Hydrologic and chemical-quality data from four rural basins in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1985-88
Open-File Report
89-578
By: C.L. Hill
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Abstract
An investigation was begun in 1984 in Guilford County, North Carolina, to monitor water quality and soil erosion in basins with various land-management practices. Hydrologic and chemical-quality data were collected from four rural drainage basins, including two agricultural basins (7.4 and 4.8 acres) cultivated in tobacco and small grains, a mixed rural land-use basin (665 acres) currently under standard land-management practices, and a forested control basin (44 acres) characterizing background conditions. Mean concentrations of total nitrite plus nitrate were 1.0 milligrams per liter from the agricultural basin under standard land-management practices. This was nearly 10 times greater than concentrations from the forested basin. Records of streamflow discharge, chemical quality, ground-water levels, precipitation, and farming activities collected from October 1984 through September 1988 at one or more of the basins are also presented in this report.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Hydrologic and chemical-quality data from four rural basins in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1985-88 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 89-578 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr89578 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; Books and Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
| Contributing office(s) | South Atlantic Water Science Center |
| Description | vi, 105 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Guilford County |
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