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Water Resources Data--Alabama, Water Year 2004

By W.L. Psinakis, D.S. Lambeth, V.E. Stricklin, and M.W. Treece

 

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report AL-04-1

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ABSTRACT

Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Alabama consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stages and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels in wells. This report includes records on both surface and ground water in the State. Specifically, it contains: (1) discharge records for 131 streamflow-gaging stations, for 19 partial-record or miscellaneous streamflow stations; (2) stage and content records for 16 lakes and reservoirs and stage at 44 stations; (3) water-quality records for 21 streamflow-gaging stations, for 11 ungaged streamsites, and for 1 precipitation stations; (4) water temperature at 20 surface-water stations; (5) specific conductance and dissolved oxygen at 20 stations; (6) turbidity at 5 stations; (7) sediment data at 6 stations; (8) water-level records for 2 recording observa-tion wells; and (9) water-quality records for 6 ground-water stations. Also included are lists of active and discontinued continuous-record surface-water-quality stations, and partial-record and miscellaneous sur-face-water-quality stations. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating Federal, State, and local agencies in Alabama.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
List of surface-water stations, in downstream order, for which records are published in this volume
List of ground-water wells, by county, for which records are published in this volume
List of precipitation-quality stations, by county, for which records are published in this volume
Introduction
Cooperation
Summary of hydrologic conditions

Downstream order and station numbers

Numbering system for wells and miscellaneous sites

Special networks and programs

Explanation of stage- and water-discharge records

Data collection and computation

Data presentation

Station manuscript

Peak discharge greater than base discharge

Data table of daily mean values

Summary statistics

Identifying estimated daily discharge

Accuracy of field data and computed results

Other data records available

Records of surface-water quality

Explanation of water-quality records

Collection and examination of data

Water analysis

Surface-water quality records

Classification of records

Arrangement of the records

On-site measurements and sample collection

Water temperature

Sediment

Laboratory measurements

Data presentation

Remark codes

Water-quality control data

Blank samples

Reference samples

Replicate samples

Spike samples

Explanation of ground-water level records

Site identification numbers

Data collection and computation

Data presentation

Water-level tables.

Ground-water-quality data

Data collection and computation

Laboratory measurements

Precipitation-quality records

On-site measurement and sample collection

Data presentation

Access to U.S. Geological Survey Water Data

Definition of terms

Publications on techniques of water-resources investigations

Station records, surface water

Discharge at partial-record and miscellaneous sites

Flood hydrograph partial-record stations

Crest-stage partial-record stations

Discharge measurements at partial record and miscellaneous sites

Analyses of samples collected at water-quality partial-record stations

Analyses of samples collected at miscellaneous stations

Station records, ground-water

Ground-water levels

Ground-water quality data collected during short-term studies

Analysis of samples collected at precipitation stations

Index

 


For information on the water program in Alabama, write to:

 

District Chief.
U.S. Geological Survey
2350 Fairlane Dr., Suite 120
Montgomery, Alabama 36116

 

Please visit http://al.water.usgs.gov/ for more information about USGS activities.

 



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