AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Site 3565 land-water matrix

Wetland restoration efforts conducted by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in Louisiana rely on monitoring efforts to determine the efficacy of these efforts. The Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) was developed to assist in a multiple-reference approach that uses aspects of hydrogeomorphic functional assessments and probabilistic sampling for monitoring. The CRMS program includes a suite of approximately 390 sites that encompass the range of hydrological and ecological conditions for each stratum. As part of CRMS, land and water classifications are created from Wetland restoration efforts conducted by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in Louisiana rely on monitoring efforts to determine the efficacy of these efforts. The Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) was developed to assist in a multiple-reference approach that uses aspects of hydrogeomorphic functional assessments and probabilistic sampling for monitoring. The CRMS program includes a suite of approximately 390 sites that encompass the range of hydrological and ecological conditions for each stratum. As part of CRMS, land and water classifications are created from Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQs) approximately every three years at all CRMS sites. This dataset consists of a matrix of four land-water products (2005, 2008, 2012, and 2016).  The resulting matrix has 16 possible classes defined by the combination of land and water categories on those four dates.

Tags: alteration-of-wetland-habitats, cartography, coastal, crms, doqq, emergent-wetland, forested-wetland, geographic-information-system, imagerybasemapsearthcover, land-water, louisiana, mapping, marsh, protection, restoration, scrub-shrub-wetland, state-of-louisiana, usgs-5b631b03e4b006a11f71784c, wetland, wetland-ecosystems, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Marine Arctic polygon distribution of Saddled Eelpout (Lycodes mucosus) Richardson, 1855

Region(s) of distribution of Saddled Eelpout (Lycodes mucosus) Richardson, 1855 in the Arctic as digitized for U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5038. For details on the project and purpose, see the report at https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165038. Complete metadata for the collection of species datasets is in the metadata document "Dataset_for_Alaska_Marine_Fish_Ecology_Catalog.xml" at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M61HD7. Source(s) for this digitized data layer are listed in the metadata Process Steps section. Note that the original source may show an extended area; some datasets were limited to the published map boundary. Distributions of marine fishes are shown in adjacent Arctic seas where reliable data are available. The data were clipped to show only the marine distribution areas although some species also may have an inland presence.

Tags: alaska, arctic, beaufort-sea, bering-sea, bering-strait, biogeography, chukchi-beaufort-lease-area, chukchi-sea, distributions, ecology, fish, lycodes-mucosus, marine, marine-fishery-resources, northeast-russia, northwest-canada, northwest-territories, nunavut, richardson-1855, saddled-eelpout, u-s-exclusive-economic-zone, usgs-58812d4ae4b00a062356ff76, yukon
Organization: Department of the Interior
Particle size analysis results from the VA-Clarke-03 core, Cherry Hill quadrangle, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (ver. 1.1, May 2025)

The dataset documents results from particle size analysis (PSA) conducted on a suite of sediment samples from the VA-Clarke-03 core, Cherry Hill quadrangle, Dinwiddie county, Virginia [36.931926, -77.566802].  The 44-foot-long core was collected on 05/16/2023 using the North Carolina Geological Survey Geoprobe.  The core was collected from sands and gravels of the uppermost coastal plain that host the Old Hickory heavy mineral deposit. Because host sediments are non-fossiliferous, there is little consensus as to their age, stratigraphic position, or nomenclature.  Current mapping assigns host sands and gravels to two units in the upper part of the Pliocene to Pleistocene Chesapeake Group. 
In the lab, the core was analyzed using the USGS GeoTek multi-sensor core logger system housed in the Florence Bascom Geoscience center, Reston, VA.  After Geotek analysis (Carter and others, 2024), sediment samples were collected from the core for PSA, detrital zircon analysis, and 26Al/10Be cosmogenic burial dating.  
This work is a collaboration with the Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program and the North Carolina Geological Survey through the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain Working Group, and the USGS Earth MRI Program.
Reference: Carter, M., Seidenstein, J., Farrell, K., Nelson, M., Rodysill, J., Odom, W., Holm-Denoma, C., Occhi, M., and Hawkins, D., 2024, Using the U.S. Geological Survey Geotek Multi-Sensor Core Logger System to analyze and preserve core from the Old Hickory Heavy Mineral deposit, southeastern Virginia:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 56, No. 2, doi: 10.1130/abs/2024SE-398116
This Data Release was revised to v1.1 in May 2025 to include updated statistics data for laser diffractometry results contained therein.  No other changes to the data release were made for v1.1.

