Baseline Groundwater-Quality Data from a Densely Developed Coastal Neighborhood, Falmouth, Massachusetts (June 2016 - March 2024)(ver. 5.0, July 2024)

This data release provides a comprehensive dataset of sampling-site characteristics and baseline groundwater-quality data collected from a network of multilevel sampling wells installed in a densely developed coastal neighborhood undergoing a conversion from onsite septic systems to municipal sewering. Groundwater samples were collected during multiple events from a total of 227 well screens at 15 locations using a peristaltic pump between June 2016 and March 2024. Samples were collected and preserved following methods documented in the U.S. Geological Survey National Field Manual (variously dated) and Savoie and others (2012). This dataset provides well construction information, groundwater levels, water-quality...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Falmouth, Mara Vista, Massachusetts, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), groundwater, All tags... groundwater quality, nutrient content, water-quality data, Fewer tags

Model climate scenario output Taunton and Sudbury river basins, Massachusetts, 2036-2065 change from 1975-2004, Representative Concentration Pathways 4.5 and 8.5

This data release provides a set of Hydrological Simulation Program--Fortran (HSPF) model files representing 5 EPA-selected future climate change scenarios for each of two river basins: Taunton and Sudbury, in Massachusetts. Output from these models are intended for use as input to EPA Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool (WMOST) modeling. Climate scenarios, based on 2036-2065 change from 1975-2004 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5, model effects of air temperature and precipitation changes (in degrees F for air temperature, in percent for precipitation) made to the input historical meteorological time series 1975-2004. Taunton meteorological data is from T.F. Green Airport and the...

Types: Citation; Tags: Climatology, Sudbury, Taunton, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, All tags... climate change, hydrology, Fewer tags

Water-Quality Data for Discrete Samples and Continuous Monitoring on the Merrimack River, Massachusetts, June to September 2020

This data release includes water-quality data collected at up to thirteen locations along the Merrimack River and Merrimack River Estuary in Massachusetts. In this study, conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, discrete samples were collected, and continuous monitoring was completed from June to September 2020. The data include results of measured field properties (water temperature, specific conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen) and laboratory concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus species, total carbon, pheophytin-a, and chlorophyll-a. These data were collected to assess selected (mainly nutrients) water-quality conditions in...

Categories: Data; Tags: Amesbury, MA, Haverhill, MA, Lawrence, MA, Lowell, MA, Massachusetts, All tags... Merrimac, MA, Merrimack River, Methuen, MA, Newburyport, MA, Salisbury, MA, Tyngsborough, MA, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, continuous water-quality, datasets, discrete water-quality, environment, marine water-quality, surface water (non-marine), surface water-quality, water sampling, Fewer tags

Data for Occurrence and Sources of Lead in Private Wells, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

This dataset contains water-quality data, quality-control data, and input and output data for geochemical models that support the findings of a study of lead in drinking water in the Sturbridge, Massachusetts, study area. These data include major and trace element data for unfiltered and filtered (dissolved) samples collected from both taps and well heads at private well sites, and quality-control data, including blank sample data and replicate sample data. The computer program PHREEQC (Parkhurst and Appelo, 2013) was used with the water-quality data and the WATEQ4F thermodynamic database (Ball and Nordstrom, 1991) to calculate aqueous and surface speciation; mineral saturation index (SI=log (IAP/K), where IAP is...

Categories: Data; Tags: Environmental Health, Geochemistry, Hydrology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, All tags... Water Resources, Worchester County, Massachusetts, Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Dudley, lead, drinking water, private wells, geochemical modeling, isotopes, corrosivity, Fewer tags

Spatial Coverage for Estimated Baseflow for Streams Containing Endangered Atlantic Salmon in Maine, USA (version 1.1, June 2022)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) developed a regression model for estimating mean August baseflow per square mile of drainage area in cooperation with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help resource managers assess relative amounts of baseflow in streams with Maine Atlantic Salmon habitat (Lombard and others, 2021). The model was applied to each reach of a stream network derived from select National Hydrography Dataset Plus High-Resolution (NHDPlusHR) data in the State of Maine south of 46º 21′55″ N latitude. The spatial coverage developed from the stream network contains model-estimated mean August baseflow per square mile of drainage area as an attribute of each NHDPlusHR reach. Please...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Atlantic, Atlantic Salmon, August, Distinct Population Segment, Hydrology, All tags... Maine, Maine, Salmon, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, baseflow, baseflow, environmental process, environmental proxies, fish, geographic information systems, groundwater, habitat, habitat, refugia, river ecosystems, scientific interpretation, streamflow, Fewer tags