AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Depth grids of the flood-inundation maps for the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.5-mile reach of the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science website at https://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgage on the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana (station 03324200). Near-real-time stages at this streamgage may be obtained from the USGS National Water Information System web interface at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN or the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (site PORI3) at https:/water.weather.gov/ahps/. Flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model. The model was calibrated using the current stage-discharge relation at the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana, streamgage. The hydraulic model then was used to compute nine water-surface profiles for flood stages at 1-foot (ft) intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from 10.7 ft or near bankfull to 18.7 ft, which equals the highest point on the streamgage rating curve. The simulated water-surface profiles then were combined with a geographic information system digital elevation model (derived from light detection and ranging data having a 0.49-ft root mean square error and 4.9-ft horizontal resolution, resampled to a 10-ft grid) to delineate the area flooded at each stage. The availability of these maps, along with information regarding current stage from the USGS, will provide emergency management personnel and residents with information that is critical for flood response activities such as evacuations and road closures, and for postflood recovery efforts.

Tags: city-of-portland, flood-inundation-maps, floodplain, floodplains, floods, geospatial-analysis, geospatial-datasets, hydraulic-engineering, hydrology, indiana, inlandwaters, maps-and-atlases, portland, river, salamonie-river, stream, streamflow, united-states, usgs-5ac516cae4b0e2c2dd0c9861
Organization: Department of the Interior
Regional scale magnetotelluric data from the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains, Station rgr220

This dataset consists of 102 magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected in 2012-2014 in the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains. The U.S. Geological Survey acquired these data to improve regional conductivity models of the western United States. This work is in support of studies of the effect of lithospheric modification on electrical resistivity structure and tectonic evolution of the western United States.

Tags: apparent-resistivity, electromagnetic-surveying, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, great-plains, impedance, magnetic-field-earth, magnetotelluric, mineral-resources-program, mrp, mt, new-mexico, phase, regional-conductivity-models, rio-grande-rift, time-series, tipper, usgs-5ada0ec5e4b0e2c2dd28d2a6
Organization: Department of the Interior
Shapefile of the flood-inundation maps for the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.5-mile reach of the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science website at https://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgage on the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana (station 03324200). Near-real-time stages at this streamgage may be obtained from the USGS National Water Information System web interface at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN or the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (site PORI3) at https:/water.weather.gov/ahps/. Flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model. The model was calibrated using the current stage-discharge relation at the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana, streamgage. The hydraulic model then was used to compute nine water-surface profiles for flood stages at 1-foot (ft) intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from 10.7 ft or near bankfull to 18.7 ft, which equals the highest point on the streamgage rating curve. The simulated water-surface profiles then were combined with a geographic information system digital elevation model (derived from light detection and ranging data having a 0.49-ft root mean square error and 4.9-ft horizontal resolution, resampled to a 10-ft grid) to delineate the area flooded at each stage. The availability of these maps, along with information regarding current stage from the USGS, will provide emergency management personnel and residents with information that is critical for flood response activities such as evacuations and road closures, and for postflood recovery efforts.

Tags: city-of-portland, flood-inundation-maps, floodplain, floodplains, floods, geospatial-analysis, geospatial-datasets, hydraulic-engineering, hydrology, indiana, inlandwaters, maps-and-atlases, portland, river, salamonie-river, stream, streamflow, united-states, usgs-5ac51657e4b0e2c2dd0c9852
Organization: Department of the Interior
Niobrara River suspended-sediment and bed-sediment data collection sites near Spencer, Nebr., October through November, 2014

In the fall of 2014 (October-November) the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collected sediment samples (suspended and bed material) at several sites on the Niobrara River in Nebraska near the Spencer Dam prior to, during, and immediately after a sediment-flushing event. Suspended-sediment samples were analyzed for sediment concentration and percent finer than sand. Bed sediment samples were analyzed for particle-size distribution using standard classes by sieve analysis. In addition, a Sequoia LISST Streamside particle-size analyzer (PSA) was deployed during the first week of the flush; this unit collected suspended-sediment concentration and grain-size data. Sampled sites included the bridge on U.S. Hwy 281, county road 508 Ave bridge south of Lynch, Nebr., and the county road bridge south of Verdel, Nebr. This part of the data release consists of a shapefile of sample locations. Accompanying tables of discrete suspended-sediment and bed-sediment data, PSA data, and results from discrete samples collected manually at the intake to the PSA may be found at https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5a5e1596e4b06e28e9be47db.

Tags: bed-sediment, geoscientificinformation, inlandwaters, nebraska, niobrara-river, reservoir-management, sediment-management, sediment-monitoring, spencer-dam, suspended-sediment, usgs-5ac4fa05e4b0e2c2dd0c9312
Organization: Department of the Interior
Elevation contour lines for Lake McConaughy, Nebraska

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with The Central Nebraska Public Power and 
Irrigation District (CNPPD), conducted a study that used bathymetric and topographic 
surveying in conjunction with Geographical Information Systems techniques to determine
the 2003 physical shape and storage capacity, as well as the change in storage capacity 
of Lake McConaughy that occurred over 62 years. By combining the bathymetric and 
topographic survey data, the 2003 surface area of Lake McConaughy was determined to 
be 30,413.0 acres, with a volume of 1,756,300 acre-feet at the lake conservation-pool 
elevation of 3,266.4 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (3,265.0 feet above 
CNPPD datum). To determine the changes in storage of Lake McConaughy, the 2003 
survey Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was compared to a preconstruction DEM compiled 
from historical contour maps. This comparison showed an increase in elevation at the dam 
site due to the installation of Kingsley Dam. Immediately to the west of the Kingsley Dam 
is an area of decline where a borrow pit for Kingsley Dam was excavated. The comparison 
of the preconstruction survey to the 2003 survey also was used to estimate the gross storage 
capacity reduction that occurred between 1941 and 2002. The results of this comparison 
indicate a gross storage capacity reduction of approximately 42,372 acre-feet, at the lake 
conservation-pool elevation of 3,266.4 feet in NAVD 88 (3,265.0 feet in CNPPD datum). By 
comparing preconstruction and 2003 survey data and subtracting the Kingsley Dam and 
borrow pit, the total estimated net volume of sediment deposited from 1941 to 2003 was 
53,347,124 cubic yards, at an annual average rate of 860,437 cubic yards per year. The 
approximate decrease in the net storage capacity from 1941 to 2003 was 33,066 acre-feet, 
at an annual average decrease of approximately 533 acre-feet per year, which resulted in 
a 1.8 percent decrease in storage capacity of Lake McConaughy. The lake accumulated 
most of the sediment in the original river channel and in the west end of the delta area 
on the upstream end of the lake.

Tags: geoscientificinformation, hydrographic-survey, inlandwaters, keith-county, lake-mcconaughy, nebraska, topography, usgs-5ac47c98-0c17-479d-9b9f-3239c80edde5
Organization: Department of the Interior
Regional scale magnetotelluric data from the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains, Station rgr221

This dataset consists of 102 magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected in 2012-2014 in the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains. The U.S. Geological Survey acquired these data to improve regional conductivity models of the western United States. This work is in support of studies of the effect of lithospheric modification on electrical resistivity structure and tectonic evolution of the western United States.

Tags: apparent-resistivity, electromagnetic-surveying, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, great-plains, impedance, magnetic-field-earth, magnetotelluric, mineral-resources-program, mrp, mt, new-mexico, phase, regional-conductivity-models, rio-grande-rift, time-series, tipper, usgs-5ada0ec6e4b0e2c2dd28d2a8
Organization: Department of the Interior
SAR 2017 Reach Fish Data

Data included in this dataset includes: 1) 2017 reach fish data for the Santa Ana Sucker (Catostomus santaanae) and the Arroyo Chub (Gila orcutti) in the upper Santa Ana River.

Tags: arroyo-chub-gila-orcutti, habitat-use, population-estimate, santa-ana-sucker-catostomus-santaanae, usgs-5ac40bd5e4b0e2c2dd0c300d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Datasets for the 2015 potentiometric surface and water-level changes (2011-2013, 2013-2015) in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer, in Arkansas

These datasets provide the locations of and groundwater-level altitudes from 273 wells that were used to construct a 2015 potentiometric contour surface of the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. Measurements were made from January through June 2015 and represent synoptic conditions. All wells were cased completely in and screened in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. Groundwater-level data are also available from the USGS National Water Information System (U.S. Geological Survey, 2017). The groundwater-level change maps for the Sparta-Memphis aquifer are constructed as a point-to-point comparison with wells measured in both 2011 and 2013 and both 2013 and 2015. Wells not measured in both 2011 and 2013 and both 2013 and 2015 were not included in the change maps construction. The 2011-2013 change map contains 261 corresponding wells. The 2013-2015 change map contains 241 corresponding wells.

Tags: aquifer, arkansas, effects-of-groundwater-extraction, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-flow, groundwater-level, hydrogeology, mississippi-embayment-aquifer-system, sparta-memphis-sand, usgs-5ac3c14be4b0e2c2dd0c2c24, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Parking Lot Dust and Pavement Runoff Receptor Sites in Augusta, Maine

The dataset includes results from the analysis of sediments and solids collected from receptor sites receiving runoff from adjacent parking lots and other paved surfaces. Receptor sites include parking lot catch basins, retention ponds, drainage ditches, and storm-water discharge zones in streams and rivers. Samples were analyzed for percent moisture content and concentrations of 17 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Priority Pollutant Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). Samples collected from parking lot sweepings (dust) also were analyzed for the same suite of 17 PAH compounds.

Tags: catch-basin, city-of-augusta-maine, city-of-hallowell-maine, coal-tar, kennebec-county-maine, pahs, parking-lot-runoff, pavement-sealant, polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons, retention-pond, sealcoat, stormwater-receptor-site, urban-sediments, usgs-5ac39637e4b0e2c2dd0c297b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Suspended-sediment concentrations, acoustic data, and linear regression models for the Lower Minnesota River, Mississippi River, and Lake Pepin, 2015-2017

A series of linear regression models were developed and calibrated for the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. The linear regression models were calibrated using acoustic and suspended-sediment concentration data collected from March through November 2016 and 2017. The estimates of suspended-sediment concentrations from the simple linear regression were used to calculate loads. The calibrated models were used to improve understanding of sediment transport processes and increase accuracy of estimating sediment concentrations and loads for the Lower Minnesota River, the Mississippi River, and Lake Pepin.

Tags: acoustic-doppler-current-profiling, minnesota, minnesota-river, mississippi-river, sediment-transport, st-croix-river, suspended-material-water, usgs-5ac395cde4b0e2c2dd0c2971, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Oceanographic temperature profiling device sampling location for joint cruise U.S. Geological Survey 03008 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RB0303 in the Puerto Rico Trench region in February and March, 2003 (xbt2003.shp, point shapefile, geographic, WGS84)

In 2002 and 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), conducted three exploration cruises (USGS Cruise 02051, NOAA RB0208, September 24 to 30, 2002; USGS Cruise 03008, NOAA RB0303, February 18 to March 7, 2003 and USGS Cruise 03032, NOAA RB0305, August 28 to September 4, 2003). These cruises mapped for the first time the morphology of this entire tectonic plate boundary stretching from the Dominican Republic in the west to the Lesser Antilles in the east, a distance of approximately 700 kilometers (430 miles). Observations from these three exploration cruises, coupled with computer modeling and published Global Positioning System (GPS) results and earthquake focal mechanisms have provided new information that is changing the evaluation of the seismic and tsunami hazard from this plate boundary. The observations collected during these cruises also contributed to the basic understanding of the mechanisms that govern plate tectonics, in this case, the creation of the island of Puerto Rico and the deep trench north of it. Results of the sea floor mapping have been an important component of the study of tsunami and earthquake hazards to the northeastern Caribbean and the U.S. Atlantic coast off the United States. For additional information on the cruises see:
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2002-051-FA
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2002-051-FA
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2002-051-FA

Tags: atlantic-ocean, caribbean-sea, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, expendable-bathythermograph, field-activity-2003-008-fa, geospatial-datasets, infobank-id-b-1-03-pr, locations, marine-chemistry, national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, navigational-data, noaa, noaa-cruise-rb0303, noaa-hydrographic-survey-atlantic-branch, noaa-office-of-ocean-exploration, north-america, north-atlantic-ocean, ocean-temperature, oceans, ofr-2006-1210, open-file-report-2006-1210, point-shapefile, puerto-rico, puerto-rico-trench, ronald-h-brown, sea-floor-mapping, sippican-mk-12-xbt, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5ac387a3-6691-493d-9374-6cf62466af73, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center, xbt
Organization: Department of the Interior
Radon data and time-lapse photos collected outside the Pinenut uranium mine, Arizona, 2015-16

Two Saphymo AlphaE radon (Rn) detectors, with a measurement range of 0.54 picoCuries per liter of air (pCi/L) to 270 nanoCuries per liter of air (nCi/L), were deployed from October 2015 thru May 2016 in publicly accessible areas adjacent to the Pinenut uranium mine located in northern Arizona. One monitor was installed in close proximity to the mine vent and a second monitor was installed in close proximity to the ore pile. In late December 2015, a third AlphaE Rn detector was deployed adjacent to the ore-pile monitor. Measurement frequency was 3 times per hour and a time-lapse camera was installed in close proximity to the ore pile to record relative size and activity of the ore pile during mining and early reclamation. Because of size limitations, the photos from the time-lapse camera are not included in the data release. Instead, information from each photograph was summarized in a separate data file included in the data release. A meteorological station was installed at the site and recorded wind speed, wind direction, and precipitation during the study period. Three Saphymo AlphaE Rn detectors were evaluated against a laboratory grade RAD7 spectral alpha counter in a controlled environment to verify field monitoring results. The RAD7 was factory calibrated to a NIST standard prior to testing.  A NIST traceable Rn-222 activity sample of granite was used as the Rn source for all testing.

Tags: radioactivity, radon, uranium-mining, usgs-5ac28da9e4b0e2c2dd0aa568
Organization: Department of the Interior
Regional scale magnetotelluric data from the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains, Station rgr222

This dataset consists of 102 magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected in 2012-2014 in the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains. The U.S. Geological Survey acquired these data to improve regional conductivity models of the western United States. This work is in support of studies of the effect of lithospheric modification on electrical resistivity structure and tectonic evolution of the western United States.

Tags: apparent-resistivity, electromagnetic-surveying, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, great-plains, impedance, magnetic-field-earth, magnetotelluric, mineral-resources-program, mrp, mt, new-mexico, phase, regional-conductivity-models, rio-grande-rift, time-series, tipper, usgs-5ada0ec8e4b0e2c2dd28d2aa
Organization: Department of the Interior
Red River alluvial aquifer datasets of the Hydrogeologic framework of the Red River alluvial aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in northwestern Louisiana

This dataset includes the surficial extent of the Red River alluvial aquifer, cross-section wells within the Red River alluvial surficial extent, Red River alluvial aquifer base contours and wells, isopach showing combined thickness of the Red River alluvial aquifer sand and gravel units, wells used to construct the isopach of the Red River alluvial aquifer, and well points that were used to construct 25-foot contours showing the altitude of the base of the Red River alluvial aquifer. Datasets are shown in figures of the larger body of work "Hydrogeologic framework of the Red River alluvial aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer, in northwestern Louisiana" (Hays and others, 2021).

Tags: aquifers, bienville-parish, bossier-parish, caddo-parish, carrizo-wilcox-aquifer, clay-or-mud, de-soto-parish, fault, folding-geologic, freshwater-ground, geologic-structure, grant-parish, gravel, groundwater, mississippi-embayment, natchitoches-parish, quaternary, red-river-alluvial-aquifer, red-river-parish, sabine-parish, salt-deposit-areas, saltwater-intrusion, sand, state-of-louisiana, structure-contours, tertiary, usgs-5ac28c15e4b0e2c2dd0aa55b, webster-parish, winn-parish
Organization: Department of the Interior
Northern Sea Otter Aging Criteria: data

Measurement of skull ossification patterns is a standard method for aging various mammalian species and has been used to age Russian, Californian, and Alaskan sea otter populations.  Cementum annuli counts have also been verified as an accurate aging method for the Alaskan sea otter population.  In this study, cementum annuli count results and skull ossification patterns were compared as methods for aging the northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) population in Washington State.  Significant agreement was found between the two methods suggesting that either method could be used to age the Washington population of otters.  This study also found that ossification of the squamosal-jugal suture at the ventral glenoid fossa can be used to accurately differentiate male subadults from adults.  To assist field biologists or others without access to cementum annuli or skull ossification analysis techniques, a suite of morphologic, physiologic, and developmental characteristics were analyzed to assess whether a set of these more easily accessible parameters could also reliably predict age class for the Washington population of otters.  Tooth condition score, evidence of reproductive activity in females, and tooth eruption pattern were identified as the most useful criteria for classifying Washington sea otters as pups, juveniles, subadults, or adults/aged adults.  A simple decision tree based on characteristics accessible in the field or at necropsy was created that can be used to reliably predict age class of Washington sea otters as determined by cementum annuli.

Tags: age-determination, age-estimation-methods, aging, cementum-annuli, clallam, dental-assessment, grays-harbor, jefferson, morphometry, pacific, skull-ossification, tooth-eruption, tooth-wear, usgs-5ac25446e4b0e2c2dd0aa0a4, washington
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated low-flow statistics at ungaged stream locations in New Jersey, water year 2017

Estimates of various low-flow statistics were computed at 71 ungaged stream locations throughout New Jersey during the 2017 water year using methods in the published reports, Streamflow Characteristics and Trends in New Jersey, Water Years 1897-2003 (U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5105) and Implementation of MOVE.1, Censored MOVE.1, and Piecewise MOVE.1 Low-Flow Regressions With Applications at Partial-Record Streamgages in New Jersey (U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2018-1089). The estimates are computed as needed for use in water resources permitting, assessment, and management by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The data release includes the stream name, location, method of estimation, drainage area, and intended use of the low-flow statistics computed during the 2017 water year. The data are provided as both a plain text file and ArcGIS shapefile format.

Tags: estimation, low-flow-statistics, usgs-5abe8052e4b081f61ac14d0b
Organization: Department of the Interior