AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
USGS Streamgages active within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed through Water Year 2018

This Child Item contains a shapefile (ArcGIS Pro version 2.5.0) of the original 409 USGS streamgage locations active within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (CBWS) through September 30, 2018.
Streamflow trends and EFlow statistics tables from this data release may be joined to the shapefile by either the "Streamgage_ID" or "Streamgage_Name" attributes to aid in spatial analysis within a GIS.

Tags: arcpro, chesapeake-bay-watershed, delaware, eflows, esri, gis, maryland, new-york, pennsylvania, rivers, streamflow, trends, united-states, usgs-609289c4d34e791692e3e976, virginia, washington-dc, west-virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Harney Basin Boundaries: Hydrographic Area, Groundwater Evapotranspiration Area, Regions, Lowlands, Uplands, and Selected Watersheds in Harney Basin, Southeastern Oregon

The supplemental data presented here contain shapefiles of the hydrographic area, regions, groundwater evapotranspiration areas, and select watersheds in Harney Basin used in the hydrologic budget of the Harney Basin groundwater system, 1982-2016 report.

Tags: biota, groundwater, harney-basin, harney-county, hydrology, oregon, usgs-6092e209d34e791692e410ca, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Empirically Estimated Mean Annual (1987-2015) Net Evapotranspiration in the Harney Basin Lowlands, Southeastern Oregon

The supplemental data presented here contains raster data in .tif format of the empirically estimated mean annual (1987-2015) net evapotranspiration (ETnet) for the Harney Basin Groundwater Evapotranspiration Area. The final mean annual ETnet estimate for the Harney Basin was determined using both empirical and physics-based methods. The final ETnet estimate was combined with additional data to estimate groundwater discharge through evapotranspiration (ET) in the Harney Basin. See Garcia and others (2022) for a detailed description of how these data were estimated and evaluated.

Tags: discharge, evapotranspiration, farming, groundwater, groundwater-processes, harney-basin, harney-county, hydrology, oregon, soil-water-availability, terrestrial-hydrosphere, terrestrial-water-storage, usgs-6092e2b2d34e791692e41127, water-budget, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Areas where geologic conditions are more favorable for current underground mining technology in the Kaiparowits Plateau study area, southern Utah (kaisumg )

This is a coverage that shows areas in the Kaiparowits
Plateau where geologic conditions in the Calico and
A-sequences are more favorable for current underground
mining technology (Hettinger and other, chap. T). This
coverage contains numerous attributes of information. It was
compiled by computing the geometric intersection of nine
polygon coverages using the ARC/INFO UNION command. This
coverage is characterized as being a GUIDE TO WHERE THE MORE
FAVORABLE COAL AREAS ARE LIKELY TO BE for current
underground mining technology: areas where coal beds in the
Calico and A-sequences are greater than 3.5 feet thick, less
than 3,000 feet deep, and inclined by less than 12 degrees,
as described in Hettinger and others, 1999. Additional work
is required to determine the mineability and economics of
these coal deposits.
The outside polygon defines the base of the coal-bearing
Calico and A-sequences of the Straight Cliffs Formation east
of 112 degrees of longitude. The northern boundary is
delineated by the Paunsaugunt fault and volcanic rocks of
Tertiary age. This polygon includes areas where the
coal-bearing Calico and A-sequences have been partially
eroded.

Tags: 7-5-quadrangles, calico-and-a-sequences, coal, coal-bearing-interval, coal-ownership, colorado-plateau, colorado-plateau-coal-assessment, colorado-plateau-coal-assessment-study-area, counties, cplateaucoal, current-underground-mining-technology, dip, economy, environment, garfield-county, geologic-conditions-favorable-for-current-mining, geoscientificinformation, john-henry-member, kaiparowits-plateau, kaipcoal, kane-county, national-coal-resource-assessment, nca2000, ncra, overburden, reliability, southern-utah, straight-cliffs-formation, summary-map, surface-ownership, township-and-range, usgs-60ac06b2d34ea221ce51fc8b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Environmental and Quality-Control Data for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Measured in Selected Rivers and Streams in Massachusetts, 2020 (ver. 2.0, May 2023)

This data release includes concentrations of 24 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and physical properties of water-quality samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at 64 selected sites in rivers and streams in Massachusetts over three rounds of sampling. The samples were collected from August to November 2020 when streamflow conditions were below normal (also considered to be base-flow conditions) at rivers and streams in urban areas that receive treated wastewater from municipal wastewater-treatment facilities, and in rural rivers and streams that are not associated with municipal wastewater discharges and may have other source inputs of PFAS. The measured physical properties include water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity and the quality-control data from blanks, replicates, laboratory control samples, and laboratory spike samples are provided. The physical properties, along with all of the discrete water-quality PFAS data, except the quality-control data, are also available online from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Information System (NWIS) database (https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis).
This data release is structured as a set of tab-delimited (.txt) files.The metadata includes descriptions of  files: Site_Information.txt,  Abbreviations_and_Remark_Codes.txt, and Analysis_Information.txt. This data release also includes a Data Dictionary (Data_Dictionary.txt) that is used to describe environmental sample data (Environmental_Data.txt), and Quality Control field and laboratory blank data (QC_Blanks.txt), field and laboratory replicate data (QC_Replicates.txt), and laboratory control sample and spike data (QC_Laboratory_Control_Samples_and_Spikes.txt).

Tags: assabet-river, blackstone-river, charles-river, chicopee-river, cold-river, concord-river, deerfield-river, green-river, hoosic-river, housatonic-river, industrial-pollution, inlandwaters, merrimack-river, millers-river, nashua-river, nemasket-river, north-nashua-river, pfas, salisbury-plain-river, sawmill-brook, sewage-brook, shawsheen-river, stillwater-river, surface-water, taunton-river, threemile-river, town-river, usgs-6093f237d34e791692e6c467, ward-brook, ware-river, water-chemistry, water-quality, west-branch-farmington-river, westfield-river, wright-brook
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for the Hydrologic and Water-Quality Characterization of Levittown Lake, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, April 2010 – June 2011

This data release contains data for the hydrologic and water-quality characterization of Levittown Lake, from April 2010 to June 2021. Three child items were included in the data release to summarize the results of the (1) community productivity through the light and dark bottle method (2) two diel data collection efforts, and (3) spatial data associated with the bathymetric survey conducted at Levittown Lake to contour the lake bottom. 
Diel studies were conducted at the lake to estimate the community net primary productivity, the respiration rate, and the gross productivity rate. Two diel studies were conducted on November 18, 2010, and May 18, 2011, near the respective annual periods of highest and lowest tides for the northern coast of Puerto Rico. The standard light-dark method was used to determine the primary productivity in phytoplankton. The method consists of the in-situ incubation of two light-and-dark bottles for approximately four hours. Dissolved oxygen concentrations were estimated using the Winkler method. A total of twelve in-situ incubations were conducted on a monthly basis from April 2010 to June 2011. The bathymetric survey of the Levittown lake was conducted on January 11, 2011 to contour lake bottom and calculate the water volume of the lake at mean sea level. The survey was conducted using a bathymetric/land survey system (BLASS) interfaced to a depth sounder.

Tags: biological-production, biota, coastal-ecosystems, diel-study, ecology, lago-de-levittown, levittown, levittown-lake, productivity-ecosystems, puerto-rico, storage-volume, toa-baja, topographic-maps, usgs-60942603d34e791692e6e236, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mercury concentrations in surface water, sediment, and biota in the Laurentian Great Lakes, 2005 through Present

Under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the U.S. Geological Survey Mercury Research Lab (USGS MRL) conducted a multiyear assessment of mercury across the Laurentian Great Lakes. Biannual sampling was conducted across all five lakes onboard the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) research vessel Lake Guardian (in years 2010–2014, 2018) at pelagic sampling locations established by the long-term US EPA Great Lakes monitoring program. In addition to the regularly scheduled biannual sampling, in September 2013 and 2014 Lake Michigan and Lake Erie (respectively) were sampled with increased focus on shallow nearshore locations. Throughout these sampling efforts, sediments, mussels, surface water, and plankton were collected from open-water locations within all five of the Great Lakes. Additionally, surface water from Great Lake tributaries were sampled by the USGS MRL and preceded (2005 or 2006) or overlapped (2010-2015) with the open lake sampling efforts.  All surface water samples were analyzed for methylmercury, total mercury, and dissolved organic carbon. Plankton and mussel tissue were analyzed for methylmercury, total mercury, and carbon/nitrogen stable isotopes and concentrations (plankton only). Sediments were analyzed for methylmercury, total mercury, and carbon content.

Tags: aquatic-biology, atmospheric-sciences, biochemistry, ecology, great-lakes, industrial-pollution, lake-erie, lake-huron, lake-michigan, lake-ontario, lake-superior, light-stable-isotope-analysis, limnology, liquid-chromatography, mass-spectroscopy, mercury-contamination, nonpoint-source-pollution, surface-water-quality, usgs-6094454dd34e791692e6f231, water-chemistry
Organization: Department of the Interior
Reporting Polygons to Summarize Overburden Material Above the Mahogany Bed in the Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado

Reporting polygons were created to display and quantify overburden material above the Mahogany bed, by PLSS township, in the Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado as part of a 2009 National Oil Shale Assessment.

Tags: co, colorado, earth-science, economic-geology, energy-resources, eocene-green-river-formation, geology, geoscientificinformation, mahogany, mahogany-bed, natural-resources, oil, oil-shale, oil-shale-resources, oilshale, outcrop, overburden, parachute-creek-member, plss, public-land-survey-system, resource-assessment, township, u-s-geological-survey, uinta-basin, uintaoilshale, united-states, usgs, usgs-60ac0e1ed34ea221ce51ff65, ut, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gridded earthquake ground motions for the 2023 AASHTO Design Specifications

For designing bridges to safely resist earthquakes, the 2023 editions of the AASHTO (1) Guide Specifications for LRFD Seismic Bridge Design, (2) LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, and (3) Guide Specifications for Seismic Isolation Design provide risk-targeted design ground motions via this data release and the corresponding USGS Seismic Design Web Services. The web services spatially interpolate the gridded ground motions of this data release for user-specified latitudes and longitudes. The attached files below for 8 site classes each provide risk-targeted spectral accelerations (in units of g) for a grid of latitudes and longitudes and 22 spectral periods, including 0.0 seconds for peak ground acceleration (denoted SA0P0). The spectral accelerations for Site Class BC and spectral periods of 0.0, 0.2, and 1.0 seconds were directly derived from the USGS seismic hazard curves released in the "Associated Item"; from these three values, the spectral accelerations for the other site classes and spectral periods were derived indirectly via the FEMA P-2078 "Procedures for Developing Multi-Period Response Spectra at Non-Conterminous United States Sites," because corresponding USGS hazard curves were not yet available for Alaska.

Tags: earthquakes, engineering-sciences, hazards, seismology, standards, usgs-60945d37d34e791692e6ff22
Organization: Department of the Interior
Grain-size data for sediment samples collected in Whiskeytown Lake, northern California, in 2018 and 2019

This data release includes grain-size data from sediment samples collected in submerged and subaerial regions in Whiskeytown Lake and around the reservoir margin. Sediment samples were collected using a sampler deployed from a boat or by hand from locations exposed above the water surface. Sediment grain size was analyzed at the USGS laboratory in Santa Cruz, Calif. The full data set is reported here, but users should be aware that due to instrument error the data between approximately grain sizes from 0.040 to 0.063 mm may be incorrect and have unknown degrees of uncertainty. Proportions of gravel, sand, silt, and ratios among these size fractions, are considered accurate.

Tags: assessments, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, geoscientificinformation, grain-size, land-surface-characteristics, material-resources, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, reservoir-sedimentation, sediment, sediment-grain-size, state-of-california, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-60946084d34e791692e700e6, whiskeytown-national-recreation-area
Organization: Department of the Interior
Benthic habitats of the coral reef ecosystem on the south shore of Moloka'i

A benthic habitat polygon coverage has been created of the coral reef ecosystem on the south shore of Moloka'i. Polygons were hand-digitized from visual interpretation of aerial photography and SHOALS bathymetry data. We also utilized in situ knowledge from towed instruments, underwater photography and videography, and diver and snorkeler observations. The polygons have attributes for Main Structure/Substrate, Dominant Structure/Substrate, Major Biological Cover, Percent of Major Biological Cover, Reef Zone, and  Unique ID, and measurements of acreage, area (m2) and perimeter (m) of each polygon.

Tags: aquatic-ecosystems, assessments, benthic-ecosystems, benthic-habitat, benthos, biosphere, biota, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, coral-reefs, earth-science, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, habitat, habitats, hale-o-lono, imagerybasemapsearthcover, kamalo, kamiloloa, kaunakakai, kawela, kumimi, mapping, marine-ecosystems, molokai, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, palaau, pcmsc, pukoo, sea-floor-characteristics, state-of-hawaii, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-60982f50-bba0-469d-8df1-14cf241bb117, waikane
Organization: Department of the Interior
Humble Canal Hydrologic Restoration (ME-11): 2015 land-water classification

The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Humble Canal Hydrologic Restoration (ME-11) project for 2015. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. To better evaluate the effectiveness of restoration efforts, a land-water classification is performed on specific CWPPRA sites to help assess landscape changes.

Tags: aerial-photography, conservation, cwppra, digital-elevation-models, ecosystem-monitoring, geographic-information-systems, gulf-of-mexico, image-collections, image-mosaics, louisiana, louisiana-coastal, me-11, remote-sensing, usgs-609939bdd34ea221ce33c47d, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Specimen observation data for Najas marina L. from 1863 to 2020

The North American distribution of Najas marina L. from 1863 to 2020 is presented in this dataset. Fields provided include georeferenced coordinates, dates of collections, collectors, and source herbaria. Data are housed in the U.S. Geological Survey's Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database (nas.er.usgs.gov).

Tags: aquatic, biota, caribbean, distribution, najas-marina, north-america, occurrence, usgs-60993d4bd34ea221ce33c495, vascular-plant
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Surface Water Maps using Daily MODIS Satellite Data for the Conterminous United States, 2003–2019

Members from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Patterns in the Landscape - Analyses of Cause and Effect (PLACE) team are releasing monthly surface water maps for the conterminous United States (U.S.) from 2003 through 2019 as 250-meter resolution geoTIFF files. The maps were produced using the Dynamic Surface Water Extent (DSWE) algorithm applied to daily Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery (DSWEmod) (Soulard et al., 2021) - see associated items. The DSWEmod model classifies the landscape (i.e., each MODIS pixel) into different classes of surface water based on quantified levels of confidence, including, i) high-confidence surface water (class 1), ii) moderate-confidence surface water (class 2), iii) potential wetland (class 3), and iv) low-confidence water/wetland (class 4), as well as a not-water class (class 0) and a no-data class (class 9).
This data release consists of a Parent Directory and 18 Child Items. The Parent Directory includes a zipped folder housing the complete monthly DSWEmod surface water maps for the conterminous United States from 2003 through 2019 represented in 17 multiband images, equating to one image for each year from 2003 through 2019. Each annual image – available as separate Child Items (n = 17) – consists of 12 bands, where each band value from 1-12 represents sequential months from January (Band 1) to December (Band 12). Such a structure allows for a user to download either the full time-series of DSWEmod products or a user-specified set of years.
The DSWEmod surface water maps were used for a study conducted by the PLACE team quantifying seasonal and annual surface water trends within Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Level I and Level III Ecoregions (Omernik, 1987) across the U.S. from 2003 through 2019. The results from this study are also being released as a Child Item - Surface Water Trends for the Conterminous United States using monthly DSWEmod Surface Water Maps, 2003–2019. This portion of the data release includes a vector shapefile consisting of 85 polygons, delineating EPA Level III Ecoregions for the conterminous United States. For each Level III Ecoregion, we include attributes identifying, (i) their respective Level I Ecoregion name and identification number, (ii) quantified seasonal and overall mean water area, (iii) comparisons with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS) streamgage discharge trends, (iv) mean surface water extent statistics (mean, minimum, maximum, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, percent of ecoregion), and (v) seasonal and overall results from the Mann-Kendall statistical analysis. An associated manuscript describes the methodology, results, and conclusions from this study.

Tags: conterminous-united-states, dynamic-surface-water-extent, level-i-ecoregions, level-iii-ecoregions, mann-kendall-trend-analysis, moderate-resolution-imaging-spectroradiometer-modis, sens-slope, surface-water, usgs-609955c9d34ea221ce33c534
Organization: Department of the Interior
Rapid Geomorphic Assessment of Little Flatrock Creek Stream Network, Ohio, 2019

The Maumee River network contributes a significant amount of total phosphorus (P), including both sediment-bound P (sed-P) and dissolved P, to the Western Lake Erie Basin. Most Maumee River headwater streams are agricultural, with conservation management focused on limiting sediment and nutrient transport from cropland to the stream network. However, several studies have shown streambank erosion to be another source of suspended sediment in these streams. This data release is comprised of six tables with data related to channel geometry, streambed sediment, and streambank erosion in the Little Flatrock Creek stream network in 2019. Data included provided for extrapolation from 15 described reaches to the entire network upstream of the gage (U.S. Geological Survey site ID 04191444).

Tags: auglaize, geoscientificinformation, holocene, ohio, paulding, sediment-transport, upper-maumee, usgs-609a96bcd34ea221ce36e01d, western-lake-erie
Organization: Department of the Interior
Oblique Thermal Imaging of the Pisgah Lava Field, California Acquired March 2010 - Field B

As part of a NASA-funded study of diurnal thermal imaging at a Mars analog site, we conducted simultaneous oblique thermal imaging and in situ temperature measurements within two regions of interest on the Pisgah lava field, near Ludlow, California. Both regions of interest contained either cave or cave-like alcoves. Data released in this report was collected from 03/23/2010 to 03/25/2010. The experiment was conducted at Pisgah lava field, which is located about 175 miles northeast of Los Angeles on Bureau of Land Management lands. Consisting of Quaternary basaltic lava and a cinder cone superimposed on alluvial deposits and lacustrine sediments of Lavic Lake playa (Dibblee, 1966), the flow is approximately 21,000 years old (Wise 1969)]. Extending ~18km to the west and 8 km to the southeast from the Pisgah cinder cone (Harter 2009), three eruption phases emitted both pahoehoe and a’a lava, which vary in thickness from 1 to 5 meters across the field (Gaddis, 1994). In addition to the lava flows, sections of the landscape were punctuated by desert pavements and sand deposits, which make the area ideal for thermal imaging of a range thermal physical properties. The cinder cone provided an appropriate vantage point for oblique imagery acquisition of the lava field. Thermal imaging of each ROI was conducted on consecutive days. Imagery was collected for the B-Cave ROI first and was more oblique than the Station 7 Trench ROI, which was acquired the next day.

Tags: air-temperature, boundaries, california, infrared-imaging, ludlow, pisgah-crater, planetary-sciences, soil-temperature, usgs-609ab093d34ea221ce36ed4e
Organization: Department of the Interior