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U.S. Seismic Hazard Maps - 2002 Edition The 2002 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Seismic Hazard Maps display earthquake ground motions for various probability levels across the United States and are applied in seismic provisions of building codes, insurance rate structures, risk assessments, and other public policy. This update of the maps incorporates new findings on earthquake ground shaking, faults, seismicity, and geodesy. The resulting maps are derived from seismic hazard curves calculated on a grid of sites across the United States that describe the frequency of exceeding a set of ground motions. Types: Citation; Tags: B/C site class boundary, EHP, Earthquake Hazards Program, GHSC, Geologic Hazards Science Center, All tags... Hazard Maps, NEHRP, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program, National Seismic Hazard Maps, Seismic Hazard Maps, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Vs30, building codes, earthquake ground motions, earthquake probability, geophysics, insurance rate structures, probabilistic hazard maps, public policy, risk assessments, seismic hazard, seismic hazard curves, seismic provisions, spectral accelerations, tectonic, Fewer tags Percent impervious surface for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds This dataset contains watershed means of estimated percent impervious surfaces for three time periods: 1992, 2002, and 2012. Estimates are based on coefficients derived from comparing land use of the 2012 NAWQA Wall-to-wall Anthropogenic Land-use Trends (NWALT) product to the 2011 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) imperviousness, then applying those coefficients to previous years (1974-2002) of the NWALT dataset. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, District of Columbia, James River, Maryland, All tags... New York, Pennsylvania, Potomac River, Rappahannock River, Susquehanna River, Virginia, West Virginia, impervious surfaces, surface water quality, Fewer tags USGS Southwest Repeat Photography Collection: Kanab Creek, southern Utah and northern Arizona, 1872-2010: Stake 0696 This metadata record describes the materials contained in stake folder 696. Stake 696 is located at latitude 36.39889, longitude -112.63056. This location was photographed in the following years: 1872, 1968 and 1972. The materials associated with this item include original best quality images from each repeat date (preserved as digitized film images or in some cases digitized print photographs, depending on availability), scanned film envelopes with camera metadata, records of repeat photography sheets, and all field notes and/or camera notes associated with this stake. All attachments follow the following naming convention: stake_date_material_type_Kanab. Some stakes will have multiple materials from one repeat... Types: Citation; Tags: Albion camera, Colorado River, Dallmeyer lenses, Kanab Creek, Southwestern United States, All tags... Stanton expedition, camera station, climate change, deserts, ecosystem change, geomorphology, historic photographs, land surface characteristics, landscape change, negatives, northern Arizona, orthochromatic film, repeat photography, southern Utah, transparencies, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags USGS Southwest Repeat Photography Collection: Kanab Creek, southern Utah and northern Arizona, 1872-2010: Stake 0713 This metadata record describes the materials contained in stake folder 713. Stake 713 is located at latitude 36.42478, longitude -112.63036. This location was photographed in the following years: 1872 and 1968. The materials associated with this item include original best quality images from each repeat date (preserved as digitized film images or in some cases digitized print photographs, depending on availability), scanned film envelopes with camera metadata, records of repeat photography sheets, and all field notes and/or camera notes associated with this stake. All attachments follow the following naming convention: stake_date_material_type_Kanab. Some stakes will have multiple materials from one repeat date... Types: Citation; Tags: Albion camera, Colorado River, Dallmeyer lenses, Kanab Creek, Southwestern United States, All tags... Stanton expedition, camera station, climate change, deserts, ecosystem change, geomorphology, historic photographs, land surface characteristics, landscape change, negatives, northern Arizona, orthochromatic film, repeat photography, southern Utah, transparencies, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags USGS Southwest Repeat Photography Collection: Kanab Creek, southern Utah and northern Arizona, 1872-2010: Stake 2595 This metadata record describes the materials contained in stake folder 2595. Stake 2595 is located at latitude 36.392, longitude -112.629. This location was photographed in the following years: 1942 and 1993. The materials associated with this item include original best quality images from each repeat date (preserved as digitized film images or in some cases digitized print photographs, depending on availability), scanned film envelopes with camera metadata, records of repeat photography sheets, and all field notes and/or camera notes associated with this stake. All attachments follow the following naming convention: stake_date_material_type_Kanab. Some stakes will have multiple materials from one repeat