AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Digital terrain model of upper North Fork Toutle River valley, Washington, derived from historical topographic maps

This digital terrain model represents historical elevations along the valley of the North Fork Toutle River upstream of its confluence with the Green River in Cowlitz and Skamania Counties, Washington. Most elevations were derived from U.S. Geological Survey 1:62,500 scale topographic quadrangle maps published from 1953 to 1958 that were derived from aerial photographs taken in 1951 and 1952. Elevations representing the bed of Spirit Lake, at the head of the valley, were derived from a bathymetric map based on survey data from 1974. Elevations are in units of meters and have been adjusted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

Tags: cowlitz, cowlitz-county, elevation, lower-cowlitz, mount-saint-helens, mount-saint-helens-national-volcanic-monument, mt-st-helens, north-fork-toutle-river, pacific-northwest, skamania, skamania-county, spirit-lake, topography, usgs-6439ae77d34ee8d4ade2302d, washington
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mineralogy, strontium (87Sr/86Sr), oxygen (18O/16O) and carbon (13C/12C) isotope composition, elemental concentrations, and U-Th disequilibrium ages for travertine deposits from various locations in Yellowstone National Park, USA

Chemical changes in hot springs, as recorded by thermal waters and their mineral deposits, provide a window into the evolution of Yellowstone’s postglacial hydrothermal system. Travertine precipitated from thermal waters provide a record of chemical changes through time because they can be dated using U-series disequilibrium geochronology. These temporal data, along with measured radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr and stable isotope (carbon and oxygen) compositions and elemental concentrations, allow for the investigation of changes in hydrothermal system chemistry over time. This data release contains analyses conducted on samples of hydrothermal travertine collected from Upper and Lower Geyser Basins and near Madison Junction in Yellowstone National Park between April 2018 and July 2022. They include major and trace element concentrations, strontium (87Sr/86Sr), carbon (13C/12C), and oxygen (18O/16O) isotopic compositions, U-series disequilibrium ages (230Th-U), and X-ray diffraction data.

Tags: carbon-isotopes, elemental-concentrations, geoscientificinformation, isotope-geochemistry, mineralogy, oxygen-isotopes, strontium-isotopes, travertine, u-th-disequilibrium-dating, usgs-642c692ed34ee8d4add224fb
Organization: Department of the Interior
Grid representing the sediment thickness between the lowstand and ravinement surfaces on the inner continental shelf off the northern Oregon and southern Washington coast

Two 21-day field operations were conducted in 1997 and 1998 in the estuaries and on the inner continental shelf off the northern Oregon and southern Washington coast. These cruises aboard the R/V Corliss were run in order to generate reconnaissance maps of the seafloor geology and the shallow subsurface stratigraphy using sidescan sonar and seismic-reflection mapping techniques. The 1998 cruise also collected sediment grab samples, bottom photographs, and video images to verify the sidescan-sonar imagery and to document the seafloor geology. The combination of these data with previously collected sediment sample data (Robert, 1974; Nittrouer, 1978; and Smith et. al., 1980) has been used to define the extent and lithology of shelf sediments associated with the Columbia River littoral cell. This work is one component of a larger project studying the erosion of the Washington and Oregon coast and is being coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Washington State Department of Ecology. The reason for collecting these data is to provide a regional synthesis of the offshore geology to support a wide variety of management decisions and to provide a basis for further process-oriented investigations.

Tags: columbia-river, columbia-river-littoral-cell, geospatial-datasets, grays-harbor, grid, inner-shelf-off-columbia-river, isopach, lowstand, marine-geophysics, or, oregon, pacific-ocean, raster, ravinement, scientific-interpretation, stratigraphic-thickness, usgs-642b3f98-6817-49ea-a699-4e1218677e59, wa, washington, washington-coastal-zone, washington-continental-shelf, willapa-bay
Organization: Department of the Interior
Larval lake whitefish diets in western Lake Erie during 2018, 2019, and 2021

Recent declines in Lake Whitefish population abundance has prompted research to identify underlying mechanisms controlling survival of early life stages in the Great Lakes. In Lake Erie, the recruitment bottleneck window determining year class strength of Lake Whitefish occurs during the first growing season, suggesting that availability of prey could be controlling year class strength. Therefore, spatial and seasonal larval Lake Whitefish distribution, diet, and environmental zooplankton (potential prey) were collected to evaluate larval Lake Whitefish diets at 31 locations in the western basin during 2017, 2018, and 2021. We removed gut tracks of larval lake whitefish and identified diet items to lowest possible taxon. Zooplankton samples were taken in the field and identified in the lab. Zooplankton were identified to the taxonomic level of large cladoceran, small cladoceran, cyclopoid copepods, calanoid copepods, nauplii, and rotifer. Diet item body length was measured for the first 20 individuals of each prey item in each sample.

Tags: aquatic-biology, biota, coregonus-clupeaformis, diets, ecology, environment, fish, food-consumption, great-lakes, inlandwaters, lake-erie, lake-whitefish, larval-fish, usgs-642b0683d34ee8d4add03ccd, western-lake-erie, zooplankton
Organization: Department of the Interior
Organic and metal contaminants in forage fish from the Niagara River and in Lumbriculus sp. exposed to Buffalo River sediments, 2020

This data release includes organic and mercury data for biologic samples collected from two studies conducted in the Niagara River Area of Concern (AOC) and the Buffalo River AOC during 2020. The first, Niagara River Forage Fish study assessed contaminant data from 26 fish-tissue samples collected at four locations in or near the Niagara River AOC during 2020, and from two reference material samples. More than 160 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners were analyzed in 21 fish-tissue samples and in one reference material sample. Dioxins and furans were analyzed in five fish-tissue samples and in a second reference material sample. Percent lipid and percent moisture were analyzed in all 26 fish-tissue samples. The second, Buffalo River Lumbriculus study analyzed concentrations of over 160 PCB congeners and total mercury in batches of Lumbriculus variegatus (Oligochaete) which had been exposed for 28 days (in a laboratory) to sediments collected from 15 sites in the Buffalo River AOC during 2020. This data release also compiles laboratory quality assurance information, including sample replicates, laboratory blank data, laboratory spike data, matrix spike recoveries, and replicate matrix spike recoveries that were associated with these samples.

Tags: contamination-and-pollution, dioxins, ecotoxicology, environmental-quality, erie, fish-tissue, furans, new-york, polychlorinated-biphenyls-pcbs, usgs-642b0484d34ee8d4add03cb7, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for Laboratory simulation of earthquake-induced damage in lava dome rocks

We performed laboratory time-dependent creep and stress-oscillation earthquake simulations in uniaxial loading in compression and tension on four blocks of porphyritic dacite collected from pyroclastic deposits of Mt. Fugen, of the Unzen-dake volcanic complex in Japan (referred to as ‘Unzen volcano’). Experiments were carried out in the Experimental Volcanology and Geothermal Research Laboratory at the University of Liverpool. Loading experiments were carried out in a 100 kN Instron 8800 uniaxial press at room temperature using both compression tests, and Brazilian disk tests to provide the indirect tensile strength (hereafter referred to as tensile strength/tension tests). Load was recorded by an Instron Dynacell 2527 load cell at 100 Hz, which has an accuracy of ±0.1% of the full load capacity (100 kN). Strain is recorded using an Instron LVDT (Linear Variable Differential Transformer) Deflection Sensor, which has an accuracy of ±0.00001 mm or ±0.05% of the measured displacement, whichever is the largest. For the compression tests, cylindrical specimens with a 20-mm diameter were cored and then cut to a length of 40 mm to form cylinders with a 2:1 length:diameter ratio. The cylinders were axially compressed between two parallel plates in the loading frame during testing. For the Brazilian tests, cylindrical specimens with a 40-mm diameter were cored and then cut to a length of 20 mm to form disks with a 2:1 diameter:length ratio. The disks were diametrically compressed between two parallel plates in the loading frame to induce tensional stresses in the orthogonal direction. The specimen dimensions and loading frame setup follow American Society for Testing and Material (ASTM) standards for unconfined (uniaxial) compression and Brazil tensile strength testing (ASTM Standard D7012 (ASTM, 2014) and ASTM Standard D3967 (ASTM, 2016), respectively). Following preparation, specimens were oven dried at 60°C for 24 hours and then placed into a vacuum chamber for one week prior to mechanical experiments.

Tags: biota, earthquakes, engineering-geology, landslides, usgs-642aef5bd34ee8d4add03bd2, volcanology
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bathymetry and Water-Quality Data of Surface Water Bodies in Cook County, Illinois, 2022 (ver. 2.0, January 2025)

In 2022, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with the Cook County Bureau of Technology (BOT), carried out comprehensive hydrographic and water quality surveys, along with activity and disturbance assessments of 41 total water bodies encompassing lakes, rivers, and canals within Cook County, Illinois. These surveys and assessments describe the bathymetry, water-quality conditions, and on-site field crew observations and impressions for each water body and its surrounding catchment area. Data collected may assist BOT with resource management decisions and practices, as well as contribute to an inventory that can be shared with other local governmental agencies. 
Included in this data release are bathymetric, water quality, and observational findings gathered in 2022 for the following water bodies listed in alphabetical order: Axehead Lake, Baker's Lake, Belly Deep Slough, Bode Lake North, Bode Lake South, Bull Frog Lake, Busse Lake Main Pool, Busse Lake North Pool, Busse Lake South Pool, Busse Woods Reservoir, Consumers Quarry, Crabtree Lake, Doughnut Lake, Flatfoot Lake, Forge Quarry, Great Lakes Quarries East, 
Great Lakes Quarries West, Green Lake, Horsetail Lake, Icebox Quarry, Lake Arlington, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Charlemagne, Lake Opeka, Maple Lake, Midlothian Reservoir East, Midlothian Reservoir West, Papoose Lake, Powderhorn Lake South, Sag Quarry West, Saganashkee Slough, Sauk Lake, Vollmer Road Wildlife Pond East, Vollmer Road Wildlife Pond Middle, Vollmer Road Wildlife Pond West, Wampum Lake, Westbury Park Lake, Wolf Lake Pond 1, Wolf Lake Pond 2, Wolf Lake Pond 3, Wolf Lake Pond 4, and Wolf Lake Pond 8.
First posted July 17, 2023, ver. 1.0
Revised January 17, 2025, ver. 2.0

Tags: bathymetry, chicago, cook-county, illinois, multibeam-sonar, single-beam-echo-sounder, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-642ae6d8d34ee8d4add03b92, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Inventory of Large Slope Instabilities, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Steep glacial and paraglacial landscapes often exhibit evidence of gravitationally-driven slope deformation. In recently deglaciated coastal environments, catastrophic failures of these bedrock instabilities as rapid landslides have the potential to generate tsunamis that may pose hazards for communities, infrastructure, mariners, and important natural and cultural resources. We present a first inventory of manually mapped bedrock instabilities in western Prince William Sound and nearby locations in the Chugach Mountains. Slope instabilities included in this inventory are defined as large areas (&gt; 0.01 km2) that exhibit evidence of slope deformation, including scarps, tension cracks, and signs of recent smaller-scale landslides. Areas of repeat rock avalanches, that may indicate areas of larger deformation, are also included. All instabilities in this inventory were identified from a combination of field observations, satellite and airborne optical imagery, InSAR (interferometric synthetic aperture radar)-derived elevation models, and limited local lidar elevation models. This inventory is not exhaustive or complete, nor should it be considered a statistically representative sample of instabilities in this region. Furthermore, it is our intention to continue to add records to this inventory as previously unidentified instabilities are discovered or develop in changing conditions. The data presented here represent bedrock instabilities in western Prince William Sound identified prior to February 2023.

Tags: barry-arm, geologic-hazards-science-center, geology, geoscientificinformation, ghsc, gis, instability, landslide, landslide-hazards-program, prince-william-sound-alaska, rock-avalanche, usgs, usgs-642735b7d34e370832ff6708
Organization: Department of the Interior
Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Lake-Bottom Sediments of Ashumet Pond on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2020 (ver. 2.0, February 2024)

Lake-bottom sediment and associated quality-control samples were collected in August 2020 from one coring location (U.S. Geological Survey station 413756070321301, ASHUMET POND, MASHPEE MI-ASHPD-0011) in Ashumet Pond downgradient from a former fire-training area on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The core was collected to determine if per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were present in the bottom sediments of a lake known to have elevated concentrations of PFAS in surface water and groundwater (Tokranov and others, 2021), and whether the sediments could act as a continuous source of PFAS to the lake. Processing the sediment core entailed collection of discrete samples at intervals ranging from 1-5 centimeters (cm) throughout the length of the 112-cm-long core. Radioisotopic dating analysis was performed along 1-cm intervals for the first 10 cm of sediment. A total of 23 sample intervals were submitted for analysis of 28 PFAS, total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN), and 57 sample intervals were submitted for grain size and dry bulk density analysis. Quality control (QC) samples included an aqueous equipment blank collected from the core barrel that was used for sediment sampling, a set of triplicate sediment samples, and laboratory-provided blanks. All QC samples were analyzed for 28 PFAS.
Reference:
Tokranov, A.K., LeBlanc, D.R., Pickard, H.M., Ruyle, B.J., Barber, L.B., Hull, R.B., Sunderland, E.M., and Vecitis, C.D., 2021, Surface-water/groundwater boundaries affect seasonal PFAS concentrations and PFAA precursor transformations: Environmental Science—Processes &amp; Impacts, v. 23, no. 12, p. 1893-1905, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EM00329A.

Tags: cape-cod, chemical-analysis, eastern-united-states, environment, falmouth, grain-size-analysis, hydrogeology, limnology, mashpee, massachusetts, pfas, radiometric-dating, sandwich, sedimentation, usgs-6427312dd34e370832ff66ec, vibracoring
Organization: Department of the Interior
Telemetry evaluation of invasive carp herding in Jonathan Creek Embayment, Kentucky Lake, Kentucky

Data tables represents a telemetry study assessing the efficacy of sound and electricity used to herd Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). The study occurred in Jonathan Creek Embayment of Kentucky Lake, Kentucky using 10 telemetered Silver Carp and 46 passive acoustic receivers. Two herding boats traveled at 2.22 meters per second along bank-to-bank transects through the study area (longitudinal progression rate = 0.37 meters per second) emitting sound and electricity (“stimulus”) or no added stimuli (“control”). Fish movement responses included fish presence in the refuge-zones located at either end of the embayment, fish presence fore of herding boats, and fish presence within 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, and 800 meters of the herding boats, and fish velocity.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, electrofishing, fish, fish-behavior, fish-deterrence, fish-herding, fish-management, invasive-species, jonathan-creek, kentucky, kentucky-lake, marshall-county, natural-resource-management, silver-carp, telemetry, usgs-6426e720d34e370832ff63f2
Organization: Department of the Interior
Electro-olfactory responses of Grass Carp, Bighead Carp, and Silver Carp to the amino acids L-alanine, L-arginine, L-aspartic acid, L-asparagine, L-glutamine, and L‑glutamic acid

Using juvenile individuals of 3 species of carp (Family: Cyprinidae), we tested the potential for six amino acids to elicit an extracellular electro-olfactory response within the naris using gelatin-based electrodes. The amino acids L-alanine, L-arginine, L-aspartic acid, L-asparagine, L-glutamine, and L‑glutamic acid were tested on Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), and Silver Carp (H. molitrix) to provide a comparison among amino acids both within and among species. Each row in the data set represents exposure to a single amino acid. Each individual fish was exposed to up to four amino acids sequentially in a random order, representing a trial; each individual was a subject for exactly one trial. The response metric was the measured response peak, in millivolts, corrected by subtracting the mean baseline during exposure to well water 60 seconds prior to the amino acid response. The baseline-corrected, absolute value of the response to ultrapure, deionized (UDI or “Nanopure”) water immediately preceding a trial is also included. Other relevant factors that could influence measured individual response, such as number of times electrodes were repositioned within a trial (n = 4 repositions across 76 trials), nominal concentration of amino acid solutions, fish mass, holding tank temperature, and flow rate of water and amino acid solutions over the naris are included. Identifying data, namely date of trial and an individual subject ID (equivalent to a trial ID), are also included.

Tags: amino-acid, amino-acid-receptors, biota, ctenopharyngodon-idella, fishes, hypophthalmichthys-molitrix, hypophthalmichthys-nobilis, olfactory, olfactory-perception, olfactory-receptors, sensory-evaluation, usgs-6426d7abd34e370832ff63dc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Metrics to Characterizing Periods of Anomalously Low Water Storage for Selected Reservoirs in the Conterminous U.S. from 1981 to 2020

This metadata record describes a series of tabular datasets containing metrics used to characterize periods of anomalously low storage for select large reservoirs across the Conterminous United States for the climate years (April 1 – March 31) from 1981 to 2020. These data support the associated Simeone and others (2024) publication. The reservoirs in this dataset are those included in the ResOpsUS dataset, with sufficient data during the period of interest. These metrics include reservoir storage percentiles, identified low-storage anomaly events, annual low storages, low-storage anomaly statistics for each event, and trends in reservoir metrics. This data release contains the following files. 
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One version of the following three files for variable threshold method low-storage anomaly (weibull_jd),  fixed threshold method low-storage anomaly (weibull_site), and operating curve-based low-storage anomalies (operating curve). Substitute each of these strings in parentheses for the strings here between *. 
1) percentiles_1981_2020.zip: Percentile zip files for the period of 1981-2020. This zip file contains the reservoir storage, inflow, and outflow percentiles as individual csv files for each reservoir (for example, res_ops_XXX.csv, where XXX is the ResOpsUS reservoir identification number) including percentiles from each different method. The metadata contains column details for an example version of these files. 
2) reservoir_1981_2020_*weibull_jd*_drought_properties.csv: This is a csv file that contains summaries of each low-storage anomaly event for each reservoir for each threshold. One of these files exists for each of our three low-storage anomaly methods. The three files included have different labels for each of the three different methods of identifying low-storage anomalies. 
3) reservoir_1981_2020_*weibull_jd*_complete_annual_stats.csv: This csv is a csv file that contains the annual low-storage anomaly statistics for each climate year, threshold, and reservoir. The three files included have different labels for each of the three different methods of identifying low-storage anomalies. 
4) reservoir_1981_2020_*weibull_jd*_trends.csv: This csv contains data on trends in low-storage anomaly characteristics for selected reservoirs during our primary period of interest from 1981 to 2020.
5) reservoir_metadata.csv: This csv file contains metadata for each reservoir.

Tags: droughts, inlandwaters, reservoirs, usgs-6425e918d34e370832ff618e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data-Driven Drought Prediction Project Model Outputs for Select Spatial Units within the Conterminous United States

This metadata record describes model outputs and supporting model code for the Data-Driven Drought Prediction project of the Water Resources Mission Area Drought Program. The data listed here include outputs of multiple machine learning model types for predicting hydrological drought at select locations within the conterminous United States. The child items referenced below correspond to different models and spatial extents (Colorado River Basin region or conterminous United States). See the list below or metadata files in each sub-folder for more details. 
1. Daily streamflow percentile predictions for the Colorado River Basin region — Outputs from long short-term memory (LSTM) deep learning models corresponding to selected stream gage locations.

Tags: climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, conterminous-united-states, deep-learning, drought-prediction, droughts, hydrology, long-short-term-memory, machine-learning, modeling, river-systems, statistical-analysis, streamflow, streamflow-percentiles, streamflow-predictions, upper-colorado-river, usgs-64259aead34e370832ff5e7b
Organization: Department of the Interior
USGS Measurements of Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (CA), 1969-2015 (ver. 4.0 March 2023)

The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a program of water-quality studies in San Francisco Bay (CA) that began in 1969. This Data Release archives and makes available all measurements made from 1969 through 2015. Water-quality constituents include salinity, temperature, light extinction coefficient, chlorophyll-a, dissolved oxygen, suspended particulate matter, nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, silicate and phosphate. Time, Julian date, and three constituents were added retroactively in 2023 to all years:  ratio of chlorophyll-a and pheopigments, oxygen percent saturation, and density as Sigma-t. Water samples were collected along a 145-km transect from lower South San Francisco Bay to the lower Sacramento River. Samples were collected at 59 fixed sampling locations, of these 37 became standard long-term sampling stations. All stations are listed in the station location table (SFBstationlocations_19692015.csv) and standard stations are shown on the map (sfbaymap.jpg)

Tags: chlorophyll, nutrient-content-water, oxygen-content-water, salinity, turbidity, usgs-64248ee5d34e370832fe343d, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior