AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Projected future carbon accumulation of coastal wetlands in the Nisqually River Delta, Washington

This dataset consists of raster geotiff outputs from modeling vertical accretion and carbon accumulation in the Nisqually River Delta, Washington, USA. These rasters represent projections of future habitat type, change in surface elevation above Mean Sea Level, and total sediment carbon accumulation since 2011 in coastal wetland habitats. Projections were generated in 20-year increments for 100 years for five amounts of sea-level rise, three amounts of suspended sediment concentrations, and two alternative configurations of the U.S. Interstate-5 causeway as it crosses the Nisqually River to either prevent or allow inland habitat migration (a total of 30 scenarios). The full methods and results are described in detail in the parent manuscript, “Can coastal habitats rise to the challenge? Resilience of estuarine habitats, carbon accumulation, and its value to sea-level rise for adaptation planning in a Puget Sound estuary” (2022).

Tags: brackish-marsh, effects-of-climate-change, emergent-tidal-wetland, estuarine-coastal, freshwater-tidal-marsh, high-salt-marsh, low-and-intermediate-salt-marsh, nisqually, northwest-climate-adaptation-science-center, nwcasc, pierce, thurston, tidal-forest-woodland, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-620aaa8bd34ec05caca60d8f, vegetated-tidal-flats, washington, western-geographic-science-center, wgsc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Greater sage-grouse population structure and connectivity data to inform the development of hierarchical population units (western United States)

We present five hierarchical demarcations of greater sage-grouse population structure, representing the spatial structure of populations which can exist due to differences in dispersal abilities, landscape configurations, and mating behavior. These demarcations represent Thiessen polygons of graph constructs (least-cost path [LCP] minimum spanning trees [MST; LCP-MST]) representing greater sage-grouse population structure. Because the graphs included locational information of sage-grouse breeding sites, we have provided polygons of the population structure. We also present two results using graph analytics representing node/connectivity importance based on our population structure. 
Understanding wildlife population structure and connectivity can help managers identify conservation strategies, as structure can facilitate the study of population changes and habitat connectivity can provide information on dispersal and biodiversity. We developed an approach to define hierarchical population structure (in other words, demarcation of subpopulations) using graph theory (in other words, connectivity) from an amalgamation of biological inferences encompassing dispersal capabilities based on movements and genetic flow, seasonal habitat conditions, and functional processes (for example, selection of habitat at multiple scales) affecting movements. We applied our approach to greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), an upland gamebird species of conservation concern in western United States. We defined sage-grouse population structure by creating a cost surface, informed from functional processes of habitat characteristics to account for the resistance of inter-patch movements, and developing least-cost paths between breeding habitat sites (leks). The least-cost paths were combined into a multi-path graph construct for which we then used information on potential connectivity (dispersal distances) and functional connectivity (permeability of fragmented landscapes based on selection preferences) to decompose the graph into structures of subpopulations.

Tags: biota, california, centrality-measures, centrocercus-urophasianus, colorado, connectivity-structural-functional-potential, greater-sage-grouse, idaho, least-cost-paths, montana, nevada, north-dakota, oregon, population-structure, south-dakota, united-states, usgs-620a8e4fd34ec05caca60d06, utah, washington, western-united-states, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spatial and temporal variability of surface and bottom summer water temperature at cool-water areas in the Pend Oreille River, Washington (ver. 3.0, April 2025)

The water temperature data were collected in summer 2021, 2023, and 2024. Continuously recording temperature loggers were deployed at the confluences of Indian Creek and Duncan Springs in the Pend Oreille River. Loggers were deployed near the substratum and near the surface of the water column.

Tags: duncan-springs, environment, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, indian-creek, inlandwaters, pend-oreille-county, river-systems, usgs-6205892dd34ec05caca3ab21, washington, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Electron microprobe data for plagioclase, olivine, pyroxene, and spinel in volcanic rocks from the Matan volcanic center located within the Harrat Rahat volcanic field, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mineral compositions are reported for Quaternary volcanic rocks of the Matan volcanic center, northern Harrat Rahat, Saudi Arabia.  Compositions were measured by wavelength-dispersive methods with the 5-spectrometer JEOL-8900 electron microprobe at the USGS facility in Menlo Park, California; background-corrected X-ray intensities were reduced to oxide weight concentrations with the JEOL proprietary version of the CITZAF reduction schema.  These results are part of a collaborative study by the U.S. Geological Survey and Saudi Geological survey to assess the volcanic and seismic hazards associated with the northern Harrat Rahat volcanic field.

Tags: al-madinah-al-munawwarah-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia, geochemistry, harrat-rahat-volcanic-field, usgs-6205684fd34ec05caca378d7
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for the 1976 report Geohydrology of Smith Valley, Nevada, with special reference to the water-use period, 1953-72

This U.S. Geological Survey data release contains data for Smith Valley, Nevada, digitized from plate 2 of the 1976 publication: Rush, F.E.,and Schroer, C.V., 1976, Geohydrology of Smith Valley, Nevada with special reference to the water-use period 1953-72: Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Water Resources Bulletin 43, 43p. Data are for spring 1972 and include groundwater-level contours and a groundwater divide polyline.

Tags: basin-107, groundwater, groundwater-divide, groundwater-level, groundwater-level-altitude, hydrographic-region-9, hydrology, inlandwaters, nevada, smith-valley, usgs-6205597bd34ec05caca35e77, walker-river, walker-river-hydrographic-region
Organization: Department of the Interior
Channel geometry, banklines and floodplain inundation over a range of discharges in two segments of the Missouri National Recreational River, South Dakota and Nebraska, 1955-2018-Fifty nine mile segment

These datasets describe channel adjustments over a 60-year period to dams in the Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR), South Dakota and Nebraska.  Datasets include a channel geometry analysis from cross-sections, banklines digitized and interpreted to predict future bank erosion sites from aerial photography, and models of floodplain inundation over a range of discharges.  There are two MNRR segments, a 39-mile segment downstream from Fort Randall Dam, and a 59-mile segment downstream from Gavins Point Dam.  Similar datasets were analyzed for each MNRR segment using similar methods.

Tags: bank-erosion, ecological-processes, environment, environmental-assessment, field-inventory-and-monitoring, gavins-point-dam, geoscientificinformation, inlandwaters, missouri-national-recreational-river, natural-resource-management, nebraska, river-systems, south-dakota, usgs-62052882d34ec05caca2efa6, western-united-states
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for the 2009 report Hydrologic Setting and Conceptual Hydrologic Model of the Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada

This U.S. Geological Survey data release contains data for Smith and Mason Valleys, California and Nevada, from the 2009 publication: Lopes, T.J.,and Allander, K.K., 2009, Hydrologic Setting and Conceptual Hydrologic Model of the Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5155, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20095155. Data include (1) 1:24,000-scale hydrographic areas, (2) selected well sites used to develop autumn 2006 groundwater-level contours, and (3) autumn 2006 groundwater-level contours. Since the publication of Lopes and Allander (2009), the positional coordinates and land-surface altitudes at selected well sites used to develop autumn 2006 groundwater-level contours in that report were updated as part of a 2022 U.S. Geological Survey study (Davies and Naranjo, 2022).

Tags: antelope-valley, basin, basin-106, basin-107, basin-108, basin-109, basin-110, drainage-area, east-walker-area, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-level, groundwater-level-altitude, hydrographic-area, hydrographic-region-9, hydrology, inlandwaters, mason-valley, nevada, smith-valley, study-areas, topography, usgs-62045acbd34ec05caca1cff0, walker-lake, walker-lake-valley, walker-river, walker-river-hydrographic-region, watershed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Photo-documented sequences from 01 Jun 2021-30 Aug 2021 showing novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida, USA, bobcat and Burmese python

Entire photo-documented sequence from 01 June 2021–09 September 2021, including novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida – the native bobcat (Lynx rufus) and the invasive Burmese python (Python bivittatus). A bobcat depredated an unguarded Burmese python nest and subsequently the python exhibited nest defense behavior following the return of both animals to the nest. First, a bobcat discovers an unguarded nest then proceeds to depredate, cache, and uncover the eggs over several days. The bobcat returns to find the female python back on the nest and later proceeds to swipe at the snake. After biologists attempted to the nest but leave the camera, the bobcat returns to scavenge discarded, inviable eggs over several weeks. This is the first documentation of any animal in Florida preying on python eggs, and the first evidence or description of such antagonistic interactions at a python nest. Photos were captured by U.S. Geological Survey equipment in Big Cypress National Preserve within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida USA.

Tags: big-cypress-national-preserve, biota, bobcat, burmese-python, everglades, everglades-national-park, greater-everglades-ecosystem, intraguild-predation, lynx-rufus, nest-predation, python-bivittatus, reptile-mammal-interaction, south-florida, southern-florida, usgs-62044bb2d34ec05caca1cfd4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seabed still images in JPEG format with EXIF location information collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during six surveys aboard the R/V Auk, May 2016 to April 2019

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 233 locations on Stellwagen Bank during six separate surveys from May 2016 to April 2019. During these surveys a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties including temperature, salinity, density, and fluorescence.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, field-monitoring-stations, geoscientificinformation, ground-truth, image-collections, jpeg, location, marine-geology, massachusetts, massachusetts-bay, national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, noaa, north-america, oceans, photographic-sampling, sbnms, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, seabed-images, seabed-observation-and-sampling-system, seaboss, stellwagen-bank, stellwagen-bank-national-marine-sanctuary, u-s-geological-survey, underwater-photography, united-states, usgs, usgs-620d4fa1d34e6c7e83ba9aca, video-image-grab, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seagrass, benthic invertebrate, and water-quality data for a near-shore area of the Laguna Madre near South Padre Island, Texas, September 2021

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of South Padre Island, Texas, collected baseline seagrass, benthic invertebrate, and water-quality data for a near-shore area of the Laguna Madre near South Padre Island in July 2021. Sample and data collection points were located within a grid consisting of eight transects and three sampling points on each transect. The data included in this data release are presented in a comma-separated values (csv) file format.

Tags: benthic-invertebrate, biota, cameron-county, habitat-restoration, lagoon, laguna-madre, living-shoreline, seagrass-shoot-counts, shoreline-erosion, south-padre-island, structure, texas, usgs-62043348d34e622189de5b61, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
13) Common extent for estimating groundwater-level and groundwater storage-volume change, Smith Valley and Mason Valley, Nevada

This polygon represents the areal extent used to estimate groundwater-level and groundwater storage-volume change in Smith Valley and Mason Valley, Nevada. Each groundwater-level dataset used in this study (1970, 1995, 2006, 2020) contained a unique areal extent because the monitoring wells used to create each dataset was different and as a result, the extent of groundwater-level contours differed. Defining a common extent among all datasets was needed to evaluate water-level change and groundwater storage-volume change using a consistent approach.

Tags: geoscientificinformation, great-basin, groundwater, inlandwaters, lyon-county, mason-valley, nevada, smith, smith-valley, usgs-6203e758d34e622189de5a05, water-level-change, yerington
Organization: Department of the Interior
12) Groundwater-level change for Smith Valley and Mason Valley, Nevada, 1970-2020, approach 2

This raster dataset represents groundwater-level change from 1970 to 2020 in Smith Valley and Mason Valley, Nevada, calculated using approach 2. For this approach, depth-to-water measurements from 53 monitoring wells, represented as point values, were differenced between 1970 and 2020. Point values of change were interpolated into a raster to calculate valley-wide groundwater-level change. Depth-to-water was measured at the same 53 wells in 1995, 2006, and 2020. Depth-to-water measurements for 1970 were calculated by interpolating groundwater-level contours and extracting point values at the monitoring well locations. Groundwater-level change was estimated using two methods (approach 1 and 2) to address groundwater-level measurement uncertainty and constrain groundwater-level change estimates.

Tags: geoscientificinformation, great-basin, groundwater, inlandwaters, lyon-county, mason-valley, nevada, smith, smith-valley, usgs-6203e746d34e622189de5a03, water-level-change, yerington
Organization: Department of the Interior
09) Groundwater-level change for Smith Valley and Mason Valley, Nevada, 1970-1995, approach 2

This raster dataset represents groundwater-level change from 1970 to 1995 in Smith Valley and Mason Valley, Nevada, calculated using approach 2. For this approach, depth-to-water measurements from 53 monitoring wells, represented as point values, were differenced between 1970 and 1995. Point values of change were interpolated into a raster to calculate valley-wide groundwater-level change. Depth-to-water was measured at the same 53 monitoring wells in 1995, 2006, and 2020. Depth-to-water measurements from 1970 were calculated by interpolating groundwater-level contours and extracting point values at the monitoring well locations. Groundwater-level change was estimated using two methods (approach 1 and 2) to address groundwater-level measurement uncertainty and constrain groundwater-level change estimates.

Tags: geoscientificinformation, great-basin, groundwater, inlandwaters, lyon-county, mason-valley, nevada, smith, smith-valley, usgs-6203e723d34e622189de59ff, water-level-change, yerington
Organization: Department of the Interior
Rainbow trout reproduction data from 3 sampling trips (2018-2019) within Glen Canyon, AZ

