AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Data release for land-use and land-cover change in the Lower Rio Grande ecoregions, Texas (2001 to 2006 and 2006 to 2011 time intervals)

These data were created to describe the causes of land cover change that occurred in the Lower Rio Grande (LRG) Valley and Alluvial Floodplain ecoregions of Texas for the time intervals of 2001 to 2006 and 2006 to 2011. The study area covers approximately 600,000 hectares at the southernmost tip of Texas and is one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. Some of the largest cities in the area include Brownsville and Harlingen, Texas. Two raster maps showing the causes of land change were created at a 30-meter resolution using automated and manual photo interpretation techniques.  There were 26 categories of land change causes (for example, urban expansion or surficial mining) identified across the LRG region.  These categories can be used by researchers to summarize the historical patterns of land change for the region and to understand the impacts these land change causes may have on the region's ecology, hydrology, wildlife, and climate.

Tags: ecoregion-34e, ecoregion-34ef, ecoregion-34f, historical-land-change, land-change, land-cover, land-cover-change, land-transformations, land-use, land-use-change, lower-rio-grande, lower-rio-grande-alluvial-floodplain, lower-rio-grande-valley, lrg, south-central-united-states, southern-texas, urban-land-change, usgs-6331e3b9d34e900e86c52b44, western-gulf-coastal-plain
Organization: Department of the Interior
Structure-from-Motion point clouds from unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Ludington, MI, on July 11, 2019, and July 14, 2021

Structure-from-Motion (SfM) point clouds were created from images collected using a remotely piloted unoccupied aerial system (UAS) over the bluffs of the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Ludington, MI, a rural natural area to assess land changes. The digital imagery was collected with the internal camera of a DJI Phantom 3 PRO for the July 11, 2019, data and DJI Phantom 4 PRO for the July 14, 2021, data that was operated by the University of Toledo. The images cover an extent between north of Chauvez Rd. to the south and north of W. Bradshaw Rd. to the north. The images were collected in .jpg format and include default Exif metadata with GPS date, time, latitude and longitude, and other fields. Point clouds were created from the collected images using Agisoft Metashape 1.7.6 SfM photogrammetry software and are provided in the open source compressed lidar data exchange LAZ format. The point clouds were classified into the following: never classified (class 0), ground (class 2), medium vegetation (class4), and water (class 9).

Tags: digital-elevation-model, elevation, geology-minerals-energy-and-geophysics-science-center, geospatial-datasets, gmeg, lake-michigan, landslides, ludington, mason-county, mgs, michigan-geological-survey, point-cloud, remote-sensing, state-of-michigan, structure-from-motion, u-s-geological-survey, university-of-toledo, usgs, usgs-6331e036d34e900e86c52b05, ut
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital photographs using a remotely piloted unoccupied aerial system and derived point clouds for bluffs in Ludington, MI, July 11, 2019, and July 14, 2021

Images were collected using a remotely piloted unoccupied aerial system (UAS) over the bluffs of the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Ludington rural area, Mason County, MI. Images were collected in two separate surveys conducted on July 11, 2019, and July 14, 2021, using a DJI Phantom 3 and 4 PRO commercial UAS respectively operated by the University of Toledo. The images cover an extent between north of Chauvez Rd. to the south and north of W. Bradshaw Rd. to the north. The purpose of the survey was to monitor active bluff erosion in the area. The images are presented here in zipped files grouped by type of collection, nadir and oblique. The images were collected in JPG format and include default Exif metadata with GPS date, time, longitude and latitude, and other fields. These files were used in structure-from-motion (SfM) processing to obtain georeferenced 3D point data. The 3D derived data are in open source compressed lidar data exchange laz format and were created from the collected images using SfM photogrammetry software. A description of the laz format and links to software tools for using laz files are provided at the USGS website: https://www.usgs.gov/news/3d-elevation-program-distributing-lidar-data-laz-format.The point cloud was classified in never classified (class 0), ground (class 2), medium vegetation (class4), an water (class 9).

Tags: elevation, erosion, geology-minerals-energy-and-geophysics-science-center, geospatial-datasets, gmeg, image-collections, lake-michigan, ludington, mason-county, mgs, michigan-geological-survey, remote-sensing, state-of-michigan, u-s-geological-survey, university-of-toledo, usgs, usgs-6331ddbed34e900e86c52ae0, ut
Organization: Department of the Interior
Astrogeology Science Center Monthly Report, December 1971

Monthly report to show updates on highlights and noteworthy results, publications, conferences and scientific meetings, visitors, and mapping progress tables. Includes unpublished works and works in progress.

Tags: astrogeology, astrogeology-branch-history, branch-history, geoscientificinformation, planetary-sciences, usgs-6312bbc4d34e36012efa1814
Organization: Department of the Interior
Potential Corrosivity Scores of Untreated Groundwater in Louisiana

Four indices—the Langelier Saturation Index (LSI), Ryznar Stability Index (RSI), Puckorius Scaling Index (PSI), and the Potential to Promote Galvanic Corrosion (PPGC) — in addition to an analysis which normalized the results from the existing indices, the Combined Index (CI), were used to assess the potential corrosivity of groundwater in Louisiana. The text file 'potential corrosivity scores.txt' contains identification, location, depth, and aquifer assignment for each site used in this study along with the calculated score for the five aforementioned indices. The average scores of all samples by index are as follows: LSI, −1.28; RSI, 9.78; PSI, 9.34; and CI, 4.14. The PPGC does not produce a numerical score, but the total percentage of class counts can be used to assign a classification; overall, samples in Louisiana were classified as significant concern for corrosion.

Tags: corrosivity, groundwater, groundwater-quality, usgs-6331b13ad34e900e86c52a0a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bumblebee Surveys in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nevada, USA (ver. 3.0, March 2025)

Bumblebee community surveys used occupancy survey designs primarily across lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Glacier National Park (GNP).  They also include a few surveys in Nevada.  These records represent timed surveys that were both successful and unsuccessful in detecting bumble bees.

Tags: bees-and-wasps, biota, montana, nevada, north-dakota, south-dakota, usgs-632fe89fd34e900e86c525cd
Organization: Department of the Interior
Airborne geophysical survey: Dardanelles, California

Aeromagnetic data were collected along flight lines by instruments in an
aircraft that recorded magnetic-field values and locations.  This dataset
presents latitude, longitude, altitude, and magnetic-field values.

Tags: aeromagnetic-data, aeromagnetic-surveying, airborne-surveys, ca, california, dardanelles, f06003-alpine, f06005-amador, f06009-calaveras, f06017-el-dorado, f06109-tuolumne, f32005-douglas, field-monitoring-stations, geophysical-surveys, geophysics, geospatial-datasets, magnetic, magnetic-field-earth, magnetic-surveys, residual-magnetic-field, total-field, united-states, usgs-632fe3be-1321-4960-b6b2-70f9986f4a7c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data regarding the efficacy of management practices for controlling gull use of Common Tern nesting colonies

These data, which support a paired USGS publication, describe the efficacy of several management practices for reducing the presence of herring gulls in the nesting colonies of Common Terns. This data was collected on Poplar Island, located in the Chesapeake Bay portion of Maryland.

Tags: biota, common-tern, herring-gull, usgs-632da5bed34e900e86c5193b, wildlife-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Point cloud, digital surface model (DSM), and orthoimagery derived from historical aerial imagery of the South Cow Mountain Recreational Area, Lake County, California, May 27, 1977

