AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Kinnickinnic River Geochemistry and Rapid Geomorphic Assessments, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

From September 2019 to October 2020 a stream sediment budget and sediment fingerprinting integrated study was conducted to quantify upland and stream corridor sources of suspended sediment and sediment-bound phosphorus using the Sediment Source Assessment Tool (SedSAT) methods with a suite of trace elements. Upland source samples were collected at 45 randomly selected sites in the watershed. Passive suspended-sediment samplers were installed at three sites and sampled monthly. Soft, fine-grained streambed sediment was collected if present at 18 rapid geomorphic assessment (RGA) sites. An inventory of bank erosion and soft-sediment deposition was also done at each of the 18 RGA sites, which were selected to represent a range of stream sizes and geomorphic conditions. This data release includes field-collected data from RGAs, trace elements laboratory results, and sediment budget calculations for the Kinnickinnic River basin, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Tags: geoscientificinformation, kinnickinnic, milwaukee, sediment-transport, usgs-637d4cbcd34ed907bf742779, waukesha, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Plankton taxonomy and water quality in the Tualatin River Basin to the west of Portland, Oregon, during the summers of 2018-21

Water-quality data and plankton samples were collected at multiple locations within the Fernhill Natural Treatment wetland and along the Tualatin River, located to the west of Portland, Oregon, during the summers of 2018, 2019 and 2020. Water quality parameters collected include water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, chlorophyll, and blue green algae. Data were collected to better understand how water discharged from the upstream natural treatment wetland (Fernhill Wetlands) affect algal species and water quality in the Tualatin River.

Tags: aquatic-biology, biota, environment, inlandwaters, oregon, surface-water-quality, usgs-63c9a6bad34e06fef14f3a82, washington-county, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water Quality and Biological Data from Ponds on Islands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

This data includes information on water quality, zooplankton, and fish sampled in ponds on delta islands in San Joaquin County, California. The islands include Bacon (North and South ponds), Bouldin (East and West ponds), Holland Tract (Middle, North, and South ponds), and Webb Tract (East, Middle, and North ponds). Discrete water quality parameters were measured bimonthly and continuous temperature was recorded every 15 minutes. Zooplankton were sampled monthly using a Schindler-Patalas 12L plankton trap with a 200mL Dolphin bucket with 61 micron stainless mesh. Fish were sampled once at each pond using beach seines, gill nets, and boat electrofishing gear.

Tags: aquatic-biology, bouldin-island, california, fish, lower-sacramento, plankton, san-joaquin, san-joaquin-delta, united-states, usgs-63c870c3d34e06fef14f3537, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hydrogeologic section lines in the Owasco Inlet Watershed, Cayuga and Tompkins Counties, New York

This child item dataset contains a shapefile that delineates traces of hydrogeologic sections illustrated in Heisig, 2023 (figure 3, plate 1). The "Section_id" attribute lists letter-number designations of each section. A separate shapefile in this Data Release contains the map labels for the hydrogeologic sections in the format  x - x'. By convention, the x is on the west side and the x' is on the east side of generally horizontal sections. In generally vertical sections, the x is the westernmost of the section ends and the x' is the eastermost end of the section line.

Tags: cayuga-county, freeville, groton, holocene, hydrogeology, locke, moravia, new-york, peruville, pleistocene, surficial-geology, tompkins-county, united-states, usgs-638525b2d34ed907bf779867
Organization: Department of the Interior
Trends and a Targeted Annual Warning System for Greater Sage-Grouse in the Western United States (ver. 4.0, November 2025)

Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter sage-grouse) are at the center of state and national land-use policies largely because of their unique life-history traits as an ecological indicator for health of sagebrush ecosystems. This updated population trend analysis provides state and federal land and wildlife managers with the best-available science to help guide management and conservation plans aimed at benefitting sage-grouse populations and the ecosystems they inhabit. This analysis relied on previously published population trend modeling methodology from Coates and others (2021, 2022) and incorporates population lek count data for 1960-2024. Included in this report are methodological updates to lek count data aggregation, state-space model forecasting, and targeted annual warning system signals, which are detailed under individual Modification sections. State-space models estimated 2.9-percent average annual decline in sage-grouse populations between 1966 and 2021 (Period 1, six population oscillations) across their geographical range. Average annual decline among climate clusters for the same number of oscillations ranged between 2.2 and 3.4 percent. Cumulative declines were 41.2, 64.1, and 78.8 percent range-wide during Period 5 (19 years), Period 3 (35 years), and Period 1 (55 years), respectively.
Definitions:
Watch: Assigned to populations that exhibit evidence of population decline below those of their respective climate cluster (slow signal) over 2 consecutive years.
Warning: Assigned to populations that experienced slow signals in 3 out of 4 consecutive years OR a relatively strong magnitude (fast signal) of evidence for 2 out of 3 years.
Watches may identify the need for intensive monitoring whereas warnings may identify the need for management intervention aimed at stabilizing populations.
References:
Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., O’Donnell, M.S., Aldridge, C.L., Edmunds, D.R., Monroe, A.P., Ricca, M.A., Wann, G.T., Hanser, S.E., Wiechman, L.A., and Chenaille, M.P., 2021, Range-wide greater sage-grouse hierarchical monitoring framework-Implications for defining population boundaries, trend estimation, and a targeted annual warning system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020-1154, 243 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201154.
Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., Aldridge, C.L., O’Donnell, M.S., Edmunds, D.R., Monroe, A.P., Hanser, S.E., Wiechman, L.A., and Chenaille, M.P., 2022, Range-wide population trend analysis for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)-Updated 1960-2021: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1165, 16 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1165

Tags: adaptive-management, biota, california, colorado, ecology, human-impacts, idaho, long-term-ecological-monitoring, montana, nevada, north-dakota, oregon, shrubland-ecosystems, south-dakota, targeted-monitoring, triggers, usgs-637e9b26d34ed907bf76eb1e, utah, warning-system, washington, western-united-states, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Cyanotoxin concentrations in  extracts from cyanobacteria colonies, plankton net tows, and Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin Tracking (SPATT) samplers in western rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, including drinking water sources in the Oregon Cascades: 2016-2020

This data release contains cyanotoxin concentrations for microcystins, cylindrospermopsins, anatoxins, and saxitoxins assessed using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA) on 363 samples collected from 82 surface-water sites located in the Cascade Range in Oregon, and eight sites located outside of the Oregon Cascade Range in Washington and California, during 2016-2020. Three sample types were assessed: 1) benthic colonies and mats of cyanobacteria (n=109), 2) plankton net tows (n=90), and 3) Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin Tracking samplers (SPATTs)(n=164).

Tags: anderson-lake, aquatic-biology, benthos, biota, california, clackamas-river, coast-fork-willamette-river, columbia-river, cyanobacteria, cyanotoxin, deschutes-river, elisa, environment, inlandwaters, limnology, mckenzie-river, middle-fork-willamette-river, net-tow, north-santiam-river, north-umpqua-river, oregon, sacramento-river, solid-phase-adsorption-toxin-tracking, spatt, surface-water-quality, tualatin-river, usgs-6388f541d34ed907bf78e93c, washington, water-sampling, willamette-river
Organization: Department of the Interior
Calcite U-Pb analytical results documenting the evolution of Miocene normal and dextral faulting in the lower Colorado River region near Blythe, California, USA

Faults in the study area are commonly coated with synkinematic calcite, and we use laser ablation inductively-coupled mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U-Pb geochronology to determine the timing of this mineralization. This dataset presents the results of those analyses and age determinations of different samples and sample subsets.
These datasets are associated with a manuscript accepted for publication: Mavor, S.P., Bennett, S.E.K., Crow, R.S., Singleton, J.S., Langenheim, V., Stockli, D., Stelten, M., Brickey, T.A., Sr., Umhoefer, P.J., and Beard, L.S., 2023, Evolution of Miocene normal and dextral faulting in the lower Colorado River region near Blythe, California, USA: Geosphere, v. 19, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02608.1.

Tags: arizona, blythe, california, faulting-geologic, usgs-63d07970d34e06fef14fd494
Organization: Department of the Interior
Push-pull data from sentinel wells in groundwater at the Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Facility, Albuquerque, New Mexico

This United States Geological Survey (USGS) dataset contains push-pull test results measured in Albuquerque, New Mexico, using passive flux meters (PFMs) in sentinel wells associated with the Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) Bulk Fuels Facility (BFF). Push-pull test results were used to correct Darcy flux data collected at large depth PFM deployments in sentinel wells. The measurements were conducted by the USGS in cooperation with KAFB, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc. (an engineering consulting firm), and the University of Florida.

Tags: albuquerque, environment, kirtland-air-force-base-bulk-fuels-facility, new-mexico, passive-flux-meter, push-pull-test, sentinel-well, usgs-638121e9d34ed907bf778d9a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Thick upland overburden in the Owasco Inlet Watershed, Cayuga and Tompkins Counties, New York

This child item dataset contains a shapefile that delineates areasof thick upland overburden within the Owasco Inlet watershed.

Tags: cayuga-county, freeville, groton, holocene, hydrogeology, locke, moravia, new-york, peruville, pleistocene, surficial-geology, tompkins-county, united-states, usgs-63852764d34ed907bf77988b
Organization: Department of the Interior
SandSnap grain-size analysis and photos from North Core Banks, NC in October 2022

These data map in high detail surficial cross-sections of North Core Banks, a barrier island in Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC, in October 2022. U.S. Geological Survey field efforts are part of an interagency agreement with the National Park Service to monitor the recovery of the island from Hurricanes Florence (2018) and Dorian (2019). Three sites of outwash, overwash, and pond formation were targeted for extensive vegetation ground-truthing, sediment samples, bathymetric mapping with a remote-controlled surface vehicle, and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) flights to collect multispectral imagery. Five semi-permanent ground control points were also installed and surveyed to act as control for additional aerial imagery collects via plane. UAS imagery were processed in Agisoft Metashape (v. 1.8.1) with surveyed temporary ground control points to produce calibrated multispectral (red, blue, green, red edge, near infrared, and panchromatic) orthoimages and digital surface models.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, beach, cape-lookout, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, geoscientificinformation, grain-size-analysis, hurricane-dorian, hurricane-florence, north-core-banks, oceans, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, remote-sensing-coastal-change, sandsnap, sediment, sediment-analysis, sediment-transport, state-of-north-carolina, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-63af033ed34e92aad3ca5ed3, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Locations of Change in Aquatic Vegetation Cover along the Illinois Waterway from 2019 - 2021

Over the summer of 2020, the Illinois Waterway (IWW) was closed to complete maintenance on lock chambers along the Illinois River. This closure restricted vessel traffic along the river and potentially changed habitat characteristics for aquatic vegetation establishment and growth. To assess if patterns of vegetation establishment and growth changed during the closure, peak biomass imagery from 2019 (pre closure) and 2021 (post closure) were compared for a vegetation response. This assessment found locations where aquatic vegetation increased and locations where aquatic vegetation decreased.

Tags: aerial-photography, aquatic-biology, aquatic-ecosystems, biota, environment, freshwater-ecosystems, geospatial-datasets, habitats, illinois, illinois-river, illinois-waterway, image-analysis, land-use-and-land-cover, scientific-interpretation, usgs-637e417bd34ed907bf764f13, vegetation, wetland-ecosystems
Organization: Department of the Interior
mega flute features in the Owasco Inlet Watershed, Cayuga and Tompkins Counties, New York

This child item dataset contains a shapefile that delineates glacially streamlined unconsolidated deposits (mega flutes) that are indicative of the direction of rapid ice flow.

Tags: cayuga-county, freeville, groton, holocene, hydrogeology, locke, moravia, new-york, peruville, pleistocene, surficial-geology, tompkins-county, united-states, usgs-638526c8d34ed907bf779879
Organization: Department of the Interior
Lidar Point Clouds (LPCs), Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), and Snow Depth Raster Maps Derived from Lidar Data Collected on Small, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 2020-22

This data release consists of three child items distinguishing the following types of data: light detection and ranging (lidar) point clouds (LPCs), digital elevation models (DEMs), and snow depth raster maps. These three data types are all derived from lidar data collected on small, uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) at study areas in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, from 2020 to 2022. These data were collected and generated as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Next Generation Water Observing Systems (NGWOS) Upper Colorado River Basin project.

Tags: bare-earth, berthoud-pass, cameron-pass, colorado, colorado-river, devils-thumb, digital-elevation-model, fraser, lidar, point-cloud, ranch-creek-meadow, snow, snow-depth, snow-water-equivalent, suas, usgs-63851660d34ed907bf779817, winter-park, yellowscan
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gravel pits and quarries in the Owasco Inlet Watershed, Cayuga and Tompkins Counties, New York

This child item dataset contains a shapefile that delineates former and active gravel pits and quarries within the Owasco Inlet watershed.

Tags: cayuga-county, freeville, groton, holocene, hydrogeology, locke, moravia, new-york, peruville, pleistocene, surficial-geology, tompkins-county, united-states, usgs-63852453d34ed907bf77985d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Lineament feature in the Owasco Inlet Watershed, Cayuga and Tompkins Counties, New York

This child item dataset contains a shapefile detailing the extent of a major lineament feature that crosses the Owasco Inlet watershed from southwest to northeast.

Tags: cayuga-county, freeville, groton, holocene, hydrogeology, locke, moravia, new-york, peruville, pleistocene, surficial-geology, tompkins-county, united-states, usgs-63852678d34ed907bf779876
Organization: Department of the Interior
Salish Sea water level simulation projections: 2016-2099

Simulations of the period 2016-2099 were conducted using the Salish Sea hydrodynamic model to evaluate extreme water levels associated with anticipated changes in sea level and climate forcing. The model projections accounting for sea level position, tides, remote sea-level anomalies, local winds and storm surge and stream flows as they affect water density. Dynamically downscaled Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) CMIP5 GFDL wind and atmospheric pressure fields were prescribed over the model open boundary and used to compute sea-level anomaly prescribed at the model ocean boundary. Simulations were made for eight different Sea-Level Rise (SLR) conditions, 0, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, and 5 meters relative to current conditions (1983-2001 epoch) and provided as time-series outputs along the -5 m depth isobath. Model inputs are also provided.

Tags: climate-change, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, distributions, extreme-weather, geoscientificinformation, hazards-planning, numerical-modeling, ocean-winds, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, predictions, puget-sound, salish-sea, state-of-washington, storms, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-63acc990d34e92aad3ca1502, water-level-measurements, wind
Organization: Department of the Interior
Electron Microprobe and 40Ar/39Ar data from the East Derby Shear Zone, Connecticut

This data release includes electron microprobe and 40Ar/39Ar measurements collected at the U.S. Geological Survey for samples from the East Derby Shear Zone (EDSZ) in Connecticut, USA.  Rock samples were collected by Bryan Wathen, now at the University of Wisconsin. Muscovite, biotite, chlorite, plagioclase, and K-feldspar were analyzed by electron probe microanalysis at the U.S. Geological Survey, Reston Electron Microbeam Laboratory. Aliquots of muscovite from several samples were analyzed by argon geochronology at the U.S. Geological Survey Bascom ARgon Dating (BARD) Laboratory in Reston, Virginia. The 40Ar/39Ar data constrain the cooling history of the rocks around the EDSZ as well as the time(s) of deformation in the EDSZ.

Tags: 40ar-39ar, bascom-argon-dating-laboratory, connecticut, dissolution-precipitation, east-derby, electron-microprobe, florence-bascom-geoscience-center, geochronology, geoscientificinformation, new-england, rheology, structural-petrology, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-63c84c2fd34e06fef14f3422
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mercury and biogeochemical parameters in surface water and sediment from U.S. National Parks, 2014-2015 (ver. 2.0, December 2023)

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury and biogeochemical parameters in surface water and aquatic sediment collected from U.S. National Parks in 2014-2015.

Tags: acadia-national-park, big-bend-national-park, big-cypress-national-park, big-thicket-national-preserve, cape-cod-national-seashore, chickasaw-national-recreation-area, cuyahoga-valley-national-park, denali-national-park-and-preserve, environment, glacier-national-park, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, gulf-islands-national-seashore, indiana-dunes-national-park, inlandwaters, john-day-fossil-beds-national-monument, knife-river-indian-villages-national-historic-site, lake-clark-national-park-and-preserve, mammoth-cave-national-park, marsh-billings-rockefeller-national-park, mercury-contamination, montezuma-castle-national-monument, mount-rainier-national-park, niobrara-national-scenic-river, olympic-national-park, ozark-national-scenic-riverway, pictured-rocks-national-lakeshore, pipestone-national-monument, redwood-national-park, rocky-mountain-national-park, roosevelt-vanderbilt-national-historic-sites, saguaro-national-park, saint-gaudens-national-historic-site, shenandoah-national-park, tallgrass-prairie-national-preserve, timucuan-ecological-amp-historic-preserve, tumacacori-national-historical-park, tuzigoot-national-monument, usgs-637e5e47d34ed907bf769345, valles-caldera-national-preserve, voyageurs-national-park, yellowstone-national-park, yosemite-national-park
Organization: Department of the Interior
Stereoplot data documenting the evolution of Miocene normal and dextral faulting in the lower Colorado River region near Blythe, California, USA

This table describes which data were used to generate the stereoplots depicted in the associated publication. The table further provides measurement averages and eigenvector statistics for the data. 
These datasets are associated with a manuscript accepted for publication: Mavor, S.P., Bennett, S.E.K., Crow, R.S., Singleton, J.S., Langenheim, V., Stockli, D., Stelten, M., Brickey, T.A., Sr., Umhoefer, P.J., and Beard, L.S., 2023, Evolution of Miocene normal and dextral faulting in the lower Colorado River region near Blythe, California, USA: Geosphere, v. 19, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02608.1.

Tags: arizona, blythe, california, faulting-geologic, usgs-63d079c3d34e06fef14fd49a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Darcy flux at sentinel wells at the Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Facility, Albuquerque, New Mexico

This United States Geological Survey (USGS) dataset contains Darcy flux data measured in Albuquerque, New Mexico, using passive flux meters (PFMs) in sentinel wells associated with the Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) Bulk Fuels Facility (BFF). The measurements were conducted by the USGS in cooperation with KAFB, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc. (an engineering consulting firm), and the University of Florida.

Tags: albuquerque, bernalillo-county, darcy-flux, environment, kirtland-airforce-base-bulk-fuels-facility, new-mexico, passive-flux-meters, sentinel-wells, usgs-638122e8d34ed907bf778da0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seepage-run discharge measurements, March 23, 2022, He'eia Stream and 'Ioleka'a Stream, O'ahu, Hawai'i

This data release contains a comma-delimited ascii file of 16 discrete discharge measurements made at sites along selected reaches of He'eia Stream and 'Ioleka'a Stream, O'ahu, Hawai'i, on March 23, 2022. These discrete discharge measurements form what is commonly referred to as a "seepage run." The intent of the seepage run is to quantify the spatial distribution of streamflow along the reach during fair-weather, low-flow conditions, generally characterized by negligible direct runoff within the reach. The measurements can be used to characterize the net seepage of water into (water gain) or out of (water loss) the stream channel between measurement sites provided that the measurements were made during stable, nonchanging flow conditions and external surface inflows (for example, a tributary) or outflows (for example, a diversion) of water to the reach are quantified and accounted for in the computation of net seepage.

Tags: heeia-stream, hydrographic-datasets, hydrology, inlandwaters, iolekaa-stream, oahu, river-reaches, state-of-hawaii, stream-gage-measurement, streamflow, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-63b5e432d34e92aad3caa532, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior