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The Great Basin of the Western United States hosts dozens of terminal lake systems that provide critical, abundant, and diverse ecosystems that support migratory bird species, local wildlife, and nearby communities. Water quality varies across terminal lakes in the region depending on basin geology, anthropogenic water use, climate, hydrology, and water quantity. Seasonal and long-term...

These data were collected as part of the Stormwater Action Monitoring (SAM) program's Puget Small Streams (PSS) status and trends program. The data presented here were collected from 22 sites during water year 2021 for water temperature, air temperature, and sensor depth. Sensor depth was used as a surrogate for water depth and represents the arbitrary depth of water above the sensor...

These data were collected as part of the Stormwater Action Monitoring (SAM) program's Puget Small Streams (PSS) status and trends program. The data presented here were collected from 20 sites during water year 2022 for water temperature, air temperature, and sensor depth. Sensor depth was used as a surrogate for water depth and represents the arbitrary depth of water above the sensor...

Measurements of water temperature, tide height, and photosynthetic light (PAR: photosynthetic active radiation within the 400-700 nanometers wave band) are provided in four tables for monitoring the abundance and distribution of eelgrass in Izembek and Kinzarof lagoons of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. These environmental parameters are crucial to the health of eelgrass ecosystems...

Water was sampled in streams from Butte to near Missoula, Montana, as part of a long-term monitoring program in the upper Clark Fork Basin. The sampling program was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to characterize aquatic resources in the upper Clark Fork Basin and monitor trace elements associated with...

The Donner und Blitzen River is a snowmelt and spring-fed system that is the primary drainage for Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon. The river flows northward through the Donner und Blitzen Valley within Malheur National Wildlife Refuge before terminating in endorheic Malheur Lake. Within the refuge, water management infrastructure diverts river flow through a network of dams and...

The water-quality data contained in this data release was collected in support of a project conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), University of Oklahoma, and City of Norman. This multiagency study was conducted to provide information on the use of constructed wetlands to support indirect potable...

Clear Lake is a 180 km2 freshwater lake located approximately 120 km northwest of Sacramento in the California Coast Range. The lake is a popular sport-fishing destination, however, there are fish consumption advisories associated with mercury (Hg) contamination for several species. The lake has three arms: a large open-water region to the northwest (Upper Arm), a smaller and narrower...

The Upper Cement Creek watershed in southwestern Colorado hosts extensive acid mine drainage and naturally occurring acid rock drainage. Between 2022 and 2024, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, completed synoptic tracer-injection studies and monitored water temperatures in order to evaluate spatial and temporal changes in...

These datasets provide nest-level and vegetation data collected during a study evaluating the response of upland-nesting waterfowl to habitat management treatments at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area, Suisun Marsh, California, USA, from 2008 to 2013. The study used a Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) design to assess the effects of upland vegetation treatments (dense nesting cover, native...

This U.S. Geological Survey data release presents watershed model input point data aggregated for the Great Basin Hydrologic Province and a portion of the Northern Mojave Desert. The original source data was aggregated onto a 200-meter grid, and then converted to a point dataset with each point representing the centroid of a grid cell. The dataset includes information on elevation...

This dataset provides estimates of wave power and related erosion along shorelines of marsh units (Ackerman and others, 2022 and Defne and others, 2025) in Chesapeake Bay. The climatological wave power from Aretxabaleta and others (2022) is projected on stretches of marsh shorelines that are determined by intersecting the marsh units with the estuarine and marine deepwater class and the...