The USGS, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), created a series of geospatial products of the South Cow Mountain Recreational Area, Lake County, California, using historic aerial imagery and structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry methods.  
Products were generated from stereo historical aerial imagery acquired by the BLM in May of 1977. The aerial imagery were downloaded from the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center's USGS Single Aerial Frame Photo archive and a  was created using USGS guidelines.
Data were processed using SfM photogrammetry to generate a three-dimensional point cloud (.laz) that identifies pixels of an object from multiple images taken from various angles and calculates the x, y, and z coordinates of that object/pixel. The point cloud was processed to create a DSM (.tif) representing the continuous surface of the uppermost reflective surface (57.3 cm resolution). Finally, source images were stitched together based on shared pixels and orthogonally adjusted to the DSM to create a high resolution (approximately 18.3 cm) orthoimage (.tif) for the study area. 
This dataset includes a point cloud, digital surface model (DSM), and orthoimagery, as well as synthetic ground-control points (GCPs) and point clusters used to georeference the datasets. Separate metadata for each product are provided on the ScienceBase page for each child item.

Tags: aerial-photography, california, digital-elevation-models, elevation, geoscientificinformation, imagerybasemapsearthcover, lake-county, remote-sensing, scotts-creek, south-cow-mountain, structure-from-motion, usgs-632cefc2d34e900e86c5137e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), 2002-2012

From 2002 to 2011, 94 bighorn sheep were collared to collect GPS locations for approximately a year.

Tags: alberta, animal-behavior, bighorn, biota, blackfeet-indian-reservation, british-columbia, glacier-national-park, habitats, mammals, montana, telemetry, ungulate, usgs-632cd322d34e900e86c5131a, wildlife, wildlife-disease
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geochemical, mineralogical, and grain-size data for deep cores from the Cache Creek Settling Basin and streambed sediments from the Sacramento River watershed

The Cache Creek Settling Basin (CCSB) is a 13.3 km2 levee-bounded sediment retention basin located at the modern terminus of Cache Creek near the eastern boundary of Yolo County, approximately two miles NE of Woodland, California. The Cache Creek Settling Basin was constructed in 1937 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to trap suspended sediment from the upper Cache Creek watershed during high-flow events, with the purpose of preserving the floodway capacity of the Yolo Bypass, a larger leveed floodway located downstream. This dataset includes subsamples from sediment cores and shallow streambank sediment collected from the Sacramento River watershed. Sediment cores were collected in the Cache Creek Settling Basin during October 2011 at two borehole sites and during August 2012 at four other borehole sites. Total core depths ranged from approximately 8.6 to 9.0 meters (28 – 30 feet). For three of the core sites, detailed subsamples were collected in 3-centimeter intervals at targeted depths. For all the core sites, detailed subsamples were collected in 20-centimeter intervals at targeted depths. Streambank samples were collected from 3 locations on the Sacramento River during August 2017 and from 3 locations on the Feather River and Cache Creek during November 2017. Each streambank sample is a composite of several surface samples composing the top 0-10 centimeters of surface material. Sediment core and streambank samples were analyzed for grain-size distribution, X-ray diffraction (XRD) for quantitative mineralogy, inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for trace elements, and inductively coupled plasma – optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) for major elements. This data release reports results of the analysis for each streambank sample and sediment core subsample, including quality-assurance data.

Tags: basin, cache-creek, california, drilling-and-coring, environment, geoscientificinformation, provenance, sediment-fingerprinting, sediment-geochemistry, usgs-632cab32d34e900e86c5121d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Seboeis Unit Vegetation Plot Field Datasheet and Field Photos

The Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Seboeis Unit Vegetation Mapping Project was initiated in the fall of 2019 by a grant through the USGS Natural Resource Preservation Program to classify and map vegetation types of the Seboeis Unit thereby providing resource managers and biological researchers with useful baseline vegetation information. These data are the results of the field effort to collect vegetation plots data for testing the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Seboeis Unit Vegetation Mapping Project vegetation map. Data collection was assisted by Jennifer Tibbetts and Jamie Attanasio.
During summer 2019, botanists with the Maine Natural Areas Program collected data from 94 vegetation plots for plant community characterization. In addition to the ground data, site photos were collected at each vegetation plot for a total of 582 ground images. The sampling data were entered into the National Park Service PLOTS version 4.0 (National Park Service 2015) for analyses to characterize vegetation associations in the U.S. National Vegetation Classification.

Tags: biota, data-collection, environment, katahdin-woods-and-water-national-monument, maine, map, national-park-service, national-vegetation-classification-system, natural-resources-preservation-program, nvcs, u-s-national-vegetation-classification, united-states, usgs-6334b3a4d34e900e86c6dbff, usnvc, vegetation-plot
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surfaces representing the basal mineralized zone in the South Kawishiwi, Bathtub, and Partridge River Intrusions, Duluth Complex, Minnesota

This dataset includes five Esri grids representing the copper-nickel-platinum group element (Cu-Ni-PGE) mineralized zone found in the South Kawishiwi, Bathtub, and Partridge River intrusions, Duluth Complex, Minnesota. The data are also presented in .csv format to provide an open-source file type. We are using the term "basal mineralized zone" (bmz) as an informal term representing the mineralized units found in the South Kawishiwi, Bathtub, and Partridge River intrusions. The mineralized rock units located in the South Kawishiwi intrusion are collectively known as the Basal Mineralized Zone. However, the mineralized rock units found in the Bathtub and Partridge River intrusions do not have standardized names and consist of multiple informally named units, such as S1, S2, Unit 1, Unit 2. For simplicity, we are referring to the mineralized rocks of both intrusions as the "bmz". The five grids represent: 1) the elevation of the bottom of the bmz ("bmzbot" grid), 2) the elevation of the top of the bmz ("bmztop" grid), 3) the apparent thickness of the bmz ("appthk" grid), 4) the true thickness of the bmz calculated using the depth of the bottom of the bmz ("truthbot" grid), and 5) the true thickness of the bmz calculated using the depth of the top of the bmz ("truthtop" grid). All elevation and thickness values in the grids are in feet. These surfaces were created by interpolation using down-hole depth and lithologic data taken from drill hole logs. Also included is a shapefile representing the drill hole collar locations.

Tags: geoscientificinformation, mineral-deposits, ore-formation, usgs-632c7f1dd34e900e86c51092
Organization: Department of the Interior
Neonicotinoid nitroguanidine group insecticide application rates estimated across the western conterminous United States, 2008 to 2014

These data represents annual estimates of neonicotinoid nitroguanidine group insecticide application rates across the western conterminous United States from 2008 to 2014. This product contains seven raster layers (appearing as separate bands in a multi-band raster). Each band represents one year of the data beginning in 2008. Estimates are generated by pairing crop specific application rates of neonicotinoids with fine scale crop data obtained from the CropScape cropland data layer. Application units are kilograms per hectare. Further details on the methods used to generate this product are described in: Douglas, M.R., Baisley, P., Soba, S., Kammerer, M., Lonsdorf, E.V. and Grozinger, C.M., 2022. Putting pesticides on the map for pollinator research and conservation. Scientific Data, 9(1),1-15.
This data layer was originally generated for use in an assessment of environmental stressors on the occupancy of the western bumble bee and supports the pre-listing science for this species under consideration by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For more information on that assessment see the publication listed in the Larger Works Cited Section.

Tags: agriculture, arizona, california, colorado, cropland, crops, environment, farming, idaho, insecticides, montana, nebraska, neonicotinoids, nevada, new-mexico, north-america, north-dakota, oregon, pesticide-and-herbicide-contamination, pesticides, south-dakota, united-states, usgs-632c7c1ad34e900e86c5107d, utah, washington, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) cyanotoxin data for eight mesocosm experiments in the Caloosahatchee River, Florida from May 2019 through August 2021

An interdisciplinary and multiagency study was conducted in southern Florida to examine harmful algal bloom (HAB) dynamics on the Caloosahatchee River, which drains from Lake Okeechobee to the west into the Gulf of Mexico. Using in-situ mesocosm experiments, ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, and urea were altered from ambient conditions to determine the effects on cyanotoxin biosynthesis gene presence and quantity as measured via quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Eight experiments were conducted seasonally from May 2019 through July 2021 at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam. The experimental installations consisted of three floating metal cradles each containing four opaque fiberglass chambers filled with local river water. Each chamber was open at the top to allow free flow of air and light but closed off at every other part. This ensured the chambers were in the river but not getting cross-contaminated by exchange with the river water. The twelve chambers were each enriched using one of five treatments depending on the experiment: phosphate (P), nitrate (N), ammonium (A), urea (U) or control (C) – with only four of the five treatments selected, each with three replicates, for every experiment. The P, N, A, and U treatment chambers were enriched by applying a concentrated dosing solution of either dibasic dodecahydrate sodium phosphate, anhydrous sodium nitrate, liquid ammonium hydroxide, or urea, respectively to elevate concentrations above ambient levels. The control chambers were left unenriched. The mesocosms were treated and sampled in approximately 24-hour intervals over a 72-hour period (Time 0, Time 24, Time 48, Time 72). May and July 2021 mesocosms were additionally sampled one week from the initiation of the experiment (T240). Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was extracted from these samples and tested via six qPCR assays to determine the presence and quantity of different cyanotoxin biosynthesis genes. Each qPCR assay tests for a different cyanotoxin biosynthesis gene with one assay testing for cyanobacterial 16S DNA as an internal control. The five toxin biosynthesis genes tested were microcystin (mcyE), nodularin (ndaF), saxitoxin (sxtA), anatoxin (anaC), and cylindrospermopsin (cyrA).

Tags: algal-blooms, biota, caloosahatchee, cyanobacteria-blue-green-algae, hazards, polymerase-chain-reaction, toxin-research, usgs-632c61aad34e900e86c5103b, w-p-franklin-lock-and-dam
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seepage-run discharge measurements, August 31, 2022, North Fork Kaukonahua Stream, O'ahu, Hawai'i

This data release contains a comma-delimited ascii file of six same-day, discrete discharge measurements made at sites along selected reaches of North Fork Kaukonahua Stream, O'ahu, Hawai'i on August 31, 2022. These discrete discharge measurements form what is commonly referred to as a “seepage run.” The intent of the seepage run is to quantify the spatial distribution of streamflow along the reach during fair-weather, low-flow conditions, generally characterized by negligible direct runoff within the reach. The measurements can be used to characterize the net seepage of water into (water gain) or out of (water loss) the stream channel between measurement sites provided that the measurements were made during stable, nonchanging flow conditions (or, in some cases, were made simultaneously during transient flow conditions) and external surface inflows (for example, a tributary) or outflows (for example, a diversion) of water to the reach are quantified and accounted for in the computation of net seepage.

Tags: hydrologic-datasets, hydrology, inlandwaters, north-fork-kaukonahua-stream, oahu, river-reaches, state-of-hawaii, stream-gage-measurement, streamflow, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-632ba8a6d34e900e86c50ba9, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seepage-run discharge measurements, September 24, 2021, Kawainui Stream, O'ahu, Hawai'i

This data release contains a comma-delimited ascii file of eight same-day, discrete discharge measurements made at sites along selected reaches of Kawainui Stream, O'ahu, Hawai'i on September 24, 2021. These discrete discharge measurements form what is commonly referred to as a “seepage run.” The intent of the seepage run is to quantify the spatial distribution of streamflow along the reach during fair-weather, low-flow conditions, generally characterized by negligible direct runoff within the reach. The measurements can be used to characterize the net seepage of water into (water gain) or out of (water loss) the stream channel between measurement sites provided that the measurements were made during stable, nonchanging flow conditions (or, in some cases, were made simultaneously during transient flow conditions) and external surface inflows (for example, a tributary) or outflows (for example, a diversion) of water to the reach are quantified and accounted for in the computation of net seepage.

Tags: hydrologic-datasets, hydrology, inlandwaters, kawainui-stream, oahu, river-reaches, state-of-hawaii, stream-gage-measurement, streamflow, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-632ba7dbd34e900e86c50ba7, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior