AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Active channel mapping for the Siletz River, Oregon, 1939 to 2016

The Siletz River Basin encompasses 970 square kilometers of western Oregon and drains to the Pacific Ocean. In cooperation with the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon (Siletz Tribe), the U.S. Geological Survey is evaluating how streamflow and bedload sediment conditions may influence mainstem spawning habitats for spring Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytschya) and Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus). This study encompasses approximately 105 kilometers of the Siletz River, including bedrock and alluvial reaches, between Elk Creek and the Pacific Ocean. More detailed evaluation for this study focuses on a 18.8-kilometer segment of the Siletz River between Wildcat Creek near Moonshine County Park and the town of Siletz.
To support analyses of historical change, GIS layers defining active channel landforms of the Siletz River were developed for 1939 and 2016 for 98.2-kilometers within the study area. In addition, localized active channel  mapping within seven study area focus reaches (about 0.5-1.0 kilometers long) were completed for 1994, 2000, and 2009. For this study, the active channel was defined as area typically inundated during annual high flows and includes the low-flow channel as well as side channels and bare to heavily vegetated gravel bars. The datasets were developed by digitizing from aerial photographs and compared with lidar and field observations. Aerial photographs from 1939 were scanned, rectified, and mosaicked for this project and are included with this dataset.

Tags: aerial-photo-mosaic, aerial-photography, channel-stability, fluvial-geomorphology, geomorphic-mapping, geomorphology, geospatial-analysis, historical-channel-change, imagerybasemapsearthcover, inlandwaters, kernville-oregon, lincoln-county, logsden-oregon, moonshine-county-park, oregon, siletz-bay, siletz-oregon, siletz-river, usgs-60343c65d34eb12031172bdf
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hydraulic modeling and flood-frequency analyses using paleoflood hydrology for the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, Tennessee

This data release contains the results from a comprehensive field study that applied paleoflood hydrology methods to estimate the frequency of low-probability floods for the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, Tennessee. The study combined stratigraphic records of large, previously unrecorded floods with modern systematic flood records and historical flood accounts.

Tags: environment, hydrology, inlandwaters, mathematical-modeling, surface-water, usgs-603d3470d34eb1203117efd3
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seed and Associated Tree Data from Long Term Research Plots in Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks (ver. 2.0, December 2024)

This dataset was used as part of a continent-wide analysis of tree fecundity and its association with climate and tree size. This dataset consists of: plotinfo.csv, which contains basic attribute information for the field plots where the data were collected; seeddata.csv, which contains the data for seeds collected (how many, what type, etc.); trapxycoord.csv, which contains location and identification information for the seed traps used to collect the seeds; treexycoord.csv, which contains location and attribute information for the standing trees in the plot where the seeds were collected; and treedata.csv, which contains data on the size and species of standing trees in the plot where the seeds were collected.

Tags: biota, california, forest-ecosystems, mixed-conifer-forest, old-growth, seeds, sequoia-national-park, sierra-nevada, temperate-forest, usgs-60343bfdd34eb12031172bd5, vegetation, yosemite-national-park
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fishkill and Wappinger Falls study area hydrogeologic framework layers

Digital hydrogeologic datasets were developed for the Fishkill and Wappinger Falls study area in upstate New York in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. These datasets define the hydrogeologic framework of the valley-fill aquifer and surrounding till-covered uplands within the study area. Datasets include: bedrock elevation raster, lacustrine silt and clay top and bottom elevation rasters (where present), LIDAR minimum elevation raster, lacustrine extent polygon, valley extent polygon, and surficial geology polygons. Elevation layers were interpolated at 125-foot discretization to match what was done in previous work.

Tags: aquifer-mapping, bedrock-mapping, dutchess-county, fishkill, glacial-geology, hydrogeologic-framework, lacustrine-silt-and-clay, new-york, putnam-county, sourcewater, usgs-60342487d34eb12031172aeb, valley-fill, wappinger-falls
Organization: Department of the Interior
Daily surface temperature predictions for 185,549 U.S. lakes with associated observations and meteorological conditions (1980-2020)

Daily lake surface temperatures estimates for 185,549 lakes across the contiguous United States from 1980 to 2020 generated using an entity-aware long short-term memory deep learning model. In-situ measurements used for model training and evaluation are from 12,227 lakes and are included as well as daily meteorological conditions and lake properties. Median per-lake estimated error found through cross validation on lakes with in-situ surface temperature observations was 1.24 °C. The generated dataset will be beneficial for a wide range of applications including estimations of thermal habitats and the impacts of climate change on inland lakes.

Tags: al, alabama, ar, arizona, arkansas, az, ca, california, climate-change, co, colorado, connecticut, ct, dc, de, deep-learning, delaware, district-of-columbia, environment, fl, florida, ga, georgia, ia, id, idaho, il, illinois, in, indiana, inlandwaters, iowa, kansas, kentucky, ks, ky, la, louisiana, ma, machine-learning, maine, maryland, massachusetts, md, me, mi, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, mn, mo, modeling, montana, ms, mt, nc, nd, ne, nebraska, nevada, new-hampshire, new-jersey, new-mexico, new-york, nh, nj, nm, north-carolina, north-dakota, nv, ny, oh, ohio, ok, oklahoma, or, oregon, pa, pennsylvania, reservoirs, rhode-island, ri, sc, sd, south-carolina, south-dakota, surface-temperature, temperate-lakes, temperature, tennessee, texas, tn, tx, united-states, us, usgs-60341c3ed34eb12031172aa6, ut, utah, va, vermont, virginia, vt, wa, washington, water, water-resources, west-virginia, wi, wisconsin, wv, wy, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Evaluation of ELISA for the Analysis of Imidacloprid in Plasma, Liver, and Fecal Matter

Neonicotinoids have become the most widely used insecticides in world with rapid growth in applications as seed coatings. Nontarget organisms are exposed to concentrated levels of pesticidal active ingredients through ingestion of treated seeds. To better understand pesticide fate, analytical methods are necessary to rapidly screen and accurately quantitate contaminants in environmental and biological matrices. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is commonly employed for neonicotinoid analyses but requires expensive analytical instrumentation and potentially laborious sample preparation. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) are efficient and sensitive alternative methods for neonicotinoid analyses, that does not require costly equipment. In this study, application of ELISA was compared to LC-MS/MS in the quantitation of imidacloprid in plasma, liver, and fecal matter from Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) orally exposed to imidacloprid-treated wheat seeds. Two major imidacloprid metabolites, 5-OH-imidacloprid and imidacloprid-olefin, were found to cross-react within the immunoassay, confounding results. Imidacloprid concentrations from ELISA analysis ranged from 90.8-181 ng/mL, 7.90-40.4 ng/g, and 989-4404 ng/g in plasma, liver, and fecal matter, respectively. In comparison, LC-MS/MS imidacloprid concentrations ranged from 32.8-188 ng/mL for plasma, 18.7-116 ng/g for liver, and 51.3-427 ng/g for fecal matter. Imidacloprid concentrations determined by ELISA were generally higher in plasma and exceptionally higher in fecal matter compared to LC-MS/MS, Liver imidacloprid concentrations were higher when analyzed by LC-MS/MS. Good correlation was observed between imidacloprid concentrations determined in plasma (r2 = 0.93) and fecal matter (r2 = 0.89) by ELISA and LC-MS/MS, whereas a poor correlation (r2 = 0.35) was found in liver. In the analysis of these biological matrices, ELISA was found to be a good screening tool to measure active ingredients along with their metabolites. However, accurate quantitation should be completed with chromatographic based techniques such as LC-MS/MS.

Tags: coturnix-japonica, environment, enzyme-linked-immunosorbent-assay, high-performance-liquid-chromatography, mass-spectrometry, metabolites, neonicotinoid-insecticides, pesticide-residues, usgs-60341a1bd34eb12031172a9c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Measurements of velocity and bathymetry in the tailwater of Kentucky Dam (Tennessee River) near Gilbertsville, Kentucky, September 17–18, 2020

These data are bathymetry (river bottom elevation) and depth-averaged velocities generated from the September 17–18, 2020, survey of the Kentucky Dam tailwater from just downstream from Kentucky Dam to approximately 1,500 feet upstream from the I-24 bridge (about 1 mile total length). Bathymetry and velocity data were collected using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) with an integrated global navigation satellite system (GNSS) smart antenna with submeter accuracy. The ADCP and GNSS antenna were mounted on a marine survey vessel, and data were collected as the survey vessel traversed the tailwater along planned survey lines. There was typically one reciprocal pair (two passes) of data collected per line. There was a total of 53 survey lines equally spaced 100 feet apart and oriented approximately perpendicular to the primary flow direction. Data collection software integrated and stored the depth, velocity, and position data from the ADCP and GNSS antenna in real time. Data processing required computer software to extract the bathymetric data from the raw data files and to summarize and map the information. Water-surface elevations were measured at each planned line throughout the survey area with a survey-grade integrated GNSS system with real-time kinematic (RTK) observations in order to convert measured bathymetric depths to elevations referenced to NAVD 88. RTK observations were made using the Kentucky Continually Operating Reference System (KYCORS) network operated by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Data were processed using the Velocity Mapping Toolbox (Parsons and others, 2013) to derive temporally- and spatially-averaged water velocity values. The surveys were conducted during steady discharge conditions from the hydropower turbines at Kentucky Dam. These data were collected to understand flow patterns in the Kentucky Dam tailwater during different discharge conditions from the hydropower turbines at Kentucky Dam and may be used to assist in invasive carp capture and control programs.

Tags: acoustic-doppler-current-profiler, bathymetry, digital-elevation-models, elevation, geospatial-analysis, gilbertsville, hydrodynamics, invasive-carp, kentucky, kentucky-dam, river, surface-water-non-marine, tailwater, tennessee-river, united-states-of-america, usgs-6033d4aed34eb120311726be, velocity, xyz
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chenier_Plain_2017_SBB_XYZ_metadata: Nearshore Single-Beam Bathymetry XYZ Data Collected in 2017 from the Chenier Plain, Louisiana

As a part of the Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICM), scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted a nearshore single-beam bathymetry survey along the Chenier Plain, Louisiana from Marsh Island to Sabine Pass. The goal of the BICM program is to provide long-term data on Louisiana's coastline and use this data to plan, design, evaluate, and maintain current and future barrier island restoration projects. The data described in this metadata record will provide baseline bathymetric information for future research investigating island evolution, sediment transport, recent- and long-term geomorphic change and will support modeling of future changes in response to restoration and storm impacts. Over 3,300-line kilometers of single-beam data were acquired during two field missions: USGS Field Activity numbers (FAN) 2017-323-FA, conducted June 2-14, and 2017-324-FA, which occurred July 8-16, 2017 aboard four separate survey vessels. The final x,y,z data are provided in the native World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84) G1150 acquisition format (which is equivalent to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000 [ITRF00]), with values ranging from -26.62 m to -68.94 m ellipsoid height, as well as the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) reference frame and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) GEOID12A , with values ranging from 0.00 to -30.13 m.

Tags: 2017-323-fa, 2017-324-fa, barrier-island-comprehensive-monitoring-program, base-station, bathymetry, benchmark, bicm, calcasieu, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-protection-and-restoration-authority-of-louisiana, cpra, datum, elevation, field-monitoring-stations, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, grand-chenier, gulf-of-mexico, hydrography, imagerybasemapsearthcover, kinematic, location, louisiana, marine-geology, oceans, sabine-pass, shoreline, single-beam, single-beam-bathymetry, single-beam-echo-sounder, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, trackline, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-6030dce9-665a-4c4d-8f68-b81cd49f7f74, water, west-central-louisiana-coastal
Organization: Department of the Interior
Evaluating regulations and surveillance as risk-mitigation to the emerging amphibian pathogen Bsal- Data release

Results of a literature search performed December 1, 2020.  The tables in this document summarize the publications fitting in this search criteria and are split into the publications that update the list of international species that could carry Bsal (Appendix 1 Table S1). Number of individual live amphibians imported in categories of urodelan (salamander, newt, and related taxa) species restricted under the interim regulations and not listed, species not listed on the regulations that have had Bsal detected, notably Bombina spp.,  anuran species in the genus Rana,  and Xenopus (including African clawed frogs) as a comparison of species not thought to be susceptible to Bsal, but commonly imported (Appendix 3 Table S1). Data and relative risk scores per county used for the risk analysis of B. salamandrivorans invasion, consequences, and surveillance for U.S. salamanders. All variables were scaled from 1, lowest relative risk, to 4, highest relative risk.  Import and introduction risk scores were calculated from the average live imports per year for the pre-action risk period (2010-2015) and post-action risk period (2016-2019) (Appendix S3 Table S2).

Tags: biota, bombina, bsal, chytridiomycosis, emerging-infectious-disease, risk, salamander, surveillance, usgs-6030436dd34eb12031161ba2, wildlife-trade
Organization: Department of the Interior
Interpolated Hydrogeologic Framework and Digitized Datasets for Upstate New York Study Areas

This dataset includes well logs used in the creation of the Fishkill and Wappinger Falls hydrogeologic framework.  Well logs were used from multiple sources (DEC, DOT, and NWIS) and were a crucial component in generating hydrogeologic layer elevations and thicknesses. Well logs are available in their original form on GeoLog Locator (https://webapps.usgs.gov/GeoLogLocator/#!/) and provided here in the digitized form (shapefiles and feature classes), which were used in the generation of the hydrogeologic framework.

Tags: aquifer-mapping, bedrock-mapping, dutchess-county, fishkill, glacial-geology, new-york, putnam-county, sourcewater, usgs-603024d4d34eb12031161304, valley-fill, wappinger-falls, well-log
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated low-flow statistics at ungaged stream locations in New Jersey, water year 2020

Estimates of various low-flow statistics were computed at 32 ungaged stream locations throughout New Jersey during the 2020 water year using methods in the published reports, 1) Streamflow characteristics and trends in New Jersey, water years 1897-2003 (Watson and others, 2005) and 2) Implementation of MOVE.1, censored MOVE.1, and piecewise MOVE.1 low-flow regressions with applications at partial-record streamgaging stations in New Jersey (Colarullo and others, 2018). 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 2020 water year. The data are provided as both a plain text file and ArcGIS shapefile format.
References for publications cited:
• Watson, K.M., Reiser, R.G., Nieswand, S.P., and Schopp, R.D., 2005, Streamflow characteristics and trends in New Jersey, water years 1897-2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5105, 131 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20055105.
• Colarullo, S.J., Sullivan, S.L., and McHugh, A.R., 2018, Implementation of MOVE.1, censored MOVE.1, and piecewise MOVE.1 low-flow regressions with applications at partial-record streamgaging stations in New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1089, 20 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181089.

Tags: estimation, geoscientificinformation, inlandwaters, low-flow-statistics, streamflow, usgs-603023b9d34eb120311612d4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Metal concentrations in sediment and amphibian tissues from wetlands sampled across the United States

The data presented include concentrations of 10 metals in sediments and composite larval amphibian tissues from 20 wetlands across the United States. Sixteen of the wetlands were sampled in 2019 and four were sampled in 2015-2016. Where possible both larval anurans (frogs and toads) and salamanders were collected from each wetland. The data also include information on metal concentrations in amphibian tissues after the gut contents were removed to understand metal bioaccumulation potential and the molar ratio of selenium to mercury in each tissue composite sample. This data release supports the following publication:
Smalling, K.L., Oja, E.B., Cleveland, D.M., Davenport, J.M., Eagles-Smith, C., Grant, E.H.C., Kleeman, P.M., Halstead, B.J., Stemp, K.M., Tornabene, B.J., Bunnell, Z.J. and Hossack, B.R., 2021, Metal accumulation varies with life history, size, and development of larval amphibians: Environmental Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117638.

Tags: amphibians, anuran, biota, california, inlandwaters, maryland, massachusetts, metal-elements, montana, north-carolina, north-dakota, prairie-pothole-region, salamander, usgs-60300324d34eb1203115c7d2, wetland-ecosystems
Organization: Department of the Interior
Datasets of Streamflow, Nutrient Concentrations, Loads and Trends for the Mississippi Ambient Water-Quality Network Stations, Water Years 2008 through 2018

This dataset utilized available water-quality data from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey to estimate total nitrogen and total phosphorus loads and changes in loads from water years 2008 through 2018. Nutrient loads and changes in loads were estimated at 22 state ambient water-quality network sites, and were estimated using LOADEST regression models, Beale-Ratio Estimator, or WRTDS (Weighted Regression on Time, Discharge, and Season). The method selected is based on the evaluation of the flux-bias statistic and use of multiple graphical tools through EGRET to identify and characterize issues with particular models for each given dataset and is included in this data release.

Tags: annual-loads, environment, mississippi, nutrients, rivers, streamflow, surface-water-quality, total-nitrogen, total-phosphorus, trends, united-states, usgs-602fba8cd34eb12031159883
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sea Otter survey data, carcass recovery data, and blood chemistry data from southwest Alaska

Three data sets are included here to aid in assessment of the sea otter population collapse in southwest Alaska. One data set consists of results of sea otter surveys conducted between 1959 and 2015 at Bering Island, Russia and a selection of western Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Sea otter counts are reduced to a comparable value of otters per linear kilometer. Another data set consists per-capita and per kilometer recovery rates of stranded sea otter carcasses from locations ranging from Bering Island, Russia, several Aleutian Islands, sites along the Alaska Peninsula, and Prince William Sound, Alaska. These data are mainly from the period 1991-2009 and are from stable populations as well as those in decline or post decline. The third data set consists of blood chemistry and hematology of sea otters captured from along this same north Pacific region from 2004-2012. This data set can be used to help assess sea otter health in this region. Gene transcription data from some of the subject sea otters can be found at Bowen, L., Ballachey, B. E., Bodkin, J. L., Miles, A. K., Esler, D. and Kloecker, K. A., 2017, Sea Otter Gene Transcription Data from Kodiak, the Alaska Peninsula, and Prince William Sound, Alaska, 2005-2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F789141P. 
These data support the following publication: M. Tim Tinker, James L. Bodkin, Lizabeth Bowen, Brenda Ballachey, Gena Bentall, Alexander Burdin, Heather Coletti, George Esslinger, Brian B. Hatfield, Michael C. Kenner, Kimberly Kloecker, Brenda Konar, A. Keith Miles, Daniel H. Monson, Michael J. Murray, Ben Weitzman and James A. Estes, 2021, Sea otter population collapse in southwest Alaska: assessing ecological covariates, consequences, and causal factors: Ecological Monographs

Tags: biota, eastern-aleutian-islands, gulf-of-alaska, health, kodiak-island, prince-william-sound, sea-otters, usgs-602f2bafd34eb120311597d0, western-aleutian-islands, wildlife-biology
Organization: Department of the Interior