AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
East Maui, Hawaiʻi example solution demonstrating optimization of climate resilient habitat for native plant species recovery, 2021

Multi-species recovery planning can be a challenging natural resource management task. In collaboration with state and federal agencies, and botanical and technical experts, we developed and tested a multi-step optimization process to assist in identifying the minimum climate resilient habitat for the recovery of multiple threatened, endangered, and at-risk plant species across east Maui, Hawaiʻi. Data include the underlying land-use configuration file, predictive climate models, list of plant species and number of populations to recover/protect, habitat and forest bird distribution information, presence of fencing, land management status, and naming protocol file.
We identified a suite of potential conservation footprints that are constrained by ecological and resource management selection criteria based input and co-production with botanical experts and resource managers. We present an example solution that includes sufficient recovery habitat for all species of interest and identify priority recovery planning units for population-level recovery planning. The dataset is presented at the planning unit level and indicates which species can be recovered within a given unit.

Tags: biota, climate-resiliency, hawaiian-islands, maui-county, maui-island, native-plant, optimization, restoration, spatial-conservation-prioritization, usgs-64770880d34e3ac335bebf32
Organization: Department of the Interior
East Maui, Hawaiʻi input metrics for optimization of climate resilient habitat for native plant species recovery, 2021

Multi-species recovery planning can be a challenging natural resource management task. In collaboration with state and federal agencies, and botanical and technical experts, we developed and tested a multi-step optimization process to assist in identifying the minimum climate resilient habitat for the recovery of multiple threatened, endangered, and at-risk plant species across east Maui. 
The dataset presented here includes all metrics used to consider selection of units for the spatial optimization.

Tags: biota, climate-resiliency, hawaiian-islands, maui-county, maui-island, native-plant, optimization, restoration, spatial-conservation-prioritization, usgs-6477072ed34e3ac335bebf2e
Organization: Department of the Interior
PDF format log books of data collection in Lake Mead in 2001

Lake Mead is a large interstate reservoir located in the Mojave Desert of southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona.  It was impounded in 1935 by the construction of Hoover Dam and is one of a series of multi-purpose reservoirs on the Colorado River.  The lake extends 183 km from the mouth of the Grand Canyon to Black Canyon, the site of Hoover Dam, and provides water for residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and other non-agricultural users in communities across the southwestern United States.  Extensive research has been conducted on Lake Mead, but a majority of the studies have involved determining levels of anthropogenic contaminants such as synthetic organic compounds, heavy metals and dissolved ions, furans/dioxins, and nutrient loading in lake water, sediment, and biota (Preissler, et al., 1998; Bevans et al, 1996; Bevans et al., 1998; Covay and Leiker, 1998; LaBounty and Horn, 1997; Paulson, 1981).  By contrast, little work has focused on the sediments in the lake and the processes of deposition (Gould, 1951).  To address these questions, sidescan-sonar imagery and high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles were collected throughout Lake Mead by the USGS in cooperation with researchers from University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV).  These data allow a detailed mapping of the surficial geology and the distribution and thickness of sediment that has accumulated in the lake since the completion of Hoover Dam.  Results indicate that the accumulation of post-impoundment sediment is primarily restricted to former river and stream beds that are now submerged below the lake while the margins of the lake appear to be devoid of post-impoundment sediment.  The sediment cover along the original Colorado River bed is continuous and is typically greater than 10 m thick through much of its length.  Sediment thickness in some areas exceeds 35 m while the smaller tributary valleys typically are filled with less than 4 m of sediment.  Away from the river beds that are now covered with post-impoundment sediment, pre-impoundment alluvial deposits and rock outcrops are still exposed on the lake floor.

Tags: arizona, black-canyon, boomer, boulder-basin, chirp, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, colorado-river, cruise-serial-number-01007, field-activity-logs, geophysics, gregg-basin, hoover-dam, iceberg-canyon, inlandwaters, lake-mead, las-vegas, las-vegas-bay, location, log-book, mojave-desert, navigation, nevada, north-america, ofr03-320, open-file-report, overton-arm, seismic, seismic-reflection, sis-1000, subbottom, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-6476af2e-71c4-47d3-8ffa-927f9e63a732, virgin-basin, woods-hole-field-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data release for Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands

Human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, reportedly date to between ~23,000 and 21,000 years ago according to radiocarbon dating of seeds from the aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa. These ages remain controversial because of potential old carbon reservoir effects that could compromise their accuracy. We present new calibrated 14C ages of terrestrial pollen collected from the same stratigraphic horizons as those of the Ruppia seeds, along with optically stimulated luminescence ages of sediments from within the human footprint–bearing sequence, to evaluate the veracity of the seed ages. The results show that the chronologic framework originally established for the White Sands footprints is robust and reaffirm that humans were present in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum.

Tags: chihuahuan-desert, footprints, last-glacial-maximum, new-mexico, paleolake-otero, radiocarbon-dating, usgs-647782fed34e3ac335becbb0, white-sands-national-park
Organization: Department of the Interior
Whole-rock chemistry of core from serpentinite mud volcanoes, Northern Mariana subduction zone

We present whole-rock geochemical analyses of 12 core samples obtained from three serpentinite mud volcanoes (Yinazao, Asut Tesoru, and Fantangisna) located on the forearc of the Mariana subduction system, where the Pacific Plate descends beneath the Philippine Sea Plate. The core was collected during International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 366 of 2016-2017. The materials comprising the mud volcanoes have risen diapirically along normal faults in the forearc that may extend down to the subducting slab. Ten of the samples are thoroughly serpentinized ultramafic rocks. The other two come from cored intervals into Fantangisna mud volcano that contain materials derived from the subducting Pacific Plate, and their compositions are consistent with the inclusion of a substantial crustal component. The major, trace, and rare-earth element data reported for each analyzed core sample were obtained at the GeoAnalytical Lab of Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

Tags: geochemistry, mariana-trench, micronesia, mud-volcano, northern-mariana-islands, serpentinite, subduction-zone, usgs-6476610fd34e4e58932da320
Organization: Department of the Interior
SUTRA model used to evaluate the role of uplift and erosion in the persistence of saline groundwater in the shallow subsurface

A modified version of the three-dimensional, variable-density solute-transport model (SUTRA) was 
developed to simulate the effects of erosion and uplift on the flushing of brine with meteoric water 
in Permian through Mississippian rocks of the Appalachian Plateaus. The model was run in 10-Ma 
transient simulations for a range of values of permeability and anisotropy. Model results indicate 
that the depth of shallow Paleozoic brine in the Appalachian Plateaus is controlled by the flushing 
rate of brine and the uplift/erosion rate. Knowledge concerning the erosion rate and the depth of 
brine can allow estimation of the effective regional permeability of the sedimentary rock. This USGS 
data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated 
model documentation report (https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL072980). This data release also includes 
(1) the modified SUTRA (v2.2) source code, and 
(2) ancillary  files used to create the model mesh with Argus ONE, export model input files with 
MODELMUSE, and a summary of model results in EXCEL spreadsheets.

Tags: appalachian-plateaus, environment, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-model, inlandwaters, permian-through-mississippian-aquifers, saline-water-and-brine, sutra, transport-model, usgs-648c48af-a783-4919-b0b9-e850013ed843, usgsgroundwatermodel
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chesapeake Bay Tidal Shoreline, Chesapeake Bay Program Phase 7 Model

This polygon dataset represents the tidal water shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.  It is based primarily on shoreline data with horizontal positional accuracy of +/- 2meters provided by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM), with minor modifications in seven locations.  In six instances, the modifications were made using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) zero-foot sea level rise dataset, which represent mean higher high tide.  In one instance, a modification was made using the Chesapeake Bay Program Modified Watershed Boundary layer.  These modifications were as follows:
-	Added the Delaware portion of the tidal Nanticoke River from the NOAA dataset.
-	Added a braided channel in the Anacostia River in Washington, DC at Kingman Island from the NOAA dataset.
-	Widened the Anacostia River in Washington, DC at the Washington Navy Yard to match the NOAA dataset.
-	Shortened the Rappahannock River to match the NOAA dataset.
-	Shortened the York River to match the NOAA dataset.
-	Shortened the Pamunkey River to match the NOAA dataset.
-	The mouth of the Chesapeake Bay was modified to match the Chesapeake Bay Program Modified Watershed Boundary layer.

Tags: shore, tidal-shoreline, usgs-647641fed34e4e58932da218
Organization: Department of the Interior
Floodplain Forest Canopy Gap Survey Data for select gaps in pools of the Upper Mississippi River, Field Gap Data Spreadsheet

This dataset contains data collected in the field for the field component of the 2018-20 UMRR Science in support of Restoration Forest Canopy Gap Dynamics study titled "Forest canopy gap dynamics: quantifying forest gaps and understanding gap – level forest regeneration in Upper Mississippi River floodplain forests."

Tags: biota, canopy-gaps, environment, floodplain-forests, forest-dynamics, illinois, iowa, minnesota, mississippi-river, missouri, umrr, usgs-64763d02d34e4e58932da1ef, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data and Code Release - Acute Toxicity of Lampricides to Non-target Species of Concern in the Lake Champlain Watershed

Data to evaluate the Acute Toxicity of Lampricides to Non-target Species of Concern in the Lake Champlain Watershed. The toxicity of the lampricides TFM and TFM/1% Niclosamide to numerous non-target fishes of concern in the Great Lakes has been presented in previous studies. However, not many toxicity studies have been reported for Finger Lakes and Lake Champlain species of concern including: the fluted shell mussel (Lasmigona costata), the pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis ovata), the black sandshell mussel (Ligumia recta), the cylindrical papershell mussel (Anodontoides ferussacianus), young-of-year quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida), the channel darter (Percina copelandi), American brook lamprey (Lethenteron appendix), margined madtom (Noturus insignis), stonecat (Noturus flavus), and the mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus). We exposed these mussels, fishes and amphibians to lampricides for 12 hours at concentrations bracketing the minimum lethal concentrations (MLC) required to achieve successful control of larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), and plotted the resulting non-target mortalities (NOEC, LOEC, LC25, LC50) against the lampricide concentrations expressed as a multiple of the sea lamprey field determined LC99.9. Herein, we describe the results of toxicity tests that evaluate the potential acute impacts on the non-target organisms discussed above.

Tags: lampricide-sea-lamprey-lake-champlain, usgs-64763768d34e4e58932da1c4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imputedsalt_CorBa

The dataset entitled “imputedsalt_CorBa” holds data structures to be relayed to statistical modeling of salinity in near-coastal environments of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The content therein is created by the ‘covardr2formodel.R’ script that represents terminal decisions on variable setup and transformations). The design ideal is that the content of this directory would be copied to some path of “input” within a model building repository. The table in this directory would be especially suitable for both (1) formal data releases supporting as needed interpretive publications and (2) simultaneous long-term storage as copies within a model building repository in some specific terminal decisions (variable transforms or even dropping of whole data classes by switches in ‘covardr2formodel.R) are reflected in these data and they are a step removed as it were from the “raw” data in the ‘covardr/’ directory.

Tags: corpus-christi-bay, estuary, gulf-of-mexico, modeling, salinity, usgs-6470f227d34e4e58932d26ca
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imputedsalt_CalLa

The dataset entitled “imputedsalt_CalLa” holds data structures to be relayed to statistical modeling of salinity in near-coastal environments of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The content therein is created by the ‘covardr2formodel.R’ script that represents terminal decisions on variable setup and transformations). The design ideal is that the content of this directory would be copied to some path of “input” within a model building repository. The table in this directory would be especially suitable for both (1) formal data releases supporting as needed interpretive publications and (2) simultaneous long-term storage as copies within a model building repository in some specific terminal decisions (variable transforms or even dropping of whole data classes by switches in ‘covardr2formodel.R) are reflected in these data and they are a step removed as it were from the “raw” data in the ‘covardr/’ directory.

Tags: calcasieu-lake, estuary, gulf-of-mexico, modeling, salinity, usgs-6470eec3d34e4e58932d26b1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Shapefile of flood inundation maps for Papillion Creek near Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

These data-sets are polygon shapefiles that represent flood inundation boundaries for 157 flooding scenarios in an 8-mile reach of the Papillion Creek near Offutt Air Force Base.  These shapefiles were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, Offutt Air Force Base for use within the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping program. 
The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science website at https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/flood-inundation-mapping-fim-program, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgages on the Papillion Creek at Fort Crook, Nebr. (station 06610795) and Papillion Creek at Harlan Lewis Road near La Platte, Nebr. (station 06610798). Near-real-time stages at these streamgages may be obtained from the USGS National Water Information System web interface at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN or from the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service at https:/water.weather.gov/ahps/.
Flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model. The model was calibrated using the current (2021) stage-discharge relation at the Papillion Creek at Fort Crook, Nebr. streamgage.
The hydraulic model then was used to compute 157 water-surface profiles for scenarios where combination of stage values in 1-foot (ft) stage intervals, that ranged between 27 and 39 ft at the Papillion Creek at Fort Crook streamgage and 13.9 and 30.9 ft at the Papillion Creek at Harlan Lewis Road streamgage as referenced to the local datum. The simulated water-surface profiles then were combined with a geographic information system digital elevation model (DEM) with a 3.281-ft grid to delineate polygon shapefiles, and depth grids of inundated areas. Along with the inundated area maps, polygon shapefiles and depth grids of areas behind the levees were created to display the uncertainty of these areas, if a levee breech were to occur.  These 'areas of uncertainty' files have '_breach' and '_breachgrid' appended to the file names in the data release. The availability of these maps, along with information regarding current stage from the USGS streamgage, will provide emergency management personnel and residents with information that is critical for flood response activities such as evacuations and road closures, as well as for post-flood recovery efforts.

Tags: big-papillion-mosquito, floodplain, floodplains, floods, groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, hazard-preparedness, hazards, hydraulic-engineering, hydrology, inlandwaters, map, mapping, nebraska, river, sarpy, stream, stream-gage-measurement, streamflow, surface-water-level, usgs-6470ebe5d34e4e58932d269f, web-map-services
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring Network 1985-2022: WRTDS output data

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads, and changes in loads, in major rivers across the Chesapeake Bay watershed have been calculated using monitoring data from the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring (RIM) Network stations for the period 1985 through 2022. Nutrient and suspended-sediment loads and changes in loads were determined by applying a weighted regression approach called WRTDS (Weighted Regression on Time, Discharge, and Season).  The load results represent the total mass of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment that was exported from each of the RIM watersheds.

Tags: chesapeake-bay-watershed, delaware, kalman-filtering, load-analysis, maryland, new-york, nitrogen, nutrients, pennsylvania, phosphorus, rivers, suspended-sediment, trends, united-states, usgs-6470dd48d34e4e58932d25f9, virginia, washington-dc, water-quality, weighted-regression, west-virginia, wrtds, wrtds-kalman
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring Network 1985-2022: WRTDS input data

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads, and changes in loads, in major rivers across the Chesapeake Bay watershed have been calculated using monitoring data from the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring (RIM) Network stations for the period 1985 through 2022. Nutrient and suspended-sediment loads and changes in loads were determined by applying a weighted regression approach called WRTDS (Weighted Regression on Time, Discharge, and Season).  The load results represent the total mass of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment that was exported from each of the RIM watersheds.

