AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Bathymetric surface of Cayuga Inlet flood-control channel and selected tributaries, Ithaca, N.Y., 2016

From July 14-20, 2016, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Ithaca, New York, conducted a bathymetric survey of the Cayuga Inlet flood-control channel and selected mouths of tributaries to Cayuga Inlet and Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York. U.S. Geological Survey personnel collected bathymetric data using an acoustic Doppler current profiler. The survey plan generated over 25,000 water depths that were converted to bottom elevations by subtracting the depths from the water-surface elevations recorded by the USGS streamgage, Cayuga Inlet (Cayuga Lake) at Ithaca, N.Y. (station number 04233500), which was located within the surveyed reach. (Information on and data from this streamgage can be found at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/inventory/?site_no=04233500 ). These elevations were then used to interpolate a continuous geographic-information-system bathymetric surface of the Cayuga Inlet flood-control channel.

Tags: bathymetry, cascadilla-creek, cayuga-inlet, fall-creek, ithaca, new-york, sixmile-creek, tompkins-county, usgs-57fd05cfe4b0824b2d130ea1
Organization: Department of the Interior
A database of instrumentally recorded ground motion intensity measurements from induced earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas

The database contains uniformly processed ground motion intensity measurements (peak horizontal ground motions and 5-percent-damped pseudospectral accelerations for oscillator periods 0.1–10 s). The earthquake event set includes more than 3,800 M≥3 earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas from January 2009 to December 2016. Ground motion time series were collected out to 500 km. We also relocated the majority of the earthquake hypocenters using a multiple-event relocation algorithm to produce a set of near-uniformly processed hypocentral locations. Details about data processing are reported in the accompanying article. 
First posted - October 11, 2017 
Revised - December 18, 2017, ver. 1.1

Tags: earthquake, earthquake-ground-motion, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, geophysics, ghsc, ground-motion-intensity, induced-earthquake, kansas, oklahoma, relocated-earthquake-hypocenter, seismic-hazard, spectral-acceleration, usgs, usgs-57f7d8f2e4b0bc0bec09d04d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data from debris-flow run-up experiments conducted in June, 1994, and May, 1997, at the USGS Debris-flow Flume, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue River, Oregon

The data files consist of four .csv files, with one file for each of four experiment dates (1994_06_21, 1994_06_23, 1997_05_20, and 1997_05_22).  Each file contains multiple columns of data, with each column representing either a time measurement or the value of a physical quantity (flow depth, h, flow speed, u, or run-up height, H) measured at that time.  Detailed descriptions of column headings are provided below. The .csv files are easily imported into Microsoft Excel as well as a wide variety of other programs.  
The data are unclassified and no legal restrictions pertain to their use.

Tags: avalanche, blue-river-or, debris-flow, landslide, lat-44-2145-deg-n-long-122-254-deg-w, run-up-experiments, usgs-57f6cbc5e4b0bc0bec081dfd, usgs-debris-flow-flume-hj-andrews-experimental-forest
Organization: Department of the Interior
Topography data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, February 2016

This part of the data release presents topography data from the Elwha River delta collected in February 2016. Topography data were collected on foot with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks.

Tags: bathymetry-and-elevation, clallum-county, elevation, elwha-river, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, olympic-peninsula, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, topography, usgs-57f6c7ece4b0bc0bec077e5d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Wildfire 2000-2012

This tabular data set contains information on percent of wild fires per catchments for the years 2000 through  2012, and compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlus version 2 data suite by the unique identifier COMID.  The source data is from the Wild Fire Decision Support System produced by the USDA Forestry Service (downloaded from http://wfdss.usgs.gov/wfdss/WFDSS_Home.shtml, 2016). The data provided here contains yearly information from 2000-2012, compiled as described above. The units are percents per catchments. Reach catchment information characterizes data at the local scale. Reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network characterizes cumulative upstream conditions. Network-accumulated values are computed using two methods, 1) divergence-routed and 2) total cumulative drainage area. Both approaches use a modified routing database to navigate the NHDPlus reach network to aggregate (accumulate) the metrics derived from the reach catchment scale. (Schwarz and Wieczorek, 2018).

Tags: forest, inlandwaters, nhdplus-2-1, usgs-57f66d66e4b0bc0bec06de3a, wild-fires
Organization: Department of the Interior
Continuous monitoring and discrete water-quality data from groundwater wells in the Edwards aquifer, Texas, 2014–15

In cooperation with the San Antonio Water System, continuous and discrete water-quality data were collected from groundwater wells completed in the Edwards aquifer, Texas, 2014-2015. Discrete measurements of nitrate were made by using a nitrate sensor. Precipitation data from two sites in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Global Historical Climatology Network are included in the dataset. The continuous monitoring data were collected using water quality sensors and include hourly measurements of nitrate, specific conductance, and water level in two wells. Discrete measurements of nitrate, specific conductance, and vertical flow rate were collected from one well site at different depths throughout the well bore.

