AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Datasets from Groundwater-Quality and Select Quality-Control Data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2015 and Previously Unpublished Data from 2013-2014

Groundwater-quality data were collected from 502 wells as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Project of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Program and are included in this report. Most of the wells (500) were sampled from January through December 2015 and 2 of them were sampled in 2013. The data were collected from five types of well networks: principal aquifer study networks, which are used to assess the quality of groundwater used for public water supply; land-use study networks, which are used to assess land-use effects on shallow groundwater quality; major aquifer study networks, which are used to assess the quality of groundwater used for domestic supply; enhanced trends networks, which are used to evaluate the time scales during which groundwater quality changes; and vertical flow-path study networks, which are used to evaluate changes in groundwater quality from shallower to deeper depths. Groundwater samples were analyzed for a large number of water-quality indicators and constituents, including major ions, nutrients, trace elements, volatile organic compounds, pesticides, radionuclides, and some special interest constituents (arsenic speciation, chromium [VI] and perchlorate). These groundwater quality data are tabulated in a U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Report DS-XXXX which is available at https://dx.doi.org/XXXXXX and in this data release. 
Data from the environmental and QC samples from the 2012-2013 sampling period were presented in Arnold and others (2016a,b) and those from the 2014 sampling period were presented in Arnold and others (2017a,b). 
There are 20 data tables included in this data release and they are referenced as tables 1-12 and appendix tables 3.3-3.10 in the larger work citation. There are 25 tables that are part of the larger work citation; the 5 tables not included in the data release are summary tables derived from some of the other 20 tables.  A version of table 1 is included in both the text and data release. 
This compressed file contains 20 files of groundwater-quality data in ASCII text tab-delimited format and 20 corresponding metadata in xml format for wells sampled for the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Project.

Tags: groundwater, usgs-59e627e7e4b05fe04cd1cac5, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data and equations used to reconstruct historical daily streamflows in northern New Jersey and southeastern New York, water years 1922-2010

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides daily reconstructed streamflows at 53 sites in selected subbasins in northern New Jersey and southeastern New York for water years 1922-2010; data and equations used to determine the reconstructed flows are included. These subbasins contain one or more surface-water diversions that are currently operated or have been operated in the past by water purveyors or the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The streams include the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers and some adjacent streams. Reconstructed streamflows are estimates of those streamflows that would have occurred without the effects of changes in reservoir storage or surface-water diversions by water purveyors. The reconstructed streamflows are not intended to fully represent natural conditions because surficial aquifer withdrawals and effluent return flows were not included.  
These data support the following publication:  
Hickman, R.E., and McHugh, A.R., 2018, Methods used to reconstruct historical daily streamflows in northern New Jersey and southeastern New York, water years 1922-2010: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5068, 75 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185068.

Tags: hackensack-river-basin, new-jersey, new-york, northern-new-jersey, passaic-river-basin, reconstructed-flows, reservoir-storage, southeastern-new-york, streamflow, surface-water, surface-water-diversion, usgs-59e6389ee4b05fe04cd1dec9, water-supply-planning
Organization: Department of the Interior
Beaver dam locations in the Tualatin Basin, Oregon (ver. 2.0, November 2019)

This ArcGIS shapefile shows the known locations of beaver dams in the Tualatin Basin. The dam location information was generated by multiple local agencies, groups, and organizations. The local sources had identified the beaver dams between 2011 and 2019. USGS worked with these local sources to combine all data into one inventory.

Tags: beaver, biota, castor-canadensis, dam, data-integration, inlandwaters, natural-resource-management, oregon, tualatin-river, usgs-59e67550e4b05fe04cd1ebbb, washington-county, watershed-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Beaver activity locations in the Tualatin Basin, Oregon, between 2013 and 2016

This ArcGIS shapefile shows the known locations of beaver activity (including beaver chews, lodges, and dams) in the Tualatin Basin. USGS was intending to collect information about the locations of beaver dams. Often, the GPS coordinates of dams were not known, but the beaver-affected areas were known. The information about locations with beaver activity was generated by multiple local agencies, groups, and organizations. The local sources had identified the beaver activity locations between 2013 and 2016. USGS worked with these local sources to combine all data into one inventory.

Tags: beaver, beaver-chew, beaver-lodge, biota, castor-canadensis, dam, data-integration, inlandwaters, natural-resource-management, oregon, tualatin-river, usgs-59e68304e4b05fe04cd1ec3f, washington-county, watershed-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Post-Fire Streamflow Spatial data for Western US Watersheds

Spatial data used in the study "Characterization and Evaluation of Controls on Post-Fire Streamflow Response Across Western U.S. Watersheds".

Tags: continental-united-states, conus, flood, hydrology, runoff, streamflow, usgs-59e76e03e4b05fe04cd3a15b, watershed, wildfire
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spatial water-quality measurements on June 9, 2015, in Willow Creek Reservoir, Heppner, Oregon.

High frequency water-quality measurements were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within Willow Creek Reservoir located in Heppner, Oregon. All measurements were taken at 0.5 meters below the surface with a YSI EXO2 multiparameter sonde. Information collected include location, time, water temperature, pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, total chlorophyll, blue-green algae phycocyanin, and turbidity. The measurements were collected while boating around the reservoir at about 4 kilometers per hour.

Tags: algal-blooms, dissolved-oxygen, inlandwaters, morrow, morrow-county, oregon, oxygen-content-water, spatial-analysis, usgs-59e77395e4b05fe04cd3a197, water-ph, water-quality, water-temperature, willow-creek-reservoir
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spatial water-quality measurements on August 17, 2016, in Willow Creek Reservoir, Heppner, Oregon.

High frequency water-quality measurements were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within Willow Creek Reservoir located in Heppner, Oregon. All measurements were taken at 0.5 meters below the surface with a YSI EXO2 multiparameter sonde. Information collected include location, time, water temperature, pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, total chlorophyll, blue-green algae phycocyanin, and turbidity. The measurements were collected while boating around the reservoir at about 4 kilometers per hour.

Tags: algal-blooms, dissolved-oxygen, inlandwaters, morrow, morrow-county, oregon, oxygen-content-water, spatial-analysis, usgs-59e7740ce4b05fe04cd3a1a1, water-ph, water-quality, water-temperature, willow-creek-reservoir
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spatial water-quality measurements on September 16, 2016, in Willow Creek Reservoir, Heppner, Oregon.

High frequency water-quality measurements were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within Willow Creek Reservoir located in Heppner, Oregon. All measurements were taken at 0.5 meters below the surface with a YSI EXO2 multiparameter sonde. Information collected include location, time, water temperature, pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, total chlorophyll, blue-green algae phycocyanin, and turbidity. The measurements were collected while boating around the reservoir at about 4 kilometers per hour.

Tags: algal-blooms, dissolved-oxygen, inlandwaters, morrow, morrow-county, oregon, oxygen-content-water, spatial-analysis, usgs-59e77459e4b05fe04cd3a1a5, water-ph, water-quality, water-temperature, willow-creek-reservoir
Organization: Department of the Interior
Multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection data of field activity 2015-651-FA; Chatham Strait and Cross Sound, southeastern Alaska from 2015-08-03 to 2015-08-21

This data release contains high-resolution multichannel seismic (MCS) reflection data collected in August of 2015 to explore marine geologic hazards of inland waterways of southeastern Alaska. Sub-bottom profiles were acquired in the inland waters between Glacier Bay and Juneau, including Cross Sound and Chatham Strait. High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles were acquired to assess evidence for active seabed faulting and submarine landslide hazards. The data were collected aboard the US Geological Survey R/V Alaskan Gyre. The seismic-reflection data were acquired using a 500-Joule minisparker source and a 48-channel Geometrics GeoEel digital streamer. Subbottom acoustic penetration spans up to several hundreds of meters, and is variable by location. This data release contains CMP sorted digital data in SEG-Y format.
This data release will be updated as subsequent lines of data from this field activity are published.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, chatham-strait, cmg, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-margins, cross-sound, geoscientificinformation, glacier-bay, juneau, lynn-canal, minisparker, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, seismic-reflection-profiling, state-of-alaska, sub-bottom-profiling, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-59e786f3e4b05fe04cd3a249
Organization: Department of the Interior
Evaluating Coho Salmon in Streams Across an Urbanization Gradient; Part 1, Growth Potential  Based on Environmental Factors and Bioenergetics

Physical and chemical changes affect the biota within urban streams at varying scales ranging from individual organisms to populations and communities creating complex interactions that present challenges for characterizing and monitoring the impact on species utilizing these freshwater habitats. Salmonids, specifically cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), extensively utilize small stream habitats influenced by a changing urban landscape. This study used a comprehensive fish health assessment concurrent with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Pacific Northwest Stream Quality Assessment in 2015 to quantifiy impacts from disease in juvenile coho and cutthroat salmon, impacts to coho salmon growth within the context of environmental and ecological influences, and identify physiological responses in coho salmon from pollution. The data included in this release informed a study of the influence of near-term environmental condition on the growth of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). It includes the inputs necessary for bioenergetic growth modeling and the output of those models.

