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These data support a paired USGS publication and document the use of retention ponds on commercial poultry farms by wild waterfowl.
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Geologic structure and isopach maps were constructed by interpreting over 19,890 trackline kilometers of co-located multichannel boomer, sparker and chirp seismic reflection profiles from the continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters. In this region, Brothers and others (2020) interpret 12 seismic units and 11 regional unconformities. They interpret the infilled channels as Late Tertiary and Quaternary courses of the Susquehanna, Potomac, Rappahannock, York and James Rivers and tributaries, in addition to a broad drainage system. These regional unconformities form a composite unconformity interpreted as the Quaternary-Tertiary (Q-T) unconformity. A depth to Tertiary...
Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: 32-bit GeoTIFF, Applied Acoustics S-Boom Source, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags...
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U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists completed a stream surveying campaign from the 26th of July to the 13th of August in 2021 at thirty 100m reaches within the Shenandoah Valley throughout Virginia and West Virginia. The goal was to collect three cross sections, water surface elevation at the top and bottom of each reach, and thalweg point data at each study location to use the geomorphological surveys alongside habitat information. Together, these two sources of data can be used to create a habitat assessment of Shenandoah Valley streams. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
These tabular data are summaries of land use/land cover related variables within catchments of the Chesapeake Bay watershed using the Xstrm methodology at 1:24,000 scale. Variables being counted as land use/land cover related contain all land use and land cover data including datasets that are split off or combined from those data (eg. agriculture or impervious classes only datasets). Outputs consist of tabular comma-separated values files (CSVs) for both the local catchment and network summaries linked to the National Hydrography Dataset Plus High-Resolution (NHDPlus HR) framework by NHDPlus ID. Local catchments are defined as the single catchment the data is summarized within. Network accumulation summaries were...
Categories: Data; Tags: Agriculture, Aquatic Biology, Catchment, Catchments, Chesapeake, All tags...
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As part of a larger study examining stream conditions and the effect of Best Management Practices in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, thirty small streams on the Delmarva Peninsula were instrumented and monitored for gage height (water level), water temperature, and air temperature using Onset HOBO sensors from March to September 2022. In addition, two discrete discharge measurements were made at baseflow at each site. This data release contains four .csv files with time-series for gage height, water temperature, and air temperature for all thirty monitoring locations and a table of discrete discharge measurements and associated field measurement metadata: Delmarva_2022_Continuous_Air_Temperature.csv Delmarva_2022_Continuous_Gage_Height.csv...
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These data, which support a paired USGS publication, describe the efficacy of several management practices for reducing the presence of herring gulls in the nesting colonies of Common Terns. This data was collected on Poplar Island, located in the Chesapeake Bay portion of Maryland.
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This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Chesapeake Bay. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands. For this purpose, the response and resilience of coastal wetlands to physical factors...
These tabular data are summaries of human related landscape variables within catchments of the Chesapeake Bay watershed using the Xstrm methodology at 1:24,000 scale. Variables being counted as human related include agriculture, barriers, road density and road/stream crossing data. Outputs consist of tabular comma-separated values files (CSVs) for both local catchment and network summaries linked to the National Hydrography Dataset Plus High-Resolution (NHDPlus HR) framework by NHDPlus ID. Local catchments are defined as the single catchment the data is summarized within. Network accumulation summaries were completed for each of the local catchments and their network connected upstream and/or downstream catchments....
Categories: Data; Tags: Agriculture, Aquatic Biology, Catchment, Catchments, Chesapeake, All tags...
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These videos show a pair of common terns usurping a least tern nest with chicks. These data support a paired USGS authored manuscript.
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U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists completed a data collection campaign from the 25th of April to the 10th of June in 2022, using various methods to record geomorphic and habitat indicators throughout 30 streams on the Delmarva Peninsula. Field methods included GNSS surveys, gravelometer-based pebble count readings, visual assessments, and riparian analyses. This metadata record contains all raw observations from the campaign as well as numerous summary metrics to be used in model development. Those "model-ready" data can be found in Delmarva_Model_Deliverable.csv in the parent item, while the two child items containing raw in-channel observations and raw survey data. Attached to this release is a data dictionary...
These tabular data are summaries of natural environment related variables within catchments of the Chesapeake Bay watershed using the Xstrm methodology at 1:24,000 scale. Variables being counted as natural environment related include topography, soils/geology, hydrology/geomorphology, and other physical aspects of surface waters (temperature, flow, etc.). Outputs consist of tabular comma-separated values files (CSVs) for the local catchment linked to the National Hydrography Dataset Plus High-Resolution (NHDPlus HR) framework by NHDPlus ID. Local catchments are defined as the single catchment the data is summarized within. The summarized data tables are structured as a single column representing the catchment id...
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The marsh-forest boundary in the Chesapeake Bay was determined by geoprocessing high-resolution (1 square meter) land use and land cover data sets. Perpendicular transects were cast at standard intervals (30 meters) along the boundary within a GIS by repurposing the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) Version 5.0, an ArcGIS extension developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Average and maximum slope values were assigned to each transect from surface elevation data. The same values were also provided as points at the center of the transect where it crossed over the boundary. The slope values across the marsh-forest transition zone and at the boundary itself provide comprehensive data layers for local, state,...
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U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists completed a data collection campaign from the 25th of April to the 10th of June in 2022, using various methods to record geomorphic and habitat indicators throughout 30 streams on the Delmarva Peninsula. Field methods included GNSS surveys, gravelometer-based pebble count readings, visual assessments, and riparian analyses. These data contain all raw field metrics from the in-channel habitat assessment as well as the rapid riparian assessment. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists completed a data collection campaign from the 26th of June to the 13th of August in 2021, using various methods to record geomorphic and habitat indicators throughout streams in the Shenandoah Valley. Field methods included GNSS surveys, gravelometer-based pebble count readings, visual assessments, and riparian analyses. This metadata record contains all raw observations from the campaign as well as numerous summary metrics to be used in model development. Those "model-ready" data can be found in Shenandoah_Model_Deliverable.csv in the parent item, while the two child items containing raw in-channel observations and raw survey data. Attached to this release is a data dictionary...
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This data set includes information pertaining to 300 bivalve mollusk tissue samples collected from mollusk specimens from waters in eastern Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula. Data includes source location, species, morphometric data, and IAV matrix gene detection status for the bivalve samples collected and analyzed in the associated study.
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We collated existing quantitative data on avian dietary composition of 58 waterbird species that make use of the Chesapeake Bay. From this database, we quantified the relative importance of forage taxa to the diets of each waterbird species. This data will enable us to develop a comprehensive suite of forage taxa indicators whose abundance and distributions can be monitored as a proxy for Chesapeake Bay ecosystem health. These data support a paired USGS authored publication.
Categories: Data; Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Foodweb, Waterbirds, biota
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U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists completed a stream surveying campaign from the 25th of April to the 10th of June in 2022 at 100m reaches throughout 30 streams on the Delmarva Peninsula. The goal was to collect three cross sections, water surface elevation at the top and bottom of each reach, and thalweg point data at each study location to use the geomorphological surveys alongside habitat information. Together, these two sources of data can be used to create a habitat assessment of Delmarva Peninsula streams. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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Geologic structure and isopach maps were constructed by interpreting over 19.890 trackline kilometers of co-located multichannel boomer, sparker and chirp seismic reflection profiles from the continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters. In this region, Brothers and others (2020) interpret 12 seismic units and 11 regional unconformities. They interpret the infilled channels as Late Tertiary and Quaternary courses of the Susquehanna, Potomac, Rappahannock, York and James Rivers and tributaries, in addition to a broad drainage system. These regional unconformities form a composite unconformity interpreted as the Quaternary-Tertiary (Q-T) unconformity. A depth to Tertiary...
Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: 32-bit GeoTIFF, Applied Acoustics S-Boom Source, Assateague Island, Assateague Island National Seashore, Atlantic Ocean, All tags...
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While small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) present a unique opportunity to survey avian populations while limiting disturbance, relatively little is known about how this method compares with more traditional approaches. In this study we compared population estimates of a mixed-species egret colony in the Chesapeake Bay (Maryland, USA) derived from UAS photo counts, flush counts, flight-line surveys, and in-colony nest counts along with the time required to derive an estimate via each approach. These data support a larger USGS manuscript.
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This is a Data Release containing conductivity and water temperature data for selected springs in the headwaters of the Potomac River basin. This work is supported by USGS Chesapeake Bay studies.


map background search result map search result map Influenza A virus detected from bivalves in waterfowl habitat of the Delmarva Peninsula Slope Values Across Marsh-Forest Boundary in Chesapeake Bay Region, USA Comparing various survey methods for estimating the number of colonial nesting white egret pairs Shenandoah Valley Stream Health and Habitat Assessments in West Virginia and Virginia, 2021 (ver. 2.0, November 2023) Shenandoah Valley Stream Survey (2021) Elevation of marsh units in Chesapeake Bay salt marshes Data regarding the efficacy of management practices for controlling gull use of Common Tern nesting colonies Conductivity and temperature data for selected springs in the Potomac River headwaters from 2021-2023 Discharge measurements, air temperature, water temperature, and gage height data for select stream monitoring locations across Delmarva Peninsula (2022) Summary data on the forage base and critical forage taxa for Chesapeake waterbirds - First Order Tables Depth to Quaternary regional unconformities offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters Thickness of Quaternary seismic stratigraphic units offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters Data describing the use of retention ponds on commercial poultry facilities on Delmarva by wild waterfowl Video observations of Common Terns usurping and brooding Least Tern chicks Delmarva Peninsula Stream Health and Habitat Assessments in Maryland and Delaware (2022) Delmarva Peninsula Raw Habitat and Riparian Assessment Data (2022) Delmarva Peninsula Stream Survey (2022) Video observations of Common Terns usurping and brooding Least Tern chicks Data regarding the efficacy of management practices for controlling gull use of Common Tern nesting colonies Comparing various survey methods for estimating the number of colonial nesting white egret pairs Conductivity and temperature data for selected springs in the Potomac River headwaters from 2021-2023 Data describing the use of retention ponds on commercial poultry facilities on Delmarva by wild waterfowl Discharge measurements, air temperature, water temperature, and gage height data for select stream monitoring locations across Delmarva Peninsula (2022) Influenza A virus detected from bivalves in waterfowl habitat of the Delmarva Peninsula Depth to Quaternary regional unconformities offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters Delmarva Peninsula Stream Health and Habitat Assessments in Maryland and Delaware (2022) Delmarva Peninsula Raw Habitat and Riparian Assessment Data (2022) Delmarva Peninsula Stream Survey (2022) Thickness of Quaternary seismic stratigraphic units offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters Shenandoah Valley Stream Health and Habitat Assessments in West Virginia and Virginia, 2021 (ver. 2.0, November 2023) Shenandoah Valley Stream Survey (2021) Elevation of marsh units in Chesapeake Bay salt marshes Slope Values Across Marsh-Forest Boundary in Chesapeake Bay Region, USA Summary data on the forage base and critical forage taxa for Chesapeake waterbirds - First Order Tables