AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
National Park Service Fire Occurrence Dataset Point Locations for 1984-2024

The National Park Service (NPS) requests burn severity assessments through an agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to be completed by analysts with the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) Program.  The MTBS Program assesses the frequency, extent, and magnitude (size and severity) of all large wildland fires (wildfires and prescribed fires) in the conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico for the period 1984 and beyond. All fires reported as greater than 1,000 acres in the western U.S. and greater than 500 acres in the eastern U.S. are mapped across all ownerships. MTBS produces a series of geospatial and tabular data for analysis at a range of spatial, temporal, and thematic scales and are intended to meet a variety of information needs that require consistent data about fire effects through space and time. This map layer is a vector point shapefile of the location of all NPS-requested burn severity fires, occurring during calendar year 1984 and 2024 for CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Fires omitted from this mapped inventory are those where suitable satellite imagery was not available, or fires were not discernable from available imagery. Assessments requested by the NPS may not meet the size criteria, but otherwise adhere to all procedural and quality standards held by the MTBS Program.

Tags: ak, alaska, burn-severity, burned-area, continental-u-s, conus, differenced-normalized-burn-ratio, fire-location, fire-occurrence, hawaii, hi, imagerybasemapsearthcover, landsat, location, normalized-burn-ratio, nps, pr, prescribed-fire, puerto-rico, sentinel, united-states, us, usgs-630786cad34e3b967a8c0e14, wildfire, wildland-fire
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Park Service Burned Areas Boundaries for 1984-2024

The National Park Service (NPS) requests burn severity assessments through an agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to be completed by analysts with the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) Program.  The MTBS Program assesses the frequency, extent, and magnitude (size and severity) of all large wildland fires (wildfires and prescribed fires) in the conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico for the period 1984 and beyond.  All fires reported as greater than 1,000 acres in the western U.S. and greater than 500 acres in the eastern U.S. are mapped across all ownerships.  MTBS produces a series of geospatial and tabular data for analysis at a range of spatial, temporal, and thematic scales and are intended to meet a variety of information needs that require consistent data about fire effects through space and time.  This map layer is a vector polygon shapefile for all NPS-requested burn severity fires, occurring during calendar year 1984 and 2024 for CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.  Fires omitted from this mapped inventory are those where suitable satellite imagery was not available, or fires were not discernable from available imagery.  Assessments requested by the NPS may not meet the size criteria, but otherwise adhere to all procedural and quality standards held by the MTBS Program.

Tags: ak, alaska, burn-severity, burned-area, continental-u-s, conus, differenced-normalized-burn-ratio, fire-location, fire-occurrence, hawaii, hi, imagerybasemapsearthcover, landsat, location, normalized-burn-ratio, nps, pr, prescribed-fire, puerto-rico, sentinel, united-states, us, usgs-6307864cd34e3b967a8c0e0f, wildfire, wildland-fire
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surveys and monitoring of coastal cactus wren in southern San Diego County, 2017

Data presented are results of surveys and monitoring in 2017 for San Diego Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) in southern San Diego County. Surveys were conducted at 362 plots. Plots were surveyed twice in 2017 and the number, age (adult or juvenile), banding status (color banded or not), breeding status (paired, unpaired, or unknown), and nesting status (active nest detected or not) of all wrens recorded. Habitat covariate data were collected including amount of dead and stressed cactus in the plot, percent cover of bare ground, and the dominant and percent cover of invasive species. During weekly monitoring visits, nests were located and checked to determine the number of eggs laid, the number of eggs that hatched, and the number of chicks that fledged. Nesting data were compiled to present seasonal productivity for each Cactus Wren pair. All nestlings and adults (when possible) were color banded with unique color combinations to identify individuals on subsequent visits to provide data on survival within and between years. During banding, data were collected on age, sex, weight, and reproductive status. Fecal samples and genetic samples (pin feathers) were collected from nestlings when possible. In each territory where vegetation data were collected in 2015 and 2016, a 75 x 75 m grid of 30 points was placed to include as many nests as possible. At each point, data were collected within a 2 m radius circle including presence or absence of native bunch grasses, non-native annual grasses, cactus, elderberry (Sambucus nigra), lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia), sagebrush (Artemisia californica), buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum), black mustard (Brassica nigra), and bare ground. These presence/absence data were summarized to present the percent cover of each species or ground cover representing habitat at the Cactus Wren territory.

Tags: animal-and-plant-census, biota, birds, california, drought, habitats, monitoring, productivity, san-diego, survey, survival, usgs-6306b603d34e3b967a8bda15, vocalization-methods
Organization: Department of the Interior
Astrogeology Science Center Monthly Report, October 1970

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

Tags: astrogeology, astrogeology-branch-history, branch-history, geoscientificinformation, planetary-sciences, usgs-631290bcd34e36012efa17f5
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sonde data to characterize physical and chemical water column properties of flooded caves (Ox Bel Ha and Cenote Crustacea) within the coastal aquifer of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, from December 2013 to January 2015

Natural cave passages penetrating coastal aquifers in the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mexico) were accessed to investigate how regional meteorology and hydrology control dissolved organic carbon and methane dynamics in karst subterranean estuaries, the region of aquifers where fresh and saline waters mix. Three field trips were carried out in December 2013, August 2014, and January 2015 to obtain 1) physicochemical and 2) geochemical data from the water column and 3) temporal records of water chemistry and hydrological parameters below and above the surface at three sites within the Ox Bel Ha cave (Cenote Jailhouse, Cenote Naach Wennen Ha, and Cenote Odyssey) and another cave (Cenote Crustacea). These efforts resulted in vertical physicochemical and geochemical profiles from the water column of the flooded caves from the region. In addition, the sampling resulted in temporal chemical and hydrological records of dissolved methane concentrations and chloride concentrations (used to calculate salinity) from August 2014 to January 2015, sampled by OsmoSamplers. The records encompass wet and dry seasons and include the impact of Tropical Storm Hanna during October 2014. Field activities were carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program in conjunction with Texas AM University at Galveston.

Tags: anchialine, biogeochemical-cycling, cave, cenote-crustacea, cenote-jailhouse, cenote-naach-wennen-ha, cenote-odyssey, chemical-profile, chemical-records, coastal-aquifer, environment, geochemical-data, geochemistry, hydrologic-records, inland-waters, inlandwaters, karst, limnology, mexico, ocean-sciences, ox-bel-ha-cave-system, physicochemical-profile, quintana-roo-mexico, sonde-data, subterranean-estuary, temporal-records, tulum, usgs-6306a177d34e3b967a8bd9e6, yucatan-peninsula
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geochemical data to characterize chemical water column properties of flooded caves (Ox Bel Ha and Cenote Crustacea) within the coastal aquifer of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, from December 2013 to January 2015

Natural cave passages penetrating coastal aquifers in the Yucatan Peninsula (Quintana Roo, Mexico) were accessed to investigate how regional meteorology and hydrology control dissolved organic carbon and methane dynamics in karst subterranean estuaries, the region of aquifers where fresh and saline waters mix. Three field trips were carried out in December 2013, August 2014, and January 2015 to obtain 1) physicochemical and 2) geochemical data from the water column and 3) temporal records of water chemistry and hydrological parameters below and above the surface at three sites within the Ox Bel Ha cave (Cenote Jailhouse, Cenote Naach Wennen Ha, and Cenote Odyssey) and another cave (Cenote Crustacea). These efforts resulted in vertical physicochemical and geochemical profiles from the water column of the flooded caves from the region. In addition, the sampling resulted in temporal chemical and hydrological records of dissolved methane concentrations and chloride concentrations (used to calculate salinity) from August 2014 to January 2015, sampled by OsmoSamplers. The records encompass wet and dry seasons and include the impact of Tropical Storm Hanna during October 2014. Field activities were carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program in conjunction with Texas AM University at Galveston.

Tags: anchialine, cave, cenote-crustacea, cenote-jailhouse, cenote-naach-wennen-ha, cenote-odyssey, chemical-profiles, coastal-aquifer, environment, geochemical-data, geochemistry, groundwater, inlandwaters, karst, limnology, mexico, ocean-sciences, ox-bel-ha-cave-system, quintana-roo, subterranean-estuary, tulum, usgs-63069f18d34e3b967a8bd9cc, water-column-profiles, yucatan-peninsula
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Water-Well Database (NWWDB): Harmonized and Quality-Assured State Water-Well Records for Minnesota

This Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) GeoPackage (.gpkg) contains water-well point features and associated tables for the state of Minnesota that have been reformatted based on a USGS profile of the OGC GroundWaterML2 (GWML2) standard (https://docs.ogc.org/is/19-013/19-013.html). Additionally, the water-well records have been quality-assured to remove or nullify parts of water-well records found to be erroneous or logically inconsistent, harmonized via the assignment of common data codes in the lithologic log, and supplemented with estimates of transmissivity from the analysis of specific-capacity data.
The National Water-Well Database (NWWDB) is a compilation of water-well records from state-managed databases that have been standardized to a common format for consistency across state and administrative boundaries. Water-well completion reports that are submitted to permitting state agencies by licensed drillers constitute a large source of hydrogeologic information, including the locations and distribution of water wells, construction materials and completion depths, lithologic logs, groundwater levels, and the results of pumping or aquifer tests.

Tags: bedrock-geologic-units, data-integration, environment, geography, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-level, hydrogeology, inlandwaters, minnesota, north-america, stratigraphy, unconsolidated-deposits, united-states, usgs-63064679d34e3b967a8bd795, water-budget, well-drilling
Organization: Department of the Interior
Astrogeology Science Center Monthly Report, May 1971

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

Tags: astrogeology, astrogeology-branch-history, branch-history, geoscientificinformation, planetary-sciences, usgs-6312b80dd34e36012efa1806
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gravity and physical property data, basin depth of the Hayfork graben, and horizontal gradient maxima of the southern Klamath Mountains, California

This data release contains principal facts of gravity measurements collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2013-2022, a compilation of existing and new density and magnetic susceptibility data, horizontal gradient maxima derived from gravity and magnetic potential fields, and depth of Cenozoic basin fill in the Hayfork basin from inversion of gravity data of the southern Klamath Mountains, California.  These data support modeling of gravity and magnetic anomalies to understand the structure beneath the southern Klamath Mountains.

Tags: basin-depth, geoscientificinformation, gravity-horizontal-gradient, gravity-measurement, hayfork, klamath-mountains, magnetic-horizontal-gradient, rock-density, rock-magnetic-susceptibility, usgs-63053bfed34ed6dc5593405f, weaverville
Organization: Department of the Interior
Habitat restoration index for Greater Sage-grouse in the Virginia Mountains, Nevada (2018)

These data are a habitat restoration index based on the intersection of loss of habitat selected by sage-grouse and loss of habitat contributions to nest survival following wildfire.

Tags: biota, fires, habitat-alteration-and-disturbance, human-impacts, native-species, usgs-63040245d34ed6dc5592a598
Organization: Department of the Interior
Computed Tomography (CT) scans of vibracores from Searsville Lake, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford, California

This portion of the data release presents computed tomography (CT) images from vibracores collected from Searsville Lake, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford, California in October 2018 (USGS Field Activity 2018-682-FA). A Geotek Rotating X-Ray CT (RXCT) system was used to acquire x-ray images and perform CT reconstructions of unsplit core segments. The full three-dimensional data set consists of individual axial slices which are reconstructed images in TIFF format. These axial slices are oriented perpendicular to the long axis of the core. Two-dimensional orthogonal views are also provided that illustrate representative downcore slabs of each core. Geotek software-proprietary XML files are provided in each folder containing axial slices and orthogonal views, containing more image-scaling and information on x-ray system settings and reconstruction parameters.

Tags: cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, core-analysis, geoscientificinformation, jasper-ridge, limnology, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, san-mateo-county, searsville-lake, sediment, stanford, state-of-california, substrate, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-6303faf1d34ed6dc5592a545
Organization: Department of the Interior
Priority areas for habitat restoration post-fire in the Virginia Mountains, Nevada (2018)

Sage-grouse continue to use habitat following wildfire, so prioritizing high selection, low survival areas can help ameliorate potential post-wildfire ecological traps. This shapefile represents areas within the burn scars at the Virginia Mountains field site which are high selection and high or low survival which have been deemed to be 'priority' targets for post-fire restoration efforts. The 'burn scar' used in this project is an amalgamation of multiple fires which occurred within the field site during the summers of 2016 and 2017.

Tags: biota, fires, habitat-alteration-and-disturbance, human-impacts, native-species, usgs-6303f827d34ed6dc5592a527
Organization: Department of the Interior
Post-fire change in Greater Sage-grouse nest selection and survival in the Virginia Mountains, Nevada (2018)

We evaluated nest site selection and nest survival both before and after a fire disturbance occurred. We then combined those surfaces to determine the areas which were most heavily impacted by the fire.

Tags: biota, fires, habitat-alteration-and-disturbance, human-impacts, native-species, usgs-6303f63ad34ed6dc5592a516
Organization: Department of the Interior
Northern California cross-shore transects for CoSMoS 3.2

Cross-shore transects (CSTs) developed for Coastal Storm Model (CoSMoS) work in Northern California 3.2 are presented. 3,528 CSTs are numbered consecutively from 8067 at Golden Gate Bridge to 11,594 at the California/Oregon state border. Each of the profiles extend from the approximate -15 m isobath to at least 10 m above NAVD88 (truncated in cases where a lagoon or other waterway exists on the landward end of the profile), and are spaced approximately 100-250 m apart.

Tags: beaches, climate-change, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, earth-sciences, effects-of-climate-change, erosion, extreme-weather, floods, hazards-planning, mathematical-modeling, northern-california, northern-california-coast, ocean-waves, ocean-winds, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, state-of-california, storm-surge, storms, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-6303ece8d34ed6dc5592a4d3, water-depth, waves, wind
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hepatic gene expression transcript counts in liver samples of American kestrels

A number of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have been reported to interfere with the thyroid signaling pathway and cause oxidative stress in birds, yet the underlying shifts in gene expression associated with these effects remain poorly understood. In this study, we measured hepatic transcriptional responses of 31 genes in American kestrel hatchlings following in ovo exposure to one of three high-volume alternative BFRs: 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) ethane (BTPBE), bis(2-ethylhexyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrabromophthalate (TBPH), or 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (EHTBB). Hatchling kestrels exhibited shifts in the expression of genes related to oxidative stress (CYP, GSTA, SOD, GPx), thyroid hormone metabolism and transport (DIO, TTR), lipid and protein metabolism (PPAR, HMGCR, FAB1, LPL), and cytokine-mediated inflammation (TLR, IL-18, IRF7, STAT3, RACK1, CEBPB). Male and female hatchlings differed in which genes were differentially expressed as well as the direction of the effect (up- vs. down-regulation). These results build upon our previous findings of increased oxidative stress and disrupted thyroid signaling pathway in the same hatchlings. Furthermore, our results indicate that inflammatory responses appear to occur in female hatchlings exposed to BTBPE and EHTBB in ovo. Gene expression analysis revealed multiple affected pathways, adding to the growing evidence that sublethal physio-logical effects are complex and are a concern for birds exposed to BTBPE, EHTBB, or TBPH in ovo.

Tags: american-kestrel-falco-sparverius, avian-toxicity, biota, brominated-flame-retardants, btbpe, developmental-toxicity, eastern-ecological-science-center, ecotoxicology, emerging-contaminants, gene-expression, patuxent-national-wildlife-refuge, tbph, usgs-6303ab42d34ed6dc5592a397
Organization: Department of the Interior
Shenandoah Valley Stream Survey (2021)

U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists completed a stream survey campaign from the 26th of July to the 13th of August in 2021 at thirty 100-meter reaches within the Shenandoah Valley throughout Virginia and West Virginia. In each stream reach, the following survey measurements were made or attempted:  three representative channel cross sections, water surface elevation at the top and bottom of each reach, and longitudinal thalweg point data. The survey data will be used with additional geomorphological measurements and habitat information to assess habitat quality of these Shenandoah Valley streams.
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Tags: agriculture, chesapeake-bay, dendrogeomorphology, environmental-health-human, erosion, geography, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, gps-measurement, habitat, hydrology, inland-waters, riparian, river, shenandoah-valley, stream-survey, streams, transect, u-s-geological-survey, usa, usgs, usgs-6303a3dfd34ed6dc5592a380, virginia, west-virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Streamflow characteristics and trends at continuous-record and partial-record streamflow-gaging stations in New Jersey, water years 1903-2017

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release contains a geodatabase, shapefiles, and datasets that describe streamflow characteristics and trends in New Jersey surface water during water years 1903-2017. High-flow, low-flow, and durations statistics and trend results at 97 continuous-record gages are presented. Low-flow statistics at 719 partial-record gages with sufficient data for regression are also presented, as well as results of trend tests of the regression residuals. Comparisons of the 2017 flow statistics to the 2001 flow statistics reported by Watson and others (2005) are included.
The data support the following publication:
McHugh, A.R., Suro, T.P., Sullivan, S.L., and Williams, B.M., 2024, Streamflow characteristics and trends in New Jersey, water years 1903-2017: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5099, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20245099.
Reference 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., accessed May 1, 2022, at https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20055105.

Tags: base-flow, coastal-plain, droughts, estimation, geoscientificinformation, glaciated, high-flow-statistics, highlands, inlandwaters, low-flow-statistics, new-jersey, physiographic-province, piedmont, streamflow, trends, unglaciated, usgs-6303a3cfd34ed6dc5592a37c, valley-and-ridge
Organization: Department of the Interior
Well network for long-term monitoring of agricultural chemicals in the High Plains Aquifer, Colorado

These data are in support of report DS 456 (Arnold and others, 2009).  
Data set contains point locations of 20 wells located in areas overlying 
the High Plains Aquifer in Colorado having a depth to water less than 
180 feet, a saturated thickness greater than 50 feet, and underlying 
irrigated agricultural lands.  Well completion 
data are included.

Tags: eastern-colorado, groundwater-well-network, high-plains-aquifer, inlandwaters, united-states-of-america, usa, usgs-630314f7-8725-4de1-8ce3-a99f7aee96a3
Organization: Department of the Interior