AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Modeled change in the average Feddema Moisture Index (multiplied by 1000) between the modeled 2041-2070 period (CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 r5i1p1 model) and the 1971-2000 Normal period.

Originators: US Environmental Protection Agency Publisher: US EPA Office of Research &amp; Development (ORD) - National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) Publication place: Corvallis, OR Publication date: Time Period of Data: 1900-2010; Projected data for 2041-2070. Data location: GeoPlatform ("https://www.geoplatform.gov/") and EPA Environmental Dataset Gateway (https://edg.epa.gov/). Abstract: We apply the hydrologic landscapes (HL) concept to assess the hydrologic vulnerability of the western United States (U.S.) to projected climate conditions. Our goal is to understand the potential impacts for stakeholder-defined interests across large geographic areas. The basic assumption of the HL approach is that catchments that share similar physical and climatic characteristics are expected to have similar hydrologic characteristics. We map climate vulnerability by integrating the HL approach into a retrospective analysis of historical data to assess variability in future climate projections and hydrology, which includes temperature, precipitation, potential evapotranspiration, snow accumulation, climatic moisture, surplus water, and seasonality of water surplus. Projections that are not within two-standard deviations of the historical decadal average contribute to the vulnerability index for each metric. The resulting vulnerability maps show that temperature and potential evapotranspiration are consistently projected to have high vulnerability indices for the western U.S. Precipitation vulnerability is not as spatially-uniform as temperature. The highest elevation areas with snow are projected to experience significant changes in snow accumulation. The seasonality vulnerability map shows that specific mountainous areas in the West are most prone to changes in seasonality, whereas many transitional terrains are moderately susceptible. This paper illustrates how the HL approach can help assess climatic and hydrologic vulnerability across large spatial scales. By combining the HL concept and climate vulnerability analyses, we provide a planning approach that could allow resource managers to consider how future climate conditions may impact important economic and conservation resources. Purpose: These data were created in support of the US EPA’s ACE CIVA 2.3, Task Project (QAPP: E-WED-0030854). However, these climate data and hydrologic landscape summaries should have broad applicability for hydrological, geomorphic, or ecological modeling, management, and restoration. This raster contains the modeled change in the average Feddema Moisture Index between the 2041-2070 modeled data (specified in the title) relative to the 1971-2000 Normal period.

Tags: 020:094, arizona, california, climate, downloadable data, environment, ground water, idaho, natural resources, nevada, oregon, washington, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Toxic Releases/IGD: EF_TRI

EF_TRI is a subset of facilities from FRS_PROGRAM_FACILITY and associated best-available geospatial coordinates. Facility Registry Service (FRS) data are refreshed daily. The layer shows only points from the TRIS (Toxics Release Inventory System) program. The TRI subset is updated weekly.

Tags: 020:117, alabama, alaska, american samoa, arizona, arkansas, california, cleanup, colorado, connecticut, conservation, delaware, ecology, ecosystem, energy, environment, exposure, florida, georgia, hawaii, hazards, health, human, idaho, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, monitoring, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, puerto rico, quality, regulatory, response, rhode island, risk, sites, south carolina, south dakota, spills, tennessee, texas, toxics, united states, utah, vermont, virgin islands, virginia, washington, washington dc, waste, west virginia, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Outer Cape Cod (Massachusetts) sewage no-discharge zone, 2011, EPA HQ OWOW

This dataset details No Discharge Zones (NDZ) for Outer Cape Cod, MA. Boaters may not discharge waste into these areas. Boundaries were determined mostly by Federal Register Environmental Documents in coordination with Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM) and EPA Region 1 Office of Ecosystem Protection (OEP) staff.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, marine, new hampshire, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USEPA Environmental Quality Index (EQI) and Associated Domain Indices by County for the United States 2006-2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CHPEA) in the Public Health and Environmental Systems Division (PHESD) is currently engaged in research aimed at developing a measure that estimates overall environmental quality at the county level for the United States. This work is being conducted as an effort to learn more about how various environmental factors simultaneously contribute to health disparities in low-income and minority populations, and to better estimate the total environmental and social context to which humans are exposed. This dataset contains the finalized Environmental Quality Index (EQI), and an index for each of the associated domains (air, water, land, built environment, and sociodemographic environment). Indices are at the county level for all counties in the United States for 2006-2010. More information about the EQI can be found at https://www.epa.gov/healthresearch/epas-environmental-quality-index-supports-public-health

Tags: 020:053, air, alabama, alaska, arizona, arkansas, california, chesapeake bay, chesapeake bay watershed, colorado, connecticut, delaware, environment, exposure, florida, georgia, hawaii, idaho, illinois, indiana, indicator, iowa, kansas, kentucky, land, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, south dakota, tennessee, texas, united states, utah, vermont, virginia, washington, washington dc, water, west virginia, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Change in Snowfall

This indicator shows the average rate of change in total snowfall from 1930 to 2007 at 419 weather stations in the contiguous 48 states. Blue circles represent increased snowfall; red circles represent a decrease. This indicator also shows the percentage change in winter snow-to-precipitation ratio from 1949 to 2024 at 170 weather stations in the contiguous 48 states. This ratio measures what percentage of total winter precipitation falls in the form of snow. A decrease (red circle) indicates that more precipitation is falling in the form of rain instead of snow. Blue circles indicate more precipitation is falling in the form of snow instead of rain. For more information: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators.

Tags: 020:033, air, climate, indicator, precipitation, snow, united states
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Waquoit Bay, Falmouth (Massachusetts) sewage no-discharge zone, 1994, EPA HQ OWOW

This dataset details No Discharge Zones (NDZ) for Waquoit Bay, Falmouth, MA. Boaters may not discharge waste into these areas. Boundaries were determined mostly by Federal Register Environmental Documents in coordination with Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM) and EPA Region 1 Office of Ecosystem Protection (OEP) staff.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, marine, new hampshire, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Locations of Combined Sewer Overflow Outfalls - US EPA Region 3

This data layer identifies the locations of Combined sewer overflow outfalls. Combined sewer systems are sewers that are designed to collect rainwater runoff, domestic sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe. Most of the time, combined sewer systems transport all of their wastewater to a sewage treatment plant, where it is treated and then discharged to a water body. During periods of heavy rainfall or snowmelt, however, the wastewater volume in a combined sewer system can exceed the capacity of the sewer system or treatment plant. For this reason, combined sewer systems are designed to overflow occasionally and discharge excess untreated wastewater directly to nearby streams, rivers, or other water bodies. For further information visit: http://cfpub1.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=5

Tags: compliance, delaware, hazards, health, human, maryland, pennsylvania, permits, regulatory, sites, surface water, virginia, washington dc, waste, water, west virginia
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EF NPL

EF_NPL is a subset of facilities from FRS_PROGRAM_FACILITY and associated best-available geospatial coordinates. Facility Registry Service (FRS) data are refrehsed daily.     The layer shows only NPL (National Priority List) points from the SEMS (Superfund Enterprise Management System) database.

Tags: alabama, alaska, american samoa, arizona, arkansas, california, cleanup, colorado, compliance, connecticut, contaminant, delaware, drinking water, environment, exposure, facilities, florida, georgia, ground water, hawaii, hazards, health, human, idaho, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, puerto rico, quality, regulatory, remediation, rhode island, sites, south carolina, south dakota, spills, tennessee, texas, toxics, united states, utah, vermont, virgin islands, virginia, washington, washington dc, waste, west virginia, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High Marsh at Mispillion, DE, Lower Delaware Bay, Intermediate Sea Level Rise Scenario, “Protect Developed Dry Land” model protection scenario, EPA ORD NCEA

This raster GIS dataset contains 5-meter-resolution cells depicting the areas of HIGH marsh gain (value=1), lost (value=-1) and remaining (no change; value=0). High marsh (HM) was defined as the aggregation of irregularly-flooded marsh [SLAMM category 7] and transitional salt marsh [SLAMM category 20]. HM is covered by water only sporadically (once per day or less). Based on SLAMM simulation outputs, we generated the gain and loss map by using the “Raster Calculator” tool under “Spatial Analyst Tools” in ArcGIS software. The methodology consists of the three steps listed below (where we use low marsh [LM] as an example). The same process can be applied to other SLAMM land cover categories. 

1) Open ArcMap, add SLAMM simulation raster outputs (all SLAMM categories) for baseline year and future years. 

2) In Raster Calculator, set the SLAMM code equal to 8 (low marsh = SLAMM category 8) to generate a new raster. Each individual cell in the new raster is assigned a value of “0” or “1”. “1” is low marsh and “0” is any other SLAMM land cover category. Perform this step for both the baseline year and future year. 

3) In Raster Calculator, subtract the new raster for the baseline year from the new raster for the future year (formula = new future year raster - new baseline year raster). The calculation generates a new raster, in which each individual cell is assigned a value of “-1”, “0”, or “1”. Based on the calculation, “-1” means low marsh loss in the future (the cell has converted from low marsh to a different SLAMM category), “0” means low marsh is remaining (the cell stays the same), and “1” means low marsh gain in the future (the cell has converted from a different SLAMM category to low marsh). 

Prior SLAMM work has been performed in the Delaware Bay, but our methods differ in that we derive results for specific marsh areas and utilize more recent, higher resolution elevation data (2015 USGS CoNED Topobathy Model: New Jersey and Delaware), the most recent SLR projections, and site-specific accretion data (through 2016). These SLAMM simulations were performed as part of a larger project by the USEPA on frameworks and methods for characterizing relative wetland vulnerabilities. 

Note: additional raster files from this project are available upon request. These include files from low and high SLR scenarios and different model protection scenarios. For more information, contact Jordan West (West.Jordan@epa.gov).

Tags: 020:094, coastal wetland, delaware, downloadable data, ecosystem, environment, estuary, exposure, modeling, natural resources, new jersey, relative vulnerability, sea level rise, united states
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Federal Green Challenge (FGC) Data

The Federal Green Challenge (FGC) is a national effort under EPA's Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Program, challenging EPA and other federal agencies throughout the country to lead by example in reducing the federal government's environmental impact. Federal offices or facilities start their participation by selecting a minimum two of the six target areas, including Waste, Electronics, Purchasing, Energy, Water, and Transportation.  At least one of the selected target areas must be waste, electronics, or purchasing. Members commit to an improvement goal of at least five percent per year in their selected target areas. A current list of Federal Green Challenge participants and annual award winners is made available through the FGC website (https://www.epa.gov/fgc). Participants commit to work toward achieving sustainability goals at their facilities and meet compliance with Executive Order 13963.  The program started in 2012 and the first data were made available in 2013. The FGC is part of EPA's larger SMM program (https://www.epa.gov/smm).  Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) is a systemic approach to using and reusing materials more productively over their entire lifecycles. It represents a change in how our society thinks about the use of natural resources and environmental protection. By looking at a product's entire lifecycle we can find new opportunities to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources, and reduce costs. There are multiple challenge programs available as part of the SMM program, including the Food Recovery Challenge, the Electronics Challenge, the Federal Green Challenge, and the WasteWise program.  			
				

Tags: electronics, energy, environment, office of land and emergency management (olem), purchasing, resource conservation, state, sustainability, transportation, united states, waste, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Modeled change in the Seasonality between 1911-1920 and the 1971-2000 Normal period

Originators: US Environmental Protection Agency Publisher: US EPA Office of Research & Development (ORD) - National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) Publication place: Corvallis, OR Publication date: Time Period of Data: 1900-2010; Projected data for 2041-2070. Data location: GeoPlatform ("https://www.geoplatform.gov/") and EPA Environmental Dataset Gateway (https://edg.epa.gov/). Abstract: We apply the hydrologic landscapes (HL) concept to assess the hydrologic vulnerability of the western United States (U.S.) to projected climate conditions. Our goal is to understand the potential impacts for stakeholder-defined interests across large geographic areas. The basic assumption of the HL approach is that catchments that share similar physical and climatic characteristics are expected to have similar hydrologic characteristics. We map climate vulnerability by integrating the HL approach into a retrospective analysis of historical data to assess variability in future climate projections and hydrology, which includes temperature, precipitation, potential evapotranspiration, snow accumulation, climatic moisture, surplus water, and seasonality of water surplus. Projections that are not within two-standard deviations of the historical decadal average contribute to the vulnerability index for each metric. The resulting vulnerability maps show that temperature and potential evapotranspiration are consistently projected to have high vulnerability indices for the western U.S. Precipitation vulnerability is not as spatially-uniform as temperature. The highest elevation areas with snow are projected to experience significant changes in snow accumulation. The seasonality vulnerability map shows that specific mountainous areas in the West are most prone to changes in seasonality, whereas many transitional terrains are moderately susceptible. This paper illustrates how the HL approach can help assess climatic and hydrologic vulnerability across large spatial scales. By combining the HL concept and climate vulnerability analyses, we provide a planning approach that could allow resource managers to consider how future climate conditions may impact important economic and conservation resources. Purpose: These data were created in support of the US EPA’s ACE CIVA 2.3, Task Project (QAPP: E-WED-0030854). However, these climate data and hydrologic landscape summaries should have broad applicability for hydrological, geomorphic, or ecological modeling, management, and restoration.  This raster contains the modeled change in the seasonality of the month of maximum surplus precipitation between the target time period (in title) and the 1971-2000 Normal period (1 = same season, 0 = earlier season, 2 = later season).

Tags: 020:094, 1900 -2010, 2041-2070, climate, downloadable data, environment, united states, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Draft 1;6000 Scale (6K) Quadrangles developed by USEPA to Support Reconnaissance, and Tactical and Strategic Planning for Emergency Responses and Homeland Security Events (Region 3 Extract)

Reference quads for emergency response reconnaissance developed for use by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Grid cells are based on densification of the USGS Quarterquad (1:12,000 scale or 12K) grids for the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico and are roughly equivalent to 1:6000 scale (6K) quadrangles approximately 2 miles long on each side. Note: This file is a regional subset that has been extracted from a national file 6K quad file. Each regional extract includes a 20 mile buffer of tiles around each EPA Region. To access the national layer (size is greater than 80MB), go to https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/data/OSWER/6kquads_epa.zip.

Tags: dc, de, disaster, district of columbia, emergency response, homeland security, md, pa, reference grid, response, spills, va, wv
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Modeled change in the Seasonality between 1941-1970 and the 1971-2000 Normal period

Originators: US Environmental Protection Agency Publisher: US EPA Office of Research & Development (ORD) - National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) Publication place: Corvallis, OR Publication date: Time Period of Data: 1900-2010; Projected data for 2041-2070. Data location: GeoPlatform ("https://www.geoplatform.gov/") and EPA Environmental Dataset Gateway (https://edg.epa.gov/). Abstract: We apply the hydrologic landscapes (HL) concept to assess the hydrologic vulnerability of the western United States (U.S.) to projected climate conditions. Our goal is to understand the potential impacts for stakeholder-defined interests across large geographic areas. The basic assumption of the HL approach is that catchments that share similar physical and climatic characteristics are expected to have similar hydrologic characteristics. We map climate vulnerability by integrating the HL approach into a retrospective analysis of historical data to assess variability in future climate projections and hydrology, which includes temperature, precipitation, potential evapotranspiration, snow accumulation, climatic moisture, surplus water, and seasonality of water surplus. Projections that are not within two-standard deviations of the historical decadal average contribute to the vulnerability index for each metric. The resulting vulnerability maps show that temperature and potential evapotranspiration are consistently projected to have high vulnerability indices for the western U.S. Precipitation vulnerability is not as spatially-uniform as temperature. The highest elevation areas with snow are projected to experience significant changes in snow accumulation. The seasonality vulnerability map shows that specific mountainous areas in the West are most prone to changes in seasonality, whereas many transitional terrains are moderately susceptible. This paper illustrates how the HL approach can help assess climatic and hydrologic vulnerability across large spatial scales. By combining the HL concept and climate vulnerability analyses, we provide a planning approach that could allow resource managers to consider how future climate conditions may impact important economic and conservation resources. Purpose: These data were created in support of the US EPA’s ACE CIVA 2.3, Task Project (QAPP: E-WED-0030854). However, these climate data and hydrologic landscape summaries should have broad applicability for hydrological, geomorphic, or ecological modeling, management, and restoration.  This raster contains the modeled change in the seasonality of the month of maximum surplus precipitation between the target time period (in title) and the 1971-2000 Normal period (1 = same season, 0 = earlier season, 2 = later season).

Tags: 020:094, 1900 -2010, 2041-2070, climate, downloadable data, environment, united states, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Water Sampling Data for BP Spill/Deepwater Horizon

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill) began on 20 April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. Following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed for 87 days, until it was capped on 15 July 2010. In response to the BP oil spill, EPA sampled air, water, sediment, and waste generated by the cleanup operations.

Tags: alabama, cleanup, contaminant, disaster, emergency, environment, florida, hazards, health, human, louisiana, mississippi, response, toxics
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EF TRI

EF_TRI is a subset of facilities from FRS_PROGRAM_FACILITY and associated best-available geospatial coordinates. Facility Registry Service (FRS) data are refrehsed daily. The layer shows only points from the TRIS (Toxics Release Inventory System) program.

Tags: alabama, alaska, american samoa, arizona, arkansas, california, cleanup, colorado, connecticut, conservation, delaware, ecology, ecosystem, energy, environment, exposure, florida, georgia, hawaii, hazards, health, human, idaho, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, monitoring, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, puerto rico, quality, regulatory, response, rhode island, risk, sites, south carolina, south dakota, spills, tennessee, texas, toxics, united states, utah, vermont, virgin islands, virginia, washington, washington dc, waste, west virginia, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency