Kaycee E Faunce
Biography
Kaycee Faunce is a geographer at the USGS Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center in Richmond, VA where she supports USGS water-resources activities through a diverse range of projects and research interests in hydrology, ecology, and scientific communication. Her work is focused on geographic information system analysis, data management and mapping, and the design and development of geospatial tools and communication products.
Education
- M.Sc., Environmental Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2020. Thesis: Regional drivers of organic carbon age in lotic systems of the conterminous United States
- B.S., Biology, University of Mary Washington, 2014
Science and Products
USGS develops tool to further examine nutrient and sediment trends in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed the nontidal network mapper to share the short-term (2009-2018) water-year nutrient and suspended-sediment load and trend results for the Chesapeake Bay Program’s (CBP) non-tidal network (NTN). The network is a cooperative effort by USGS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and agencies in the states of the Chesapeake watershed and...
Cruising to Improve the Detection of Burmese Pythons in Everglades National Park
It is not uncommon to see researchers cruising around Everglades National Park (ENP) on what has been a routine basis for the past ten months. Every evening, interns pack into a Chevy Volt for their shift assisting the U.S. Geological Survey in conducting Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus) nighttime surveillance through observational surveys. This effort to detect non-native snakes,...
Loads and trends in the Chesapeake Bay nontidal monitoring network: results through Water Year 2018
The mapper provides the primary findings for nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended-sediment trends, and gives the user tools to further examine the results for river basins and individual sites. Data used in the mapper, and the methods used to compute trends and loads, can be also accessed from the tool.
Topobathymetric Digital Elevation Model (TBDEM) of the Eastern Shore Peninsula of Virginia and adjacent parts of Maryland with a horizontal resolution of 1 meter and vertical resolution of 1 centimeter
This topobathymetric digital elevation model (TBDEM) represents topography and bathymetry for the Eastern Shore peninsula of Virginia, including Accomack and Northampton counties, and extending into Worcester and Somerset counties in Maryland. The TBDEM has a horizontal grid spacing of 1 meter and vertical units of 1 (integer) centimeter. This dataset combines U.S. Geological Survey %
Kentucky Drought Condition Monitor
The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana WSC/Kentucky Agricultural Development Board choose four parameters to monitor drought: precipitation, streamflow, groundwater level, and crop moisture index. These parameters are frequently used by the Kentucky Drought Mitigation and Response Plan (2008) as indicators of the four stages of drought: drought advisory, moderate drought, severe drought, and extreme...
Kaycee Faunce, a USGS intern, measures a mud snake
Kaycee Faunce, a USGS intern, measures a mud snake, a native but uncommon species in Everglades National Park. Photo credit: Molly Conway.