date (e.g.,... Types: Citation; Tags: Albion camera, Colorado River, Dallmeyer lenses, Kanab Creek, Southwestern United States, All tags... Stanton expedition, camera station, climate change, deserts, ecosystem change, geomorphology, historic photographs, land surface characteristics, landscape change, negatives, northern Arizona, orthochromatic film, repeat photography, southern Utah, transparencies, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags USGS Southwest Repeat Photography Collection: Kanab Creek, southern Utah and northern Arizona, 1872-2010: Stake 1506 This metadata record describes the materials contained in stake folder 1506. Stake 1506 is located at latitude 36.38585, longitude -112.63963. This location was photographed in the following years: 1909 (no physical image) and 1990. The materials associated with this item include original best quality images from each repeat date (preserved as digitized film images or in some cases digitized print photographs, depending on availability), scanned film envelopes with camera metadata, records of repeat photography sheets, and all field notes and/or camera notes associated with this stake. All attachments follow the following naming convention: stake_date_material_type_Kanab. Some stakes will have multiple materials... Types: Citation; Tags: Albion camera, Colorado River, Dallmeyer lenses, Kanab Creek, Southwestern United States, All tags... Stanton expedition, camera station, climate change, deserts, ecosystem change, geomorphology, historic photographs, land surface characteristics, landscape change, negatives, northern Arizona, orthochromatic film, repeat photography, southern Utah, transparencies, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags Emergency Assessment of Post-Fire Debris-Flow Hazards Wildfire can significantly alter the hydrologic response of a watershed to the extent that even modest rainstorms can produce dangerous flash floods and debris flows. The USGS conducts post-fire debris-flow hazard assessments for select fires in the Western U.S. We use geospatial data related to basin morphometry, burn severity, soil properties, and rainfall characteristics to estimate the probability and volume of debris flows that may occur in response to a design storm. Types: Citation; Tags: GHSC, Geologic Hazards Science Center, LHP, Landslide Hazards Program, USGS, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, debris flow, flash floods, hazard assessments, hydrologic response, landslide hazard, wildfire, Fewer tags Data for Radium Mobility and the Age of Groundwater in Public-drinking-water Supplies from the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System, North-Central USA: Table 3. Detailed information on calculations of environmental tracer data. High radium (Ra) concentrations in potable portions of the Cambrian-Ordovician (C-O) aquifer system were investigated using water-quality data and environmental tracers ( 3H, 3Hetrit, SF6 , 14C and 4Herad) of groundwater age from 80 public-supply wells (PSWs). Groundwater ages were estimated by calibration of tracers to lumped parameter models and ranged from modern (1 Myr) in the most downgradient, confined portions of the potable system. More than 80 and 40 percent of mean groundwater ages were older than 1000 and 50,000 yr, respectively. Anoxic, Fe-reducing conditions and increased mineralization develop with time in the aquifer system and mobilize Ra into solution resulting in the frequent occurrence of combined... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, All tags... NAWQA, Wisconsin, alpha recoil, cycle 3, dissolved gas, groundwater age, lumped parameter modeling, nawqa, radium, radium 226 distribution coefficient, recharge temperature, water quality, Fewer tags 3) Streambed particle data Seventeen streamflow-gaging stations, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and distributed across the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma were selected for analysis. Bed material sampling was conducted to obtain information on the particle-size distributions of the streambed materials and to determine the shapes of the individual particles comprising the streambeds. Information on stream-bed particle-size distribution was used to compute the potential rate of bed-load transport and is a parameter used in the Rosgen (Rosgen, 1996) stream reach classification system. Streambed-material particle sizes were measured using two methods. The first method was Wolman pebble counts conducted across the riffles... Types: Citation; Tags: Alum Fork Saline River, AR, Arkansas, Bankfull, Barnes Branch, AR, Bed-load, All tags... Big Fork Stream, AR, Caddo River, AR, Cossatot River, AR, Fouche LaFave River, AR, Geomorphology, Glazypeau Creek, AR, Hydraulic Geometry, Jackson Creek, AR, Kiamichi River, OK, Lewis Creek, AR, Little Missouri River, AR, Little Sugarloaf Creek, AR, Mountain Fork, OK, Oklahoma, Ouachita Mountains, Regional Curves, Rock Creek, AR, Saline River, AR, Stream Classification, Twomile Creek, AR, Fewer tags Permafrost Soil Measurements; Alaska, 2015 This release contains Active Layer Thickness (ALT) and Organic Layer Thickness (OLT) measurements measured along transects in Alaska, 2015. Site condition information in terms of wildfire burns is also included. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Active layer, Active layer thickness, Alaska, Borehole nuclear magnetic resonance, Chatanika, All tags... City of Fairbanks, Coldfoot, Disturbance, Fire, GGGSC, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Organic layer, Organic layer thickness, Permafrost, Resistivity profiling, Soils, Toolik Lake, environment, fire damage, fires, geoscientificInformation, permafrost, resistivity, soil moisture, Fewer tags Wastewater Treatment Plant Total Phosphorus Flux Load Estimates Red River of the North Basin The dataset contains estimates for total phosphorus flux from wastewater treatment plants that discharge to surface water within the Red River of the North Basin in the United States and subbasins. Shapefiles defining the subbasins are available as part of the same data release in which these data are published. Estimates of wastewater treatment plant total phosphorus flux (or load) were calculated by Tammy Ivanhnenko for the years 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. Flux estimates were based on the average discharge from the wastewater treatment plants and treatment level, both reported as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Watershed Needs Survey,... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Crookston, Emerson, Fargo, Halstad, Kindred, All tags... Minnesota, Moorhead, Neche, North Dakota, Pembina River, Red Lake River, Red River of the North, Sheyenne River, South Dakota, nutrient content (water), surface water quality, total phosphorus, wastewater discharge, Fewer tags Decomposition rates and carbon:nitrogen ratios for different litter types, 2015 This data table contains mean decomposition rates and mean carbon:nitrogen ratios for different litter types buried in 7 marshes during 2015. Note that C:N data are repeated for low and high marsh areas at each site in the table. These data support the following publication: Janousek, C.N., Buffington, K.J., Guntenspergen, G.R. et al. Ecosystems (2017). doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0111-6. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-017-0111-6 Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Deschampsia cespitosa, Distichlis spicata, Pacific coast, Salicornia pacifica, carbon cycling, All tags... climate change, decomposition, inundation, organic matter, plant composition, sea-level change, tidal marsh, Fewer tags Litter Decomposition Rates, 2015 This data set contains decomposition rates for litter of Salicornia pacifica, Distichlis spicata, and Deschampsia cespitosa buried at 7 tidal marsh sites in 2015. Sediment organic matter values were collected at a subset of sites. These data support the following publication: Janousek, C.N., Buffington, K.J., Guntenspergen, G.R. et al. Ecosystems (2017). doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0111-6. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-017-0111-6 Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Deschampsia cespitosa, Distichlis spicata, Pacific coast, Salicornia pacifica, carbon cycling, All tags... climate change, decomposition, inundation, organic matter, plant composition, sea-level change, tidal marsh, Fewer tags Exotic and perennial grass cover for pastures in the Soda Fire (2016) The point data file ("Soda Fire Point and Pasture Data (2016).Point Data.csv") includes 2016 vegetative cover values of exotic annual grass and perennial grass measured within three different types of plots for 75 pastures in the Soda Fire, which burned in 2015: 6m² plot using a grid-point intercept photo software, SamplePoint (Booth et al. 2006), 1m² quadrat using an unguided rapid ocular estimate in the field, 531m² circular plot using an unguided rapid ocular estimate in the field. Smaller plots were nested within larger plots. The pasture data file ("Soda Fire Point and Pasture Data (2016).Pasture Data.csv") includes pasture level metrics of area, elevation, precipitation, slope, heatload, soils, and herbicide... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Botany, Ecology, Idaho, Idaho BLM, Land Use Change, All tags... Malheur County, Oregon, Owyhee County, Soda Wildfire, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, exotic annual grass, fires, grid point intercept, perennial grass, sample size, vegetation, vegetation cover, Fewer tags USGS Southwest Repeat Photography Collection: Kanab Creek, southern Utah and northern Arizona, 1872-2010: Stake 2411 This metadata record describes the materials contained in stake folder 2411. Stake 2411 is located at latitude 36.426, longitude -112.639. This location was photographed in the following years: 1872, 1968 and 1995. The materials associated with this item include original best quality images from each repeat date (preserved as digitized film images or in some cases digitized print photographs, depending on availability), scanned film envelopes with camera metadata, records of repeat photography sheets, and all field notes and/or camera notes associated with this stake. All attachments follow the following naming convention: stake_date_material_type_Kanab. Some stakes will have multiple materials from one repeat date... Types: Citation; Tags: Albion camera, Colorado River, Dallmeyer lenses, Kanab Creek, Southwestern United States, All tags... Stanton expedition, camera station, climate change, deserts, ecosystem change, geomorphology, historic photographs, land surface characteristics, landscape change, negatives, northern Arizona, orthochromatic film, repeat photography, southern Utah, transparencies, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags ShakeMap – Earthquake Ground Motion and Shaking Intensity Maps ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes. These maps are used by federal, state, and local organizations, both public and private, for post-earthquake response and recovery, public and scientific information, as well as for preparedness exercises and disaster planning. Types: Citation; Tags: ANSS, Advanced National Seismic System, ComCat, Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, Earth, All tags... Earthquake Hazards Program, GHSC, Geologic Hazards Science Center, ShakeMap, USGS, disaster planning, earth science, earthquake hazard, geophysics, ground motion, post-earthquake recovery, post-earthquake response, preparedness exercises, real time monitoring, regional earthquake, regional seismic networks, seismic hazard, seismology, shaking intensity, tectonophysics, Fewer tags Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Scenarios A scenario represents one realization of a potential future earthquake by assuming a particular magnitude, location, and fault-rupture geometry and estimating shaking using a variety of strategies. In planning and coordinating emergency response, utilities, local government, and other organizations are best served by conducting training exercises based on realistic earthquake situations—ones similar to those they are most likely to face. ShakeMap Scenario earthquakes can fill this role. They can also be used to examine exposure of structures, lifelines, utilities, and transportation corridors to specified potential earthquakes. A ShakeMap earthquake scenario is a predictive ShakeMap with an assumed magnitude and... Types: Citation; Tags: Earthquake Hazards Program, GHSC, Geologic Hazards Science Center, ShakeMap, USGS, All tags... United States, earth science, earthquake hazard, earthquake scenario, fault-rupture geometry, geophysics, seismic hazard, seismology, Fewer tags Map of Whooping Crane stopover site use intensity within the Great Plains from satellite telemetered birds, 2010-2014 Whooping cranes (Grus americana) of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population migrate twice each year through the Great Plains in North America. Recovery activities for this endangered species include providing adequate places to stop and rest during migration, which are generally referred to as stopover sites. To assist in recovery efforts, initial estimates of stopover site use intensity are presented, which provide opportunity to identify areas across the migration range used more intensively by whooping cranes. We used location data acquired from 58 unique individuals fitted with platform transmitting terminals that collected global position system locations. Radio-tagged birds provided 2,158 stopover sites over 10... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: North America, biota, birds, endangered species, migratory birds, All tags... migratory species, special status species, wading birds, Fewer tags Sandhill crane roosts use, channel characteristics, and environmental variables along the Platte River, Nebraska, 2003-2007 The central Platte River Valley represents a key mid-latitude stopover This dataset supports a contemporary analysis of nocturnal roost selection for sandhill cranes staging along the Platte River during 2003-2007. We explored variation in selection for previously established characteristics of roost sites, including river channel width, vegetation height along the river bank, and distance to nearest disturbance feature. This analysis also included novel environmental factors (yearly estimates of corn near roost sites, nightly temperature, wind speed, and river discharge) and how they may interact with the more established characteristics. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: animal tracking, biota, birds, environment, fUS31 = Nebraska, All tags... habitat selection, migratory birds, q45086NWA3 = Platte River, roosting behavior, roosts, Fewer tags Geophysical Site Characterization of Bay Area Seismic Monitoring Stations: Vs-depth Profiling, NEHRP Site Classifications, and Linear Shallow Seismic Amplification Functions New active-source shallow seismic (shear-wave and acoustic-wave) measurements were obtained at 18 prioritized seismic monitoring station locations in the north San Francisco Bay area to measure site-specific ground motion amplification effects, soil depth, depth to bedrock (Z1.0 Vs=1 km/s), calculate site specific velocity-depth profiles and Vs30, and develop NEHRP site classifications for each location. This study was led by Principal Investigators Jamey Turner, Cooper Brossy, and Daniel O’Connell and field data were acquired by Glendon Adams and Lincoln Steele. Seismic monitoring sites that recorded high PGA values during the M6.0 Napa earthquake, proximal to higher population densities, and sites recommended... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: California, EHP, Earthquake Hazards Program, GHSC, Geologic Hazards Science Center, All tags... NEHRP, Napa, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, PGA, PGV, San Francisco Bay, USGS, United States, earth science, earthquake hazard, geophysical survey, geophysics, peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, seismic hazards, seismic monitoring, seismic velocity, seismology, shear wave velocity, tectonophysics, Fewer tags 1 2 3 4 5 ... »