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SIR 2010-5174
Andrew J. Sekellick and William S.L. Banks , Water Volume and Sediment Accumulation in Lake Linganore, Frederick County, Maryland, 2009, 24 p.

SIR 2008-5186
Allen C. Gellis, Cliff R. Hupp, Milan J. Pavich, Jurate M. Landwehr, William S.L. Banks, Bernard E. Hubbard, Mike J. Langland, Jerry C. Ritchie, and Joanna M. Reuter, Sources, Transport, and Storage of Sediment at Selected Sites in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 110p.

FS 2007-3085
Michael J. Brayton, Judith M. Denver, Gregory C. Delzer, and Pixie A. Hamilton, Organic Compounds in Potomac River Water Used for Public Supply near Washington, D.C., 2003-05, 6p.

CIRC 1316
Scott W. Phillips, Editor, Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental Management, 71p.

SIR 2007-5142
By Cherie V. Miller, Angélica L. Gutiérrez-Magness, Brenda L. Feit Majedi, and Gregory D. Foster, Water Quality in the Upper Anacostia River, Maryland: Continuous and Discrete Monitoring with Simulations to Estimate Concentrations and Yields, 2003-05, 51p.

SIR 2007-5127
By Edward J. Doheny, Roger J. Starsoneck, Paul M. Mayer, and Elise A. Striz, Pre-Restoration Geomorphic Characteristics of Minebank Run, Baltimore County, Maryland, 2002-04, 64p.

OFR 2006-1151
By Tracy Connell Hancock and Michael J. Brayton, Environmental Setting of the Morgan Creek Basin, Maryland, 2002-04, 33p.

SIR 2006-5190
By Edward J. Doheny and Gary T. Fisher, Hydraulic Geometry Characteristics of Continuous-Record Streamflow-Gaging Stations on Four Urban Watersheds Along the Main Stem of Gwynns Falls, Baltimore County and Baltimore City, Maryland, 34 p.

Technical Manual 4-A6
Compiled by Kernell G. Ries III with sections by J.B. Atkins, P.R. Hummel, M. Gray (Aqua Terra Consultants, Inc.), R. Dusenbury (Aqua Terra Consultants, Inc.), M.E. Jennings, W.H. Kirby, H.C. Riggs, V.B. Sauer, and W.O. Thomas, Jr., The National Streamflow Statistics Program: A Computer Program for Estimating Streamflow Statistics for Ungaged Sites, 48p.

OFR 2006-1335
By Kernell G. Ries, Selected Streamflow Statistics for Streamgaging Stations in Northeastern Maryland, 2006, 24p.

SIR 2006-5178
By Michael J. Langland, Jeff P. Raffensperger, Douglas L. Moyer, Jurate M. Landwehr, and Gregory E. Schwarz, Changes in Streamflow and Water Quality in Selected Nontidal Basins in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 1985-2004 75p.

SIR 2006-5179
By Edward J. Doheny(U.S. Geological Survey, Baltimore, MD), Roger J. Starsoneck(Formerly of U.S. Geological Survey, Baltimore, MD), Elise A. Striz(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Ada, Oklahoma), and Paul M. Mayer(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Ada, Oklahoma), Watershed Characteristics and Pre-Restoration Surface-Water Hydrology of Minebank Run, Baltimore County, Maryland, Water Years 2002-04 54p.

SIR 2006-5146
By Kernell G. Ries III and Jonathan J.A. Dillow, Magnitude and Frequency of Floods on Nontidal Streams in Delaware 65p.

SIR 2006-5038
By Angélica L. Gutiérrez-Magness, Simulation of Nutrient and Sediment Concentrations and Loads in the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed: Extension of the Hydrologic and Water-Quality Model to Ungaged Segments 36p.

SIR 2006-5080
By Jonathan J.A. Dillow and Jeff P. Raffensperger, Estimates of the Loads of Nitrite + Nitrate in the Flow of Bassett Creek to the Maryland Coastal Bays Adjacent to Assateague Island National Seashore, Water Years 2003–2004 18p.

SIR 2005-5073
By Sarah K. Martucci, Jennifer L. Krstolic, and Jeff P. Raffensperger (U.S. Geological Survey) and Katharine J. Hopkins (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science), Development of Land Segmentation, Stream-Reach Network, and Watersheds in Support of Hydrological Simulation Program–Fortran (HSPF) Modeling, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and Adjacent Parts of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia, 24 p.

SIR 2005-5057
By Michelle M. Lorah, Tracey A. Spencer, and Angela L. McGinty, Temporal Changes in Indicators of Natural Attenuation and Physical Controlling Factors for a Freshwater Tidal Wetland Contaminated With Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds, West Branch Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1995-2001 64p.

FS 2005-3030
By James M. Gerhart (U.S. Geological Survey) and Emory T. Cleaves (Maryland Geological Survey), The Status of Streamflow and Groundwater level Monitoring Networks in Maryland, 2005, 6p.

PROP-1680
By Scott W. Ator, Judith M. Denver, David E. Krantz, Wayne L. Newell, and Sarah K. Martucci, David R. Burris, and Linda Jo Dyer, A Surficial Hydrogeologic Framework for the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain 89p.

SIR 2004-5220
By Michelle M. Lorah, David R. Burris, and Linda Jo Dyer, Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvent Groundwater Plumes Discharging Into Wetlands 233p.

SIR 2004-5125
By Michael P. Senus, Michael J. Langland, and Douglas L. Moyer, Nutrient and Sediment Concentrations, Loads, and Trends for Four Nontidal Tributaries in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 1997-2001 33p.

SIR 2004-5056
By Allen C. Gellis, William S.L. Banks, Michael J. Langland, and Sarah K. Martucci, Summary of Suspended-Sediment Data for Streams Draining the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Water Years 1952–2002, 59p.

SIR 2004-5051
By Scott W. Ator, Judith M. Denver, and Michael J. Brayton, Hydrologic and Geochemical Controls on Pesticide and Nutrient Transport to Two Streams on the Delmarva Peninsula, 34 p.

OFR 2004-1433
By John W. Brakebill and Stephen D. Preston, Online Publication - OFR-2004-1433 - Digital Data Used to Relate Nutrient Inputs to Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Version 3.0, 20 p.

OFR 2004-1313
Kernell G. Ries III, Selected Streamflow Statistics for Streamgaging Stations in Delaware, 2003 , 24 p.

FS 2004-3115
By Kernell G. Ries III, Peter A. Steeves, Jaqueline D. Coles, Alan H. Rea, and David W. Stewart, StreamStats: A U.S. Geological Survey Web Application for Stream Information, 2000, 4p.

FS 111-03
By Judith C. Wheeler, Freshwater Use Trends in Delaware, 2000, 2p.

FS 112-03
By Judith C. Wheeler, Freshwater Use Trends in Maryland, 1985-2000, 4 p.

FS 091-03
By Scott W. Phillips and Bruce D. Lindsey, The Influence of Groundwater on Nitrogen Delivery to the Chesapeake Bay, 6 p.

WRIR 03-4119
By Michelle M. Lorah, Mary A. Voytek, and Tracey A. Spencer, Preliminary Assessment of Microbial Communities and Biodegradation of Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds in Wetlands at Cluster 13, Lauderick Creek Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 19 p.

WRIR 03-4124
Angélica L. Gutiérrez-Magness and Jeff P. Raffensperger, Development, Calibration, and Analysis of a Hydrologic and Water-Quality Model of the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed, 46 p.

WRIR 02-4157
Michelle M. Lorah, Mary A. Voytek, Julie D. Kirshtein, and Elizabeth J. (Phillips) Jones, Anaerobic Degradation of 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane and Association with Microbial Communities in a Freshwater Tidal Wetland, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Laboratory Experiments and Comparisons to Field Data, 61p.

WRIR 02-4067
A.L. Anderson,, C.V. Miller, L.D. Olsen, E.J. Doheny, and D.J. Phelan, 2002, Water quality, sediment quality, and stream-channel classification of Rock Creek, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, 91 p.

FS-152-02
By Edward J. Doheny and Jonathan J.A. Dillow, Adjustments to U.S. Geological Survey Peak-Flow Magnitude-Frequency Relations in Delaware and Maryland Following Hurricane Floyd, September 1999, 8 p.

FS 073-01
By Anthony J. Tallman and Gary T. Fisher, Flooding in Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland From Hurricane Floyd, September 1999, 6p.

OFR 01-420
Tracey A. Spencer, Daniel J. Phelan, Lisa D. Olsen, and Michelle M. Lorah, Groundwater and Surface-Water Quality Data for the West Branch Canal Creek Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, November 1999–May 2001, 37 p.

OFR-01-292
Daniel J. Phelan, Lisa D. Olsen, Michael P. Senus, and Tracey A. Spencer, Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds in Surface Water at Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, November 1999–September 2000, 57p.

OFR-01-251
John W. Brakebill, Stephen D. Preston, and Sarah K. Martucci, Digital Data Used to Relate Nutrient Inputs to Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Version 2.0, 17p.

OFR-01-251
John W. Brakebill, Stephen D. Preston, and Sarah K. Martucci, Digital Data Used to Relate Nutrient Inputs to Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Version 2.0, 17p.

OFR-01-292
Daniel J. Phelan, Lisa D. Olsen, Michael P. Senus, and Tracey A. Spencer, Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds in Surface Water at Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, November 1999–September 2000, 57p.

OFR-00-203
By Lisa D. Olsen and Tracy A. Spencer, Abstract of Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds in Surface Water at West Branch Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1999

OFR-00-282
Spencer, T.A., Olsen, L.D., Lorah, M.M.and Mount, M.M. Water-Quality and Water-Level Data for a Freshwater Tidal Wetland, West Branch Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, October 1998 - September 1999, 189 p.

OFR-00-461
Edward J. Doheny and Gary T. Fisher - Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service Estimated flood frequency and corresponding water-surface elevations at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

WRIR-00-4156
Steven E. Yochum, A Revised Load Estimation Procedure for the Susquehanna, Potomac, Patuxent, and Choptank Rivers, 49p.

FS 157-00
By Scott W. Ator, Judith M. Denver, and Ann M. Pitchford (EPA) Developing Landscape-Indicator Models for Pesticides and Nutrients in Streams of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain 1 figure, 1 table, 4 p.

WRIR 99-4240
William S.L. Banks and Andrew E. LaMotte, Sediment Accumulation and Water Volume in Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore County, Maryland Poster reformatted for the Web.

WRIR 99-4054
Stephen D. Preston and John W. Brakebill, Application of Spatially Referenced Regression Modeling for the Evaluation of Total Nitrogen Loading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed 1 table, 12 figures, 12 p.

OFR-99-213
Edward J. Doheny , Index of Hydrologic Characteristics and Data Resources for the Gwynns Falls Watershed, Baltimore County and Baltimore City, Maryland, 24p.

OFR-99-60
John W. Brakebill and Stephen D. Preston Digital Data Used to Relate Nutrient Inputs to Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Version 1.0.

OFR 99-57
Miller, C.V., Foster, G.D., Huff, T.B., Garbarino, John R., Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in the Pocomoke River and Tributaries, Maryland

FS 150-99
By Scott W. Phillips, Michael J. Focazio, and L. Joseph Bachman Discharge, Nitrate Load, and Residence Time of Groundwater in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed 7 figures, 1 table, 6 p.

FS 126-99
By Judith C. Wheeler, Freshwater Use In Delaware, 1995 2 figures, 2p.

WRIR 98-4177
Linda C. Darrell, Brenda Feit Majedi, Joy S.Lizarraga, and Joel D. Blomquist, Nutrient and Suspended-Sediment Concentrations, Trends, Loads, and Yields from the Nontidal part of the Susquehanna, Potomac, Patuxent, and Choptank Rivers, 1985–96 13 tables, 10 figures, 38 p.

FS 115-98
By Judith C. Wheeler , Freshwater use in Maryland, 1995, 2 p.

FS 114-98
By Vicki Blazer, Scott Phillips, and Edward Pendleton, Fish Health, Fungal Infections, and Pfiesteria: The Role of the U.S. Geological Survey, 4 figures, 4 p.

OFR 98-180
A.L. Derosier, J.W. Brakebill, J.M. Denis, and S.K. Kelley, Water-Quality Assessment of the Potomac River Basin: Water-Quality and Selected Spatial Data, 1992-96

OFR 98-158
Ator, S.W., Nitrate and Pesticide Data for Waters of the Mid-Atlantic Region, 2 p.

OFR 97-777
Doheny, E.J., Auer, T.W., and Lamotte, Andrew, Flood tracking chart for the Potomac River Basin, 1 oversized sheet.

OFR 97-666
Donnelly, C.A., Ferrarri, M.J., Summary of Pesticide Data from Streams Wells in the Potomac River Basin, 1993-96, 8 p.

OFR 97-200
Doheny, E.J., Flood-hydrology data for the Potomac River and selected tributaries in the vicinity of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 33 p.

WRIR 97-4280
Ferrari, M.J., Ator, S.W., Blomquist, J.D., and Dysart, J.E., Pesticides in Surface Water of the Mid-Atlantic Region, 12p.

WRIR 97-4279
J.J. Dillow, Technique for Simulating Peak-Flow Hydrographs in Maryland, 39 p.

FS 126-97
By Stephen D. Preston Evaluation of the Stream-Gaging Network in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., 4 p.

FS 124-97
By Scott Phillips Overview of the U.S. Geological Survey Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Program, 4 p.

OFR 96-554
Doheny, E.J., A modified index for assessment of potential scour at bridges over waterways, 16 p.

FS 213-96
Ecosystem Trends and Response: Chesapeake Bay

FS 140-96
By L.D. Zynjuk and B.S. Majedi January 1996 Floods Deliver Large Loads of Nutrients and Sediments to the Chesapeake Bay, 2 p.

WRIR 95-4154
J.J.A. Dillow, Technique for Estimating Magnitude and Frequency of Peak Flows in Maryland, 55 p.

WRIR 95-4020
D.H. Carpenter, and D.C. Hayes, Low flow characteristic of streams in Maryland and Delaware, 113 p, 10 plates.

OFR 95-135
Edward J. Doheny, A technique for preliminary appraisal of potential and observed scour as applied to state-maintained highway bridges in Maryland

OFR 91-157
Gerhart, J.M., National water-quality assessment program--the Potomac River Basin (fact sheet).

W-2400
National Water Summary 1990-91--Hydrologic Events and Stream Water Quality: Maryland and the District of Columbia

W-2400
National Water Summary 1990-91--Hydrologic Events and Stream Water Quality: Delaware

W-2375
National Water Summary 1988-89--Floods and Droughts: Maryland and the District of Columbia

W-2375
National Water Summary 1988-89--Floods and Droughts: Delaware

W-2300
National Water Summary 1985--Hydrologic Events and Surface-Water Resources: Maryland and the District of Columbia

OFR-68-Bue10
Bue, C. D., Monthly Surface-Water Inflow to Chesapeake Bay

Abstracts

Blomquist, J.D., 1994, Occurrence of pesticides in nested watersheds in Virginia and West Virginia, [abs.]: in Sorenson, Stephen K., ed., 1994, Proceedings abstracts American Water Resources Association's symposium on the National Water-Quality Assessment Program--November 7-9, 1994, Chicago, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-397, p. 10.

Fisher, G.T. , 1994, Assessment of surface-water quality in the Great Valley carbonate subunit, Potomac River Basin study unit, National Water-Quality Assessment Program [abs.]: Abstract Booklet, Mid-Atlantic Highlands Area Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Conference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, February 23-25, 1994, p. 44.

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