Data Releases

To establish benthic conditions before construction of an Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program habitat restoration and enhancement project (HREP) in Navigation Pool 13, we sampled native freshwater mussels, tubers from watercelery (Vallisneria americana) plants, and surficial sediment with a stratified systematic survey design from 9/24/2024 to 10/4/2024. About 300 sites were...

This dataset contains paired in situ and satellite-derived water surface elevation (WSE) observations compiled to evaluate the accuracy of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission water surface elevation data over rivers and lakes. In situ WSE measurements were obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Environment and Climate Change...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) supports multiple efforts to understand and predict storm impacts to our nation’s coastlines . The first infrastructure line is defined as the seaward boundary of the first row of structures or roads in a coastal area and can be used to assess coastal vulnerability. The first infrastructure line as defined in this dataset represents a cross shore...

This data release provides continuous water quality measurements from five sites in different landscapes within the Nellie Juan River Basin, Alaska. For each site there are six to seven tables of water quality data: dissolved oxygen (DO), fluorescent dissolved organic matter (fDOM), pH, specific conductance, turbidity, water temperature, and water surface height.

This dataset includes freshwater drum age data from five study reaches of the Mississippi River and one study reach from the Illinois River as presented in the manuscript Life history traits and population dynamics of Freshwater Drum across large river gradients. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S...

Management of Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon Idella) has become of great interest to fisheries managers throughout multiple watersheds where they have become established. Grass Carp baits have been tested as part of an integrated pest management plan to aggregate fish and increase catchability. However, the habitats, water depth, and structures used by Grass Carp remain poorly...

The study compared the survival of zebra mussels and benthic macroinvertebrates after a 5-day treatment with carbon dioxide infusion under a tarp and a benthic mat. The study was conducted on Loon Lake, Benzie County, Michigan within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The data include water quality (dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature) and water chemistry, zebra mussel mortality and...

The US Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, in coordination with the US Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Branch of Migratory Bird Surveys, worked to develop, survey, and deploy an advanced aerial photography boresight in the town of Bassville Park, Florida. The intention of this boresight is to provide an extensive array of high-accuracy ground control...

This study aimed to determine movement patterns of Mooneye in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway (SACN) to better understand their range, seasonal behavior, spawning site fidelity, and co-occurrence with Spectaclecase. To our knowledge, Mooneye have never been tracked with acoustic transmitters. Prior to Mooneye trials, we conducted a Gizzard Shad pilot to ensure surgeries were...

The Portneuf River sub basin is located in southeast Idaho, USA. The Portneuf River is approximately 100 miles long and drains an area of roughly 1,360 square miles. Five water quality monitoring stations along the Portneuf were measured for dissolved oxygen and water temperature from 2009 to 2014 as part of water quality assessments by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality...

The Fish and Wildlife Service currently uses nets and electrofishing as part of their early detection and monitoring program in the Upper Illinois River for bigheaded carps. This dataset contains the sampling data and sampling attributes (such as water parameters for electrofishing or net length for gills). The sampling data is the binary presence/absence observations. This is that data...

This data release contains an image and video catalog of the 2018 summit collapse and lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea volcano, on the Island of Hawaiʻi. An intrusion of magma into Kīlauea’s lower East Rift Zone resulted in a four-month-long eruption from May 3 to September 5, 2018 (Neal and others, 2018). The eruption produced lava flows that covered an area of 35.5 square...