Data

This data release provides tabulated geomorphic data from surveys for nine reaches along the Bad River and its tributaries the Marengo and Potato Rivers, ranging from 2003 to 2024. Included on this page is a tabulated inventory of all the data files (child items) and additional information associated with each reach. Child items are listed by their corresponding reach number. As data was...

This data release provides phytoplankton environmental DNA (eDNA), cyanotoxin biosynthesis gene abundance, phytoplankton microscopy, and cyanotoxin data collected from Ellsworth Rock Gardens in Kabetogama Lake at Voyageurs National Park (USGS site ID: USGS-482947092584401). These samples were collected three times, about every 12 hours, between September 17 and September 18, 2024...

The National Crude Oil Spill Fate and Natural Attenuation Research Site near Bemidji, Minnesota is the site of a 1979 high-pressure crude oil pipeline rupture. Approximately 1.7 million liters of crude oil spilled onto the glacial outwash aquifer. After remediation and natural attenuation, an estimated 25% of the oil remains in the subsurface today. Groundwater monitoring at the site...

This data release documents performance testing of an experimental suspended‑sediment and water‑quality collapsible‑bag sampler with point‑ or depth‑integrating capabilities, the US XPD‑24‑200. Water samples were collected at known velocities in a controlled tow‑tank environment and during lake tows using multiple sampler‑nozzle sizes. For each test, tow velocity, sample volume, and...

This data release provides the input and output files, metadata, and R scripts used to apply a Structural Topic Model (STM) to public (local news articles) and scientific (abstracts) discourse on water quality in the Illinois River Basin (ILRB). A total of 6,822 local news articles published from 2018 through 2022, and 190 scientific abstracts published from 2018 through 2023 were...

These datasets includes physical and geochemical lab results of sediment samples collected from August 2017 to October 2018. Upland samples were collected at randomly selected sites in the watershed using the geographic information system (GIS) site-selection procedure. Three sets of passive suspended-sediment samplers were installed and sampled monthly. Streambank and streambed sediment...

These datasets includes physical and geochemical lab results of sediment samples collected from October 2016 to February 2018. Upland samples were collected at randomly selected sites in the watershed using the geographic information system (GIS) site-selection procedure. Passive suspended-sediment samplers were installed at three sites and sampled monthly. Streambank and streambed...

The East River is an agricultural tributary to the Lower Fox River and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Bay Area of Concern (AOC) in northeast Wisconsin. This tributary has known excessive phosphorus (P) and suspended sediment loads that contribute to habitat related impairments and downstream algal blooms. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S

The East River is an agricultural tributary to the Lower Fox River and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Bay Area of Concern (AOC) in northeast Wisconsin. This tributary has known excessive phosphorus (P) and suspended sediment loads that contribute to habitat related impairments and downstream algal blooms. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), the U.S

This dataset was compiled and analyzed to support the goals of quantifying groundwater contributions to Lake Huron and exploring the impacts of groundwater on Lake Huron processes in accordance with the Lake Huron Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative 2022 field season. This data release contains three child items that describe 1) the characterization of the Lake Huron Basin into

The monitoring of Lake Saint Clair Metropark beach involved several types of data collection. This data release includes data sets for the counts of avian species (gulls and Canada geese) and data on water fluxes between surface water and groundwater measured during recreational seasons of 2021, 2022, and 2023.

The U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Water Science Center, in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise and the Mashkiiziibii Natural Resources Department, completed bathymetric surveys of the lower Bad River, Kakagon River, Honest John Lake, and the Bad River Slough using multibeam and single beam echosounders from April 29 to May 1, 2025. This...