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Accurate age data is essential for modeling fish population dynamics and informing management decisions. Estimating age in cyprinid fishes like the invasive silver carp is challenging. During this study we evaluated precision and bias in age estimates of silver carp collected from the Illinois River, Illinois using seven structures: the first and second section of the ossified pectoral...

These datasets document locations of and water temperature recorded by Hobo Water Temp Pro series loggers (Onset Computer Corp., Bourne, MA) deployed by the USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project at up to 31 locations in the Lower Missouri River (from the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, South Dakota to its confluence with the Mississippi River near St. Louis, Missouri) and 7...

These datasets document locations of and water temperature recorded by Hobo Water Temp Pro series loggers (Onset Computer Corp., Bourne, MA) deployed by the USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project at up to 29 locations in the Lower Missouri River (from the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, South Dakota to its confluence with the Mississippi River near St. Louis, Missouri) and 7...

The Powder River from Broadus, Montana to Terry, Montana was surveyed from June 13-19, 2025 to map the range of habitats, including spawning habitats available to be used by the endangered pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus). Pallid sturgeon typically occupy the Powder River in the spring to early summer in years when flows are high. We surveyed potential spawning habitats and...

The orthoimagery, digital surface model and point cloud presented here document conditions at the Ashtabula River Area of Concern in Ashtabula, Ohio in September 2021. Imagery documents the result of in-stream and terrestrial habitat restorations that had occurred in 2012. Aerial images were collected using a DJI Phantom with FC6310 sensor flying at a nominal elevation of approximately...

The orthomosaic, digital surface model and point cloud presented here document conditions at Cuyahoga Gorge Reservoir in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in September 2022, prior to planned ecological restoration. Images were collected using a 3D Robotics Solo aircraft with GNSS GPS upgrade, Mission Planner software, and a Pentax Ricoh GRII 3-band digital camera sensor. Imagery acquisition flights...

The GIS shapefile and summary table provide irrigated agricultural land-use for Manatee County, Florida through a cooperative project between the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Office of Agricultural Water Policy. Information provided in the shapefile includes the location of irrigated land field-verified between...

In March and September of 2015, the USGS demonstrated the utility of side-scan sonar to image large densities of invasive carp and estimate water volume on the Lamine and Blackwater Rivers, Cooper County, Missouri, USA. A 30-kilometer reach of the Lamine River and 20-kilometer reach of the Blackwater River were surveyed using a Humminbird 1198c sonar system. Fish sampling was conducted...

The USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, in collaboration with the Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, collected Propagation Saw Tests (PSTs) on a slope near Beehive Basin, Montana, before and after the snowpack collapsed unexpectedly. We also analyzed videos of these tests to measure weak layer collapse heights. A PST is a snowpack test that estimates crack...

In October 2024, Real-Time Network (RTN) elevation survey, vegetation cover, and soil properties were collected in five created marshes and one nearby reference marsh within the Upper Barataria Basin in Louisiana, USA. These marshes were created through the placement of dredged material as part the as restoration for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment...

This data set provides lists of plant species observed in 2017 at Fernald Preserve in southwest Ohio, USA using two different survey methods. “Tier1_species.txt” provides a list of plant species observed in a cursory walk-through survey at 8 restored grassland sites. “Tier3_3pecies.txt” provides a list of plant species observed in 44 circular plots (18.5 ft radius or 0.025 acres each)...

In 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, drilled and constructed borehole USGS 147 (USGS Site 432851113001401) near the southern boundary of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for hydrogeologic data collection and stratigraphic framework analyses. The borehole was continuously cored from approximately 14 to 751 feet below land surface...