Tags: beckman-coulter, biota, cherry-hill-quadrangle, dinwiddie-county, fbgc, florence-bascom-geoscience-center, grain-size, laser-diffraction, particle-size, sedimentology, sieving, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-663a6b75d34e77890839b107, virginia-coastal-plain
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital Orthorectified Aerial Image of Cottonwood Lake Study Area Wetland P6 from 2010

Orthorectified image from aerial photograph of wetland P6 in the Cottonwood Lake Study Area, Stutsman County, North Dakota. This image is part of a collection of photographs of the study area acquired during July and early August from 1975 to 2015.

Tags: aerial-photography, chase-lake-wetland-management-districtgtstutsman-county-waterfowl-production-areagteddy, chase-lake-wetland-management-districtgtstutsman-county-waterfowl-production-areagtshuler, cottonwood-lake-study-area, earth-sciencegtbiospheregtecosystemsgtaquatic-ecosystemsgtwetlands, earth-sciencegtbiospheregtecosystemsgtterrestrial-ecosystemsgtwetlands, environment, image-collections, imagerybasemapsearthcover, inlandwaters, north-dakota, northern-great-plains, platformgtaerial-photographs, prairie-pothole-region, stutsman-county, surface-water-non-marine, united-states-of-america, usgs-58920ec4e4b072a7ac12de7f, wetland-ecosystems
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Long-Term Linear Regression Rate Calculations for southern North Carolina (NCsouth)

Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate.  Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion.  As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes.  To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.
There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline change.  Existing shoreline data measurements and rate calculation methods vary from study to study and prevent combining results into state-wide or regional assessments.  The impetus behind the National Assessment project was to develop a standardized method of measuring changes in shoreline position that is consistent from coast to coast.  The goal was to facilitate the process of periodically and systematically updating the results in an internally consistent manner.

Tags: accretion, atlantic-beach, atlantic-coast, bald-head-island, bogue-banks, browns-inlet, cape-fear, carolina-beach, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, digital-shoreline-analysis-system, dsas, effects-of-coastal-change, emerald-isle, environment, erosion, geoscientificinformation, historic-shoreline, kure-beach, linear-regression-rate, long-term-shoreline-change-rate, national-assessment-of-shoreline-change-project, nc, new-river-inlet, north-america, north-carolina, oceans, shackleford-banks, shoreline, shoreline-accretion, shoreline-erosion, topsail-island, transect, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-58b891dfe4b01ccd5500c35a, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center, wrightsville-beach
Organization: Department of the Interior
USGS CoastCam at Waiakāne, Moloka'i, Hawai'i: 2018 Timestack Imagery and Coordinate Data

A digital video camera was installed at Waiakāne, Moloka'i, Hawai'i (HI) and faced west along the beach. Every hour during daylight hours, daily from June 26, 2018, to September 20, 2018, the camera collected raw video and produced snapshots and time-averaged image products. One such product is a "runup timestack". Runup timestacks are images created by sampling a cross-shore array of pixels from an image through time as waves propagate towards and run up a beach. Runup timestacks store the red, green, and blue or monochrome pixel intensity as a function of the cross-shore position as imagery for the sampling period, typically around 10 minutes. The images included in this data release were collected from August 5, 2018, to August 16, 2018. The camera is part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research project to study the beach and nearshore environment. USGS researchers analyzed the timestack imagery collected from this camera to remotely sense information such as the elevation of wave runup. This camera is part of the USGS CoastCam network, supported by the Total Water Level/Coastal Change Project under the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program (CMHRP). To learn more visit https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cmhrp/science/usgs-coastcams.

Tags: cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, coastcam, ecosystem-management, environment, field-methods, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, image-analysis, image-collections, kalohi-channel, maui-county, molokai, ocean-sciences, optical-methods, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, photography, remote-sensing, runup, state-of-hawaii, total-water-level, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-c29db2c1-3da0-4ea3-9163-40fa231b8061, video-monitoring, waiakne
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Assessment of Oil and Gas Project - Powder River Basin Province (033) Total Petroleum Systems

The Total Petroleum System is used in the National Assessment Project and incorporates the Assessment Unit, which is the fundamental geologic unit used for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources.  The Total Petroleum System is shown here as a geographic boundary defined and mapped by the geologist responsible for the province and incorporates not only the set of known or postulated oil and (or) gas accumulations, but also the geologic interpretation of the essential elements and processes within the petroleum system that relate to source, generation, migration, accumulation, and trapping of the discovered and undiscovered petroleum resource(s).

Tags: 503301-tertiary-upper-cretaceous-coalbed-methane, 50330101-eastern-basin-margin-upper-fort-union-sandstone, 50330181-wasatch-formation, 50330182-upper-fort-union-formation, 50330183-lower-fort-union-lance-formations, 503302-mowry, 50330201-fall-river-lakota-sandstones, 50330202-muddy-sandstones, 50330261-mowry-continuous-oil-assessment-unit, 503303-niobrara, 50330301-frontier-turner-sandstones, 50330302-sussex-shannon-sandstones, 50330303-mesaverde-lewis-sandstones, 50330361-niobrara-continuous-oil-assessment-unit, 503304-cretaceous-biogenic-gas, 50330461-shallow-continuous-biogenic-gas-assessment-unit, 503305-pennsylvanian-permian-composite, 50330501-minnelusa-tensleep-leo-sandstones, 503306-paleozoic-mesozoic, 50330601-basin-margin, coalbed-methane-resources, earth-science, economic-geology, energy-resources, gas-hydrate-resources, geology, geoscientificinformation, mt, national-assessment-of-oil-and-gas, natural-gas, natural-gas-resources, natural-resources, noga2000, nogapowder, oil, oilgas, powder-river-basin, resource-assessment, rocky-mountains-and-northern-great-plains, schenk-c-j, total-petroleum-system, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, us30-montana, us56-wyoming, usgs, usgs-60ca61f4d34e86b938a10835, usgs-world-energy-region-5, wy
Organization: Department of the Interior
Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACA) Upstream Monthly Water Balance Model data 1950-2005

This tabular data set represents monthly water balance model outputs over the period 1950-2005 compiled for NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) catchments. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlusv2 by the unique identifier COMIDin the flowline shapefiles or FEATUREID in the catchment ones in the NHDPlusV2 data suite. The source data is CMIP5 MACAv2-METDATA Monthly Water Balance Model Projections 1950-2099 for the Contiguous United States (Alder &amp; Hostetler, 2021). Variables summarized are: actual evapotranspiration, evapotranspiration deficit, potential evapotranspiration, runoff, snow water equivalent, and soil moisture storage. Six General Circulation Models (GCMs) are summarized for each variable: BNU-ESM, HadGEM2-ES365, inmcm4, MRI-CGCM3, MIROC ESM CHEM, and NorESM1-M. Summaries are provided for five regions corresponding to NHDPlus vector processing units (VPUs): VPU 02 (Mid-Atlantic), VPU 03w (South Atlantic West), VPU 04 (Great Lakes), VPU 14 (Upper Colorado), and VPU 17 (Pacific Northwest).

