Data Releases

This data release includes six comma delimited tables detailing elemental analysis results of sediment, surface water, and shallow groundwater samples collected in the vicinity of an unnamed tributary to Midway Branch in Patuxent Research Refuge, Odenton, Maryland. “MidwayBr_sediment.csv,” “MidwayBr_water_metals.csv,” and “MidwayBr_water_anions.csv” contain elemental analysis results for...

This data release includes 18 JPEG files of imagery collected during a thermal infrared (TIR) survey on February 2nd, 2024, of an unnamed tributary to Midway Branch in Odenton, Maryland. Images include thermograms and collocated photographs of shallow groundwater seep locations. This data release also includes two comma delimited tables of groundwater seep information and references to...

This data release includes five comma delimited tables that support sediment fingerprinting efforts within the Esopus Creek watershed. "Catskills_source_sample_data.csv" and "Catskills_target_sample_data.csv" contain elemental, stable isotope, and particle size analysis results to be used for sediment fingerprinting analysis. "Catskills_source_sample_info.csv" and "Catskills_target...

This data release includes one comma delimited table that represents a summary of source and target samples collected for White Clay Creek between 2020 and 2023, in support of sediment fingerprinting modelling. This table contains sediment sample information and results of particle size, elemental composition, and fallout radionuclide analyses. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is...

This dataset contains lake watershed shapes depicting the total drainage areas for 20 terminal and/or saline lakes in the Great Basin, USA. The associated data release for the lake boundaries is https://doi.org/10.5066/P13QP2TK. Lake watershed areas were processed using ArcGIS Pro (v. 3.5.6). Dataset also contains a csv file containing the National Hydrography Dataset - hydrologic unit...

Over the summer of 2022 the USGS deployed temporary seismometers, infrasound arrays, and cameras along several drainages at Mount Shasta, California. Twenty-one debris flows were confirmed by the cameras or other observations. This data set consists of images from cameras placed near three drainages (Bolam Creek, Mud Creek, and Whitney Creek). Images were stored on internal Secure...

This dataset contains dates, geographic locations, and meteorological data associated with non-eruptive debris flows on Mount Shasta. A non-eruptive debris flow an alternate term for volcanic mudflow or lahar. This dataset was derived from existing scientific literature, historical California newspaper records, and open-access weather and climate data.

Broad-area, high-resolution, boat-based water quality mapping surveys of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) and Suisun Bay were conducted in May, July, and October of 2024. Each survey was comprised of four successive days of high-resolution mapping. The regions covered included the north-south axis of the Delta from the Sacramento River north of Freeport to the Harvey Banks export...

In-situ hyperspectral radiometer deployments offer valuable ground truth data for atmospheric corrections of satellite remote sensing over inland and coastal water bodies. These measurements can also be used to model water-quality parameters directly from hyperspectral observations, making such instruments valuable additions to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) water-quality monitoring...

This data release package contains water-use estimates from 1985 to 2015 aggregated to 8-digit Hydrologic Unit (HUC8), county, and aquifer level for the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is responsible for estimating water-use in the United States. In cooperation with local, State, and Federal agencies, the USGS has published estimates of water use in the United States...

Between May 2022 and April 2023, 57 passive seismic measurements were collected in select subwatersheds and arroyos near Los Planes, Mexico. The horizontal‑to‑vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) method is a passive seismic technique that uses a three‑component seismometer to measure the vertical and horizontal components of seismic noise in the range of ~0.3 to 40 Hertz (Hz). Common sources...

News articles which described issues of water availability in the Upper Colorado River Basin were retrieved from the Lexis Nexis database. Articles covered the period January 1, 2000 to March 2, 2024. Thematic coding was used to assess how media described risks associated with water availability, the consequences of and responses to those risks. These data support a multidisciplinary...