AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Debris Flow Video Files for Firehose Camera, Chalk Cliffs, Colorado, USA, 2017

Chalk Cliffs, located 8 miles southwest of Buena Vista, Colorado, is one of the most active debris-flow areas in the state (U.S. Geological Survey). This "Child item" page includes videos of debris flows captured by one of the high-definition cameras at the monitoring site in Chalk Cliffs, CO. This camera (Firehose Camera) is located near the bottom of the channel. The attached figure "station_and_camera_locations.png" provides an overview figure with the location of the four cameras and three stations along the channel.  
Video recording for all cameras is triggered using a rainfall threshold (Michel et al., 2019). The complete videos for all the cameras are downloaded manually during site visits.  More detailed information about the cameras and settings used can be found in the metadata file under “Process steps” in “Data quality information.”  
During 2017, several debris flows were captured by the 'Firehose Camera'. The videos for all debris flows captured by this camera along with the dates they were captured can be found in the attached zip folders.  
The following citations relate to reports that provide background information for this 'child item' page: 
Michel, A., Kean, J.W., Smith, J.B., Allstadt, K.E., Coe, J.A. (2019). Taking the pulse of debris flows: Extracting debris-flow dynamics from good vibrations in southern California and central Colorado. Debris-flow hazards mitigation: Mechanics, Monitoring, Modeling, and Assessment. http://dx.doi.org/10.25676/11124/173051 
U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program. (2020). Chalk Cliffs, Colorado. U.S Geological Survey https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/landslide-hazards/science/chalk-cliffs-colorado?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

Tags: chalk-cliffs, colorado, debris-flow, flood, geologic-hazards-science-center, geomorphology, hydrology, landslide-hazards-program, landslides, usgs, usgs-5f7f3f5282ce8dca4cfaa51f, video-monitoring, videos
Organization: Department of the Interior
Post-fire Chondrilla juncea and biocontrol at Boise River Wildlife Management Area 2018-2019

Top-down and bottom-up factors affecting invasive populations are rarely considered simultaneously, yet their interactive responses to disturbances and management interventions can be essential to understanding invasion patterns. We evaluated post-fire responses of the exotic perennial forb Chondrilla juncea (rush skeletonweed) and its biocontrol agents to landscape factors and a post-fire combined herbicide (imazapic) and bacteria (Pseudomonas fluorescens strain MB906) treatment that targeted invasive annual grasses in a sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Biocontrol agents released against C. juncea in previous decades included Cystiphora schmidti (gall midge), Aceria chondrillae (gall mite), and Puccinia chondrillina (rust fungus). C. juncea abundance was greater in sprayed than unsprayed plots, and where soils were coarser, slopes faced southwest, solar heat loads and topographic water accumulation were greater, and cover of deep-rooted native perennials was lower. Mite infestation was greater in unsprayed plots, midge infestation was greater at higher elevations on steeper slopes, and midges were more abundant while rust was less abundant on gravelly soils. Biocontrol infestation levels varied considerably between years and could not be predicted in 2019 from 2018 infestation levels. Multiple biocontrol species were often present at the same plots but were rarely present on the same C. juncea individuals. These results suggest that spatial patterns of invasion by C. juncea are related to deep-soil water availability, warmer conditions, and alleviation of competition. Treatments designed to reduce invasive annual grasses may inadvertently release C. juncea by both reducing plant competition for soil resources and affecting biocontrol agent (mite) abundance.

Tags: aceria-chondrillae, biota, botany, cystiphora-schmidti, fires, idaho, imazapic, mb906, puccinia-chondrillina, rush-skeletonweed, sagebrush-steppe, usgs-5fb590b2d34eb413d5e13b5c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Cleome lutea and Machaeranthera canescens seed transfer zones and distribution on the Colorado Plateau, US

These data were compiled to provide seed transfer and native plant materials development guidance to managers and practitioners across the Colorado Plateau and in adjacent regions. This data release contains empirical seed transfer zones  derived from molecular genetic data for Cleome lutea (syn. Peritoma lutea) and Machaeranthera canescens (syn. Dieteria canescens). These species show distinct population structure (i.e., genetic differentiation) across their ranges; as such, seed transfer zones reflect both patterns of genetic differentiation and information on each species' unique adaptations to climatic gradients. These shapefile data may support successful restoration outcomes  if, for example, seed transfer follows seed transfer zones depicted herein and/or composite seed strategies for native plant materials development utilize seed transfer zones when determining which seed accessions may be combined. The ultimate goal of these seed transfer zones is to protect natural patterns of genetic variation and maximize (or at least better understand) species' adaptations to local environmental conditions. This work was funded by the Bureau of Land Management's Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program.

Tags: adaptation, arizona, biogeography, biota, california, cleome-lutea-syn-peritoma-lutea, climatic-gradients, colorado, differentiation, environmental-restoration, flora-restoration, genetic-differentiation, genetic-diversity, genetic-resources, genetic-variation, intermountain-west, machaeranthera-canescens-syn-dieteria-canescens, molecular-genetic-data, native-plant, nebraska, nevada, new-mexico, north-america, population-differentiation, restoration, seed-accessions, seed-strategies, seed-transfer, seed-transfer-zones, south-dakota, united-states, usgs-5fb567c1d34eb413d5e13a9c, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hoary Marmot Abundance in North Cascades National Park 2007-2008 and 2016-2017

USGS and NPS biologists used distance sampling to estimate abundance of hoary marmots (Marmota caligata) in North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA during 2007-2008 and 2016-2017. Biologists resurveyed hoary marmots in 2016 and 2017 at 78 point-count stations across 19 sites surveyed by NPS in 2007-2008. Data include marmot detection distances and survey conditions used to estimate abundances at each site in each year. Data also include estimated marmot abundances and covariates used to evaluate effects of weather, snowpack, and vegetative phenology and productivity on marmot abundances. Marmots are classified as adult, subadult, or juvenile for observations in which age was evident.

Tags: atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, biota, ecology, marmot, north-cascades-national-park, snow-and-ice-cover, usgs-5fb55240d34eb413d5e13a24, washington
Organization: Department of the Interior
Backwater Sedimentation in Navigation Pools 4 and 8 of the Upper Mississippi River

Transects in backwaters of Navigation Pools 4 and 8 of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) were established in 1997 to measure sedimentation rates. Annual surveys were conducted from 1997-2002 and then some transects surveyed again in 2017-18.  Changes and patterns observed were reported on in 2003 for the 1997-2002 data, and a report summarizing changes and patterns from 1997-2017 will be reported on at this time. Several variables are recorded each survey year and placed into an Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheets are read with a SAS program to generate a SAS dataset used in SAS programs to determine rates, depth loss, and associations between depth and change through regression.

Tags: biota, erosion, mississippi-river, navigational-pool, none, sedimentation, upper-mississippi-river, usgs-5fb53682d34eb413d5e139c6
Organization: Department of the Interior
Input and output data from streamflow and water-quality regression models used to characterize streamflow and water-quality conditions in the Upper Yampa River Basin, Colorado, from 1992 to 2018

This dataset includes input and output data from streamflow and water-quality regression models used to characterize streamflow and water-quality conditions in the Upper Yampa River Basin, Colorado, from 1999 to 2018. All input data, including discrete and continuous streamflow records and discrete concentrations of suspended sediment, Kjeldahl nitrogen, and total phosphorus, were compiled from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS) database. Input data were used in multiple models including Maintenance of Variance Extension Type 2 (MOVE.2), LOAD ESTimator (LOADEST), and Weighted Regressions on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS) to estimate continuous streamflow records, daily concentrations and loads, and streamflow-normalized annual mean concentrations and loads of selected water-quality constituents.

