AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Database of Stream Crossings in the United States

This USGS data release is intended to provide a baselayer of information on likely stream crossings throughout the United States. The geopackage provides likely crossings of infrastructure and streams and provides observed information that helps validate modeled crossings and build knowledge about associated conditions through time (e.g. crossing type, crossing condition). Stream crossings were developed by intersecting the 2020 United States Census Bureau Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) U.S. road lines with the National Hydrography Dataset High Resolution flowlines. The current version of this data release specifically focuses on road stream crossings (i.e. TIGER2020 Roads) but is designed to support additions of other crossing types that may be included in future iterations (e.g. rail). In total 6,608,268 crossings are included in the dataset and 496,564 observations from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration's 2019 National Bridge Inventory (NBI)are included to help identify crossing types of bridges and culverts. This data release also contains Python code that documents methods of data development.

Tags: biogeography, fauna, freshwater-ecosystems, freshwater-fishes, habitat-fragmentation, inlandwaters, river-reaches, transportation, usgs-6128fbf2d34e40dd9c061360
Organization: Department of the Interior
Otolith microchemistry and microstructure of age-0 silver carp for determining early-life environments and spawning periodicity in the Upper Mississippi River in 2016

In 2016, for the first time, an abundance of age-0 silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)  were captured at several sites upstream of Lock and Dam 19 on the Upper Mississippi River near Keokuk, Iowa.  These data were collected in an attempt to determine the early life environments and frequency and timing of the reproductive events that led to a large year class of age-0 silver carp.  This information is important for informing decisions about control measures.  We sampled these fish to determine age (days) and early life environments using their otoliths. Sampled age-0 silver carp were collected from navigation Pools 18 and 19 from July–October 2016 using a variety of sampling gears.  We aged these fish by counting daily growth rings on otoliths and used age estimates to determine the timing and frequency of spawning events. Hatch dates were determined from ageing lapilli otoliths from 190 age-0 Silver Carp (16–231 mm).  We conducted chemical analyses on the lapilli and asteriscus otoliths from 124 of these silver carp (64–231 mm total length) to determine  their early-life environments based on Sr:Ca; Br:Ca, and δ18O of the otoliths.  Early-life environments were determined from the otolith microchemistry by using published relations between otolith chemistry and water chemistry of probable early life environments. Water chemistry data was collected as part of other studies and is pending publication on ScienceBase https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CLPG40.  A manuscript that incorporates these data is currently in peer review at a scientific journal.

Tags: asian-carp, biota, hypophthalmichthys-molitrix, invasive-carp, navigation-pool-18, navigation-pool-19, otolith-microchemistry, otolith-stable-isotope, recruitment, silver-carp, upper-mississippi-river, usgs-6128fe90d34e40dd9c061381
Organization: Department of the Interior
Simulation models for buffelgrass and alternative management strategies for Saguaro National Park, AZ

This is a spatially-explicit state-and-transition simulation model of buffelgrass dynamics and alternative management actions in Saguaro National Park, AZ. Buffelgrass is an invasive grass spreading in the park. This work built on previous efforts that first developed a state and transition simulation model linked to FARSITE fire behavior model to describe buffelgrass dynamics in the park and a secondary effort to evaluate these dynamics in light of uncertainties in the model. This model represents uninvaded and invaded parts of the desert ecosystem and adds alternative management actions to the previously built models (cross reference). The model was built using the ST-Sim software platform linked to the FARSITE fire behavior model. This package includes six folders representing different sets of management actions. These include two related to simulation set 1 in the associated manuscript, evaluating unconstrained management simulations both with (CurrentManagementPart1 Fire) and without (CurrentManagementPart1 NoFire) fire. There are also four related to simulation set 2 in the associated manuscript, evaluating budget constrained simulations focused on management priorities (Current SNP Management Part2 MngmntP), fire prioriries (Current SNP Management Part2 FireP), and no priority (Current SNP Management Part2 NoP) considered with fire and without fire (Current SNP Management Part2 no fire).
The St-SIM file structure within each of the six folders includes three components: 1) Buffelgrass.ssim.input folder that houses the input files used by St-SIM, 2) the Buffelgrass.ssim.output folder which houses the scenario outputs used by St-SIM for visualization and export of data, and 3) Buffelgrass.ssim file which is opened by St-SIM to provide an interface to the model and outputs. Each folder contains several scenarios and their associated outputs. ST-Sim is the latest in a 20-year lineage of STSM development tools that includes the Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT), the Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analysis (TELSA), and the Path Landscape Model (Path).

Tags: arizona, az, biota, farsite, invasive-species, saguaro-national-park, state-and-transition-simulation-model, usgs-61291bd6d34e40dd9c061420
Organization: Department of the Interior
Klamath Basin Water Rights Points of Diversion

The Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA) was developed by a diverse group of stakeholders, 
Federal and State resource management agencies, Tribal representatives, and interest groups to provide 
a comprehensive solution to ecological and water-supply issues in the Klamath Basin. The Off-Project 
Water Program (OPWP), one component of the KBRA, has as one of its purposes to permanently provide 
an additional 30,000 acre-feet of water per year on an average annual basis to Upper Klamath Lake through 
“voluntary retirement of water rights or water uses or other means as agreed to by the Klamath Tribes, to 
improve fisheries habitat and also provide for stability of irrigation water deliveries.” The geographic area 
where the water rights could be retired encompasses approximately 1,900 square miles. The OPWP area 
is defined as including the Sprague River drainage, the Sycan River drainage downstream of Sycan Marsh, 
the Wood River drainage, and the Williamson River drainage from Kirk Reef at the southern end of Klamath 
Marsh downstream to the confluence with the Sprague River. Extensive, broad, flat, poorly drained uplands, 
valleys, and wetlands characterize much of the study area. Irrigation is almost entirely used for pasture.
    To assist parties involved with decisionmaking and implementation of the OPWP, the U.S. Geological 
Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Klamath Tribes and other stakeholders, created five hydrological 
information products. These products include GIS digital maps and datasets containing spatial information 
on evapotranspiration, subirrigation indicators, water rights, subbasin streamflow statistics, and return-flow 
indicators.

Tags: environment, geoscientificinformation, inlandwaters, irrigation, klamath-basin, klamath-basin-restoration-agreement, oregon, points-of-diversion, usgs-612a4bd0-52b2-4199-a929-21566954bcc1, water-rights
Organization: Department of the Interior
Assessment of fecal contamination sources to Alley Creek, Queens County, New York: Results from a sediment resuspension experiment, thermal imagery, and additional sample collection, 2020-2021

In cooperation with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected water and bed sediment samples along Alley Creek (Queens, New York) to help determine likely sources of fecal bacteria to the creek and Little Neck Bay. Potential terrestrial sources include stormwater, sewage via combined sewer overflow (CSO) and compromised infrastructure, bed-sediment resuspension, and groundwater discharge. Host sources that were targeted using microbial source tracking (MST) techniques included human, canine, waterfowl, and general Bacteroides. Routine water samples were collected and analyzed for the fecal indicator bacteria enterococci and fecal coliform, along with the physicochemical constituent total suspended solids (TSS), at the NYC DEP Newton Creek Microbiological Laboratory (Brooklyn, New York) and for MST markers at the USGS Ohio Water Microbiological Laboratory (OWML; Columbus, Ohio)--these results from routine samples are available at the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) Web interface (https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/qw). Data in this data release were generated from the two local investigations of NYC DEP sites TI-008 and TI-24 collected to supplement routine monitoring. At TI-008, sediment and water samples were collected along a stormwater conveyance line between Oakland Lake and Alley Creek on September 22, 2020 to conduct a sediment resuspension experiment. In May 2021, a total of 20 surface water and depth-profile samples (taken from a hole in a 7-foot submerged wastewater pipe adjacent to TI-024), along with thermal imagery, were collected adjacent to combined sewer overflow outfall TI-024.

Tags: alley-creek, fecal-bacteria, new-york, new-york-city, queens-county, queens-new-york, usgs-612d0740d34e40dd9c0884ec, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Volumetric and Mid-Section Discharge Measurement data, Summer through Fall 2020, H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Lookout Creek Basin, Oregon

Discrete volumetric and mid-section stream discharge measurements were conducted from July through October 2020 in H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest near Blue River, OR. The measured streams are part of the Lookout Creek basin, draining into Blue River and subsequently the McKenzie River on the west slope of the Cascade Range. ORWSC Streamflow measurements supplemented an eco-drought low-flow modeling project in partnership with the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) and the USGS Water Mission Area (WMA). Measurements were collected at 25 selected sites with co-located HOBO data loggers and 7 miscellaneous (MISC) sites with no data loggers present. HOBO logger data were collected and processed by FRESC team members. Volumetric measurements were collected by placing a modified weir into the stream and directing the entire streamflow over the weir, easing the collection of water into a bucket. Collections of water were timed to the hundredth of a second using a stopwatch, and volumes were measured with a graduated cylinder in 20 ml increments. Mid-section measurements were conducted following USGS protocol, wading in streams using SonTek FlowTracker-2 handheld acoustic Doppler velocimeters. Sites were measured during two field runs occurring July 6th through 10th 2020 and August 10th through 14th 2020. Two of the sites were measured a third time on October 26th and 27th, 2020, to compare midsection measurements with volumetric measurements. In the streams with HOBO dataloggers, the volumetric measurements achieved satisfactory channeling of the streams with the weir method and are considered more accurate with less uncertainty than the mid-section measurements. Steep channel conditions, large boulders and cobbles through the channel cross-section, large stream velocity angles, non-standard stream velocity profiles, and the channelization of flows created unideal conditions for midsection measurements. The MISC streamflow measurements were conducted at adequate channel cross-sections detailed by USGS protocols.

Tags: autumn, blue-river, h-j-andrews-experimental-forest, lookout-creek, oregon, phanerozoic, runoff, stream-discharge, stream-flow, streamflow, summer, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-612d234dd34e40dd9c0887f9, willamette-national-forest
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Water Model V2.1 retrospective for selected NWIS gage locations, (1979-2020)

This dataset contains modeled hourly streamflow in cubic meters per second at each of about eighteen thousand selected operational and water-quality stream gage locations. It was assembled from publicly available retrospective V2.1 National Water Model outputs (See NWM Retrospective source info). The streamflow variable was extracted from model output files and the data were reshaped to optimize read performance. The stream gage locations were derived from several ongoing USGS project gages for evaluation of streamflow, water quality, and real-time monitoring, however only National Water Model identifiers and NHDPlusV2.1 catchment outlet locations (as contained in the National Water Model output files) are used to identify model results. Relationships between U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information Service gages and National Water Model prediction locations were not reviewed for release at the time of publication of this data. Please contact the author for up-to-date information. All processing resources used for data reformatting and extraction can be found in this repository: https://code.usgs.gov/water/nwm_subset. This supporting code also contains Docker images that are capable of processing real-time National Water Model outputs into similar formats as this dataset and provide data services via the THREDDS Data Server. The retrospective is available in one NetCDF file. These data conform to the NetCDF-CF Discrete Sampling Geometry conventions.
The retrospective data are available from public cloud data outlets (such as: https://noaa-nwm-retrospective-2-1-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html). More information on these data is available from the Office of Water Prediction National Water Model page here: https://water.noaa.gov/about/nwm. Additional release notes are available here: https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/scn20-119nwm_v2_1aad.pdf. This pdf has been archived with this data release.

Tags: forecast, inlandwaters, prediction, streamflow, usgs-612e264ed34e40dd9c091228
Organization: Department of the Interior
Cross-sectionally averaged flow metrics from ADCP measurements of the Missouri River downstream of Wolf Point, MT during 2018-2019

This dataset contains cross-sectionally averaged flow metrics from measurements made with acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP) on the Missouri River near Wolf Point, MT during 2018 and 2019. Each data point represents a single-pass measurement with a boat-mounted ADCP driven from bank-to-bank along lateral transects spaced ~15 meters apart along a 33 kilometer reach. The measurements were collected as part of a bathymetric survey in which two USGS survey boats were each mounted with an ADCP and single beam echosounder that were deployed simultaneously. Cross-sectionally averaged flow metrics such as velocity, depth, and temperature along with the total measured discharge and starting coordinate of the measurement were extracted from the raw measurement files. Due to bathymetric measurements being the primary aim of data collection efforts, the vast majority of transects were measured by only one bank-to-bank measurement as opposed to four measurements which are normally collected and averaged together to produce high-quality discharge and velocity measurements.

Tags: hydrology, missouri-river, missouri-river-basin, montana, river-reaches, usgs-612e2b3ed34e40dd9c091251
Organization: Department of the Interior
Presence and abundance data and models for four invasive plant species

We developed habitat suitability models for four invasive plant species of concern to Department of Interior land management agencies. We generally followed the modeling workflow developed in Young et al. 2020, but developed models both for two data types, where species were present and where they were abundant. We developed models using five algorithms with VisTrails: Software for Assisted Habitat Modeling [SAHM 2.1.2]. We accounted for uncertainty related to sampling bias by using two alternative sources of background samples, and constructed model ensembles using the 10 models for each species (five algorithms by two background methods) for four different thresholds. This data bundle contains the presence and abundance merged data sets to create models for medusahead rye, red brome, venanata and bur buttercup, the eight raster files associated with each species/ data type (presence or abundance), and tabular summaries by management unit (including each species/ data type combination). The spatial data are organized in a separate folder for each species, each containing four rasters. Each of the rasters represent the following, with an occurrence (occ) and abundance (abund) version:
1) 1st - one percentile threshold
2) 1st_masked - one percentile threshold with Restricted Environmental Conditions
The bundle documentation files are:
1) 'AbundOccur.xml' (this file) which contains the project-level metadata
2) 'mergedDataset.csv' contains the merged data set used to create the models, including location and environmental data.
3) XX.tif where XX is the raster type explained above (occ or abund; masked or not).
4) managementSummaries.csv is the tabular summaries by management unit.

Tags: biota, bromus-rubens, habitat-suitability, ranunculus-testiculatus, sahm, software-for-assisted-habitat-modeling, species-distribution-modeling, taeniatherum-caput-medusae, usgs-612e42b6d34e40dd9c0913ce, ventenata-dubia, vistrails
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data on dietary preference by brown treesnakes on Guam

These data address experimental evaluations of dietary preference by captive brown treesnakes on Guam. Snakes were collected from the wild in areas with birds present and in areas without birds present 2018–2019. Snakes were then run through preference trials during which they were offered first live lures (mouse and finch) in snake traps on opposite sides of the arena. On the second night, snakes were offered dead carrion (baits) of each prey type (mouse, chicken chick) equal to 30% of their mass. Choices were monitored overnight using game cameras and then transcribed the following day. Individuals were classified as BIRD or NOBIRD snakes based on whether they had birds in their gut contents at the time of capture. Interest in bird or mouse prey was quantified by which trap they entered (mouse or finch), number of times they investigated each trap, which bait they ate (mouse or chick) and number of times they investigated the bait or mouse.

Tags: environment, guam, guam-national-wildlife-refuge, preference, usgs-612e5383d34e40dd9c091468
Organization: Department of the Interior
Soil moisture data from grass treatment and control sites in a cloud-affected restoration site at Nakula, Maui, 2016-2019

Fog has been demonstrated to support plant growth, survival and ecosystem maintenance spanning rainfall and elevation gradients across the world. Persistent fog and strong winds on high mountain slopes in Hawaiʻi create a unique ecological environment.
To better understand the effect of fog and rainfall on soil moisture responses, we installed six soil moisture sensors across three sites at a depth of 5 cm. We condensed soil moisture data into mean daily responses (increase/decrease) and compared these to days classified by precipitation type (clear, fog, rain, or rain + fog). To explicitly test whether non-native grass removal affected responsiveness of surface soils to precipitation events, we then identified days when soil moisture increased or decreased, grouping observations from grass treatment/grass control plots and compared these to days classified by precipitation type, described above.

Tags: fog, maui, maui-county, nakula-natural-area-reserve, rainfall, soil-moisture, usgs-612f1985d34e40dd9c099b8a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Quinault River water temperature and salmon bioenergetics model data

This data release contains the complete set of modeling input and output files for a Heat Source water temperature model and fish bioenergetics model on the lower Quinault River in Washington state. A detailed description of the modeling process, results, and interpretation can be found in the associated primary publication.

Tags: bioenergetics, biota, chinook-salmon, climate, quinualt-river, usgs-612fb10cd34e40dd9c09a0ad, washington-state, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Potential Effects of Energy Development on Environmental Resources of the Williston Basin, in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota—Water Resources_tables 1-1 to 1-3, 2-1 to 2-6, and 3-1 to 3-32 and figure 1-1

Potential Effects of Energy Development on Environmental Resources of the Williston Basin, in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota—Water Resources are described in terms of characteristics of the groundwater; streams and rivers; and lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands of the area in terms of physical occurrence, flow characteristics, recharge, water quality, and water use.

Tags: datasets, hydrogeology, montana, north-dakota, resources, south-dakota, usgs-612fbb12d34e40dd9c09a0e9, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Invasive carp movement rates among five herding techniques using adaptive resolution imaging sonar on the Lower Perche Creek, Columbia, MO.

Data represent a comparison of herding techniques commonly used by natural resource agencies and the public to increase removal or harvest of invasive carp (i.e., Silver Carp) from U.S. waterways. Sites on lower Perche Creek, Columbia, MO (2018 August 9th to 2018 October 26th) were contained using block nets and treated with one of five herding techniques: (1) method commonly used by commercial fishers in the U.S. (“commercial technique”), (2) pulsed-DC electrofishing (“electric technique”), (3) broadband sound administered with underwater speakers (“sound technique”), (4) both sound and electric in combination (“combination technique”), and (5) solely the boat with no added stimulus (“control”). Sites were administered with repeated 20 min runs (x3) in a slow bank to bank pattern downstream through a 4.5 m opening along the shoreline. Herding effectiveness was quantified by run category (cumulative for second and third runs) using ARIS (Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar; Sound Metrics, Bellevue, WA). Fish composition of the study reach was sampled using a suite of community sampling gears downstream of a herding treatment on 2018 November 7th. Prior to the study, a playback sound recording was created for the sound technique and combination technique. In addition, sound pressure level (decible re 1 μPa) emitted from each technique were measured on Perche Creek.

Tags: adaptive-resolution-imaging-sonar, biota, boonville, cooper-county, field-inventory-and-monitoring, fish-herding, fisheries-management, hydroacoustics, invasive-carp, invasive-species, management-methods, missouri, missouri-river, perche-creek, sonar-methods, usgs-6130ea97d34e40dd9c0a2bd7
Organization: Department of the Interior
Potential Effects of Energy Development on Environmental Resources of the Williston Basin in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota—Water Resources tables 4-1 to 4-2

Water Resources of the Energy Development Area of the Williston Basin in Eastern Montana, Western North Dakota, and Northwest South Dakota are described in terms of characteristics of the produced water and other deep formation water.

Tags: datasets, hydrogeology, montana, north-dakota, resources, south-dakota, usgs-61310acdd34e40dd9c0a2f7c, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior