AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Vegetation classification crosswalk database for use in GIS to synchronize vegetation map layers of the NPS Great Lakes Network to the U.S. National Vegetation Classification

The geodatabase contains 13 relate tables that together provide updated and synchronized classifications to an existing vegetation map layer for each of the nine park units in the Great Lakes Network (GLKN) of the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring Program. The classifications include 1) vegetation types at every hierarchical level in the 2015 version of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) and 2) map classes that represent vegetation and land cover in the vegetation map layers. Furthermore, the tables provide a crosswalk between the two classifications (vegetation and map). Each park unit in GLKN has received, at different times over several years, vegetation data products from the NPS Vegetation Mapping Inventory (VMI) Program. However, the vegetation and map classifications were at different stages of development over these years. With this geodatabase product, having a series of already linked relate tables, the original vegetation map layer for each park unit can be linked to the updated and synchronized classification information for both vegetation types and map classes.

Tags: apostle-islands-national-lakeshore, environment, grand-portage-national-monument, great-lakes-inventory-and-monitoring-network, indiana-dunes-national-lakeshore, inlandwaters, isle-royale-national-park, mississippi-national-river-and-recreation-area, national-park-service, pictured-rocks-national-lakeshore, saint-croix-national-scenic-riverway, sleeping-bear-dunes-national-lakeshore, usgs-56f5688be4b0bb00e86047a3, vegetation-mapping-inventory-program, voyageurs-national-park
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bera M., Over T. M.,2016, Hourly dewpoint temperature in degrees Fahrenheit and three digit flag code associated with the data, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2014

The text file "Dewpoint temperature.txt" contains hourly data and associated flag codes from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2014. The primary source of the data is the Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois.The first four columns give year, month, day and hour of the observation. Column 5 is the data in degrees Fahrenheit and column 6 is the flag (three digit code). The codes have been created to identify the dewpoint temperature data processing. They indicate if the data are original or missing, the method that was used to fill the missing periods, and any other transformations of the data. The codes consist of a three-digit sequence in the form "xyz" that describe the origin and transformations of the data values. The user of the data should consult Over and others (2010) for the detailed documentation of the data codes.   
Reference Cited:  
Over, T.M., Price, T.H., and Ishii, A.L., 2010, Development and analysis of a meteorological database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2010-1220, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1220/.

Tags: argonne-national-laboratory-illinois, dekalb-illinois, dewpoint-temperature, dupage-county-illinois, flag, flood, forecasting, hydrology, ohare-international-airport-illinois, runoff, st-charles-illinois, usgs-56f45f26e4b0f59b85e0bfab
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bera M., Over T. M.,2016, Hourly potential evapotranspiration in thousandths of an inch., January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2014

The text file PET.TXT contains hourly data from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2014. This data is computed from average daily air temperature, average daily dewpoint temperature, daily unadjusted wind speed, and daily solar radiation using the Fortran program LXPET. This program is documented in detail in Murphy (2005).  
Reference Cited:  
Murphy, E.A., 2005, Comparison of potential evapotranspiration calculated by the LXPET (Lamoreux Potential Evapotranspiration) Program and by the WDMUtil (Watershed Data Management Utility) Program: US Geological Survey OpenFile Report 2005-1020, 20p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20051020.

Tags: air-temperature, argonne-national-laboratory-illinois, dekalb-illinois, dewpoint-temperature, dupage-county-illinois, flag, flood, forecasting, hydrology, ohare-international-airport-illinois, potential-evapotranspiration, runoff, solar-radiation, st-charles-illinois, usgs-56f45d97e4b0f59b85e0bf9b, wind-speed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Langelier Saturation Indices Computed for U.S. Groundwater, 1991-2015; Water Well Data

