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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REPORTS BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AUTHORS ABOUT THE WATER RESOURCES OF WYOMING

 

NORTHEASTERN WYOMING

[Tongue, Powder, Little Missouri, Cheyenne, & Niobrara River Basins]

Additional reports for areas in Northeastern Wyoming are listed under Wyoming Statewide and Hydrologic Data

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Anna, L.O., 1986, Geologic framework of the ground-water system in Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks in the Northern Great Plains, in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-B, 36 p., 18 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_b.djvu
Separate plates 1-18 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_b_plt.djvu

Armentrout, G.W., Jr., and Wilson, J.F., Jr., 1987, An assessment of low flows in streams in northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4246, 30 p., 1 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4246.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4246_plt.djvu

Babcock, H.M., and Keech, C.F., 1957, Estimate of underflow in the Niobrara River basin across the Wyoming-Nebraska State line: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 57-4, 15 p.
[Number assigned after report was published]
[Re-issued in 1969 with slight non-technical revisions.]

Babcock, H.M., and Morris, D.A., 1954, Ground water in the vicinity of Edgerton, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 54-13, 9 p.
[Number assigned after report was published]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1954/ofr_54_13.djvu

Balch, A.H., editor, 1988, A seismic-stratigraphic investigation of the Madison and associated aquifers—Application to ground-water exploration, Powder River basin, Montana-Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1330, 99 p., 1 pl. [7 chapters by various authors]
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1330.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1330_plt.djvu

Balch, A.H., Lee, M.W., Miller, J.J., and Ryder, R.T., 1984, Case history—Detection of Madison Limestone porosity, Powder River basin, Wyoming, in Balch, A.H., and others, editors, Vertical seismic profiling—Technique, applications and case histories: Boston, Mass., International Human Resources Development Corporation., p. 289-305.

Bartos, T.T., Hallberg, L.L., and Ogle, K.M., 2002, Potentiometric surfaces, altitudes of the tops,and hydrogeology of the Minnelusa and Madison aquifers, Black Hills area, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-748, 4 sheets, scale 1:100,000.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ha-748

Bartos, T.T., and Ogle, K.M., 2002, Water quality and environmental isotopic analyses of ground-water samples collected from the Wasatch and Fort Union Formations in areas of coalbed methane development—Implications to recharge and ground-water flow, eastern Powder River Basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4045, 88 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri02-4045

Bartos, T.T., and Rice, C.A., 2001, Chemical and isotopic composition of water from the Wasatch and Fort Union Formations in areas of coalbed methane development, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in Takahashi, K.I., editor, U.S. Geological Survey coalbed methane field conference, May 9-10, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-235.
[Report available only on CD-ROM]
The 21 slides for this talk may be viewed online at
http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/OF01-235/files/talk%20slides/Bartos.pdf

Beikman, H.M., 1962, Geology of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, with reference to subsurface disposal of radioactive wastes: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 62-7 [Trace Element Investigations Report TEI-823], 85 p., 2 separate figs.
[Number assigned after report was published]
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1962/ofr_62_7.djvu
Separate figs. 2 & 4 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1962/ofr_62_7_plt.djvu

Blankennagel, R.K., Miller, W.R., D.L. Brown, D.L., and Cushing, E.M., 1977, Report on preliminary data for Madison Limestone test well no. 1, NE1/4SE1/4 sec. 15, T. 57 N., R. 65 W., Crook County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-164, 97 p., 3 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1977/ofr_77_164.djvu
Separate plates 1-3 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1977/ofr_77_164_plt.djvu

Bloyd, R.M., Daddow, P.B., Jordon, P.R., and Lowham, H.W., 1986, Investigation of possible effects of surface coal mining on hydrology and landscape stability in part of the Powder River structural basin, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4329, 101 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_86_4329.djvu

Boner, F.C., Lines, G.C., Lowry, M.E., and Powell, J.E., 1976, Geohydrologic reconnaissance and measurement of perennial streams crossing outcrops of the Madison Limestone, northeastern Wyoming, 1974: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-614, 64 p.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1975/ofr_75_614.djvu

Bowles, C.G., 1967, Present-day ground water, a possible guide to uranium exploration in the southern Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 67-26, 24 p.
[Number assigned after report was published]

Bradley, Edward, 1956, Geology and ground-water resources of the upper Niobrara River basin, Nebraska and Wyoming, with a section on Chemical quality of the ground water, by F.H. Rainwater: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1368, 70 p.

Brown, D.L., Blankennagel, R.K., MacCary, L.M., and Peterson, J.A., 1984, Correlation of Paleostructure and sediment deposition in the Madison Limestone and associated rocks in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-B, 24 p., 34 separate plates and 1 separate table.
[Supersedes Open-File Report 82-906]
Report not yet online.
Separate plates 1-34 and table 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_b_plt.djvu

Busby, J.F., Kimball, B.A., Downey, J.S., and Peter, K.D., 1995, Geochemistry of water in aquifers and confining units of the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-F, 146 p., 2 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_f.djvu
Separate plates 1-2 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_f_plt.djvu

Busby, J.F., Lee, R.W., and Hanshaw, B.B., 1983, Major geochemical processes related to the hydrology of the Madison aquifer system and associated rocks in parts of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4093, 180 p., 17 pl.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_83_4093.djvu
Separate plates 1-17 not yet online.

