AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Vegetation and Soils Data from Grazed and Ungrazed Watersheds in the Badger Wash Study Area, Colorado, USA

In 2004 U.S. Geological Survey biologists recorded vegetation and biological soil crust (BSC) cover by species as well as measured soil stability and compaction data along 85 transects at the Badger Wash study area, approximately 10 miles northwest of Mack in western Colorado. Soil samples were collected and processed for chemistry and texture. Using analysis of variance and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) we assessed the cover of vegetation and BSC both grouped by plant physiognomy and dynamic soil properties (soil chemistry/nutrients and stability and compaction) as influenced by the effects of grazing history and soil group (which varied by slope, topographic wetness index and soil properties). Vegetation and BSC cover data were also compared to plant cover measurements collected in the same experimental watersheds by Lusby et al. in 1953, 1963, and 1972. Data used for all these analyses are contained within this data file. These data were compiled to accompany the publication “Insights from Long-term Ungrazed and Grazed Watersheds in a Salt Desert Colorado Plateau Ecosystem (Larger Work Citation).

Tags: badger-wash, bare-ground, biocrusts, biological-soil-crusts, biota, colorado, compaction, contributing-area, dry-canyon-wash, field-measurements, functional-group-cover, genus, geomorphology, grand-valley, ground-cover, joint-axis-scores, lab-analysis, land-ownership, lichens, litter, lusby-publications, mack, mesa-county, mosses, multivariate-analysis, nmds-analysis, non-metric-multidimensional-scaling-analysis, observation-data, plants, plot, plot-locations, raw-line-intercept-data, rock, scientific-names, slope, soil-chemical-properties, soil-gaps, soil-physical-properties, soils, species, stability, topographic-wetness-index, treatment-history, usgs-5aa82a80e4b0b1c392ef339a, west-salt-creek
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mapped fire perimeters from the Sky Island Mountains of US and Mexico: 1985-2011

Polygon locations of fire perimeters in the Sky Island mountain ranges in the Madrean Archipelago Ecoregion of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. These fires occurred from 1985 to 2011 and were mapped using Landsat satellite imagery.

Tags: arizona-usa, biota, burn-mapping, chihuahua-mexico, madrean-archipelago, new-mexico-usa, remote-sensing, sonora-mexico, usgs-5aa822fbe4b0b1c392ef3276, wildfire
Organization: Department of the Interior
Regional scale magnetotelluric data from the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains, Station rgr224

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-5ada0ec9e4b0e2c2dd28d2ae
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data collected and sediment loads estimated in support of study evaluating effects of removal of legacy sediment at Big Spring Run, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 2009-2015 (ver 2.0, November 2020)

The stream corridor at the Big Spring Run restoration site has been identified as a substantial source of sediment and nutrients to streams due to streambank erosion and floodplain scour of legacy sediment. Three USGS streamgages were installed and water-quality monitoring began in water year 2009, prior to the legacy sediment removal from the restoration area. The legacy sediment was removed from approximately 4.6 acres within the Big Spring Run study area in the fall of 2011. Monitoring has continued in the post-restoration period. This study was conducted in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Franklin and Marshall College, and the US Environmental Protection Agency and examines the effects of the legacy sediment removal on nutrients and sediment during the post-restoration monitoring period (Water Years 2012-2015) compared to the pre-restoration monitoring period (Water Years 2009-2011) in the Big Spring Run watershed. The content and connection among files in this product are described in the readme file.
The version 2.0 revision includes all available water temperature data from the three sites not published in NWISWeb, water years 2009 - 2016.  
NOTE: The previous version is available from the author; all of the data in the previous version can be found in version 2.0.

Tags: legacy-sediment, sediment-transport, turbididty, usgs-5aa7d17ae4b0b1c392ef3083
Organization: Department of the Interior
Conservation Planning for the Colorado River in Utah - 2010 Low Flow

We mapped surface water  from high resolution photography taken on September 16, 2010, at a stream flow of 96.5 m3/s (3,410 ft3/s, Cisco gage).   We subdivided surface water into six categories: primary channel, secondary channel, split flow channel, backwater, isolated pool, and tributary channel, similar to that of fish habitat methods used extensively in Oregon.  Channel types that are not primary channel are considered ‘off-channel’.

Tags: arches-national-park, biota, canyonlands-national-park, colorado-river, conservation-planning, environment, grand-county, habitat-suitability, inlandwaters, moab, riparian, san-juan-county, tamarisk, upper-colorado-river, usgs-5aa6d5a0e4b0b1c392ed67a3, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Conservation Planning for the Colorado River in Utah - Bottomland Boundary of the Colorado River Divided at 1-km intervals

This data set shows the extent of the Colorado River Conservation Planning project bottomland area as delineated by topography and vegetation,  The bottomland area is subdivided into 1 km polygons measured from the upstream project boundary.

Tags: arches-national-park, biota, canyonlands-national-park, colorado-river, conservation-planning, environment, grand-county, habitat-suitability, inlandwaters, moab, riparian, san-juan-county, tamarisk, upper-colorado-river, usgs-5aa6d4bae4b0b1c392ed679c, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Elevation of salt marsh units in Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey

Elevation distribution in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (EBFNWR), which spans over Great Bay, Little Egg Harbor, and Barnegat Bay in New Jersey, USA is given in terms of mean elevation of conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2016). The elevation data is based on the 1-meter resampled 1/9 arc-second resolution USGS National Elevation Data. As part of the Hurricane Sandy Science Plan, the U.S. Geological Survey is expanding National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands. The intent is to provide federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate their vulnerability and ecosystem service potential. For this purpose, the response and resilience of coastal wetlands to physical factors need to be assessed in terms of the ensuing change to their vulnerability and ecosystem services. EBFNWR was selected as a pilot study area.
			
			References:
			Defne, Zafer, and Ganju, N.K. 2016, Conceptual salt marsh units for wetland synthesis: Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7QV3JPG.


Tags: atlantic-ocean, barnegat-bay, coastal-ecosystems, coastal-processes, edwin-b-forsythe-national-wildlife-refuge, elevation, environment, estuary, great-bay, inlandwaters, little-egg-island, marsh-health, new-jersey, oceans, salt-marsh, united-states, usgs-5aa6d486e4b0b1c392ed6796, vegetation, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-functions
Organization: Department of the Interior
Conservation Planning for the Colorado River in Utah - Vegetation and River Cover Types

Vegetation and water surface cover was mapped for the entire Colorado River bottomland within the project area (Utah/Colorado border to lower boundary of Canyonlands National Park) using high resolution photographs flown in September of 2010. Vegetation cover was mapped initially by the National Park Service and heavily edited for use in the project.  Channel mapping was initially done by John Dohrenwend, with polygons heavily edited for use in the project.  Cover was identified as most prominent (Dominant), next most prominent (Common), next most prominent (Present) and last most prominent (also Present).  Codes for cover types and cover type descriptions are available within the dataset and metadata.

Tags: arches-national-park, biota, canyonlands-national-park, colorado-river, conservation-planning, environment, grand-county, habitat-suitability, inlandwaters, moab, riparian, san-juan-county, tamarisk, upper-colorado-river, usgs-5aa6c53ee4b0b1c392ed674b, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Huron River near Hamburg, Michigan, flood-inundation model and field data

Digital flood-inundation maps for an 8-mile (mi) reach of the Huron River from downstream of Rickett Road to Strawberry Lake, Michigan, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Green Oak and Hamburg Townships, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The flood-inundation maps also include a 1.16-mi reach of the Ore Lake Tributary until it joins the Huron River, approximately 2.22 mi downstream of Rickett Road. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science web site at http://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 Huron River near Hamburg, Michigan (station number 04172000). Near real-time stages at this streamgage may be obtained on the Internet from the USGS National Water Information System at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ or the National Weather Service (NWS) Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service at http:/water.weather.gov/ahps/. The NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service also provides forecasted flood hydrographs at this web site.  
Flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model. The hydraulic model was calibrated by using the current stage-discharge relation at the Huron River near Hamburg, Mich., streamgage and was calibrated to water levels determined with stage sensors (pressure transducers) temporarily deployed along the stream reach. The hydraulic model was used to compute a set of water-surface profiles for flood stages ranging from 7.0 to 10.5 feet (ft). This range represents stages just above 6.0 (bankfull) to 2.04 ft above the maximum recorded stage at the USGS streamgage on the Huron River near Hamburg, Mich. (station number 04172000). The computed water-surface profiles were then combined with a Geographic Information System digital elevation model (derived from light detection and ranging [lidar] data having a 0.49-ft vertical accuracy and 3.8-ft horizontal resolution) to delineate the area flooded at each water level. The availability of these maps, along with Internet information regarding current stage and forecasted high-flow stages from the NWS, will provide emergency management personnel and residents with information critical for flood-response activities such as evacuations, road closures, and postflood recovery efforts.

Tags: flood-inundation-maps, floodplain, floods, green-oak-township, hamburg-township, huron-river, hydraulic-engineering, hydrology, livingston-county, mapping, michigan, river, stream, streamflow, united-states, usgs-5aa6aa9ae4b0b1c392ed6643
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Vanuatu Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa4189ee4b0b1c392eaaf3d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data Release for Geologic Map of the Pagosa Springs 7.5-minute quadrangle, Archuleta County, Colorado

The Pagosa Springs geologic map is of the 7.5-minute quadrangle of the same name. It is located in southwestern Colorado, USA and shows the town of Pagosa Springs. The mapped area is southwest of the San Juan volcanic mountains (Oligocene) and north of the San Juan Basin. All bedrock units exposed in the map area are Upper Cretaceous in age except a minor canyon outcrop of Upper Jurassic rock. Pre-Holocene Quaternary age deposits are mainly alluvial gravels and outwash on terraces. Structure is simple: shale and sandstone beds dip at low angles east to northeast as a broad limb of the north-northwest striking Archuleta Anticline. Three geologic cross sections controlled by drill holes are included and depict Mesozoic bedrock and faults down to and including shallow Precambrian basement rock. A brief geologic history of the region is described.

Tags: alluvial-terrace-gravel, archuleta-anticlinorium, archuleta-county, bridge-creek-limestone-member, bull-lake-outwash, carlile-shale-member, dakota-formation, durango-colorado, fort-hayes-limestone-member, glaciation, graneros-shale-member, juana-lopez-member, laramide-orogeny, late-cretaceous, late-jurassic, late-pleistocene, lewis-shale, mancos-shale, mesa-verde-group, montezuma-valley-member, morrison-formation, pagosa-springs, pinedale-outwash, pliocene-epeirogenic-uplift, precambrian-gneiss, regional-unconformity, san-juan-basin, san-juan-mountains, southwest-colorado-usa, stinking-springs-fault, usgs-5ae0b29ce4b0e2c2dd2e9f8d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Sumatra-Java Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa41834e4b0b1c392eaaf3b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Sulawesi Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa417cbe4b0b1c392eaaf38
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Scotia Sea Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa41674e4b0b1c392eaaf31
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, New Guinea Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa413f2e4b0b1c392eaaf2a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Puysegur Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa412b2e4b0b1c392eaaf27
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Philippines Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa40a33e4b0b1c392eaaef4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Pamir Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa40985e4b0b1c392eaaeee
Organization: Department of the Interior
Regional scale magnetotelluric data from the Rio Grande Rift and southern Rocky Mountains, Station rgr302

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, colorado-plateau, electromagnetic-surveying, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, impedance, magnetic-field-earth, magnetotelluric, mineral-resources-program, mrp, mt, new-mexico, phase, regional-conductivity-models, rio-grande-rift, time-series, tipper, usgs-5ada0ecae4b0e2c2dd28d2b0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Slab2 - A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Manila Trench Region

Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interface of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes, and are the only faults capable of M9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry - which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes - is incomplete. Here we calculate the three- dimensional geometries of all active global subduction zones. The resulting model - Slab2 - provides for the first time a comprehensive geometrical analysis of all known slabs in unprecedented detail.

Tags: earth-science, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, large-earthquake-ruptures, shallow-megathrust-interface, subduction-zone, subduction-zone-geometry-model, usgs, usgs-5aa4076fe4b0b1c392eaaee8
Organization: Department of the Interior