AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Model Archive Summary for Turbidity Derived Suspended-Sediment Concentrations at USGS Station 11336680; South Mokelumne River at New Hope Bridge near Walnut Grove, California (2011 - 2015)

Model archive summary (MAS) describing the development of a continuous 15-minute suspended-sediment concentration (SSC) time series regression model for the site: South Mokelumne River at New Hope Bridge near Walnut Grove, California, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) station number 11336680. The SSC time series is computed from instream turbidity data that is managed by the USGS using a YSI 6-series multi-parameter water quality sonde.

Tags: california, environment, geomorphology, hydrology, lower-cosumnes-lower-mokelumne, san-joaquin-county, san-joaquin-delta, sediment-transport, suspended-material-water, turbidity, usgs-62794131d34e8d45aa6e3bdf, water-quality, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data Release for Luminescence: Late Holocene rupture history of the Ash Hill Fault, Eastern California Shear Zone, and the potential for seismogenic strain transfer between nearby faults

The following report summarizes the dating results from sedimentary deposits exposed by soil pits in Panamint Valley, CA. Within this report, we detail the methodology used by the USGS Luminescence Geochronology Laboratory to obtain ages including sample preparation methods, luminescence measurement, equivalent dose determination, and dating-related calculations.

Tags: age-estimation-methods, ash-hill-fault, biota, death-valley, eastern-california-shear-zone, geochronology, luminescence-dating, optically-stimulated-luminescence, panamint-valley, radiation-dosimetry, southern-california, usgs-6296508bd34ec53d276bafba
Organization: Department of the Interior
Evaluation of preservation techniques for trace metals and major cations for surface waters collected from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Network Sites

The USGS National Field Manual (NFM) states “A representative sample is one that typifies in time and space that part of the aqueous system to be studied” and “obtaining representative samples is of primary importance for a relevant description of the environment.” The NFM contains detailed chapters on the best practices for representative and contamination free sampling of major and trace metals (U.S. Geological Survey 2006). However, as analytical capabilities have advanced and new preservation methods developed, there is a need to study the effectiveness of various amounts of nitric acid preservation for trace metals and major cations in surface water and groundwater. 
The amount of nitric acid prescribed by the NFM for the preservation of cations and trace metals (0.4% v/v concentrated nitric acid, see attachment 1; U.S. Geological Survey 2002) is lower than some other commonly used methods (e.g., 1% v/v concentrated nitric acid). Furthermore, the NFM calls for the final sample pH to be less than 2, which may not always be measured or may change as the sample equilibrates (e.g. groundwater). The additional acid volume will likely prevent the formation of precipitates and may simplify field sampling protocols (i.e. measuring the final pH of the preserved sample may not be necessary).
A total of eighty-eight replicate samples from sixty-nine different sites were collected from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Network (NWQN). One replicate sample was preserved using the current method prescribed by the NFM (0.4% v/v concentrated nitric acid) and additional nitric was added to the second replicate sample (total of 1% v/v concentrated nitric acid). The paired samples were analyzed for trace metals by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and major cations by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry.

Tags: biota, usgs-626863f6d34e76103cd011b3, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surface water estimates for a complex study site derived from traditional and emerging methods

These data describe the area of different habitat covered in water as determined via three approaches: manual surveys, digitized aerial imagery, and categorization of the newly available dynamic surface water extent dataset derived from satellite imagery. These data support a scientific publication.

Tags: biota, dynamic-surface-water-extent, landsat, usgs-6259623ad34e21f82770a79d, waterbirds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital subsurface data from previously published contoured maps of the top of the Dakota Sandstone, Uinta and Piceance basins, Utah and Colorado

The top of the Upper Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone is present in the subsurface throughout the Uinta and Piceance basins of UT and CO and is easily recognized in the subsurface from geophysical well logs. This digital data release captures in digital form the results of two previously published contoured subsurface maps that were constructed on the top of Dakota Sandstone datum; one of the studies also included a map constructed on the top of the overlying Mancos Shale. A structure contour map of the top of the Dakota Sandstone was constructed as part of a U.S. Geological Survey Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Oil and Gas in the Uinta-Piceance Province, Utah and Colorado (Roberts, 2003). This surface, constructed using data from oil and gas wells, from digital geologic maps of Utah and Colorado, and from thicknesses of overlying stratigraphic units, depicts the overall configuration of major structural trends of the present-day Uinta and Piceance basins and was used to define the elevation of the base of a specific source-rock interval as part of the assessment. A second structure contour map of the top of the Dakota Sandstone, along with a contoured map showing the elevation of the top of the overlying Mancos Shale, was constructed from well data as part of a stratigraphic research thesis of the Douglas Creek Arch, a structural high which separates the Uinta and Piceance basins (Kuzniak, 2009). 
This digital dataset contains spatial datasets corresponding to the structure contour maps of the top of the Dakota Sandstone produced by the U.S. Geological Survey's petroleum assessment (Roberts, 2003) and the topical studies along the Douglas Creek Arch (Kuzniak, 2009). Both structure contour maps of the top of the Dakota Sandstone were digitized and attributed as GIS data sets so that these data could be used in digital form as part of U.S. Geological Survey and other studies of these basins. The contours depicting the elevation of the top of the Dakota Sandstone are contained in line feature classes within a geographic information system geodatabase and are also saved as individual shapefiles. Feature classes have a single attribute, elevation, that represents the contoured value. Contoured values are given in feet, to maintain consistency with the original publication, and in meters. Nonspatial tables define the data sources used, define terms used in the dataset, and describe the geologic units. A tabular data dictionary describes the entity and attribute information for all attributes of the geospatial data and the accompanying nonspatial tables.

Tags: colorado, dakota-sandstone, elevation, geologic-structure, inlandwaters, mancos-shale, piceance-creek-basin, structure-contours, uinta-basin, usgs-62686687d34e76103cd011d4, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data on deer mouse and vole plague vaccination and captures in central New Mexico, 2019-2021

Our study was conducted from 2019-2021 in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. We live trapped deer mice and two species of voles in Sherman traps, mostly at nighttime, from June-October 2019 and June-September 2020-2021. We marked each rodent with ear tags and a passive integrated transponder for permanent identification. We used an F1 antigen vaccine to vaccinate some individuals against plague. Specifically, we injected vaccine to the first animal processed within each species, age group (adult or juvenile based on size), sex, trap session, and plot and then alternated between vaccine and placebo injections thereafter. We administered a placebo injection, lacking the F1 antigen, to the remaining individuals, which functioned as experimental baselines. Trapping was completed at 6 sites in the forest, including a mountain site called Buck Mountain. 
The first dataset (Mouse Survival Data 2019-2021.xlsx) includes deer mice only ("SPECIES" = deer mouse). Each line of data is for an individual mouse. The variable "YEAR" indicates the first year of capture for an individual mouse (2019, 2020, 2021).  Additional variables include "SEX" (female, male) and "TREATMENT" (vaccine, placebo). The dataset also includes a capture history ("CAPTUREHISTORY") for each mouse. The capture histories include binomial values for each trapping session in a given year, denoting whether or not an individual was not captured (0) or was captured (1) in each trapping session. The data are formatted in this manner to facilitate capture-mark-recapture analyses (typically defined as assessing animal "survival").
The second dataset (Buck Mountain Mouse and Vole Reencounter Data 2019-2021.xlsx) includes mice and voles from a site called "Buck Mountain", specifically. Each line of data is for an individual mouse or vole. Variables include "YEAR" (2019, 2020, 2021), "SPECIES" (deer mouse, vole), "SEX" (female, male), "TREATMENT" (vaccine or placebo), reencounter "INTERVAL" (with 3 monthly survival intervals per year), and "SURVIVAL" (a binomial variable denoting whether or not the individual survived the interval of interest [i.e., 1 = captured at the start and end of the  monthly interval, 0 = captured at the start but not at the end of the monthly interval]). The data are formatted in this manner to facilitate logistic regression analyses (typically defined as assessing animal "reencounters").
Funding for this study was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center internally, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado State University, and Prairie Wildlife Research.

Tags: biota, deer-mouse, ecology, lincoln-national-forest, microtus, new-mexico, peromyscus-maniculatus, plague, usgs-626888b3d34e76103cd0122a, vole
Organization: Department of the Interior
MODFLOW 6 model and ensemble used in the simulation of groundwater flow and land subsidence in the northern part of the Gulf Coast aquifer, 1897-2018 (ver. 2.0, September 2023)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District and Fort Bend Subsidence District, constructed a finite-difference numerical groundwater-flow model of the northern Gulf Coast aquifer region for 1897 through 2018 using MODFLOW 6 with the Newton formulation solver to simulate groundwater flow and land-surface subsidence. Model parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis were conducted with PEST++ Iterative Ensemble Smoother software. The simulated results are described in the associated U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1877. The model archive provided in this U.S. Geological Survey data release includes all the necessary files to run the MODFLOW 6 model and process the results for the posterior base realization as displayed in the accompanying report. The readme_v2.txt file describes selected files and directories in the archive and provides instructions for running the model. This data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated model documentation report (https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1877). This data release version 2.0 has been updated from the original version to include additional model outputs. The model inputs are identical to those included in data release version 1.0 and will produce identical results.

Tags: fort-bend-county, galveston-county, groundwater, groundwater-flow, groundwater-model, harris-county, houston, inlandwaters, modeling, modflow6, montgomery-county, pest, python, soil-water-balance, subsidence, texas, usgs-6259bbfed34e21f82770a9c9, usgsgroundwatermodel
Organization: Department of the Interior
MODFLOW 6 and MODPATH7 used to simulate regional groundwater flow and advective transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and vicinity, New Jersey, 2018

A three-dimensional groundwater flow model using MODFLOW 6 (version 6.2.2) was developed and calibrated for unconsolidated Coastal Plain aquifers underlying the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) and vicinity, New Jersey, to evaluate groundwater flow pathways of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination associated with use of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF). The model was developed and calibrated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) based on the previously developed hydrogeologic framework (https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191134). Steady-state flow in the unconsolidated aquifers was simulated using the MODFLOW 6 which accounts for hydrostratigraphic pinchouts and discontinuities in the Coastal Plain aquifers underlying JBMDL. To account for local patterns of fluid flow driving advective subsurface migration of PFAS, the grid was refined using quadtree meshes spanning areas where historical AFFF use was identified, where PFAS is most likely to pose a potential danger to local drinking water supplies, and along streams that behave as drains in the baseflow-dominated Coastal Plain. The model was calibrated using the parameter-estimation program PEST (version 17.3), which adjusts model parameters to most closely matching 544 water levels and 20 estimated baseflows. The MODPATH7 (version 7.2.001) particle-tracking algorithm was used to estimate advective transport paths of PFAS in the vicinity of JBMDL. Forward tracking was used to determine paths of PFAS away from AFFF source areas to streams, wetlands, pumping wells, and general geographic areas that PFAS may contaminate. Reverse tracking was used to determine particle tracks that intersect off-site PFAS reconnaissance areas to determine PFAS capture zones, or areas within which all sources of PFAS that might be advectively transported into subsurface drinking-water supplies underlying those areas. 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/10.3133/ofr20221112).

Tags: advective-transport, bucks-county, burlington-county, capture-area, environment, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-model, inlandwaters, kirkwood-cohansey-aquifer-system, manasquan-shark-river-confining-unit, mercer-county, modflow, modflow6, modpath, monmouth-county, navesink-hornerstown-confining-unit, new-jersey, ocean-county, particle-tracking, pennsylvania, pest, pfas, pinelands, piney-point-aquifer, source-area, usgs-62a259d3d34ec53d277072cc, usgsgroundwatermodel, vincentown-aquifer
Organization: Department of the Interior
Oceanographic XBT Data Device Location for Joint USGS Cruise 03008 and NOAA RB0303

"The Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) has been used by oceanographers for many years to obtain information on the temperature structure of the ocean to depths of up to 1500 meters. The XBT... is a probe which is dropped from a ship and measures the temperature as it falls through the water. Two very small wires transmit the temperature data to the ship where it is recorded for later analysis. The probe is designed to fall at a constant rate, so that the depth of the probe can be inferred from the time since it was launched. By plotting temperature as a function of depth, the [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Geological Survey] scientists can get a picture of the temperature profile of the water." (http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/uot/uot_xbt.html).  The XBT device and location where it was dropped was engineered by the USGS Science Cruise 03008 in collaboration with NOAA Research Cruise RB0303 from 18 February to 7 March 2003, Leg II of III. (Leg I and III: 20020924 to 20020930 and 20030828 to 20030904, respectively). This data set is in shapefile format.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, caribbean-sea, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, expendable-bathythermograph, geospatial-datasets, location, locations, marine-chemistry, national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, navigational-data, noaa, noaa-cruise-rb0303, north-america, north-atlantic-ocean, ocean-temperature, oceans, point-shapefile, puerto-rico, puerto-rico-trench, sippican-mk-12-xbt, u-s-geological-survey, us-caribbean-island, us-possessions, usgs, usgs-6268e304-562d-48b3-8668-924755a91fc4, usgs-cruise-03008, xbt
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chemical characterization of water, sediments, and fish from Water Conservation Areas and Canals of the Florida Everglades (USA), 2012 to 2019

This dataset includes field and laboratory measurements of surface waters, pore waters, sediment, and fish from Water Conservation Areas and adjacent canals of the Florida Everglades (USA). Water, sediment, and fish samples were collected from Water Conservation Areas 1 (Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge), 2, and 3 and neighboring canals between 2012 and 2019. The sites sampled in Water Conservation Areas 2 and 3 follow hydrologic flow paths. Field measurements reported for surface and pore waters include specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration, and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP). Pore waters were filtered (quartz fiber filter) and measured for major cations, inorganic anions, inorganic sulfide, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration, dissolved organic matter (DOM) ultraviolet and visible light (UV-Vis) absorption and fluorescence, total mercury (HgT), and methylmercury (MeHg)concentrations. Surface water samples were collected and filtered (quartz fiber filter); particulate concentrations of MeHg and HgT were measured, and filtered aliquots were measured for major cations, inorganic anions, inorganic sulfide, DOC concentration, DOM UV-Vis and fluorescence, HgT and MeHg. Sediments were collected by push-core and measured for HgT, MeHg, organic matter content by loss on ignition (LOI), and percent dry weight. Resident mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) were collected and measured for HgT and MeHg.

Tags: fish, mercury-contamination, surface-water-quality, usgs-625d9655d34e85fa62b7a6a5, wetland-ecosystems
Organization: Department of the Interior
Environmental DNA and fish capture data from Round Goby surveys on the Champlain Canal (ver. 7.0, June 2023)

The dataset is composed of four tables containing environmental DNA (eDNA) data, fish capture data, and site location information from Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) surveys conducted on parts of the Champlain Canal and upper Hudson River, and adjacent areas, in New York during 2022 and 2023.

Tags: champlain-canal, environmental-dna, fish, freshwater-ecosystems, hudson-river, inland-fishery-resources, new-york, new-york-state-canal-system, population-and-community-ecology, usgs-62693771d34e76103cd09a94
Organization: Department of the Interior
Collection of Pesticides and Other Water Quality Analytical Data from Selected Hydrogeologic Regions of Pennsylvania (ver. 2.0, September 2025)

These datasets contain all publicly available analytical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by the Pennsylvania Pesticides in Vulnerable Groundwaters program between 2021 and 2024. Additional analytical data will be appended following the conclusion of each sampling season. All data is made publicly available in the on-line National Water Information System (NWIS). The Pennsylvania Pesticides in Vulnerable Groundwater program is a long running cooperative effort between USGS and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA). USGS and PDA have sampled for pesticides and a variety of other constituents in domestic groundwater at locations around the state since 2003. Sampling is completed each year in a predetermined hydrogeologic region with an emphasis on agricultural areas. Data from sampling prior to 2021 is not included due to the limited analytical suite that was in use at the time; analytical data from this time can be accessed through NWIS and the Water Quality Portal (WQP).

Tags: groundwater-quality, hydrology, pesticides, usgs-62695074d34e76103cd09adb
Organization: Department of the Interior
Porphyry copper deposits and prospects in the Andes Mountains of South America

The Andes Mountains of South America host significant porphyry copper deposits. The region is the major global source of copper and an area of active mining, exploration, and development. The Andes region was included in USGS global compilations of porphyry deposits published by Singer and others in 2005 and 2008. Since that time, many new discoveries and new resource data have become available. This compilation includes new and updated location, references, and grade and tonnage data for porphyry copper deposits in the Andes along with grade and tonnage data from the previous compilations. The data release includes a data table, references, and shapefiles of porphyry copper locations and political boundaries.

Tags: argentina, chile, colombia, copper, cretaceous, deposits, ecuador, eocene, geoscientificinformation, jurassic, mineral-resources, miocene, oligocene, permian, peru, pliocene, porphyry, south-america, usgs-625dae34d34e85fa62b7a712
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data supporting the 2020 and 2021 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release contains results from the 2020 and 2021 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico. Both geomorphic surveys were conducted by the USGS, in cooperation with the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico, and are the last set of surveys in a planned series of five annual geomorphic surveys of the stream reach located between the North Fork Eagle Creek near Alto, New Mexico, streamflow-gaging station (USGS site 08387550) and the Eagle Creek below South Fork near Alto, New Mexico, streamflow-gaging station (USGS site 08387600). Specifically, there are two data release files, one each for the 2020 and 2021 surveys, that include the results from 14 cross-section surveys (including locations and elevations of all cross-section points), the locations of all woody debris accumulations identified in the reach (and their respective debris jam classifications), the locations of all pools identified in the reach, and the locations of other features of geomorphic significance in the reach. Location and elevation data were primarily collected by using survey-grade real-time kinematic global navigation satellite systems (RTK GNSS) but the locations of some features were determined or estimated by using field notes, photographs, and digital mapping software. Photographs takens during the 2017 to 2021 surveys are compiled in a comrpessed zip folder titled "Field Photos".
Previous survey data releases can be accessed through the following URLs
2017 survey: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PR7TX3
2018 survey: https://doi.org/10.5066/P94ZQHKU
2019 survey: https://doi.org/10.5066/P97ALYNZ
This data release supports the following publication: 
Nichols, J.R., Chavarria, S.B., and Graziano, A.P., 2023, Assessment of post-wildfire geomorphic change in the North
Fork Eagle Creek stream channel, New Mexico, 2017–21: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report
2023–5116, 48 p., https://doi.org/ 10.3133/ sir20235116.

Tags: eagle-creek, fires, floods, geomorphology, hydrology, lincoln-county, lincoln-national-forest, new-mexico, north-fork-eagle-creek, ruidoso, sierra-blanca, usgs-626968c2d34e76103cd09b68, watershed-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Classes of permafrost microbial communities across the panarctic

The datasets contains  include permafrost microbial community taxanomic data at the class level from 133 samples across the panarctic.

Tags: alaska, arctic, biota, canada, greenland, methane, microbe, microbial, permafrost, russia, soil, sub-arctic, sweden, usgs-625ddb4bd34e85fa62b7a7d1
Organization: Department of the Interior