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This data release provides details on a turbidity-derived suspended-sediment concentration (SSC) model for USGS site 06887000, the Big Blue River near Manhattan, Kansas. This includes a model archival summary for SSC, developed to compute 5- to 15-minute, hourly, or daily SSC from July 26, 2018, onward. This model is specific to USGS site 06887000, the Big Blue River near Manhattan...

Note that this data release has been modified from its original version. This data release was originally published as a geodatabase in 2015, and is still available, but the data are considered outdated. In 2025, the following changes were made to the data release: 1. All of the data files were extracted from the original geodatabase as either Tiff or shapefiles. This was completed...

Toxic harmful algal blooms are caused by cyanobacteria and can pose a threat to freshwater ecosystems, including the western basin of Lake Erie. Bloom toxicity can be influenced by variation of biosynthetic repertoires of toxic cyanobacteria but is not well studied beyond microcystins. Water samples collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from July 2016 through...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), have developed a high-resolution inset groundwater flow model for the Mississippi River delta as part of an interdisciplinary collaboration, coordinated by the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) project to provide a tool that stakeholders can use to support water resources...

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides phytoplankton data collected from the Kansas River and tributaries, during July 2012 through June 2023. All data are reported as raw calculated values and are not rounded to USGS significant figures. This data release was produced in compliance with the open data requirements as a way to make scientific products associated with...

Microcystin-LR (MC-LR), a cyanotoxin produced during some harmful algal blooms (HABs), can have negative impacts on water ecosystems. Current treatment methods have potential drawbacks: physical removal can cause cell lysis and toxin release, and chemical treatment can cause disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Ultraviolet C (UV-C) treatment can degrade cyanotoxins without producing...

Coastal communities are uniquely vulnerable to sea-level rise and severe storms such as hurricanes. These events enhance the dispersion and concentration of natural and anthropogenic chemicals and pathogenic microorganisms that could adversely affect the health and resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems in subsequent years. The U.S. Geological Survey has developed the Sediment...

Digital flood-inundation map libraries for two reaches that comprise 14.8 miles of the Little and Big Papillion Creeks in Omaha, Nebraska were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resource District. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Program website at https://www.usgs.gov...

This dataset describes irrigation water use in Kansas in 2016. Volumes of water used, irrigated area, and irrigation application depths are provided for three sets of subareas: (1) Irrigation water use analysis regions that include Groundwater Management Districts (GMDs) with the areas outside of GMDs divided into eastern, central, and western Kansas; (2) Regional Planning Areas (RPAs)...

Coastal communities are uniquely vulnerable to sea-level rise and severe storms such as hurricanes. These events enhance the dispersion and concentration of natural and anthropogenic chemicals and pathogenic microorganisms that could adversely affect the health and resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems in subsequent years. The U.S. Geological Survey has developed the Sediment...

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release includes phytoplankton data collected from four reservoirs in Kansas, during August 2020 through August 2022. All data are reported as raw calculated values and are not rounded to USGS significant figures. The dataset includes all routine and quality assurance/quality control samples collected at twenty-five locations within Marion...

The EPA National Coastal Condition Assessment (NCCA) is a nation-wide survey of coastal and estuarine water quality. During the 2015 EPA NCCA, samples were collected for analysis of algal toxins and cyanotoxins at the Organic Geochemistry Research Laboratory (OGRL) at the U.S. Geological Survey Kansas Water Science Center (KSWSC) by liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass...