AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Select structure observations, model results, and model input parameters for debris-flow runout model simulations of the 9 January 2018 Montecito debris-flow runout event

This dataset contains three comma separated value files that represent a combination of previously published structure observations and select model results at the location of each structure centroid from a separate previously published simulation study. 
-"buildings.csv" represents the merging of structure damage observations published in Kean et al. (2019) and structure locations from Open Street Map. Each row represents a different structure. 
-"model_parameters.csv" represents select model input parameters used in Barnhart et al. (2021). Each row represents a different simulation. 
-"model_results.csv" represents select model output from simulations described by Barnhart et al. (2021). There is a row for each structure present in each simulation. 	
Column descriptions and processing steps are provided in the metadata.xml file.

Tags: biota, california, d-claw, montecito, montecito-ca, postfire-debris-flow, santa-barbara-county, simulation-results, usgs-643302c3d34ee8d4add88334
Organization: Department of the Interior
Interpolated groundwater-levels, western Sarpy County, eastern Nebraska

This dataset is a file of contour lines representing the estimated altitude of the water table in western Sarpy County. This dataset was developed as part of a cooperative study between the Papillion-Missouri River Natural Resources District (PMRNRD) and USGS which began in 2017.  The goal of this study was to develop a hydrogeologic visualization model of western Sarpy County using GeoScene3D. In 2016, the PMRNRD contracted airborne electromagnetic surveys (AEM) of the area to be completed to better understand the stratigraphy and hydrogeology of the western Sarpy County area. The PMRNRD determined that they wanted to incorporate the AEM data into a visualization tool that would allow PMRNRD staff to easily interact with the AEM data and integrate it with other hydrogeologic and groundwater-quality data. The completed Geoscene3D project was assembled to allow PMRNRD managers to visualize the groundwater systems and associated water-quality results in Sarpy County and enable them to make more informed groundwater resource-planning decisions in the future.

Tags: big-papillion-mosquito, geoscientificinformation, gretna, groundwater, groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, groundwater-level, hydrogeology, lower-elkhorn, lower-platte, omaha-south, papillion, sarpy-county, springfield, usgs-64302905d34ee8d4add5b084
Organization: Department of the Interior
Database of mineral deposits related to the Mesoproterozoic Midcontinent Rift System (MRS) in the northern United States and northern Ontario, Canada

The Midcontinent Rift System (MRS) of North America is one of the world’s largest continental rifts and has an age of 1.1 Ga (giga-annum). The MRS hosts a diverse suite of magmatic and hydrothermal mineral deposits in the Lake Superior region where rift rocks are exposed at or near the surface. As part of the construction of a database summarizing information on mineral deposits in the MRS, data from regional mineral deposits were downloaded from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), the USGS Mineral Deposit Database (USMIN), and the Ontario Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines Mineral Deposit Inventory (MDI). Deposits related to MRS rocks or mineralizing events were identified and compiled into a database to develop a space/time classification for MRS-related mineral deposits.

Tags: canada, economy, michigan, mineral-deposits, mineral-resources, minnesota, ontario, united-states, usgs-643001bbd34ee8d4add5a09f, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Tephra geochemistry of the Ibex Hollow Tuff, a 12-Ma super-eruption

This table contains geochemical data collected for tephra samples either correlated with or in the same section with the Ibex Hollow Tuff. Most samples were collected by Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki and Mike Perkins, but some were submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey Tephrochronology Project for analysis by other persons. Electron microprobe analysis (EMA) was performed at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park California, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City Utah, and at the University of Toronto in Toronto Ontario Canada. Bulk glass EMA results have been normalized to 100% anhydrous following standard normalization procedures. Individual shard analyses are unnormalized. Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was conducted at the USGS in Lakewood, Colorado. These analyses have not been normalized. Laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) analyses were conducted at at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto. No normalization has been applied to these data.

