AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Deep-learning-derived alluvium, shallow-to-exposed bedrock, and surficial sediment thickness map for the upper Neversink River watershed, New York

This dataset consists of a raster and surficial shapefiles for the Neversink River watershed, NY, that were generated using ArcGIS Pro's deep learning functionality.  The shapefiles contain polygons that show the locations of shallow-to-exposed bedrock and alluvium-filled valleys, while the raster provides estimated minimum sediment thicknesses in the areas between the shallow/exposed bedrock and alluvium-filled valleys.  The deep learning model that generated shallow/exposed bedrock and alluvium polygons was trained on existing geologic maps of New York and Pennsylvania.  Minimum sediment thicknesses were estimated by applying an inverse distance weighting interpolation to measurements of stream incision depth and edges of shallow/exposed bedrock zones (where sediment thickness ≈ 0 m).  In this area, stream incision through bedrock was considered negligible.  The interpolation used variable numbers of points, a fixed interpolation distance of 250 m, and an output resolution of 30 m/pixel.  Given the possibility that streams may have not completely incised through surficial materials down to bedrock, these estimates are minimum constraints on the true thicknesses of surficial sediments.

Tags: alluvium, bedrock-geologic-units, environment, groundwater, public-supply-water-use, society, stratigraphic-thickness, unconsolidated-deposits, usgs-623c8a46d34e915b67d3947c, water-resources, watershed-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Argon data for enriched MORB from the 8°20' N seamount chain

This dataset accompanies planned publication 'Near-Ridge Magmatism Constrained Using 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Enriched MORB from the 8°20' N Seamount Chain'. The Ar/Ar data are for samples that record the volcanic history of the area. The geochronology provides time constraints for the eruption of rocks studied in the manuscript. Samples were collected from the 8°20' N seamount chain by Molly Anderson (University of Florida), who sent them to the USGS Denver Argon Geochronology Laboratory for Ar/Ar analysis.

Tags: east-pacific-rise, geochronology, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, mineral-resource-program, mrp, search-for-domestic-geographic-names-here-https-geonames-usgs-gov-apex-fp138-1-0, search-for-domestic-geographic-names-here-https-www2-usgs-gov-science-tab-term-html, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-623c7021d34e915b67d2ddc8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Zircon U-Pb data for ash-fall tuffs and sandstones of the Cenozoic Amargosa Valley and Bat Mountain Formations exposed on Bat Mountain, southern Funeral Mountains, California, USA

This document includes two suites of zircon U-Pb data that establish a detailed chronostratigraphy for Cenozoic strata exposed on Bat Mountain of the southern Funeral Mountains, California, USA. The first suite of data includes detrital zircon U-Pb age distributions that characterize the maximum depositional age and provenance of five sandstone samples from the Oligocene-Miocene Amargosa Valley Formation (N=4) and the Miocene Bat Mountain Formation (N=1). The second suite of data includes zircon U-Pb data for five ash-fall tuffs that are interbedded with strata of the Amargosa Valley and Bat Mountain Formations. Together, interpreted eruption ages of tuffs and maximum depositional ages of sandstones constrain deposition of the Amargosa Valley Formation to have occurred between ca. 28 and 19 Ma, followed by deposition of the Bat Mountain Formation between ca. 15.5 and 13 Ma.

Tags: bat-mountain, california, cenozoic-era, death-valley-national-park, funeral-mountains, geochronology, geology, great-basin, miocene-epoch, neogene-period, north-america, oligocene-epoch, paleogene-period, sedimentology, stratigraphy, usgs-623b657ed34e915b67cfb900, zircon
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field observation of wind waves (2019) along the Chincoteague Living Shoreline, Virginia

This dataset contains measured (interval = 0.5 hour) wave height, peak wave period, water level, and water depth during March 1 to May 1, 2019, at five wave gage locations along the Chincoteague Living Shoreline, Virginia. These wave gages were sampled continuously at 10 Hz to take 20-min bursts every 30 min. These data were used for the analysis of wave attenuation along the oyster-reef-based living shoreline.

Tags: chincoteague, coastal-processes, ocean-waves, oceans, shore, united-states, usgs-623b62f5d34e915b67cfb28e, virginia, waves
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mine areas and feature data associated with using lidar and earth observation temporal analysis to explore and characterize uranium mining on the south Texas landscape

Open pit uranium mining in Atascosa, Karnes, and Live Oak Counties in the Texas gulf coast region was active during the second half of the 20th century. Understanding the history of these mining operations is important for proper management and restoration. Although some mines have extensive records documenting the locations and extents of mining pits and mine waste-rock piles, and provide descriptions of reclamation activities, abandoned mines with little to no such documentation are present on the landscape. A multiple lines of evidence approach using lidar derivatives and multispectral remote sensing temporal analysis (Stengel, 2022) was developed to (1) identify uranium mine waste-rock, wastewater, and land disturbance due to mining, to (2) differentiate between abandoned and reclaimed mine features, and to (3) help understand the life cycle of mining activities on the Texas landscape. This data release provides the 2013 and 2018 lidar data used to derive derivative terrain parameters described in the associated paper, as well as mine surface areas and features identified from our analysis.

Tags: atascosa-county, energy-resources, google-earth-engine, gulf-coast, karnes-county, lidar, live-oak-county, mining, remote-sensing, texas, time-series, united-states, uranium, usgs-623b570ed34e915b67cfa6bb
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data to support water quality modeling efforts in the Delaware River Basin: 2) River and Reservoir Observations

This data release contains information to support water quality modeling in the Delaware River Basin (DRB). These data support both process-based and machine learning approaches to water quality modeling, including the prediction of stream temperature.
This section contains observations related to the amount and quality of water in the Delaware River Basin. Data from a subset of reservoirs in the basin include observed daily depth-resolved water temperature, water levels, diversions, and releases. Data from streams in the basin include daily flow and temperature observations. Observations were compiled from a variety of sources, including the National Water Inventory System, Water Quality Portal, EcoSHEDS stream water temperature database, and the New York Department of Environmental Protection. The data are formatted as a single csv (comma separated values) or zipped csv.
Site observation data were matched to stream reach segments, and the data files included contain identifiers for both observation sites and affiliated stream reaches. Please see metadata for &lt;a href="https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/623e54c4d34e915b67d83580"&gt; 1) Spatial data for rivers, reservoirs, and monitoring locations &lt;/a&gt; for further information on how monitoring location sites were matched to river segments.
For modeling purposes, we created a holdout test set of flow and temperature observations that were representative of dynamics throughout the Delaware River basin from water year 1980-present. Test holdouts are documented in the flow and temperature files, and details describing the holdout decisions can be found in Oliver et al. (2021).

Tags: de, delaware, environment, inlandwaters, maryland, md, modeling, new-jersey, new-york, nj, ny, pa, pennsylvania, reservoirs, streams, temperature, united-states, us, usgs-623e550ad34e915b67d8366e, water, water-quality, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Groundwater database for a regional assessment of groundwater salinity variations and sources in the Indio Subbasin of the Coachella Valley, California (ver. 2.0, July 2025)

Groundwater salinity presents a challenge to the management of water quality in the Indio subbasin of the Coachella Valley where a growing population is dependent primarily on groundwater for drinking water. The U.S. Geological survey, along with the Colorado River Basin regional water quality control board, are working to provide an assessment of salinity trends and sources in the Indio subbasin (California (CA) basin designation 7-21.01; California Department of Water Resources (2020). As part of this work, salinity data and other selected inorganic water quality data, along with well construction information, for wells with available total dissolved solids (TDS) or conductance data were compiled from published reports, public databases, and unpublished archives into a tabulated file, Indio_data_v2.txt. The database in this data release represents a synthesis of available data on groundwater salinity in the Coachella Valley, however it does not include all data ever published in the region. This database was updated in March, 2025 to include salinity data collected from groundwater samples through the year 2024.
Version History Summary:
First Published: July 2022
Version 2.0: July 2025

Tags: california, coachella-valley, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-age, indio, indio-subbasin, la-quinta, palm-desert, palm-springs, riverside-county, salinity, total-dissolved-solids, usgs-623b4d1fd34e915b67cfa697, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Uranium and Strontium geochronology data for marine terraces on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA

Studies of marine terraces and their fossils can yield important information about sea level history, tectonic uplift rates, and paleozoogeography.  The marine terrace record on Santa Rosa Island, California is complex.  Two prominent low-elevation terraces appear to record the ~80 ka (MIS 5a) and ~120 ka (MIS 5e) high-sea stands, based on U-series dating of fossil corals, but interpretations are tentative because of clear indications of open-system behavior with respect to U-series nuclides.  Nevertheless, low uplift rates are implied by a preferred interpretation of the ages. It is inferred that low late Pleistocene uplift rates, combined with glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) processes likely resulted in reoccupation of the ~120 ka 2nd terrace during the ~100 ka (MIS 5c) high-sea stand.  Study of a high-elevation marine terrace on the western part of Santa Rosa Island also shows evidence of fossil mixing.  Strontium isotope ages of fossil mollusks indicate an age range of ~500 ka at one locality and ~600 ka at another locality.  Consideration of elevations and ages here also yield low, long-term uplift rates, which explains, at least in part, the potential for terrace reoccupation in the early Pleistocene.  In addition, however, early Pleistocene glacial-interglacial cycles were of much shorter duration, linked to the ~41 ka obliquity cycle of orbital forcing, a factor that would also enhance terrace reoccupation in regions of low uplift rate.

Tags: amino-acid-geochronology, california, channel-islands-national-park, last-interglacial, marine-terrace, paleontology, paleozoogeography, pleistocene, santa-rosa-island, sea-level, strontuim-isotope-geochronology, u-series-dating, usgs-623a479fd34e915b67cdf764
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gridded geology shapefiles for the United States, Canada, and Australia

These data provide geologic information, including generalized lithology, geologic age, and paleo-latitude and -longitude of geologic units, for the United States, Canada, and Australia, in an H3 Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) hexagonal format (Uber Technologies Inc., 2020) with an average hexagon area of 5.16 square kilometers. The data are presented as the shapefile version of ASCII data developed by Lawley and others (2021) for prospectivity modeling of basin-hosted Pb-Zn mineralization in the United States, Canada, and Australia (Lawley and others, 2022).
References
Lawley, C.J.M., McCafferty, A.E., Graham, G.E., Gadd, M.G., Huston, D.L., Kelley, K.D., Paradis, S., Peter, J.M., and Czarnota, K., 2021, Datasets to support prospectivity modelling for sediment-hosted Zn-Pb mineral systems: Natural Resources Canada Open File 8836, https://doi.org/10.4095/329203.
Lawley, C.J.M., McCafferty, A.E., Graham, G.E., Huston, D.L., Kelley, K.D., Czarnota, K., Paradis, S., Peter, J.M., Hayward, N., Barlow, M., Emsbo, P., Coyan, J., San Juan, C.A., and Gadd, M.G., 2022, Data-driven prospectivity modelling of sediment-hosted Zn-Pb mineral systems and their critical raw materials: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 141, no. 104635, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104635.
Uber Technologies Inc., 2020, H3: A hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing system: GitHub Repository, https://github.com/uber/h3.

Tags: australia, canada, cmmi, critical-minerals-mapping-initiative, discrete-global-grid-system, exploring-for-the-future-program, ga, geologic-maps, geological-survey-of-canada, geology, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geoscience-australia, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gggsc, gsc, h3-dggs, hexagonal-hierarchical-geospatial-indexing-system, igneous-rocks, lithology, metamorphic-rocks, mineral-resources-program, mrp, rocks-and-deposits, sedimentary-rocks, targeted-geoscience-initiative, tgi, u-s-geological-survey, uber-grid, unconsolidated-deposits, united-states, usgs, usgs-623a26e4d34e915b67cdf5f4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2020

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ once in 2020 on July 16th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Imagery Program images dated 2019 and supplemented with Landsat and Sentinel2 imagery collections accessed via the U.S. Geological Survey LandLook Viewer (https://landlook.usgs.gov/) and Sentinel Hub, Sentinel Playground (https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle model of calculating consumptive use (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1992 appendix A) using crop coefficients from Doorenbos and Pruitt (1975), the number of acres with active crops, crop condition, and irrigation system efficiency. The withdrawal equation was modified from "Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000" (Tadayon, 2005) to account for variations in water application.

Tags: agricultural-sites, arizona, groundwater, irrigation, mohave, sacramento-valley-groundwater-basin, usgs-623a21a8d34e915b67cdf5af, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior
Lidar-derived rasters of point density, elevation, and geomorphological features for 2013, 2015, and 2022 for the Greater Raleigh Area, North Carolina

As part of a collaborative study with the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, the U.S. Geological Survey developed a suite of high-resolution lidar-derived raster datasets for the Greater Raleigh Area, North Carolina, using repeat lidar data from the years 2013, 2015, and 2022. These datasets include raster representations of digital elevation models (DEMs), DEM of difference, the ten most common geomorphons (i.e. geomorphologic feature), lidar point density, and positive topographic openness. Raster footprints vary by year based on extent of lidar data collection. All files are available as Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF, meaning they are formatted to work on the cloud or can be directly downloaded. These metrics have been developed to pair with field geomorphic assessments for use in the development of a model that can remotely predict streambank erosion potential along streams in the Greater Raleigh, NC Area, however, they have the potential to be used in numerous applications.

Tags: environment, erosion, geography, geomorphology, geomorphon, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-analysis, geospatial-datasets, hydrology, land-surface-characteristics, lidar, north-carolina, positive-openness, raleigh, topography, upper-neuse, usgs-6239d55ed34e915b67cd8719, wake
Organization: Department of the Interior
Plotting multiple fault representations: Applications for National Seismic Hazard Model 2023 update (NSHM-faultmaps)

The National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) utilizes a fault sections database (FSD) throughout the model workflow. Working towards a 2023 NSHM release, the NSHM23 FSD encompasses a major update with the addition of new fault sections, as well as the revision of existing fault sections from prior FSD (2014). The additions and revisions were largely based on the U.S. Geological Survey's Quaternary Faults and Folds Database (QFFD). The nshm-faultmaps.ipynb Jupyter Notebook (Python code) provides users with a visual, side-by-side comparison of fault representations from the QFFD, NSHM14 FSD and NSHM23 FSD. The code downloads the fault sections databases to the user's computer and plots maps of each fault based on the user's preferences.

Tags: fault, nshm, usgs-6238f199d34e915b67cc4829
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Ranegras Plain Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2020

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Ranegras Plain Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ three times in 2020 first on March 11th, then on May 27th, and finally on August 11th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Imagery Program images dated 2019 and supplemented with Landsat and Sentinel2 imagery collections accessed via the U.S. Geological Survey LandLook Viewer (https://landlook.usgs.gov/) and Sentinel Hub, Sentinel Playground (https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle model of calculating consumptive use (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1992 appendix A) using crop coefficients from Doorenbos and Pruitt (1975), the number of acres with active crops, crop condition, and irrigation system efficiency. The withdrawal equation was modified from "Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000" (Tadayon, 2005) to account for variations in water application.

Tags: agricultural-sites, arizona, groundwater, irrigation, la-paz, ranegras-plain-groundwater-basin, usgs-6238cf95d34e915b67cc4750, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fish Surveys within 500-meters of Alasmidonta heterodon in the Connecticut and Delaware Watersheds from 1999 - 2019

The dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) is a federally endangered freshwater mussel that once ranged from New Brunswick to North Carolina, but now only exists in isolated populations throughout its diminished range. This study aimed to understand links between fish abundance and dwarf wedgemussel abundance and occurrence in the Connecticut and Delaware watersheds. Specifically, my study objectives were to 1) characterize fish assemblages near dwarf wedgemussel locations and unoccupied locations, 2) determine if dwarf wedgemussel occurrence and abundance are related to abundance of the known host fish species, tessellated darter and other potential host fish species per St. John White et. al. (2017). Two fish repeatedly emerged as indicators of dwarf wedgemussel occurrence and abundance: the tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) and brown trout (Salmo trutta). Tessellated darter was positively related to dwarf wedgemussel which supports the importance of tessellated darter as a host fish in the wild. The negative relationship between dwarf wedgemussel and brown trout may indicate a difference in habitat between the species or brown trout’s predation upon wild hosts.

Tags: biota, connecticut, dwarf-wedgemussel, environment, field-sampling, fish, fish-surveys, massachusetts, new-england, new-hampshire, new-jersey, new-york, tesselated-darter, unionid, usgs-6238c9c4d34e915b67cc4727, usgs-ema-low-sb-smc-freshwater-mussels
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Butler Valley Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2020

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Butler Valley Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ twice in 2020 first on March 11th and again on August 11th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Imagery Program images dated 2019 and supplemented with Landsat and Sentinel2 imagery collections accessed via the U.S. Geological Survey LandLook Viewer (https://landlook.usgs.gov/) and Sentinel Hub, Sentinel Playground (https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle model of calculating consumptive use (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1992 appendix A) using crop coefficients from Doorenbos and Pruitt (1975), the number of acres with active crops, crop condition, and irrigation system efficiency. The withdrawal equation was modified from "Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000" (Tadayon, 2005) to account for variations in water application.

Tags: agricultural-sites, arizona, butler-valley-groundwater-basin, groundwater, irrigation, la-paz, usgs-6238c995d34e915b67cc4722, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior