AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Allocation by Service Units

This dataset contains annual surface-water diversion allocations from 1940 through 2014 for the six canal service units used in the Lower Rio Grande Basin groundwater flow model (SSPA, 2007). Allocation values were derived from annual Rio Grande Project surface-water diversion allocations to lands within New Mexico and Texas extracted from the Allocation spreadsheet (Ferguson, I., Bureau of Reclamation, written commun., 2016). Allocation values are presented in units of acre-feet.

Tags: aquifer, caballo-reservoir, chihuahua, el-paso, elephant-butte-reservoir, geology, groundwater-pumping, groundwater-system, hydraulic-properties, hydrogeology, hydrology, hydrostratigraphy, las-cruces, new-mexico, rio-grande, texas, transboundary, usgs-5ba03a8ce4b08583a5c279dc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for ground motions from induced earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas

The dataset comprises information about the magnitudes, distances and periods of ground motion measurements from an analysis of earthquake ground motions from induced events in Oklahoma and Kansas. The data set also includes ground motion residuals from comparing earthquake ground shaking with commonly used models for predicting ground motions in the U.S.

Tags: earthquake, earthquake-ground-motion, earthquake-hazard, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, geophysics, ghsc, ground-motion-intensity, induced-earthquake, kansas, oklahoma, relocated-earthquake-hypocenter, seismic-hazard, spectral-acceleration, usgs, usgs-5b9facf1e4b02ff63f721994
Organization: Department of the Interior
Annual California Sea Otter Census: 2018 Extra Limit Observations Shapefile

The GIS shapefile "Extra limit counts of southern sea otters 2018" is a point layer representing the locations of sea otter sightings that fall outside the officially recognized range of the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) in mainland California. These data were collected during the spring 2018 range-wide census. The USGS range-wide sea otter census has been undertaken each year since 1982, using consistent methodology involving both ground-based and aerial-based counts. The spring census provides the primary basis for gauging population trends by State and Federal management agencies. Sea otter distribution in California (the mainland range) is considered to comprise a band of potential habitat stretching along the coast of California, and bounded to the north and south by range limits defined as "the points farthest from the range center at which 5 or more otters are counted within a 10km contiguous stretch of coastline (as measured along the 10m bathymetric contour) during the two most recent spring censuses, or at which these same criteria were met in the previous year". However, a few individual sea otters (almost always males) can frequently be found outside this officially recognized range, and these "extra-limital" animals are also counted during the census.

Tags: aerial-counts, biota, california, central-california-coastal, distribution, environment, ocean, range, sea-otter-census, sea-otters, shore-counts, southern-california-coastal, usgs-5b9c50abe4b02ff63f705311
Organization: Department of the Interior
Annual California Sea Otter Census: 2018 Census Summary Shapefile

The GIS shapefile "Census summary of southern sea otter 2018" provides a standardized tool for examining spatial patterns in abundance and demographic trends of the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), based on data collected during the spring 2018 range-wide census. The USGS spring range-wide sea otter census has been undertaken each year since 1982, using consistent methodology involving both ground-based and aerial-based counts. The spring census provides the primary basis for gauging population trends by State and Federal management agencies. This Shape file includes a series of summary statistics derived from the raw census data, including sea otter density (otters per square km of habitat), linear density (otters per km of coastline), relative pup abundance (ratio of pups to independent animals) and 5-year population trend (calculated as exponential rate of change). All statistics are calculated and plotted for small sections of habitat in order to illustrate local variation in these statistics across the entire mainland distribution of sea otters in California (as of 2018). Sea otter habitat is considered to extend offshore from the mean low tide line and out to the 60m isobath: this depth range includes over 99% of sea otter feeding dives, based on dive-depth data from radio tagged sea otters (Tinker et al 2006, 2007). Sea otter distribution in California (the mainland range) is considered to comprise this band of potential habitat stretching along the coast of California, and bounded to the north and south by range limits defined as "the points farthest from the range center at which 5 or more otters are counted within a 10km contiguous stretch of coastline (as measured along the 10m bathymetric contour) during the two most recent spring censuses, or at which these same criteria were met in the previous year". The polygon corresponding to the range definition was then sub-divided into onshore/offshore strips roughly 500 meters in width. The boundaries between these strips correspond to ATOS (As-The-Otter-Swims) points, which are arbitrary locations established approximately every 500 meters along a smoothed 5 fathom bathymetric contour (line) offshore of the State of California.
References:
Tinker, M. T., Doak, D. F., Estes, J. A., Hatfield, B. B., Staedler, M. M. and Bodkin, J. L. (2006), INCORPORATING DIVERSE DATA AND REALISTIC COMPLEXITY INTO DEMOGRAPHIC ESTIMATION PROCEDURES FOR SEA OTTERS. Ecological Applications, 16: 2293–2312, https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2293:IDDARC]2.0.CO;2
Tinker, M. T., D. P. Costa , J. A. Estes , and N. Wieringa. 2007. Individual dietary specialization and dive behavior in the California sea otter: using archival time–depth data to detect alternative foraging strategies. Deep Sea Research II 54: 330–342, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.11.012

Tags: aerial-counts, biota, california, central-california-coastal, coast, distribution, environment, ocean, range, sea-otter-census, sea-otters, shore-counts, southern-california-coastal, usgs-5b9c3184e4b02ff63f704c8d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Upper Delaware River National Parks Hyperspectral Imagery Analysis of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: Remote Sensing Data

Hyperspectral remote sensing of submerged aquatic vegetation is a complex and difficult process that is affected by unique constraints on the energy flow profile near and below the water surface.  In addition, shallow, winding, lotic systems, such as the Upper Delaware River, present additional remote sensing problems in the form of specular reflectance, variable depth and constituents in the water column and sometimes extremely weak signal strength due to absorption and scattering in the water column that can be statistically overwhelmed by the reflectance from upland vegetation in any individual image scene.  Here we test hyperspectral imagery from the Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP), Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Recon (ARCHER) system in the scenic waters of two National Parks on the Upper Delaware River. A number of unique image processing problems were encountered, including specular reflectance from winding lotic systems, variable depth and flow dynamics of the riverine environment, and disproportionate signal strength from surface reflectance in this riverine environment. This were solved by applying a specular reflectance removal algorithm, applying field data collections to classification results and masking upland vegetation so as to not statistically overwhelm the weak reflectance signal from surface and near-surface water.  Much was learned about conducting imaging spectroscopy in such difficult conditions.  In this paper we summarize our results and identify unique issues that must be addressed in this environment.

Tags: delaware-river, delaware-water-gap, imagery, submerged-aquatic-vegetation, usgs-5b9c0c9fe4b02ff63f704bcd, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data for study of country rock, Butte, U.S.A.

These 40Ar/39Ar thermochronologic data for biotite, hornblende, and K-feldspar from Butte granite country rock are for the study of the Butte mining district, U.S.A. Results of the study are described and interpreted in Lund and others (2018).

Tags: 40ar-39ar-geochronology, ag-polymetallic-lodes, alteration, backscatter-electron, bse, butte, cl, copper, cu-lodes, economic-geology, geochronology, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, mineral-resources-program, molybdenum, montana, mrp, panchromatic-cathodoluminescent, quartz-porphyry-dikes, radiometric-dating, sensitive-high-resolution-ion-microprobe, shrimp, silver, u-pb-geochronology, united-states, usgs-5ba1de8ae4b08583a5c43658, zinc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water-levels along the Lower Platte and Elkhorn Rivers, Nebraska, 2016-2017

This data set contains two sets of measured water-level data collected in an area between the Platte and Elkhorn Rivers just above their confluence.  Surface-water and groundwater-level data were collected for two synoptic water-level surveys during a low-groundwater demand period in fall of 2016 and a high groundwater demand period in summer of 2017.  Elevations of surface-water features were surveyed with a Global Navigations Satellite System rover receiver using a real-time network, where the rover receiver receives real-time position corrections from a central server through a mobile wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspot linked to the rover receiver. Data collection procedures ensured that positions and elevations achieved USGS Level-IV survey accuracy and surveyed surface-water elevations were generally within 0.25 ft. Groundwater level data were collected from wells screened in the Quaternary-age alluvial aquifer.  Prior to the groundwater-level data collection, the elevation of the selected wells was surveyed using a single base real-time kinematic (RTK) approach to achieve Level-II survey accuracy.  The vertical accuracy generally was within 0.15 ft for each observation well.  During synoptic water-level and streamflow surveys, groundwater-level measurements were furnished by Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District (NRD) and Lower Platte North NRD staff or by transducers in Omaha Municipal Utilities District (MUD) recorder wells.  Groundwater elevations used from recorder wells were calculated from the daily-median groundwater level from hourly recorded measurements.  Additional data and interpretations of this dataset (published in SIR XXXX) and the data included in this Data Release are intended to inform water managers of the effect of groundwater demand and flow conditions on groundwater movement and interaction with surface-water for the area near and immediately upstream from the confluence of the lower Platte and Elkhorn Rivers.

Tags: control-of-groundwater-resources, douglas-county, elkhorn, fremont, groundwater, groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, groundwater-flow, groundwater-level, hydrogeology, lower-elkhorn, lower-platte, nebraska, saunders-county, usgs-5b9c08e0e4b02ff63f704ba1, valley, water-level-measurements, water-supply-and-demand
Organization: Department of the Interior
USGS Gulf Coast Petroleum Systems, and National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Projects - USGS Province 50 Assessment Unit Boundaries and Assessment Input Forms

The Assessment Unit is the fundamental unit used in the National Assessment Project for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources.  The Assessment Unit is defined within the context of the higher-level Total Petroleum System.  The Assessment Unit is shown herein as a geographic boundary interpreted, defined, and mapped by the geologist responsible for the province and incorporates a set of known or postulated oil and (or) gas accumulations sharing similar geologic, geographic, and temporal properties within the Total Petroleum System, such as source rock, timing, migration pathways, trapping mechanism, and hydrocarbon type.  The Assessment Unit boundary is defined geologically as the limits of the geologic elements that define the Assessment Unit, such as limits of reservoir rock, geologic structures, source rock, and seal lithologies.  The only exceptions to this are Assessment Units that border the Federal-State water boundary.  In these cases, the Federal-State water boundary forms part of the Assessment Unit boundary.

Tags: assessment-unit, continuous-assessment-unit, dollar-bay-unconventional-oil, energy-resources, florida-peninsula, geology, geoscientificinformation, national-assessment-of-oil-and-gas, natural-gas, natural-gas-resources, noga2000, oil, oil-resources, oilgas, petroleum, post-punta-gorda-conventional-oil, pre-punta-gorda-conventional-oil, resource-assessment, state-of-florida, sunniland-unconventional-oil, unconventional-assessment-unit, united-states-of-america, usgs-5b9bfe18e4b02ff63f704b16
Organization: Department of the Interior
Lower Puna, Hawai`i Island, bird and habitat surveys of 2003 and 2016

The newly identified rapid ‘ohi‘a death (ROD; Metrosideros polymorpha) originated in the lower Puna district and its distribution has spread across Hawai‘i Island. As ROD expands it is expected that the loss of the dominant tree species will adversely affect bird populations. This project is a first attempt to describe the relationship between the impacts of ROD on the Hawaiian avifauna, especially the native Hawai‘i ‘amakihi (Hemignathus virens virens) an omnivore found in a wide range of native and nonnative habitat types. ‘Amakihi was generally rare below about 1,300 m elevation (Scott et al. 1986, Reynolds et al. 2003) but recent surveys found that the species is resident and breeding in native-dominated ‘ohi‘a forests below 350 m elevation in the Puna district (Woodworth et al. 2005). These birds exhibit serological evidence of having survived prior malaria infections, and surveys show a marked increase in ‘amakihi numbers since the mid-1990s (Spiegel et al. 2006, Hart et al. 2011). We resurveyed the lower Puna survey stations to determine the initial responses of the Hawaiian avifauna to ROD. Provided here in the data release are two tabular datasets containing the project’s bird and habitat data.

Tags: biota, hawaii-usa, hia-mortality, point-transect-distance-sampling, population-declines, puna-district, rapid-ohia-death, usgs-5b9bf09fe4b02ff63f7049af
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mauna Kea Palila point count data from annual surveys 1998-2018 (ver. 2.0, January 2022)

Point count survey data collected from 1998 through 2018 to estimate palila abundance on Mauna Kea. Point counts were conducted on 32 transects surrounding Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii Island. Transects extended from roughly treeline through the forested area, with survey stations approximately 150 m apart. Counts were conducted for six minutes, during which the species, distance to, and detection type were recorded for all birds observed.
First posted: December 6, 2018 (Version unavailable since it contains sensitive information. All non-sensitive data is contained in version 2.0).

Tags: biogeography, biological-population-management, community-ecology, hawaii-county-1, mauna-kea, usgs-5b9b1833e4b02ff63f6ea112, wildlife-biology, wildlife-population-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Channel Mapping of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona - May 2012, river miles 29 to 62 - Data

Bathymetric, topographic, and grain-size data were collected in May 2012 along a 33-mi reach of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The study reach is located from river miles 29 to 62 at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers. Channel bathymetry was mapped using multibeam and singlebeam echosounders, subaerial topography was mapped using ground-based total-stations, and bed-sediment grain-size data were collected using an underwater digital microscope system. These data were combined to produce digital elevation models, spatially variable estimates of digital elevation model uncertainty, georeferenced grain-size data, and bed-sediment distribution maps.

Tags: arizona, bathymetric, bed-sediment-distribution, colorado-river, digital-elevation-model, elevation, environment, grain-size, grand-canyon, grand-canyon-national-park, hillshade, lees-ferry, little-colorado-river, marble-canyon, paria-river, topographic, uncertainty-model, usgs-5b998ee3e4b0d966b484281a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Study area, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F)

This data set consists of a polygon representing the study area for Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada as published in the U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F titled "Ground-water flow and simulated effects of development in Paradise Valley, a basin tributary to the Humboldt River in Humboldt County, Nevada," 1996.

Tags: great-basin, humboldt-county, humboldt-river-region, inlandwaters, nevada, paradise-valley, study-areas, usgs-5b997de8e4b0d966b48427e0, winnemucca-segment
Organization: Department of the Interior
Thickness of basin fill, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada (from U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F, figure 10)

This data set consists of polylines representing thickness of basin fill contours for Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada as published on figure 10 in the U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F titled "Ground-water flow and simulated effects of development in Paradise Valley, a basin tributary to the Humboldt River in Humboldt County, Nevada," 1996.

Tags: basin-fill-thickness, great-basin, humboldt-county, humboldt-river-region, inlandwaters, nevada, paradise-valley, stratigraphic-thickness, usgs-5b997b33e4b0d966b48427d0, winnemucca-segment
Organization: Department of the Interior
Groundwater-level declines between 1968 and 1982, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada (from U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F, figure 26)

This data set consists of polygons representing groundwater level declines between 1968 and 1982, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada as published on figure 26 in the U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F titled "Ground-water flow and simulated effects of development in Paradise Valley, a basin tributary to the Humboldt River in Humboldt County, Nevada," 1996.

Tags: great-basin, groundwater, groundwater-level, humboldt-county, humboldt-river-region, inlandwaters, nevada, paradise-valley, usgs-5b9978a8e4b0d966b48427c7, winnemucca-segment
Organization: Department of the Interior
Groundwater-level altitude contours, 1982, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada (from U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F, figure29)

This data set consists of lines representing groundwater-level altitude contours, 1982, for Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada as published on figure 29 in the U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F titled "Ground-water flow and simulated effects of development in Paradise Valley, a basin tributary to the Humboldt River in Humboldt County, Nevada," 1996. A subset of the contours were published in the geospatial data titled "Water-table contours of Nevada," 2006. The remaining contours have been added to complete this data set.

Tags: great-basin, groundwater, groundwater-level, humboldt-county, humboldt-river-region, inlandwaters, nevada, paradise-valley, usgs-5b9973a7e4b0d966b48427a6, winnemucca-segment
Organization: Department of the Interior
Groundwater-level altitude contours, 1968, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada (from U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F, figure 9)

This data set consists of polylines representing groundwater-level altitude contours, 1968, for Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada as published on figure 9 in the U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F titled "Ground-water flow and simulated effects of development in Paradise Valley, a basin tributary to the Humboldt River in Humboldt County, Nevada," 1996.

Tags: great-basin, groundwater, groundwater-level, humboldt-county, humboldt-river-region, inlandwaters, nevada, paradise-valley, usgs-5b994f2ee4b0d966b484265c, winnemucca-segment
Organization: Department of the Interior
Upper Delaware River National Parks Hyperspectral Imagery Analysis of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: River Data

A data processing task was needed by National Park Service to transpose field tabular and spatial data into various digital formats of the 1994 Aquatic Plant Survey Report. A survey of aquatic vascular plants was conducted in a 122 mile stretch of the Upper Delaware River between Hancock, New York and the Delaware Water Gap in 1991 and 1992.  A total of 196 sites were inventoried and twenty-eight species of plants were recorded.
The aquatic vascular plant flora in this section of the Delaware River appeared to be thriving, due in large part to good water quality and moderate impacts by man.  The purpose of this task was the digitizing of hand-drawn field mapping data from hardcopy paper maps into digital map products.  These digital mapping files are in the NPS standard GIS format and in National Park Service's accepted coordinate and projection systems.
This is a data set composed of field survey of aquatic vegetation in the Delaware Water Gap and the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational Area National Parks. Data were compiled by field sampling with GPS coordinates and underwater imaging and bathymetry. Data were compiled by teams composed of personnel from the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
The data were used as training and ground truth for remote sensing image analysis of hyperspectral collected by the Civil Air Patrol with the Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance, also known by the acronym ARCHER.  Archer is an aerial imaging system that produces ground images far more detailed than plain sight or ordinary aerial photography can. It is the most sophisticated unclassified hyperspectral imaging system available, according to U.S. Government officials.  ARCHER can automatically scan detailed imaging for a given signature of the object being sought (such as a missing aircraft), for abnormalities in the surrounding area, or for changes from previously recorded spectral signatures. ARCHER was used in this project, to evaluate its potential for mapping submerged aquatic vegetation.

Tags: milford, pennsylvania, pennsylvanian, upper-delaware, usgs-5b993bf1e4b0702d0e863cf7
Organization: Department of the Interior