James L Orlando

Hydraulic Mine Pits of California

This dataset is a compilation of boundary location polygons for 167 hydraulic mine pits located in northern California. This dataset was compiled from three sources, Topographically Occurring Mine Symbols (TOMS) database produced by the California Department of Conservation (2001), Yeend (1974), and on-screen digitizing, using current (2015) satellite imagery, of additional hydraulic mine pits not contained in either of these sources. References Cited: California Department of Conservation, 2001, Topographic Occurring Mine Symbols: Office of Mine Reclamation, Abandoned Mined Lands Unit, accessed 02/2010 at http://www.conservation.ca.gov/omr/abandoned_mine_lands/toms/ Yeend Warren.E., 1974, Gold-bearing gravel of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Gold, Mineralogy, Mining, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, All tags... environment, geoscientificInformation, hydralulic mining, Fewer tags

Insecticide and fungicide concentrations in irrigation runoff and soils from a lettuce field in the Salinas Valley, California, 2019 and 2020

Irrigation runoff and soil samples were collected from a lettuce field located at the USDA-ARS Spence Research farm in the Salinas Valley, California to measure neonicotinoid insecticides (clothianidin and imidacloprid) and a fungicide (azoxystrobin) applied via coated seed and drench treatments. The field trial was designed to evaluate four treatments with replication: 1) control, untreated seed, 2) imidacloprid treated seed, 3) clothianidin treated seed, and 4) azoxystrobin treated seed with an imidacloprid drench. Samples were collected from each treatment over two lettuce growing seasons: August to October 2019 and September to October 2020. Runoff samples were collected over both growing seasons during 6 irrigation...

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Salinas, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, All tags... Water Resources, contamination and pollution, environment, fungicides, insecticides, irrigation, pesticide and herbicide contamination, pesticides, seed treatment, soil drenching, soil resources, surface water quality, Fewer tags

Pesticide Concentrations Measured in Zooplankton Samples Collected from the Sacramento River and Yolo Bypass, California, 2021

Zooplankton samples were collected at one site upstream of the Yolo Bypass in Northern California, three sites within the Bypass, and at a comparison site on the Sacramento River below the city of Sacramento and analyzed for a large suite of current-use pesticides and degradates. Samples were collected every two weeks from early August 2021 to mid-October 2021. Samples were collected by towing a 150-micron conical plankton net for 5 minutes by boat at each site. In the laboratory, zooplankton samples were filtered through a 63-micrometer sieve to separate the zooplankton and vegetation/detritus from the water. Large sticks, twigs, rocks, and leaves were rinsed with organic free water into the sieve and then discarded....

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Environmental Health, Hydrology, Sacramento, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Water Quality, Zooplankton, environment, pesticide and herbicide contamination, Fewer tags

The Cache Creek Settling Basin (CCSB) is a 13.3 km2 leveed basin located at the terminal drainage of the Cache Creek watershed, immediately NE of the town of Woodland (Yolo County), California and approximately 18 km NW of Sacramento, California. The basin was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (completed in 1937 and modified in 1993) for the purpose of trapping suspended sediment transported from the upper Cache Creek watershed during high-flow events, thus preventing sediment from entering the Yolo Bypass, a larger downstream floodwater conveyance and agricultural zone. In addition to trapping suspended sediment, the CCSB also traps sediment-associated mercury (Hg), which is particularly elevated...

Categories: Data Release - Revised; Tags: Cache Creek Settling Basin, Sacramento River Watershed, Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Woodland, CA, Yolo Bypass, Yolo County, aquatic ecosystems, basins, biogeochemistry, floodplains, mercury, methylmercury, watershed management, wetlands, Fewer tags

Prediction of fish and sediment mercury in streams using landscape variables and historical mining

Widespread mercury (Hg) contamination of aquatic systems in the Sierra Nevada of California, U.S., is associated with historical use to enhance gold (Au) recovery by amalgamation. In areas affected by historical Au mining operations, including the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and downstream areas in northern California, such as San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento River-San Joaquin River Delta, microbial conversion of Hg to methylmercury (MeHg) leads to bioaccumulation of MeHg in food webs, and increased risks to humans and wildlife. This study focused on developing a predictive model for THg in stream fish tissue based on geospatial data, including land use/land cover data, and the distribution of legacy...

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