BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED WATER-RESOURCES INFORMATION FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN IN COLORADO THROUGH 1985 by John M. Kuzmiak and Hyla H. Strickland
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Open-File Report 94-331
Prepared in cooperation with the SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
Denver, Colorado 1994 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Gordon P. Eaton, Director
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District Chief U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Earth Science Information Center Box 25046, MS 415 Open-File Reports Section Denver Federal Center Box 25286, MS 517 Denver, CO 80225 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 CONTENTS
Abstract ...... ^ 1 Introduction...... 1 Purpose and scope ...... 1 Approach ...... 3 Acknowledgments ...... 4 Water-resources information published periodically...... 4 Federal agencies ...... 4 U.S. Geological Survey...... 4 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ...... 8 U.S. Soil Conservation Service ...... 8 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...... 8 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...... 8 State agencies ...... 12 Colorado Division of Water Resources ...... 12 Mined Land Reclamation Division ...... 12 Colorado Department of Agriculture ...... 12 Other organizations...... 13 Organization of the bibliography...... 13 Selected references ...... 13 Author index...... 14 Subject index ...... 60 County index ...... 185 Hydrologic-unit index ...... 227
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1. Map showing the Arkansas River basin and hydrologic units, Colorado...... 2
TABLES
1. Bibliographic data bases used in retrieving titles relevant to water resources of the Arkansas River basin through 1985...... 3 2. U.S. Geological Survey publications containing water-resources data for the Arkansas River basin, water years 1975-84 ...... 5 3. U.S. Geological Survey water-supply papers containing surface-water and water-quality data for the Arkansas River basin, water years 1896-1969...... 6 4. U.S. Geological Survey publications containing surface-water and water-quality records for the Arkansas River basin, water years 1960-74...... 7 5. U.S. Geological Survey publications containing ground-water data for the Arkansas River basin, water years 1935-70...... 8 6. Publications by various Federal agencies containing water-resources information for the Arkansas River basin by water year through 1985...... 9 7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publications containing water-resources data for the Arkansas River basin through 1985 ...... 10 8. Publications by State and local agencies containing water-resources data for the Arkansas River basin through 1985...... 12 9. Hydrologic-unit codes for the Arkansas River basin...... 227
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iv CONTENTS Bibliography of Selected Water-Resources Information for the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado Through 1985
£?KJohn M. Kuzmiak and Hyla H. Strickland
Abstract
The Arkansas River basin composes most of southeastern Colorado, and the numerous pop ulation centers and vast areas of agricultural development are located primarily in the semiarid part of the basin east of the Continental Divide. Because effective management and development of water resources in this semiarid area are essential to the viability of the basin, many hydrologic data-collection programs and investigations have been done. This report contains a bibliography of selected water-resources information about the basin, including regularly published informa tion and special investigations, from Federal, State, and other organizations. To aid the reader, the information is indexed by author, subject, county, and hydrologic unit (drainage basin).
INTRODUCTION
Major changes in the use of water and the quality of water in the Arkansas River basin (fig. 1) are affecting many water users in the basin. Surface-water supplies are provided by a com plex water-supply system of transmountain diversions, reservoir storage, and development of the hydraulically connected alluvial aquifer. To assess the effects of the changes in water use on the water quantity and quality in the basin, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the South eastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, in 1981 began the development of a model capable of simulating these effects. Because of the large quantity of hydrologic data and the many inter pretive reports that have been published about the water resources in the basin, a bibliography was needed to provide a better understanding of those resources. Therefore, in 1985, the U.S. Geo logical Survey began preparation of such a bibliography.