Tags: climate, great-lakes, inlandwaters, maca, mid-atlantic, nhdplusv2, pacific-northwest, south-atlantic-west, upper-colorado, usgs-66fecd8ed34e80be174ab828, water-balance
Organization: Department of the Interior
RES2DINV Format Continuous Resistivity Profile Data Collected in the Corsica River Estuary, Maryland  on May 16, 2007 on USGS Cruise 07005

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) into Maryland's Corsica River Estuary was investigated as part of a larger study to determine the importance of nutrient delivery to Chesapeake Bay via this pathway. Resource managers are concerned about nutrients that are entering the estuary via submarine groundwater discharge from this primarily agricultural watershed that may be contributing to eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, and fish kills. An interdisciplinary U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) science team conducted field operations in the estuary in April and May 2007. Techniques used included continuous resistivity profiling (CRP), piezometer sampling, seepage meter measurements, and collection of a radon tracer time series. Better understanding of the style, locations, and rates of groundwater discharge could lead to improved models and mitigation strategies for estuarine nutrient over-enrichment in the Corsica River Estuary, and other similar settings. More information on the field work can be accessed from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity webpage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2007-005-FA.

Tags: agi-supersting, chesapeake-bay, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continuous-resistivity-profiling, corsica-river-estuary, crp, field-activity-number-2007-005-fa, field-activity-serial-number-07005, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, info-bank-id-t-1-07-ch, inlandwaters, lowrance-gps, maryland, navigational-data, north-america, north-atlantic, oceans, r-v-terrapin, res2dinv-format, submarine-groundwater, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-32966587-3d38-4302-8eda-c7c17244e540, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fluvial-Marine Interactions, Maine (BUYNEVICH01 shapefile)

Grab samples and cores were collected as part of a study of the fluvial-marine interaction in the system comprised by the Kennebec River, Androscoggin River, Merrymeeting Bay, and Kennebec Rver Estuary.  Processes controlling the Holocene evolution of the popham Barrier were also examined.

Tags: androscoggin-river, atlantic, boston-university, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, fluvial, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, grain-size, grain-size-analysis, gravel, gulf-of-maine, kennebec-river, kennebec-river-estuary, location, maine, marine, marine-geology, merrymeeting-bay, mud, navigational-data, north-america, oceans, sand, sea-floor-characteristics, sediment, texture, u-s-east-coast, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usa, usgs, usgs-9281eafe-9590-41d1-b30c-0948ca46a1d9, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Site 36 Mississippi River Bathymetry and Velocimetry Data at Structure L0135 on Missouri State Highway 51 at Chester, Illinois, June 2014 and July 2018

These data are high-resolution bathymetry (riverbed elevation) and depth-averaged velocities in ASCII format, generated from hydrographic and velocimetric surveys of the Mississippi River near structure L0135 on Missouri State Highway 51 at Chester, Illinois, in 2014 and 2018.  Hydrographic data were collected using a high-resolution multibeam echosounder mapping system (MBMS), which consists of a multibeam echosounder (MBES) and an inertial navigation system (INS) mounted on a marine survey vessel.  Data were collected as the vessel traversed the river along planned survey lines distributed throughout the reach.  Data collection software integrated and stored the depth data from the MBES and the horizontal and vertical position and attitude data of the vessel from the INS in real time.  Data processing required computer software to extract bathymetry data from the raw data files and to summarize and map the information.  Velocity data were collected using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) mounted on a survey vessel equipped with a differential global positioning system (DGPS).  Data were collected as the vessel traversed the river along planned transect lines distributed throughout the reach. Velocity data were processed using the Velocity Mapping Toolbox (Parsons and others, 2013), and smoothed using neighboring nodes.

Tags: ascii, bathymetry, chester, elevation, geology, geoscientificinformation, il, illinois, imagerybasemapsearthcover, inland-waters, inlandwaters, location, mississippi-river, missouri, mo, multibeam, oceans, structure, u-s-geological-survey, usa, usgs, usgs-5d447a9de4b01d82ce8dbc64, water-depth, xyz
Organization: Department of the Interior
Shapefiles of the flood-inundation maps for the Meramec River at Valley Park, Missouri, 2018

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 9.1-mile reach of the Meramec River near Valley Park, Missouri, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)  in cooperation with the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District, Missouri Department of Transportation, Missouri American Water, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 7, the City of Pacific, the City of Eureka, the City of Wildwood, and the City of Arnold.  The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science Web site at http://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgage on the Meramec River at Valley Park, Missouri (station number 07019130).  Near-real-time stages at this streamgage may be obtained on the Internet from the USGS National Water Information System at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ or the National Weather Service (NWS) Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service at http://water.weather.gov/ahps/, which also forecasts flood hydrographs at this site.
Flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model.  The model was calibrated using the current stage-discharge relation at the Meramec River near Eureka streamgage and documented high-water marks from the floods of December 30, 2015.
The hydraulic model was then used to compute 44 water-surface profiles for flood stages at 1-foot (ft) intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from 11 ft or near bankfull to 54 ft, which exceeds the stage that corresponds to the maximum recorded peak flow.
The simulated water-surface profiles were then combined with a Geographic Information System digital elevation model (derived from light detection and ranging (lidar) data having a 0.5-ft vertical accuracy and 3.28-ft horizontal resolution) to delineate the area flooded at each water level.
The availability of these maps, along with Internet information regarding current stage from the USGS streamgage and forecasted high-flow stages from the NWS, will provide emergency management personnel and residents with information that is critical for flood response activities such as evacuations and road closures, as well as for postflood recovery efforts.

Tags: arnold, eureka, fenton, flood, flood-inundation-maps, flooded-area, geospatial-analysis, high-water-marks, meramec-river, missouri, river-stream, usgs-5bbe79f2e4b0fc368eb37858, valley-park
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hurricane sedimentation in a subtropical salt marsh-mangrove community in the Mississippi River Delta Complex unaffected by vegetation type

Hurricanes periodically deliver sediment to coastal wetlands, such as those in the Mississippi River Delta Complex (MRDC), slowing elevation loss and improving resilience to sea-level rise. However, the amount of hurricane sediment deposited and retained in a wetland may vary depending on the dominant vegetation. In the subtropical climate of the MRDC, the black mangrove (Avicennia germinans  (L.) L.) has been expanding and replacing salt marsh (Spartina alterniflora Loisel). Because these vegetation types differ in aboveground structure, their influence on sedimentation may also differ. We conducted a survey for 160 km along the outer coast of Louisiana, USA from Oyster Bayou to the Mississippi River to determine if the spatial deposition pattern in saline wetlands by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in September 2008 was differentially influenced by vegetation type. Measurements of sediment deposition, land elevation, and vegetative structure were conducted at eighteen sites in the MRDC containing side-by-side stands of A. germinans and S. alterniflora along the shoreline, with S. alterniflora marsh in the interior.

Tags: aquatic-vegetation, biota, coastal-wetland, elevation, gulf-of-mexico, hurricanes, louisiana, mangrove, salt-marsh, shoreline-accretion, usgs-5d542778e4b01d82ce8e3677, vegetation-community
Organization: Department of the Interior
Elevation survey across southwest Florida coastal wetlands, 2021

Accurate elevation data in coastal wetlands is crucial for planning for sea-level rise. Elevation surveys were conducted across southwest Florida wetlands to provide ground validation of LiDAR as well as target long-term monitoring stations (surface elevation tables). Surveys were conducted in June 2021 across Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Clam Bay, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. A combination of post-processed kinematic GPS and differential levelling survey techniques were employed, depending on the canopy cover.

Tags: clam-bay, differential-leveling, ding-darling-national-wildlife-refuge, elevation, elevation-surveys, field-methods, florida, gps-measurement, land-surveying, rookery-bay-national-estuarine-research-reserve, rtk-gps, ten-thousand-islands-national-wildlife-refuge, usgs-6275a7bfd34e8d45aa6e22ab
Organization: Department of the Interior