Tags: bioenergtics, church-creek, coulter-creek, east-fork-dairy-cree, growth, harris-creek, issaquah-creek, jenkins-creek, longfellow-creek, may-creek, otolith, salmon, swamp, temperature, urbanization, usgs-59e7a4fbe4b05fe04cd3a311, woodland-creek
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chirp seismic-reflection data of field activity 2015-651-FA; Chatham Strait and Cross Sound, southeastern Alaska from 2015-08-03 to 2015-08-21

This data release contains high-resolution seismic reflection data collected in August of 2015 to explore marine geologic hazards of inland waterways of southeastern Alaska. Sub-bottom profiles were acquired in the inland waters between Glacier Bay and Juneau, including Cross Sound and Chatham Strait. High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles were acquired to assess evidence for active seabed faulting and submarine landslide hazards. The data were collected aboard the US Geological Survey R/V Alaskan Gyre. The seismic-reflection data were acquired using a tow-fish Edgetech 512 chirp subbottom profiler. Subbottom acoustic penetration spans up to several tens of meters, and is variable by location. This data release contains processed digital SEG-Y.
This data release will be updated as subsequent lines of data from this field activity are published.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, chatham-strait, chirp, cmg, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-margins, cross-sound, geoscientificinformation, glacier-bay, juneau, lynn-canal, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, seismic-reflection-profiling, state-of-alaska, sub-bottom-profiling, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-59e7d913e4b05fe04cd3a45a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Merged acoustic-backscactter imagery collected in 2005, 2007, and 2010, Skagit Bay, Washington

These metadata describe the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) merged acoustic-backscatter imagery that was collected in 2005, 2007, and 2010 in Skagit Bay Washington that is provided as a 5-m resolution TIFF image. In 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2010 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) collected bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data in Skagit Bay, Washington using an interferometric bathymetric sidescan sonar system mounded to the USGS R/V Parke Snavely and the USGS R/V Karluk. The research was conducted in coordination with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Skagit River System Cooperative, Skagit Watershed Council, Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to characterize estuarine habitats and processes, including the sediment budget of the Skagit River and the influence of river-delta channelization on sediment transport. Information quantifying the distribution of habitats and extent that sediment transport influences habitats and the morphology of the delta is useful for planning for salmon recovery, agricultural resilience, flood risk protection, and coastal change associated with sea-level rise.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, environment, geology, geoscientificinformation, imagerybasemapsearthcover, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, puget-sound, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, seabed, seafloor-topography, skagit-bay, state-of-washington, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-59e8d9cee4b05fe04cd50d39
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data Release for Metamodeling and Mapping of Nitrate Flux in the Unsaturated Zone and Groundwater, Wisconsin, USA

Widespread nitrate contamination of groundwater in agricultural areas poses a major challenge to sustainable water resources. Efficient analysis of nitrate fluxes across large regions also remains difficult. This study introduces a method of characterizing nitrate transport processes continuously across regional unsaturated zones and groundwater based on surrogate, machine-learning metamodels of an N flux process-based model. The metamodels used boosted regression trees (BRTs) to relate mappable variables to parameters and outputs of a “vertical flux method” (VFM) applied in the Fox-Wolf-Peshtigo (FWP) area in Wisconsin. In this context, the metamodels are upscaling the VFM results throughout the region, and the VFM parameters and outputs (collectively referred to as “nitrate flux”) are the BRT metamodel response variables: VFM_fcN, nitrate (NO3−) source concentration factor (which determines the local NO3− input concentrations); VFM_travel_time_yrs, unsaturated zone travel time; NO3_WT_mgL_1980−2020, NO3− concentration at the water table in 1980, 2000, and 2020 (three separate metamodels); and Zss_N_ext_depth, NO3− “extinction depth”, the eventual steady state depth of the nitrate front. The metamodels were trained using 129 wells within an active MODFLOW model area of the FWP and 58 mappable predictor variables from a geographic information system, resulting in training and cross-validation testing R2 values of 0.52 – 0.86 and 0.22 – 0.38, respectively. The provided metadata file describes all 58 predictor variables considered in metamodel development, whereas the ascii predictor variable grids comprise those in the final metamodels. Metamodel outputs (ascii prediction grids) were compiled as maps of the above metamodel response variables. Relationships between predictor variables and outputs were generally consistent with expectations, e.g. with greater source concentrations and NO3− at the groundwater table in areas of intensive crop use and well drained soils. Shorter unsaturated zone travel time in poorly drained areas indicated possible preferential flow through clay soils and a tendency for fine grained deposits to collocate with areas of shallower water table. Numerical estimates of groundwater recharge may have been a proxy for N input and redox conditions in the northern FWP, which had shallow predicted NO3− extinction depth. The metamodel results provide proof-of-concept for regional estimation of NO3− transport processes in a statistical metamodel framework based on mappable GIS input variables.

