Colorado National Monument Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data

The vegetation units on this map were determined through a series of image processing steps including unsupervised classification, ecological modeling and stereoscopic interpretation of aerial photographs supported by field sampling and ecological analysis. The vegetation boundaries were identified on the photographs by means of the photographic signature and collateral information on slope, hydrology, geography, and vegetation in accordance with the Standardized National Vegetation Classification System (October 1995). The mapped vegetation reflects conditions that existed during the specific year and season that the aerial photographs were taken. There is a margin of error inherent in the use of aerial photographs....

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Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Devils Kitchen, looking north from a ridge in the middle of No Thoroughfare Canyon. 1978.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Devils Kitchen, looking north from a ridge in the middle of No Thoroughfare Canyon. An erosional remnant of the Wingate Sandstone capped by the lowermost sandstone of the Kayenta Formation. Photograph by T.F. Giles, December 15, 1978. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508. Figure 57.

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Colorado National Monument, Colorado. South portal of the tunnel through Wingate Sandstone on the west side of No Thoroughfare Canyon above the east entrance.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. South portal of the tunnel through Wingate Sandstone on the west side of No Thoroughfare Canyon above the east entrance. Figure 56, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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Ladder Creek Monocline and Redlands Fault. Colorado National Monument, Colorado. 1976.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Ladder Creek Monocline and Redlands Fault. View is northwest from a point near Little Park Road east of the monument. No Thoroughfare Canyon in the foreground, which is bordered on the left by northeastward-dipping beds of Wingate Sandstone at the northwest end of Ladder Creek Monocline. Old Serpents Trail, the lower part of which is barely visible, ascends this dipping block of rock. The dark Proterozoic rocks form the flat-topped bluff on the right and are exposed by the Redlands Fault which lies just above the sharply upturned remnants of the Wingate Sandstone. 1976. Figure 29, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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Colorado National Monument. Looking northeast from Old Serpents Trail. Colorado. circa 1950.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Looking northeast from Old Serpents Trail, before 1950, when the trail was still used by cars and trucks. One of John Otto's old foot trails joins the old road at the lower middle. A lens of sandstone about 50 feet thick in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation begins just around the corner near the base of the high bluff across No Thoroughfare Canyon and is seen extending as far to the left as the normally dry wash that drains the canyon. When water flows down the wash after thunderstorms or from melting snow, the sandstone lens takes in water (recharge) which moves slowly down the dip of the lens to the northeast and supplies several artesian wells. In turn, the light...

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FSA 10:1 NAIP Imagery m_3910859_ne_12_1_20150911_20151102 3.75 x 3.75 minute JPEG2000 from The National Map

This data set contains imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). The NAIP program is administered by USDA FSA and has been established to support two main FSA strategic goals centered on agricultural production. These are, increase stewardship of America's natural resources while enhancing the environment, and to ensure commodities are procured and distributed effectively and efficiently to increase food security. The NAIP program supports these goals by acquiring and providing ortho imagery that has been collected during the agricultural growing season in the U.S. The NAIP ortho imagery is tailored to meet FSA requirements and is a fundamental tool used to support FSA farm and conservation programs....

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Total mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from U.S. national parks (ver. 9.0, November 2023)

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury concentrations in dragonfly samples from U.S. National Parks collected as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP). This data release supersedes Eagles-Smith, C.A., Nelson, S.J., Flanagan-Pritz, C.M., Willacker Jr., J.J., and Klemmer, A.J., 2018, Total mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from U.S. national parks (ver. 8.0, December 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TK6NPT. Please contact fresc_outreach@usgs.gov for access.

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Acadia National Park, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Amistad National Recreation Area, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, All tags... Aquatic Biology, Assateague Island National Seashore, Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Bear Creek Lake Park, Bear Meadows Natural Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Thicket National Preserve, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod National Seashore, Capitol Reef National Park, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Channel Islands National Park, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, City of Rocks National Reserve, Colorado National Monument, Congaree National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Denali National Park and Preserve, Devils Tower National Monument, East Inlet Natural Area-Connecticut Lakes Nature Preserve, Ecology, Ell Pond Preserve, Everglades National Park, Fort Larned National Historic Site, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge National Natural Landmark, Gateway National Recreation Area, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Homestead National Monument, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Joshua Tree National Park, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Lilley Cornett Woods, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Maurice National Wild and Scenic River, Minute Man National Historical Park, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Monocacy National Battlefield, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Trail, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Niobrara National Scenic River, North Cascades National Park, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Padre Island National Seashore, Petersburg National Battlefield, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pinnacles National Park, Pipestone National Monument, Prince William Forest Park, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Redwood National Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River, Rock Creek Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Sudbury, Assabet & Concord Wild & Scenic Rivers, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Weir Farm National Historical Park, Wekiva Wild & Scenic River, White Mountain National Forest, Wildlife Biology, Wind Cave National Park, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park, biota, environment, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Kayenta Formation. Colorado National Monument, Colorado. No Date.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Kayenta Formation, showing lenses of hard channel sandstones and wedge of red siltstone and mudstone, along the road cut of Rim Rock Drive near the head of the main stem of Ute Canyon. Vertical grooves remain from drill holes used in blasting the road cut. Figure 14, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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Fruita Canyon, looking northeast from a point on Rim Rock Drive above the head of the canyon. Colorado National Monument, Colorado. 1970.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Fruita Canyon, looking northeast from a point on Rim Rock Drive above the head of the canyon. Dark Proterozoic rocks floor the canyon, above which are the slopes of the red Chinle Formation and the cliffs of Wingate Sandstone capped by the lower resistant beds of the Kayenta Formation. Beyond the Grand Valley are the dark Book Cliffs and the more distant, light-colored Roan Cliffs. May 28, 1970. Figure 45, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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Geologic structural features at the north end of the Monument. Colorado National Monument, Colorado. No date.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Geologic structural features at the north end of the Monument. Scale is approximately #1:25,000. The three stereoscopic pairs may be viewed in turn without optical aids by those accustomed to this procedure or by use of a simple double-lens stereoscope. Geologic features may be identified by comparison with the appropriate part of Plate 1 in this professional paper, orienting map with north to the left. Kodels Canyon Fault; upper bend of Lizard Canyon Monocline; Redland Fault; and upper bend of Fruita Canyon "monocline". Photo by U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Figure 34, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 451.

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Kodels Canyon Fault. Colorado National Monument, Colorado. 1970.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Kodels Canyon Fault, looking northwest across the mouth of Fruita Canyon from a point on Rim Rock Drive. Here, along a normal fault dipping steeply northeastward, the 350-foot cliff of Wingate Sandstone on the upper left has been sheared and squeezed into only a few feet of broken rock overlain by a steep slope of the Kayenta Formation covered by pinon and juniper. The thinner cliff on the right is the Entrada Sandstone which belongs high atop the cliffs on the left. Book Cliffs form the distant skyline on the right. May 29, 1970. Figure 31, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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USGS 1:24000-scale Quadrangle for Colorado National Monument, CO 1962

USGS Historical Quadrangle in GeoPDF.

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Northwest end of Redlands Fault. Colorado National Monument, Colorado. 1976.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Northwest end of Redlands Fault, passing through the col to the left of updragged remnants of the Chinle Formation and Wingate Sandstone. The fault, which here is normal, ends against unbroken Lizard Canyon Monocline in the next canyon to the northwest. View is west from a point just south of Wingate Drive a few hundred feet west of South Broadway. 1976. Figure 41, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Northeast from Grand View Point. September 1963.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Northeast from Grand View Point. September 1963.

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Colorado National Monument, Colorado. West into Monument Canyon, from a curve on Broadway just northwest of the end of South Broadway, showing Independence Monument.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. West into Monument Canyon, from a curve on Broadway just northwest of the end of South Broadway, showing Independence Monument. Redlands Fault ends in this canyon. Lizard Canyon Monocline can be seen on the extreme right. 1976. Figure 42, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Ladder Creek Monocline and Redlands Fault, looking northwest from a lookout point near Little Park Road. 1976.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Ladder Creek Monocline and Redlands Fault, looking northwest from a lookout point near Little Park Road. A telephoto view of the left half of this scene is shown in photo lsw00122. 1976. Figure 60, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Petrified Sand Dunes in Wingate Sandstone along Old Serpents Trail. 1976.

Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Petrified Sand Dunes in Wingate Sandstone along Old Serpents Trail. View is north across the Redlands and Grand Valley to the Book Cliffs. Battlement Mesa on the right skyline. 1976. Figure 10, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508.

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FSA 10:1 NAIP Imagery m_3910859_sw_12_1_20150909_20151102 3.75 x 3.75 minute JPEG2000 from The National Map

This data set contains imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). The NAIP program is administered by USDA FSA and has been established to support two main FSA strategic goals centered on agricultural production. These are, increase stewardship of America's natural resources while enhancing the environment, and to ensure commodities are procured and distributed effectively and efficiently to increase food security. The NAIP program supports these goals by acquiring and providing ortho imagery that has been collected during the agricultural growing season in the U.S. The NAIP ortho imagery is tailored to meet FSA requirements and is a fundamental tool used to support FSA farm and conservation programs....

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Mercury Bioaccumulation in US National Parks Using Dragonfly Larvae as Biosentinels, 2009-2018

Comma-separated values (.csv) files containing data related to a National-scale assessment of mercury bioaccumulation in the US National Parks using dragonfly larvae as biosentinels through a citizen science framework.

Categories: Data; Tags: Acadia National Park, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Bear Creek Lake Park, Bear Meadows Natural Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Park, Big Thicket National Preserve, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod National Seashore, Capitol Reef National Park, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Channel Islands National Park, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Colorado National Monument, Congaree National Park, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Denali National Park and Preserve, Devils Tower National Monument, East Inlet Natural Area-Connecticut Lakes Nature Preserve, Ecology, Environmental Health, Everglades National Park, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge National Natural Landmark, Gateway National Recreation Area, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Homestead National Historic Site, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Maurice National Wild & Scenic River, Minute Man National Historical Park, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Monocacy National Battlefield, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Trail, Niobrara National Scenic River, North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Padre Island National Seashore, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pinnacles National Park, Pipestone National Monument, Prince William Forest Park, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Redwood National Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rock Creek Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wildlife Biology, Wind Cave National Park, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park, biota, environment, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Dataset for climate legacy and lag effects on dryland plant communities in the southwestern U.S.

This climate and vegetation index dataset was collected from readily available open source data, such as Landsat. The data represents points across the northern Colorado plateau. The vegetation type was defined based on U.S. Geological Survey ReGAP data. Using compositing techniques by season we developed a dataset of lag and legacy for each point. We could then look to understand how both lag and legacy impacted vegetation production across the time series. In this dataset we focus on the soil adjusted vegetation index (SAVI), the standardized precipitation and evapotranspiration index (SPEI), and precipitation. Included in this dataset are climate lags of 3,6,9 and 12 months. Additionally, the legacy construct...

Categories: Data; Tags: Arches National Park, Botany, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, All tags... Climatology, Colorado, Colorado National Monument, Colorado Plateau, Dinosaur National Monument, Drought, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Ecology, Geography, Information Sciences, National CASC, Natural Bridges National Monument, Northern Colorado Plateau, Park Name, Southwestern United States, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Vegetation Type, Water Resources, Zion National Park, Fewer tags