Tags: colorado, datasets, nitrogen, phosphorus, streamflow, suspended-material-water, upper-yampa, usgs-5fb5363dd34eb413d5e139bf, utilitiescommunication, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data sets for: Status of Water Quality in Groundwater Resources Used for Drinking-Water Supply in the Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, 2013-2015 - California GAMA Priority Basin Project

This data release contains site information and potential explanatory factor data for 1,899 groundwater sites. These sites were used to assess groundwater quality in aquifers used for domestic and public drinking water supply in the southeastern San Joaquin Valley. The southeastern San Joaquin Valley (SESJV) study unit consists of five study areas whose boundaries are defined by the eponymous California Department of Water Resources groundwater subbasins of the San Joaquin Valley groundwater basin: Madera-Chowchilla, Kings, Kaweah, Tule, and Tulare Lake. The sites consist of 198 wells representing the domestic-supply aquifer and 1,701 wells representing the public-supply aquifer. The domestic-supply aquifer wells were sampled in 2013-2015 by the USGS for either the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP) or the USGS National Water Quality Assessment project (NAWQA). The public-supply aquifer wells were either sampled by the USGS for the GAMA-PBP in 2005-2018 or have water-quality data in the California State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water (SWRCB-DDW) public database. The data types in this data release include site identification and location, well construction and lithology data, land use characteristics, groundwater age and oxidation-reduction classifications and aridity indices. Not all sites have data for all fields. Water-quality data for the sites are available from U.S. Geological Survey (2023), and California State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water (2023). The study design and the assessment results are presented in Burow and others (2024).

Tags: central-valley-aquifer-system, domestic-well-water-use, farming, fresno, groundwater-quality, imagerybasemapsearthcover, kings, madera, oceans, tulare, usgs-5fb44127d34eb413d5e0dbf3
Organization: Department of the Interior
Shot-Point Navigation for the Boomer High-Resolution Seismic-Reflection Profiles Collected During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) R/V Rafael Cruise 08034 off Edgartown, Massachusetts (08034_BOOMERNAV.SHP)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from the combined single-beam and multibeam echo-sounder data and sidescan-sonar data collected in the vicinity of Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts.  During August 2008 seismic-reflection profiles (Boomer and Chirp) were acquired, and during September 2008 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of two ground-truth reconnaissance surveys.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, boomer, cape-cod, cape-poge, chappaquiddick-island, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, dukes-county, edgartown, edgartown-harbor, field-activity-number-08034, geospatial-datasets, high-resolution-seismic-reflection, location, marine-geophysics, marthas-vineyard, massachusetts, nantucket-sound, navigational-data, north-america, northeast-united-states, oceans, ofr-2009-1001, open-file-report-2009-1001, rv-rafael, seg-y-format, seismic-profiles, subbottom, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5fb43bd9-ed91-43d2-b8ac-46c0890f0bcf, usgs-woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center, whcmsc
Organization: Department of the Interior
USGS VectoMax EfficacyTrials Larval Counts, Kawaikoi Stream, Alakai Wilderness Area 2016-2017

As part of a larger study looking at the ecology and potential control of larval Culex quinquefasciatus, USGS and Hawaii DOFAW personnel monitored larval mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus) and the non-target species Microvelia vagans and Megalagrion larvae in perched stream pools, seeps and ground pools along the Kawaikoi Stream during late summer, September through November 2016 and 2017. Pools were sampled before and following treatment with the biopesticide VectoMax FG at 1, 2, 7, 14, and 21 days post treatment to determine the efficacy of control and potential non-target effects. Only pools with mosquito larvae were treated although paired, untreated pools were also sampled to serve as controls for the non-target effects.

Tags: alakai-wilderness-preserve, avian-malaria, biopesticide, biota, hawaiian-honeycreepers, kauai, kawaikoi-stream, mosquito-control, usgs-5fb434f9d34eb413d5e0cfe5, usgs-ema-low-fish-and-wildlife-disease, wildlife-disease
Organization: Department of the Interior
Site Locations for Kawaikoi Stream and Volcano Village

Mosquito-borne avian malaria is a key limiting factor on Hawaiian forest bird populations. Preservation of endemic forest birds and restoration of Hawaiian forest bird communities will rely on mosquito control. While landscape level control is being developed managers need short term and reliable tools for monitoring and controlling mosquito populations to protect remaining breeding bird populations.This dataset consists of site coordinates on Kauai  and Hawaii Island where trapping of adult mosquitoes, surveys for larval mosquitoes and biopesticide efficacy trials occurred during 2016 and 2017.

Tags: alakai-wilderness, biota, hawaii-county, hawaii-island, health, kauai, usgs-5fb4304ed34eb413d5e0cb2c, usgs-ema-low-fish-and-wildlife-disease, usgs-ema-low-fwd-detection-tool-development-and-testing, volcano, volcano-village, wildlife-disease
Organization: Department of the Interior
Kauai  Adult Mosquito Monitoring

As part of a larger study looking at the efficacy of the biopesticide VectoMax FG for control of larval Culex quinquefasciatus, USGS and DOFAW personnel monitored adult mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes japonicus) along the Kawaikoi Stream during late summer, September through November 2016 and 2017. Ten trap sites were selected across a 1-kilometer grid centered on the intersection of the Alakai Swamp Trail and Kawaikoi Stream, Alakai Wilderness Preserve, Kauai. Traps  were located at least 200 meters apart at accessible sites along the stream, valley floor, and adjacent plateau. Both Biogents Sentinel Traps (BGS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Gravid Traps (GRV) were operated nightly at each site from 1600 to 0700 hr the following morning. Depending on the weather (heavy rains and high water) and trap reliability (battery and CO2 delivery failures) the number of traps operated per night varied considerably.  The data was used to compare the weekly relative abundance of mosquitoes (mosquitoes/trap-night) across the trapping season and following VectoMax FG application.

Tags: alakai-wilderness-preserve, avian-malaria, biopesticide, biota, hawaiian-honeycreepers, health, kauai, kawaikoi-stream, mosquito-vector, usgs-5fb42fb7d34eb413d5e0ca89, usgs-ema-low-fish-and-wildlife-disease, wildlife-disease
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for Characterization of Ambient Groundwater Quality within a State-wide, Fixed Station Monitoring Network in Pennsylvania, 2015-2019

This dataset contains quality-assurance and quality-control data (QA/QC) not publicly available in the online National Water Information System (NWIS) for the Pennsylvania Groundwater Monitoring Network collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Pennsylvania, 2015-2019. The quality-control data (such as blanks and replicates) were collected at a subset of sites to ensure that the data meets specific data-quality objectives of this program. Also included in this data release are the supplemental tables for the accompanying USGS publication “Characterization of Ambient Groundwater Quality within a State-wide, Fixed Station Monitoring Network in Pennsylvania, 2015-2019.” The supplemental tables consist of: 1) a correlation matrix using results from principal components analysis (PCA) and 2) individual contributions of each sample to the PCA results are also included.

Tags: adams-county, bradford-county, carbon-county, centre-county, chester-county, cumberland, forest-county, groundwater, hydrology, lebanon-county, lycoming-county, pennsylvania, somerset-county, susquehanna-county, union-county, usgs-5fb42895d34eb413d5e0c409, water-chemistry, wyoming-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from a salt marsh platform and ponds, Rowley, Massachusetts, 2014-15

Sediment cores were collected from three sites within the Plum Island Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research (PIE-LTER) domain in Massachusetts to obtain estimates of long-term marsh decomposition and evaluate shifts in the composition and reactivity of sediment organic carbon in disturbed marsh environments. Paired sediment cores were collected from three sites on the marsh platform and from three ponds; these cores were about 100 and 50 centimeters in length, respectively. The marsh sites had similar elevations, at about 1.41 to 1.51 meters relative to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988, and similar salt marsh grass communities, dominated by Spartina patens, S. alterniflora, and Distichlis spicata. Permanently inundated ponds within each site had comparable depths (0.24–0.30 meters) but varied in size (between 643 and 7,149 square meters; Spivak et al., 2017, 2018). The U.S. Geological Survey analyzed radioisotope concentrations for lead-210, radium-226, cesium-127, and beryllium-7 from six marsh cores and three pond cores to develop an age model for each core. This data release includes calculated percent dry bulk density and raw radioisotope data for these cores.  
Spivak, A.C., Gosselin, K., Howard, E., Mariotti, G., Forbrich, I., Stanley, R., and Sylva, S.P., 2017, Shallow ponds are heterogeneous habitats within a temperate salt marsh ecosystem: Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 122(6), 1371-1384.  
Spivak, A. C., Gosselin, K. M., and Sylva, S.P., 2018, Shallow ponds are biogeochemically distinct habitats in salt marsh ecosystems: Limnology and Oceanography, 63(4), 1622-1642.

Tags: biota, cesium-137, cesium-radioisotopes, chmrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-program, commonwealth-of-massachusetts-606926, environment, gamma-spectroscopy, geoscientificinformation, lead-210, location, piston-coring, plum-island-613733, radiometric-dating, radionuclides, rowley-river-614599, salt-marshes, sedimentation, soil-chemistry, united-states-of-america-1890467, usgs-5fb41153d34eb413d5e0af37, wetland-ecosystems, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated tree mortality, basal area, climate, and drought conditions for ponderosa pine in forest inventory plots across the western U.S.

These data consist of environmental covariates and estimated plot-level mortality of ponderosa pine trees. Environmental covariates include growing season temperature and soil moisture, and values are summarized into long-term mean conditions, and anomalies observed between forest inventory sampling events for each plot. Data also include plot locations (with uncertainty introduced by the US Forest Service to maintain private property rights), plot basal area, and several variables related to estimated mortality rate of ponderosa pine trees under various assumptions about basal area conditions.

Tags: air-temperature, arizona, basal-area, basal-area-conditions, biota, california, climate-change, colorado, droughts, environmental-changes, environmental-covariates, estimated-mortality-rate, estimated-plot-level-mortality, field-sampling, forest-ecosystems, forest-inventory, forest-inventory-plot, forest-inventory-sampling-events, forest-management, forest-sampling, forestry, forests, growing-season-soil-moisture, growing-season-temperature, idaho, long-term-ecological-monitoring, long-term-mean-conditions, montana, mortality, nevada, new-mexico, oregon, pine-forests, plot-basal-area, plot-locations, plot-sampling, ponderosa-pine-forest, ponderosa-pine-trees, sampling, soil-moisture, tree-mortality, usgs-5fb3edc9d34eb413d5e0aa52, utah, vegetation, washington, western-united-states
Organization: Department of the Interior
Volcano Mosquito Dissections

Mosquito-borne avian malaria is a key limiting factor on Hawaiian forest bird populations. Preservation of endemic forest birds and restoration of Hawaiian forest bird communities will rely on mosquito control. While landscape level control is being developed managers need short term and reliable tools for monitoring and controlling mosquito populations to protect remaining breeding bird populations. As part of a larger study on the efficacy of the biopesticide VectoMax FG for control of larval Culex quinquefasciatus and adult mosquito traps for monitoring, USGS personnel evaluated host-seeking trap configurations and gravid trap lures for capturing adult mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes japonicus) in native forest habitat from August to November 2017. Four trap sites were selected in a forest tract in Volcano Village. Traps were arranged in a 100-meter square and trap types and lures were rotated through each site during each week of the study in a latin square design.  Both host-seeking traps (Biogents Sentinel Traps and CDC miniature light traps) and CDC Gravid Traps were operated nightly at each site from 1600 to 0700 hr the following morning.  Collected mosquitoes were maintained on a 3% sucrose solution and later dissected for malarial diagnostics.  Midguts and salivary glands were examined under compound microscopy (450X) for evidence of infection.  Oocyst presence and intensity and sporozoite presence and relative intensity were recorded.  The data provides for a comparison of trap types and lures for deriving malaria prevalence data and a useful measure of transmission risk at this time and place.

Tags: avian-malaria, biota, culex-quinquefaciatus, hawaii, hawaii-island, hawaiian-honeycreepers, mosquito-vector, usgs-5fb37fcfd34eb413d5e0a9d3, usgs-ema-low-fish-and-wildlife-disease, volcano, volcano-village, wildlife-disease
Organization: Department of the Interior