Tags: alabama, california, chemical-analysis, electron-microprobe, geochemistry, geoscientificinformation, idaho, instrumental-neutron-activation-analysis, kansas, laser-ablation-inductively-coupled-plasma-mass-spectroscopy, montana, nebraska, northwest-pacific, pacific, tephra, usgs-642f727fd34ee8d4add55135, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gunnison sage-grouse predicted gene flow (conductance) surfaces, Colorado, United States

Habitat fragmentation and degradation impacts an organism's ability to navigate the landscape, ultimately resulting in decreased gene flow and increased extinction risk. Understanding how landscape composition impacts gene flow (i.e., connectivity) and interacts with scale is essential to conservation decision-making. We used a landscape genetics approach implementing a recently developed statistical model based on the generalized Wishart probability distribution to identify the primary landscape features affecting gene flow and estimate the degree to which each component influences connectivity for Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus). We were interested in two spatial scales: among distinct populations rangewide and among leks (i.e., breeding grounds) within the largest population, Gunnison Basin. Populations and leks are nested within a landscape fragmented by rough terrain and anthropogenic features, although requisite sagebrush habitat is more contiguous within populations. Our best fit models for each scale confirm the importance of sagebrush habitat in connectivity, although the important sagebrush characteristics differ. For Gunnison Basin, taller shrubs and higher quality nesting habitat were the primary drivers of connectivity, while more sagebrush cover and less conifer cover facilitated connectivity rangewide. Our findings support previous assumptions that Gunnison sage-grouse range contraction is largely the result of habitat loss and degradation. Importantly, we report direct estimates of resistance for landscape components that can be used to create resistance surfaces for prioritization of specific locations for conservation or management (i.e., habitat preservation, restoration, or development) or as we demonstrated, can be combined with simulation techniques to predict impacts to connectivity from potential management actions.

Tags: adaptive-management, biota, centrocercus-minimus, colorado, conservation-genetics, gene-flow, genetic-connectivity, gunnison-sage-grouse, landscape-genetics, united-states, usgs-642f4d54d34ee8d4add514a4, utah, western-united-states
Organization: Department of the Interior
Orthomosaic images from UAS surveys of the beaches at Fort Stevens State Park, OR, and Cape Disappointment State Park, WA, August 2017

This portion of the data release presents high-resolution orthomosaic images of the ocean beach at Fort Stevens State Park, OR, and Benson Beach at Cape Disappointment State Park, WA. The orthomosaics have resolutions of 5 centimeters per pixel and were derived from structure-from-motion (SfM) processing of aerial imagery collected with unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) during low tide surveys on 7 and 8 August 2017. The raw imagery used to create the orthomosaics was acquired with a UAS fitted with a Ricoh GR II digital camera featuring a global shutter. The UAS was flown on pre-programmed autonomous flight lines spaced to provide approximately 70 percent overlap between images from adjacent lines. The camera was triggered at 1 Hz using a built-in intervalometer. The raw imagery was geotagged using positions from the UAS onboard single-frequency autonomous GPS. Survey control was established using temporary ground control points (GCPs) consisting of a combination of small square tarps with black-and-white cross patterns and temporary chalk marks placed on the ground. The GCP positions were measured using dual-frequency post-processed kinematic (PPK) GPS with corrections referenced to a static base station operating nearby. The images and GCP positions were used for structure-from-motion (SfM) processing to create topographic point clouds, high-resolution orthomosaic images, and DSMs. The orthomosaic images have been provided in a three-band RGB format, with 8-bit unsigned integer values compressed using high-quality JPEG compression and are formatted as cloud optimized GeoTIFFs with internal overviews and masks to facilitate cloud-based queries and display.

Tags: aerial-and-satellite-photography, aerial-photography, altimetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, benson-beach, cape-disappointment, chmrp, clatsop-county, clatsop-spit, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, columbia-river, elevation, fort-stevens, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, image-mosaics, north-head, orthophotography, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-county, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, photography, remote-sensing, state-of-oregon, state-of-washington, structure-from-motion, topographic-maps, topography, u-s-geological-survey, uas, unmanned-aerial-system, usgs, usgs-642f4c34d34ee8d4add512f1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sagebrush structural connectivity yearly and temporal trends based on RCMAP sagebrush products, biome-wide from 1985 to 2020

This dataset includes modeled outputs for structural connectivity and trends in connectivity patterns in the sagebrush biome of the United States at 270-meter resolution. Connectivity was calculated using an omnidirectional circuit-based algorithm, with sources, targets, and conductance based on sagebrush fractional component from the RCMAP sagebrush products for 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. Cumulative current density was used to represent connectivity and normalized cumulative current density represented relative flow patterns. We also calculated rasters to represent linear trend in connectivity class, relative flow, and the consistency of connectivity classes.

Tags: arizona, biota, california, colorado, connectivity, environment, geoscientificinformation, habitat-fragmentation, idaho, montana, nevada, new-mexico, north-dakota, oregon, sagebrush, sagebrush-biome, shrubland, shrubland-ecosystems, shrublands, south-dakota, spatial-analysis, structural-connectivity, terrestrial-ecosystems, time-series-analysis, time-series-datasets, united-states, usgs-642f293fd34ee8d4add4bf80, utah, washington, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Noble Gas Isotopic Data from Fluid Inclusions Contained in the Te-bearing Adularia-Sericite Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits in a Calc-Alkaline Magmatic Arc, NE China

The contents of this data release represent the results of the noble gas composition analysis and are presented in support of the planned publication Gao et al., 2023, titled Lead and noble gas isotopic constraints on the origin of Te-bearing adularia-sericite epithermal Au-Ag deposits in a calc-alkaline magmatic arc.  Tellurium (Te)-bearing adularia-sericite epithermal Au-Ag deposits are widely distributed in calc-alkaline magmatic arcs and are an important current and future source of precious and critical metals. However, the source of ore-forming fluids in these deposits remain unclear due to the lack of isotopic evidence on Au-, Ag-, and Te-bearing minerals. To advance understanding of the source of Te and precious metals, He, Ne, and Ar isotope analysis were performed on gases extracted from fluid inclusions contained in ore and gangue minerals from two Te-rich (Sandaowanzi and Yongxin, Xing’an Block) and two Te-poor (Dong’an, Songliao Block, and Tuanjiegou, Jiamusi Massif) epithermal Au-Ag deposits that occur in an early Cretaceous magmatic arc in the North Heilongjiang Belt, northeastern China.  Samples were collected by Shen Gao (see Gao et al. 2022) and were analyzed at the U.S. Geological Survey Noble Gas Laboratory by Andrew Hunt from August 2019 to March 2020.

Tags: argon, argon-isotopic-data, dongan, fluid-inclusion, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geoscientificinformation, helium, helium-isotopic-data, mass-spectrometry, mineral-resources-program, neon, neon-isotopic-data, sandaowanzi, tellurium, tuanjiegou, u-s-geological-survey, us-geological-survey-noble-gas-laboratory, usgs, usgs-642f1898d34ee8d4add491e6, xingan, yongxin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Acoustic Telemetry Evaluation of Invasive Carp in Kaukauna, Wisconsin (Summer 2019)

This study deployed acoustic telemetry at the Fox River Navigational System Authority (FRNSA) in lock #2 and the upstream and downstream pools in Kaukauna, WI to document movements and behavior of telemetered fish species in response to injection of carbon dioxide. Telemetry equipment was setup in the test area for approximately 2 months during the summer of 2019. CSV metadata includes telemetry data with position estimates for fish during this time.

Tags: aquatic-biology, biota, carbon-dioxide, fox-river, invasive-carp, invasive-species, northeastern-wisconsin, telemetry, usgs-642dd693d34ee8d4add3b544
Organization: Department of the Interior
Scanned field notebooks from a USGS Benchmark Glacier: South Cascade Glacier, Washington,1957 - 2022

This data release is a collection of data and field notes documenting snow and ice changes on South Cascade Glacier, Washington, USA. The field records relate to glaciological research and reflect evolving interpretations of glacier mass balance, climatology, hydrology, and other glacier-related research conducted at the site between 1957 to 2022 in association with the USGS Benchmark Glacier Project.  Notebooks have been scanned in their entirety in PDF format. 
The USGS Benchmark Glacier Project has monitored targeted mountain glaciers across North America since research was initiated at South Cascade Glacier in 1957.  Data from the five benchmark glaciers located in Alaska, Washington, and Montana, provide continental-scale insight into 20th century climate forcing and represent one of the longest continuous records of North American glacier mass balance.  These intensively studied glaciers provide insight into the connection between climate and glaciers at multiple scales.

Tags: benchmark-glacier, boundaries, climatology, economy, glacier, hydrology, mass-balance, snow-and-ice-cover, south-cascade-glacier, usgs-642dcafbd34ee8d4add3b4cf
Organization: Department of the Interior
Well site and construction data for observation wells in well clusters SF-3, SF-4, and SF-5, Buckman well field, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, 1987

This dataset provides well-site information and construction data for wells SF-3A, SF-3B, SF-3C, SF-4A, SF-4B, SF-4C, SF-5A, SF-5B, and SF-5C that were installed in the Buckman well field, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The data include well-site information, borehole diameters and depths, well casing and screen diameters and depths, and annular materials and depths. The data were collected by contract and USGS personnel during drilling of the wells in the fall of 1987.

Tags: aquifer, buckman-well-field, environment, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, hydrogeology, new-mexico, santa-fe-county, usgs-642dc59fd34ee8d4add3b11d, water-well, well-drilling
Organization: Department of the Interior
Continuous water quality sensor data from the main channel and a backwater of the Upper Mississippi River from 2015-2018

This dataset includes high-frequency sensor data collected during four consecutive summers from buoys deployed at main channel and backwater sites in Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River from 2015-2018.  It also includes the event-specific concentration-discharge metrics (hysteresis and slope) calculated by combining the water quality sensor data with discharge data from a nearby USGS gage in Winona, MN (05378500). High-frequency sensor data were collected using water quality buoys (PISCES monitoring platforms; EMM350 Water Monitoring Pontoon Platform | ysi.com | ysi.com; Yellow Springs, Ohio) set up with EXO2 Multiparameter Sondes (YSI, Inc, Yellow Springs, Ohio) to monitor hourly or bi-hourly concentrations of chlorophyll-a, phycocyanin (metric of cyanobacteria abundance),, fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM; QSU), and turbidity (FNU), and water temperature (Celsius) as well as a SUNA v2 nitrate sensor (Sea-Bird Scientific, Bellevue, Washington) to monitor nitrate concentration.

Tags: biogeochemistry, chlorophyll-a, dissolved-organic-matter, inlandwaters, mississippi-river, nitrogen, phycocyanin, turbidity, usgs-642dc2bcd34ee8d4add3b0b1, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Point locations and species and behavioral identifications of colonial nesting seabirds on Maine's coastal islands interpreted from 2019 plane-based imagery

This dataset includes XY coordinates and species and behavioral observations of  birds detected in aerial imagery captured over coastal islands along Maine's coast during 30 May. - 3 June 2019. The Partenavia P.68 Observer plane flew over 268 islands within the Gulf of Maine (GOM). The plane flew at an altitude of 310 m above ground level and was equipped with a PhaseOne iXU-RS1000 (100 megapixel) multispectral camera and 70 mm lens to capture 4-band (red, green, blue, (RGB) and near-infrared (NIR) light) imagery with a ground sampling distance of 2 cm/px. Timing for the aerial image collection was selected to reflect peak nesting periods for the focal species (Herring Gull, HERG; Great Black-backed Gull, GBBG; Double-crested Cormorant, DCCO; Common Eider, COEI; and terns, Tern spp.), during which one parent is typically present on the nest. Imagery was captured during daylight in clear weather (i.e., no rain or high winds) for ten separate surveys beginning at different times and with various flight path extents. Although the target was colonial nesting seabirds, any birds that could be identified were noted in the dataset. All images were orthorectified, georeferenced, and mosaicked into images spanning one or more islands. Three observers reviewed the images, identified detected birds to species and behavior, and reconciled any differences. The dataset includes the detections recorded by each observer and the reconciled species and behavior identification. Summaries of the methods and final counts are presented in two theses:
Kline, Logan R. 2022. Characteristics contributing to uncertainty in image-based artificial intelligence classifications of colonial nesting birds. M.S. Thesis, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Orono. 118 pp.
Lewis, Meredith A. 2022. A bird's eye view: observer uncertainty in aerial image counts of colonial seabirds and an assessment of the status of coastal island gull and cormorant populations. M.S. Thesis, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Orono. 113 pp.

Tags: aerial-photography, biota, birds, gulf-of-maine-bay-of-fundy, maine-coastal, north-atlantic, usgs-642d7360d34ee8d4add393cb, wildlife-population-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Summary data on the forage base and critical forage taxa for Chesapeake waterbirds - Second Order Tables

We collated existing quantitative data on avian dietary composition of 58 waterbird species that make use of the Chesapeake Bay. From this database, we quantified the relative importance of forage taxa to the diets of each waterbird species. This data will enable us to develop a comprehensive suite of forage taxa indicators whose abundance and distributions can be monitored as a proxy for Chesapeake Bay ecosystem health. These data support a paired USGS authored publication.

Tags: biota, foodweb, usgs-642c7b77d34ee8d4add22df5, waterbirds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Summary data on the forage base and critical forage taxa for Chesapeake waterbirds - First Order Tables

We collated existing quantitative data on avian dietary composition of 58 waterbird species that make use of the Chesapeake Bay. From this database, we quantified the relative importance of forage taxa to the diets of each waterbird species. This data will enable us to develop a comprehensive suite of forage taxa indicators whose abundance and distributions can be monitored as a proxy for Chesapeake Bay ecosystem health. These data support a paired USGS authored publication.

Tags: biota, foodweb, usgs-642c7b4bd34ee8d4add22ded, waterbirds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surrogate regression models for computation of time series chloride concentrations, Chester County, Pennsylvania (2023)

In cooperation with state and county agencies, including the Chester County Water Resources Authority (CCWRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has collected discrete stream samples for analysis of chloride concentrations at three real-time streamflow and water-quality monitoring (specific conductance) stations located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Data were collected from 2010-2023 at these stations for the application of predicting chloride concentrations using real-time continuous specific conductance and streamflow data. Regression equations were developed by relating discrete-sample chloride and discrete specific conductance data, as well as continuous streamflow data. Regression equations included possible explanatory variables of discrete specific conductance and continuous streamflow and the response variable of chloride concentration with base-10 logarithmic (log) transformations. Data files in .CSV format include the variables of datetime, specific conductance (microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, uS/cm), streamflow (Q, cubic feet per second), chloride concentrations (milligrams per liter, mg/L), and calculated or transformed variables of log specific conductance, log streamflow, and log chloride concentrations. 
Data are included for 3 stream sites:
Valley Creek at PA Turnpike Bridge near Valley Forge, PA (USGS station 01473169) with discrete Cl and SC data from nearby downstream site Valley Creek at Wilson Road near Valley Forge, PA (USGS station 01473170)
White Clay Creek near Strickersville, PA (USGS station 01478245)
Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford, PA (USGS station 01481000)
For the model developed for station 01473169, discrete Cl and SC data come from station 01473170, and continuous Q data comes from station 01473169. 
For the model developed for station 01478245, discrete Cl and SC data and continuous Q data come from station 01478245. 
For the model developed for station 01481000, discrete Cl and SC data and continuous Q data come from station 01481000.

Tags: chester, pennsylvania, salinity, surface-water-quality, time-series-analysis, usgs-642c6da5d34ee8d4add22531
Organization: Department of the Interior