Purpose and Scope
This report provides a compilation of selected water-resources information about the Arkansas River basin that was available through 1985. The report includes tables listing the con tents and availability of periodically published information that relates to the water resources of the basin and a bibliography of other types of water-resources information about the basin. The bibliography contains information from Federal, State, county, and local governments and agen cies; engineering consultants; universities; industries; conservancy districts; irrigation companies; and water and sanitation districts. Subject matter includes only those topics directly related to water resources; topics about geology, for example, are not included unless the subject matter is partly related to water resources. As in any bibliography that consists of such a variety of topics, time period, and geographical extent, an exhaustive listing is not practically feasible. This report can help eliminate overlap of future hydrologic studies and indicate those areas in which further study is needed.
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11020001 HYDROLOGIC UNIT Figure 1. The Arkansas River basin and hydrologic units, Colorado. Approach A computer search of numerous bibliographic data bases (table 1) was used to efficiently retrieve publications relevant to the water resources of the Arkansas River basin. Because of the f\ large areal extent of the basin (28,260 mi ), an initial search using geographic identifiers was used. This search provided titles of publications in Colorado; those associated with counties or hydro- graphic features outside the basin were excluded. In the relevant bibliographic data bases, sec ondary computer searches were done by using selected hydrologic terms. Because the listings of most of the bibliographic data bases began in the 1960's or 1970's, and because these data bases were not likely to contain some of the local water-resources information available, a manual search for relevant titles was necessary. Numerous inquiries were made to Federal, State, county, and local governments; universities; councils of governments; water and sanitation districts; private industries; and other organizations and private individuals to find additional sources of water-resources information.
Table 1. Bibliographic data bases used in retrieving titles relevant to water resources of the Arkansas River basin through 19851
Data base Contents Agricola Comprehensive worldwide journal and monographic literature about agricul ture and related subjects. Aquaculture Access to information about the growing of marine, brackish, and fresh-water organisms. Aquatic-sciences and Printed publications about life sciences of the seas and inland water and related fisheries abstracts legal, political, and social topics. Compendex Abstracted information from the significant engineering and technological lit erature of the world. Dissertation abstracts online American and some Canadian and foreign dissertations accepted at accredited institutions. GEOREF Comprehensive access to publications, dissertations, theses, and maps about geology and related subjects. Government Printing Office Records of reports, studies, fact sheets, maps, handbooks, conference proceed monthly catalogue ings, and so on, issued by all Federal agencies including the U.S. Congress. National Technical Unclassified government-sponsored reports and analyses prepared by contrac Information Service tors of grantees. Pollution abstracts References to environmentally related literature about pollution, its sources, and its control. Water-resources abstracts English-language materials on water-resources topics. Waternet Comprehensive index of publications of the American Water Works Associa tion (AWWA) and the AWWA Research Foundation. From Dialog Information Services, Inc.
Introduction Acknowledgments
Appreciation is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Milenski for allowing access to their exten sive personal library. Additionally, the authors thank the numerous Federal, State, county, and local agencies and the many private and corporate entities for their contributions to the biblio graphy Special appreciation is extended to Gary Krammes and Eva Morrell for setting up the data base and to Janet Garoutte for data entry.
WATER-RESOURCES INFORMATION PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY
A number of Federal and State agencies and other organizations publish information rele vant to water resources. The following sections describe the various agencies from which these and other water-resources data are available.
Federal Agencies
Several Federal agencies regularly publish information relevant to the water resources of the Arkansas River basin. These publications are not included in the bibliography but are summa rized by agency in this section.
U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey regularly publishes data (by water year, October-September) about surface water, water quality, and ground water of the Arkansas River basin. The surface- water data generally may include daily, monthly, and annual values of stream discharge at streamflow-gaging stations; month-end contents of reservoirs; miscellaneous measurements at ungaged sites; and monthly maximum discharges at partial-record (crest-stage) stations. The water-quality data generally may include the results of measurements and laboratory analyses of the physical, chemical, and biological properties of water samples; the suspended-sediment con centration and suspended-sediment discharge of gaged streams; and the daily values of physical and chemical properties of streams at sites that are equipped with water-quality monitoring instruments. Ground-water data generally may include water-level measurements at wells, well descriptions, well logs, well yields, and information about water usage.
