Breadcrumb

Staff Profiles

Leah E. Staub

Hydrologic Field Assistant

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

lstaub@usgs.gov

Phone

240-470-0870

0000-0002-1460-6084

5522 Research Park Drive
Catonsville, MD 21228
United States

Expertise

Sediment Fingerprinting

Leah primarily works in the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center's Sediment Lab, processing both Fluvial and Source samples for Sediment Fingerprinting analysis. She has also surveyed stream cross sections with total station, provided map products using R, ArcMap, QGIS, and GEE, and assisted with Science Base data releases.

Education

B.S. in Geography & Environmental Science from University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2020

GIScience Certification from University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2020

Publications

Cashman, M.J., Brosnahan, S.M., Caldwell, S.H., Staub, L.E., DeWitt, J., Young, J., Duda, J., and Griese, A.J., 2020, Low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at select locations over the Potomac River, October 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/Q7DP970E.

Honors & Awards

USGS STAR Award 2020

Science and Products

Data
Multimedia
Publications
News

Label

February 27, 2024

Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Riparian National Land Cover Data for 2019 Versions for the Years 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, and 2019

This tabular data set represents the percent of land cover classes in the riparian zone from the 2019 edition of the National Land Cover databases for the years 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019 compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2.1 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

November 16, 2023

Urban elemental and grain size characteristics of sediments collected in the Jones Falls watershed in Baltimore, Maryland for 2021-2022

This metadata record documents a single comma delimited table that contains information on the elemental composition and particle size distribution of sediments within Jones Falls watershed in Baltimore, Maryland.

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

June 23, 2023

Shenandoah Valley Stream Health and Habitat Assessments in West Virginia and Virginia, 2021 (ver. 2.0, November 2023)

U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists completed a data collection campaign from the 25th of April to the 10th of June in 2022, using various methods to record geomorphic and habitat indicators throughout 30 streams on the Delmarva Peninsula. Field methods included GNSS surveys, gravelometer-based pebble count readings, visual assessments, and riparian analyses. This metadata record contains al

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

May 18, 2023

Terrestrial LiDAR Point Clouds and Channel Morphology Assessments along Midway Branch in Fort Meade, Maryland, for 2020-2022

This metadata record documents six LiDAR point clouds, six point cloud generation reports, and three comma-delimited tables that contain information on local channel morphology and topography for a select number of reaches along Midway Branch and its associated tributaries within the confines of Fort George G. Meade, Fort Meade, Maryland. Point cloud generation reports include diagnostic informati

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

May 12, 2023

Data-Driven Drought Prediction Project Model Inputs for Upper and Lower Colorado Portions of the National Hydrologic Geo-Spatial Fabric version 1.1 and Select U.S. Geological Survey Streamgage Basins

This metadata record describes a series of data sets of natural, climatic, and anthropogenic landscape features processed as model inputs for the Data-Driven Drought Prediction Project of the Water Resources Mission Area Drought Program. These data are linked to two different spatial units: the National Hydrologic Geospatial Fabric version 1.1 (nhgfv1.1) including their associated individual catch

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

March 10, 2023

Federal Stakeholder 2022 Online Survey Results for the Re-Prioritization of the USGS Federal Priority Streamgage Network

This data release has the results of 333 online survey respondents representing 17 federal agencies and 7 Executive Branch departments from March 14 through April 14, 2022 regarding The Federal Priority Streamgage (FPS) network of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The FPS network was created in 1999 as the National Streamflow Information Program and receives congressionally appropriated funding t

Water Resources Mission Area

November 10, 2022

Possible Cattle Access Points on Select Streams within the Smith Creek Watershed Derived from 2018 NAIP Imagery

This data release contains one shapefile describing cattle access to a total of 36 different sub basins within the Smith Creek Watershed located in Virginia and West Virginia. This data release identifies areas in satellite imagery where cattle were observed to have access to the stream (confirmed access), areas where cattle exist, and are not fenced off from the stream (unrestricted access), and

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

September 23, 2022

Sediment Sample Data for Identifying and Monitoring Source Sediment Fingerprints within Stony Clove Creek, Catskills, NY from 2017 to 2020

This data release includes five comma delimited tables that support a pilot study on identifying and monitoring source sediment fingerprints within Stony Clove Creek, Catskills, NY. These tables consist of sediment particle size information, elemental analysis results, stable isotope analysis results, and percent fines for the samples collected. "SourceSamples_Info.csv" and "TargetSamples_Info.csv

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

July 8, 2022

Daily streamflow performance benchmark defined by the standard statistical suite (v1.0) for the National Water Model Retrospective (v2.1) at benchmark streamflow locations (ver. 2.0, December 2022)

This data release contains the standard statistical suite (version 1.0) daily streamflow performance benchmark results for the National Water Model Retrospective (v2.1) at streamflow benchmark locations (version 1.0) as defined by Foks and others (2022). Modeled hourly timesteps were converted to mean daily timesteps. Model error was determined by evaluating predicted daily mean streamflow versus

Water Resources Mission Area

July 8, 2022

Daily streamflow performance benchmark defined by the standard statistical suite (v1.0) for the National Hydrologic Model application of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (v1 byObs Muskingum) at benchmark streamflow locations in the conterminous Un

This data release contains the standard statistical suite (version 1.0) daily streamflow performance benchmark results for the National Hydrologic Model Infrastructure application of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (NHM-PRMS) version 1 "byObs" calibration with Muskingum routing computed at streamflow benchmark locations defined by Foks and others (2022). Model error was determined by eval

Water Resources Mission Area

December 21, 2021

Possible Cattle Access Points on Steams within the USGS Showcase Watersheds Derived from 2018 and 2019 NAIP Imagery

This data release contains one point shapefile describing cattle access to streams for three USGS showcase watersheds: Smith Creek, Conewago Creek, and Upper Chester River. This data release identifies areas where cattle were able to access the stream, as well as possible cattle access areas. Streams were defined using a combination of geospatial data and aerial imagery and cattle access points we

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

July 31, 2020

Low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at select locations over the Potomac River, October 2019

These digital images were taken at select locations over the Potomac River using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in October 2019. These images were collected for the purpose of evaluating UAS assessment of river habitat data such as water depth, substrate type, and water clarity. Each UAS was equipped with a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital eleva

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Label

USGS On The Road Season 2 Episode 1 Thumbnail

USGS on the Road: Home Stream Home

November 29, 2022

Leah E. Staub

Science and Products

MD-DE-DC WSC Capabilities Sites

Science and Products

MD-DE-DC WSC Capabilities Sites