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M.L. Smalley

Publications and source records attributed to M.L. Smalley.

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USGS2001

Wyoming Water Resources Data, Water Year 2000, Volume 1. Surface Water

Water resources data for the 2000 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 1 of this report contains discharge records for 141 gaging stations; stage and contents for 15 lakes and reservoirs; and water quality for 22 gaging stations and 21 ungaged stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data together with the data in Volume 2 represent part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Wyoming.

Water Data Report↗

USGS1999

Water resources data, Wyoming, water year 1998: Volume 1. Surface water

Water resources data for the 1998 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 1 of this report contains discharge records for 152 gaging stations; stage and contents for 15 lakes and reservoirs; and water quality for 24 gaging stations and 23 ungaged stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data together with the data in Volume 2 represent part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Wyoming.

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USGS1998

Water resources data, Wyoming, water year 1997: Volume 1. Surface water

Water resources data for the 1997 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 1 of this report contains discharge records for 168 gaging stations; stage and contents for 15 lakes and reservoirs; and water quality for 28 gaging stations and 23 ungaged stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data together with the data in Volume 2 represent part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Wyoming.

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USGS1996

Water resources data, Wyoming, water year 1995

Water resources data for the 1995 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 186 gaging stations; stage and contents for 16 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 34 gaging stations and 22 ungaged stations; and water levels for 7 observation wells. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Wyoming.

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USGS1995

Water resources data, Wyoming, water year 1994

Water resources data for the 1994 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 182 gaging stations; stage and contents for 16 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 35 gaging stations and 24 ungaged stations; and water levels for 7 observation wells. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by theU.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Wyoming.

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USGS1994

Annual replenishment of bed material by sediment transport in the Wind River near Riverton, Wyoming

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, conducted a study during 1985-87 to determine the annual replenishment of sand and gravel along a point bar in the Wind River near Riverton, Wyoming. Hydraulic- geometry relations determined from streamflow measurements; streamflow characteristics determined from 45 years of record at the study site; and analyses of suspended-sediment, bedload, and bed- material samples were used to describe river transport characteristics and to estimate the annual replenishment of sand and gravel. The Wind River is a perennial, snowmelt-fed stream. Average daily discharge at the study site is about 734 cubic feet per second, and bankfull discharge (recurrence interval about 1.5 years) is about 5,000 cubic feet per second. At bankfull discharge, the river is about 136 feet wide and has an average depth of about 5.5 feet and average velocity of about 6.7 feet per second. Streams slope is about 0.0010 foot per foot. Bed material sampled on the point bar before the 1986 high flows ranged from sand to cobbles, with a median diameter of about 22 millimeters. Data for sediment samples collected during water year 1986 were used to develop regression equations between suspended-sediment load and water discharge and between bedload and water discharge. Average annual suspended-sediment load was computed to be about 561,000 tons per year using the regression equation in combination with flow-duration data. The regression equation for estimating bedload was not used; instead, average annual bedload was computed as 1.5 percent of average annual suspended load about 8,410 tons per year. This amount of bedload material is estimated to be in temporary storage along a reach containing seven riffles--a length of approximately 1 river mile. On the basis of bedload material sampled during the 1986 high flows, about 75 percent (by weight) is sand (2 millimeters in diameter or finer); median particle size is about 0.5 milli- meter. About 20 percent (by weight) is medium gravel to small cobbles--12.7 millimeters (0.5 inch) or coarser. The bedload moves slowly (about 0.03 percent of the water speed) and briefly (about 10 percent of the time). The average travel distance of a median-sized particle is about 1 river mile per year. The study results indicate that the average replenishment rate of bedload material coarser than 12.7 millimeters is about 1,500 to 2,000 tons (less than 1,500 cubic yards) per year. Finer material (0.075 to 6.4 millimeters in diameter) is replen- ishment at about 4,500 to 5,000 cubic yards per year. The total volume of potentially usable material would average about 6,000 cubic yards per year.

Water-Resources Investigations Report↗

USGS1993

Water resources of Washakie County, Wyoming

Data on the surface- and ground-water resources are complied to summarize the water resources of Washakie County. This study, prepared in cooperation with the Wyoming State Engineer, is one in a series investigating the water resources of Wyoming counties . The three principal types of streams in the county are perennial, intermittent, and ephemeral. Perennial streams have continuous streamflows, and high streamflows are associated with snowmelt runoff; low streamflows usually occur in the winter months when the snowpack is frozen and ground-water discharge is at its smallest rate. Intermittent and ephemeral streams are characterized by periods of no flow, and high streamflows are associated with snowmelt or thunderstorms. The principal aquifers are as follows: alluvium of Quaternary age, Willwood Formation of Tertiary age, Fort Union Formation of Tertiary age, and the formations of primarily Paleozoic age--Goose Egg Formation, Tensleep Sandstone, Madison Limestone, Bighorn Dolomite, and Flathead Sandstone. Reported yields from wells completed in the alluvium ranged from 10 to 40 gallons per minute, and reported yields from wells completed in the Willwood Formation ranged from 1 to 28 gallons per minute. Yields as large as 2,500 gallons per minute are reported from wells completed in the Madison Limestone, Bighorn Dolomite, and Flathead Sandstone. Calcium magnesium sodium sulfate water and sodium sulfate water with concentrations of dissolved solids greater than 1,000 milligrams per liter are common in the alluvium, Willwood Formation and Fort Union Formation. Water samples from six of eight wells completed in the Willwood Formation have trace concentrations of herbicides. Calcium carbonate water with small dissolved-solids concentrations is common in the aquifers in Paleozoic formations.

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USGS1993

Hydrology of Park County, Wyoming, exclusive of Yellowstone National Park

The climate of Park County, Wyoming, ranges from desert to alpine tundra. Average annual precipitation ranges from 6 to 40 inches. Ground water is present throughout most of the county, but supplies adequate for stock or domestic use are not readily available in areas of greatest need. The chemical quality of most of the water sampled was of suitable quality for livestock, but most of the water was not suitable for drinking, and the water from bedrock aquifers generally was not suitable for irrigation. Unconsolidated deposits are a principal source of ground water in the county. However, ground water is found in deposits topographically higher than stream level only where surface water has been applied for irrigation; those unconsolidated deposits beneath areas that are not irrigated, such as Polecat Bench, are dry. The conversion of irrigated land to urban development poses problems in some areas because yields of water-supply wells will be adversely affected by reduced recharge. The trend toward urban development also increases the risk of contamination of the ground water by septic tanks, petroleum products, and toxic and hazardous wastes. Perennial streams originate in the mountains and in areas where drainage from irrigated land is adequate to sustain flow. The average annual runoff from streams originating in the mountains is as large as 598 acre-feet per square mile, and the average annual runoff from streams originating in badlands and plains is as low as 14.8 acre-feet per square mile.

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USGS1992

Water resources data, Wyoming, water year 1991

Water resources data for the 1991 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 206 gaging stations; stage and contents for 16 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 62 gaging stations and 53 ungaged stations; and water levels for 5 observation wells. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Wyoming.

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USGS1991

Water resources data, Wyoming, water year 1990

Water resources data for the 1990 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 198 gaging stations; stage 'and contents for 16 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 62 gaging stations, and 55 ungaged stations; and water levels for 5 observation wells. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Wyoming.

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