AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL) data of piston and gravity cores collected in September 2019 offshore of south-central California (USGS FAN 2019-642-FA)

This dataset includes multi-sensor core logger (MSCL) data for 39 piston and gravity cores that were collected as part of a groundtruthing survey in September 2019 aboard the R/V Bold Horizon. This dataset is one of several collected as part of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)-funded California Deepwater Investigations and Groundtruthing (Cal DIG I) project. The purpose of the study is to assess shallow geohazards, benthic habitats, and thereby the potential for alternative energy infrastructure (namely floating wind turbines) offshore south-central California due to its proximity to power grid infrastructure associated with the Morro Bay power plant. These core data provide information about the geology of the seafloor and shallow subsurface offshore of the south-central California coast.

Tags: boem, boho, bold-horizon, bureau-of-ocean-energy-management, cal-dig-i, california-deepwater-investigations-and-groundtruthing, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, core-analysis, diablo-canyon, geoscientificinformation, hazards, morro-bay, nonliving-resources, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, physical-chemical-features, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, santa-barbara-basin, santa-lucia-bank, sediment, submarine-landslides, substrate, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5847e622-afeb-4969-a628-fe3e94a6ee9f
Organization: Department of the Interior
Distribution of Phosphorus in Soils and Aggregated within Geologic Mapping Units, Conterminous United States

This data release comprises four datasets that represent Phosphorus concentration in the A and C horizon of soils within the conterminous United States. 
The source dataset is a slight modification of the data published in the report "Geochemical and mineralogical data for soils of the conterminous United States", http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/801/. 
Data were interpolated for use in models associated with the National Water Quality Assessment program of the USGS.
Two datasets are of Phosphorus in soil A horizon and C horizon, interpolated using Inverse Distance Weight (IDW) algorithm.
Two datasets are of Phosphorus in soil A horizon and C horizon, interpolated using IDW, and then aggregated to Geologic Mapping Units (GMUs).

Tags: ecoregion, geology, groundwater, imagerybasemapsearthcover, phosphorus, soil-chemistry, soil-horizons, usgs-58486331e4b06d80b7af6d11, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Eighteen years (1996-2014) of channel cross-sectional measurements made in Spring Creek after the 1996 Buffalo Creek wildfire and subsequent flood

The consequence of the 1996 Buffalo Creek wildfire disturbance and a subsequent high-intensity summer convective rain storm (~100 mm h-1) was the deposition of a sediment superslug in the Spring Creek basin (26.8 km2) of the Front Range Mountains in Colorado.  Changes in the superslug near the confluence of Spring Creek with the South Platte River were monitored by cross-section surveys at 18 nearly equally-spaced cross sections along a 1500 m study reach for 18 years (1996-2014) to understand the evolution and internal stratigraphy of this type of disturbance in response to different geomorphic processes. These data consist of 18 Excel files (one for each cross section) containing worksheets corresponding to each channel cross-section survey (about 25-31).  Worksheets contain the basic survey information (dates, instruments, reference pin elevations, foresight, distances from reference pins, and elevations).

Tags: colorado, deposition, erosion, floods, front-range, geomorphology, hydrology, jefferson-county, sediment-transport, spring-creek, usgs-58489952e4b06d80b7b0394f
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the Elwha River delta, Washington, April 2014

This part of the data release presents a digital elevation model (DEM) derived from bathymetry and topography data of the Elwha River delta collected in April 2014. Two dams on the Elwha River, Washington State, USA trapped over 20 million m3 of sediment, reducing downstream sediment fluxes and contributing to erosion of the river's coastal delta. The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams between 2011 and 2014 induced massive increases in river sediment supply and provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine the response of a delta system to changes in sediment supply. The U.S. Geological Survey developed an integrated research program aimed at understanding the ecosystem responses following dam removal that included regular monitoring of coastal and nearshore bathymetry and topography. As part of this monitoring program, the USGS conducted a bathymetric and topographic survey in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Elwha River delta, Washington (USGS Field Activity Number 2014-620-FA). Bathymetry data were collected using two personal watercraft (PWCs), each equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. Topography data were collected on foot with GNSS receivers mounted on backpacks. DEM surfaces were produced from all available elevation data using linear interpolation.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, digital-elevation-models, echo-sounders, elevation, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, single-beam-echo-sounder, topographic-mapping, topography, usgs-5849a0a2e4b071492e42da96, water-depth
Organization: Department of the Interior
Nearshore bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, April 2014, collected from personal watercraft

This part of the data release presents bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta collected in April 2014 using two personal watercraft (PWCs). The PWCs were equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, clallum-county, echo-sounders, elevation, elwha-river, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, olympic-peninsula, single-beam-echo-sounder, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, usgs-5849a0b9e4b071492e42da9a, water-depth
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surface-sediment grain-size distributions from the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2014

This portion of the data release presents sediment grain-size data from samples collected on the Elwha River delta, Washington, in May 2014 (USGS Field Activity 2014-620-FA). Surface sediment was collected from 43 locations using a small ponar, or 'grab', sampler from a small boat on May 12, 2014 in depths between about 1 and 12 m around the delta. The locations of grab samples were determined with a hand-held global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The grain-size distributions of samples were determined using standard techniques developed by the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center sediment lab. Grab samples that yielded less than 50 g of sediment were omitted from analysis and are classified as "no sample". The grain-size data are provided in a comma-delimited spreadsheet (.csv).

Tags: clallam-county, elwha-river, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, grain-size-analysis, ocean-processes, oceans, olympic-peninsula, sediment, sediment-transport, sedimentation, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, substrate, usgs-5849a0d4e4b071492e42da9c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Topography data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, April 2014

This part of the data release presents topography data from the Elwha River delta collected in April 2014. Topography data were collected on foot with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks.

Tags: bathymetry-and-elevation, clallum-county, elevation, elwha-river, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, olympic-peninsula, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, topography, usgs-5849a0f1e4b071492e42da9e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gravity cores from San Pablo Bay and Carquinez Strait, San Francisco Bay, California

This data release contains information on gravity cores that were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the area of San Pablo Bay and Carquinez Strait, California in 1990, 1991, and 2000. Ten (10) pdf files describe gravity cores that were split, photographed, and imaged by X-rays, and another pdf file contains a core-log legend. In addition, a shapefile provides sample collection data.
Seventy-two gravity cores were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1990, 1991, and 2000 from San Pablo Bay and Carquinez Strait, California. Gravity cores from San Pablo Bay contain bioturbated laminated silts and sandy clays, whole and broken bivalve shells (mostly mussels), fossil tube structures, and fine plant or wood fragments. Gravity cores from the channel wall of Carquinez Strait east of San Pablo Bay consist of sand and clay layers, whole and broken bivalve shells (less than in San Pablo Bay), trace fossil tubes, and minute fragments of plant material.

Tags: carquinez-strait, environment, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gravity-coring, oceans, san-francisco-bay, san-pablo-bay, state-of-california, stratigraphy, usgs-5849b74fe4b071492e42db02
Organization: Department of the Interior
Conservation Planning for the Colorado River in Utah - Riparian Overstory Model with Tamarisk Penalty Output Data for Colorado River in Utah

This is a habitat suitability model for riparian overstory species in the Colorado River bottomland in Utah, and includes a penalty for abundance of tamarisk which may limit habitat quality. The model incorporates the prevalence of trees, complexity of woody structure, quality of canopy, and tree patch size. See accompanying publication for data processing details.

Tags: arches-national-park, biota, canyonlands-national-park, colorado-river, conservation-planning, environment, grand-county, habitat-suitability, inlandwaters, moab, riparian, san-juan-county, tamarisk, upper-colorado-river, usgs-5866ea8ee4b0cd2dabe7c6a5, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Volcanic Gas Measurements at Mount Cleveland, 14-15 August 2015

On 14-15 August 2015, helicopter-based measurements were made of the volcanic gases emitted from Mount Cleveland, AK. An upward-looking differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) system was used to measure incident scattered solar ultraviolet radiation while traversing beneath the plume on multiple occasions 14-15 August. This data was used to derive SO2 emission rates. Additionally, a Multi-Component Gas Analyzer System (Multi-GAS) was used to make measurements of trace gas concentrations while on a dedicated measurement flight passing through the gas plume on 15 August (19:15 - 19:56 UTC). Radiance spectra and gas compositions were both recorded at 1 second time resolution. Each spectrum and gas measurement was stamped with the GPS time and location. Each spectrum was saved in a separate ASCII file which includes 2048 radiances measured in the 285 - 430 nm spectral region and metadata associated with each acquisition. The Multi-GAS measurements are saved in a spreadsheet in the *.csv format.

Tags: doas, geochemistry, mulit-gas, spectroscopy, usgs-5849c4c2e4b071492e42db51, volcanology
Organization: Department of the Interior
Velocity profiling at the US Army Corps of Engineers Electric Dispersal Barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during passage of fully loaded commercial tows in August 2016

In 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers undertook a large-scale interagency field study to determine the influence of commercial barge vessels on the efficacy of the Electric Dispersal Barrier System (EDBS) in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) in preventing fish passage. This study included a series of trials in which a tow, consisting of a tug vessel and six fully-loaded barges, transited the EDBS in both upstream-bound and downstream-bound directions. The U.S. Geological Survey measured velocity profiles during these trials using synchronized velocity probes mounted on both the barge and the west canal wall. SonTek Argonaut SW 300 kHz acoustic Doppler velocity meters (SW) were used in both wall- and barge-mounted configurations, along with a wall-mounted 600 kHz Teledyne RD Instruments Channel Master horizontal acoustic Doppler current profiler (CM) and a barge-mounted 1,200 kHz CM. All velocity measurements were averaged over 10 second intervals during measurement and are included in this data release as .csv files.

Tags: acoustic-doppler-current-profiling, chicago-sanitary-and-ship-canal, hydrodynamics, illinois, romeoville, usgs-584adbb6e4b07e29c706de0d, will-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
Concentrations of Bioactive Organic Contaminants in Water and Sediment and Rates of Contaminant Biodegradation in Sediment at Congaree National Park, USA 2013-15

Data release including concentrations of bioactive organic contaminants in water and sediment and biodegradation rates of select model contaminants in sediment from Congaree National Park during 2013-15.  Chemical analyses for targeted organic analytes include, human-use pharmaceuticals, degradates and metabolites and hormones and organic wastewater indicator compounds.  Samples were collected between May 2013 and May 2015. Data release is associated with  journal Article entitled, "Widespread Occurrence and the Potential for Biodegradation of Bioactive Contaminants in Protected Wilderness at Congaree National Park, USA", Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3873 by Bradley, P.M., W.A. Battaglin, J.M. Clark, F.P. Henning, M.L. Hladik, L.R. Iwanowicz, C.A. Journey, J. Riley, and K.M. Romanok.

Tags: aquatic-environments, bed-sediment-quality, bioactive-organic-contaminants, congaree-national-park, laboratory, north-carolina, south-carolina, stream-bed, streams, streamwater-quality, united-states, usgs-584ae71de4b07e29c706de27
Organization: Department of the Interior
Ecological zones of California deserts

The dataset delineates ecological zones within California deserts. We derived ecological zones by reclassifying LANDFIRE vegetation biophysical setting types, plus defined various non-wildland (e.g. developed urban/agriculture/roads) and non-burnable (e.g. open water/barren) areas using LANDFIRE existing vegetation types. The 43 biophysical setting types present within the study area were grouped into 13 general vegetation types, which were further grouped into 4 elevation-based ecological zones plus one riparian zone according to their constituent plant associations.

Tags: california, colorado-desert, deserts, great-basin, mojave-desert, mono, sonoran-desert, usgs-584af1dfe4b07e29c706de3b, wildfire-regimes
Organization: Department of the Interior
Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: STATSGO Soil Characteristics, Soil pH

This tabular data set represents the soil pH as processed from STATSGO2 database compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network. The source data was produced by the United States Geological Survey (Wieczorek, 2019). Soil pH units are approximately the negative of the base 10 logarithm of the molar concentration, measured in units of moles per liter, of hydrogen ions. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlus version 2 data suite by the unique identifier COMID.  Reach catchment information characterizes data at the local scale. Reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network characterizes cumulative upstream conditions.  Network-accumulated values are computed using two methods, 1) divergence-routed and 2) total cumulative drainage area. Both approaches use a modified routing database to navigate the NHDPlus reach network to aggregate (accumulate) the metrics derived from the reach catchment scale. (Schwarz and Wieczorek, 2016).

Tags: arkansas-white_red, california, catchment, conterminous-united-states, great-lakes, inlandwaters, lower-mississippi, missouri, nawqa, new-england-and-mid-atlantic, nhdplus, ohio, pacific-northwest, ph, rio-grande-colorado-and-great-basin, soil, souris-red-rainy, south-atlantic-gulf-and-tennessee, statsgo, tennessee, texas-gulf, upper-mississippi, usgs-584b0401e4b07e29c706de59
Organization: Department of the Interior
Groundwater withdrawals from the Floridan aquifer system by county, 2005

Values represent groundwater withdrawals from the Floridan aquifer system for 2005 in the southeastern United States. Withdrawals were computed by multiplying the gross groundwater withdrawals for each county by a coefficient representing the proportion of total groundwater withdrawals coming from each aquifer. Coefficients for each county and water-use category were back-calculated from data published in Marella and Berndt, 2005, Water withdrawals and trends from the Floridan aquifer system in the southeastern United States, 1950–2000: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1278, 20 p. and also from unpublished data from the U.S. Geological Survey South Atlantic Water Science Center (Georgia District).

