Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
Data and Tools
Input and predictions from a suspended-sediment SPARROW model CBSS_V2 in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. U.S. Geological Survey data release
These data represent both inputs for and estimates from a medium-resolution (1:100,000 scale) NHDPlus SPAtially Referenced Regression on Watershed attributes (SPARROW) model for the Chesapeake Bay watershed (CBSS_v2). The model spatially correlates long-term mean annual suspended-sediment flux in 113 non-tidal streams to likely upland and stream-corridor sources, landscape factors affecting...
Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Population Density from U.S. Block-Level Population Density Rasters for 2010
This tabular data set represents population density, persons per square kilometer from 2010 Census block level data, processed by James Falcone (USGS, 2016), compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network. This dataset...
National Water Information System (NWIS) Mapper
The NWIS mapper provides access to over 1.5 million sites contained in the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS), including sites where current and historical surface-water, groundwater, springs, and atmospheric data has been collected. Users can search by site type, data type, site number, or place.
30 year (1981 - 2010) annual average of daily intensity of precipitation for a rain event for the Conterminous United States and District of Columbia
This metadata record describes the average daily precipitation intensity for rain events during the 30-year period 1981 – 2010 for the conterminous United States. A rain event is defined as a period when the number of consecutive days with precipitation equals or exceeds 1 millimeter. Daily precipitation intensity is defined as the amount of precipitation over the duration of a rain...
Percent of Agriculture Land Subject to Select National Resource Inventory Conservation Practices, 2000-2012
This metadata record describes 26 30-meter raster data sets that estimate the percent of agricultural land that may be subject to select conservation practices for each year during the period 2000-2012. The data were derived from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) National Resource Inventory (NRI). One set of rasters (denoted by the ICP prefix...
30 year (1981 - 2010) annual average number of occurrences of dry and wet events for the Conterminous United States and District of Columbia
This metadata record describes the annual average number of occurrences of dry and wet events during the 30-year period 1981 – 2010 for the conterminous United States. A wet event is defined as a period when the number of consecutive days with precipitation equals or exceeds 1 millimeter. A dry event is defined as a period when the number of consecutive days with precipitation...
30 year (1981-2010) average of annual maximum duration of consecutive dry and wet days per event for the Conterminous United States and District of Columbia
This metadata record describes the average of annual maximum duration of consecutive dry and wet days per event, where precipitation totals are 0 or equal and exceeds 1 millimeters respectively, during the 30-year period 1981 – 2010 for the conterminous United States. A wet event is defined as a period when the number of consecutive days with precipitation equals or exceeds 1...
Estimated nitrogen from septic for the conterminous United States, 2010 (SepN_CONUS_bg_2010)
This metadata record documents a rudimentary estimate of nitrogen from septic for the conterminous United States for 2010, derived from block-group 1990 and 2010 Decennial Census of Population and Housing data. Specifically, the data were computed from 1990 population and housing data where a ratio of the total population to the people on septic was obtained and applied to 2010 population data...
Sediment and geomorphology data for Walnut Creek, Iowa
This metadata record covers 9 comma-delimited ascii files that contain 1) ten-minute discharge values, 2) mean daily discharge and computed sediment loads, 3) grain size percentiles, 4) radionuclide source sample results, 5) radionuclide target sample results,6) laboratory sample splits, 7) elemental analysis results of samples, 8) suspended-sediment measurements, and 9) turbidity measurements...
Implementation of conservation tillage and cover crops in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 1985 to 2012
Conservation tillage practices and cover crops are used throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed to reduce soil loss and improve water quality. Implementation of these Best Management Practices (BMPs) were reported to the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) by each state in the watershed (New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and Virginia). Estimates of acres of implementation per...
Simulated orthophosphate concentrations as a function of season and flow for 53 monitoring stations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed for the years 2006 and 2014
This data release contains simulated orthophosphate concentrations (milligrams per liter) as a function of year, season, and flow for 53 monitoring stations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These data were generated for a study published in Science of the Total Environment (doi xxx). They were extracted from the Weighted Regressions in Time, Discharge and Season (WRTDS; Hirsch et al. 2010)...
Datasets from an assessment of geomorphic characteristics of Tenmile Creek, Montgomery County, Maryland, 2014-16
Data collected from April 2014 through September 2016 were used to assess geomorphic characteristics and geomorphic changes over time in a selected reach of Tenmile Creek, a small rural watershed near Clarksburg, Maryland. Longitudinal profiles of the channel bed, water surface, and bank features were developed from field surveys. Changes in cross-section geometry between field surveys were...