Colorado Water Resource Publications Online

SIR 04-5095
Evaluation of Streamflow Losses Along the Gunnison River from Whitewater Downstream to the Redlands Canal Diversion Dam, near Grand Junction, Colorado, Water Years 1995-2003
By Gerhard Kuhn and Cory A. Williams

SIR 04-5024
Methods to Identify Changes in Background Water-Quality Conditions Using Dissolved-Solids Concentrations and Loads as Indicators, Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, in the Vicinity of Pueblo, Colorado
By Roderick F. Ortiz

WRI 03-4275
Water-Quality Characteristics and Ground-Water Quantity of the Fraser River Watershed, Grand County, Colorado, 1998-2001
By Nancy J. Bauch and Jeffrey B. Bails

WRI 03-4241
Atmospheric Deposition of Nutrients, Pesticides, and
Mercury in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 2002
By M. Alisa Mast, Donald H. Campbell, George P. Ingersoll, William T. Foreman, and David P. Krabbenhoft

WRI 03-4220
Hydrology and Water Quality of Elkhead Creek and Elkhead Reservoir near Craig, Colorado, July 1995-September 2001.
By Gerhard Kuhn, Michael R. Stevens, and John G. Elliott

WRI 03-4219
Ground-Water Quality Beneath Irrigated Agriculture in the Central High Plains Aquifer, 1999-2000
By Breton W. Bruce, Mark F. Becker, Larry M. Pope, and Jason J. Gurdak

WRI 03-4209
Hydrogeology of a Biosolids-Application Site Near
Deer Trail, Colorado, 1993–99
By Tracy J.B. Yager and L. Rick Arnold

WRI 03-4172
Application of Tracer-Injection Techniques to Demonstrate Surface-Water and Ground-Water Interactions Between an Alpine Stream and the North Star Mine, Upper Animas River Watershed, Southwestern Colorado
By Winfield G. Wright and Bryan Moore

WRI 03-4171
Water Movement Through Thick Unsaturated Zones Overlying the Central High Plains Aquifer, Southwestern Kansas, 2000–2001
By P.B. McMahon, K.F. Dennehy, R.L. Michel, M.A. Sophocleous, K.M. Ellett, and D.B. Hurlbut

WRI 03-4087
Streamwater Quality at Selected Sites in the Fraser River Basin, Grand County, Colorado, Water Years 1991–2000
By Jeffrey B. Bails

WRI 03-4073
Hydrology and Water-Quality Characteristics of Muddy Creek and Wolford Mountain Reservoir near Kremmling, Colorado, 1990 through 2001
By Michael R. Stevens and Lori A. Sprague

WRI 03-4044
Water Quality and Trend Analysis of Colorado–Big Thompson System Reservoirs and Related Conveyances, 1969 Through 2000
By Michael R. Stevens

WRI 03-4034
Hydrologic Conditions and Assessment of Water Resources in the Turkey Creek Watershed, Jefferson County, Colorado, 1998-2001
By Clifford R. Bossong, Jonathan Saul Caine, David I. Stannard, Jennifer L. Flynn, Michael R. Stevens, and Janet S. Heiny-Dash

WRI 02-4275
Effect of the Paradox Valley Unit on the Dissolved-Solids Load of the Dolores River near Bedrock, Colorado, 1988-2001
by Daniel T. Chafin

WRI 02-4270
Changes in Nutrient and Pesticide Concentrations in Urban and Agricultural Areas of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, 1994–2000
by Lori A. Sprague and Adrienne I. Greve

WRI 02-4269
Probability of Detecting Atrazine/Desethyl-atrazine and Elevated Concentrations of Nitrate in Ground Water in Colorado
by Michael G. Rupert

WRI 02-4247
Ground-water-quality assessment of shallow aquifers in the Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado, 1954-98,
by J.L. Flynn

WRI 02-4236
Classification of Irrigated Land Using Satellite Imagery, the High Plains Aquifer, Nominal Date 1992
by Sharon L. Qi, Alexandria Konduris, David W. Litke, and Jean Dupree

WRI 02-4230
Using Water-Quality Profiles to Characterize Seasonal Water Quality and Loading in the Upper Animas River Basin, Southwestern Colorado
by Kenneth J. Leib, M. Alisa Mast, and Winfield G. Wright

WRI 02-4223
Bed-Material Entrainment Potential, Roaring Fork River at Basalt, Colorado
by John G. Elliott

WRI 02-4199
Limnology of Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal Reservoirs, Curecanti National Recreation Area, during 1999, and a 25-Year Retrospective of Nutrient Conditions in Blue Mesa Reservoir, Colorado
By Nancy J. Bauch, U.S. Geological Survey, and Matt Malick, National Park Service

WRI 02-4196
Investigation of Water Quality in the Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado, February 1999 through September 2000: Qualifying for Outstanding Waters Designation
by Sheryl A. Ferguson

WRI 02-4151
Characterization of Selenium in the Lower Gunnison River Basin, Colorado,1988-2000
by David L. Butler and Kenneth J. Leib

WRI 02-4142
Nutrient Dynamics in Five Off-Stream Reservoirs in the Lower South Platte River Basin, March-September 1995
by Lori A. Sprague

WRI 02-4139
Relations of Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Concentrations of Trace Elements in Water, Streambed Sediments, and Transplanted Bryophytes and Stream Habitat Conditions in Nonmining and Mining Areas of the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1995­98
by Scott V. Mize and Jeffrey R. Deacon

WRI 02-4128
Sources of Metal Loads to the Alamosa River and Estimation of Seasonal and Annual Metal Loads for the Alamosa River Basin, Colorado, 1995–97
by Roderick Ortiz, Patrick Edelmann, Sheryl Ferguson, and Robert Stogner, Sr.

WRI 02-4104
Evaluation of Water Quality, Suspended Sediment, and Stream Morphology with an Emphasis on Effects of Stormflow on Fountain and Monument Creek Basins, Colorado Springs and Vicinity, Colorado, 1981 through 2001
by Patrick Edelmann, Sheryl A. Ferguson, Robert W. Stogner, Sr., Marianne August, William F. Payne, and James F. Bruce

WRI 02-4093
Characterization and Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Variations in Habitat and Macroinvertebrate Community Structure, Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado Springs and Vicinity, Colorado, 1998-2001
by James F. Bruce

WRI 02-4058
Geophysical Logging to Determine Construction, Contributing Zones, and Appropriate Use of Water Levels Measured in Confined-Aquifer Network Wells, San Luis Valley, Colorado, 1998-2000
by Daniel L. Brendle

WRI 02-4038
Evaluation of Trends in pH in the Yampa River, Northwestern Colorado, 1950–2000
by Daniel T. Chafin

WRI 02-4037
Traveltime Characteristics of Gore Creek and Black
Gore Creek, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado
by Jason J. Gurdak, Norman E. Spahr, and Richard J. Szmajter

WRI 02-4001
Water-Quality Data Analysis of the Upper Gunnison River Watershed, Colorado, 1989-99
by Jason J. Gurdak, Adrienne I. Greve, and Norman E. Spahr

WRI 01-4204
Effects of Piping Irrigation Laterals on Selenium and Salt Loads, Montrose Arroyo Basin, Western Colorado
by David L. Butler

WRI 01-4190
Evaluation of Possible Alternatives to Lower the High Water Table of St. Charles Mesa, Pueblo County, Colorado
by Daniel L. Brendle

WRI 01-4167
Determination of Instream Metal Loads Using Tracer-Injection and Synoptic-Sampling Techniques, Wightman Fork, Southwestern Colorado, July 1999
by Roderick F. Ortiz

WRI 01-4034
Review and Analysis of Available Streamflow and Water-Quality Data for Park County, Colorado, 1962-98
by Robert A. Kimbrough

WRI 01-4028
Vertical Gradients in Water Chemistry in the Central High Plains Aquifer, Southwestern Kansas and Oklahoma Panhandle, 1999
by P.B. McMahon

WRI 01-4027
Relations Among Rainstorm Runoff, Streamflow, pH, and Metal Concentrations, Summitville Mine Area, Upper Alamosa River Basin, Southwest Colorado, 1995–97
by Michael G. Rupert