Busby, J.F., Plummer, L.N., Lee, R.W., and Hanshaw, B.B., 1991, Geochemical evolution of water in the Madison aquifer in parts of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-F, 89 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_f.djvu

Carter, J.M., Driscoll, D.G., and Hamade, G.R., 2001, Estimated recharge to the Madison and Minnelusa aquifers in the Black Hills area, South Dakota and Wyoming, water years 1931-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4278, 66 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri00-4278

Carter, J.M., Driscoll, D.G., Hamade, G.H., and Jarrell, G.J., 2001, Hydrologic budgets for the Madison and Minnelusa aquifers, Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, water years 1987-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4119, 53 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri01-4119

Cary, L.E., 1989, Preliminary analysis for trends in selected water-quality characteristics, Powder River, Montana and Wyoming, water years 1952-85: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4050, 25 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_89_4050.djvu

Cary, L.E., 1991a, Trends in selected water-quality characteristics, Powder River and tributaries, Montana and Wyoming, water years 1968-88 and 1975-88: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4029, 42 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_91_4029.djvu

Cary, L.E., 1991b, Techniques for estimating selected parameters of the U.S. Geological Survey's precipitation-runoff modeling system in eastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4068, 39 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_91_4068.djvu

Cathcart, J.D., Babcock, R.N., and Hobbs, R.G., 1983, Geophysical logs of water wells logged for coal occurrences in northern Campbell and eastern Sheridan Counties, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-411, 11 p., 1 append. not paginated.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1983/ofr_83_411.djvu

Clark, M.L., Lambing, J.H., and Bobst, A.L., 2005, Surface-water monitoring in watersheds of the Powder River basin, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3137, 4 p.
Online at: http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs2005-3137

Clark, M.L., and Mason, J.P., 2006, Water-quality monitoring and regression analysis for specific conductance and sodium-adsorption ratios and load estimates for dissolved dolids for four sites in the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming 2001-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5113, 22 p.
Online at: http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir2006-5113

Clark, M.L., and Mason, J.P., 2007, Water-quality characteristics for sites in the Tongue, Powder, Cheyenne, and Bell Fourche River drainage basins, Wyoming and Montana, water years 2001–2005, with temporal patterns of selected long-term water-quality data: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5146, 65 p.
Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5146/

Clark, M.L., Miller, K.A., and Brooks, M.H., 2001, U.S. Geological Survey monitoring of Powder River basin stream-water quantity and quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4279, 8 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri01-4279

Colby, B.R., and Roach, C.H., 1957, Erosion and deposition as indicated by sediment accumulation in stock reservoirs in the Powder River drainage basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 57-22, 52 p.
[Number assigned after report was published]

Collier, A.J., 1923, The Osage oil field, Weston County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 736-D, p. 71-110.
[Includes discussion of drainage and water supply, p. 74, and flow of artesian wells in the Dakota and Lakota sandstones, p. 96; lists data on water-bearing sands, p. 107-110.]

Cooley, R.L., Konikow, L.F., and Naff, R.L., 1986, Nonlinear-regression groundwater flow modeling of a deep aquifer system: Water Resources Research, v. 22, no. 13, p. 1759-1778.

Crist, M.A., 1977, Hydrologic evaluation of the Arikaree Formation near Lusk, Niobrara and Goshen Counties, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations/Open-File Report 77-111, 23 p., 3 pl.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_77_111.djvu
Separate plates 1-3 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_77_111_plt.djvu

Crist, M.A., 1991, Evaluation of ground-water-level changes near Gillette, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4196, 2 sheets.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_88_4196_plt.djvu

Crist, M.A., and Lowry, M.E., 1972, Ground-water resources of Natrona County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1897, 92 p., 3 pl.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Report, including separate plates 1-3, online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1897.djvu

Culler, R.C., 1961, Hydrology of stock-water reservoirs in upper Cheyenne River basin, in Hydrology of the upper Cheyenne River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1531-A, p. 1-136, pl. 1-2.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1531.djvu
Separate plates 1-2 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1531_plt.djvu

Culler, R.C., and Peterson, H.V., 1953, Effect of stock reservoirs on runoff in the Cheyenne River basin above Angostura Dam: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 223, 33 p., 1 pl.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_223.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_223_plt.djvu

Cushing, E.M., 1977a, Description of the Madison Aquifer study, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-514, 8 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1977/ofr_77_514.djvu

Cushing, E.M., 1977b, The Madison Aquifer study-Current status: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-692, 18 p.

Daddow, P.B., 1986, Potentiometric-surface map of the Wyodak-Anderson coal bed, Powder River structural basin, Wyoming, 1973-84: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4305, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4305_plt.djvu

Darton, N.H., 1901, Preliminary description of the geology and water resources of the southern half of the Black Hills and adjoining regions in South Dakota and Wyoming, in Walcott, C.D., Twenty-first annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1899-1900, Part IV—Hydrography: U.S. Geological Survey, p. 489-599

Darton, N.H., 1904, Newcastle folio, Wyoming–South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States, Folio no. 107, 10 p., 1 sheet of photographs, 5 maps, scale 1:125,000.
[Includes a section on Water supply, p. 7-8, and a map of Artesian water.]

Darton, N.H., 1905a, Preliminary report on the geology and underground water resources of the central Great Plains: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 32, 433 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_32.djvu

Darton, N.H., 1905b, Sundance folio, Wyoming–South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States, Folio no. 127, 13 p., 1 sheet of photographs, 5 maps, scale 1:125,000. [Includes a section on Water supply, p. 12, and a map of Artesian water.]

Darton, N.H., 1906, Geology of the Bighorn Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 51, 129 p. 
[Includes discussion of water-bearing conditions of principal sandstones, p. 119-120.  Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_51.djvu

Darton, N.H., 1909, Geology and water resources of the northern portion of the Black Hills and adjoining regions in South Dakota and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 65, 105 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_65.djvu

Darton, N.H., and O'Harra, C.C., 1905, Aladdin folio, Wyoming–South Dakota–Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States, Folio no. 128, 9 p., 4 maps, scale 1:125,000. [Includes a section on Water supply, p. 8, and a map of Artesian water.]

Darton, N.H., and O'Harra, C.C., 1907, Devils Tower folio, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States, Folio no. 150, 10 p., 4 maps, scale 1:125,000. [Includes a section on Water supply, p. 8-9, and a map of Artesian water.]

Darton, N.H., and Salisbury, R.D., 1906a, Bald Mountain–Dayton folio, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States, Folio no. 141, 16 p., 2 sheets of photographs, 7 maps, scale 1:125,000. [Includes a section on Water supply, p. 15.]

Darton, N.H., and Salisbury, R.D., 1906b, Cloud Peak–Fort McKinney folio, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States, Folio no. 142, 17 p., 2 sheets of photographs, 7 maps, scale 1:125,000. [Includes a section on Water supply, p. 14.]

Denson, N.M., Zeller, H.D., and Stephens, J.G., 1956, Water Sampling as a guide in the search for uranium deposits and its use in evaluating widespread volcanic units as potential source beds for uranium, in Page, L.R., Stocking, H.E., and Smith, H.B., compilers, Contributions to the geology of uranium and thorium by the United States Geological Survey and Atomic Energy Commission for the United Nations International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p. 673-680.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]

Dinwiddie, G,A., and Downey, J.S., 1986, Northern Great Plains regional aquifer-system study, in Sun, R.J., editor, Regional Aquifer-System Analysis program of the U.S. Geological Survey—Summary of projects, 1978-84: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1002, p. 50-71.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_1002.djvu

Dobbin, C.E., and Barnett, V.H., 1928, The Gillette coal field, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 796-A, p. 1-50.
[Includes brief section on drainage and water supply, p. 4-5.]

Downey, J.S., 1982, Machine-readable data files from the Madison Limestone and Northern Great Plains Regional Aquifer-System Analysis projects, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4107, 30 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_82_4107.djvu

Downey, J.S., 1984, Geohydrology of the Madison and associated aquifers in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-G, 47 p., 1 pl.
[Supersedes Open-File Report 82-914]
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_g.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_g_plt.djvu

Downey, J.S., 1986, Geohydrology of bedrock aquifers in the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-E, 87 p., 3 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_e.djvu
Separate plates 1-3 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_e_plt.djvu

Downey, J.S., 1988, Regional bedrock aquifers of the Northern Great Plains, north-central United States, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., editors, Regional aquifer systems of the United States, aquifers of the Western mountain area: American Water Resources Association Monograph Series No. 14, p. 5-13.

Downey, J.S., and Dinwiddie, G.A., 1988, The regional aquifer system underlying the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming—Summary: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-A, 64 p., 3 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_a.djvu
Separate plates 1-3 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_a_plt.djvu

Downey, J.S., and Weiss, E.J., 1980, Preliminary data set for three-dimensional digital model of the Red River and Madison aquifers: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-756, 13 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1980/ofr_80_756.djvu

Druse, S.A., 1982, Verification of step-backwater computations on ephemeral streams in northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2199, 12 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_2199.djvu
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]

Druse, S.A., Dodge, K.A., and Hotchkiss, W.R., 1981, Base flow and chemical quality of streams in the Northern Great Plains area, Montana and Wyoming, 1977-78: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations/Open-File Report 81-692, 60 p., 1 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1981/ofr_81_692.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_81_692_plt.djvu

Dugan, J.T., Hobbs, R.D., and Ihm, L.A, 1990, Hydrologic characteristics of soils in the High Plains, Northern Great Plains, and Central Texas Carbonates regional aquifer systems: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-714, 1 sheet, scale 1:3,168,000. 
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]

Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Gianakos, Laura, 2002a, Pesticides in ground water—Johnson County, Wyoming, 2000-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-069-02, 4 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs-069-02

Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Gianakos, Laura, 2002b, Pesticides in ground water—Crook County, Wyoming, 2000-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-070-02, 4 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs-070-02

Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Norris, J.R., 2001, Pesticides in ground water—Sheridan County, Wyoming, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-123-01, 4 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs-123-01

Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Remley, K.J., 2004, Pesticides in ground water—Natrona County, Wyoming, 2001-02: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3079, 4 p.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs2004-3079

Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Remley, K.J., 2005, Pesticides in ground water—Converse County, Wyoming, 2003-04: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3089, 4 p.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Online at: http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs2005-3089

Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Remley, K.J., 2006, Pesticides in ground water—Campbell County, Wyoming, 2004-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3123, 4 p.
Online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/2123/

Eddy-Miller, C.A., Pesticides in Ground Water - Niobrara and Weston Counties, Wyoming, 2005–2006: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3024, 4 p.
Online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3024/

Epstein, J.B., 2001, Hydrology, hazards, and geomorphic development of gypsum karst in the northern Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming, in Kuniansky, E.L., editor, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Workshop, St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 13-16, 2001, proceedings: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4011, p. 30-37.
Online at: http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/karst/kigconference/jbe_hydrologyhazards.htm

Feder, G.L., 1974, Hydrochemistry of mine water, Campbell County, Wyoming, in U.S. Geological Survey, Geochemical survey of the western energy regions; First annual progress report, July 1974: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 74-250, p. 34-36.

Feder, G.L., Lee, R.W., Busby, J.F., and Saindon, L.G., 1977, Geochemistry of ground waters in the Powder River coal region, in U.S. Geological Survey, Geochemical survey of the western energy regions; Fourth annual progress report, July 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-872, p. 173-179.

Fogg, J.L., Martin, M.W., and Daddow, P.B., 1991, Geohydrology and potential effects of coal mining in 12 coal-lease areas, Powder River structural basin, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4102, 49 p., 3 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_87_4102.djvu
Separate plates 1-3 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_87_4102_plt.djvu

Follansbee, Robert, and Hodges, P.V., 1925, Flood on Powder River, Wyo.; and Floods at Sheridan, Wyo., in Some floods in the Rocky Mountain region [1923]: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 520-G, p. 117-121. 
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_520.djvu

Frickel, D.G., and Shown, L.M., 1974, Map showing streamflow volumes in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-847-B, scale 1:500,000.

