Daniel K Jones
Biography
Dan received a B.S. in Environmental Science in 2009 from the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He went on to complete an M.S. degree from the same department in 2013, with research focused on using LiDAR to track watershed-scale geomorphic changes associated with the suburbanization of small, historically agricultural watersheds in Montgomery County, MD (see Jones et al. 2014, Geomorphology). During his degrees, Dan worked as a research support specialist at the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Long Term Ecological Research station, assisting in the long term data collection of water, sediment, and vegetation samples associated with the project. Since joining the U.S. Geological Survey as a Geographer in 2012, Dan's work has focused on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing data to solve watershed-scale questions associated with catastrophic storms, urban development, and resource protection.
EDUCATION
M.S. 2013. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Thesis: Examining development-induced geomorphic change using multi-temporal LiDAR-derived digital elevation models
B.S. 2009. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 - Present
Geographer, Utah Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
2012 - 2016
Geographer, Eastern Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
2010 - 2012
Geospatial Specialist, Dept. of Environmental Safety and Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2008 - 2012
Assisstant Research Specialist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
2007 - 2008
Lab Technician, U.S.D.A. Forest Service
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
The U.S. Geological Survey's Sediment-bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response Strategy: A decision support tool for evaluating contaminant hazards, SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 6-10, 2016.
Tracking development-induced geomorphic changes through time using a time series of LiDAR data, 2016 USGS LidarScience Innovation Workshop, Ft. Collins, CO, August 2-4, 2016.
Endocrine Disrupting Compounds source identification and site selection for the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay EDC workshop, Leetown, WV, September 22-23, 2015.
Potential GIS data for mapping floodplain area in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Chesapeake Bay Program STAC workshop: Peculiarities of Pervious Cover, Annapolis, MD, April 22-23, 2014.
Examining development induced geomorphic change through time using multi-temporal LiDAR-derived DEMs, University of Maine, Orno, ME, August 22, 2013.
Tracking drainage network changes during watershed development, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 24-28, 2013.
Temporal urban geomorphology: Examining development-induced change at the watershed scale, LTER All Scientists annual meeting, estes Park, CO, September 10-13, 2012.
Publications
Bradley, P.M., Journey, C.A., Romanok, K.M., Barber, L.B., Buxton, H.T., Foreman, W.T., Furlong, E.T., Glassmeyer, S.T., Hladik, M.L., Iwanowicz, L.R., Jones, D.K., Kolpin, D.W., Kuivila, K.M., Loftin, K.A., Mills, M.A., Meyer, M.T., Orlando, J.L., Reilly, T.J., Smalling, K.L., and Villeneuve, D.L., 2017, Expanded target-chemical analysis reveals extensive mixed-organic-contaminant exposure in USA streams, Environmental Science & Technology, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b00012
Benzel, W.M., Fisher, S.C., Griffin, D.W., Jones, D.K., Loftin, K.A., Iwanowicz, L.R., Reilly, T.J., De Wild, J.F., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Ogorek, J.M., 2017, Analytical inorganic chemistry results for samples collected for the Sediment-Bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response Strategy pilot study, northeastern United States, 2015, U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/F79W0CNF
Defne, Z., Ganju, N.K., Jones, D.K., Reilly, T.J, Aquino, K.C., Carbo, C.L, Kaufhold, E.E., Benzel, W.M., Fisher, S.C., Griffin, D.W., Iwanowicz, L.R., and Loftin, K.A., 2017, Exposure potential of salt marsh units in Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, to environmental health stressors, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7765CH1
Schill, W.B., Benzel, W.M., Fisher, S.C., Griffin, D.W., Jones, D.K., Loftin, K.A., Iwanowicz, L.R., and Reilly, T.J., 2017, Matrix inhibition PCR and Microtox® 81.9% screening assay analytical results for samples collected for the Sediment-Bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response Strategy pilot study, northeastern United States, 2015, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7F47MBM
Griffin, D.W., Benzel, W.M., Fisher, S.C., Focazio, M.J., Iwanowicz, L.R., Jones, D.K., Loftin, K.A., and Reilly, T.J., 2016, Digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) and presence/absence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) data from the Sediment-Bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response Strategy pilot, U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7XS5SH2
Slonecker, E. Terrence, Jones, Daniel K., and Pellerin, Brian A., 2016, The new Landsat 8 potential for remote sensing of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), Marine Pollution Bulletin, 107(2), p. 518-527 [Link]
Phillips, Patrick J., Gibson, Catherine A., Fisher, Shawn C., Fisher, Irene J., Reilly, Timothy J., Smalling, Kelly L., Romanok, Kristin M., Foreman, William T., ReVello, Rhiannon C., Focazio, Michael J., and Jones, Daniel K., 2016, Regional variability in bed-sediment concentrations of wastewater compounds, hormones and PAHs for portions of coastal New York and New Jersey impacted by hurricane Sandy, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 107(2), p. 489-498 [Link]
Reilly, T.J., Jones, D.K., Focazio, M.J., Aquino, K.C., Carbo, Chelsea L., Kaufhold, Erika E., Zinecker, Elizabeth K., Benzel, William M., Fisher, Shawn C., Griffin, Dale W., Iwanowicz, Luke R., Loftin, Keith A. and Schill, William B., 2015, Strategy to Evaluate Persistent Contaminant Hazards Resulting from Sea-Level Rise and Storm-Derived Disturbances: Study Design and Methodology for Station Prioritization: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1188A, xx p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151188a [Link]
Fisher, S.C., Reilly, T.J., Jones, D.K., Benzel, W.M., Griffin, D.W., Loftin, K.A., Iwanowicz, L.R., and Cohl, J.A., 2015, Standard operating procedure for collection of soil and sediment samples for the Sediment-bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response (SCoRR) strategy pilot study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1188b, 37 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151188B [Link]
Fischer, Jeffrey M.; Phillips, Patrick J.; Reilly, Timothy J.; Focazio, Michael J.; Loftin, Keith A.; Benzel, William M.; Jones, Daniel K.; Smalling, Kelly L.; Fisher, Shawn C.; Fisher, Irene J.; Iwanowicz, Luke R.; Romanok, Kristin; Jenkins, Darkus E.; Bowers, Luke; Boehlke, Adam; Foreman, William T.; Deetz, Anna C.; Carper, Lisa G.; Imbrigiotta, Thomas E.; Birdwell, Justin E., 2015. Estuarine bed-sediment-quality data collected in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 905, Report: xiv, 42 p.; 38 Tables; Downloads Directory [Link]
Jones, Daniel K., Baker, Matthew E., Miller, Andrew J., Jarnagin, S. Taylor, Hogan, Dianna M., 2014, Tracking geomorphic signatures of watershed suburbanization with multi-temporal LiDAR, Geomorphology, 219, p. 45-52 [Link]
Science and Products
Understanding the Effects of Stormwater Management Practices on Water Quality and Flow
Urban development can have detrimental impacts on streams including altering hydrology, increasing nutrient, sediment, and pollutant loadings, and degrading biological integrity. Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) can be used to mitigate the effects of urban development by retaining large volumes of stormwater runoff and treating runoff to remove pollutants. This project focuses on...
Geospatial Analyses and Applications — Salt Lake City, Utah
About the Laboratory
Scientists within the Geospatial Analyses and Applications Team develop and apply geospatial analytical methods to answer broad-scale questions about source-sink and cause-effect relationships between contaminants and vulnerable communities. Multivariate statistics are used to identify connections between landscape gradients and observational data....
A geospatially resolved wetland vulnerability index: Synthesis of physical drivers
Assessing wetland vulnerability to chronic and episodic physical drivers is fundamental for establishing restoration priorities. We synthesized multiple data sets from E.B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, to establish a wetland vulnerability metric that integrates a range of physical processes, regulatory information and physical/...
Defne, Zafer; Aretxabaleta, Alfredo; Ganju, Neil Kamal; Kalra, Tarandeep S.; Jones, Daniel K.; Smith, Kathryn E.L. The presence of antibiotic resistance genes in coastal soil and sediment samples from the eastern seaboard of the USA
Infections from antibiotic resistant microorganisms are considered to be one of the greatest global public health challenges that result in huge annual economic losses. While genes that impart resistance to antibiotics (AbR) existed long before the discovery and use of antibiotics, anthropogenic uses of antibiotics in agriculture, domesticated...
Griffin, Dale W.; Benzel, William M.; Fisher, Shawn C.; Focazio, Michael J.; Iwanowicz, Luke R.; Loftin, Keith A.; Reilly, Timothy J.; Jones, Daniel K. Expanded target-chemical analysis reveals extensive mixed-organic-contaminant exposure in USA streams
Surface water from 38 streams nationwide was assessed using 14 target-organic methods (719 compounds). Designed-bioactive anthropogenic contaminants (biocides, pharmaceuticals) comprised 57% of 406 organics detected at least once. The 10 most-frequently detected anthropogenic-organics included eight pesticides (desulfinylfipronil, AMPA,...
Bradley, Paul M.; Journey, Celeste A.; Romanok, Kristin M.; Barber, Larry B.; Buxton, Herbert T.; Foreman, William T.; Furlong, Edward T.; Glassmeyer, Susan T.; Hladik, Michelle L.; Iwanowicz, Luke R. ; Jones, Daniel K.; Kolpin, Dana W.; Kuivila, Kathryn M. ; Loftin, Keith A.; Mills, Marc A.; Meyer, Michael T.; Orlando, James L. ; Reilly, Timothy J.; Smalling, Kelly L. ; Villeneuve, Daniel L. Matrix inhibition PCR and Microtox® 81.9% screening assay analytical results for samples collected for the Sediment-Bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response Strategy pilot study, northeastern United States, 2015
Coastal communities are uniquely vulnerable to sea-level rise (SLR) and severe storms such as hurricanes. These events enhance the dispersion and concentration of natural and anthropogenic chemicals and pathogenic microorganisms that could adversely affect the health and resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems in coming years. The U.S....
