AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Supplementary Points for the Ellicottville sourcewater study area in upstate New York

This dataset includes "smoothing points" used in the creation of the Ellicottville hydrogeologic framework. Smoothing points were manually added and were used to enhance interpolated layers using geologic assumptions and include: valley edge points, centerline bedrock points, minimum depth bedrock points, and upland bedrock SSURGO points.

Tags: aquifer-mapping, bedrock-mapping, cattaraugus-county, ellicottville, glacial-geology, new-york, sourcewater, usgs-603943b3d34eb1203117c284, valley-fill
Organization: Department of the Interior
USGS National and Global Oil and Gas Assessment Project - Wind River Basin, Mowry Shale Formation Assessment Unit Boundaries and Assessment Input Data Forms

This data release contains the boundaries of assessment units and input data for the assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Mowry formation of the Wind River Basin Province in Wyoming. 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.  Methodology of assessments are documented in USGS Data Series 547 for continuous assessments (https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/547) and USGS DDS69-D, Chapter 21 for conventional assessments (https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/dds-069-d/REPORTS/69_D_CH_21.pdf).  See supplemental information for a detailed list of files included this data release.

Tags: assessment-unit, continuous-assessment-unit, energy-resources, geology, geoscientificinformation, national-assessment-of-oil-and-gas, natural-gas, natural-gas-resources, noga2000, oil, oil-resources, oilgas, petroleum, resource-assessment, state-of-wyoming, unconventional-assessment-unit, united-states-of-america, usgs-6039229cd34eb1203117b851, wind-river-mowry-shale-gas, wind-river-mowry-shale-oil
Organization: Department of the Interior
Species distribution model of the invasive annual forb Erodium cicutarium (red-stemmed filaree) in the Mojave Desert

Geotiff raster of habitat suitability for the invasive annual forb Erodium cicutarium (red-stemmed filaree) across the Mojave Desert (NatureServe ecoregional boundary). Raster resolution = 30 m, projection = UTM Zone 11N

Tags: biological-invasions, biota, bromus-rubens, bromus-tectorum, co-occurrence, desert-ecosystems, disturbance, ecosystems, erodium-cicutarium, field-methods, fire, fire-frequency, fires, geographic-information-systems, grass-fire-cycle, habitat-alteration, imagerybasemapsearthcover, invasive-species, mojave-desert, plants-organisms, remote-sensing, schismus-spp, species-distribution-models, usgs-60384bebd34eb12031178b8f, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
PeakFQ inputs and selected outputs for selected gages in or near Delaware

This data release contains input and output files for PeakFQ models for 122 selected streamgages in or near Delaware. For each PeakFQ model, we provide the input peak flow file (.txt), peak flow specification file (.psf), model outputs in the form of .PRT and .EXP files, and a plot of peak flow estimates with fit relationship (.EMF). The PeakFQ models provided are for the weighted skew option based on station and regional skew values. All PeakFQ models were run with version 7.3.

Tags: inlandwaters, peak-flow-data, streamflow-data, streamgage-measurement, usgs-60380c5ad34eb12031175878
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data release for Hydroclimate response of spring ecosystems to a two-stage Younger Dryas event in western North America

The Younger Dryas (YD) climate event is the preeminent example of abrupt climate change in the recent geologic past. Climate conditions during the YD were spatially complex, and high-resolution sediment cores in the North Atlantic, western Europe, and East Asia have revealed it unfolded in two distinct stages, including an initial stable climatic period between ~12.9 and 12.2 ka associated with a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and a second phase characterized by variable conditions until 11.7 ka as the AMOC recovered. Decades of investigations into the climate of western North America during the YD have failed to identify this stepped phenomenon. Here we present hydroclimate data from paleospring deposits in Death Valley National Park (California, USA) that demonstrate unequivocal evidence of two-stage partitioning within the YD event. High groundwater levels supported persistent and long-lived spring ecosystems between ~13.0 and 12.2 ka, which were immediately replaced by alternating wet and dry environments until ~11.8 ka. These results establish the mid-YD climate transition extended into western North America at approximately the same time it was recorded by hydrologic systems elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere and show that even short-lived changes in the AMOC can have profound consequences for ecosystems worldwide.

Tags: atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation, california, death-valley-national-park, groundwater-levels, mojave-desert, spring-ecosystems, usgs-603806c6d34eb1203117574f, younger-dryas-climate-event
Organization: Department of the Interior
How mallard and gadwall hens nesting in Grizzly Island Wildlife Area respond when flushed (2015 - 2018)

This dataset describes responses to flushes by surveyors and predators for mallard and gadwall hens nesting on the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area, Suisun Marsh, California in 2015 through 2018. It includes the start time and duration of recesses, as well as the cause of recess initiation and responses of hens to various trapping activities at the nest site.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, duck-incubation-recess, usgs-6037fe48d34eb1203117563b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Well Logs for the Olean sourcewater study area in upstate New York

This dataset includes well logs used in the creation of the Olean hydrogeologic framework.  Well logs were used from multiple sources (DEC, DOT, NWIS, ESOGIS, and recently digitized archived material) 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: allegany-county, aquifer-mapping, bedrock-mapping, cattaraugus-county, chautauqua-county, glacial-geology, new-york, olean, sourcewater, usgs-6037ecf1d34eb1203117524b, valley-fill, well-log
Organization: Department of the Interior
Species distribution model of the invasive annual grass Bromus rubens (red brome) in the Mojave Desert

Geotiff raster of habitat suitability for the invasive annual grass Bromus rubens (red brome) across the Mojave Desert (NatureServe ecoregional boundary). Raster resolution = 30 m, projection = UTM Zone 11N

Tags: biological-invasions, biota, bromus-rubens, bromus-tectorum, co-occurrence, desert-ecosystems, disturbance, ecosystems, erodium-cicutarium, field-methods, fire, fire-frequency, fires, geographic-information-systems, grass-fire-cycle, habitat-alteration, imagerybasemapsearthcover, invasive-species, mojave-desert, plants-organisms, remote-sensing, schismus-spp, species-distribution-models, usgs-6037e279d34eb120311751f1, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Post-Hurricane Florence Digital Elevation Models of coastal North Carolina

This data release presents structure-from-motion (SFM) products derived from aerial imagery surveys with precise Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) navigation data flown in a piloted fixed wing aircraft taken along the North Carolina coast in response to Hurricane Florence (available here https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P91KB9SF/). USGS researchers use the elevation models and orthorectified imagery to assess future coastal vulnerability, nesting habitats for wildlife, and provide data for hurricane impact models. The products span the coast over both highly developed towns and natural areas, including federal lands. These products represent the coast after Hurricane Florence and cover the Cape Fear area, North Carolina to the Virginia border vicinity from October 6-8, 2018. This research is part of the Remote Sensing Coastal Change Project.

Tags: cape-fear, cape-hatteras-national-seashore, cape-lookout-national-seashore, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, digital-elevation-models, earth-sciences, elevation, geography, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, hurricane-florence, hurricanes, imagerybasemapsearthcover, north-carolina, outer-banks, remote-sensing, structure-from-motion, u-s-geological-survey, united-states-of-america, usgs, usgs-6037d8fbd34eb12031175191, virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Post-Hurricane Florence RGB averaged orthoimagery of coastal North Carolina

This data release presents structure-from-motion (SFM) products derived from aerial imagery surveys with precise Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) navigation data flown in a piloted fixed wing aircraft taken along the North Carolina coast in response to Hurricane Florence (available here https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P91KB9SF/). USGS researchers use the elevation models and orthorectified imagery to assess future coastal vulnerability, nesting habitats for wildlife, and provide data for hurricane impact models. The products span the coast over both highly developed towns and natural areas, including federal lands. These products represent the coast after Hurricane Florence and cover the Cape Fear area, North Carolina to the Virginia border vicinity from October 6-8, 2018. This research is part of the Remote Sensing Coastal Change Project.

Tags: aerial-photography, cape-fear, cape-hatteras-national-seashore, cape-lookout-national-seashore, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, digital-elevation-models, earth-sciences, farming, geography, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, hurricane-florence, hurricanes, image-collections, imagerybasemapsearthcover, north-carolina, oceans, outer-banks, remote-sensing, remote-sensing-coastal-change, structure-from-motion, u-s-geological-survey, usa, usgs, usgs-6037cca0d34eb12031175133, virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Piping plover adult and natal survival dispersal probabilities in the Northern Great Plains, USA 2014-2019.