These data were compiled to describe population reproductive structure of rainbow trout in the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona. Objective(s) of our study were to describe the population on reproductive structure of the rainbow trout population in Glen Canyon on the Colorado River and evaluate the accuracy of nonlethal methods (manual expression and ultrasonography) for assigning sex and reproductive phase. These data represent samples collected in 3 sampling trips fall in October to November 2018, February 2019, and April 2019. These data were collected in Glen Canyon, from Glen Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry on the Colorado River. Specifically, we sampled three reaches within Glen Canyon to represent the upper (A: 2.0 - 4.8 km downstream of the dam), middle (B: 8.7 – 11.2 km), and lower (C: 18 – 20.7 km) sections of the tailwater, representing a little more than 1/3rd of the 25-km length of Glen Canyon. These data were collected by the study authors (Crossman, Webb, and Korman) as part of ongoing USGS Trout Recruitment and Growth Dynamics sampling trips in 2018 and 2019. Rainbow trout were sampled from each sampling site on each trip and approximately equal numbers taken from each of four size classes (100-199, 200-299, 300-399, 400-499 mm fork length). Fish were measured for length and weighed and a piece of gonad tissue was preserved for histological assignment in the lab. These data can be used to describe population reproductive structure of rainbow trout, understand less invasive methods for assigning sex, and improve our understanding of how somatic growth and energetic status influence population reproductive structure, reproductive seasonality, and later recruitments.

Tags: arizona, biota, colorado-river, datasets, field-experiments, field-inventory-and-monitoring, field-methods, field-sampling, fish, glen-canyon, glen-canyon-dam, gonad-tissue, histological-assignment, inlandwaters, laboratory-methods, lees-ferry, manual-expression, nonlethal-methods, population-and-community-ecology, rainbow-trout, recruitment, reproductive-phase, river-reaches, samples, sex-phase, sexing-plants-amp-animals, size-classes, tabular-data, tailwater, ultrasonography, usgs-6202d6a1d34e622189dcdf7e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Species distribution model (SDM) for Yucca schidigera in the Mojave Desert

Preserving native species diversity is fundamental to ecosystem conservation. Selecting appropriate native species for use in restoration is a critical component of project design and may emphasize species attributes such as life history, functional type, pollinator services, and nutritional value for wildlife. Determining which species are likely to establish and persist in a particular environment is a key consideration. Species distribution models (SDMs) characterize relationships between species occurrences and the physical environment (e.g., climate, soil, topographic relief) and provide a mechanism for assessing which species may successfully propagate at a restoration site. In conjunction with information on species attributes, SDMs facilitate holistic ecosystem restoration by enabling practitioners to identify diverse, resilient assemblages of native species. This project develops SDMs for native species of fundamental ecosystem importance in order to guide restoration of Mojave Desert landscapes. The dataset contained herein provides an SDM for Yucca schidigera within its Mojave Desert range based on known occurrences.

Tags: arizona, biogeography, biota, california, habitats, maps-and-atlases, mojave, native-plant-materials-development, native-species, nevada, species-distribution-model, usgs-6202b466d34e622189dcc5ab, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Species distribution model (SDM) for Yucca brevifolia in the Mojave Desert

Preserving native species diversity is fundamental to ecosystem conservation. Selecting appropriate native species for use in restoration is a critical component of project design and may emphasize species attributes such as life history, functional type, pollinator services, and nutritional value for wildlife. Determining which species are likely to establish and persist in a particular environment is a key consideration. Species distribution models (SDMs) characterize relationships between species occurrences and the physical environment (e.g., climate, soil, topographic relief) and provide a mechanism for assessing which species may successfully propagate at a restoration site. In conjunction with information on species attributes, SDMs facilitate holistic ecosystem restoration by enabling practitioners to identify diverse, resilient assemblages of native species. This project develops SDMs for native species of fundamental ecosystem importance in order to guide restoration of Mojave Desert landscapes. The dataset contained herein provides an SDM for Yucca brevifolia within its Mojave Desert range based on known occurrences.

Tags: arizona, biogeography, biota, california, habitats, maps-and-atlases, mojave, native-plant-materials-development, native-species, nevada, species-distribution-model, usgs-6202b388d34e622189dcc4c6, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Species distribution model (SDM) for Vulpia octoflora in the Mojave Desert

Preserving native species diversity is fundamental to ecosystem conservation. Selecting appropriate native species for use in restoration is a critical component of project design and may emphasize species attributes such as life history, functional type, pollinator services, and nutritional value for wildlife. Determining which species are likely to establish and persist in a particular environment is a key consideration. Species distribution models (SDMs) characterize relationships between species occurrences and the physical environment (e.g., climate, soil, topographic relief) and provide a mechanism for assessing which species may successfully propagate at a restoration site. In conjunction with information on species attributes, SDMs facilitate holistic ecosystem restoration by enabling practitioners to identify diverse, resilient assemblages of native species. This project develops SDMs for native species of fundamental ecosystem importance in order to guide restoration of Mojave Desert landscapes. The dataset contained herein provides an SDM for Vulpia octoflora within its Mojave Desert range based on known occurrences.

Tags: arizona, biogeography, biota, california, habitats, maps-and-atlases, mojave, native-plant-materials-development, native-species, nevada, species-distribution-model, usgs-6202b2e3d34e622189dcc40f, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior