27-29, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-308, p. 49-56.

    Powell, J.D., and Hamilton, P.A., 1987, Virginia ground-water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-759, 7 p.

    Powell, J.D., Speiran, G.K., and Anderson, G.S., 1988, U.S. Geological Survey ground-water studies in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-135, 2 p.

    Prugh, B.J., Jr., and Humphrey, C.G., 1993, Compilation of surface-water and water-quality data-collection sites on selected streams in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-462, 645 p.

    Prugh, B.J., Jr., Nuckels, E.H., and Humphrey, C.G., 1991, Annual maximum stages and discharges of selected streams in Virginia through 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-587, 442 p.

    Rice, K.C., 2008, Water-quality data at amphibian research sites in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, 2005-2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1204, 12 p.

    Rice, K.C. and Bricker, O.P., 1992, Acid rain and its effect on streamwater quality on Catoctin Mountain, Maryland: USGS Open-File Report 92-168, Water Fact Sheet, 2 p.

    Rice, K.C. and Bricker, O.P., 1992, Acid rain-induced changes in streamwater quality during storms on Catoctin Mountain, Maryland: USGS Open-File Report 92-649, Water Fact Sheet, 2 p.

    Rice, K.C., and Jung, R.E., 2004, Water-quality and amphibian population data for Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, 2001-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1401, 45 p. ONLINE ONLY.

    Rice, K.C., Bennett, M.R., and Shen, J., 2011, Simulated changes in salinity in the York and Chickahominy Rivers from projected sea-level rise in Chesapeake Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1191, 31 p.

    Rice, K.C., Kennedy, M.M., Bricker, O.P., and Donnelly, C.A., 1993, Data on the quantity and chemical quality of precipitation, Catoctin Mountain, north-central Maryland, 1982-1991: USGS Open-File Report 93-169, 46 p.

    Rice, K.C., Kennedy, M.M., Carter, C.A., Anderson, R.T., and Bricker, O.P., 1996, Hydrologic and water-quality data for two small watersheds on Catoctin Mountain, north-central Maryland, 1987-93: USGS Open-File Report 95-151, 195 p.

    Rice, K.C., Maben, S.W., and Webb, J.R., 2001, Water-Quality Data of Soil Water from Three Watersheds, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-236, 17 p. [PDF file-392 KB]

    Rice, K.C., Monti, M.M., and Ettinger, M.R., 2005, Water-Quality Data from Ground- and Surface-Water near Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and non-CAFOs in the Shenandoah Valley and Eastern Shore of Virginia, January-February 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 05-1388 [PDF file-3.1 MB]

    Richardson, D.L., 1993, Ground-water concerns for the Eastern Shore, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-93, 4 p.

    Richardson, D.L., Laczniak, R.J., and Hamilton, P.A., 1988, Evaluation of municipal withdrawals from the confined aquifers of southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-723, 50 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Rogers, S.M., 1977, A water-quality assessment of the Northeast Creek and Desper Creek watersheds, South Anna River basin, Louisa County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-460, 38 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Rogers, S.M., and Hufschmidt, P.W., 1980, Quality of surface water in the coal-mining area of southwestern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-769, 2 sheets.

    Ryan, Michael P., Pierce, Herbert A., Johnson, Carole D., Sutphin, David M., Daniels, David L., Smoot, Joseph P., Costain, John K., Coruh, Cahit, and Harlow, George E., 2006, Reconnaissance Borehole Geophysical, Geological, and Hydrological Data from the Proposed Hydrodynamic Compartments of the Culpeper Basin in Loudoun, Prince William, Culpeper, Orange, and Fairfax Counties, Virginia (Version 1.0), Open-File Report 2006-1203, available online only at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ofr/2006/1203/

    Scott, A.G., 1980, An interim report on the investigation of flooding in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1188, 116 p.

    Skrobialowski, S.C., and Focazio, M.J., 1997, Hydrologic characteristics and water budget for Swift Creek Reservoir, Virginia, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-229, 41 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Shedlock, R.J., Phillips, P.J., Bachman, L.J., and Hamilton, P.A., 1990, Strategy for ground-water quality assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia-Second National Symposium on Water Quality: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-409, p. 88.

    Soule, P.L., 1976, Flood-plain delineation for Cameron Run basin, Fairfax County­Alexandria City, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-443, 94 p.

    Soule, P.L., 1976, Flood-plain delineation for Difficult Run basin, Fairfa County, Virginia: U.. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-459, 184 p.

    Soule, P.L., 1977, Flood-plain delineation for Accotink Creek basin, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-442, 119 p.

    Soule, P.L., 1977, Flood-plain delineation for Pohick Creek basin, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-444, 121 p.

    Soule, P.L., 1977, Flood-plain delineation for Bull Run, Little Rocky Run, Johnny Moore Creek, and Popes Head Creek basins, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-329, 156 p.

    Soule, P.L., 1978, Flood-plain delineation for Cub Run Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-17, 121 p.

    Soule, P.L., 1978, Flood-plain delineation for Bullneck, Scott, Dead, and Pimmit Run basins, Fairfax City, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-260, 77 p.

    Soule, P.L., 1978, Flood-plain delineation for Horsepen Run, Sugarland Run, Pond Branch, Clarks Branch, and Mines Run Branch basins, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1028, 97 p.

    Soule, P.L., 1978, Flood-plain delineation for Occoquan River, Wolf Run, Sandy Run, Elk Horn Run, Giles Run, Kanes Creek, Racoon Creek, and Thompson Creek, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-215, 118 p.

    Woodside, M.D., and Simerl, B.R., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Albemarle-Pamlico Basin, North Carolina and Virginia-Chemical analyses of organic compounds and inorganic constituents in streambed sediment, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-103, 25 p.

    Wright, W.G., and Powell, J.D., 1990, Preliminary investigation of soil and ground-water contamination at the U.S. Army Petroleum Training Facility, Fort Lee, Virginia, September-October 1989: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-387, 28 p. OUT OF STOCK

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     Unnumbered Open-File Reports

    Anderson, D.G., 1961, Flood inundation study of the Cameron Run basin, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. OUT OF STOCK

    Anderson, D.G., 1968, Effects of urban development on floods in northern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 26 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Brown, D.L., 1971, Geophysical logs of test well 1, Norfolk, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. OUT OF STOCK

    Camp, J.D., and Miller, E.M., 1970, Flood of August 1969 in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-0051, 120 p. 

    Cederstrom, D.J., 1969, Geology and ground-water resources of the Middle Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 69-0037. OUT OF STOCK

    Cosner, O.J., and Brown, G.A., 1970, Potentiometric surface of the Lower Cretaceous aquifer, Franklin area, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-0079. OUT OF STOCK

    Cosner, O.J., and Horwich, E., 1974, Grid-coordinate generating program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. OUT OF STOCK

    Miller, E.M., 1953, Summary of flood discharges for drainage areas under 100 square miles in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 11 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Miller, E.M., 1969, Floods in Virginia, magnitude and frequency: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. OUT OF STOCK

    Miller, E.M., and Kapinos, F.P., 1966, Summary of flood discharge for drainage areas under 120 square miles in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 13 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Miller, E.M., and Kapinos, F.P., 1967, 1967 index of gaging stations in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. OUT OF STOCK

    Miller, E.M., and Kapinos, F.P.,  1967, Flood of August 1967 in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 83 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Nuckels, E.H., 1970, Virginia streamflow data program analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 54 p. OUT OF STOCK

    Phelan, D.J., Carrington, N.R., and Hyatt, G.J., 1983, Water Resources Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey Mid­Atlantic District 1981­83: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 98 p.

    Tice, R.H., and Others, 1957, Flood of January­February 1957 in southwest Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 45 p. OUT OF STOCK

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     Non U.S. Geological Survey Publications

    Battaglin, W.A., Rice, K.C., Focazio, M.J., Salmons, S., and Barry, R., 2009, The occurrence of glyphosate and other pesticides in vernal pools and adjacent streams in Wyoming, Iowa, and Washington D.C.: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 155, 1, p. 281-DOI 10.1007/s10661-008-0435-y.

    Church, T.M., Scudlark, J.R., Conko, K.M., Bricker, O.P., and Rice, K.C., 1998, Transmission of atmospherically deposited trace elements through an undeveloped, forested Maryland watershed: Maryland Department of Natural Resources Chesapeake Bay Research and Monitoring Division, CBWP-MANTA-AD-98-2, 87 p.

    Moberg, R.M., and Rice, K.C., 2002, Level I water-quality inventory and monitoring, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia.

    Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Bruce, T.S., 2016, Hydrogeology of Virginia, in Bailey, C.M., Sherwood, W.C., Eaton, L.S., and Powars, D.S., eds., The Geology of Virginia: Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 18, p. 315-340. ISBN 1-884549-40-3.

    Nelms, D.L., and Powell, E.D., 2006, Sensitivity of Christiansburg well to earthquakes around the world: A Newsletter of the Virginia Board for Geology, p 1-2. ONLINE ONLY.

    Rice, K.C. and Bricker, O.P., 1991, Geology-based method of assessing sensitivity of streams to acidic deposition in Charles and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland: Chesapeake Bay Research and Monitoring Division, Tidewater Administration, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, CBRM-AD-91-15, 15 p. and 2 plates.