We present two tabular data sets representing values to estimate apparent natal and adult survival and transition probabilities between breeding location states used in a multievent capture-mark-resight model for piping plover adults and hatch year birds in the Northern Great Plains from 2014-2019 focusing on four study areas: U.S. Alkali Wetlands (ALK), Lake Sakakawea (SAK), Garrison Reach of the Missouri River (GRR), and Lake Oahe (OAH). In addition, several covariates were included representing habitat and social variables.

Tags: biota, birds, dispersal-organisms, endangered-species, lake-oahe, lake-sakakawea, missouri-coteau, missouri-river, nests, north-dakota, population-and-community-ecology, population-ecology, river-systems, south-dakota, usgs-6037c431d34eb120311750ca, wading-birds, wildlife-population-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geochemical, geological, and geophysical data for wells in the Poso Creek Oil Field area, Kern County, California (ver. 2.0, September 2021)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the California State Water Resources Control Board and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management compiled and analyzed data for mapping groundwater total dissolved solids (TDS) and characterizing clay layers and faults in the Poso Creek Oil Field in Kern County, California. Data for the Poso Creek Oil Field area include analyses of historical produced water samples from oil wells, borehole geophysical data, and geological formation depths. The data reported here are used in an accompanying interpretive manuscript that describes groundwater TDS, stratigraphic layers, and geologic structure in the study area. Some of these data were archived scanned pages in raster format on the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) website and have been compiled into computer readable numerical data sets. Other data, such as the stratigraphic markers, were generated by this project from interpreting borehole geophysical data. All the data analyzed are part of the California State Water Resources Control Board oil and gas Regional Monitoring Program and the USGS California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater (COGG) program.
First posted: December 13, 2018
Revised: September, 2021

Tags: borehole-geophysics, california, geologic-formations, groundwater, groundwater-quality, poso-creek, san-joaquin-basin, usgs-6036ddb5d34eb12031174f85
Organization: Department of the Interior
Calculated baseflow recession characteristics for streamflow gauging locations for the western and eastern United States, 1900 to 2018

This metadata record describes observed and predicted baseflow recession characteristics for 300 streamflow gauges in the western United States and 282 streamflow gauges in the eastern United States. Specifically, this record describes (1) the streamflow gauge locations (west or east) in the United States (Location), (2) the U.S. Geological Survey streamflow gauge identification numbers (USGS_Site_Identifier), (3) observed regions of similar aquifer hydraulic properties (7 regions coded by color: blue, green, red, purple, grey, pink, and orange) by k-means clustering method (Observed_Class(k-means)), (4) predicted regions of similar aquifer hydraulic properties by random forest classification models (Predicted_Class(k-means)), (5) calculated long-term baseflow recession constant at streamflow gauges (Observed_a-long[ft^(-3/2)s^(-1/2)]), (6) predicted long-term baseflow recession constant by novel empirical and physical approach (Predicted_a-long(Novel)[ft^(-3/2)s^(-1/2)]), (7) predicted long-term baseflow recession constant by random forest regression (Predicted_a-long(Random_Forest_Regression)[ft^(-3/2)s^(-1/2)]), (8) calculated short-term baseflow recession constant at streamflow gauges (Observed_a-short[sft^(-6)]), (9) predicted short-term baseflow recession constant by novel empirical and physical approach (Predicted_a-short(Novel)[sft^(-6)]), (10) predicted short-term baseflow recession constant by random forest regression (Predicted_a-short(Random_Forest_Regression)[sft^(-6)]). For more details for (3) to (10), please see Eng, K., Wolock, D. M., and Wieczorek, M., 2023, Predicting baseflow recession characteristics at ungauged locations using a physical and machine learning approach. The values entered for (5) to (10) are in scientific notation, and they are character strings that will require the user to convert numeric values using methods for their software or use case. The data are in a tab-delimited text format.

Tags: hydrogeology, streamflow, usgs-60369c5ed34eb12031174cac
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data release for Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum

Archaeologists and researchers in allied fields have long sought to understand human colonization of North America. When, how, and from where did people migrate, and what were the consequences of their arrival for the established fauna and landscape are enduring questions. Here, we present evidence from excavated surfaces of in situ human footprints from White Sands National Park (New Mexico, USA), where multiple human footprints are stratigraphically constrained and bracketed by seed layers that yield calibrated 14C ages between ~23 and 21 ka. These findings confirm the presence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum, adding evidence to the antiquity of human colonization of the Americas and providing a temporal range extension for the coexistence of early inhabitants and Pleistocene megafauna.

