The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States, and Mexico

We developed the North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD) that synthesizes current knowledge of migratory status, pattern, and behavior for native and non-native freshwater fish species throughout North America, including 1,241 species representing 79 families and 322 genera.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), farming, All tags... fish, inlandWaters, migratory species, Fewer tags

Fluvial Fish Native Distributions for the Conterminous United States using the NHDPlusV2.1 and Boosted Regression Tree (BRT) Models

This USGS data release documents species distribution models for 271 fluvial fish species in their native ranges of the conterminous United States. Source data, supporting code and model results are documented in this data package. Boosted Regression Tree (BRT) models were used to develop presence/absence predictions for each of the National Hydrography Dataset Plus Version 2.1 stream segments within a species' native range. The predictions provided can be linked to the NHDPlusV2.1 geospatial dataset through the COMID to create a spatial depiction of the models. The primary results are stored in the file "BRT Predictions" and are provided in comma separated value (CSV) and Parquet file formats. Parquet file format...

Categories: Data; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, aquatic biology, biogeography, biota, All tags... environment, fauna, fish, fluvial, freshwater ecosystems, freshwater fishes, inlandWaters, multivariate statistical analysis, river reaches, species distribution, Fewer tags

National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) 2015 Cumulative Habitat Condition Scores and Disturbance Indices Linked to HUC 12 Watersheds in Alaska of the Watershed Boundary Dataset

This shapefile contains fish habitat condition index (HCI) scores as well as specific disturbance indices for 6th level Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC12) watersheds of the Watershed Boundary Dataset. The source datasets compiled and attributed to spatial units were identified as being: (1) meaningful for assessing fluvial fish habitat; (2) consistent across the entire study area in the way that they were assembled; (3) broadly representative of conditions in the past 10 years, and (4) of sufficient spatial resolution that they could be used to make valid comparisons among HUC12 units. In this data set, variable summaries are linked to HUC12 watersheds developed for the Watershed Boundary Dataset downloaded on March 18,...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Map Service; Tags: 2015 National Assessment, 2015 National Assessment, DataProduct, Direct habitat alteration, Environmental condition, All tags... Habitat Characterization, Lotic, NFHP, NFHP Cooperator, Spatial Data, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Visual, Watershed Boundary Dataset, drainage basins, environmental assessment, inlandWaters, watershed, Fewer tags

FishTail: A decision support mapper for conserving stream fish habitats extended to the Mississippi Basin

FISHTAIL: A decision support mapper for conserving stream fish habitats of the Northeast Climate Science Center (NECSC) region, extended to the Mississippi Basin for use in conservation planning applications such as the Gulf Hypoxia Initiative. Assessing current and future condition of fluvial habitats Human landscape disturbances occurring throughout the Northeast U.S. that include urbanization, agriculture, and dams have multiple effects on the region’s streams which support economically and socially valuable stream fishes. Changes in climate are expected to cause additional changes in stream habitats, including changing water temperatures, which will potentially alter future stream fish assemblages. To manage...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... data.gov Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers LCC, environment, initiative, onGoing, web application, Fewer tags

Aquatic Gap Analysis Project (Aquatic GAP) Aquatic Species Distribution Modeling on the National Hydrography Dataset Plus Version 2.1

This USGS data release contains products that resulted from aquatic species distribution modeling in the United States on the National Hydrography Dataset Plus Version 2.1. Source data, supporting code and model results are documented in this data release. The file species_model_list.csv provides a list of most recent models for each combination of species, habitat, and region.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aquatic biology, biogeography, fish, All tags... fishery resources, freshwater ecosystems, habitat fragmentation, multivariate statistical analysis, river reaches, Fewer tags

Coarse Range Maps for Fish Species in the Conterminous United States using HUC8s

This USGS data release documents coarse ranges for 123 fish species in the conterminous United States for level 8 hydrologic units from the Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD). These range maps were derived by combining known fish occurrence information from four data sources: point occurrences from the Aquatic Gap Analysis Project (AGAP) fish database, point occurrences from the IchthyMaps dataset, point occurrences from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), and HUC-8 level range maps developed by NatureServe. Data can be linked to geospatial units of the WBD using the HUC8 field. Data are provided in comma separated value (CSV) and zipped Parquet file formats. Parquet file format is provided to help...

Categories: Data; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, aquatic biology, biogeography, biota, All tags... environment, fauna, fish, fluvial, freshwater ecosystems, freshwater fishes, inlandWaters, species distribution, Fewer tags

National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) 2010 HCI Scores and Human Disturbance Data (linked to NHDPLUSV1) for Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership

This shapefile contains landscape factors representing human disturbances summarized to local and network catchments of river reaches for the Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership. This dataset is the result of clipping the feature class 'NFHAP 2010 HCI Scores and Human Disturbance Data for the Conterminous United States linked to NHDPLUSV1.gdb' to the boundary of the Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership. Landscape factors include land uses, population density, roads, dams, mines, and point-source pollution sites. The source datasets that were compiled and attributed to catchments were identified as being: (1) meaningful for assessing fish habitat; (2) consistent across the entire study area in the way...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Anthropogenic factors, Aquatic habitats, Atlantic Coast FHP, Catchment areas, Connecticut, All tags... DC, Delaware, Environmental conditions, Florida, Georgia, Habitat suitability, Inland water environments, Landscape ecology, Linked to the National Hydrography Dataset Plus (1:100,000), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, National Assessment Data, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, River basins, Rivers, South Carolina, Spatial Data, Stream Characterization, Streams, Vermont, Virginia, Water quality measurement, West Virginia, Fewer tags

National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) 2015 Cumulative Habitat Condition Scores and Disturbance Indices Linked to Catchments of Southeast Alaska

This shapefile contains cumulative fish habitat condition index (HCI) scores as well as specific disturbance indices for local and network catchments of Southeast Alaska. Catchments were created in support of Jared Ross's Master’s thesis. The source datasets compiled and attributed to spatial units were identified as being: (1) meaningful for assessing fluvial fish habitat; (2) consistent across the entire study area in the way that they were assembled; (3) broadly representative of conditions in the past 10 years, and (4) of sufficient spatial resolution that they could be used to make valid comparisons among local catchment units. Citations: Ross, J.A. Influences of timber management and natural landscape factors...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Citation, Map Service; Tags: 2015 National Assessment, 2015 National Assessment, DataProduct, Direct habitat alteration, Environmental condition, All tags... Habitat Characterization, Lotic, NFHP, NFHP Cooperator, NHDHR, Regional Assessment, Spatial Data, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Visual, drainage basins, environmental assessment, inlandWaters, watershed, Fewer tags

National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) 2015 Cumulative Habitat Condition Indices with Limiting and Severe Disturbances for the Conterminous United States linked to NHDPlusV1 v2.0

This CSV file contains cumulative fish habitat condition index (HCI) scores generated for river reaches of the conterminous United States as well as indices generated specifically for four spatial units including local and network catchments and 90 m local and network buffers of river reaches. Note that the cumulative HCI score is determined from limiting index scores generated for the four spatial units listed above. Detailed methods for calculating cumulative fish habitat condition index scores as well as the indices for each spatial extent can be found on the following website: http://assessment.fishhabitat.org/: The variables used to create indices in catchments vs. buffers differ due to differences in resolution...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Map Service; Tags: 2015 National Assessment, 2015 National Assessment, Alabama, Anthropogenic factors, Aquatic habitats, All tags... Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Direct habitat alteration, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Habitat Characterization, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Landscape, Landscape Ecology, Limiting factors, Lotic, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, NFHP Cooperator, NHDPlusV1, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spatial Data, Tennessee, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Virginia, Visual, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, anthropogenic disturbance, biota, environmental assessment, habitat alteration, habitat condition, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Fishtail huc12: Indices and supporting data characterizing the current (1961-2000) and future (2041-2080) risk to fish habitat degradation in the Northeast Climate Science Center region

This dataset represents results from this study attributed to the Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 12 watershed boundaries. Human impacts occurring throughout the Northeast and Midwest United States, including urbanization, agriculture, and dams, have multiple effects on the region’s streams which support economically valuable stream fishes. Changes in climate are expected to lead to additional impacts in stream habitats and fish assemblages in multiple ways, including changing stream water temperatures. To manage streams for current impacts and future changes, managers need region-wide information for decision-making and developing proactive management strategies. Our project met that need by integrating results...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic habitats, Connecticut, Data Visualization & Tools, Delaware, Fish, All tags... Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Northeast CASC, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Science Tools For Managers, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., Water, Coasts and Ice, West Virginia, Wildlife and Plants, Wisconsin, climate change, drainage basins, habitat fragmentation, inlandWaters, land use and land cover, rivers, streams, water quality, Fewer tags

Dam Metrics Representing Stream Fragmentation and Flow Alteration for the Conterminous United States Linked to the NHDPLUSV1