Glass, W.R., and Sultz, L.G., 1992, Summary of data indicating gain or loss of streamflow across outcrops of Paleozoic formations in northeastern Wyoming, 1974-91: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-72, 136 p.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1992/ofr_92_72.djvu

Glover, K.C., 1984, Storage analysis for ephemeral streams in semiarid regions: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4078, 55 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_83_4078.djvu

Ground Water Subgroup of Water Work Group, Northern Great Plains Resource Program, 1975, Shallow ground water in selected areas in the Fort Union coal region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 74-371, 71 p., 18 figs., 12 tables.
[Number assigned after report was published]

Hadley, R.F., and Keefer, W.R., 1975, Map showing some potential effects of surface mining of the Wyodak- Anderson coal, Gillette area, Campbell County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-848-F, scale 1:125,000.

Hadley, R.F., McQueen, I.S., and others, 1961, Hydrologic effects of water spreading in Box Creek basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1532-A, 48 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1532_a.djvu

Hadley, R.F., and Schumm, S.A., 1961, Sediment sources and drainage-basin characteristics in upper Cheyenne River basin, in Hydrology of the upper Cheyenne River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1531-B,. p. 137-198, pl. 3-7.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1531.djvu
Separate plates 3-7 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1531_plt.djvu

Hancock, E.T., 1921, The Lance Creek oil and gas field, Niobrara County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 716-E, p. 91-122.
[Includes discussion of availability of shallow ground water in stream beds, p. 94.]

Head, W.J., 1977, Exploration for ground water to develop energy resources in the semi-arid West [extended abstr.]: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-690, 5 p.

Head, W.J., Kilty, K.T., and Knottek, R.[W]., 1979, Maps showing formation temperatures and configurations of the tops of the Minnelusa Formation and the Madison Limestone, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Montana, and adjacent areas: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1159, 1 sheet, scale 1:2,000,000 (approx.).
[Supersedes Open-File Report 78-905]
[Note: Knottek's middle initial is shown incorrectly on report as "K."]

Head, W.J., and Merkel, R.H., 1977, Hydrologic characteristics of the Madison Limestone, the Minnelusa Formation, and equivalent rocks as determined by well-logging formation evaluation, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey, v. 5, no. 4, p. 473-485.

Hembree, C.H., Colby, B.R., Swenson, H.A., and Davis, J.R., 1952, Sedimentation and chemical quality of water in the Powder River drainage basin, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 170, 92 p.
[Supersedes Open-File Report 51-115]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_170.djvu

Henderson, Thomas, 1985, Geochemistry of ground-water [sic] in two sandstone aquifer systems in the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-C, 84 p.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_c.djvu

Hinaman, Kurt, 2005, Hydrogeologic framework and estimates of ground-water volumes in Tertiary and upper Cretaceous hydrogeologic units in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5008, 18 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir2005-5008

Hinkley, T.K., and Taylor, H.E., 1977, Sediment and water chemistry in mined and unmined watersheds, Hidden Water Creek, Wyoming, in U.S. Geological Survey, Geochemical survey of the western energy regions; Fourth annual progress report, July 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-872, p. 6-13.

Hodson, W.G., 1971a, Logs of wells in Campbell County: Wyoming State Engineer's Office, Wyoming Water Planning Program Report No. 8, 210 p.

Hodson, W.G., 1971b, Chemical analyses of ground water in the Powder River basin and adjacent areas, northeastern Wyoming: Wyoming Department of Economic Planning and Development report, 20 p.

Hodson, W.G., 1974, Records of water wells, springs, oil- and gas-test holes, and chemical analyses of water for the Madison Limestone and equivalent rocks in the Powder River Basin and adjacent areas, northeastern Wyoming: Wyoming State Engineer's Office report, 27 p.

Hodson, W.G., Pearl, R.H., and Druse, S.A., 1973, Water resources of the Powder River Basin and adjacent areas, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-465, 4 sheets.
[Supersedes 1971 (?) unnumbered open-file report with same title.]

Hotchkiss, W.R., and Levings, J.F., 1986, Hydrogeology and simulation of water flow in strata above the Bearpaw Shale and equivalents of eastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4281, 72 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4281.djvu

Jordon, P.R., Bloyd, R.M., and Daddow, P.B., 1984, An assessment of cumulative impacts of coal mining on the hydrology in part of the Powder River structural basin, Wyoming—A progress report: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4235, 25 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_83_4235.djvu

Karlinger, M.R., and Skrivan, J.A., 1981, Kriging analysis of mean annual precipitation, Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 80-50, 25 p.

Keefer, W.R., and Hadley, R.F., 1976, Land and natural resource information and some potential environmental effects of surface mining of coal in the Gillette area, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 743, 27 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_743.djvu

Keith, J.R., Anderson, B.M., McNeal, J.M., and Boerngen, J.G., 1976, Chemistry of Powder River sediments, in U.S. Geological Survey, Geochemical survey of the western energy regions; Third annual progress report, July 1976: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-729, p. 30-36.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1976/ofr_76_729.djvu

King, N.J., 1974, Maps showing occurrence of ground water in the Gillette area, Campbell County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-848-E, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

Kohout, F.A., 1957, Geology and ground-water resources of the Kaycee irrigation project, Johnson County, Wyoming, with a section on Chemical quality of the ground water, by F.H. Rainwater: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1360-E, p. 321-374, pl. 22-23, chart 1.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1360_e.djvu
Separate plates 22 (2 sheets) and 23, and chart 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1360_plt.djvu

Konikow, L.F., 1976, Preliminary digital model of ground-water flow in the Madison Group, Powder River basin and adjacent areas, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 75-63, 44 p. [Identified as WRI 63-75 on report.]
Report not yet online.
Separate plates 1-6 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_75_63_plt.djvu

Konikow, L.F., 1978, Hydrogeologic considerations for an interstate ground-water compact on the Madison aquifer, Northern Great Plains: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-138, 8 p.

Kyllonen, D.P., and Peter, K.D., 1987, Geohydrology and water quality of the Inyan Kara, Minnelusa, and Madison aquifers of the northern Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming, and Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4158, 61 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_86_4158.djvu

Larson, L.R., 1988, Coal-spoil and ground-water chemical data for two coal mines; Hanna basin and Powder River basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-481, 18 p.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1988/ofr_88_481.djvu

Larson, L.R., and Daddow, R.L., 1984, Ground-water-quality data from the Powder River structural basin and adjacent areas, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-939, 56 p., 1 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1983/ofr_83_939.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1983/ofr_83_939_plt.djvu

Lenfest, L.W., Jr., 1987a, Evapotranspiration rates at selected sites in the Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4105, 23 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_82_4105.djvu

Lenfest, L.W., Jr., 1987b, Recharge of shallow aquifers through two ephemeral-stream channels in northeastern Wyoming, 1982-83: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4311, 29 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4311.djvu

Leopold, L.B., and Maddock, Thomas, Jr., 1953, The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 252, 57 p.
[Includes channel shape characteristics for many stream sites in northeastern and northwestern Wyoming, and analyses using several previously published graphical relations for the Powder River and tributaries and the Bighorn River and tributaries.]
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_252.djvu

Lewis, B.D., and Hotchkiss, W.R., 1981, Thickness, percent sand, and configuration of shallow hydrogeologic units in the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1317, 6 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.

Lindner-Lunsford, J.B., Parrett, Charles, Wilson, J.F., Jr., and Eddy-Miller, C.A., 1992, Chemical quality of surface water and mathematical simulation of the surface-water system, Powder River drainage basin, northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4199, 85 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_91_4199.djvu

Lindner-Lunsford, J.B., and Wilson, J.F., Jr., 1992, Shallow ground water in the Powder River basin, northeastern Wyoming-Description of selected publications, 1950-91, and indications for further study: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4067, 71 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_91_4067.djvu

Littleton, R.T., 1950, Ground-water conditions in the vicinity of Gillette, Wyoming, with a section on The quality of ground waters, by H.A. Swenson: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 76, 43 p., 3 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_76.djvu
Separate plates 1-3 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_76_plt.djvu

Lobmeyer, D.H., 1980, Preliminary potentiometric-surface map showing freshwater heads for the Lower Cretaceous rocks in the Northern Great Plains of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-757, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Lobmeyer, D.H., 1985, Freshwater heads and ground-water temperatures in aquifers of the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-D, 11 p., 1 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_d.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1402_d_plt.djvu

Lobmeyer, D.H., Anna, L.O., and Busby, J.F., 1982, Preliminary data for Northern Great Plains test well 1, NW1/4NE1/4 sec.11, T. 55 N., R. 77 W., Sheridan County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-446, 72 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1982/ofr_82_446.djvu

Lowry, M.E., 1973, Hydrology of the uppermost Cretaceous and lowermost Paleocene rocks in the Hilight oil field, Campbell County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 73-161, 60 p.
[Number assigned after report was published]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1973/ofr_73_161.djvu

Lowry, M.E., and Cummings, T.R., 1966, Ground-water resources of Sheridan County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1807, 77 p., 1 pl.
Report, including separate plate 1, online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1807.djvu
Separate plate 1 also online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1807_plt.djvu

Lowry, M.E., Daddow, P.B., and Rucker, S.J. IV, 1993, Assessment of the hydrologic system and hydrologic effects of uranium exploration and mining in the southern Powder River basin uranium district and adjacent areas, Wyoming, 1983: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4154, 42 p., 2 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_90_4154.djvu
Separate plates 1-2 not yet online.

Lowry, M.E., Head, W.J., Rankl, J.G., and Busby, J.F., 1986, Water resources of Weston County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4079, 33 p., 1 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_84_4079.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_84_4079_plt.djvu

Lowry, M.E., and Rankl, J.G., 1987, Hydrology of the White Tail Butte area, northern Campbell County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4117, 47 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_82_4117.djvu

Lowry, M.E., Wilson, J.F., Jr., and others, 1986 [1987], Hydrology of Area 50, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations/Open-File Report 83-545, 137 p. [Powder River basin and adjacent areas]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_83_545.djvu

Lusby, G.C., and Toy, T.J., 1976, An evaluation of surface-mine spoils area restoration in Wyoming using rainfall simulation: Earth Surface Processes, v. 1, p. 375-386.

MacCary, L.M., 1984, Apparent water resistivity, porosity, and water temperature of the Madison Limestone and underlying rocks in parts of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-D, 14 p.; 20 separate plates and 1 separate table.
[Supersedes Open-File Report 81-629]
Report and separate table 1 not yet online.
Separate plates 1-20 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_d_plt.djvu

MacCary, L.M., Cushing, E.M., and Brown, D.L., 1983, Potentially favorable areas for large-yield wells in the Red River Formation and Madison Limestone in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-E, 13 p., 1 separate table.
[Supersedes Open-File Report 81-220]
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_e.djvu
Separate table 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_e_plt.djvu

Martin, L.J., Naftz, D.L., Lowham, H.W., and Rankl, J.G., 1988, Cumulative potential hydrologic impacts of surface coal mining in the eastern Powder River structural basin, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4046, 201 p., 5 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_88_4046.djvu
Separate plates 1-5 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_88_4046_plt.djvu

McNeal, J.M., 1976, Stream sediment chemistry in the Northern Great Plains, in U.S. Geological Survey, Geochemical survey of the western energy regions; Third annual progress report, July 1976: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-729, p. 14-21.
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1976/ofr_76_729.djvu

McNeal, J.M., 1977, Stream sediment geochemistry of the Northern Great Plains, in U.S. Geological Survey, Geochemical survey of the western energy regions; Fourth annual progress report, July 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-872, p. 91-97.

Mead, Elwood, 1899, Water-right problems of the Bighorn Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 23, 62 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_23.djvu
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]

Miller, K.A., Clark, M.L., and Wright, P.R., 2005, Water-quality assessment of the Yellowstone River basin, Montana and Wyoming—Water quality of fixed sites, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5113, 82 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir2004-5113
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]

Miller, Kirk, Elliott, John, and Friday, Nolan, 2005, Soils infiltration data for selected Wyoming watersheds, 1998-1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1322, 68 p.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Online (only) at: http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr2005-1322

Miller, Kirk, and Quinn, Tom, 1997, National Water-Quality Assessment—Yellowstone River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-149-97, 4 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs-149-97
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]

Miller, W.R., and Strausz, S.A., 1980a, Preliminary map showing freshwater heads for the Mission Canyon and Lodgepole Limestones and equivalent rocks of Mississippian age in the Northern Great Plains of Montana, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations/Open-File Report 80-729, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1980/ofr_80_729_plt.djvu

Miller, W.R., and Strausz, S.A., 1980b, Preliminary map showing freshwater heads for the Red River Formation, Bighorn Dolomite, and equivalent rocks of Ordovician age in the Northern Great Plains of Montana, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations/Open-File Report 80-730, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1980/ofr_80_730_plt.djvu

Morris, D.A., 1956, Reconnaissance of the geology and ground-water resources of the Cheyenne River drainage basin in northern Converse County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 56-83, 14 p. 
[Number assigned after report was published]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1956/ofr_56_83.djvu

Naftz, D.L., 1988, Predictive capabilities of batch-extract experiments using water from a coal mine: American Water Resources Association Water Resources Bulletin, v. 24, no. 4, p. 869-877.

Naftz, D.L., 1990, Geochemistry of batch-extract waters derived from spoil material collected at the Cordero coal mine, Powder River basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4200, 58 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_87_4200.djvu

Naftz, D.L., and Rice, J.A., 1989, Geochemical processes controlling selenium in ground water after mining, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A.: Applied Geochemistry, v. 4, p. 565-575.

Nuccio, Vito, 2000, Coal-bed methane: Potential and concerns: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-123-00, 2 p.
Online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/factsheet/fs123-00

Orem, W., Tatu, C.A., Lerch, H.E., Rice, C.A., Bartos, T.T., Bates, A.L., Tewalt, S., and Corum, M.D., 2007, Organic compounds in produced waters from coalbed natural gas wells in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A.: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, p.2240-2256.

Parrett, Charles, Carlson, D.D., Craig, G.S., Jr., and Chin, E.H., 1984, Floods of May 1978 in southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1244, 74 p.
[Also listed under Wyoming Statewide]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1244.djvu

Parrett, Charles, Carlson, D.D., Craig, G.S., Jr., and Hull, J.A., 1978, Data for floods of May 1978 in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-985, 16 p. 
[Also listed under Wyoming Statewide]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1978/ofr_78_985.djvu

Patterson, J.L., 1966, Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, Part 6-A. Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1679, 471 p., 1 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1679.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1679_plt.djvu
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]

Peter, K.D., Kyllonen, D.P., and Mills, K.R., 1987, Geologic structure and altitude of the top of the Minnelusa Formation, northern Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming, and Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4053, 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4053_plt.djvu

Peterson, D.A., 1990., Invertebrate communities of small streams in northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4287, 45 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4287.djvu

Peterson, D.A., and Boughton, G.K., 2000, Organic compounds and trace elements in fish tissue and bed sediment in the Yellowstone River basin, Wyoming and Montana, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4190, 39 p. 
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri00-4190

Peterson, D.A., Miller, K.A., Bartos, T.T., Clark, M.L., Porter, S.D., and Quinn, T.L., 2004, Water quality in the Yellowstone River basin, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1234, 34 p.
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/circ1234
Also online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/CIR/circ_1234.djvu

Peterson, D.A., Porter, S.D., and Kinsey, S.M. 2001, Chemical and biological indicators of nutrient enrichment in the Yellowstone River basin, Montana and Wyoming, August 2000: Study design and preliminary results: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4238, 6 p.
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri01-4238

Peterson, D.A., and Zelt, R.B., 1999, Element concentrations in bed sediment of the Yellowstone River basin, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming—A retrospective analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4185, 23 p.
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri99-4185

Peterson, D.A., and Zumberge, J.R., 2006, Comparison of macroinvertebrate community structure between two riffle-based sampling protocols in Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana, 2000-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5117, 12 p.
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir2006-5117

Peterson, J.A., 1978, Subsurface geology and porosity distribution, Madison Limestone and underlying formations, Powder River Basin, northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, and adjacent areas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-783, 9 p., 21 separate figs.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1978/ofr_78_783.djvu
Separate maps (figs. 1-21) not online. See Professional Paper 1273-A.below.

Peterson, J.A., 1984, Stratigraphy and sedimentary facies of the Madison Limestone and associated rocks in parts of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-A, 34 p., 20 plates and 1 table in separate volume.
[Supersedes Open-File Report 81-642]
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_a.djvu
Separate plates 1-20 and table 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_a_plt.djvu

Plummer, L.N., Busby, J.F., Lee, R.W., and Hanshaw, B.B., 1990, Geochemical modeling of the Madison aquifer in parts of Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota: Water Resources Research, v. 26, no. 9, p. 1981-2014.

Rankl, J.G., 1982, An empirical method for determining average soil infiltration rates and runoff, Powder River structural basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 81-76, 38 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_81_76.djvu
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]

Rankl, J.G., 1987, Analysis of sediment production from two small semiarid basins in Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4314, 27 p.
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4314.djvu

Rankl, J.G., 2004, Relations between total-sediment load and peak discharge for rainstorm runoff on five ephemeral streams in Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4150, 12 p.
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri02-4150

Rankl, J.G., and Lowry, M.E., 1990, Ground-water flow systems in the Powder River structural basin, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4229, 39 p., 1 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4229.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_85_4229_plt.djvu

Rennick, K.B., 1968, Floods of June 15-17 [1963] in north-central Wyoming, in Rostvedt, J.O., and others, Summary of floods in the United States during 1963: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1830-B, p. B80-B84.
[Many streams in Wind/Bighorn basin; Tongue River basin; Clear Creek; North Fork Crazy Woman Creek; Middle Fork Powder River; Powder River.]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1830-B.djvu
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]

Rice, C.A., and Bartos, T.T., 2001, Nature and characteristics of water co-produced with coalbed methane with emphasis on the Powder River Basin, in Takahashi, K.I., editor, U.S. Geological Survey coalbed methane field conference, May 9-10, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-235.
[Report available only on CD-ROM]
The 12 slides for this talk may be viewed online at
http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/OF01-235/files/talk%20slides/RICE.pdf

Rice, C.A., Bartos, T.T., and Ellis, M.S., 2002, Chemical and isotopic composition of water in the Fort Union and Wasatch Formations of the Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana: Implications for coalbed methane development, in Schwochow, S.D., and Nuccio, V.F. (eds.), Coalbed methane of North America, II: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists guidebook, p. 53-70.

Rice, C.A., Ellis, M.S., and Bullock, J.H., Jr., 2000, Water co-produced with coalbed methane in the Powder River basin, Wyoming: Preliminary data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-372, 20 p.
Online at http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/energy/CBmethane/OF00-372

Rice, C.A., and Nuccio, Vito, 2000, Water produced with coal-bed methane: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-156-00, 2 p.
Online at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-156-00

Ringen, B.H., and Daddow, P.B., 1990, Hydrology of the Powder River alluvium between Sussex, Wyoming, and Moorhead, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4002, 48 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_89_4002.djvu

Ringen, B.H., Shown, L.M., Hadley, R.F., and Hinkley, T.K., 1979, Effect on sediment yield and water quality of a nonrehabilitated surface mine in north-central Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 79-47, 23 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_79_47.djvu

Robinson, T.W., and Foley, F.C., 1941, Memorandum regarding the artesian well near Osage, Wyoming (Jones No. 1 well): U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 9 p.

Rolfe, B.N., and Hadley, R.F., 1964, Weathering and transport of sediment in the Cheyenne River basin, eastern Wyoming, in Clays and Minerals, Proceedings of the 12th National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1963: New York, Pergamon Press, p. 649-670.

Rostvedt, J.O., and others, 1968, Floods of May and June [1962] in northeastern Wyoming, in Summary of floods in the United States during 1962: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1820, p. 49-50.
[South Fork Powder River; Powder River; Beaver Creek; Belle Fourche River; Cheyenne River.]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1820.djvu

See, R.B., Reddy, K.J., Vance, G.F., Fadlelmawla, A.A., and Blaylock, M.J., 1995, Geochemical processes and the effects of natural organic solutes on the solubility of selenium in coal-mine backfill samples from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4200, 55 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_95_4200.djvu

Shown, L.M., 1973, Land use map of the Gillette area, Wyoming, 1970: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-848-A, scale 1:125,000.

Slagle, S.E., and others, 1983, Hydrology of Area 49, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces, Montana and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations/Open-File Report 82-682, 94 p. [Tongue River basin]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_82_682.djvu

Sprague, L.A., Clark, M.L., Rus, D.L., Zelt, R.B., Flynn, J.L., and Davis, J.V., 2006, Nutrient and suspended-sediment trends in the Missouri River Basin, 1993–2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5231, 80 p.
Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5231/

Stenzil, Sheila, Buss, Rebecca, and Busby, John, 1980, Maps showing the dissolved-solids concentration of water in the Red River Formation and Mission Canyon Limestone in North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-748, 2 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.

Swenson, F.A., 1974, Potential of Madison Group and associated rocks to supply industrial water needs, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: American Water Resources Association Proceedings No. 18, p. 210-218.

Swenson, F.A., Miller, W.R., Hodson, W.G., and Visher, F.N., 1976, Maps showing configuration and thickness, and potentiometric surface and water quality in the Madison Group, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-847-C, 2 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.
[Supersedes Open-File Report 75-660]

Swenson, H.A., 1952, Geochemical relationships of water in the Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 52-146, 11 p.
[Number assigned after report was published]

Thayer, P.A., 1983, Relationship of porosity and permeability to petrology of the Madison Limestone in rock cores from three test wells in Montana and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-C, 29 p., 3 separate plates and 1 separate table.
[Supersedes Open-File Report 81-221]
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_c.djvu
Separate plates 1-3 and table 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1273_c_plt.djvu

Thom, W.T., Jr., and Spiker, E.M., 1931, The significance of geologic conditions in Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3, Wyoming, with a section on the Waters of the Salt Creek - Teapot Dome uplift [p. 38 -62], by Herman Stabler: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 163, 64 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1947, Powder River above Moorhead Reservoir site: U.S. Geological Survey River Survey, 7 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1948, Plan, Moorhead Reservoir site on Powder River, Montana and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey River Survey, 6 sheets, scale 1:12,000.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1949, Plan, Little Missouri River, Marmarth, North Dakota to North Fork in Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey River Survey, 11 sheets, scale 1:24,000. [sheet 10, Alzada reach, missing

U.S. Geological Survey, 1975a, Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in the Northern Great Plains coal region of northeastern Wyoming, 1974-75: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 28 p. 
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]

U.S. Geological Survey, 1975b, Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in the Northern Great Plains coal region of Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, 1975: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 110 p. 
[Also listed under Southeastern Wyoming]

U.S. Geological Survey, 1975c, Plan of study of the hydrology of the Madison Limestone and associated rocks in parts of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-631, 37 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1975/ofr_75_631.djvu

U.S. Geological Survey, 1979, Plan of study for the Northern Great Plains Regional Aquifer-System Analysis in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 79-34, 20 p.

Vance, G.F., See, R.B., and Reddy, K.J., 1998, Selenite sorption by coal mine backfill materials in the presence of organic solutes, in Frankenberger, W.T., Jr., and Engberg, R.A., editors, Environmental chemistry of selenium: New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc., chap. 15, p. 259-280.

Vigil, J.C., 1998, [Flood of] June 14-15, 1992, along the North Fork Powder River below Pass Creek, near Mayoworth, Wyoming, in Perry, C.A., and Combs, L.J., editors, Summary of floods in the United States, January 1992 through September 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2499, p. 123-125.
Wyoming article online at http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/reports/wsp.2499.sumwy0692.html
Full report online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wsp2499
Full report also online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_2499.djvu

Wahl, K.L., 1976, Accuracy of channel measurements and the implications in estimating streamflow characteristics, in Proceedings of the international seminar, Modern Developments in Hydrometry, Padua, Italy, Sept. 8-13, 1995: World Meteorological Organization WMO - No. 427, v. II, p. 311-319. [Also published in USGS Journal of Research, 1977, v. 5, no. 6, p. 811-814; and in Biswas, M.R., and Biswas, A.K., editors, 1982, Alternative strategies for desert development and management: New York, Pergamon Press, Environmental Sciences and Applications Series, v. 3, p. 752-759.] 
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]

Wahl, K.L., 1977, Simulation of regional flood frequency curves based on peaks of record, in Proceedings, Conference on Alternative Strategies for Desert Development and Management: Sacramento, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and California State Department of Water Resources, v. 2, 13 p. [Also published in Biswas, M.R., and Biswas, A.K., editors, 1982, Alternative strategies for desert development and management: New York, Pergamon Press, Environmental Sciences and Applications Series, v. 3, p. 760-769.]

Wallace, J.C., and Crist, M.A., 1989, Procedure for evaluating observation-well networks in Wyoming, and application to northeastern Wyoming, 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4215, 29 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_88_4215.djvu

Wangsness, D.J., 1977, Physical, chemical, and biological relations of four ponds in the Hidden Creek strip-mine area, Powder River basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 77-72, 48 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WRI/wrir_77_72.djvu

Wangsness, D.J., and Peterson, D.A., 1980, Behavioral and catastrophic drift of invertebrates in two streams in northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1101, 13 p.

Warner, D.A., 1946, Geology and ground-water resources of the Ranchester area, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 11 p.

Warner, D.A., 1947, Geology and ground-water resources of the Kaycee area, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 9 p.

Wegemann, C.H., 1912. The Powder River oil field, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 471, p. 56-75. 
[Includes notes on water supplies, including water-bearing formations, p. 58, 59.]

Wegemann, C.H., 1917, The Salt Creek oil field: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 670, 52 p. 
[Includes description of the water supply, p. 11-12, water sands in the Steele Shale, p. 20, 33-34, and nine water-sample analyses, p. 42-45.]

Wells, D.K., 1982, Ground-water data from selected wells in alluvial aquifers, Powder River basin, northeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-856, 35 p. 1 separate fig.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1982/ofr_82_856.djvu
Separate fig. 1 not yet online.

Wells, D.K., Busby, J.F., and Glover, K.C., 1979, Chemical analyses of water from the Minnelusa Formation and equivalents in the Powder River basin and adjacent areas, northeastern Wyoming: Wyoming State Engineer's Office, Wyoming Water Planning Program Report No. 18, 27 p.
[Also published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-222]

Whitcomb, H.A., 1960, Investigation of declining artesian pressures in the vicinity of Osage, Weston County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 60-153, 11 p.
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1960/ofr_60_153.djvu
[Number assigned after report was published]

Whitcomb, H.A., 1963, Decreasing yields of flowing wells in the vicinity of Newcastle, Weston County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 63-139, 22 p.
[Number assigned after report was published]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1963/ofr_63_139.djvu

Whitcomb, H.A., 1965, Ground-water resources and geology of Niobrara County, Wyoming, with a section on Chemical quality of the ground water, by T.R. Cummings: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1788, 101 p., 3 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1788.djvu
Separate plates 1-3 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1788_plt.djvu

Whitcomb, H.A., Cummings, T.R., and McCullough, R.A., 1966, Ground-water resources and geology of northern and central Johnson County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1806, 99 p., 2 pl.
Report, including separate plates 1 and 2, online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1806.djvu

Whitcomb, H.A., and Gordon, E.D., 1964, Availability of ground water at Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 61 p.

Whitcomb, H.A., and Morris, D.A., 1964, Ground-water resources and geology of northern and western Crook County, Wyoming, with a section on The chemical quality of the ground water, by R.H. Langford: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1698, 92 p., 2 pl.
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1698.djvu
Separate plates 1-2 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/WSP/wsp_1698_plt.djvu

Whitcomb, H.A., Morris, D.A., Gordon, E.D., and Robinove, C.J., 1958, Occurrence of ground water in the eastern Powder River Basin and western Black Hills, northeastern Wyoming, in Powder River Basin: Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, 13th Annual Field Conference, 1958, p. 245-260.

Williams, C.C., 1948, Water supply possibilities from wells at Newcastle, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 19 p.

Williams, C.C., 1949, Ground-water in the Newcastle area, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 49-125, 18 p.
[Number assigned after report was published]
Online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/OFR/1949/ofr_49_125.djvu

Wilson, J.F., Jr., and Cannon, M.R., 1989, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Provinces—Powder River, Bighorn Basin, and Wind River regions, in Britton, L.J., Anderson, C.L., Goolsby, D.A., and B.P. Van Haveren, B.P., editors, Summary of the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Land Management national coal-hydrology program, 1974-84: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1464, p. 73-84.; 1 pl.
[Also listed under Wyoming Statewide]
Report online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1464.djvu
Separate plate 1 online at http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/PP/pp_1464_plt.djvu

Wright, P.R., Peterson, D.A., and Hallberg, L.L., 2006, Data collection for the assessment of aquatic communities in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3047, 6 p.
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs2006-3047

Zelt, R.B., Boughton, G.K., Miller, K.A., Mason, J.P., and Gianakos, L.M., 1999, Environmental setting of the Yellowstone River basin, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4269, 112 p. 
[Also listed under Northwestern Wyoming]
Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri98-4269


Additional reports for areas in Northeastern Wyoming are listed under Wyoming Statewide and Hydrologic Data

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