Tags: chihuahuan-desert, footprints, last-glacial-maximum, new-mexico, paleolake-otero, radiocarbon-dating, usgs-6036950cd34eb12031174c77, white-sands-national-park
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data used to estimate groundwater salinity above the Montebello Oil Field (California, USA)

This release contains borehole geophysical electrical log data (elogs), total dissolved solids sample data (TDS), and geostatistical program files used to estimate the salinity distribution in groundwater above and  in the vicinity of the Montebello Oil Field, located near Los Angeles, California, USA. Original data are drawn from a variety of publicly available sources and are combined here for use in geostatistical simulation and estimation.  The extent of the estimation area is a 3-mile buffer zone surrounding the Montebello Oil Field administrative boundary,  and the subsurface aquifer region lying above locally mapped oil-bearing   units. The data compilation and analysis were done as part of the California State Water Resources Control Board Oil and Gas Regional Monitoring Program and the associated USGS California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater (COGG) Program.

Tags: borehole-logging, environment, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-quality, inlandwaters, los-angeles, salinity, southern-california-coastal, statistical-analysis, usgs-6035aa0fd34eb12031174a25
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data supporting the 2019 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release contains results from the 2019 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico. The 2019 geomorphic survey was conducted by the USGS, in cooperation with the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico, and is the third in a planned series of five annual geomorphic surveys of the stream reach located between the North Fork Eagle Creek near Alto, New Mexico, streamflow-gaging station (USGS site 08387550) and the Eagle Creek below South Fork near Alto, New Mexico, streamflow-gaging station (USGS site 08387600). Specifically, this data release includes the results from 14 cross-section surveys (including locations and elevations of all cross-section points), the locations of all woody debris accumulations identified in the reach (and their respective debris jam classifications), the locations of all pools identified in the reach (and their respective residual depths), and the locations of other features of geomorphic significance in the reach. Location and elevation data were primarily collected by using survey-grade real-time kinematic global navigation satellite systems (RTK GNSS) but the locations of some features were determined or estimated by using field notes, photographs, and digital mapping software. This data release supports the following publication: Graziano, A.P., in press, Geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico, 2019: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.

Tags: eagle-creek, fires, floods, geomorphology, hydrology, lincoln-county, lincoln-national-forest, new-mexico, north-fork-eagle-creek, ruidoso, sierra-blanca, usgs-603563d6d34eb1203117478d, watershed-management
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geophysical characterization of geothermal resources on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeast Oregon

During the summers of 2017 and 2020, our team collected gravity, ground magnetic (ATV and hiked traverses), paleomagnetic, and rock property (density and susceptibility) data on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (UIR) in northeast Oregon to aid in characterizing subsurface stratigraphy using 2D and 3D modeling methods. This data was integrated with conductance surfaces from a 3D magnetotelluic model and regional stress data to generate geothermal resource favorability maps to inform future exploration and drilling efforts by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR).

Tags: biota, geothermal-resources, gravitational-field-earth, magnetic-susceptibility, magnetometer-measurement, paleomagnetic-analysis, potential-field-geophysics, rock-property-density-and-susceptibility, slip-and-dilation-tendency, usgs-60354d28d34eb120311744e1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surficial and subsurface particle-size data for the Siletz River, Oregon, 2017-18

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 (CTSI), 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 sediment transport and habitat analyses and provide information on the character of sediment along the river corridor, surface and subsurface particle size data were collected in August 2017 and July 2018 between Moonshine County Park and the town of Siletz. Surficial particle sizes on gravel bar surfaces were measured at ten locations. Five additional surface measurements were made within riffle segments of the wetted channel adjacent to the gravel bars and in locations where the CTSI has observed spawning by spring Chinook salmon or Pacific lamprey in the past. Eight bulk subsurface samples coinciding with the surficial particle counts were collected in the field and analyzed for size at the USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory sediment lab.

Tags: channel-stability, fluvial-geomorphology, geomorphology, geospatial-analysis, grain-size, gravel, gravel-bar, historical-channel-change, inlandwaters, lincoln-county, logsden-oregon, oregon, particle-count, pebble-count, riffle, sediment-transport, siletz-oregon, siletz-river, usgs-60343cf2d34eb12031172bef
Organization: Department of the Interior