AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Code and data from Castro-Santos et al.: Sprinting performance and behavior of shortnose sturgeon

This data release includes the raw data and code used in Castro-Santos et al. (2024): Sprinting performance and behavior of adult shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum).  Notably, the code includes several processes used to differentiate among attempts, quantify attempt rate, distance traversed, and endurance of shortnose sturgeon ascending a telemetered flume.  The code can be readily adapted to other forms of telemetry analysis, in particulary with respect to processes associated with fish passage at barriers.  Additional code is provided that quantifies kinematics variables recorded for the sturgeon as they swam at high speeds in the flume.  The kinematics code was modified from Goerig et al (2021): https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.bg79cnp9x

Tags: biota, endurance, fish-passage, kinematics, motivation, sturgeon, swimming-performance, usgs-66eb16bbd34e0606a9dbac13
Organization: Department of the Interior
Particulate physicochemical data at a fish hatchery in Puyallup, Washington, September 2023

Particulate samples were collected from a fish hatchery in Puyallup, Washington, September 18 – 20, 2023 during late summer, low-flow conditions in the intake creek. Settled solids were collected from a retention pond and from the incubation room trough. The trough solids likely had been deposited during storm events the previous winter. A third sample was collected in the incubation room, using a continuous flow centrifuge (Conn et al., 2016) to capture suspended particulate material from approximately 700 L of flow-through water over three days. Small particulates escaping the centrifuge were captured on 0.45-micron glass fiber filters. Samples were analyzed for: grain size distribution, percent total carbon and nitrogen, stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, mineralogy by x-ray diffraction, and determination of major, minor, and trace elements. Because of mass limitations, only the trough sediment was analyzed for all parameters and other samples were analyzed for a subset of analyses based on available mass and analytical capabilities. Three water samples also were collected - from the creek intake, the retention pond, and the incubation room – and analyzed for suspended sediment concentration and particle size distribution. The water results are available in the USGS National Water Information System (U.S. Geological Survey, 2024) under the sites: USGS 12102080, USGS 471216122203900, and USGS 471217122203900.
Referenced citations:
Conn, K.E., Dinicola, R.S., Black, R.W., Cox, S.E., Sheibley, R.W., Foreman, J.R., Senter, C.A., and Peterson, N.T., 2016, Continuous-flow centrifugation to collect suspended sediment for chemical analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 1, chap. D6, 31 p., plus appendixes, accessed April 22, 2024, at https://doi.org/10.3133/tm1D6.
U.S. Geological Survey, 2024, USGS water data for the Nation: U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System database, accessed April 22, 2024, at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN.

Tags: contaminants, environment, geoscientificinformation, hatchery, metals, mineralogy, nutrients, pierce-county, sediment-quality, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-66eb1633d34e0606a9dbac03, washington-state, washington-water-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Evaluations of FSim burn probability maps for pyromes of the conterminous United States based on observed wildfire perimeters

The FSim wildfire simulation model is widely used to generate estimates of burn probability (BP). However, few studies have compared BP models to subsequent wildfires to assess their suitability for estimating near-future wildfire risk. Here, we compared the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s publicly available BP map for the conterminous U.S. (Short et al., 2020; Dillon et al., 2023) to observed wildfire perimeters. Our main focus was to evaluate the BP map version based on 2014 LANDFIRE fuels data and calibrated to historical wildfires from 1992-2015, allowing us to compare BP to observed wildfires from 2016-2022. We also compared evaluations using a newer version of the BP map based on 2020 LANDFIRE fuels and 1992-2020 historical wildfires, and additionally performed evaluations for the western U.S. based on differing wildfire size classes. This dataset includes CSV tables summarizing burned area proportions by BP classes for individual pyromes, or regions with similar wildfire regimes, as well as processing code used to summarize burned area by BP classes.

Tags: disaster-preparation, environment, fires, hazard-mitigation, hazards-and-disasters, usgs-66eb0273d34e0606a9dbaaea
Organization: Department of the Interior
East Sabine Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-32): 2021 land-water classification

The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the East Sabine Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-32) project for 2021. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. To better evaluate the effectiveness of restoration efforts, a land-water classification is performed on specific CWPPRA sites to help assess landscape changes.

Tags: aerial-photography, conservation, cs-32, cwppra, digital-elevation-models, ecosystem-monitoring, geographic-information-systems, gulf-of-mexico, image-collections, image-mosaics, louisiana, louisiana-coastal, remote-sensing, usgs-66eafb87d34e0606a9dbaa79, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation (CS-28): 2021 land-water classification

The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation (CS-28) project for 2021. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. To better evaluate the effectiveness of restoration efforts, a land-water classification is performed on specific CWPPRA sites to help assess landscape changes.

Tags: aerial-photography, conservation, cs-28, cwppra, digital-elevation-models, ecosystem-monitoring, environment, geographic-information-systems, gulf-of-mexico, image-collections, image-mosaics, louisiana, louisiana-coastal, remote-sensing, united-states-of-america, usgs-66eaf97dd34e0606a9dbaa38, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Global Aggregation of Stream Silica (GlASS) (ver. 2.0, July 2025)

Riverine silicon (Si) plays a vital role in governing primary production, water quality, and carbon sequestration. The Global Aggregation of Stream Silica (GlASS) database was constructed to assess changes in riverine Si concentrations and fluxes, their relationship to available nutrients, and to evaluate mechanisms driving these patterns. GlASS includes dissolved Si (DSi), dissolved inorganic nitrogen, and dissolved inorganic phosphorus concentrations at daily to quarterly time steps, daily discharge, and watershed characteristics for rivers with drainage areas ranging  less than 1 square kilometer to more than 4 million square kilometers and spanning nine climate zones. Chemistry and discharge data range between years 1963 and 2024. Watershed and climate data range between 1948 and 2024. GlASS uses publicly available datasets, ensuring transparency and reproducibility. Original data sources are cited, data quality assurance workflows are public, and input files to a common load model are provided.

Tags: antarctica, australia, biogeochemistry, brazil, cameroon, canada, datasets, finland, germany, long-term-ecological-monitoring, norway, remote-sensing, river, russia, silicon, sweden, united-kingdom, united-states, usgs-66eaf6a0d34e0606a9dbaa19
Organization: Department of the Interior
Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale

Solid bitumen is widely used as a thermal proxy in source-rock reservoirs, yet its texture and presentation may be affected by varying environmental constraints during its formation, e.g., water concentration, mineral catalysis, or salinity. Herein we investigated the development of solid bitumen properties during artificial maturation using three diverse (lacustrine to marine) oil shale samples containing abundant H-rich sedimentary organic matter (bituminite). Bituminite in the oil shales was treated via pyrolysis (320°C, 72 hrs) using hydrous, anhydrous, and brine conditions, causing the development of a newly formed solid bitumen in the experiment residues. The properties of the newly formed solid bitumen then were evaluated via geochemical screening tests, optical and electron microscopy, and infrared spectroscopy. Experimental residues also were treated via solvent extraction, allowing characterization of the effects of extraction to solid bitumen. Data from the experiments are provided here in 5 tables. Table 1 contains extract and fractionation data for untreated samples. Table 2 contains gas chromatography ratios. Table 3 contains reflectance and geochemical screening data. Table 4 contains gas yields for each sample under the various conditions. Table 5 contains Micro-Fourier transform infrared (micro-FTIR) data. For analysis findings, interpretations, and results, refer to the accompanying larger work publication, "Properties of solid bitumen formed during hydrous, anhydrous, and brine pyrolysis of oil shale: implications for solid bitumen reflectance in source-rock reservoirs".

Tags: aromatization, colorado, england, geoscientificinformation, pakistan, petroleum-generation, pyrolysis, solid-bitumen-reflectance, solvent-extraction, source-rock-reservoir, thermal-maturation, usgs-66eaebe9d34e0606a9dba9dd
Organization: Department of the Interior
Stable isotope, faunal and environmental data collected from 2015 for hydrological mangrove restoration work in southwest Florida

Mangrove restoration efforts often focus on planting seedlings and ignore the underlying physical parameters causing mangrove loss, such as disruption to the hydrological regime. In order to determine success of hydrological restoration, baseline data need to be collected and assessed from a degraded mangrove system undergoing hydrological restoration.  Sample collection occurred within the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, FL along a gradient of deforestation, from a heavily degraded dead (no canopy) zone to a transitional zone, and into a full canopy zone and compared to a natural (reference) full canopy mangrove environment nearby. Data included faunal abundance and diversity, stable isotope (carbon and nitrogen), and a suite of environmental variables, such as salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and grain size. These baseline data provide critical information on the ecosystem functioning that can be used to track community changes in mangrove habitats following hydrological restoration.

Tags: avicennia-germinans, benthos, biota, carbon, collier-county, florida, goodland, grain-size, horrs-island, laguncularia-racemosa, mangrove, marco-island, nitrogen, rhizophora-mangle, rookery-bay, stable-isotope-analyses, structure, usa, usgs-66ead26cd34e0606a9dba9a8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hexane extractable material in water-based and oil-based drilling fluid wastes collected from sites in Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Wyoming in 2021

Wells drilled during oil and gas exploration use drilling fluids to cool and lubricate the drilling bit and clear the borehole of cuttings.  These fluids are recycled during the drilling process, but eventually can no longer be used.  This is an important waste stream from petroleum generation that requires disposal.  Chemical characterization of these materials is important to determine if these wastes have value or pose a risk if improperly handled.  This study collected 13 samples of water-based and oil-based drilling fluid waste for hexane extractable material (also referred to as oil and grease) analysis.

Tags: datasets, economy, environment, environmental-justice, geoscientificinformation, natural-gas-resources, natural-resource-exploration, north-dakota, oil-resources, oklahoma, petroleum, usgs-66e86de2d34e0606a9db9aac, waste-treatment-and-disposal, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Long-term trends in annual, seasonal, and monthly streamflow metrics at streamgages in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1981-2022

Identifying long-term trends in water availability, including surface water quantity, is a key part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Integrated Water Availability Assessments (IWAAs) mission. This data release includes input and output data used in Mann-Kendall trend analyses to characterize streamflow conditions at 124 USGS streamgages in the Upper Colorado River Basin for water years 1982 through 2021. The Upper Colorado Riven Basin is defined here as the basin area upstream of USGS streamgage Colorado River above Lee's Ferry, AZ (USGS site number 09380000).  Input data included annual (111 streamgages), seasonal (119 streamgages), and monthly (121 streamgages) streamflow metrics, calculated from daily mean streamflow data from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database. 
Annual streamflow metrics include mean and median annual streamflow, 1-day, 7-day, and 30-day maximum annual streamflow; 1-day, 7-day, and 30-day minimum annual streamflow; and the date of the center of volume (the date on which 50 percent of the annual streamflow has passed by a streamgage). Seasonal metrics were calculated for Fall (October-December), Winter (January-March), Spring (April-June), and Summer (July-September) and include mean and median seasonal  streamflow, 1-day and 7-day maximum seasonal streamflow, and 1-day and 7-day minimum seasonal streamflow. Monthly metrics include mean and median monthly streamflow,  1-day and 7-day maximum monthly streamflow, and 1-day and 7-day minimum monthly streamflow. 
Trend analyses using the Mann-Kendall test were completed on the annual, seasonal, and monthly metrics, which were passed through a series of data completeness filters to ensure robust trend analyses. Trend analyses were conducted for climate years 1982 through 2021 for low-flow metrics (where each climate year represents April – March), and trend analyses were conducted for water years 1982 through 2021 for all other metrics (where each water year represents October – September).

Tags: arizona, colorado, hydrology, inlandwaters, new-mexico, streamflow, streamflow-trends, upper-colorado-river-basin, usgs-66e8614ed34e0606a9db9a73, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Biosolids Data Input Disaggregation from County to National Hydrography Dataset Plus

This metadata record contains two tables with reported and calculated amounts of biosolids applied to agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed in 2023 at different scales. Included in the dataset are (1) mass of land-applied biosolids calculated for NHDPlus Version 2.1 (NHDPlusV2) reach catchments in 2023 and (2) actual amount of biosolids applied to land by county in 2023 reported by states for the Chesapeake Assessment Scenario Tool (CAST) model.

Tags: biosolids, chesapeake-assessment-and-scenario-tool-cast, chesapeake-bay, delaware, environment, maryland, national-hydrography-dataset-nhd, usgs-66e820e6d34e0606a9db9943, west-virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
EC_Q08.TIF - U.S. Atlantic East Coast EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data mosaic (8 of 23) (ACEA, 50 m, Clarke1866)

From February to May 1987 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted five cruises to cover the U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) seaward of the continental shelf edge, and from the Canadian border southward to the northern Blake Plateau off Florida. As in earlier EEZ reconnaissance surveys, the USGS utilized the GLORIA (Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic) sidescan-sonar system to complete the geologic mapping. The collected GLORIA data were processed and digitally mosaicked to produce continuous imagery of the seafloor. Twenty-three digital mosaics of a 2 degree by 2 degree (or smaller) area with a 50-meter pixel resolution were completed for the U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin region.

Tags: acoustic-receivers, acoustic-reflectivity, atlantic-ocean, backscatter, baltimore-canyon, blake-escarpment, blake-plateau, blake-ridge, carolina-slope-and-rise, carolinian-ecoregion, charleston-bump, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-island-rise, continental-island-slope, continental-margin, continental-rise, continental-shelf, continental-slope, distributions, eez, exclusive-economic-zone, exclusive-economic-zone-eez, florida-slope, geological-long-range-inclined-asdic, georges-bank, geoscientificinformation, geotiff-image, gloria, gloria-gt-geological-long-range-inclined-asdic, grey-scale-image, gulf-of-maine-bay-of-fundy-ecoregion, hatteras-canyon, hendrickson-canyon, hudson-canyon, image-mosaics, imagerybasemapsearthcover, marine-geology, marine-geophysics, marine-oceanic, mid-atlantic-region, norfolk-canyon, ocean-bank-plateau, ocean-gt-atlantic-ocean, ocean-gt-atlantic-ocean-gt-north-atlantic-ocean-gt-caribbean-sea, ocean-gt-atlantic-ocean-gt-north-atlantic-ocean-gt-caribbean-sea-gt-bahamas, ocean-gt-atlantic-ocean-gt-north-atlantic-ocean-gt-georges-bank, ocean-gt-atlantic-ocean-gt-north-atlantic-ocean-gt-gulf-of-maine, oceans, oceans-gt-ocean-acoustics-gt-acoustic-reflectivity, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, scotian-shelf-ecoregion, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, side-scan-sonar, sidescan-sonar, sidescan-sonar-mosaic, u-s-atlantic-coast, u-s-eastcoast, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-66e5685e-c64c-4b29-a5fd-f119b7116421, veatch-canyon, virginian-ecoregion, whsc, whsc-cruise-identifier-frnl87-1, whsc-cruise-identifier-frnl87-2, whsc-cruise-identifier-frnl87-3, whsc-cruise-identifier-frnl87-4, whsc-cruise-identifier-frnl87-5, whsc-serial-number-87004, whsc-serial-number-87008, whsc-serial-number-87010, whsc-serial-number-87015, whsc-serial-number-87018, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
2015-330-FA_shots: Digital Chirp Subbottom Profile Shotpoint Data Collected During USGS Field Activity Number 2015-330-FA Offshore of Dauphin Island, Alabama, September 2015

From September 16 through 23, 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted geophysical surveys to investigate the geologic controls on barrier island evolution and sediment transport offshore of Dauphin Island, Alabama. Geophysical data were collected as part of the Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Feasibility Study. This shapefile represents a point dataset of field activity number (FAN) 2015-330-FA chirp subbottom profile 1,000-shot-interval locations.

