Groundwater, surface water, bed sediment, soil, benthic macroinvertebrate taxa, habitat, and biological indices data collected near and at the Open Burning/Open Detonation (OB/OD) Areas at the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, (ver. 2.0, April 2024) (COPY)
Dates
Publication Date
2022-09-23
Start Date
2018
End Date
2021
Revision
2024-04-29
Citation
Galeone, D.G., and Zarr, L.F., 2022, Groundwater, surface water, bed sediment, soil, benthic macroinvertebrate taxa, habitat, and biological indices data collected near and at the Open Burning/Open Detonation (OB/OD) Areas at the Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, (ver. 2.0, April 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ASFTHT.
Summary
Note: this data release is currently being revised and is temporarily unavailable. Sampling is conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at nine wells, eight surface water sites, three bed sediment retention ponds, and two fields for soil samples at areas near and within the Open Burning/Open Detonation (OB/OD) areas in the Ammunition Area (AA) of Letterkenny Army Depot. Analytical results for groundwater samples collected from 2018-2021 are provided in “OBOD_wells_data_2018-2021.xlsx”. Analytical results for surface-water samples from 2018-2021 are provided in “OBOD_sw_data_2018-2021.xlsx”. Benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomic data collected from 2018-2021 at three streams are provided in “OBOD_benthic_taxa_2018-2021.xlsx”. The [...]
Summary
Note: this data release is currently being revised and is temporarily unavailable.
Sampling is conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at nine wells, eight surface water sites, three bed sediment retention ponds, and two fields for soil samples at areas near and within the Open Burning/Open Detonation (OB/OD) areas in the Ammunition Area (AA) of Letterkenny Army Depot. Analytical results for groundwater samples collected from 2018-2021 are provided in “OBOD_wells_data_2018-2021.xlsx”. Analytical results for surface-water samples from 2018-2021 are provided in “OBOD_sw_data_2018-2021.xlsx”. Benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomic data collected from 2018-2021 at three streams are provided in “OBOD_benthic_taxa_2018-2021.xlsx”. The field and habitat data for benthic-macroinvertebrate sampling are provided in “OBOD_benthic_field_data_2018-2021.xlsx” and “OBOD_benthic_habitat_data_2018-2021.xlsx”, respectively. The form used to assess habitat is provided in “OBOD_benthic_habitat_assessment_form.xlsx”. The biological metrics for the benthic macroinvertebrate data are provided in “OBOD_benthic_metrics_2018-2021.xlsx”. Analytical results for soil samples collected from 2019-2020 are provided in “OBOD_soil_data_2019-2020.xlsx”. Analytical results for bed sediment samples collected from 2018-2020 are provided in “OBOD_bed_sediment_data_2018-2020.xlsx”. The data files with analytical results also include quality assurance/quality control sample results.
NOTE: While the previous version is available from the author, all the records in the previous version can be found in version 2.0. In this version, additional benthic-macroinvertebrate information and corresponding data were added to include three spreadsheets and three corresponding data dictionary files.
First Posted - September 23, 2022
Revised - April 18, 2024
Data are obtained to monitor chemical characteristics of groundwater, surface water, soil, and bed sediment, along with benthic-macroinvertebrate stream communities in and around the Open Burning/Open Detonation (OB/OD) areas within the Letterkenny Army Depot.