Water-Resources Investigations in Wisconsin, 2004 Open-File Report 2004–1403 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations in Wisconsin, 2004 Compiled by Jennifer L. Bruce, Michelle M. Greenwood, and Susan Z. Jones Open-File Report 2004–1403 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior Gale A. Norton, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Charles G. Groat, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2004 For sale by U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services Box 25286, Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 For more information about the USGS and its products: Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov/ Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Contents iii Contents Basic Mission and Projects ...................................................................................................................vii Wisconsin District Organizational Chart ...............................................................................................ix Cooperators ................................................................................................................................................x Summary of Hydrologic Conditions .......................................................................................................xi Surface-Water and Sediment Studies Team ...........................................................................................1 Geomorphic Assessment of Duluth Streams ........................................................................................4 Collection of Basic Records–Sediment .................................................................................................5 Dane County Surface-Water Model .......................................................................................................6 Lincoln Creek PCBs ..................................................................................................................................6 Kalamazoo River Geomorphology Study ................................................................................................7 Regional Flood-Frequency Study for Urban and Rural Streams in Wisconsin ................................8 Bayfield Tributaries Geomorphic Assessment for Restoration ..........................................................8 Bad River Geomorphology/Streamflow Trends ..................................................................................10 Demonstration of Submerged Vanes, Fish Creek ...............................................................................10 Fox River Shear Velocity .........................................................................................................................11 Project Collaboration with the Biological Resources Discipline at La Crosse ..............................12 Yahara River Watershed Model Scoping Proposal............................................................................13 Pioneer Farms Bank Erosion Study ......................................................................................................14 Neopit Mill Pond Sedimentation and Sediment Chemistry Study ...................................................15 Nonpoint Evaluation Monitoring Team ....................................................................................................17 Sources of Cryptosporidium in the Milwaukee River Watershed ...................................................20 Occurrence and Variability of Pathogens in Wisconsin’s Urban Streams .....................................21 Monitoring and Evaluation of the Impacts of Aircraft Deicers in Runoff from the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport ..................................................................................................................22 Halfway Creek Constructed Wetland Evaluation ...............................................................................22 Evaluation Monitoring in Wisconsin Priority Watersheds ................................................................23 Discovery Farms ......................................................................................................................................24 Quantification of Constituent Loads from Farm Fields at the Pioneer Farms in Wisconsin ............................................................................................................................................25 Influences of Riparian Corridors on the In-Stream Habitat, Fish, and Macroinvertebrate Communities for Small Streams in Wisconsin...............................................................................26 Fertilization and Runoff from Urban Lawns .........................................................................................27 Hydrology and Water-Quality Impacts of Different Pasture Management Practices in Southwestern Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................28 The Effect of Near-Shore Development on Constituent Loading to Lakes in Northern Wisconsin ............................................................................................................................................29 Verification of Treatment Performance of the Vortechnics and Stormwater Management Filter .............................................................................................................................30 Evaluation of Street Sweeping as a Water-Quality Management Tool in Residential Basins in Madison ..............................................................................................................................31 iv Water-Resources Investigations in Wisconsin, 2004 Monitoring and Evaluation of the Impacts of Aircraft Deicers in Runoff from General Mitchell International Airport............................................................................................32 Long-Term Water Budget of Two Rain Gardens in Madison ............................................................33 Verification of a Pressurized Stormwater Filtration System at St. Mary’s Hospital .....................34 Thresholds of Toxicity in Urban Streams .............................................................................................35 Calibration of the Source Loading and Management Model (SLAMM) .........................................36 Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Low-Impact Development Practices .......................................37 DOT Street Sweeping Phase II ..............................................................................................................38 Database Applications Team ....................................................................................................................39 NAWQA Data Warehouse ......................................................................................................................41 Database Applications ............................................................................................................................41 WDNR Beach Health Database and Website .....................................................................................42 WDNR Biology Database .......................................................................................................................42 USGS Mobile Computing ........................................................................................................................43 Mercury Vulnerability Identification .....................................................................................................44 USGS National Map Hosting ..................................................................................................................44 USGS Publications Warehouse .............................................................................................................45 Ground-Water Systems Team ...................................................................................................................47 USGS Black Earth Creek GW/SW Model .............................................................................................50 Simulation of Shallow Ground-Water Flow on the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Reservation with the Use of an Analytic Element Model ............................................................50 Characterization of the Regional Aquifer Flow System on the Menominee Indian Reservation ..........................................................................................................................................51 Great Lakes Protection Fund Web Site ................................................................................................51 Monitoring Contaminant Flux from a Stormwater Infiltration Facility to Ground Water ..............52 Grindstone Springs ..................................................................................................................................54 Simulation of Shallow Ground-Water Flow for the Ho-Chunk Nation Area of Indian Mission and Sand Pillow with the Use of an Analytic Element Model .....................................54 Chiwaukee Prairie Ground Water ........................................................................................................55 USGS Recharge Project .........................................................................................................................56