Open-File Reports

2000's || 1990's || 1980's

These reports are concerned with water and water resources in Kansas and have been placed online. A complete listing of KGS open-file reports can be viewed using the KGS List of Open File Reports

1999

1999-5: 1999 Annual water level raw data report for Kansas, by Richard D. Miller and John C. Davis
1999-8: Performance and Analysis of June 1998 and October 1999 Slug Tests in Kearny, Finney, and Ford Counties, Kansas, by James J. Butler, Jr. and John M. Healey
1999-11: Sampling analysis and mapping of water levels in the High Plains aquifer of Kansas, by Ricardo A. Olea and John C. Davis
1999-15: Optimizing the High Plains Aquifer Water-level Observation Network, by Ricardo A. Olea and John C. Davis
1999-16: Drawdown and Stream Depletion Produced by Pumping in the Vicinity of a Finite-Width Stream of Shallow Penetration, by James J. Butler, Jr., Ming-Shu Tsou, Vitaly A. Zlotnik and Huihua Huang
1999-20: Uncertainty Propagation in Ground Water Models, by C. D. McElwee and G. C. Bohling
1999-23: Upper Arkansas River Corridor Study: Lithologic Characterization of Unconsolidated Deposits in Gray and Ford Counties, by David P. Young, Jill M. Whitmer, and Donald O. Whittemore
1999-40: Hydrostratigraphic characterization of unconsolidated alluvial deposits with direct-push sensor technology, by J.J. Butler, Jr., J.M. Healey, L. Zheng, W. McCall, and M. K. Schulmeister
1999-44: Evaluation of Sources of Nitrate in Ground Water near Pretty Prairie, Kansas, Using Nitrogen-15 Isotope Method, by Margaret Townsend
1999-45: Preliminary Assessment of the Distribution and Sources of Nitrate-Nitrogen in Kansas Ground Water, by M. A. Townsend and D. P. Young
1999-57: Improved Definition of Hydraulic Conductivity Structure Using Multilevel Nonlinear Slug Tests, by C. D. McElwee and G. M. Zemansky

1998

1998-2: The Kansas River corridor; its geologic setting, land use, economic geology, and hydrology, by Lawrence L. Brady (compiler), David A. Grisafe, James R. McCauley, Gregory C. Ohlmacher, Hernán A. M. Quinodoz, and Kenneth A. Nelson
1998-7: 1998 Annual water level raw data report for Kansas, by Richard D. Miller, John C. Davis, and Ricardo A. Olea
1998-20: The dipole flow test for site characterization; some practical considerations, by James J. Butler, Jr., John M. Healey, Vitaly A. Zlotnik and Brian R. Zurbuchen
1998-25: Upper Arkansas River Corridor Study: Lithologic Characterization of Unconsolidated Deposits in Kearny and Finney Counties, by David P. Young, Julie L. Grauer, and Donald O. Whittemore
1998-48: A field assessment of the feasibility of using borehole GPR at the Geohydrologic Experimental and Monitoring Site, Lawrence, KS, by Alex Martinez and James J. Butler, Jr.

1997

1997-11: Acquisition activity and raw data report on 1997 annual water measurements; Kansas Geological Survey's portion, by Rick Miller, John Davis, David Laflen, John Siceloff, Brett Bennett, Mary Brohammer, and P. Acker
1997-33: Acquisition activity, statistical quality control, and spatial quality control for 1997 annual water level data acquired by the Kansas Geological Survey, by Richard D. Miller, John C. Davis, and Ricardo A. Olea
1997-78: Geochemical Identification of Sources of Salinity in Surface and Ground Waters in Central McPherson County, Kansas, by Donald O. Whittemore

1996

1996-1a: Proposed management areas of the Dakota aquifer in Kansas, by P. A. Macfarlane and D. O. Whittemore
1996-39: The acquisition of annual water levels in Kansas sponsored through cooperative agreement between the KGS and USGS, by Exploration Services Section
1996-46: A Field Study of Slug Tests in Wells Screened Across the Water Table, by Kristen L. Stanford, James J. Butler, Jr., Carl D. McElwee, and John M. Healey
1996-47: Experimental Verification of a General Model for Slug Tests, by C. D. McElwee and J. J. Butler Jr.
1996-63: Managing Uncertainty in Groundwater Yield Estimates, by Hernán A. M. Quinodoz

1994

1994-29: Natural ¹⁵N Isotopic Signatures in Ground water: a Cautionary Note on Interpretation, by M. A. Townsend, S. A. Macko, D. P. Young, and R. O. Sleezer

1993

93-1a: Shallow Subsurface Bedrock Geology and Hydrostratigraphy of Southwestern Kansas, by P. Allen Macfarlane, J. Combes, S. Turbek, and D. Kirshen

1990

90-23A: Hydrogeology and geochemistry of glacial deposits in northeastern Kansas: Test-hole and well data, by J. E. Denne, R. E. Miller, L. R. Hathaway, and H. G. O'Connor
90-23B: Hydrogeology and geochemistry of glacial deposits in northeastern Kansas: Water-quality data, by J. E. Denne, R. E. Miller, L. R. Hathaway, and H. G. O'Connor