Tags: alabama, florida, floridan-aquifer-system, georgia, groundwater, south-carolina, usgs-585d4b13e4b01224f329bda5, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data set used to develop a conceptual framework for effectively anticipating water-quality changes resulting from changes in agricultural activities

This USGS data release contains 2013 streamflow, baseflow, and precipitation data from three hydrologically-diverse streams in the United States used to develop a conceptual framework for effectively anticipating water-quality changes resulting from changes in agricultural activities. The framework combined generalized concepts on the movement of water, the environmental behavior of chemicals and eroded soil, and the designed functions of various agricultural activities. The framework addresses the impacts on water quality of a broad range of agricultural chemicals and sediment across a variety of hydrologic settings. 
• Chesterville Branch near Crumpton, Maryland, (USGS site ID - 01493112) had substantial baseflow throughout the year with increased streamflow within a day of rainfall.  
• Indian Creek at State Line RD, Leawood, Kansas (USGS site ID - 06893390) was a fastflow-dominated urban steam that was not well connected to shallow groundwater.  
• The watershed of Leary-Weber Ditch at Mohawk, Indiana (USGS site ID - 03361638) has an extensive subsurface drainage network within its watershed.  
These data support the following publication:  
Capel, P.D., Wolock, D.M., Coupe, R.H., and Roth, J.L., 2017, A conceptual framework for effectively anticipating water-quality changes resulting from changes in agricultural activities: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5095, 35 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175095.

Tags: agricultural-management-practices, agriculture, base-flow, baseflow, chemical-sorptivity, chemical-transformation, chemical-transport, flowpath, groundwater, groundwater-flow, groundwater-quality, hydrologic-transit-times, indiana, kansas, maryland, sediment-transport, sorption, usgs-584c8216e4b077fc20250e76, water-chemistry, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the Elwha River delta, Washington, September 2013

This part of the data release presents a digital elevation model (DEM) derived from bathymetry and topography data of the Elwha River delta collected in September 2013. Two dams on the Elwha River, Washington State, USA trapped over 20 million m3 of sediment, reducing downstream sediment fluxes and contributing to erosion of the river's coastal delta. The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams between 2011 and 2014 induced massive increases in river sediment supply and provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine the response of a delta system to changes in sediment supply. The U.S. Geological Survey developed an integrated research program aimed at understanding the ecosystem responses following dam removal that included regular monitoring of coastal and nearshore bathymetry and topography. As part of this monitoring program, the USGS conducted a bathymetric and topographic survey in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Elwha River delta, Washington (USGS Field Activity Number W-07-13-PS). Bathymetry data were collected using two personal watercraft (PWCs), each equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. Topography data were collected on foot with GNSS receivers mounted on backpacks. DEM surfaces were produced from all available elevation data using linear interpolation.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, digital-elevation-models, echo-sounders, elevation, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, single-beam-echo-sounder, topographic-mapping, topography, usgs-584ef59ce4b0260a37381984, water-depth
Organization: Department of the Interior
Nearshore bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, September 2013, collected from personal watercraft

This part of the data release presents bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta collected in September 2013 using two personal watercraft (PWCs). The PWCs were equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, clallum-county, echo-sounders, elevation, elwha-river, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, olympic-peninsula, single-beam-echo-sounder, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, usgs-584ef5c8e4b0260a37381988, water-depth
Organization: Department of the Interior
Topography data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, September 2013

This part of the data release presents topography data from the Elwha River delta collected in September 2013. Topography data were collected on foot with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks.

Tags: bathymetry-and-elevation, clallum-county, elevation, elwha-river, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, olympic-peninsula, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, topography, usgs-584ef60ae4b0260a37381991
Organization: Department of the Interior
Concentrations and laboratory quality-assurance data for sulfamethoxazole and carbamazepine measured in shallow groundwater near wastewater land-application sites by using ELISA methods

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, conducted a study to determine the occurrence of micropollutants in: (1) shallow groundwater near large subsurface treatment systems and rapid infiltration basins and (2) shallow groundwater and soil from an agricultural field that land applies domestic wastewater. Water samples were analyzed with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methods at the U.S. Geological Survey Minnesota Water Science Center for carbamazepine and sulfamethoxazole.  
These data support the following publication: 
Krall, A.L., Elliott, S.M., Erickson, M.L., and Adams, B.A., 2018, Detecting sulfamethoxazole and carbamazepine in groundwater: Is ELISA a reliable screening tool?, Environmental Pollution, 234, p. 420-428. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.11.065.

Tags: groundwater-quality, minnesota, non-point-source-pollution, pharmaceutical-contamination, usgs-584f01b8e4b0260a373819e2, waste-treatment-and-disposal, wastewater-land-application-sites
Organization: Department of the Interior