Tags: bexar-county, comal-county, edwards-aquifer, groundwater, groundwater-recharge, karst, medina-county, nitrate, optical-nitrate-sensors, san-antonio, specific-conductance, texas, usa, usgs-57fd01a6e4b0824b2d130e85, uvalde-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
LANDFIRE Remap 2016 Landscape File (LCP)

An LCP file (.lcp) is a raw format with a 7,316 byte header. The data type for all bands is 16-bit signed integer. Bands are interleaved by pixel. Five bands are required: elevation, slope, aspect, fuel model, and tree canopy cover. Crown fuel bands (canopy height, canopy base height, canopy bulk density), and surface fuel bands (duff, coarse woody debris) are optional. This LCP file utilizes LANDFIRE data, including the optional crown fuel bands but currently not including the optional surface fuel bands. Users can specify Fire Behavior Fuel Model 13 (Anderson, 1982) or 40 (Scott and Burgan, 2005). 
For additional information on LCP, including header format descriptions, see http://www.gdal.org/frmt_lcp.html.

Tags: biota, fires, geographic-information-systems, geospatial-datasets, hazard-preparedness, image-collections, imagerybasemapsearthcover, landfire-2016-remap, landscape-file, lcp, lf-2016-remap, raster-digital-data, remote-sensing, u-s-forest-service-usfs, u-s-geological-survey-usgs, usgs-57f59650-3f52-4345-9e1f-65f98c420ae8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the Elwha River delta, Washington, February 2016

This part of the data release presents a digital elevation model (DEM) derived from bathymetry and topography data of the Elwha River delta collected in February 2016. Two dams on the Elwha River, Washington State, USA trapped over 20 million m3 of sediment, reducing downstream sediment fluxes and contributing to erosion of the river's coastal delta. The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams between 2011 and 2014 induced massive increases in river sediment supply and provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine the response of a delta system to changes in sediment supply. The U.S. Geological Survey developed an integrated research program aimed at understanding the ecosystem responses following dam removal that included regular monitoring of coastal and nearshore bathymetry and topography.  As part of this monitoring program, the USGS conducted a bathymetric and topographic survey in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Elwha River delta, Washington (USGS Field Activity Number 2016-608-FA).  Bathymetry data were collected using two personal watercraft (PWCs) and a kayak, each equipped with single beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Topography data were collected on foot with GNSS receivers mounted on backpacks. DEM surfaces were produced from all available elevation data using linear interpolation.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, digital-elevation-models, echo-sounders, elevation, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, single-beam-echo-sounder, topographic-mapping, topography, usgs-57f583e3e4b0bc0bec052d38, water-depth
Organization: Department of the Interior
Miscellaneous flow discharge measurements collected downstream of Brandon Road Lock and Dam

Flow discharges were measured in the Des Plaines River from approximately river mile 286 to river mile 284 on October 19–21, 2015 using Teledyne Rio Grande 1200 kHz acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP). The data were georeferenced with differential GPS receivers with submeter accuracy. These flow discharge measurements were collected in support of the US Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS), and were concurrent with a dye-tracing study. The discharge measurements included here were collected in the following locations:
immediately upstream, across, and immediately downstream of the NRG Energy Joliet Power Station right descending bank intake (North Intake)
immediately upstream, across, and immediately downstream of the NRG Energy Joliet Power Station left descending bank intake (South Intake)
immediately upstream, across, and immediately downstream of the NRG Energy Joliet Power Station right descending bank outfall (North Outfall)
across the NRG Energy Joliet Power Station left descending bank outfall (South Outfall)
ADCP data were collected and initially reviewed in the WinRiver II software. Final review of discharge measurements was completed using the QRev discharge computation and review software (Mueller, D. S., 2016). The output from QRev includes an XML document with the processed results, and is included here. A stylesheet (XLS) file is also included to enable easy viewing of the QRev processed results. Note that additional discharge measurements associated with the dye-tracing study were taken at the existing US Geological Gaging Station, Des Plaines River in Lock Channel at Rockdale, IL (05538020), and can be accessed with the links below. A KMZ archive containing the locations of the ADCP shiptracks for each discharge measurement are included, along with an associated metadata file.
Mueller, D.S., 2016, QRev—Software for computation and quality assurance of acoustic Doppler current profiler moving-boat streamflow measurements—User’s manual for version 2.8: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1052, 50 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161052.

