CONTENTS
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Purpose and Scope
- Previous Investigations
- Acknowledgments
- Description of Study Area
- Physiography
- Climate and Vegetation
- Hydrogeologic Framework
- Geologic History and Structural Setting
- Areal Extent of Hydrogeologic Units
- Water Resources
- Precipitation
- Runoff
- Evapotranspiration
- Ground Water
- Sources and Movement
- Recharge
- Water Quality
- Lakes
- Water Budget
- Inflow
- Outflow
- Summary and Conclusions
- References Cited
FIGURES
- Map showing location and general features of the Ruby Valley area, northeastern
Nevada and location of selected precipitation stations, evapotranspiration sites,
and spring and streamflow discharge sites
- Graphs showing annual precipitation, as percent departure from average
(1971-2000) for selected precipitation stations and SNOTEL sites in and near
Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Map showing distribution of hydrogeologic units, faults, and depth to pre-Cenozoic basement rock, Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Graph showing difference between measured and predicted average annual
precipitation versus the predicted average annual precipitation for 18 stations
in and near Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada, 1971-2000
- Map showing distribution of annual precipitation based on altitude-location
relation, Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Graph showing comparison of average annual precipitation for 18 stations in
and near Ruby Valley, northerastern Nevada, 1961-90 and 1971-2000
- Graph showing Palmer drought severity index for northeastern Nevada,
1895-2004
- Graphs showing (A) relation of Franklin River daily average streamflow to
Lutts Creek instantaneous streamflow and (B) comparison between predicted
streamflow and measured streamflow for Lutts Creek, Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Map showing site number and depth to ground water, for selected wells in
spring 2003, in and near Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Hydrographs showing changes in water levels in selected wells in Ruby Valley,
northeastern Nevada, 2000-03
- Map showing generalized ground-water levels in basin-fill deposits, spring 2003,
in and near Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Graph showing major ion composition of ground water sampled in and near
Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Graph showing relation between delta deuterium and logarithm of chloride
concentrations in sampled water in and near Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Graph showing relation of delta deuterium to delta oxygen-18 in sampled water from
evapotranspiration, ground-water, spring, and surface-water sites in and near
Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
TABLES
- Average annual precipitation at sites in and near Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Summary of hydrogeologic units, Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Site number, location, and type of data available for selected evapotranspiration,
well, spring, and surface-water sites, Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Range in average annual precipitation for Ruby Valley Hydrographic Area,
northeastern Nevada
- Results of varying location coefficients in equation 1 on the distribution of
precipitation, Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
- Computed or estimated annual streamflow, drainage area, and annual unit-area
runoff for Franklin River, Lutts Creek, and Overland Creek, Ruby Valley,
northeastern Nevada
- Estimated annual water budget for the Ruby Valley Hydrographic Area,
northeastern Nevada
- Results of chemical analyses for water samples from selected evapotranspiration,
well, spring and surface-water sites, Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada
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