AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Seabeach Amaranth Presence-Absence Data, Assateague Island National Seashore, 2008

Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) is a federally threatened plant species that was once prevalent on beaches of the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast.  To re-establish a population at Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS), seabeach amaranth cultivars were planted by ASIS natural resources staff for three growing seasons from 1999 to 2001 and have been monitored since 2001.  Characteristics of favorable seabeach amaranth locations were assessed by sampling barrier island and habitat characteristics at sites where plants are and are not observed in 2008, 2010, and 2014.  These data can then be used to develop probabilistic models that provide maps of habitat suitability to identify high-priority areas for amaranth protection. The modeling effort also helps to inform management decisions that are most likely to result in the protection of a long-term sustainable population.

Tags: assateague-island, assateague-island-national-seashore, atlantic-ocean, barrier-island, bayesian-network, chincoteague-national-wildlife-refuge, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-erosion, coastal-habitat, coastal-hazards, coastal-processes, delmarva-peninsula, environment, erosion, geographic-information-systems, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-analysis, geospatial-datasets, gis, hazards, land-use-and-land-cover, maryland, md, mean-high-water, mhw, north-america, probability, sea-level-change, sea-level-rise, seabeach-amaranth, shoreline-change, transect-sampling, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usa, usgs, usgs-61d32b67d34ed79293fe6d17, va, vegetation, virginia, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bathymetric data for a near-shore area of the Laguna Madre near South Padre Island, Texas, July 2021

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of South Padre Island, Texas, collected baseline bathymetric data for a near-shore area of the Laguna Madre near South Padre Island in July 2021. Bathymetric survey points were collected using real-time kinematic Global Navigation Satellite System (RTK-GNSS) equipment. The data included in this data release are presented in a comma-separated values (csv) file format.

Tags: bathymetric-survey, bathymetry-and-elevation, cameron-county, laguna-madre, south-padre-island, texas, usgs-61d322bdd34ed79293fe6d03
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hawaii Island forest bird phenology and morphometrics from 1994 to 2020

We examined data from multiple studies (1994-2020) conducted across the avian annual cycle, from multiple locations, to evaluate molt patterns and establish criteria for assignment of age and sex based on the WRP (Wolfe-Ryder-Pyle) method, or molt-cycle age classification system designed specifically for tropical species. In addition, we describe the phenologies of molt and breeding and quantify the differences in males and females based on plumage coloration and morphometrics for eight native species.This data release includes two tabular datasets, one containing breeding phenological data and the other containing morphometric data. The phenological data presents information of active breeding condition in birds (presence of an enlarged cloacal protuberance in males, presence of a brood patch in females), and whether birds were actively molting flight feathers. The morphometric data consists of measurements of birds including wing length, bill length, and mass.

Tags: biota, hawaii-forest-birds, molt, morphometric-measurements, usgs-61cf6955d34ed79293fe076b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Projected sagebrush recovery from energy development across southwestern Wyoming

Identifying ecologically relevant reference sites is important for evaluating ecosystem recovery, but the relevance of references that are temporally static is unclear in the context of vast landscapes with varying disturbance and environmental contexts over space and time. This question is pertinent for landscapes dominated by sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) which face a suite of threats from disturbance and development but also have lengthy recovery times. Here, we applied a dynamic reference approach to studying and projecting recovery of sagebrush on former oil and gas well pads in southwestern Wyoming, USA, using over 3 decades of remote sensing data (1985–2018). We also used quantile regression to evaluate factors that may affect recovery including soils, weather, elevation, and well pad characteristics. We then created projections for percent recovery and years to recovery (relative to references) across the study area, as well as comparisons among weather covariates (root mean square error), resulting in 8 rasters, each with 5 bands representing 5 quantiles.

Tags: atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, biota, habitat-alteration-and-disturbance, natural-resource-management, remediation, soil-moisture, southwestern-wyoming, united-states-of-america, upper-colorado-river-basin, usgs-61ce21cfd34ed79293fc878e, usgs-ema-low-pl-sagebrush-steppe, usgs-ema-low-sb-smc-native-species-restoration, usgs-ema-low-ss-oil-and-gas, wyoming, wyoming-landscape-conservation-initiative
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial Files for the Geologic Map of the Stibnite Mining Area, Valley County, Idaho

These geospatial files are the essential components for the Geologic Map of the Stibnite Mining Area in Valley County, Idaho, which was published by the Idaho Geological Survey in 2022. Three main file types are in this dataset: geographic, geologic, and mining. Geographic files are map extent, lidar base, topographic contours, labels for contours, waterways, and roads. Geologic files are geologic map units, faults, structural lines meaning axial traces, structural points like bedding strike and dip locations, cross section lines, and drill core sample locations. Lastly, mining files are disturbed ground features including open pit polygons or outlines, and general mining features such as the location of an adit. File formats are shape, layer, or raster. Of the 14 shapefiles, 7 have layer files that provide pre-set symbolization for use in ESRI ArcMap that match up with the Geologic Map of the Stibnite Mining Area in Valley County, Idaho. The lidar data have two similar, but distinct, raster format types (ESRI GRID and TIFF) intended to increase end user accessibility. This dataset is a compilation of both legacy data (from Smitherman’s 1985 masters thesis published in 1988, Midas Gold Corporation employees, the Geologic Map of the Stibnite Quadrangle (Stewart and others, 2016) and Reed S. Lewis of the Idaho Geological Survey) and new data from 2013, 2015, and 2016 field work by Niki E. Wintzer.

Tags: idaho, scheelite, stibnite, usgs-61e080f4d34e8911d9ff0c6f, valley-county, yellow-pine
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seabeach Amaranth Presence-Absence Data, Assateague Island National Seashore, 2014

Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) is a federally threatened plant species that was once prevalent on beaches of the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast.  To re-establish a population at Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS), seabeach amaranth cultivars were planted by ASIS natural resources staff for three growing seasons from 1999 to 2001 and have been monitored since 2001.  Characteristics of favorable seabeach amaranth locations were assessed by sampling barrier island and habitat characteristics at sites where plants are and are not observed in 2008, 2010, and 2014.  The data are then used to develop probabilistic models that provide spatially explicit maps of habitat suitability that help to identify high-priority areas for amaranth protection. The modeling effort also helps to inform management decisions that are most likely to result in the protection of a long-term sustainable population.

Tags: assateague-island, assateague-island-national-seashore, atlantic-ocean, barrier-island, bayesian-network, chincoteague-national-wildlife-refuge, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-erosion, coastal-habitat, coastal-hazards, coastal-processes, delmarva-peninsula, environment, erosion, geographic-information-systems, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-analysis, geospatial-datasets, gis, hazards, land-use-and-land-cover, maryland, md, mean-high-water, mhw, north-america, probability, sea-level-change, sea-level-rise, seabeach-amaranth, shoreline-change, transect-sampling, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usa, usgs, usgs-61d6543cd34ed79293ffa772, va, vegetation, virginia, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Datasets to analyze sagebrush recovery with a dynamic reference approach in southwestern Wyoming, USA 1985-2018

Identifying ecologically relevant reference sites is important for evaluating ecosystem recovery, but the relevance of references that are temporally static is unclear in the context of vast landscapes with varying disturbance and environmental contexts over space and time. This question is pertinent for landscapes dominated by sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) which face a suite of threats from disturbance and development but also have lengthy recovery times. Here, we applied a dynamic reference approach to studying and projecting recovery of sagebrush on former oil and gas well pads in southwestern Wyoming, USA, using over 3 decades of remote sensing data (1985–2018). We also used quantile regression to evaluate factors that may affect recovery including soils, weather, elevation, and well pad characteristics. Data formatting necessary for this analysis created two datasets, one with reference pixels identified after applying both local and general masks (data_local.csv) and the other with only general masks (data_general.csv).

Tags: atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, biota, habitat-alteration-and-disturbance, natural-resource-management, remediation, soil-moisture, southwestern-wyoming, united-states-of-america, upper-colorado-river-basin, usgs-61ce1ff8d34ed79293fc8786, usgs-ema-low-pl-sagebrush-steppe, usgs-ema-low-sb-smc-native-species-restoration, usgs-ema-low-ss-oil-and-gas, wyoming, wyoming-landscape-conservation-initiative
Organization: Department of the Interior
Projected sagebrush recovery in greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat from energy development across southwestern Wyoming

Identifying ecologically relevant reference sites is important for evaluating ecosystem recovery, but the relevance of references that are temporally static is unclear in the context of vast landscapes with varying disturbance and environmental contexts over space and time. This question is pertinent for landscapes dominated by sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) which face a suite of threats from disturbance and development but also have lengthy recovery times. Here, we applied a dynamic reference approach to studying and projecting recovery of sagebrush on former oil and gas well pads in southwestern Wyoming, USA using over 3 decades of remote sensing data (1985–2018). We also used quantile regression to evaluate factors that may affect recovery including soils, weather, elevation, and well pad characteristics. We then created projections for percent recovery and years to recovery (relative to thresholds for greater sage-grouse [Centrocercus urophasianus] habitat) in areas identified as either nesting or summer (brood-rearing) habitat, resulting in 4 rasters, each with 5 bands representing 5 quantiles.

Tags: atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, biota, habitat-alteration-and-disturbance, habitats, natural-resource-management, remediation, soil-moisture, southwestern-wyoming, united-states-of-america, upper-colorado-river-basin, usgs-61ce1995d34ed79293fc8779, usgs-ema-low-pl-sagebrush-steppe, usgs-ema-low-sb-smc-greater-sage-grouse, usgs-ema-low-sb-smc-native-species-restoration, usgs-ema-low-ss-oil-and-gas, wyoming, wyoming-landscape-conservation-initiative
Organization: Department of the Interior
Climatological wave height, wave period and wave power along coastal areas of the East Coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico

This U.S. Geological Survey data release provides data on spatial variations in climatological wave parameters (significant wave height, peak wave period, and wave power) for coastal areas along the United States East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Significant wave height is the average wave height, from crest to trough, of the highest one-third of the waves in a specific time period. Peak wave period is the wave period associated with the most energetic waves in the wave spectrum in a specific time period. Wave power is the energy per unit length generated by the movement of ocean waves. Climatological wave conditions provide the average forcing that can lead to changes in the coastal environment. For the generation of this dataset, we use model simulations. Waves under different climatological wind forcing conditions averaged from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) Re-Analysis (ERA-5) were simulated using the coupled ADCIRC/SWAN model system. Coastal areas are resolved with horizontal resolutions on the order of hundreds of meters. The ADCIRC/SWAN simulations provide steady-state wave conditions under constant wind at each computational point of an unstructured grid that covers the entire area of interest—from the open ocean to overland areas up to approximately 15 meters above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. The simulations provide wave height and period and are also used to calculate wave power. We consider the frequency of occurrence of each wind magnitude and direction bin for each location to reconstruct weighted-average wave conditions. The resulting wave parameters are provided at all points of the computational grid less than 10 meter elevation and shallower than -30 meter bottom depth (North American Vertical Datum of 1988). Grid points above 10 meters and deeper than 30 meters are given a fill value.

Tags: coastal-processes, mathematical-modeling, mid-atlantic, new-england, ocean-waves, oceans, south-atlantic-gulf, texas-gulf, united-states, usgs-61ce0a6dd34ed79293fc874b, waves
Organization: Department of the Interior
Lead (Pb) in Bald and Golden Eagles from 38 United States, USA, 2010-2018

We collected blood samples from 237 live bald and 383 live golden eagles, and liver, femur, and feather samples from 322 dead bald and 268 dead golden eagles during all seasons of the year and from states in each of the four major flyways throughout the continental U.S.A. Additionally, we collected blood from 21 bald and 2 golden eagles upon admission to rehabilitation facilities and then we collected liver and femur tissue from these birds after their subsequent death. Whenever possible, birds were aged as adult, subadult, or juvenile and date of sample collection was recorded; in some cases it was not possible to collect this information because molt data were insufficient for aging or because eagle carcasses were found months after death.
Samples were conducted under scientific collecting and bird banding permits issued by the appropriate state and federal authorities and, in the case of live animal collections, with Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Protocols. All samples were initially received, archived and prepared for analysis at the U.S. Geological Survey in Boise, ID, under U.S. Migratory Bird Scientific Collecting Permit #MB41892B or its predecessors, and Idaho Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Collection/Banding/Possession permit #110728.
For additional details on sample collection and for methods on how samples were analyzed and lead data collected, please see the larger work citation associated with this dataset: Slabe et al. 2022.

Tags: acute-poisoning, bald-eagle, biota, chronic-poisoning, demographic-impacts, ecotoxicology, environment, golden-eagle, lead-poisoning, migratory-species, usgs-61cdf823d34ed79293fc871f, wildlife-biology
Organization: Department of the Interior
Groundwater-Level Altitudes and Volatile and Semivolatile Organic Compound Concentrations at the Petro-Chemical Systems, Inc. (Turtle Bayou) Superfund Site, Liberty County, Texas, 2020

In 2020, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, collected groundwater-level altitude data and water-quality samples from monitoring wells at the Petro-Chemical Systems, Inc. (Turtle Bayou) Superfund Site in Liberty County, Texas to evaluate the status of groundwater contamination at this previously remediated site. The dataset includes groundwater-level altitudes and field properties measured at 11 monitoring wells along with data from environmental and quality assurance/quality control water quality samples collected at each well. Water-quality samples were analyzed for a suite of volatile and semivolatile organic compounds.

Tags: environment, environmental-protection-agency, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, liberty-county, semivolatile-organic-compounds, superfund, texas, usa, usgs-61e0915ed34e8911d9ff0d09, volatile-organic-compounds
Organization: Department of the Interior
PeakFQ version 7.3 specifications file for peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages on the Bighorn, Tongue, and Lower Yellowstone Rivers and tributaries and Home Creek, Montana, based on data through water year 2021

This file (wymt_ffa_2021A.psf) contains specifications to run PeakFQ for peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages based on data through water year 2021.

Tags: annual-exceedance-probability, bighorn, bighorn-county, computational-methods, dawson-county, floods, hazard-preparedness, hazards, hydrologic-processes, hydrology, inlandwaters, land, little-bighorn, lower-bighorn, lower-yellowstone, montana, north-america, peak-flow-frequency, richland-county, rosebud, rosebud-county, statistical-analysis, stream-gage-measurement, streamflow, time-series-analysis, tongue, treasure-county, united-states, usgs-61cdf706d34ed79293fc871a, usgs-cc-natural-hazards, watershed-management, yellowstone
Organization: Department of the Interior
Stream Temperature, Dissolved Radon, and Stable Water Isotope Data Collected along Headwater Streams in the Upper Neversink River Watershed, NY, USA (ver. 3.0, June 2025)

This data release contains three data types that could potentially be used to infer spatiotemporal variability in groundwater discharge processes, along with other research and monitoring purposes: 1) Temporally continuous stream channel water temperature and adjacent streambank air temperature time series data (generally starting November 2020) as well as limited temperature data from May to October 2022 from select seeps and springs; 2) Discrete stable isotope data collected from stream water (May 2021, October/November 2021, May 2022, October/November 2022); and 3) Discrete dissolved radon gas data from stream water (collected May 2021 and May 2022). Data were collected at 51 temporary stations installed along the east branch, west branch, and mainstem of the Neversink River, along with several perennial tributaries to the primary river branches. Air and stream temperature time-series data vary in spatial and temporal coverage as detailed in README_processed.txt found in the ‘Processed_data’ directory. Output temperature matrices are resampled at a daily timestep. Stable water isotope and radon data were collected at most but not all stream temperature sites, and six hillslope groundwater discharge locations, as detailed in the ‘Raw_data’ directory. Details regarding the specific instrumentation and lab analysis used are listed in the ‘README_raw’ text file located in the ‘Raw_data’ directory. Additionally, the locations of paired stream and air temperature data can be accessed as a shapefile ‘XYTidbits_deployed_final.shp’. Stable isotope data were also collected along the mainstem of the upper Delaware River (starting at Hancock New York) from June 27 to July 1, 2021 for a related project, and those data are also included here in the ‘Raw_data’ directory. Version 3.0 of this release additionally includes 1000-meter upstream drainage areas (Neversink_1000m_wedge.zip) for stream temperature sensors. These polygons may be used to summarize landscape characteristics (e.g., slope, total wetness index, soil type, underlying bedrock type) near monitoring sites to infer spatiotemporal variability in groundwater discharge processes.

Tags: environment, geoscientificinformation, groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, headwater-streams, hydrogeology, hydrology, inlandwaters, neversink-river, new-york, oxygen-isotope-analysis, radon, sullivan-county-ulster-county, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-61cdd7fad34ed79293fc86cb, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gravity and related derivative GeoTIFF grids and data for Australia

Several evidential layers calculated from the national-scale gravity anomaly map of Australia (Geophysical Acquisition and Processing Section, 2020) are provided here. This directory includes GeoTIFF grids of Bouguer gravity, the horizontal gradient magnitude of the Bouguer gravity, the Bouguer gravity upward continued 30 km, and the horizontal gradient magnitude of the upward continued gravity, The directory also includes shapefiles of locations that trace the maxima of the horizontal gradient magnitude of the gravity and of the maxima of the horizontal gradient magnitude of the upward continued gravity. Otherwise known as “worms”, the points tracking the maxima mark the edges of shallow density sources (in the case of the Bouguer gravity) and deeper density sources (calculated from the upward continued gravity). The shapefile of worms also includes attribute fields related to the steepness of the gradient and to the trend or strike of the gradient. The reader is encouraged to read the metadata specific to each data layer for details related to the calculation and derivation of each gravity database.
References
Geophysical Acquisition and Processing Section, 2020, National Gravity Compilation 2019 includes airborne CSCBA image: Geoscience Australia, http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/144761.

Tags: bouguer-gravity, cmmi, critical-minerals, critical-minerals-mapping-initiative, exploring-for-the-future-program, ga, geological-survey-of-canada, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geophysics, geoscience-australia, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, gravity, gravity-anomaly, ground-gravity, gsc, horizontal-gradient-magnitude, horizontal-gradient-magnitude-maxima, lead, maps-and-atlases, metallic-mineral-resources, mineral-resources, mineral-resources-program, mrp, targeted-geoscience-initiative, tgi, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-61cca79dd34ed79293fc63e3, zinc
Organization: Department of the Interior