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Eleven pre-established plots within the 2000 Highland Creek Fire perimeter were revisited in 2025 with the purpose of characterizing long-term vegetation recovery as well as present-day fuel loads and forest structure. These research plots were originally established in Wind Cave National Park to assess burn severity using the Composite Burn Index. Additionally, 28 plots established in...

Geothermal springs may be connected to both shallow and deep groundwater sources, and identification of variable spring sources may assist with resource management of geothermal systems. Numerous geothermal springs exist near the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and local water and land management agencies could benefit from information on the sources of these springs. This...

This data release contains results from annual water budgets computed for two groundwater-flow models of the Virginia Coastal Plain published by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, 2020, 2024a and 2024b). Both models simulated historical withdrawals from approximately 1900 to 2023 and projected withdrawal conditions to 2073...

The data set contains geochemical data for 1,524,014 rock, sediment, soil, and mineral samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within US state, territory or Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) boundaries, and analyzed from 1962 through 2023 either in the analytical laboratories of the Geologic Discipline of the USGS or by contract with commercial analytical laboratories. These data...

Spawning distribution maps for Upper Willamette River (UWR) spring Chinook salmon were created for the historical period (approximately 1910-1940), and for the present-day period (2003-2023). These maps were created as a tool to visualize generalized, reach-scale patterns of spawning distribution before and after the construction of high-head dams and other large-scale anthropogenic...

We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the extent of cold water refuge use by juvenile outmigrating fall-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in relation to managed water flows in the Klamath River. Juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon were captured and implanted with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags and subsequently detected by submersible antennas that were strategically...

Machine learning (ML) models were used to forecast streamflow drought from 1 to 13 weeks into the future at more than 3,000 streamgage locations across the conterminous United States. Long short-term memory [LSTM] neural network models were used to predict weekly streamflow percentiles with independent models for each forecast horizon. In this data release we specifically include an LSTM...

This data release contains monthly and annual water-use estimates from the Aquaculture and Irrigation Water-Use Model (AIWUM) version 1.1 for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) from 2020 to 2023. Aquaculture and irrigation estimates contained in this data release are representative of groundwater withdrawal for six different categories: aquaculture, cotton, corn, rice, soybeans, and...

These spatial and tabular data were compiled to have a decade-long record of the water usage in the riparian corridor and the wetlands near Phoenix, Arizona called the Tres Rios area to observe the effect of riparian and wetland health as characterized by vegetation greenness and its water use or evapotranspiration. The objective of our study was to quantify evapotranspiration (in...

This data release contains updated monthly and annual water-use estimates from the Aquaculture and Irrigation Water-Use Model (AIWUM) version 2.0 for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) from 2014 to 2023. AIWUM version 2.0 employs remote sensing datasets and machine learning to advance the ability to predict groundwater use in regions with scarce or limited in-situ groundwater...

The Louisiana State Legislature established the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. Restoration plans developed under CWPPRA require evaluating the effectiveness of each project in achieving long-term solutions to coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs...

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release is a collaborative geospatial database compiled by the USGS and participating State geological surveys, with support from the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) program. The database represents the first phase of cataloging above-ground mine waste features —such as tailings and waste rock piles— that are remnants of historical...