USGS Topo Map Vector Data (Vector) 70612 Laguna Dam, Arizona 20180807 for 7.5 x 7.5 minute Shapefile

Layers of geospatial data include contours, boundaries, land cover, hydrography, roads, transportation, geographic names, structures, and other selected map features.

Types: Citation; Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, 7.5 x 7.5 minute, CA, California, Combined Vector, All tags... Combined Vector, Combined Vector, Downloadable Data, ImperialCounty, Public Land Survey System, Shapefile, Shapefile, US, United States, YumaCounty, boundary, contours, geographic names, hydrography, structures, transportation, woodland, Fewer tags

USGS Topo Map Vector Data (Vector) 8487 Chicken Hills, Oregon 20200714 for 7.5 x 7.5 minute Shapefile

Layers of geospatial data include contours, boundaries, land cover, hydrography, roads, transportation, geographic names, structures, and other selected map features.

Types: Citation; Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, 7.5 x 7.5 minute, CA, California, Combined Vector, All tags... Combined Vector, Combined Vector, Downloadable Data, Klamath County, OR, Oregon, Public Land Survey System, Shapefile, Shapefile, Siskiyou County, US, United States, boundary, contours, geographic names, hydrography, structures, transportation, woodland, Fewer tags

Oil and Gas Well Density in the Western United States

Development of oil and gas wells leads to the destruction and fragmentation of natural habitat. Oil and gas wells also increase noise levels which has been shown to be detrimental to some wildlife species. Therefore, the density of oil and gas wells in the western United States was modeled based on data obtained from the National Oil and Gas Assessment.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, California, Colorado, Conservation Assessment, Idaho, All tags... Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, density, environment, gas wells, geoscientificInformation, natural gas resources, natural resource extraction, oil resources, oil wells, wells, Fewer tags

Average STATSGO Soil Characteristics for the Western United States

This data set depicts soil characteristics in western North America. The data set was created from NRCS STATSGO soil data. Calculations were made to reduce one to many relationships to one to one relationships in order to summarize average water capacity, depth to rock, salinity, and pH for each map unit (MUID). ArcMap 8.3 was used to import .dbf files and merge newly created attribute fields to the GIS soil coverage.

Tags: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, All tags... Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Western United States, Wyoming, average water capacity, earth material properties, geology, geoscientificInformation, ph, rock depth, salinity, soil chemistry, soil moisture, soil sciences, Fewer tags

Annual California Sea Otter Census - 2017 Spring Census Summary

The spring 2017 mainland sea otter count began on April 30, and although the shore-based counts were completed by May 12, 2017, the aerial counts were not completed until July 12, 2017. Overall viewing conditions this year were good, although not as good as conditions experienced during the 2016 spring census (View Score 2.4 versus 3.1, where 0=poor, 1=fair, 2=good, 3=very good, and 4=excellent). The surface canopies of kelp (Macrocystis sp.) were considered by most participants to be considerably below normal for this time of year in most areas of the mainland range. Sea otters along the mainland coast were surveyed from Pillar Point in San Mateo County in the north to Rincon Point in the south at the Santa Barbara/Ventura...

Types: Citation; Tags: California, Central California Coastal, Coast, Southern California Coastal, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... aerial counts, biota, distribution, environment, ocean, range, sea otter census, sea otters, sea otters, shore counts, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Proportion July - Sep) - 2020-2050 - RCP8.5 - Min

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Temperature (Mean: Annual) - 2020-2050 - RCP8.5 - Min

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Proportion May - Oct) - 1980-2010

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Proportion May - Oct) - 2070-2100 - RCP4.5 - Min

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Proportion May - Oct) - 2020-2050 - RCP4.5 - Min

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Mean: Apr - June) - 2070-2100 - RCP4.5 - Max

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Mean: Dec - Mar) - 2020-2050 - RCP4.5 - Min

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

USGS Topo Map Vector Data (Vector) 41511 Siskiyou Pass, Oregon 20200713 for 7.5 x 7.5 minute Shapefile

Layers of geospatial data include contours, boundaries, land cover, hydrography, roads, transportation, geographic names, structures, and other selected map features.

Types: Citation; Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, 7.5 x 7.5 minute, CA, California, Combined Vector, All tags... Combined Vector, Combined Vector, Downloadable Data, Jackson County, OR, Oregon, Public Land Survey System, Shapefile, Shapefile, Siskiyou County, US, United States, boundary, contours, geographic names, hydrography, structures, transportation, woodland, Fewer tags

Supporting Data QC Field Spikes SW NAWQA 2012-2015

Field spikes were prepared at 207 stream and river sites as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) project between December, 2012, and September, 2015. At the field site, a depth-and width-integrated environmental sample was collected, and one subsample of the environmental sample was spiked with a known amount of a spike mixture. Both the spiked subsample ("spike sample") and another subsample ("environmental sample") of the original water sample were analyzed for pesticides at the USGS National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) by direct injection liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and were used to calculate the spike recovery of each analyte....

Tags: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, All tags... Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, River, South Carolina, Stream, Surface water, Texas, United States, Utah, Virginia, Washington, field spike, fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, laboratory methods, pesticide, pesticide degradate, quality control, water quality, Fewer tags

Data for calculating population, collision and displacement vulnerability among marine birds of the California Current System associated with offshore wind energy infrastructure (ver. 2.0, June 2017)

The U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center (USGS-WERC) was requested by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to create a database for marine birds of the California Current System (CCS) that would allow quantification and species ranking regarding vulnerability to offshore wind energy infrastructure (OWEI). This was needed so that resource managers could evaluate potential impacts associated with siting and construction of OWEI within the California Current System section of the Pacific Offshore Continental Shelf, including California, Oregon, and Washington. Along with its accompanying Open File Report (OFR), this comprehensive database can be used (and modified or updated) to quantify...

Categories: Data Release - Revised; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Biota, California, California Current System, Environment, Ocean wind energy, All tags... Oregon, Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, Renewable energy, Seabirds, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vulnerability assessment, Washington, Fewer tags

Temperature (Mean: Annual) - 2020-2050 - RCP4.5 - Max

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

USGS Topo Map Vector Data (Vector) 31077 Mule Wash, Arizona 20180807 for 7.5 x 7.5 minute FileGDB 10.1

Layers of geospatial data include contours, boundaries, land cover, hydrography, roads, transportation, geographic names, structures, and other selected map features.

Types: Citation; Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, 7.5 x 7.5 minute, CA, California, Combined Vector, All tags... Combined Vector, Combined Vector, Downloadable Data, FileGDB 10.1, FileGDB 10.1, La PazCounty, Public Land Survey System, RiversideCounty, US, United States, boundary, contours, geographic names, hydrography, structures, transportation, woodland, Fewer tags

USGS 1:1,000,000-Scale Federal Lands of the United States 201412 FileGDB

This map layer consists of federally owned or administered lands of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For the most part, only areas of 320 acres or more are included; some smaller areas deemed to be important or significant are also included. There may be private inholdings within the boundaries of Federal lands in this map layer. Some established Federal lands which are larger than 320 acres are not included in this map layer, because their boundaries were not available from the owning or administering agency.

Tags: Air Force, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, All tags... Army, BIA, BLM, BOR, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, California, Coast Guard, Colorado, Connecticut, Coordinated Area, DHS, DOC, DOD, DOE, DOJ, DOL, DOT, Delaware, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, District of Columbia, Downloadable Data, Downloadable Data, Experimental Range, Experimental Station, FS, FWS, Federal Center, Federal Correctional Complex, Federal Penitentiary, Federal lands, Field Site, FileGDB 10.1, FileGDB 10.1, Fish and Wildlife Service, Flight Center, Florida, Forest Service, GSA, General Services Administration, Georgia, HHS, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indian Reservation, Indiana, Iowa, Job Corps Center, Kansas, Kentucky, Law Enforcement Training Center, Louisiana, MWAA, MWAA, Maine, Marine Corps, Maryland, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, NASA, NIH, NPS, National, National, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Battlefield, National Cemetery, National Conservation Area, National Fish Hatchery, National Forest, National Game Preserve, National Grassland, National Guard, National Historic Park, National Historic Reserve, National Historic Site, National Institutes of Health, National Laboratory, National Lakeshore, National Memorial, National Military Park, National Monument, National Natural Landmark, National Park, National Park Service, National Parkway, National Preserve, National Recreation Area, National Reserve, National Scenic Area, National Seashore, National Wild and Scenic River, National Wilderness Area, National Wildlife Refuge, Naval Petroleum Reserve, Navy, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Public Domain Land, Puerto Rico, Research Facility, Research Natural Area, Research Station, Rhode Island, Scenic Area, Small-scale Datasets, Small-scale Datasets, Small-scale Datasets, Small-scale Datasets - Boundaries, South Carolina, South Dakota, Space Center, TVA, Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Authority, Test Site, Texas, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Virgin Islands, US, USA, USDA, United States, Utah, VA, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, Waterfowl Production Area, West Virginia, Wild Horse Range, Wild and Scenic River, Wilderness Area, Wildlife Management Area, Wisconsin, Wyoming, boundaries, intelligenceMilitary, society, Fewer tags

Reproductive ecology data for female Agassiz's desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in Joshua Tree National Park, USA

These data were compiled to evaluate the reproductive ecology of Agassiz's desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizzi) in the Sonoran Desert of California using two populations within Joshua Tree National Park, including five reproductive seasons that spanned 20 years (1997-1999, 2015-2016). Compared to their conspecifics inhabiting the Mojave Desert, the reproductive ecology of G. agassizii in the Sonoran Desert is understudied. Climatic variation between the two deserts can affect reproductive ecology, including fecundity and clutch phenology. Mature female tortoises (straight-line carapace length ≥ 20 cm) outfitted with radiotransmitters were located and X-radiographed approximately every 10-14 days during the reproductive...

Categories: Data; Tags: Agassiz's desert tortoise, California, Ecology, Geography, Gopherus agassizii, All tags... Information Sciences, Joshua Tree National Park, Sonoran Desert, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, X-radiography, X-ray egg width, biota, climatic variation, clutch number, clutch phenology, clutch size, ecology, egg production, egg size, fecundity, field monitoring, field sampling, nests, reproductive ecology, size, tortoise, Fewer tags

Distribution and mapping of the snail Cerithideopsis (Cerithidea) californica at Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, June to August 2012

We collected detailed spatial data on the density and size distribution of intertidal snails as part of a broader effort to understand food webs in California estuaries. The survey area was Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, which comprises 9 Ha tidal channels, 2 Ha salt flats, 17 Ha upland habitat, 6 Ha tidal pans, 52 Ha vegetated marsh, 2 Ha tidal flats. Using nearly 4,000 transects in potential snail habitat, we mapped snails throughout the estuary. Specifically, we systematically placed transects at intervals stratified within targeted habitat types: channels, pans, or marsh (or planar habitat that was mixed marsh and pan). At a quarter of the quadrats, we also estimated snail size-frequency distributions....

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Carpinteria, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Barbara County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... distribution, estuary, habitat, mapping, salt marsh, snail, trematodes, Fewer tags