This CSV file contains 21 dam metrics representing stream fragmentation and flow alteration for nearly 2.3 million stream reaches in the conterminous USA. Dam metrics fall into four main categories: segment-based, count and density, distance-based, and cumulative reservoir storage (described below). These data were developed using spatially verified large dam locations (n=49,468) primarily from the National Anthropogenic Barrier Dataset (NABD) that were spatially linked to the National Hydrography Dataset Plus version 1 (NHDPlusV1). These dam metrics have been summarized using the unique identifier field native to the NHDPlusV1 (COMID) which can be used to join this table to spatial layers and data tables of the...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: 2015 National Assessment, 2015 National Assessment, 2015 National Assessment, Alabama, Arizona, All tags... Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Connectivity, DataProduct, Delaware, Direct habitat alteration, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hydrologic alteration, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Lotic, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, NCCWSC, NHDPlusV1, National Assessment, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, NoVisual, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spatial Data, Tennessee, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, barriers, dams, drainage basins, environmental assessment, river basin, river reaches, streams, Fewer tags

National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) 2015 Human Disturbance Data for Alaska linked to HUC12 Watersheds

This CSV file contains landscape factors representing anthropogenic disturbances to stream habitats summarized within 6th level Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC12) watersheds of the Watershed Boundary Dataset. The source datasets compiled and attributed to spatial units were identified as being: (1) meaningful for assessing fluvial fish habitat; (2) consistent across the entire study area in the way that they were assembled; (3) broadly representative of conditions in the past 10 years, and (4) of sufficient spatial resolution that they could be used to make valid comparisons among local catchment units. Variables summarized at the HUC12 scale include measures of anthropogenic land uses, population density, roads, dams,...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: 2015 National Assessment, 2015 National Assessment, Alaska, Anthropogenic factors, DataProduct, All tags... Habitat Characterization, Lotic, NFHP, NFHP Cooperator, Spatial Data, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Visual, Watershed Boundary Dataset, drainage basins, environmental assessment, environmental condition, human impacts, inlandWaters, river basin, river reaches, streams, water quality, watershed, Fewer tags

Conserving stream fishes with changing climate: Assessing fish responses to changes in habitat over a large region

Abstract (from Science of the Total Environment): Changes in climate are known to alter air temperature and precipitation and their associated thermal and hydrological regimes of freshwater systems, and such alterations in habitat are anticipated to modify fish composition in fluvial systems. Despite these expected changes, assessing climate change effects on habitat and fish over large regions has proven challenging. The goal of this study is to describe an approach to assess and identify stream reaches within a large region that are susceptible to climate changes based on responses of multiple fish species to changes in thermal and hydrological habitats occurring with changes in climate. We present a six-step...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation

National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) 2015 Anthropogenic Disturbance Data for the Conterminous United States linked to the NHDPLUSV1

This CSV file contains landscape factors representing anthropogenic disturbances to stream habitats summarized within local and network stream catchments as well as 90 m local and network buffer of stream reaches throughout the conterminous U.S. The source datasets compiled and attributed to spatial units were identified as being: (1) meaningful for assessing fluvial fish habitat; (2) consistent across the entire study area in the way that they were assembled; (3) broadly representative of conditions in the past 10 years, and (4) of sufficient spatial resolution that they could be used to make valid comparisons among local catchment units. Variables summarized at the catchment scale include measures of anthropogenic...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Alabama, Anthropogenic factors, Arizona, Arkansas, California, All tags... Colorado, Connecticut, DataProduct, Delaware, District of Columbia, Environmental condition, Florida, Georgia, Habitat Characterization, Habitat suitability, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Lotic, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, NFHP Cooperator, NHDPlusV1, National Assessment, National Assessment, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, NoVisual, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spatial Data, Tennessee, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, drainage basins, environmental assessment, river basin, river reaches, streams, water quality, Fewer tags

National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) 90 Meter Buffers of the NHDPlusV1 for the Conterminous United States

This geodatabase contains 90 meter buffers of streams within the National Hydrography Dataset Plus Version 1 (NHDPlusV1). These buffers were developed by converting NHDPlusV1 flowlines to a 30m grid, then running a euclidean allocation function in ArcPy to generate buffer zones. For flowlines representing artificial paths within NHD area river polygons, buffers extend from the outside edges ("banks") of the polygon outward. The source code for buffer development can be found at https://github.com/ArthurCooper/NFHP-Buffer-Code.