Schill, William B.; Benzel, William M.; Fisher, Shawn C.; Griffin, Dale W.; Jones, Daniel K.; Loftin, Keith A.; Iwanowicz, Luke R. ; Reilly, Timothy J. Exposure potential of salt marsh units in Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge to environmental health stressors
Natural and anthropogenic contaminants, pathogens, and viruses are found in soils and sediments throughout the United States. Enhanced dispersion and concentration of these environmental health stressors in coastal regions can result from sea level rise and storm-derived disturbances. The combination of existing environmental health stressors and...
Defne, Zafer; Ganju, Neil K.; Jones, Daniel K.; Reilly, Timothy J.; Aquino, Kimberly C.; Carbo, Chelsea L.; Kaufhold, Erika E.; Benzel, William M.; Fisher, Shawn C.; Griffin, Dale W.; Iwanowicz, Luke R.; Loftin, Keith A. Regional variability in bed-sediment concentrations of wastewater compounds, hormones and PAHs for portions of coastal New York and New Jersey impacted by hurricane Sandy
Bed sediment samples from 79 coastal New York and New Jersey, USA sites were analyzed for 75 compounds including wastewater associated contaminants, PAHs, and other organic compounds to assess the post-Hurricane Sandy distribution of organic contaminants among six regions. These results provide the first assessment of wastewater compounds,...
Phillips, Patrick J.; Gibson, Cathy A; Fisher, Shawn C.; Fisher, Irene; Reilly, Timothy J.; Smalling, Kelly L. ; Romanok, Kristin M. ; Foreman, William T. ; ReVello, Rhiannon C.; Focazio, Michael J.; Jones, Daniel K. The new Landsat 8 potential for remote sensing of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
Due to a combination of factors, such as a new coastal/aerosol band and improved radiometric sensitivity of the Operational Land Imager aboard Landsat 8, the atmospherically-corrected Surface Reflectance product for Landsat data, and the growing availability of corrected fDOM data from U.S. Geological Survey gaging stations, moderate-resolution...
Slonecker, E. Terrence; Jones, Daniel K.; Pellerin, Brian A.
Standard operating procedures for collection of soil and sediment samples for the Sediment-bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response (SCoRR) strategy pilot study
An understanding of the effects on human and ecological health brought by major coastal storms or flooding events is typically limited because of a lack of regionally consistent baseline and trends data in locations proximal to potential contaminant sources and mitigation activities, sensitive ecosystems, and recreational facilities where...
Fisher, Shawn C.; Reilly, Timothy J.; Jones, Daniel K.; Benzel, William M.; Griffin, Dale W.; Loftin, Keith A.; Iwanowicz, Luke R.; Cohl, Jonathan A.
Strategy to evaluate persistent contaminant hazards resulting from sea-level rise and storm-derived disturbances—Study design and methodology for station prioritization
Coastal communities are uniquely vulnerable to sea-level rise (SLR) and severe storms such as hurricanes. These events enhance the dispersion and concentration of natural and anthropogenic chemicals and pathogenic microorganisms that could adversely affect the health and resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems in coming years. The U.S....
Reilly, Timothy J.; Jones, Daniel K.; Focazio, Michael J.; Aquino, Kimberly C.; Carbo, Chelsea L.; Kaufhold, Erika E.; Zinecker, Elizabeth K.; Benzel, William M.; Fisher, Shawn C.; Griffin, Dale W.; Iwanowicz, Luke R.; Loftin, Keith A.; Schill, William B.
Estuarine bed-sediment-quality data collected in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy, 2013
This report describes a reconnaissance study of estuarine bed-sediment quality conducted June–October 2013 in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 to assess the extent of contamination and the potential long-term human and ecological impacts of the storm. The study, funded through the Disaster Relief Appropriations...
Fischer, Jeffrey M.; Phillips, Patrick J.; Reilly, Timothy J.; Focazio, Michael J.; Loftin, Keith A.; Benzel, William M.; Jones, Daniel K.; Smalling, Kelly L.; Fisher, Shawn C.; Fisher, Irene J.; Iwanowicz, Luke R.; Romanok, Kristin M.; Jenkins, Darkus E.; Bowers, Luke; Boehlke, Adam; Foreman, William T.; Deetz, Anna C.; Carper, Lisa G.; Imbrigiotta, Thomas E.; Birdwell, Justin E. Tracking geomorphic signatures of watershed suburbanization with multi-temporal LiDAR
Urban development practices redistribute surface materials through filling, grading, and terracing, causing drastic changes to the geomorphic organization of the landscape. Many studies document the hydrologic, biologic, or geomorphic consequences of urbanization using space-for-time comparisons of disparate urban and rural landscapes. However, no...
Jones, Daniel K.; Baker, Matthew E.; Miller, Andrew J.; Jarnagin, S. Taylor; Hogan, Dianna M.