WISCONSIN A Summary of Water-Resources Activities UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1987 WISCONSIN A Summary of Water-Resources Activities of the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey 1987 This booklet is intended to acquaint you with the U.S. Geological Survey and its water-resources investiga­ tions in Wisconsin during 1987. Most of these studies will continue into 1988 or longer. Water-resources studies are directed from the Wisconsin District office in Madison. Other work of the Survey in Wisconsin entails programs in geology and mapping; those studies are directed from regional offices in Reston, Virginia and Rolla, Missouri. Most of the Survey's water-related studies are supported by joint-funding agreements with State and local agencies. Formal joint-funded programs will be considered where information is needed and when the study would be mutually advantageous to the Survey and the agency. Costs are shared equally in most studies. If you wish more information about USGS programs in Wisconsin, I would be most happy to talk with'you. Vernon W. Norman U.S. Geological Survey Representative 6417 Normandy Lane Madison, Wisconsin 53719 A SUMMARY OF WATER-RESOURCES ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1987 PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wisconsin Department of Transportation Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Dane County Regional Planning Commission Dane County Department of Public Works Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District Green Lake Sanitary District Delavan Lake Sanitary District Waukesha Water Utility Commission Park Lake Management District City of Middleton Village of Slinger Lac La Belle Management District Fowler Lake Management District Fox Valley Water Quality Planning Agency Okauchee Lake District Morris Lake Management District Wind Lake Management District Wolf Lake Management District The District of Powers Lake Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Forest County Potawatomi Community St. Croix Tribal Council Bad River Tribal Council Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac Courte Oreilles Governing Board Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council National Park Service Notional Weather Service Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Federal Emergency Management Agency Illinois Department of Transportation City of Madison City of Beaver Dam City of Medford City of Peshtigo Wood County City of Waupun Town of Norway City of Galena, Dl. Town of Delavan Town of Sand Lake City of Thorp Florence County Forest County Oneida County Vilas County Board of Commissioners University of Wisconsin Arboretum U.S. Geological Survey, WRD, Office of Surface Water U.S. Geological Survey, WRD, Information Transfer Program Village of Slinger UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL,Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck,Director Write or phone for additional information on: THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY GEOLOGY John S.Dragonetti Bruce R. Doe Assistant Director for Intergovernmental Affairs Assistant Chief Geologist U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Region 109 National Center U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 953 National Center Phone:(703) 860-7414 Reston, Virginia 22092 Phone: (703) 860-6631 WATER MAPS Vernon W. Norman, District Chief Lawerence H. Borgerding, Chief U.S.Geological Survey, WRD Mid-Continent Mapping Center 6417 Normandy Lane U.S. Geological Survey Madison, Wisconsin 53719 Building 1400, Stop 300 Phone:(608)276-3801 Rolla, Missouri 65041 Phone: (314) 364-3680 CONTENTS Page Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 1 U.S. Geological Survey programs.......................................................................................................... 1 Water Resources Division's mission and programs..................................................................................... 2 Wisconsin District Organization.................................................................................................................................... 3 Funding..................................................................................................................................... 5 Program............................................................................................................................................... 7 Basic data collection 001 Collection of basic records surface water............................................................................ 8 00201 Data files for Wisconsin well records.................................................................................... 14 00202 Collection of basic records ground water............................................................................ 16 003 Collection of basic records water quality............................................................................ 18 004 Collection of basic records sediment.................................................................................. 20 006 FEMA flood-insurance study.............................................................................................. 22 007 Wisconsin water-use data file.............................................................................................. 24 Interpretive studies 035 Low flow at outfall sites....................................................................................................... 27 067 St. Croix River National Scenic Riverway................................................................................. 28 084 Channel morphology and sedimentation in Pheasant Branch near Middleton....................................... 29 090 Nonpoint-source pollution in the River, County...................................................... 31 093 Ground-water-quality appraisal of Wisconsin's aquifers................................................................. 32 100 Water-resources appraisal of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore..................................................... 33 107 Magnitude and frequency of ground-water-level fluctuations........................................................... 34 109 Regional flood-frequency study for urban and rural streams in Wisconsin.......................................... 35 110 Effects of acid precipitation on lakes in northern Wisconsin........................................................... 36 129 Long-term effects of acid precipitation on lakes in northern Wisconsin............................................. 36 112 Ground-water resources and geology of Vilas County, Wisconsin.................................................... 37 113 A guide to Wisconsin's ground-water resources.......................................................................... 38 116 Effects of acid precipitation on lakes in northwestern Wisconsin..................................................... 39 123 Water resources of Wisconsin Indian reservations........................................................................ 40 126 Regional reaeration coefficients.............................................................................................. 42 131 Geographic information systems and National Water Summary....................................................... 43 132 Hydrology of the Crandon area, ground-water flow model for the area of a proposed mine near Crandon................................................................................................. 44 133 Lake water-quality monitoring, statewide lake-stage and secchi-disc monitoring................................... 45 133 Lake-water quality monitoring, chemical and biological monitoring of selected lakes............................ 46 134 Hydrologic considerations associated with the artificial acidification of Little Rock Lake in Vilas County.................................................................................................................. 47 135 Evaluation of sediment yield hydrologic monitoring using georaphic information systems....................... 48 ' 136 Assessment of the hydrology, water quality, and biology of Delavan Lake......................................... 49 138 Lake assessment Fowler Lake............................................................................................. 51 139 Wisconsin District Federal series Cartographic Center.................................................................. 52 III 140 Hydrologic concerns involved in landfill siting, operation and monitoring.............................................. 53 141 Assessment of the hydrology and water quality of the Black Earth Creek watershed................................. 54 142 Ground-water resources and geology of Wood County, Wisconsin....................................................... 55 143 Ground-water levels on Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, Burnett County, Wisconsin.................................. 56 144 East River water-quality assessment study..................................................................................... 57 145 Sediment and associated PCB transport out of Little Lake butte des Mortes, Lower Fox River, Wisconsin..................................................................................................... 58 146