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Reconnaissance Investigation of Water Quality, Sediment, and Biota Associated with Irrigation and Drainage
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CO
KS
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Arkansas
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2
Date
1/1/1991
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David K. Mueller, U.S. Geologic Survey, Lawrence R. DeWeese, U.S.F.W.S, A. Jack Garner, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Timothy B. Spruill
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Reconnaissance Investigation of Water Quality, Sediment, and Biota Associated with Irrigation and Drainage
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017 <br />Climate <br />The semiarid climate of the study area is characterized by low to moderate <br />precipitation, substantial evaporation, low humidity, moderate to intense <br />winds, and a large daily range in temperature. At Pueblo, the mean annual <br />temperature is 52.7 °F, the mean January temperature is 30.0 °F, and the mean <br />July temperature is 76.5 °F. About 250 mi to the east at Garden City, the <br />mean annual temperature is 54.7 °F, the mean January temperature is 25.1 °F, <br />and the mean July temperature is 79.0 °F. The average time between killing <br />frosts ranges from 173 days at Pueblo to 184 days at Garden City. The last <br />killing frost generally occurs in late April, and the first killing frost <br />generally occurs in mid - October. <br />Mean annual precipitation ranges from 11.8 in. at Pueblo to 17.5 in. at <br />Garden City. About 75 to 80 percent of the annual precipitation falls as rain <br />during the growing season. Throughout the area, potential evapotranspiration <br />greatly exceeds precipitation. Mean pan evaporation during April- October is <br />about 60 in. near Pueblo and increases to about 67 in. at John Martin Reservoir <br />and about 77 in. at Garden City (Farnsworth and Thompson, 1982). <br />Geolo <br />The headwaters of the Arkansas River are in an area of mineralized <br />igneous and metamorphic bedrock around Leadville. Drainage from active and <br />abandoned mines in this area contains a variety of trace elements, particu- <br />larly cadmium, copper, iron, manganese, and zinc (Kimball and Wetherbee, <br />1989). <br />Cretaceous marine shales and limestones are exposed extensively within <br />the study area (fig. 3). Outcrops of the Pierre Shale are common in the <br />Fountain Creek basin in Colorado, north of Pueblo. The Niobrara Formation <br />(shale and limestone) is exposed north of the Arkansas River from the vicinity <br />of Fowler, Colo., east to the State line. The Niobrara Formation and the <br />Carlile Shale are exposed south of the river from Pueblo Reservoir to La Junta. <br />In the Kansas part of the study area, the Graneros Shale and Greenhorn <br />Limestone are exposed along the north edge of the Arkansas River valley. <br />The Tertiary Ogallala Formation (loose to well - cemented sand and gravel) <br />outcrops extensively in the eastern part of the study area. Other formations <br />exposed at the surface include Cretaceous sandstones; Jurassic, Permian, and <br />Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks; and Precambrian igneous rocks. <br />In shale and limestone, concentrations of many elements, particularly <br />arsenic, boron, selenium, and sulfur can be enriched relative to concentra- <br />tions in other rock types (Turekian and Wedepohl, 1961). In the Pierre Shale, <br />arsenic, cadmium, molybdenum, selenium, and uranium are highly concentrated <br />(Schultz and others, 1980). Elevated selenium concentrations also are present <br />in the Niobrara Formation near the study area (Hatten, 1969). <br />E <br />
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