Types: Citation; Tags: 2015 National Assessment, 2015 National Assessment, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, All tags... California, Colorado, Connecticut, DataProduct, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Habitat Characterization, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, NFHP Cooperator, NHDPlusV1, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, NoVisual, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spatial Data, Stream buffers, Tennessee, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, drainage basins, river reaches, streams, Fewer tags

NFHP 2015 National Assessment of Fish Habitat Condition Index 2015: Dissolved by Risk Classification

This map service displays a composite view of the National Fish Habitat Partnership's (NFHP) 2015 National Assessment of Fish Habitat Condition Index (HCI) Scores for both streams and estuaries. HCI scores represent current risk of fish habitat degradation due to anthropogenic disturbance factors. Fish habitats with very high risk of habitat degredation are shown in red, high risk in orange, moderate risk in green, low risk in blue and very low risk in purple. For detailed information about the input datasets used to derive this service see the following links: http://assessment.fishhabitat.org/#578a9a43e4b0c1aacab89763/578a99f4e4b0c1aacab89699.

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Map Service

Fishtail catch: Indices and supporting data characterizing the current (1961-2000) and future (1961-2000) risk to fish habitat degradation in the Northeast Climate Science Center region

This dataset represents results from this study attributed to the NHDPlus catchments. Human impacts occurring throughout the Northeast and Midwest United States, including urbanization, agriculture, and dams, have multiple effects on the region’s streams which support economically valuable stream fishes. Changes in climate are expected to lead to additional impacts in stream habitats and fish assemblages in multiple ways, including changing stream water temperatures. To manage streams for current impacts and future changes, managers need region-wide information for decision-making and developing proactive management strategies. Our project met that need by integrating results of a current condition assessment...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic habitats, Connecticut, Data Visualization & Tools, Delaware, Fish, All tags... Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Northeast CASC, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Science Tools For Managers, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., Water, Coasts and Ice, West Virginia, Wildlife and Plants, Wisconsin, climate change, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, drainage basins, habitat fragmentation, inlandWaters, land use and land cover, rivers, streams, water quality, Fewer tags

National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) 2010 Community Fish Data

This geodatabase contains a comparable set of community fish samples from 12 sources, spanning the conterminous United States. The data were compiled through efforts of Michigan State University for the 2010 National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) and with support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Aquatic GAP Program. All fish sample locations were verified and linked to flowlines of the National Hydrography Dataset Plus Version 1 (NHDPlusV1) using the COMID identifier. Fish records were provided by the following organizations and agencies: USGS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Iowa Department of Natural...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: 2010 National Assessment, 2010 National Assessment, Abundance (organisms), Alabama, Arizona, All tags... Arkansas, Biological Data, Biological sampling, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Conterminous United States, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Freshwater fishes, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inland water environments, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Lotic, Louisiana, Lower 48 states, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, NFHP Cooperator, NHDPlusV1, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rivers, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spatial Data, Spatial distribution, Species composition, Streams, Tennessee, Texas, USA, Utah, Virginia, Visual, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Fewer tags

Fishtail reach: Indices and supporting data characterizing the current (1961-2000) and future (2041-2080) risk to fish habitat degradation in the Northeast Climate Science Center region

This dataset represents results from this study attributed to the NHDPlus stream reach segments. Human impacts occurring throughout the Northeast and Midwest United States, including urbanization, agriculture, and dams, have multiple effects on the region’s streams which support economically valuable stream fishes. Changes in climate are expected to lead to additional impacts in stream habitats and fish assemblages in multiple ways, including changing stream water temperatures. To manage streams for current impacts and future changes, managers need region-wide information for decision-making and developing proactive management strategies. Our project met that need by integrating results of a current condition...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic habitats, Connecticut, Data Visualization & Tools, Delaware, Fish, All tags... Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Northeast CASC, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Science Tools For Managers, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., Water, Coasts and Ice, West Virginia, Wildlife and Plants, Wisconsin, climate change, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, drainage basins, habitat fragmentation, inlandWaters, land use and land cover, rivers, streams, water quality, Fewer tags

Locations of mines and mining activity in the contiguous United States 2013

This dataset includes locations and associated information about mines and mining activity in the contiguous United States. The database was developed by combining publicly available national datasets of mineral mines, uranium mines, and minor and major coal mine activities. This database was developed in 2013, but temporal range of mine data varied dependent on source. Uranium mine information came from the TENORM Uranium Location Database produced by the US Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) in 2003. Major and minor coal mine information was from the USTRAT (Stratigraphic data related to coal) database 2012, and the mineral mine data came from the USGS Mineral Resource Program.

Tags: Coal, Mineral Resources, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), mine sites, mineral deposits, All tags... mineral resources, uranium, Fewer tags