Fairbanks Area Reports

General Hydrology

Cederstrom, D.J., 1963, Water resources of the Fairbanks area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1590, 84 p.

Claar, D.V., and Lilly, M.R., 1997, Ground-water and surface-water elevations in the Fairbanks International Airport area, Alaska, 1990-96, and selected geohydrologic report references: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-597, 154 p. [Abstract]

Claar, D.V., and Lilly, M.R., 1995, Ground-water and surface-water elevations in the Fairbanks International Airport area, Alaska, 1990-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-382, 155 p. + 2 plates.  [Abstract]

Hawkins, D.B., 1995, Environmental overview and hydrogeologic conditions at Federal Aviation Administration facilities near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-172, 11 p.

Jackson, M.L., and Lilly, M.R., 1996, Ground-water and surface-water elevations in the University of Alaska Fairbanks area, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-416, 219 p.

Krumhardt, A.P., 1982, Hydrologic information for land-use planning, Badger Road area, Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 82-4097, 14 p.

Nelson, G.L., 1978, Hydrologic information for land-use planning, Fairbanks vicinity, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-959, 47 p.

Plumb, E.W., and Lilly, M.R., 1996, Snow-depth and water-equivalent data for the Fairbanks area, Alaska, spring 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-414, 16 p.

Ground Water

Cederstrom, D.J., and Péwé, T.L., 1960, Ground-water data, Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Department of Health Hydrological Data Report 9, 28 p.

Cederstrom, D.J., and Tibbitts, G.C., Jr., 1961, Jet drilling in the Fairbanks area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1539-B, p. B1-B28.

Downey, J.S., and Sinton, P.O., 1990, Geohydrology and ground-water geochemistry at a sub-arctic landfill, Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4022, 25 p.

Feulner, A.J., 1961, Data on wells at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Department of Health Hydrological Data Report 13, 41 p., or U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 61-50.

Flynn, D.M., 1985, Hydrology and geochemical processes of a sub-arctic landfill, Fairbanks, Alaska: Basic data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-195, 41 p.

Glass, R.L., Lilly, M.R., and Meyer, D.F., 1996, Ground-water levels in an alluvial plain between the Tanana and Chena Rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska, 1986-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4060, 39 p. + 2 appendixes. [Abstract]

Hopkins, G.C., and Maxwell, K.F., 1985, Arsenic, nitrate, iron, and hardness in ground water, Goldstream Road, Yankovich Road, and Murphy Dome Road areas (T. 1N., R. 2W., FM) Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-341, 1 sheet.

Johnson, P.R., Wilcox, D.E., Morgan, W.D., Merto, Josephine, and McFadden, Ruth, 1978, Arsenic, nitrate, iron, and hardness in ground water, Fairbanks area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1034, 1 sheet.

Krumhardt, A.P., 1980, Arsenic, nitrate, iron, and hardness in ground water, Chena Ridge vicinity, Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-49, 1 sheet.

Krumhardt, A.P., 1982, Arsenic, nitrate, iron, and hardness in ground water, Chena Hot Springs Road, Steele Creek Road, and Gilmore Trail areas, (T. 1N., R. 1E., FM) Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-356, 2 sheets.

Péwé, T.L., and Bell, J.W., 1975, Maps showing distribution of ground-water conditions in the following Fairbanks quadrangles, Alaska:

* D-2 NW U.S Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-668-B
* D-2 SE U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-669-B
* D-2 NE U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-670-B
* D-2 SW U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-829-C
* D-1 SW U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-671-B

Péwé, T.L., and Bell, J.W., 1975, Maps showing distribution of permafrost in the following Fairbanks quadrangles, Alaska:

* D-2 NW U.S Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-668-A
* D-2 SE U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-669-A
* D-2 NE U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-670-A
* D-2 SW U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-829-B
* D-1 SW U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-671-A

U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, Ground-water studies in Fairbanks, Alaska - a better understanding of some of the United States’ highest natural arsenic concentrations: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-111-01, 2 p.

Surface Water

Burrows, R.L., Langley D.E., and Evetts, D.M., 2000, Preliminary Hydraulic Analysis and Implications for Restoration of Noyes Slough, Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4227, 32 p.  [Abstract]

Childers, J.M., and Meckel, J.P., 1967, Flood of August 1967 at Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-294.

McCoy, G.A., 1974, Preconstruction assessment of biological quality of the Chena and Little Chena Rivers in the vicinity of the Chena Lakes Flood Control Project near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 29-74, 84 p. [Abstract]

Alaska Railroad Industrial Area

Braddock, J.F., Catterall, Peter, and Richmond, S.A., 1998, Assessment of the potential for biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the Railroad Industrial Area, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-287, 10 p. [Abstract]

Kriegler, A.T., and Lilly, M.R., 1995, Water-elevation, stream-discharge, and ground-water quality data in the Alaska Railroad Industrial area, Fairbanks, Alaska, May 1993 to May 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-364, 247 p. + plate. [Abstract]

Lilly, M.R., McCarthy, K.A., Kriegler, A.T., Vohden, James, and Burno, G.E., 1996, Compilation and preliminary interpretations of hydrologic and water-quality data from the Railroad Industrial area, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1993-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4049, 45 p. + appendixes. [Abstract]

Fort Wainwright

Claar, D.V., and Lilly, M.R., 1999, Workplan for U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic data-collection and support activities on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, 1994-97: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-80, 124 p. [Abstract]

Lilly, M.R., DePalma, K.L., and Benson, S.L., 1995, Selected environmental and geohydrologic reports for the Fort Wainwright and Fairbanks areas, Alaska, as of July 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-420, 35 p.

McCarthy, K.A., Lilly, M.R., Braddock. J.F., and Hinzman, L.D., 1998, Natural attenuation of chlorinated hydrocarbon contamination at Fort Wainwright, Alaska--A hydrogeochemical and microbiological investigation workplan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-198, 49 p. [Abstract]

Nakanishi, A.S., and Lilly, M.R., 1998, Estimate of aquifer properties by numerically simulating ground-water/surface-water interactions, Fort Wainwright, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4088, 35 p. [Abstract]