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Plant composition, shrub biomass, and soil biogeochemistry from an experimental drought treatment on the Colorado Plateau These data were compiled for a study that investigated the effects of drought seasonality and plant community composition in a dryland ecosystem. In 2015 U.S. Geological Survey ecologists recorded vegetation and soil moisture data in 36 experimental plots which manipulated precipitation in two plant community types. The experiment consisted of three precipitation treatments: control (ambient precipitation), cool-season drought (-66% ambient precipitation November-April), and warm-season drought (-66% ambient precipitation May-October), applied in two plant communities (perennial grasses with or without a large shrub, Ephedra viridis) over a three-year period. These data were collected from 2015 to 2022 near Canyonlands... Categories: Data; Tags: Achnatherum hymenoides, Botany, C3 photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, Canyonlands National Park, All tags... Climatology, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Ephedra viridis, Geography, Indian ricegrass, Information Sciences, Islands of Fertility, James' galleta, Needles District, Pleuraphis jamesii, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS:6553a618d34ee4b6e05c3e2b, Utah, ambient precipitation, biogeochemical cycling, biogeochemical data, biogeochemistry, biomass, biota, carbon, carbon concentrations, control treatments, cool-season drought treatments, data release, drought seasonality, droughts, dryland ecosystems, ecosystems, experimental plots, experimental seasonal drought, field inventory and monitoring, field measurements, field sampling, geoscientificInformation, interspace cover estimates, mormon tea, nitrogen, nitrogen concentrations, percent cover estimates, perennial grasses, phosphorus, phosphorus concentrations, photosynthesis, plant community composition, plants (organisms), precipitation (atmospheric), precipitation treatments, shrubland ecosystems, soil cores, soil moisture, soil sciences, soil volumetric water content, southeastern Utah, vegetation, warm-season drought treatments, Fewer tags Soil geomorphic unit and ecological site group maps for the rangelands of the Upper Colorado River Basin region This data release includes maps characterizing soil geomorphic units (SGUs), climate zones, and ecological site groups that classify landscapes by ecological potential and behavior for use in land management in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) region. Soil geomorphic units were created by analysis and grouping of ecological sites (ESs), a more detailed local system of ecological units managed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS). Vegetation reference community production data of ESs were analyzed to determine discrete rules based on field soils data linked to the soil survey geographic (SSURGO) database of the USA to determine SGUs. Then both reference production data and state and transition model... Tags: 30m resolution, Arizaona, Botany, Climatology, Colorado, All tags... Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Geography, Geomorphology, Information Sciences, Land Use Change, National Cooperative Soil Survey, New Mexico, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Colorado River Basin, Utah, Wyoming, atmospheric and climatic processes, cartography, climate zones, digital soil mapping, ecological potential, ecological potential and behavior, ecological processes, ecological site groups, ecological sites, geomorphology, land management, predictive mapping model, rangeland management, soil geomorphic units, soil resources, soil sciences, soil survey geographic (SSURGO) database, state and transition model, terrestrial ecosystems, Fewer tags Spatial data of oil and gas pads and access roads on the Colorado Plateau, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico This data release contains spatial data on the location, number, size and extent of energy-related surface disturbances on the Colorado Plateau of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico as of 2016. The database includes: 1) polygons of oil and gas pads generated from automated and manual classification of aerial imagery, and 2) polylines of roads derived from the U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefile, supplemented with additional oil and gas access roads digitized from aerial imagery. Pad polygons and road segments are attributed with a "spud year" date based on spud information from the nearest well point. Spudding is the process of beginning to drill a well in the oil and gas industry, and the spud year is a close approximation... Tags: Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Energy Resources, Geography, Land Use Change, All tags... New Mexico, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, energy, environment, farming, gas, oil, oil and gas, roads, wells, Fewer tags Long-term annual aeolian dust deposition data from seven locations in southeastern Utah These data are annual aeolian dust deposition calculations from vertical deposition at seven locations near the vicinity of Moab, Utah covering the period from 1999 to 2020. Data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center (Denver, Colorado) and Southwest Biological Science Center (Moab, Utah) to "monitor sediment characteristics at sites selected to illuminate the relations between dust sources, present climate, and land use patterns" (Reheis 2003). The sites selected represent various land uses and land ownership including private land, multiple-use public lands, and restricted use National Parks. From 1999-2013 samples were sent to the Geosciences and Environmental... Tags: Arches, Canyonlands National Park, Corral Pocket, Dugout Ranch, Ecology, All tags... Geography, Information Sciences, Moab, Needles, Newspaper Rock, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Virginia Park, atmospheric deposition (chemical & particulate), dust storms, dust trap, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags Soil, geologic, geomorphic, climate, and vegetation data from long-term monitoring plots (2009 - 2018) in Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef National Parks, Utah, USA These data (all data tables for the data release) represent a suite of biotic and abiotic variables that characterized plant communities and the geologic, geomorphic, edaphic, climatic, and land use history context in which distinct plant communities occur. In 2009, the National Park Service's Inventory and Monitoring program for the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) began measuring vegetation cover and site characteristics at monitoring plots stratified across different vegetation types within national parks on the Colorado Plateau. NCPN biologists remeasured vegetation cover at these plots in a rotating panel over the following decade. In 2019, U. S. Geological Survey geologists and soil scientists collected/compiled... Tags: Arches National Park, Botany, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Climatology, All tags... Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Emery County, Geography, Grand County, Information Sciences, NMDS analysis, San Juan County, Sevier County, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Wayne County, air temperature, aridity, bare ground, biological soil crusts, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, data release, dryland ecosystems, ecosystem monitoring, ecosystems, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, field measurements, field observations, functional group cover, genus, geomorphology, grassland, grassland ecosystems, grazing, ground cover, hierarchical clustering analysis, lichens, line-point intercept measurements, mosses, multivariate statistical analysis, national parks, nonmetric multidimensional scaling analysis, pedogenesis, plants (organisms), plot sampling, precipitation (atmospheric), precipitation measurement, rainfall measurement, snowfall measurement, random forest model, rocks, rocks and deposits, scientific names, shrubland ecosystems, slope, soil formation, soil physical properties, soil sciences, soils, species, species composition, topographic wetness index, vegetation, vegetation cover, woodland, Fewer tags High-resolution object-based image classifications of biological soil crusts and vegetation (Beef Basin, Utah) This dataset contains 10 classified raster images identifying the distribution and condition of biological soil crusts using high-resolution imagery from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Also included are: a supplemental accuracy report and accuracy matrix for each classified image, and all associated accessory files. These images are located in Beef Basin, Southeastern Utah, and focuses on two ecological site types: Semidesert Shallow Loam, and Upland Stony Loam ('Sagebrush' and 'Pinyon-Juniper') sites. Five 50 x 50 m field sites were established for a total of 10 sites. Categories: Data; Tags: Beef Basin, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Indian Creek, Remote Sensing, All tags... Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, biological soil crust, biota, dryland ecosystem, object-based image analysis, remote sensing, remote sensing, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), Fewer tags Biocrust cover, vegetation, and climate data from a protected grassland within Canyonlands National Park, Utah (ver. 2.0, Sept. 2023) These tabular data were compiled for/to monitor vegetation and biocrust cover in a never grazed grassland located in Canyonlands National Park. An objective, or objectives, of our study was to document potential changes in biocrust and vegetation cover and species composition as related to changes in land use and climate change. These data represent a timeseries of long-term vegetation and biocrust monitoring plots, dating from 1996 to 2021. These data were collected at/in Virginia Park, Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah. These data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Research Center in coordination with the US National Park Service. Data were collected via field... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Canyonlands National Park, Colorado Plateau, Needles District, San Juan County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Utah, Virginia Park, air temperature, atmospheric and climatic processes, biocrust cover, biogeography, biological soil crusts, biota, climate change, dryland ecosystems, ecosystem monitoring, ecosystems, effects of climate change, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, field observations, grassland, land use change, long-term ecological monitoring, long-term monitoring plots, never grazed grassland, plot sampling, point-intercept measurements, precipitation (atmospheric), precipitation measurement, rainfall measurement, snowfall measurement, species composition, tabular data, timeseries, vegetation, vegetation cover, weather monitoring, weather observations, weather station, Fewer tags Plant cover, climate, grazing disturbance, and soil class data from 1991-2020 compiled from remotely sensed data on two retired grazing allotments in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA These data were compiled for use by researchers and land managers in studies of post-grazing change in Capitol Reef National Park. The data were initially used for and are associated with the McNellis et al., 2023 (see Larger Work Citation). Objective(s) of our study were to study landscape change (specifically plant cover measured through remote sensing) through time in Capitol Reef National Park. These data represent land cover and eight explanatory covariates measured through remote sensing over 21-30 years on two grazing allotments in Capitol Reef National Park, USA. These data were compiled and created for Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA from December 2020 to December 2022. These data were created by... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Capitol Reef National Monument, Climatology, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, All tags... Geography, Information Sciences, Remote Sensing, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, air temperature, allotment retirement, atmospheric and climatic processes, biota, climate, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, cost-distance, data release, edaphic, environment, fractional snow cover, geoscientificInformation, grazing allotments, grazing intensity, habitat alteration and disturbance, land cover change, land management, land use and land cover, livestock grazing, livestock removal, location, post-grazing landscape, precipitation (atmospheric), snow and ice cover, soil geomorphic unit, soil resources, south-central Utah, spatiotemporal extents, topography, Fewer tags Predictive soil property maps with prediction uncertainty at 30-meter resolution for the Colorado River Basin above Lake Mead These data were compiled to demonstrate new predictive mapping approaches and provide comprehensive gridded 30 meter resolution soil property maps for the Colorado River Basin above Hoover Dam. Random forest models related environmental raster layers representing soil forming factors with field samples to render predictive maps that interpolate between sample locations. Maps represented soil pH, texture fractions (sand, silt clay, fine sand, very fine sand), rock, electrical conductivity (ec), gypsum, CaCO3, sodium adsorption ratio (sar), available water capacity (awc), bulk density (dbovendry), erodibility (kwfact), and organic matter (om) at 7 depths (0, 5, 15, 30, 60, 100, and 200 cm) as well as depth to restrictive... Tags: Arizona, Colorado, Colorado River, Colorado River Basin, Colorado River Basin above Hoover Dam, All tags... Ecology, Geography, Hoover Dam, Information Sciences, Nevada, New Mexico, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Wyoming, accuracy and error estimated, available water capacity, bulk density, calcium carbonate, digital soil mapping, electrical conductivity, environmental conditions, environmental raster layers, erodibility, geoscientificInformation, gypsum, interpolate, machine learning, maps and atlases, organic matter, predicitve modeling, predictive mapping, predictive maps, random forest models, random forests, restrictive layer, rock, sodium adsorption ratio, soil conductivity, soil density, soil forming factors, soil pH, soil properties, soil property maps, soil sciences, soil texture, soils, surface rock cover, surface rock size, texture fractions, uncertainty, Fewer tags Vegetation cover, ground cover, plant mortality, and species abundance across an experimental drought treatment on the Colorado Plateau from 2010-2022 These data were compiled to assess the response of vegetation and biological soil crusts to drought in a semi-arid ecosystem on the Colorado Plateau near Moab, Utah. Objective(s) of our study were to explore how vegetation cover, soil conditions, and growing season nitrogen (N) availability are impacted by multifaceted drying climate conditions using data from a long-term precipitation reduction experiment (30% reduction). In 2010, U.S. Geological Survey biologists installed paired experimental plots with a control plot and a plot covered by a shelter that excluded 35% of incoming precipitation. These 40 sites represent shallow vs. deep soils and sandstone vs. shale parent material. These data were collected at... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Geochemistry, Geography, All tags... Information Sciences, Moab, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), available nitrogen, biogeography, biological soil crusts, biota, control plot, data release, deep soils, droughts, elevation, environment, experimental design, experimental plot, extreme drought, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, field sampling, focal species, foliar isotopes, geoscientificInformation, ground cover, nitrogen, plant cover, plant mortality, plant species richness, plants (organisms), plot sampling, plot-level data, precipitation (atmospheric), sandstone, sedimentary rocks, semi-arid ecosystem, shale, shallow soils, shelter plot, sites, soil chemistry, soil resources, soil sciences, soil texture, species diversity, temporal data, terrestrial ecosystems, upper Colorado Plateau, vegetation, Fewer tags Sagebrush recovery analyzed with a dynamic reference approach in southwestern Wyoming, USA 1985-2018 Identifying ecologically relevant reference sites is important for evaluating ecosystem recovery, but the relevance of references that are temporally static is unclear in the context of vast landscapes with disturbance and environmental contexts varying over space and time. This question is pertinent for landscapes dominated by sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) which face a suite of threats from disturbance and development but also have lengthy recovery times. Here, we applied a dynamic reference approach to studying and projecting recovery of sagebrush on former oil and gas well pads in southwestern Wyoming, USA, using over 3 decades of remote sensing data (1985–2018). We also used quantile regression to evaluate factors... Tags: Southwestern Wyoming, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-PL Sagebrush Steppe, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Greater sage-grouse, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Native Species Restoration, All tags... USGS-EMA-LOW-SS Oil and gas, United States of America, Upper Colorado River Basin, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative, atmospheric and climatic processes, biota, habitat alteration and disturbance, habitats, natural resource management, remediation, soil moisture, Fewer tags Meteorological measurements from five locations within the Badger Wash study area near Mack, Colorado (ver. 2.0, April 2023) These data are records collected from an automated weather station and four stand-alone tipping bucket rain gauges each with their own data logger that were in operation between February 2005 and December 2019 in the Badger Wash Study Area near Mack, Colorado as part of a larger project funded by the Bureau of Land Management. These files are hourly-interval data from the automated weather station with meteorological parameters of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, wind gusts, photon flux density and rainfall as well as from a soil pit with temperature and soil moisture measurements at 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 cm deep. The standalone tipping-bucket rain gauge data which records... Categories: Data; Tags: Badger Wash, Badger Wash Met Station, Badger Wash Study Area, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, All tags... Mack, Mesa County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), air temperature, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, elevation, field inventory and monitoring, land ownership, leaf wetness, meteorology, meterological measurements, micrometeorological conditions, plot data, precipitation, precipitation (atmospheric), precipitation measurement, rain, rain gauges, rain intensity, rainfall measurement, relative humidity, soil temperature, topography, volumetric water content, water content, watershed, weather, weather observations, weather station, wind, wind direction, wind speed, Fewer tags Vegetation and soil data describing oil and gas well pad reclamation and surrounding reference areas in the Southwestern United States These data were compiled to monitor potential changes in vegetation and soil properties to indicate recovery of reclaimed oil and gas sites with time since reclamation and allow for the comparison of reclaimed well pads with reference sites of similar site characteristics. Objective(s) of our study were to identify the recovery patterns of (1) individual soil characteristics and (2) holistic multivariate soil recovery as well as (3) determine how site properties and environmental factors affect reclamation outcomes. These data represent observations of 134 reclaimed oil and gas well pads. These data were collected by Assessment Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) certified field crews using field observations and AIM... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Geography, All tags... Information Sciences, New Mexico, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS:653fdc59d34ee4b6e05bc637, Utah, atmospheric and climatic processes, biogeochemisty, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, data release, drilling and coring, environment, field methods, field sampling, geoscientificInformation, habitat alteration and disturbance, land use and land cover, remediation, soil chemistry, soil sciences, Fewer tags Geodatabase of oil and gas pads and roads within the Bureau of Land Management's Carlsbad Field Office administrative boundary, New Mexico This database contains spatial data on the location, number, size and extent of energy-related surface disturbances within the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) administrative area. The BLM administers over 2 million acres of surface estate and 3 million acres of mineral estate in the southeastern portion of New Mexico. The BLM requires a thorough and comprehensive reasonable foreseeable development (RFD) scenario which quantifies the current and future potential of oil and gas resources and the necessary water use associated with those activities. The database includes: 1) polygons of oil and gas pads generated from automated and manual classification of aerial imagery, 2) polylines... Tags: Ecology, Energy Resources, Geography, Land Use Change, Mineral Resources, All tags... New Mexico, Permian Basin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, environment, gas, oil, oil and gas, roads, wells, Fewer tags