    Rice, K.C., Moberg, R. M., and Allen, K. G., 2003, Water resources management plan, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia: National Park Service, NPS D-40, 209 p.

    Rice, K.C., Vana-Miller, D.L., and Flora, M.D., 2000, Water resources management plan, Cold Harbor and Gaines' Mill units, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia: National Park Service, NPS D-36, 81 p.

    Speiran, G.K., and Hughes, M.L., 2001, Hydrology and water quality of the shallow aquifer system, Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Historical Park at Yorktown, Virginia: Philadelphia, National Park Service, 65 p.

    Webb, J.R., and Rice, K.C., 2007, Mystery solved: White deposit on streambeds proves to be diatoms: Shenandoah National Park Resource Management Newsletter, spring 2007, 2 p.

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     Hydrologic Investigations Atlases

    Brown, G.A., and Cosner, O.J., 1974, Ground-water conditions in the Franklin area, southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey HA­538, 3 sheets, scale 1:125,000.

    DeBuchanne, G.D., 1968, Ground-water resources of the James, York, and Rappahannock River basins of Virginia west of the Fall Line: U.S. Geological Survey HA­283, 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.

    DeBuchanne, G.D., 1968, Ground-water resources of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the James, York, and Rappahannock River basins of Virginia east of the Fall Line: U.S. Geological Survey HA­284, 2 sheets, scale 1:500,000.

    Mesko, T.O., Swain, L.A., and Hollyday, E.F., 1999, Hydrogeology and hydrogeologic terranes of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont provinces in the eastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey, Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-732-B, Map, scale 1:2000000.

    Miller, E.M., 1969, Flood of August 1969, Bon Air quadrangle, Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey HA­409, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

    Miller, E.M., 1969, Flood of August 1969, Richmond quadrangle, Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey HA­410, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

    Miller, E.M., 1969, Flood of August 1969, Drewrys Bluff quadrangle, Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey HA­411, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

    Miller, E.M., and Walker, P.N., 1973, Flood of October 1972, Petersburg and Colonial Heights, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey HA­505, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

    Rapp, D.H., 1968, Floods on Johns and Craig Creeks, in Craig County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey HA­326, 1 sheet, scale 1:12,000.

    Runner, G.S., 1969, Flood of August 1969 on Maury River at Buena Vista, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey HA­412, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

    Schneider, W.J., and others, 1965, Water resources of the Appalachian Region, Pennsylvania to Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey HA­198, 11 sheets, sheet 1-scale 1:7,000,000, sheet 2­11-1:2,500,000.

    Trapp, Henry, Jr., and Horn, M.A., 1997, Ground water atlas of the United States: Segment 11, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas 730-L, 24 p.

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     Miscellaneous Investigations Maps

    Froelich, A.J., 1985, Folio of geologic and hydrologic maps for land-use planning in the Coastal Plain of Fairfax County and vicinity, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey I­1423.

    Froelich, A.J., 1985, Map and geotechnical properties of surface materials of the Culpeper basin and vicinity, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey I­1313­E, scale 1:125,000.

    Froelich, A.J., and Langer, W.H., 1981, Map showing geologic provinces, land forms, drainage basin characteristics, and flooding in Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey I­1421, scale 1:48,000.

    Froelich, A.J., and Leavy, B.D., 1982, Map showing mineral resources of the Culpeper basin, Virginia and Maryland-Availability and planning for future needs: U.S. Geological Survey I­1313­B, scale 1:125,000.

    Laczniak, R.J., and Zenone, Chester, 1984, Ground-water resources of the Culpeper basin, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey I­1313­F, scale 1:125,000.

    Leavy, B.D., 1984, Map showing planar and linear features in the Culpeper basin and vicinity, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey I­1313­G, scale 1:125,000.

    Leavy, B.D., Froelich, A.J., and Abram, E.C., 1983, Bedrock map and geotechnical properties of rocks of the Culpeper basin and vicinity, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey I­1313­C, scale 1:125,000.

    Lynch, D.D., Nuckels, E.H., and Zenone, Chester, 1987, Low-flow characteristics and chemical quality of streams in the Culpeper geologic basin, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey I­1313­H, 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000.

    Morsches, S.A., and Zenone, Chester, 1981, Index map of flood studies, Culpeper basin, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey I­1313­A, scale 1:125,000.

    Posner, Alex, and Zenone, Chester, 1983, Chemical quality of ground water in the Culpeper basin, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey I­1313­D, scale 1:125,000.

    Zenone, Chester, and Larson, J.D., 1982, Ground-water resources of Fairfax County and vicinity, Virginia, and some aspects of their development: U.S. Geological Survey I­1473, scale 1:48,000.

     

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