Tags: fox-river-wisconsin, groundwater, metamodel, nawqa, nitrate-flux, peshtigo-river-wisconsin, unsaturated-zone, usgs-59e9f5a5e4b05fe04cd69082, wisconsin, wolf-river-wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Carbon budget assessment of tidal freshwater forested wetland and oligohaline marsh ecosystems along the Waccamaw and Savannah rivers, U.S.A. (2005-2016) (version 2.0, May 2019)

Data to support carbon (C) budget assessment of tidal freshwater forested wetland and oligohaline marsh ecosystems along the Waccamaw and Savannah rivers, U.S.A. This work represents the first estimates of C standing stocks, C mass balance, soil C burial, and lateral C export to aquatic environments in tidal freshwater forested wetlands undergoing transition to oligohaline marsh.

Tags: carbon, carbon-budget, flooding, georgia, oligohaline-marsh, salinity, savannah-river, sea-level-rise, south-carolina, tidal-freshwater-forested-wetlands, usgs-59e9f79de4b05fe04cd690a1, waccamaw-river
Organization: Department of the Interior
Escherichia coli data from samples collected in the Little Blue River and tributaries in Independence, MO, during the 2010-2016 recreation seasons

The dataset contains Escherichia coli (E. coli) concentrations and loads that were measured and calculated from samples collected from the Little Blue River and its tributaries in Independence, MO. The data was collected during the 2010-2016 recreation seasons. The U.S. Geological Survey, in coordination with the City of Independence, collected the data for use in regression models to evaluation E. coli loads in the Little Blue River and its tributaries within the boundaries of the City of Independence. Further information on the methods and the results of the data collection and regression models can be found in the conference proceedings paper cited below.  
Citation: Flickinger, A.; Christensen, E. Evaluation of Modeled Bacteria Loads Along an Impaired Stream Reach Receiving Discharge from a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System in Independence, Mo. Proceedings of the WEFTEC Conference, Chicago, IL, October 1-4, 2017.

Tags: bacteria, east-fork-little-blue-river, independence-missouri, little-blue-river, usgs-59ea2331e4b0026a55fcf54d, water-quality-data
Organization: Department of the Interior
Selected Data from Preliminary Report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake Area Gold Deposits File

Data on gold deposits are extracted from an existing publication to enable analysis. The data comprise selected portions of a data set that are published by C.J. Hodgson in "Preliminary Report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake Area Gold Deposits File," which is available online as a digital image of a report. As an image, the data set cannot be analyzed. Consequently, selected portions of the data set are re-published here in a text file. The datum for the latitude and longitude is not specified in the report and is assumed to be the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27). The Ontario Geological Survey, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario, Canada kindly granted permission to re-publish these data. 
Hodgson, C.J., 1983, Preliminary Report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake Area Gold Deposits File,  Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5467, 434 p., 17 tables, 40 figures, 9 appendices, and 11 maps, available online at http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/mndmfiles/pub/data/imaging/OFR5467/OFR5467.pdf

Tags: abitibi-greenstone-belt, canada, economy, englehart, geoscientificinformation, gold, kirkland-lake, lake-abitibi, mineral-deposits, mineral-resource-program, mrp, ontario, timmins, usgs-59ea2b1fe4b0026a55fcf718
Organization: Department of the Interior
2014 DEM Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, California

One of the largest hydraulic mines (1.6 km2) is located in California’s Sierra Nevada within the Humbug Creek watershed and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park (MDSHP). MDSHP’s denuded and dissected landscape is composed of weathered Eocene auriferous sediments susceptible to chronic rill and gully erosion whereas block failures and debris flows occur in more cohesive terrain. This data release includes a 2014 digital elevation model (DEM), a study area boundary, and a geomorphic map. The 2014 DEM was derived from an available aerial LiDAR dataset collected in 2014 by the California Department of Conservation. The geomorphic map was derived for the study area from using a multi-scale spatial analysis. A topographic position index (TPI) was created using focal statistics to compare the elevations across the study area. We calculated a fine-scale TPI using a circular neighborhood with a radius of 25-meters and large-scale TPI using a circular neighborhood with a radius of 100-meters. In the resulting raster positive TPI values are assigned to cells with elevations higher than the surrounding area and negative TPI values are assigned to cells with elevations lower than the surrounding area. The geomorphic map was then created using a nested conditional statement to apply classification thresholds on the basis the fine and large-scale TPI rasters and a slope raster. Ten geomorphic feature classes were defined and the map can be symbolized by feature class. The geomorphic map includes both channel and hillslope features and can be used to assess erosional and depositional processes at the landscape scale.

Tags: digital-elevation-models, elevation, erosion, humbug-creek, malakoff-diggins-state-historic-park, placer-mine, remote-sensing, sedimentation, usgs-59ea8477e4b0026a55fd0127
Organization: Department of the Interior