Geology and Geological Engineering

Curtis Price
Geographic Information Systems
Research Teaching GIS Support News & Links Publications

Selected Publications

  • Price, Curtis, 2020, Analysis of Fluvial Geomorphology Using NHDPlus High Resolution Data, Esri 2020 International User Conference, July 13-16, 2020, Redlands, Calif. [video presentation] https://uc2020.esri.com/sessions/15345797/subsession/25135477/Analysis-of-Fluvial-Geomorphology-Using-NHDPlus-High-Resolution-Data
  • Moore, R.B., McKay, L.D., Rea, A.H., Bondelid, T.R., Price, C.V., Dewald, T.G., and Johnston, C.M., 2019, User's guide for the national hydrography dataset plus (NHDPlus) high resolution: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1096, 66 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191096
  • Price, C.V., and Buto, S.G., 2018, 12-digit hydrologic unit outlet (pour) points for the NHDPlus V2.1 WBD snapshot: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9SOT2VG
  • Price, C.V., and Thompson, R.F., 2018, A Selective Drainage Toolbox to Hydroenforce Culverts and Other Features in Lidar-Derived Digital Elevation Models: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TQ60FD
  • Valder, J.F., Delzer, G.C., Kingsbury, J.A., Hopple, J.A., Price, C.V., and Bender, D.A., 2014, Anthropogenic organic compounds in source water of select community water systems in the United States, 2002-10: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5139, 129 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20145139
  • Nakagaki, Naomi, Hitt, K.J., Price, C.V., and Falcone, J.A., 2012, Methods to characterize environmental settings of stream and groundwater sampling sites for National Water-Quality Assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5194, 56 p. [online-only]
  • Valder, J.F., Delzer, G.C., Bender, D.A., and Price, C.V., 2011, Percent recoveries of anthropogenic organic compounds with and without the addition of ascorbic acid to preserve finished-water samples containing free chlorine, 2004-10: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1295, 65 p. [online-only] http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1295/
  • Price, C. V., Nakagaki, Naomi, and Hitt, K. J., 2010, National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Area-Characterization Toolbox, Release 1.0: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1268. [online-only]
  • Rowe, Barbara L., Price, Curtis V., Zogorski, John S., and Moran, Michael J., 2010, Vulnerability of Drinking Water Supply Wells to VOCs, AWWA Journal, 102:5, May 2010, p. 133-143. http://www.awwa.org/publications/AWWAJournalArticle.cfm?itemnumber=54467
  • Nakagaki, Naomi, Price, Curtis V.; Falcone, James A.; Hitt, Kerie J.; Ruddy, Barbara C., 2007, Enhanced National Land Cover Data 1992 (NLCDe 92), U.S. Geological Survey Sacramento, CA [online-only digital data set] http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?nlcde92
  • Rowe, Barbara L, Toccalino, Patricia L., Moran, Michael J., Zogorski, John S., and Price, Curtis V., 2007, Occurrence and Potential Human-Health Relevance of Volatile Organic Compounds in Drinking Water from Domestic Wells in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives, November 2007, 155:11, pp. 1539-1546. http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10253/10253.html
  • Price, Curtis V.; Nakagaki, Naomi; Hitt, Kerie J.; Clawges, Rick M., 2007, Enhanced historical land-use and land-cover data sets of the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 240, [online only - document and data files] http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ds/ds240
  • Price, Curtis V., Negri, Mark, 2006, ArcGIS Software Deployment Using External Hard Drives, Proceedings: ESRI 2006 International User Conference, San Diego, Calif., [online conference proceedings] http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc06/papers/papers/pap_1381.pdf
  • Price, C., Nakagaki, N., Hitt, K., and Clawges, R., 2003, Mining GIRAS: Improving on a national treasure of land use data. Proceedings: ESRI 2003 International User Conference, San Diego, Calif., July 7-11, 2003. [online conference proceedings] http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc03/p0904.pdf
  • Clawges, Rick M.; Price, Curtis V., 1999, Digital data sets describing principal aquifers, surficial geology, and ground-water regions of the conterminous United States, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-77, [online only] http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr9977
  • Squillace, P. J.; Price, C. V., 1996, Urban land-use study plan for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-217, 19 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr96217
  • Ellis, William H., Jr.; Price, Curtis V., 1995, Development of a 14-digit hydrologic coding scheme and boundary data set for New Jersey, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4134, 1 map : col. ; 113 x 67 cm., folded in envelope 31 x 23 cm. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri954134
  • Dunne, Paul; Price, C. V., 1995, Geographic information system programs for use in the water-supply-allocation permitting process, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-157, 31 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr95157
  • Squillace, Paul J.; Pope Daryll A.; Price, Curtis V., 1995, Occurrence of the gasoline additive MTBE in shallow ground water in urban and agricultural areas, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 114-95, 4 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/fs/fs11495
  • Wolock, David. M. and Price, Curtis V., 1994, Effects of digital elevation model map scale and data resolution on a topography-based watershed model. Water Resources Research 30:11 p. 3041-3052. http://www.agu.org/journals/wr/v030/i011/94WR01971/
  • White, D.A., Smith, R.A., Price, C.V., Alexander, R.B., and Robinson, K.W., 1992, A Spatial Model to Aggregate Point-Source and Nonpoint- Source Water Quality Data Over Large Areas. Computers and Geosciences, Vol 18, No. 8, pp. 1055-1073. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V7D-48CFVD7-94/2/57c4c94b38ec10c8c3e423bc3d267280
  • Price, C.V., Wolock, D.M., and Ayers, M.A., 1989, Extraction of Terrain Features from Digital Elevation Models. Hydraulic Engineering '89 Proceedings, National Conf. on Hydraulic Engineering/HY Div/ASCE, New Orleans, LA, August 14-18,1989. p. 845-850. http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/vocs/other/PriceWolockAyers_ASCE_1989.pdf
  • Westman, W. E., and Price, C.V., 1988, Detecting Air Pollution Stress in Southern California Vegetation Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Band Data, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 54:9, September 1988, p. 1305-1311. http://eserv.asprs.org/PERS/1988journal/sep/1988_sep_1305-1311.pdf




contact: Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, 501 E. Saint Joseph St., SDSMT, Rapid City, SD 57701
phone: (605)394-2461 / fax: (605)394-6703 / email: curtis.price@sdsmt.edu