Open-File Reports are used for the dissemination of information that must be released immediately to fill a public need or information that is not sufficiently refined to warrant publication in one of the other USGS series.
Open-File Reports should not be used as final reports of major scientific investigations. Because of their preliminary nature and chance of being superseded, Open-File Reports are not the appropriate series to introduce new or revised geologic, stratigraphic, hydrologic, or taxonomic nomenclature. Examples of appropriate material for release as an Open-File Report include maps and reports that need to be released as supporting documentation because they are referenced, discussed, or interpreted in another information product; preliminary data, maps, and reports; interim computer programs and user guides; and bibliographies.
Publications in this series from the Western Region of the Geologic Division will be posted here as they are produced.
Digital Data for the Reconnaissance Geologic Map for the Kuskokwim Bay Region of Southwest Alaska
Digital files prepared by: Frederic H. Wilson, Chad P. Hults, Solmaz Mohadjer, Warren L. Coonrad, Nora Shew, and Keith A. Labay_Geologic map compiled by: Frederic H. Wilson, Chad P. Hults, Solmaz Mohadjer, and Warren L. Coonrad
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1001/
Digital Data for the Reconnaissance Geologic Map for Prince William Sound and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Digital files prepared by: Frederic H. Wilson, Chad P. Hults, Keith A. Labay, and Nora Shew_Geologic map compiled by: Frederic H. Wilson and Chad P. Hults
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1002/
Preliminary Gravity and Ground Magnetic Data in the Arbuckle Uplift near Sulphur, Oklahoma
By Daniel S. Scheirer and Essam Aboud
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1003/
Publications of the Volcano Hazards Program 2006
By Manuel Nathenson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1006/
Assessing the Feasibility of Native Fish Reintroductions: A Framework and Example Applied to Bull Trout in the Clackamas River, Oregon
By Jason Dunham and Kirsten Gallo
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1007/
Geologic and Geophysical Framework of the Santa Rosa 7.5’ Quadrangle, Sonoma County, California
By R.J. McLaughlin, V.E. Langenheim, A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki, R.J. Fleck, D.K. McPhee, C.W. Roberts, C.A. McCabe, and Elmira Wan
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1009/
Shear Wave Structure of Umbria and Marche, Italy, Strong Motion Seismometer Sites Affected by the 1997–98 Umbria-Marche, Italy, Earthquake Sequence
By Robert Kayen, Giuseppe Scasserra, Jonathan P. Stewart and Giuseppe Lanzo
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1010/
Taming of a Wild Research Well in Yellowstone National Park during November 1992
By Robert O. Fournier and Michael M. Moore
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1014/
Needs Assessment and Scoping Study for Sinking Ships as Diving Sites in Puget Sound
By Steve Rubin, Eric Grossman, Lynne Koontz, Anthony Paulson, Natalie Sexton, and Reg Reisenbichler
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1020/
Pre-Restoration Habitat Use by Chinook Salmon in the Nisqually Estuary Using Otolith Analysis
By Angela Lind-Null, Kimberly Larsen, and Reginald Reisenbichler
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1021/
Summary of Survival Data from Juvenile Coho Salmon in the Klamath River, Northern California, 2007
By John W. Beeman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1022/
Traveltime for the Truckee River between Tahoe City, California, and Vista, Nevada, 2006 and 2007
By E. James Crompton
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1084/
Major and EDXRF trace element chemical analyses of volcanic rocks from Lassen Volcanic National Park and vicinity, California
By Michael A. Clynne, L.J.P. Muffler, D.F. Siems, J.E. Taggart Jr., and Peggy Bruggman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1091/
Chemical Analyses of Pre-Holocene Rocks from Medicine Lake Volcano and Vicinity, Northern California
By Julie M. Donnelly-Nolan
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1094/
Dissolved Oxygen in Guadalupe Slough and Pond A3W, South San Francisco Bay, California, August and September 2007
By Gregory G. Shellenbarger, David H. Schoellhamer, Tara L. Morgan, John Y. Takekawa, Nicole D. Athearn, and Kathleen D. Henderson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1097/
Bathymetric Survey and Storage Capacity of Upper Lake Mary near Flagstaff, Arizona
By Nancy J. Hornewer and Marilyn E. Flynn
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1098/
Modeling Soil Moisture in the Mojave Desert
By David M. Miller, Debra Hughson, and Kevin M. Schmidt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1100/
Characterization of Estuary Use by Nisqually Hatchery Chinook Based on Otolith Analysis
By Angie Lind-Null, Kim Larsen and Reg Reisenbichler
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1102/
Geologic Map and Digital Data Base of the Almo Quadrangle and City of Rocks National Reserve, Cassia County, Idaho
By David M. Miller, Richard L. Armstrong, David R. Bedford, and Marsha Davis
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1103/
TSPP—A Collection of FORTRAN Programs for Processing and Manipulating Time Series
By David M. Boore
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1111/
Using Molecular Genetic Markers to Resolve a Subspecies Boundary: the Northern Boundary of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher in the Four-corner States
By Eben H. Paxton, Mark K. Sogge, Tad C. Theimer, Jessica Girard, and Paul Keim
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1117/
Modified Mercalli Intensity Maps for the 1868 Hayward Earthquake Plotted in ShakeMap Format
By John Boatwright and Howard Bundock
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1121/
Mercury Geochemistry of Gold Placer Tailings, Sediments, Bedrock, and Waters in the Lower Clear Creek Area, Shasta County, California—Report of Investigations, 2001–2003
By Roger P. Ashley and James J. Rytuba
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1122/
Catalog of Mount St. Helens 2004–2007 Dome Samples with Major- and Trace-element Chemistry
By Carl R. Thornber, John S. Pallister, Michael C. Rowe, Siobhan McConnell, Trystan M. Herriott, Alison Eckberg, Winston C. Stokes, Diane Johnson Cornelius, Richard M. Conrey, Tammy Hannah, Joseph E. Taggart Jr., Monique Adams, Paul J. Lamothe, James R. Budahn and Charles M. Knaack
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1130/
Catalog of Mount St. Helens 2004–2005 Tephra Samples with Major- and Trace-Element Geochemistry
By Michael C. Rowe, Carl R. Thornber, Daniel J. Gooding, and John S. Pallister
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1131/
Where’s the Hayward Fault? A Green Guide to the Fault
By Philip W. Stoffer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1135/
Experimental Repatriation of Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs (Rana muscosa) in the Sierra Nevada of California
By Gary M. Fellers, David F. Bradford, David Pratt, and Leslie Wood
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1144/
NCCN Mountain Lakes Monitoring Strategy: Guidelines to Resolution
By Robert L. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey, and Mark H. Huff, National Park Service
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1145/
Digital Data for the Geology of the southern Brooks Range, Alaska
Geologic map compiled by: Alison B. Till, Julie A. Dumoulin, Anita G. Harris, Thomas E. Moore, Heather Bleick, and Benjamin Siwiec; Digital files prepared by: Keith A. Labay, Frederic H. Wilson, Heather Bleick, and Nora Shew
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1149/
U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2008-1150/California Geological Survey Preliminary Report 25
The ShakeOut Scenario
By Lucile M. Jones, Richard Bernknopf, Dale Cox, James Goltz, Kenneth Hudnut, Dennis Mileti, Suzanne Perry, Daniel Ponti, Keith Porter, Michael Reichle, Hope Seligson, Kimberley Shoaf, Jerry Treiman, and Anne Wein
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1150/
Historical Seismicity in the South San Francisco Bay Region
By William H. Bakun
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1151/
USGS Workshop on Scientific Aspects of a Long-Term Experimental Plan for Glen Canyon Dam, April 10–11, 2007, Flagstaff, Arizona
By the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1153/
Porphyry Copper Deposits of the World: Database and Grade and Tonnage Models, 2008
By Donald A. Singer, Vladimir I. Berger, and Barry C. Moring
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/
The Face of Alaska: A look at land cover and the potential drivers of change
By Benjamin M. Jones
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1161/
Field Methods and Quality-Assurance Plan for Quality-of-Water Activities, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho
By LeRoy L. Knobel, Betty J. Tucker, and Joseph P. Rousseau
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1165/
Mammal Inventory of the Mojave Network Parks—Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Manzanar National Historic Site, and Mojave National Preserve
By Charles A. Drost and Jan Hart
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1167/
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use Along the Lower Colorado River and Its Tributaries, 2007 Annual Report
By Matthew J. Johnson, Scott L. Durst, Christopher M. Calvo, Laura Stewart, Mark K. Sogge, Geoffrey Bland, and Terry Arundel
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1177/
Mercury Release from the Rathburn Mine, Petray Mine, and Bear Valley Saline Springs, Colusa County, California 2004–2006
By Aaron J. Slowey and James J. Rytuba
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1179/
Near-Field Receiving Water Monitoring of Trace Metals and a Benthic Community Near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay, California: 2007
By Allison H. Lorenzi, Daniel J. Cain, Francis Parchaso, Janet K. Thompson, Samuel N. Luoma, Michelle I. Hornberger, and Jessica L. Dyke
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1180/
Klamath River Water Quality and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data from Link River Dam to Keno Dam, 2007
By Annett B. Sullivan, Michael L. Deas, Jessica Asbill, Julie D. Kirshtein, Kenna Butler, Marc A. Stewart, Roy W. Wellman, and Jennifer Vaughn
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1185/
Digital Coordinates and Age of More Than 13,000 Foraminifers Samples Collected by Chevron Petroleum Geologists in California
By William T. Malmblorg, William B. West, Earl E. Brabb, and John M. Parker
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1187/
Structure of the San Bernardino Basin Along Two Seismic Transects: Rialto-Colton Fault to the San Andreas Fault and Along the I-215 Freeway (I-10 to SR30)
By R.D. Catchings, M.J. Rymer, M.R. Goldman, G. Gandhok, and C.E. Steedman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1197/
Chemical Analyses of Ground Water in the Carson Desert near Stillwater, Churchill County, Nevada, 2005
By DeEtta Fosbury, Mark Walker, and Lisa L. Stillings
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1201/
Procedures for Collecting and Processing Aquatic Invertebrates and Fish for Analysis of Mercury as Part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program
By Barbara C. Scudder, Lia C. Chasar, L. Rod DeWeese, Mark E. Brigham, Dennis A. Wentz, and William G. Brumbaugh
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1208/
A Protocol for Aging Anurans Using Skeletochronology
By Brome McCreary, Christopher A. Pearl, and Michael J. Adams
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1209/
Technical Analysis of In-Valley Drainage Management Strategies for the Western San Joaquin Valley, California
By Theresa S. Presser and Steven E. Schwarzbach
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1210/
Interactions Among Livestock Grazing, Vegetation Type, and Fire Behavior in the Murphy Wildland Fire Complex in Idaho and Nevada, July 2007
By Karen Launchbaugh, University of Idaho; Bob Brammer, Idaho Department of Lands; Matthew L. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey; Stephen Bunting, University of Idaho; Patrick Clark, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service; Jay Davison, University of Nevada; Mark Fleming, Idaho Department of Fish and Game; Ron Kay, Idaho State Department of Agriculture; Mike Pellant, Bureau of Land Management; David A. Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey; and Bruce Wylie, ASRC Research and Technology Solutions contractor to U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1214/
Winds, Waves, Tides, and the Resulting Flow Patterns and Fluxes of Water, Sediment, and Coral Larvae off West Maui, Hawaii
By Curt D. Storlazzi and Michael E. Field
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1215/
A Vegetation Database for the Colorado River Ecosystem from Glen Canyon Dam to the Western Boundary of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
By Barbara E. Ralston, Philip A. Davis, Robert M. Weber, and Jill M. Rundall
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1216/
Annotated Definitions of Selected Geomorphic Terms and Related Terms of Hydrology, Sedimentology, Soil Science and Ecology
By W.R. Osterkamp
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1217/
Using the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory LT-MDL to Evaluate and Analyze Data
By Bernadine A. Bonn
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1227/
Newly Discovered Paleocene and Eocene Rocks near Fairfield, California, and Correlation with Rocks in Vaca Valley and the So-Called Martinez Formation or Stage
By Earl E. Brabb, Donn Ristau, David Bukry, Kristin McDougall, Alvin A. Almgren, LouElla Saul, and Annika Sanfilippo
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1228/
Rainfall, Discharge, and Water-Quality Data During Stormwater Monitoring, July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008; Halawa Stream Drainage Basin and the H-1 Storm Drain, Oahu, Hawaii
By Todd K. Presley, Marcael T.J. Jamison, and Stacie T.M. Young
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1233/
Interferometric Sidescan Bathymetry, Sediment and Foraminiferal Analyses; a New Look at Tomales Bay, California
By Roberto J. Anima, John L. Chin, David P. Finlayson, Mary L. McGann, and Florence L. Wong
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1237/
Genetics Show Current Decline and Pleistocene Expansion in Northern Spotted Owls
By W. Chris Funk, U.S. Geological Survey, Eric D. Forsman, U.S. Forest Service, and Thomas D. Mullins, and Susan M. Haig, U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1239/
Landscape Features Shape Genetic Structure in Threatened Northern Spotted Owls
By W. Chris Funk, U.S. Geological Survey, Eric D. Forsman, U.S. Forest Service, and Thomas D. Mullins, and Susan M. Haig, U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1240/
High-Resolution Chirp and Mini-Sparker Seismic-Reflection Data From the Southern California Continental Shelf—Gaviota to Mugu Canyon
By Ray W. Sliter, Peter J. Triezenberg, Patrick E. Hart, Amy E. Draut, William R. Normark, and James E. Conrad
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1246/
Regional Geochemical Results from Analyses of Stream-Water, Stream-Sediment, Soil, Soil-Water, Bedrock, and Vegetation Samples, Tangle Lakes District, Alaska
By Bronwen Wang, U.S. Geological Survey; L.P. Gough, U.S. Geological Survey; R.B. Wanty, U.S. Geological Survey; G.K. Lee, U.S. Geological Survey; James Vohden, U.S. Geological Survey; J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey; and L.J. Kerin, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1260/
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Seismic Data, January to December 2007
By Jennifer S. Nakata and Paul G. Okubo
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1261/
Aggradation and Degradation of the Palisades Gully Network, 1996 to 2005, with Emphasis on the November 2004 High-Flow Experiment, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
By Joseph E. Hazel, Jr., Matt Kaplinski, Roderic A. Parnell, and Helen C. Fairley
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1264/
Liquefaction Hazard Maps for Three Earthquake Scenarios for the Communities of San Jose, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Saratoga, and Sunnyvale, Northern Santa Clara County, California
By Thomas L. Holzer, Thomas E. Noce, and Michael J. Bennett
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1270/
Year 3 Summary Report: Baseline Selenium Monitoring of Agricultural Drains Operated by the Imperial Irrigation District in the Salton Sea Basin
By Michael K. Saiki, Barbara A. Martin, and Thomas W. May
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1271/
Source, Distribution, and Management of Arsenic in Water from Wells, Eastern San Joaquin Ground-Water Subbasin, California
By John A. Izbicki, Christina L. Stamos, Loren F. Metzger, Keith J. Halford, Thomas R. Kulp, and George L. Bennett
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1272/
Hydrologic Data from the Study of Acidic Contamination in the Miami Wash—Pinal Creek Area, Arizona, Water Years 1997–2004
By A.D. Konieczki, J.G. Brown, and J.T.C. Parker
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1273/
Debris Flows and Floods in Southeastern Arizona from Extreme Precipitation in July 2006—Magnitude, Frequency, and Sediment Delivery
By Robert H. Webb, Christopher S. Magirl, Peter G. Griffiths, and Diane E. Boyer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1274/
Avian Species Inventory at Manzanar National Historic Site, California—Final Report to the National Park Service
By Jan Hart and Charles Drost
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1275/
Monitoring Fine-Grained Sediment in the Colorado River Ecosystem, Arizona—Control Network and Conventional Survey Techniques
By Joseph E. Hazel, Jr., Matt Kaplinski, Roderic A. Parnell, Keith Kohl, and John C. Schmidt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1276/
Procedures for Collecting and Processing Streambed Sediment and Pore Water for Analysis of Mercury as Part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program
By Michelle A. Lutz, Mark E. Brigham, and Mark Marvin-DiPasquale
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1279/
Amount and Percentage of Current Societal Assets in Areas on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, within the 1992 Hurricane ‘Iniki Storm-Surge Inundation Zone
By Nathan Wood
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1280/
Elevation Derivatives for Mojave Desert Tortoise Habitat Models
By Cynthia S.A. Wallace and Leila Gass
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1283/
Elevation Derivatives for Mojave Desert Tortoise Habitat Models
By Cynthia S.A. Wallace and Leila Gass
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1283/
Gravity Data from Dry Lake and Delamar Valleys, east-central Nevada
By Edward A. Mankinen, Bruce A. Chuchel, and Barry C. Moring
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1299/
Results of Gravity Fieldwork Conducted in March 2008 in the Moapa Valley Region of Clark County, Nevada
By Daniel S. Scheirer and Arne Døssing Andreasen
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1300/
Audiomagnetotelluric Data and Preliminary Two-Dimensional Models from Spring, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys, Nevada
By Darcy K. McPhee, Bruce A. Chuchel, and Louise Pellerin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1301/
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Breeding Site and Territory Summary—2007
By Scott L. Durst, Mark K. Sogge, Shay D. Stump, Hira A. Walker, Barbara E. Kus, and Susan J. Sferra
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1303/
Mormon Cricket Control in UtahÕs West Desert—Evaluation of Impacts of the Pesticide Diflubenzuron on Nontarget Arthropod Communities
By Tim B. Graham, Anne M.D. Brasher, and Rebecca N. Close
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1305/
Description of Existing Data for Integrated Landscape Monitoring in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington
By Danielle P. Aiello, Alicia Torregrosa, Allyson L. Jason, Tracy L. Fuentes and Edward G. Josberger
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1308/
Applying the Land Use Portfolio Model to Estimate Natural-Hazard Loss and Risk—A Hypothetical Demonstration for Ventura County, California
By Laura B. Dinitz
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1309/
A Bernoulli Formulation of the Land-Use Portfolio Model
By Richard A. Champion
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1310/
The Virtual Data Center Tagged-Format Tool—Introduction and Executive Summary
By John R. Evans, Melinda Squibb, Christopher D. Stephens, W.U. Savage, Hamid Haddadi, Charles A. Kircher, and Mahmoud M. Hachem
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1327/
Survival and Migration Behavior of Juvenile Coho Salmon in the Klamath River Relative to Discharge at Iron Gate Dam, Northern California, 2007
By John W. Beeman and Steve Juhnke, U.S. Geological Survey, Greg Stutzer and Nicholas Hetrick, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1332/
7th U.S. / Japan Natural Resources (UJNR) Panel on Earthquake Research; Abstract Volume and Technical Program
Compiled by Shane T. Detweiler and William L. Ellsworth
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1335/
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