The occurrence of metals, such as lead and copper, in household drinking supplies can often be a result of the corrosion of pipes and joints in water distribution systems. One measure of the potential for water to cause corrosion is the Langelier Saturation Index (LSI) (Langelier, 1936). The LSI is a measure of the potential for water to deposit a mineral layer (scale) within a water distribution system that can inhibit the corrosion of pipes and joints. Negative values of LSI suggest mineral deposition is not likely to occur while positive values indicate conditions favorable to mineral deposition. Negative values of LSI might be indicative of conditions that lead to elevated concentrations of metals, such as lead and cooper, in household water.
The LSI was computed for groundwater samples from 20,962 locations in the United States. The data for the computations of LSI were obtained from the US Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS).  The data included in this report are for groundwater samples obtained during the period 1991-2015. At each location, the most recent sample (during the period 1991-2015) with the necessary measurements was used to compute the LSI. For the purposes of assessment (Langland and Dugas, 1996), LSI values less than -0.5 were classified as potentially corrosive; LSI values between -0.5 and 0.5 were classified as indeterminate; and LSI values greater than 0.5 were classified as scale-forming. Of the 20,962 sites, 31.5% were classified as potentially corrosive, 63 % were classified as indeterminate, and 5.4% as scale-forming. The values of LSI presented in this report can be used to identify which areas in the U.S. might be more susceptible to elevated concentrations of metals, such as lead and copper, in household drinking water and which areas may be less susceptible.

Tags: groundwater-wells-corrosivity-langelier-saturation-index-nwis, usgs-56f30527e4b0f59b85df12fc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Langelier Saturation Indices Computed for U.S. Groundwater, 1991-2015; Characteristic Values for States

The occurrence of metals, such as lead and copper, in household drinking supplies can often be a result of the corrosion of pipes and joints in water distribution systems. One measure of the potential for water to cause corrosion is the Langelier Saturation Index (LSI) (Langelier, 1936).  The LSI is a measure of the potential for water to deposit a mineral layer (scale) within a water distribution system that can inhibit the corrosion of pipes and joints. Negative values of LSI suggest mineral deposition is not likely to occur while positive values indicate conditions favorable to mineral deposition. Negative values of LSI might be indicative of conditions that lead to elevated concentrations of metals, such as lead and cooper, in household water.
Characteristic statewide values of LSI were computed for the fifty states (and District of Columbia) of the United States.  The characteristic statewide values were computed using LSI values from 20,962 groundwater sites (See supplemental information).  For the purposes of assessment (Langland and Dugas, 1996), LSI values less than -0.5 were classified as potentially corrosive; LSI values between -0.5 and 0.5 were classified as indeterminate; and LSI values greater than 0.5 were classified as scale-forming.  For each state, five characteristic values were computed: average LSI; median LSI; proportion of sites that are classified as potentially corrosive; proportion of sites that are classified as indeterminate; and proportion of sites that are classified as scale-forming. The average LSI is potentially corrosive in 26 states, indeterminate in 25 states, and scale-forming in no states. The characteristic statewide values of LSI presented in this report can be used to identify which state(s) in the US might be more susceptible to elevated concentrations of metals, such as lead and copper, in household drinking water and which state(s) may be less susceptible.

Tags: groundwater-wells-corrosivity-langelier-saturation-index-nwis, usgs-56f2ffbce4b0f59b85df12e4
Organization: Department of the Interior
EAARL-B Submerged Topography—Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, pre-Hurricane Sandy, 2012

American Standard Code for Information Interchange XYZ and binary point-cloud data, as well as a digital elevation model for part of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, pre-Hurricane Sandy (October 2012 hurricane), were produced from remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements by the U.S. Geological Survey. Elevation measurements were collected over the area using the second-generation Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar, a pulsed laser ranging system mounted onboard an aircraft to measure ground elevation, vegetation canopy, and coastal topography. The system uses high-frequency laser beams directed at the Earth's surface through an opening in the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage. The laser system records the time difference between emission of the laser beam and the reception of the reflected laser signal in the aircraft. The plane travels over the target area at approximately 55 meters per second at an elevation of approximately 300 meters, resulting in a laser swath of approximately 240 meters with an average point spacing of 0.5-1.6 meters. The nominal vertical elevation accuracy expressed as the root mean square error (RMSE) is 20 centimeters. A peak sampling rate of 15-30 kilohertz results in an extremely dense spatial elevation dataset. More than 100 kilometers of coastline can be surveyed easily within a 3- to 4-hour mission. When resultant elevation maps for an area are analyzed, they provide a useful tool to make management decisions regarding land development.

Tags: 2012, airborne-lidar-processing-system, alps, altimetry, atlantic-ocean, barnegat-bay, bathymetry-and-elevation, cessna-310, dem, digital-elevation-model, digital-elevation-models, distributions, doi-usgs-cmg-gt-coastal-and-marine-geology-u-s-geological-survey-u-s-department-of-interior, eaarl-b, elevation, experimental-advanced-airborne-research-lidar, land-surface-gt-topography-gt-terrain-elevation, laser-altimetry, lidar, lidar-gt-light-detection-and-ranging, new-jersey, ocean, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-barrier-islands, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-beaches, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-shoreline-displacement, pre-hurricane-sandy, remote-sensing, topographic-mapping, topography, usgs-56f2667f-ff53-45e2-8832-f969c8e79d7b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pharmaceutical contaminant concentration and watershed geospatial land-use/land-cover data for small wadeable streams in the Piedmont ecoregion of the USA assessed during the Southeastern Region Stream Quality Assessment during April through June 2014

Filtered water samples were collected by the USGS National Water Quality Program (NWQP) Southeastern Stream Quality Assessment (SESQA) from 59 perennial, wadeable (less than 10 m width and 1 m depth at base-flow) headwater stream sites in watersheds with varying degrees of urban land use in four states. Dataset includes sample site locations and information, analytical method information, water sample pharmaceutical concentrations and summary statistics, and corresponding watershed land-use-land-cover data and data dictionary.

Tags: 2014, april, channel, georgia, june, may, north-america, north-carolina, pharmaceutical-contaminants, riparian, south-carolina, spring, stream, summer, surface-water, united-states-of-america, usgs-56ec52b5e4b0f59b85da150d, virginia, wadeable-stream, wastewater, wastewater-treatment-facility, water-contaminants, water-quality, watershed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Map and model input and output data covering N 40.0° – 40.375° and W 105.25° – 105.625° in the northern Colorado Front Range for analysis of debris flow initiation resulting from the storm of September 9 – 13, 2013

Rainfall on 9–13 September 2013 triggered at least 1,138 debris flows in a 3430 km 2 area of the Colorado Front Range. Most flows were triggered in response to two intense rainfall periods, one 12.5-hour-long period on 11–12 September, and one 8-hour-long period on 12 September. Data in this project pertain to an area bounded by N 40.0° – 40.375° and W 105.25° – 105.625° which includes many of the areas where high concentrations of debris flows occurred.  These data include a subset of a map of landslide and debris flow scarps (Coe and others, 2014) and raster grids derived from the National Elevation Dataset. These data were used to test a new, parallel implementation of the Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-Based Regional Slope-Stability Model (TRIGRS, see Baum and others, 2010) for the timing and distribution of rainfall-induced shallow landslides. The data accompany an interpretive paper published in the journal Environmental Modeling &amp; Software (Alvioli and Baum,2016)

Tags: boulder, colorado, colorado-flood, debris-flow, enviromental-modelling, front-range, landslide, trigrs, usgs, usgs-56ec4e64e4b0f59b85da1505
Organization: Department of the Interior
Marine seismic profiles used to assess the seismic stratigraphy and structure of the intermediate confining unit and Floridan aquifer system, Broward County, Florida

The data set consists of marine seismic-reflection data that includes 34 SEGY data files, navigation data and a CSV format file with a list of files. The archived SEGY files, navigation files, and detailed metadata for these seismic reflections can also be downloaded from the National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS). https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/namss//survey/B-1-13-FL/ Marine seismic-reflection data were acquired in canals in eastern Broward County at two different times: February 2010 and April-June 2013, resulting in 34 SEGY data files.

Tags: broward-county, data-preservation, geoscientificinformation, marine-geophysics, miami-dade-county, oceans, sea-floor-characteristics, seismic-reflection-methods, united-states, usa, usgs-56ec46cde4b0f59b85da14d8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Relative-gravity differences from the 2014 Minute 319 Pulse Flow in the Colorado River Delta

Data are drift-corrected relative gravity differences between stations. Drift correction was carried out by modeling drift as a continuous function of time using polynomial or locally-weighted scatterplot smooth (lowess) curves. The process and software for carrying out drift correction is described in the USGS Arizona Water Science Center QA/QC plan for relative gravity data collection.

Tags: hydrology, usgs-56e9e4b7e4b0f59b85d81a70
Organization: Department of the Interior
Soil depth and soil-hydraulic properties for unburned and burned areas from the Sugarloaf experimental catchment within the 2010 Fourmile Canyon Fire area, Colorado.

This record contains scientific data characterizing soil properties and hydrologic response to rainfall associated with historic rainfall during September 2013 in the Colorado Front Range, USA. Data include soil depth, soil-hydraulic properties of field-saturated hydraulic conductivity and sorptivity, weathered bedrock hydraulic properties including  field-saturated hydraulic conductivity and sorptivity, and soil saturation from automated sensors installed at various depths. Data sites include burned (fire-affected) and unburned (not affected by the 2010 wildfire).

Tags: 2010-fourmile-canyon-fire, 2013-colorado-floods, hydraulic-conductivity, soil-depth, soil-hydraulic-properties, sugarloaf-colorado, usgs-56e9c69be4b0f59b85d81a17, wildfire
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimates of subsurface tile drainage extent for the conterminous United States, early 1990s

This dataset is a 30-meter resolution national-scale raster of estimated subsurface tile drainage extent based on early 1990s county areas of subsurface tile drains and geospatial datasets of cropland and poorly drained soil. Specifically, it was developed using 1) county-level acres of subsurface tile drain extents from Sugg (2007); 2) the extent of cultivated cropland from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2011; 3) the extent of poorly drained soil from the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) database Version 2; 4) the extent of federally-owned land, and 5) county administrative boundaries. Sugg's (2007) area of subsurface tile drains within each county was evenly allocated to potentially drained land -- cropland with poorly drained soil. The estimated area of subsurface tile drains in each cell is expressed in square meters. In most cases, the estimated subsurface drainage extent in each cell is less than the actual area of the cell in the raster.
Sugg, Zachary, 2007, Assessing U.S. farm drainage: can GIS lead to better estimates of subsurface drainage extent?: World Resources Institute, Washington D.C., accessed December 2013, at http://www.wri.org/publication/assessing-us-farm-drainage.

Tags: environment, geoscientificinformation, inlandwaters, midwest-stream-quality-assessment, msqa, national-water-quality-assessment, nawqa, subsurface-drainage-extent, subsurface-tile-drainage, tile-drain, usgs-56e86a60e4b0f59b85d71ff9, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Swell-filtered, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected between Punta Gorda and Fort Bragg (northern California) during field activity B-04-12-NC from 09/17/2012 to 09/25/2012

This dataset includes swell-filtered, high-resolution seismic-reflection data jointly collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Oregon State University in 2012, between Punta Gorda and Fort Bragg in northern California.

Tags: bathymetry, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, continental-margins, distributions, fort-bragg, geoscientificinformation, humboldt-county, marine-geophysics, mendocino-county, noyo-canyon, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, point-delgada, punta-gorda, seismic-reflection, seismic-reflection-methods, seismic-reflection-profiling, shelter-cove, state-of-california, sub-bottom-profiling, substrate, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-56e85559e4b0f59b85d712e9
Organization: Department of the Interior
Swell-filtered, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected between Shelter Cove and Fort Bragg (northern Califrnia) during field activity B-5-10-NC from 09/20/2010 to 10/01/2010

This dataset includes swell-filtered, high-resolution seismic-reflection data jointly collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Oregon State University in 2010, between Shelter Cove and Fort Bragg in northern California.

Tags: bathymetry, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, continental-margins, distributions, fort-bragg, geoscientificinformation, humboldt-county, marine-geophysics, mendocino-county, noyo-canyon, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, point-delgada, punta-gorda, seismic-reflection, seismic-reflection-methods, seismic-reflection-profiling, shelter-cove, state-of-california, sub-bottom-profiling, substrate, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-56e84240e4b0f59b85d71294
Organization: Department of the Interior
Map data and Unmanned Aircraft System imagery from the May 25, 2014 West Salt Creek rock avalanche in western Colorado

On May 25, 2014, a rain-on-snow induced rock avalanche occurred in the West Salt Creek Valley on the northern flank of Grand Mesa in western Colorado. The avalanche mobilized from a preexisting rock slide and traveled 4.6 km down the confined valley, killing 3 people. The avalanche was rare for the contiguous U.S. because of its large size (54.5 Mm3) and long travel distance. To understand the avalanche failure sequence, mechanisms, and mobility, we mapped landslide structures, geology, and ponds at 1:1000-scale. We used high-resolution, Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) imagery from July 2014 as a base for our field mapping. Herein, we present the map data and UAS imagery. The data accompany an interpretive paper published in the journal Geosphere. The full citation for this interpretive journal paper is: Coe, J.A., Baum, R.L., Allstadt, K.E., Kochevar, B.F., Schmitt, R.G., Morgan, M.L., White, J.L.,  Stratton, B. Hayashi, T.A., and Kean, J.W., 2016, Rock avalanche dynamics revealed by large-scale field mapping and seismic signals at a highly mobile avalanche in the West Salt Creek Valley, western Colorado: Geosphere, v. 12, no. 2, p. 607-631,  doi:10.1130/GES01265.1

Tags: alluvium, breccia, collbran-co, colorado, debris-flow, debris-flow-deposits, fatalities, faults, folds, grand-mesa, green-river-formation, imagery, landslide, ponds, rain-on-snow, rainfall, rock-avalanche, rock-slide, snowmelt, springs, unmanned-aircraft-system, usgs-56e82cc2e4b0f59b85d71269, west-salt-creek
Organization: Department of the Interior
Swell-filtered, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected between Fort Bragg and Point Arena (northern Califrnia) during field activity C-1-10-NC from 08/09/2010 to 08/15/2010

This dataset includes swell-filtered, high-resolution seismic-reflection data jointly collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Oregon State University in 2010, between Fort Bragg and Point Arena in northern California.

Tags: bathymetry, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, continental-margins, distributions, fort-bragg, geoscientificinformation, humboldt-county, marine-geophysics, mendocino-county, noyo-canyon, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, point-delgada, punta-gorda, seismic-reflection, seismic-reflection-methods, seismic-reflection-profiling, shelter-cove, state-of-california, sub-bottom-profiling, substrate, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-56e74ff2e4b0f59b85d5b1cd
Organization: Department of the Interior
Golden Eagle food habits in the Mojave Desert: Regional information for a changing landscape

Expansion of renewable energy development is rapidly transforming the Mojave Desert landscape and has the potential to impact Golden Eagles through loss of foraging habitat and reduced prey base. Regional information on Golden Eagle food habits is limited and little is known of how dietary variability influences eagle productivity. We examined diet using motion activated trail cameras and collection of prey remains at 18 nests during two seasons (2014 and 2015). As well as Golden Eagle prey abundance spotlight line transects conducted and data collected throughout the Mojave Desert Ecoregion in 2014 and 2015. The 138 spotlight line transects conducted in 2014 were a uniform 5 km in length, while the 45 spotlight line transects in 2015 were variable lengths but generally in the range 15- 20 km in length. Species observations include distance into spotlight line transect (Odometer readings) and NAD83 UTM zone 11S easting/northing coordinates, and distance from the spotlight line transect center. Data also included are general weather at time of spotlight line transects i.e. temperature and wind speed, spotlight line transect start and end times, NAD83 UTM zone 11S coordinates for spotlight line transect starting and ending locations.
This data is detailed in 6 tables:
CameraData
PreyRemains
USGS Spotlight Transect Data 2014
USGS Spotlight Transect Data 2015
USGS Transect Locations 2014
USGS Transect Locations 2015

Tags: biogeography, biota, birds-of-prey, california, diets, mojave-desert, nevada, prey-selection, renewable-energy-resources, usgs-56e70e7fe4b0f59b85d5b186
Organization: Department of the Interior