Tags: brandon-road-lock-and-dam, des-plaines-river, illinois, stream-discharge, usgs-57f55eabe4b0bc0bec0515f6, will-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
Landscape Intactness Index for the Western United States

Landscape intactness has been defined as a quantifiable estimate of naturalness measured on a gradient of anthropogenic influence and based on available spatial data. We developed a multiscale index of landscape intactness for use as a broad-scale indicator of resource condition for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Landscape Approach, which requires multiple scales of information to quantify the cumulative effects of land use. The multiscale index of landscape intactness represents a gradient of anthropogenic influence as represented by development levels at two analysis scales. 
To calculate landscape intactness we combined the terrestrial development index (TDI) summarized at two scales (using a 2.5- and a 20-km radius circular moving window). To evaluate landscape intactness levels on public lands, we focused on TDI scores less than or equal to 3 percent, which represents relatively low levels of development on multiple-use lands managed by the BLM and other land management agencies. The highest landscape intactness level corresponds to development index scores equal to 0 to 1 percent at both scales. Very-high landscape intactness corresponds to development index scores equal to 0 to 1 percent at one scale and 1 to 2 percent at the other scale. High landscape intactness corresponds to development index score equal to 1 to 2 percent at both scales. Moderate landscape intactness corresponds to development index score equal to 2 to 3 percent at one scale and less than 3 percent at the other scale. The lowest landscape intactness corresponds to development index scores greater than 3 percent at either scale. 
The multiscale index of landscape intactness is designed to be flexible, transparent, defensible, and applicable across multiple spatial scales, ecological boundaries, and jurisdictions. The standardized index is intended to serve as one of the proposed core metrics to quantify landscape integrity for the BLM Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring program. The multiscale index is designed to be used in conjunction with additional regional- or local-level information not available at national levels, such as invasive species occurrence, necessary to evaluate ecological integrity.

Tags: agriculture, arizona, california, colorado, development, ecological-processes, energy-resources, environment, environmental-assessment, idaho, kansas, land-use-and-land-cover, landscape-intactness, mineral-resources, montana, natural-resource-management, nebraska, nevada, new-mexico, north-dakota, oklahoma, oregon, south-dakota, surface-disturbance-footprint, terrestrial-development-index-tdi, texas, transportation, urban-development, usgs-57f2c18be4b0bc0bec007f1b, utah, washington, western-united-states, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Terrestrial Development Index for the Western United States: 2.5-kilometer moving window

The Terrestrial Development Index (TDI) quantifies levels of development (urban, agriculture, energy and mineral extraction and transmission, and transportation). TDI scores represent the total percentage of the development footprint within a 2.5 kilometer (km) radius circular moving window.  The TDI scores range from 0-100%. The TDI scores between 0-1% represent areas with few roads or a very low density of oil and gas wells. The TDI scores between 1-3% often include low densities of oil and gas wells and roads, whereas development index scores above 3% represent moderate to high levels of development, including relatively large oil and gas fields, surface mines, agricultural fields, centers of urban development, and highway/interstate corridors.

Tags: agriculture, arizona, california, colorado, development, ecological-processes, energy-resources, environment, environmental-assessment, idaho, kansas, land-use-and-land-cover, mineral-resources, montana, natural-resource-management, nebraska, nevada, new-mexico, north-dakota, oklahoma, oregon, south-dakota, surface-disturbance-footprint, terrestrial-development-index-tdi, texas, transportation, urban-development, usgs-57f2b8efe4b0bc0bec005ea0, utah, washington, western-united-states, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surface Disturbance Footprint from Development for the Western United States

The surface disturbance footprint raster data set quantifies the percent surface disturbance from development at a 90-meter resolution. The surface disturbance footprint is used to compute a multiscale index of landscape intactness for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) landscape approach. The surface disturbance footprint is mapped for the western United States (17 states), by compiling and combining spatial data for four development disturbance variable classes. Development classes include urban land cover (impervious surface), agriculture (cropland), energy and mineral extraction and transport (oil and gas wells, solar arrays, wind turbines, surface mines, pipelines, and transmission lines), and transportation (roads, railroads).

Tags: agriculture, arizona, california, colorado, development, ecological-processes, energy-resources, environment, environmental-assessment, idaho, kansas, land-use-and-land-cover, mineral-resources, montana, natural-resource-management, nebraska, nevada, new-mexico, north-dakota, oklahoma, oregon, south-dakota, surface-disturbance-footprint, texas, transportation, urban-development, usgs-57f2b772e4b0bc0bec005744, utah, washington, western-united-states, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Coincidence of surge persistence and marsh condition

This study combined a radar-based time series of Hurricane Sandy surge and estimated persistence with optical sensor-based marsh condition change to assess potential causal linkages of surge persistence and marsh condition change along the New Jersey Atlantic Ocean coast. Results based on processed TerraSAR-X and COSMO-SkyMed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images indicated that surge flooding persisted for 12 h past landfall in marshes from Great Bay to Great Egg Harbor Bay and up to 59 h after landfall in many back-barrier lagoon marshes. Marsh condition change (i.e. loss of green marsh vegetation) was assessed from optical satellite images (Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) collected before and after Hurricane Sandy. High change in condition often showed spatial correspondence, with high surge persistence in marsh surrounding the lagoon portion of Great Bay, while in contrast, low change and high persistence spatial correspondence dominated the interior marshes of the Great Bay and Great Egg Harbor Bay estuaries. Salinity measurements suggest that these areas were influenced by freshwater discharges after landfall possibly mitigating damage. Back-barrier marshes outside these regions exhibited mixed correspondences. In some cases, topographic features supporting longer surge persistence suggested that non-correspondence between radar and optical data-based results may be due to differential resilience; however, in many cases, reference information was lacking to determine a reason for non-correspondence.

Tags: coincidence, hurricane-sandy, marsh-condition, surge-persistence, usgs-57f2abf8e4b0bc0bec001f07
Organization: Department of the Interior
Marsh condition change map

This study combined a radar-based time series of Hurricane Sandy surge and estimated persistence with optical sensor-based marsh condition change to assess potential causal linkages of surge persistence and marsh condition change along the New Jersey Atlantic Ocean coast. Results based on processed TerraSAR-X and COSMO-SkyMed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images indicated that surge flooding persisted for 12 h past landfall in marshes from Great Bay to Great Egg Harbor Bay and up to 59 h after landfall in many back-barrier lagoon marshes. Marsh condition change (i.e. loss of green marsh vegetation) was assessed from optical satellite images (Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) collected before and after Hurricane Sandy. High change in condition often showed spatial correspondence, with high surge persistence in marsh surrounding the lagoon portion of Great Bay, while in contrast, low change and high persistence spatial correspondence dominated the interior marshes of the Great Bay and Great Egg Harbor Bay estuaries. Salinity measurements suggest that these areas were influenced by freshwater discharges after landfall possibly mitigating damage. Back-barrier marshes outside these regions exhibited mixed correspondences. In some cases, topographic features supporting longer surge persistence suggested that non-correspondence between radar and optical data-based results may be due to differential resilience; however, in many cases, reference information was lacking to determine a reason for non-correspondence.

Tags: coincidence, hurricane-sandy, marsh-condition, surge-persistence, usgs-57f2aa95e4b0bc0bec001f03
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surge persistence

This study combined a radar-based time series of Hurricane Sandy surge and estimated persistence with optical sensor-based marsh condition change to assess potential causal linkages of surge persistence and marsh condition change along the New Jersey Atlantic Ocean coast. Results based on processed TerraSAR-X and COSMO-SkyMed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images indicated that surge flooding persisted for 12 h past landfall in marshes from Great Bay to Great Egg Harbor Bay and up to 59 h after landfall in many back-barrier lagoon marshes. Marsh condition change (i.e. loss of green marsh vegetation) was assessed from optical satellite images (Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) collected before and after Hurricane Sandy. High change in condition often showed spatial correspondence, with high surge persistence in marsh surrounding the lagoon portion of Great Bay, while in contrast, low change and high persistence spatial correspondence dominated the interior marshes of the Great Bay and Great Egg Harbor Bay estuaries. Salinity measurements suggest that these areas were influenced by freshwater discharges after landfall possibly mitigating damage. Back-barrier marshes outside these regions exhibited mixed correspondences. In some cases, topographic features supporting longer surge persistence suggested that non-correspondence between radar and optical data-based results may be due to differential resilience; however, in many cases, reference information was lacking to determine a reason for non-correspondence.

Tags: coincidence, hurricane-sandy, marsh-condition, surge-persistence, usgs-57f28884e4b0bc0bebfff9cc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data points, corresponding to the bathymetric contours of Lago La Plata, Puerto Rico, March-April 2015

The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a sedimentation survey of Lago La Plata, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, during March and April 2015 to provide up-to-date information about the relation of pool elevation and storage volume in the reservoir. The survey was conducted in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority. A total of 264 navigation lines were surveyed, using a depth sounding device coupled to a global positioning system. The results of the survey were used to prepare a bathymetric map showing the reservoir bottom referenced with respect to the spillway elevation.

Tags: bathymetry, puerto-rico, toa-alta, usgs-5810b47fe4b0f497e7972b55
Organization: Department of the Interior