Tags: chesapeake-bay-watershed, delaware, kalman-filtering, load-analysis, maryland, new-york, nitrogen, nutrients, pennsylvania, phosphorus, rivers, suspended-sediment, trends, united-states, usgs-6470dcaad34e4e58932d25f1, virginia, washington-dc, water-quality, weighted-regression, west-virginia, wrtds, wrtds-kalman
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring Network 1985-2022: Short- and long-term trends

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads, and changes in loads, in major rivers across the Chesapeake Bay watershed have been calculated using monitoring data from the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring (RIM) Network stations for the period 1985 through 2022. Nutrient and suspended-sediment loads and changes in loads were determined by applying a weighted regression approach called WRTDS (Weighted Regression on Time, Discharge, and Season). The load results represent the total mass of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment that was exported from each of the RIM watersheds. To determine the trend in loads, the regular annual load (non-Kalman) results are flow normalized to integrate out the year-to-year variability in river discharge. The trend in load is derived from the flow-normalized load timeseries and represents the change in load resulting from changes in sources, delays associated with storage or transport of historical inputs, and (or) implemented management actions.

Tags: chesapeake-bay-watershed, delaware, load-analysis, maryland, new-york, nitrogen, nutrients, pennsylvania, phosphorus, rivers, suspended-sediment, trends, united-states, usgs-6470dc7bd34e4e58932d25ee, virginia, washington-dc, water-quality, weighted-regression, west-virginia, wrtds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring Network 1985-2022: Average annual yields

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads, and changes in loads, in major rivers across the Chesapeake Bay watershed have been calculated using monitoring data from the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring (RIM) Network stations for the period 1985 through 2022. Nutrient and suspended-sediment loads and changes in loads were determined by applying a weighted regression approach called WRTDS (Weighted Regression on Time, Discharge, and Season). Yields (representing the mass of constituent transported from a unit area of a given watershed) are used to compare the export loads from one basin to another. Yield results are obtained by dividing the annual load (pounds) of a given constituent by the respective watershed area (acres) from which the constituent was transported. Yield results presented represent the average annual per-acre loads of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment exported from each of the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring stations for two possible time periods: 2013-2022 (10 year average yield) and 2018-2022 (5 year average yield).

Tags: chesapeake-bay-watershed, delaware, kalman-filtering, load-analysis, maryland, new-york, nitrogen, nutrients, pennsylvania, phosphorus, rivers, suspended-sediment, trends, united-states, usgs-6470dc51d34e4e58932d25ea, virginia, washington-dc, water-quality, weighted-regression, west-virginia, wrtds, wrtds-kalman, yields
Organization: Department of the Interior
Airborne Lidar Data (2016 and 2021) Capturing Debris Flow Erosion and Deposition after the Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado

This dataset contains lidar digital elevation models (DEMs). The lidar data were collected before (2016) and after (2021) the Grizzly Creek Fire, which occurred in 2020. The 2016 lidar was collected during a series of flights between 10 June and 7 October 2016. The 2021 lidar flight was conducted in full on 24 August 2021. The files are named with the following convention: Vendor_Year_Resolution_merged_Watershed. The vendor is either Merrick (2016 data) or Sanborn (2021), the year is either 2016 or 2021, the resolution is 1 meter in both cases, and the watershed is labeled as HUC1, HUC2, HUC3_N_side, or HUC3_S_side.  Additionally, the files from the individual vendors were uploaded to two separate compressed folders: Merrick_2016_1m_merged_HUCx.zip and Sanborn_2021_1m_merged_HUCx.zip.

Tags: debris-flow, garfield-county-colorado, glenwood-canyon, grizzly-creek-fire, lidar, topography, usgs-646fd8f8d34e4e58932d00f3
Organization: Department of the Interior