USGS-Illinois Water Science Center Professional Page for Kevin K. Johnson

KEVIN K. JOHNSON
Hydrologist

EDUCATION
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah — BS Geology, 1997
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign — MS Fluvial Geomorphology (in process)

STARTED WITH THE USGS — August 1995

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Hydroacoustic Instrumentation
Collecting and quality assuring hydrologic data
Bathymetric Surveying
Experienced in surface-water-quantity and water-quality data collection techniques
Quantification of bi-directional discharge
Construction and welding

CURRENT PROJECTS

Fluvial dynamics of large river confluences (collaboration with University of Illinois, funded by the National Science Foundation)
Surface water streamgaging

PUBLICATIONS

Methane gas concentration in soils and ground water, Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah, 1995-2003, 2007, Stolp, B.J., Burr, A.L., and Johnson, K.K., U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5227

Monitoring for methane gas in Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah, 1995-2003, 2007, Burr, A.L., Stolp, B.J., Johnson, K.K., U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3113

Characterizing a December 2005 Density Current Event in the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois, 2006, Carlos M. García, P. Ryan Jackson, Kevin A. Oberg, Kevin K. Johnson, and Marcelo H. García, in Proceedings of the 2006 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 21-25, 2006, Omaha, Nebraska; Sponsored by Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of ASCE (CD version)

Quantification of metal loading to Silver Creek through the Silver Maple Claims area, Park City, Utah, May 2002, 2004, Kimball, B.A., Johnson, K.K., Runkel, R.L., and Steiger, J.I.,U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4296, 39 p.

Use of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) to Measure Hypersaline Bidirectional Discharge, 2002, Kevin K. Johnson and Brian L. Loving, in Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods Conference, July 28-August 1, 2002, 10 p (CD version)

PRESENTATIONS

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods Conference (HMEM), Estes Park, Colorado, 2002
The USGS Hydro-Acoustics Workshop, San Diego, California 2003
USGS Central Region Data Conference, Kansas City, Kansas, 2005
USGS Committee for Hydrologic Information and Data, Eastern Region (CHIDER) Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, 2006

TRAINING

Respirator protection (training and as a trainer)
Collateral duty safety officer training
Cableway inspection and design (training and as a trainer)
Gas and Ion Chromatography
Use and operation of Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) and Acoustic Velocity Meters (AVM) (Basic and Advanced training)
Trainer in nine basic ADCP classes and one advanced ADCP class
Motor boat operator
Hydraulic principles
Surveying principles and techniques
MIG, TIG, Oxygen - Acetylene and Arc Welding

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