AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Hakalau Forest NWR soil inorganic nitrogen data

This data release includes data and metadata on soil nitrogen for an experiment that added large quantities of woody litter to a restoration forest in an attempt to lower soil nitrogen and exotic grass biomass. All sites were within Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii Island.  Broadly, this study looked at the ability to alter soil nitrogen cycling, exotic grass biomass and native outplant survival with large quantities of Metrosideros polymorpha litter in a forest dominated by Acacia koa.

Tags: avian-diet, botany, ecology, exotic-grass, forest-resources, forest-restoration, hakalau-forest-national-wildlife-refuge, hawaii, land-use-change, plant-competition, plant-ecology, seed-limitation, seedling-recruitment, tropical-forest-dynamics, usgs-5f83f37782cebef40f128d08
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geophysical, geological, hydrological, and geochemical data for aquifer salinity mapping in the Elk Hills, Buena Vista, and Coles Levee Oil Fields, Kern County, California

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) compiled and analyzed data for mapping groundwater salinity, characterizing aquifer systems, and documenting the effects of oil field water injection in the Elk Hills  Elk Hills, Buena Vista, and Coles Levee Oil Fields, San Joaquin Valley, California. Data provided in this data release include borehole geophysical data, geochemical analyses of water samples, hydrologic data, geological formation depths, and information on observed well log resistivity anomalies—interpreted to be from injection for disposal of produced water from oil wells or from natural causes. The data reported here were used in an accompanying interpretive manuscript describing aquifer salinity and the effects of produced water disposal in the study area. The geochemical data were compiled for water samples from 14 water source wells to supply groundwater for oil and gas operations and one groundwater monitoring well. The constituents compiled from geochemical data sources included water-quality indicators and detected concentrations of major ions, minor ions, and trace elements. The data represent several decades and most originated from oil and gas producers which are archived in scanned pages in raster format on the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) website. The data were compiled into computer readable numerical data sets for the related study. Other data, such as interpolated surfaces of geologic layers, were created for the study based on information in drilling records and are provided here. All the data and the associated manuscript are part of the State Water Board Oil and Gas Regional Monitoring Program and the associated USGS California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater (COGG) Program.

Tags: borehole-geophysics, california, elk-hills, geologic-formations, groundwater, groundwater-level, groundwater-quality, inlandwaters, produced-water-disposal, san-joaquin-basin, usgs-5fb30149d34eb413d5e08a58
Organization: Department of the Interior
A NAIP and Sentinel-2 based quantification of fractional composition of unvegetated, vegetated, and water in the Gulf of Mexico Coast, 2014-2019 used for calibration and validation of Landsat based datasets

These datasets were created from  high-resolution (1-m) datasets representing median conditions during a 2014-2019 time period.  These datasets used National Agricultural Inventory Program (NAIP) imagery, as well as Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, to estimate the fractional composition of unvegetated, vegetated, and water in each pixel. Random samples from these high resolution datasets  were used to inform calibration and validation of the moderate resolution (30-m) Landsat datasets. To facilitate comparability with the Landsat datasets, these data were aggregated up to 30-m resolution.

Tags: alabama, coastal-wetlands, conterminous-united-states, florida, gulf-of-mexico-coast, louisiana, mississippi, texas, usgs-5fb2d0bcd34eb413d5e08960, wetland-change, wetland-gain, wetland-loss, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geochemistry time series and growth parameters from Tutuila, American Samoa coral record

Geochemical analysis (including age-corrected radiocarbon stable isotopes, and elemental composition) and growth parameters (including calcification rate, density, and extension information) were measured from a coral core collected from a reef off the southern side of Tutuila, American Samoa. The core was collected near Matautuloa Point on 8 April 2012 in collaboration with the Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Honolulu, HI.

Tags: carbon-14-analysis, chemical-analysis, chemical-oceanography, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coelenterates, environment, fragile-ecosystems, geochemistry, geoscientificinformation, habitat, marine-chemistry, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, radiometric-dating, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5fb2bd97d34eb413d5e08904
Organization: Department of the Interior
NRCS FY2018 Soil Properties and Interpretations, Derived Using gSSURGO Data and Tools

These data depict the western United States Map Unit areas as defined by the USDA NRCS. Each Map Unit area contains information on a variety of soil properties and interpretations. The raster is to be joined to the .csv file by the field "mukey." We keep the raster and csv separate to preserve the full attribute names in the csv that would be truncated if attached to the raster. Once joined, the raster can be classified or analyzed by the columns which depict the properties and interpretations. It is important to note that each property has a corresponding component percent column to indicate how much of the map unit has the dominant property provided. For example, if the property "AASHTO Group Classification (Surface) 0 to 1cm" is recorded as "A-1" for a map unit, a user should also refer to the component percent field for this property (in this case 75). This means that an estimated 75% of the map unit has a "A-1" AASHTO  group classification and that "A-1" is the dominant group. The property in the column is the dominant component, and so the other 25% of this map unit is comprised of other AASHTO Group Classifications. 
This raster attribute table was generated from the "Map Soil Properties and Interpretations" tool within the gSSURGO Mapping Toolset in the Soil Data Management Toolbox for ArcGIS™ User Guide Version 4.0 (https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/PA_NRCSConsumption/download?cid=nrcseprd362255&amp;ext=pdf) from GSSURGO that used their Map Unit Raster as the input feature (https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/). The FY2018 Gridded SSURGO Map Unit Raster was created for use in national, regional, and state-wide resource planning and analysis of soils data. These data were created with guidance from the USDA NRCS.
The fields named "*COMPPCT_R" can exceed 100% for some map units. The NRCS personnel are aware of and working on fixing this issue. Take caution when interpreting these areas, as they are the result of some data duplication in the master gSSURGO database. The data are considered valuable and required for timely science needs, and thus are released with this known error. The USDA NRCS are developing a data release which will replace this item when it is available. 
For the most up to date ssurgo releases that do not include the custom fields as this release does, see https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/home/?cid=nrcs142p2_053628#tools
For additional definitions, see https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/geo/?cid=nrcs142p2_053627.

Tags: arizona, california, colorado, farming, geoscientificinformation, gssurgo, idaho, montana, nevada, new-mexico, north-america, nrcs, oregon, soil-sciences, soils, ssurgo, united-states, usgs-5fb2b26bd34eb413d5e088cf, utah, washington, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
MODFLOW-NWT model used to simulate groundwater levels in the Cedar River alluvial aquifer near Cedar Rapids, Iowa

A three-dimensional MODFLOW-NWT model was constructed to better understand the effects 
of drought stress on the Cedar River alluvial aquifer, the principal source of municipal water for 
the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Historically, the aquifer supported the production needs of the 
City of Cedar Rapids and surrounding area but between July 2011 and February 2013, Iowa 
experienced severe drought conditions that affected water availability for communities that 
relied on alluvial aquifers for their production needs. During that time, the City of Cedar Rapids 
observed water level declines in their horizontal collector wells (HCW) of as much as about 11 
meters. Pumping from affected production wells had to be halted to prevent damage to the 
pumps and wells and caused concern about the reliability of the alluvial aquifer under future 
drought conditions. In 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the City 
of Cedar Rapids, began a study to better understand the effects of drought stress on the Cedar 
River alluvial aquifer using a numerical groundwater flow model which combined published 
hydrogeologic data with airborne, waterborne, down-hole, and land-based geophysical survey 
data collected from 2015 to 2017. The model (1) provided a detailed three-dimensional lithologic 
model of the Cedar River alluvial aquifer and surrounding area, (2) improved the conceptual model 
for the groundwater flow system, and (3) evaluated hydrogeologic characteristics of aquifer materials. 
Two models were constructed for this study. A steady-state model of mean hydrologic conditions 
for November 2015 and a transient model to simulate conditions from October 1, 2016, to August 31, 
2018 (calibration period), and from October 1, 2011, to April 30, 2013 (simulation period). Additional 
scenarios using the transient model simulate drought conditions from October 2011 to April 2013 
and evaluate the transient drought conditions with modifications to the riverbed. The numerical 
models were developed as a tool for use by water managers to better understand the potential 
effects of drought and increased demand on production wells. This USGS data release contains 
all the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated model documentation 
report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20215065).

Tags: alluvial, cedar-rapids, cedar-river-alluvial-aquifer, drought, environment, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-model, inlandwaters, iowa, linn-county, modflow-nwt, pest, surficial, usgs-5fb14324-4661-4685-80d4-eae707cbe45a, usgsgroundwatermodel
Organization: Department of the Interior
Select optical signals from water samples collected on the Menomonee River, Underwood Creek, and Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility from 2017-2019, and time-series optical sensor and one-hour mean streamflow data from the Menomonee River 2017-2018

5-day composite river water samples were collected from two sites: Menomonee River (U.S. Geological Survey station number 04087142) and Underwood Creek (U.S. Geological Survey station number 04087088) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 5-day composite wastewater (raw sewage) influent samples were also collected from the Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility (U.S. Geological Survey station number 430125087540400). 5-day composite samples were collected from 2017 to 2019. Grab samples and time-series data (one-hour streamflow and 10-minute optical sensor measurements) were also collected from the Menomonee River (U.S. Geological Survey station number 04087142) site from 2017 to 2018, which are presented in this data release. Both 5-day composite and grab samples were analyzed for absorbance spectra and fluorescence excitation-emission matrices (EEMs), which are also presented in this data release. 5-day composite and grab samples were also analyzed for waterborne pathogens, human-associated and fecal-indicator bacteria, dissolved organic carbon and pharmaceutical compounds, which are archived in the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (NWIS; http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis). 
The data presented in this data release and the data collected and archived in NWIS were used to develop models using ordinary least squares regression (two-single site models) and linear mixed effect models (R package lme4; eight multi-site models) and are presented as a “child item” to this data release. Concentrations of human-associated bacteria and fecal-indicator bacteria were used as response variable. Human-specific bacteria included human bacteroides, and lachnospiraceae. Fecal indicator bacteria included E. coli and enterococci. Turbidity and optical properties of water (various fluorescence and absorbance signals) were used as predictor variables.

Tags: absorbance, aqualog, biota, fecal-indicator-bacteria, fluorescence, fluorescent-colored-dissolved-organic-matter-fdom, human-associated-indicator-bacteria, hydrology, jones-island-water-reclamation-facility, lake-michigan, menomonee-river, milwaukee, optical-methods, optical-sensors, real-time, streamflow, surface-water-quality, time-series, tryptophan-like-fluorescence, underwood-creek, usgs-5faf203bd34eb413d5df8c99, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
A NAIP and Sentinel-2 based quantification of fractional composition of unvegetated, vegetated, and water in the conterminous United States, 2014-2019 used for calibration and validation of Landsat based datasets

These datasets were created from  high-resolution (1-m) datasets representing median conditions during a 2014-2019 time period.  These datasets used National Agricultural Inventory Program (NAIP) imagery, as well as Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, to estimate the fractional composition of unvegetated, vegetated, and water in each pixel. Random samples from these high resolution datasets  were used to inform calibration and validation of the moderate resolution (30-m) Landsat datasets. To facilitate comparability with the Landsat datasets, these data were aggregated up to 30-m resolution.

Tags: alabama, atlantic-coast, california, coastal-wetlands, conterminous-united-states, delaware, florida, georgia, gulf-of-mexico-coast, louisiana, maine, maryland, mississippi, new-jersey, new-york, north-carolina, oregon, pacific-coast, south-carolina, texas, usgs-5faf0466d34eb413d5df8943, virginia, washington, wetland-change, wetland-gain, wetland-loss, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Offshore baseline generated to calculate shoreline change rates near Barter Island, Alaska

This dataset includes a reference baseline used by the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) to calculate rate-of-change statistics for the shorelines near Barter Island, Alaska for the time period 1947 to 2020. This baseline layer serves as the starting point for all transects cast by the DSAS application and can be used to establish measurement points used to calculate shoreline-change rates.

Tags: arctic-national-wildlife-refuge, arctic-ocean, barter-island, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-erosion, coastal-processes, digital-shoreline-analysis-system, dsas, environment, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, north-slope, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, permafrost, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, shoreline-accretion, state-of-alaska, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5fadfcecd34eb413d5df4869
Organization: Department of the Interior
Light and GPP estimates for 173 U.S. rivers: 3. Model validation dataset

This dataset provides a common validation set for estimates of gross primary productivity. This data represents a subset of all predictions made in the model inputs and outputs that were converted to GPP based on a light use efficiency. The data was subsetted for only days were all light estimates could be produced.
This dataset is part of a larger data release of inputs and outputs from a model to predict light at the stream surface and within the water column for 173 streams and rivers across the continental United States. The complete release contains model input data, modeled estimates of light at the stream surface and within the water column, and modeled estimates of gross primary productivity.

Tags: biota, light-transmission, metabolism, photosynthesis, primary-production, rivers, streams, turbidity, usgs-5fad875bd34eb413d5df46fd
Organization: Department of the Interior
Light and GPP estimates for 173 U.S. rivers: 1. Site information and parameters

This dataset provides information on site identifiers, location information, and model parameters. The format is a tab-delimted file with 1 row per site. 
This dataset is part of a larger data release of inputs and outputs from a model to predict light at the stream surface and within the water column for 173 streams and rivers across the continental United States. The complete release contains model input data, modeled estimates of light at the stream surface and within the water column, and modeled estimates of gross primary productivity.

Tags: inlandwaters, light, light-transmission, metabolism, photosynthesis, photosynthetically-active-radiation, primary-production, rivers, streams, turbidity, united-states, usgs-5fad7934d34eb413d5df46ab
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fishes of the Harney Basin revisited: A contemporary assessment of the distribution of fish fauna throughout the Harney Basin from 1990 to 2019 (ver. 2.0, April 2022)

We compiled electrofishing and habitat data sampled from 1990 to 2019 in the Harney Basin by the US Geological Survey (USGS), Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the High Desert Partnership (HDP) to describe native and non-native fish distributions and their habitat associations. USGS and HDP collected eDNA data in 2018 and 2019 to refine the known distributions of common carp (Cyprinus carpio), redband rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu). Site transect length, channel width, depth, and gradient were recorded concurrently with fish sampling. Site elevation was derived from statewide digital elevation models (DEM). We used Tableau, a visualization platform, to display fish distributions in the Harney Basin.  This interactive tool can be found at https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MUUIY8.

Tags: biota, catlow-valley, chewaucan, electrofishing, environment, environmental-dna, field-inventory-and-monitoring, fish, fish-occurrence, fort-rock, goose-lake, harney-basin, ichthyology, inlandwaters, malheur-lakes, oregon, usgs-5fad7132d34eb413d5df4694, warner-lakes, wildlife-biology
Organization: Department of the Interior
Farmington Lake Sediment Batch Experiment Chemistry Results

This dataset contains the results of batch experiments to evaluate the mobility of major and trace elements from the Farmington Lake core 4 sediments. The sediments were exposed to three different environmentally relevant reagents, deionized water, bicarbonate, and acetic acid. The sediment cores were collected in November 2019.

Tags: batch-experiment, biota, sediment-chemistry, usgs-5fac365ed34eb413d5df40c4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Continuous monitoring of ambient hydrogen sulfide (H2S), Newberry Volcano, Oregon

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a gas emitted to the atmosphere from hydrothermal gas vents and springs around Newberry caldera that can be toxic at high concentrations (https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/7783064.html). In response to reports of anomalous degassing in summer 2020, small, battery-powered, industrial single-gas H2S sensors (Dräger Pac 6500) were deployed at Cinder Hill Campground, East Lake Campground, East Lake hot springs, and Paulina hot springs. The sensors were configured to record the maximum H2S level detected in ambient air at 5-minute intervals. One sensor was stolen from East Lake hot springs and was not recovered.  Please note that any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Tags: cinder-hill-campground, east-lake-campground, east-lake-hot-springs, hydrothermal-processes, newberry-volcano, oregon, paulina-lake-campground, paulina-lake-hot-springs, usgs-5fab8cf5d34eb413d5df2fab, volcanic-gas-emission
Organization: Department of the Interior
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) data from instream water and sediment passive samplers, stream bank sediment, and catch basin sediment in the Clinton River Area of Concern, Michigan, USA, 2019 (ver 1.1, January 2025)

Two types of passive samplers for polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) analysis were deployed in the Clinton River Area of Concern in 2019: semipermeable membrane devices for water and in-stream sediment samplers. Samplers were deployed in July 2019 and retrieved in August 2019. Additionally, bank sediment samples for PCB analysis were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in August 2019 and catch basin bottom material samples for PCB analysis were collected by LimnoTech in November 2019 under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These data are a part of a larger study and associated USGS report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235030).

Tags: clinton-river, environment, lake-st-clair, macomb-county, michigan, polychlorinated-biphenyls-pcbs, sediment-contamination, usgs-5fab79ddd34eb413d5df2f95
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mark-recapture data for a boreal toad metapopulation at the Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge, Montana (2003-2018)

From 2003-2018, USGS researchers and collaborators conducted mark-recapture studies of the boreal toad at the Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Montana, USA. The datasets included here contain information on individual toad capture history, body size, and disease status. These data were collected annually over the 16-year period at up to 11 breeding sites per year on the refuge. We include datasets for (1) male toad captures over time, (2) female toad captures over time, (3) male disease status (tested - positive or negative, or not tested in a given year), (4) all toad length and weight data over time, and (5) male toad size and body condition over time.

Tags: amphibian, amphibians, biota, capture-mark-recapture, capturing-animals, disease, lost-trail-national-wildlife-refuge, montana, natural-resource-management, toad, usgs-5fab2ba3d34eb413d5df2bbf, wildlife-biology, wildlife-disease
Organization: Department of the Interior
Site and Survey Data for Dixie Valley Toads in Churchill County, Nevada, 2019

These data include site- and survey-specific information for occupancy surveys of Dixie Valley Toads (Anaxyrus williamsi) collected in the Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada, in May 2019. The data include both multiple surveys of the same sites and time-to-detection information to quantify detection probabilities and account for imperfect detection in assessments of Dixie Valley Toad occupancy.

Tags: amphibians, biota, churchill-county, dixie-valley, field-sampling, frogs, nevada, occupancy, survey-design, time-to-detection, toads, usgs-5fab28c4d34eb413d5df2137, usgs-ema-low-sb-smc-amphibians-armi
Organization: Department of the Interior
Salinity-temperature Interactions on Freshwater Fish Physiology (2015-2018)

This data release supports the manuscript entitled "Warmer temperatures interact with salinity to weaken physiological facilitation to stress in freshwater fishes", and includes one data set with values representing the physiological responses of freshwater fishes to salinity and temperature gradients in field surveys from the Wyoming Range (2015 to 2017) and laboratory experiments (2017-2018).

Tags: biota, conductivity, cortisol, environment, fish, glucose, inlandwaters, land-use-change, oil-and-natural-gas-development, salinity, streams, stress-physiology, temperature, upper-green-river-basin, usgs-5fab07bcd34eb413d5df20be, wyoming, wyoming-range
Organization: Department of the Interior