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Annual Water Resources Data Reports

Water-Data Report WDR-US-2006

Note: Beginning with Water Year 2006, the Annual Data Report is a national report only and the reference to a local state report is discontinued.

Water-Data Report KY-05-01

Water-Data Report KY-04-01

Water-Data Report KY-03-1

Water-Data Report KY-02-1

Water-Data Report KY-01-1

Water-Data Report KY-00-1

Water-Data Report KY-99-1

Circulars

Facing Tomorrow's Challenges - U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007-2017 [CIRCULAR 2007-1309]

Open File Reports

  Kentucky Public Water-Supply Withdrawals During 1995, 2000, and 2005 [OFR 2007-1209]

  Summary of Available Hydrogeologic Data for the Northeast Portion of the Alluvial Aquifer at Louisville, Kentucky [OFR 2006-1146]

  Concentrations of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Suspended Sediment in the Karst Terrane of the Sinking Creek Basin, Kentucky [OFR 2006-1091]

   Compilation of Concentrations of Total Selenium in Water, Coal in Bottom Material, and Field Measurement Data for Selected Streams in Eastern Kentucky, July 1980 [OFR 2005-1230]

   Ground-Water Levels and Precipitation Data at the Maxey Flats Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site near Morehead, Kentucky, October 1988 - September 2000 [OFR 02-357 (PDF file - 13.7 MB)]
      Abstract, Table of Contents, and additional download/viewing information. (HTML document)

Scientific Investigations Report

Concentrations, and Estimated Loads and Yields of Nutrients and Suspended Sediment in the Little River Basin, Kentucky, 2003-04 [SIR 2006-5204]

Occurrence, Distribution, Loads, and Yields of Selected Pesticides in the Little River Basin, Kentucky, 2003-04 [SIR 2006-5142]

Water-Resources Investigations Reports

   Estimating the Magnitude of Peak Flows for Streams in Kentucky for Selected Recurrence Intervals [WRIR 03-4180]

   Estimating Mean Annual Streamflow of Rural Streams in Kentucky [WRIR 02-4206 (PDF file 6.46MB)]
      Abstract, Table of Contents, and additional download/viewing information.(HTML document)

   Calibration and Validation of a Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model of the Ohio River, Jefferson County, Kentucky [WRIR 01-4091 (PDF file - 6.20MB)]

    Estimated Loads and Yields of Suspended Solids and Water-Quality Constituents in Kentucky Streams [WRIR 01-4075  (PDF file - 4.19MB)]

   Hydrologic and Water-Quality Characterization and Modeling of the Chenoweth Run Basin, Jefferson County, Kentucky [WRIR 00-4239  (PDF file - 5.62MB)]

   Estimation of Peak-Discharge Frequency of Urban Streams in Jefferson County Kentucky [WRIR 97-4219  (PDF file - 7.11MB)]

Fact Sheets

   The Loads of Selected Herbicides in the Ohio River Basin, 1997-2000 [USGS Fact Sheet 089-02]

    Pesticides and Nutrients in Karst Springs in the Green River Basin, Kentucky, May-September 2001 [FS-133-01]

    Use of an Acoustic Ranging System to Monitor Sediment Deposition and Erosion for the Protection of an Endangered Mussel below the Olmsted Locks and Dam, Illinois [FS-127-97  (PDF file - 0.3MB)]