Tags: 1000-shot-interval-locations, 2015-330-fa, alabama, barrier-island-mapping, chirp, coastal-processes, geology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gulf-of-mexico, little-dauphin-island, location, marine-geology, national-fish-and-wildlife-foundation, navigational-data, oceans, restoration-and-stewardship-of-outdoor-resources-and-environment, seismic-reflection, sub-bottom-profiling, usgs-66e51acc-28cd-406d-97b7-d6d8418b33a8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Backscatter A [8101]--Drakes Bay and Vicinity, California

This part of DS 781 presents data for the acoustic-backscatter map of Drakes Bay and Vicinity, California. Backscatter data are provided as separate grids depending on mapping system or processing method. The raster data file is included in "BackscatterA_8101_DrakesBay.zip", which is accessible from https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/DrakesBay/data_catalog_DrakesBay.html. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Watt, J.T., Dartnell, P., Golden, N.E., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Cochrane, G.R., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Kvitek, R.G., Manson, M.W., Endris, C.A., Dieter, B.E., Sliter, R.W., Krigsman, L.M., Lowe, E.N., and Chin, J.L. (J.T. Watt and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Drakes Bay and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1041, pamphlet 36 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151041.
The acoustic-backscatter map of the Drakes Bay and Vicinity map area, California, was generated from backscatter collected by California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB), and by Fugro Pelagos. Mapping was completed between 2007 and 2010, using a combination of 200-kHz and 400-kHz Reson 7125, and 244-kHz Reson 8101 multibeam echosounders, as well as 468-kHz SEA SWATHPlus interferometric system. These mapping missions combined to collect backscatter data from about the 10-m isobath to beyond the 3-nautical-mile limit of California's State Waters. Within the acoustic-backscatter imagery, brighter tones indicate higher backscatter intensity, and darker tones indicate lower backscatter intensity. The intensity represents a complex interaction between the acoustic pulse and the seafloor, as well as characteristics within the shallow subsurface, providing a general indication of seafloor texture and composition. Backscatter intensity depends on the acoustic source level; the frequency used to image the seafloor; the grazing angle; the composition and character of the seafloor, including grain size, water content, bulk density, and seafloor roughness; and some biological cover. Harder and rougher bottom types such as rocky outcrops or coarse sediment typically return stronger intensities (high backscatter, lighter tones), whereas softer bottom types such as fine sediment return weaker intensities (low backscatter, darker tones). These data are not intended for navigational purposes.

Tags: acoustic-reflectivity, continental-island-shelf, distributions, drakes-bay, environment, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, image-mosaics, imagerybasemapsearthcover, interferometric-sonar, maps-and-atlases, marin-county, marine-geophysics, marine-nearshore-subtidal, marine-offshore-subtidal, multibeam-echo-sounder, northern-california-ecoregion, oceans, pacific-ocean, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, rock-substrate, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, sonar-methods, state-of-california, transform-continental-margin, unconsolidated-mineral-substrate, usgs-66e519f3-c6a8-4e12-b586-6032f8720507
Organization: Department of the Interior
An Inventory of Past Mine Production Footprints in Alaska, Including Land Disturbance and Potential Above-Ground Resources, Derived from 2018-2023 World Imagery

This data release contains two vector polygon shapefile datasets that delineate footprints of land surface disturbance and waste that may represent potential above-ground resources resulting from past mining in Alaska. These footprints were mapped on 2023 World Imagery at the location of currently inactive Alaska Resource Data File sites of past mining production.

Tags: disturbance, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, land-surface-characteristics, land-use-land-cover, landscape-management, usgs-66e9decdd34e0606a9dba4a0
Organization: Department of the Interior