WRI 00-4263
Summary of Water-Quality Data, October 1987 through September 1997, for Fountain and Monument Creeks, El Paso and Pueblo Counties, Colorado
by Clifford R. Bossong

WRI 00-4254
Historical Water-Quality Data for the High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study Area in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1930-98
By David W. Litke

WRI 00-4186
Assessment of Water Quality, Road Runoff, and Bulk Atmospheric
Deposition, Guanella Pass Area, Clear Creek and Park Counties,
Colorado, Water Years 1995-97
By Michael R. Stevens

WRI 00-4170
Characterization of Water Quality in Selected Tributaries of the
Alamosa River, Southwestern Colorado, Including Comparisons to
Instream Water-Quality Standards and Toxicological Reference Values, 1995-97
by Roderick F. Ortiz and Sheryl A. Ferguson

WRI 00-4160
Diurnal Variations in Metal Concentrations in the Alamosa River and
Wightman Fork, Southwestern Colorado, 1995-97
By Roderick F. Ortiz and Robert W. Stogner, Sr.

WRI 00-4154
Determination of Instream Metal Loads Using Tracer-Injection and Synoptic- Sampling Techniques in Wightman Fork, Southwestern Colorado, September 1997
by Roderick F. Ortiz and Kenneth E. Bencala

WRI 00-4130
Trends in precipitation and streamflow and changes in stream morphology in the Fountain Creek watershed, Colorado, 1939-99,
by R. W. Stogner

WRI 00-4109
Effect of Georgetown Lake on the Water Quality of Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado, 1997-98
By Sally M. Cuffin and Daniel T. Chafin

WRI 00-4005
Pesticides in surface waters of the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1996-98,
by N.J. Bauch and N.E. Spahr

WRI 99-4270
Gore Creek Watershed, Colorado-Assessment of Historical and Current Water Quantity, Water Quality, and Aquatic Ecology, 1968-98
by Kirby H. Wynn, Nancy J. Bauch, and Nancy E. Driver

WRI 99-4243
Ground-Water-Quality Assessment of Selected Wells in the Fraser River Watershed, Colorado, August 1998
By Lori E. Apodaca, C. Michelle Smith, and Jeffrey B. Bails

WRI 99-4223
Water quality at basic fixed sites in the Upper Colorado River Basin National Water-Quality Assessment Study Unit, October 1995-September 1998,
by N.E. Spahr, R.W. Boulger, and R.J. Szmajter

WRI 99-4221
Comparison of two approaches for determining ground-water discharge and pumpage in the lower Arkansas River Basin, Colorado, 1997-98,
by R.G. Dash, B.M. Troutman, and P.F. Edelmann

WRI 99-4190
Analysis of the magnitude and frequency of floods in Colorado,
by J.E. Vaill

WRI 99-4181
Characterization of selected biological, chemical, and physical conditions at fixed sites in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1995-98,
by J.R. Deacon, S.V. Mize, and N.E. Spahr

WRI 99-4148
Effects of Snowmobile Use on Snowpack
Chemistry in Yellowstone National Park, 1998
by George P. Ingersoll

WRI 99-4111
Reconfigured-channel monitoring and assessment program,
by J.G. Elliott and R. S. Parker

WRI 99-4098
Channel-Pattern Adjustments and Geomorphic Characteristics of
Elkhead Creek, Colorado, 1937-97
by John G. Elliott and Stevan Gyetvai

WRI 98-4236
Water-quality and biological community characterization at selected sites on the Eagle River, Colorado, September 1997 and February 1998,
by J.R. Deacon and N.E. Spahr

WRI 98-4124
Trace elements in bed sediment and fish tissue at selected sites in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1995-96,
by J.R. Deacon and V.C. Stephens

WRI 97-4227
Interim Results of Quality-Control Sampling for the Upper Colorado River National Water-Quality Assessment Study Unit,
by N.E. Spahr and R.W. Boulger

WRI 96-4172
Summary of biological and contaminant Investigations related to stream-water quality and environmental setting in the Upper Colorado River Basin: 1938-1995,
by J.R. Deacon and V.C. Stephens

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DS101
Comparison of 2002 Water Year and Historical Water-Quality Data, Upper Gunnison River Basin, Colorado
by N.E. Spahr

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Open-File Report 2004-1027
Rocky Mountain Snowpack Chemistry at Selected Sites, 2002
Ingersoll and others

Open-File Report 03-500
Using Logistic Regression To Predict the Probability of Debris Flows Occurring in Areas Recently Burned By Wildland Fires
By Michael G. Rupert, Susan H. Cannon, and Joseph E. Gartner

Open-File Report 03-400
Biosolids, Soil, Crop, Ground-Water, and Streambed-Sediment Data for a Biosolids-Application Area Near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2000
By Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, James G. Crock, and Michael R. Stevens

Open-File Report 03-069
Work Plan for Determining the Occurrence of Glyphosate, Its Transformation Product AMPA, Other Herbicide Compounds, and Antibiotics in Midwestern United States Streams, 2002
by W.A. Battaglin, E.M. Thurman, D.W. Kolpin, E.A. Scribner, M.W. Sandstrom, and K.M. Kuivila

Open-File Report 03-048
Rocky Mountain Snowpack Chemistry at Selected Sites for 2001
By George P. Ingersoll, M. Alisa Mast, David W. Clow, Leora Nanus,
Donald H. Campbell, and Heather Handran

Open-File Report 02-471
Streamflow Characteristics for Selected Stations In and Near the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, Southwestern Colorado
By Gerhard Kuhn

Open-File Report 02-364
Analysis of Geophysical Logs from Six Boreholes at Lariat Gulch, Former U.S. Air Force Site PJKS, Jefferson County, Colorado
by Frederick L. Paillet, Richard E. Hodges, and Barbara S. Corland

Open-File Report 02-141
Data-Quality Measures of Stakeholder-Implemented Watershed-Monitoring Programs
by Adrienne I. Greve

Open-File Report 02-051
Biosolids, Soils, Ground-Water, and Streambed-Sediment Data for a Biosolids-Application Area near Deer Trail, Colorado, 1999
By Michael R. Stevens, Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, and James G. Crock

Open-File Report 01-466
Rocky Mountain Snowpack Chemistry Network: History, Methods, and the Importance of Monitoring Mountain Ecosystems
by George P. Ingersoll, John T. Turk, M. Alisa Mast, David W. Clow, Donald H. Campbell, and Zelda C. Bailey

Open-File Report 00-394
Snowpack Chemistry at Selected Sites in Colorado and New Mexico during Winter 1999-2000
by George P. Ingersoll

Open-File Report 00-266
Algal data from selected sites in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, water years 1996-97,
by S.V. Mize and J.R. Deacon

Open-File Report 00-214
Quality of ground water and surface water in an area of individual sewage disposal system use near Barker Reservoir, Nederland, Colorado, August-September 1998,
by J.L. Flynn and L.B. Barber

Open-File Report 00-082
Hydrologic, Water-Quality, Sediment Transport, and Bulk Atmospheric-Deposition Data, Guanella Pass Area, Colorado, October 1, 1994, through September 30, 1997
By Michael R. Stevens

Open-File Report 00-054
Evaluation of biological data, Guanella Pass area, Clear Creek and Park Counties, Colorado, water years,
by J.R. Cox-Lillis

Open-File Report 98-279
Water-quality characteristics of the Slate and East Rivers, Colorado, during the winter recreational season, December 1996,
by N.E. Spahr and J.R. Deacon

Open-File Report 97-233
Nitrogen and phosphorus data for surface water in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1980-94,
by K.H. Wynn and N.E. Spahr

Open-File Report 95-450
Bibliography, indices, and data sources of water-related studies, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado and Utah, 1872-1995,
by N.J. Bauch and L.E. Apodaca

Open-File Report 94-102
National Water-Quality Assessment Program - Upper Colorado River Basin
by N.E. Driver

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FS-3051-04
Ground-Water Age and Flow at Great Sand Dunes National Monument, South-Central Colorado
By Michael G. Rupert and L. Niel Plummer

FS-3009-04
Potential Effects of Individual Sewage Disposal System Density on Ground-Water Quality in the Fractured-Rock Aquifer in the Vicinity of Bailey, Park County, Colorado, 2001-2002
By Daniel L. Brendle

FS-127-02
Data Summary and Loading Sources for Selected Water-Quality
Characteristics of Streams in Blowdown Areas, North Fork Elk River
Watershed, Colorado, March 1999–August 2000
by Kenneth J. Leib and Paul von Guerard

FS-044-02
What happens to nutrients in offstream reservoirs in the lower South Platte River Basin?
by L.A. Sprague, R.A. Kimbrough, and A.J. Ranalli

FS-136-00
Trends in precipitation and streamflow in the Fountain Creek watershed, southeastern Colorado, 1977-99,
by R.W. Stogner

FS-186-99
Fish-community assessment in Gore Creek, Colorado, 1998,
by K.H. Wynn

FS-167-97
Distribution and concentrations of selected organochlorine pesticides and PCB's in streambed sediment and whole-body fish in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1995-96,
by V.C. Stephens and J.R. Deacon

FS-166-97
Relations of main-stem reservoir operations and specific conductance in the lower Arkansas River, southeastern Colorado, by M.E. Lewis

FS-160-97
Low-flow water-quality characterization of the Gore Creek watershed, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, August 1996,
by K.H. Wynn and N.E. Spahr

FS-122-97
Effects of water quality and habitat on composition of fish communities in the Upper Colorado River Basin,
by J.D. Deacon, and S.V. Mize

FS-043-97
Are aquatic resources of the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness Area in Colorado affected by acid deposition and what will emissions reductions at the local power plants do?,
by J.T. Turk and D.H. Campbell

FS-040-97
Organochlorine Compounds and Trace Elements in Streambed Sediment and Fish Tissue, South Platte River Basin-Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming,
by Janet S. Heiny

FS-032-97
Biological and contaminant investigations, Upper Colorado River Basin-What's been done and how can the information be used?,
by J.R. Deacon

FS-004-97
Variability of nitrate concentrations in the shallow ground water in a selected area of the San Luis Valley, south-central Colorado,
by R.W. Stogner

FS-109-96
What affects water quality in the Upper Colorado River Basin?,
by L. E. Apodaca, V.C. Stephens, and N.E. Driver

FS-215-96
Salinity in the Colorado River in the Grand Valley, western Colorado, 1994-95,
by D.L. Butler, and P.B. von Guerard

FS-191-96
The Upper Colorado River National Water-Quality Assessment program surface-water-monitoring network,
by N.E. Spahr, N.E. Driver, and V.C. Stephens

FS-109-96
What Affects Water Quality In the Upper Colorado River Basin?
by Lori E. Apodaca, Verlin C. Stephens, and Nancy E. Driver

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2004

January - June 2004
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

2003

January - June 2003
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

July - December 2003
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

2002

January - June 2002
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

July - December 2002
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

2001

January - March 2001
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

April - June 2001
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

July - December 2001
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

2000

January - March 2000
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

April - June 2000
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager, D. Smith, and J. Crock

July - September 2000
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

October - December 2000
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager, D. Smith, and J. Crock

1999

January - March 1999
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager and D. Smith

April - June 1999
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager, D. Smith, and J. Crock

July - September 1999
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager, D. Smith, and J. Crock

October - December 1999
Expanded Monitoring Program near Deer Trail, CO
T. Yager, D. Smith, and J. Crock

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2003 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 and Volume 2,
by R.M. Crowfoot, R.W. Boulger, W.F. Payne, and G.B. O'Neill

2002 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 (East of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot, W.F. Payne, and G.B. O'Neill

2002 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 2 (West of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot, R.W. Boulger, and G.B. O'Neill

2001 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 (East of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

2001 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 2 (West of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

2000 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 (East of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

2000 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 2 (West of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1999 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 (East of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1999 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 2 (West of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1998 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 (East of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1998 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 2 (West of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1997 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 (East of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1997 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 2 (West of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1996 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 (East of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1996 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 2 (West of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1995 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 1 (East of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

1995 Water Resources Data--Colorado Volume 2 (West of the Continental Divide),
by R.M. Crowfoot and others

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gwfocus
Conceptual Frameworks for Ground-Water-Quality Monitoring
by Franke, O.L., and the Ground-Water Focus Group of the Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality

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