From water year 1975 to water year 1984, the U.S. Geological Survey published surface- water, water-quality, and ground-water data in a series of annual data reports that included the Arkansas River basin; these are summarized in table 2. Prior to 1975, these data were not pub lished by basin but were published by discipline (pre-1961), by State and discipline (1961-64), and by State (1965-74). Publications of surface-water and water-quality data (1896-1969) are summa rized in table 3; publications of surface-water and water-quality records (1960-74) are summa rized in table 4; and publications of ground-water data (1935-70) are summarized in table 5. The U.S. Geological Survey also publishes biannual reports, which often contain information relevant to the water resources of the Arkansas River basin, that summarize statewide water resources, hydrologic investigations, and ongoing hydrologic-data-collection activities. These publications are summarized in table 6.
Bibliography of Selected Water-Resources Information for the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado Through 1985 Table 2. U.S. Geological Survey publications containing water-resources data for the Arkansas River basin, water years 1975-84
Water Publication year
1975 U.S. Geological Survey, 1976, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1975 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-75-1,260 p.
1976 U.S. Geological Survey, 1977, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1976 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-76-1,311 p.
1977 U.S. Geological Survey, 1978, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1977 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-77-1,369 p.
1978 U.S. Geological Survey, 1979, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1978 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-78-1,415 p.
1979 U.S. Geological Survey, 1980, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1979 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-79-1,499 p.
1980 U.S. Geological Survey, 1981, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1980 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-80-1,535 p.
1981 U.S. Geological Survey, 1982, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1981 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-81-1,487 p.
1982 U.S. Geological Survey, 1983, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1982 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-82-1,403 p.
1983 U.S. Geological Survey, 1984, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1983 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-83-1, 379 p.
1984 U.S. Geological Survey, 1985, Water resources data for Colorado, water year 1984 volume 1, Missouri River basin, Arkansas River basin, and Rio Grande basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report CO-84-1,409 p.
Introduction Table 3. U.S. Geological Survey water-supply papers containing surface-water and water-quality data for the Arkansas River basin, water years 1896-1969 Water Water-supply Water Water-supply Water Water-supply Water Water-supply year paper number year paper number year paper number year paper number
SURFACE-WATER DATA
1896 11 1914 387 1932 732 1949 1147 1897 16 1915 407 1933 747 1950 1177 1898 28 1916 437 1934 762 1951 1211 1899 37 1917 457 1935 787 1952 1242 1900 50 1918 477 1936 807 1953 1281
1901 66,75 1919-20 507 1937 827 1954 1341 1902 84 1921 527 1938 857 1955 1391 1903 99 1922 547 1939 877 1956 1441 1904 131 1923 567 1940 897 1957 1511 1905 173 1924 587 1941 927 1958 1561 1906 209 1925 607 1942 957 1959 1631
1907-8 247 1926 627 1943 977 1960 1711 1909 267 1927 647 1944 1007 1961-65 1921 1910 287 1928 667 1945 1037 1966 2121 1911 307 1929 687 1946 1057 1912 327 1930 702 1947 1087 1913 357 1931 717 1948 III?
WATER-QUALITY DATA
1941 942 1951 1200 J1264 1961 1884 a1886 1942 950 1952 1252 a1361 1962 1944 11946 1943 970 1953 1292 h380 1963 1950 J1952 1944 1022 1954 1352 a1430 1964 1957 H960 1945 1030 1955 1402 H465 1965 1964 H967
1946 1050 1956 1452 4485 1966 1994 1947 1102 1957 1522 H514 1967 2014 1948 1133 1958 1573 a!575 1968 2096 1949 1163 1959 1644 J1699 1969 2146 1950 1188 1960 1744 J1746 1 Quality of surface water for irrigation.
Bibliography of Selected Water-Resources Information for the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado Through 1985 Table 4. U.S. Geological Survey publications containing surface-water and water-quality records for the Arkansas River basin, years 1960-74
Water Annual publication year