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Vegetation change is an important issue facing managers at Isle Royale National Park (ISRO). These data were created using high-resolution imagery collected in the winter of 2017 which was compared to the vegetation map of the National Park published in 2000 (project imagery collected in 1994 and 1996). These data review where vegetation cover type, density, and pattern have changed since imagery collection for the 2000 publication and provide a proposed reason for the change.
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The erosion and active transport of legacy mine tailings (called “stamp sands”) are impacting native fish species and aquatic habitats on a shallow water rocky reef complex along the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan called Buffalo Reef. Stamp sands are spreading from an old mill site at the Town of Gay and settling on the reef. Multiple surveys have documented the underwater migration of toxic, metal-rich stamp sands and progressive burial of areas of hard/complex lakefloor, such as cobble fields. The finer-grained, muddy fraction of the mine tailings has been winnowed by waves and currents and transported to unknown locations in deeper waters offshore. High-resolution geophysical mapping of the bay in 2018 revealed...
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The erosion and active transport of legacy mine tailings (called “stamp sands”) are impacting native fish species and aquatic habitats on a shallow water rocky reef complex along the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan called Buffalo Reef. Stamp sands are spreading from an old mill site at the Town of Gay and settling on the reef. Multiple surveys have documented the underwater migration of toxic, metal-rich stamp sands and progressive burial of areas of hard/complex lakefloor, such as cobble fields. The finer-grained, muddy fraction of the mine tailings has been winnowed by waves and currents and transported to unknown locations in deeper waters offshore. High-resolution geophysical mapping of the bay in 2018 revealed...
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This dataset is a LAS dataset containing light detection and ranging (lidar) data and sonar data representing the beach and near-shore topography of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota. The LAS dataset was used to create a digital elevation model (DEM) of the approximately 2.27 square kilometer surveyed area. Lidar data were collected July 23, 2020 using a boat mounted Velodyne unit. Multibeam sonar data were collected July 20th and 23rd, 2020 using a Norbit integrated wide band multibeam system compact (iWBMSc) sonar unit. Methodology similar to Wagner, D.M., Lund, J.W., and Sanks, K.M., 2020 was used.
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Note: there is a updated version of this data release, available here: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7HT2NNP. Ice breakup dates of Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior from 1911 to 2019. Ice breakup date is the day in spring when winter ice cover substantially leaves a water body. Local residents deem "ice breakup" as when the ice moves northeast of a line straight across Chequamegon Bay out from Ellis Avenue (State highway 13). Another way ice breakup was determined has been if you could drive a boat from the outlet of Fish Creek to Houghton Point. The ice may move back and forth over that line but the ice is breaking up, moving and melting from that date on. Ellis Avenue ends on a bluff (46.5925 degrees North, 90.8827 degrees...
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This release includes eight data files that provide concentrations of mercury (Hg) chemical species and ancillary chemical and physical data that quantify and document aspects of the Hg cycle in stream and rivers located on tribal lands of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. These files were transferred to the U.S. Geological Survey by Lacey Hill Kastern, Natural Resources Department, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in May, 2018. Files listed as Child Items in this release include data on Hg concentrations in: bald eagle feathers (Mercury Concentrations in Bald Eagle Feathers, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2014 - 2016.csv), bed sediment (Mercury Concentrations in Bed Sediment, Bad River Watershed,...
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File represents total mercury (THg) concentrations in hair of nine river otters from the Bad River. Neither the collection of river otter hair samples nor the Hg analyses were performed by the U.S. Geological Survey, New York Water Science Center
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This dataset is a LAS (industry-standard binary format for storing lidar point clouds) dataset containing light detection and ranging (lidar) data and sonar data representing the beach and near-shore topography of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, near the Superior entry, Duluth, Minnesota. Average point spacing of the LAS files in the dataset are as follows: lidar, 0.086 meters (m); multibeam sonar, 0.512 m; single-beam sonar, 1.919 m. The LAS dataset was used to create digital elevation models (DEMs) of 10 m (32.8084 feet) and 1 m (3.28084 feet) resolution, of the approximate 2.15 square kilometer surveyed area. Lidar data were collected September 07, 2022 using a boat mounted Velodyne VLP-16 unit and methodology...
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The elevation contours in this dataset have a 2-foot (ft) interval and were derived from a digital elevation model (DEM) of beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point near the Superior Entry, Duluth, Minnesota. The DEM has a 1 meter (m; 3.28084 ft) cell size and was created from Lidar data representing beach topography and sonar data representing bathymetry extending approximately 800-1000 m offshore. The data cover an approximately 2.15 square kilometer surveyed area. Lidar data were collected September 07, 2022 using a boat mounted Velodyne VLP-16 unit and methodology similar to that described by Huizinga and Wagner (2019). Multibeam sonar data were collected September 06-07,...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station wup209 in the Western Upper Peninsula survey region. A shapefile with...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station pen110 in the Penokean Orogeny survey region. A shapefile with station...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station nmn807 in the Northern Minnesota survey region. A shapefile with station...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station eup631 in the Eastern Upper Peninsula survey region. A shapefile with...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station nmn702 in the Northern Minnesota survey region. A shapefile with station...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station nmn922 in the Northern Minnesota survey region. A shapefile with station...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station nmn916 in the Northern Minnesota survey region. A shapefile with station...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station wup513 in the Western Upper Peninsula survey region. A shapefile with...
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In September 2018, the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), in collaboration with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), conducted high-resolution geophysical mapping and sediment sampling to determine the distribution of historical mine tailings on the floor of Lake Superior. Large amounts of waste material from copper mining, locally known as “stamp sands”, were dumped into the lake in the early 20th century, with wide-reaching consequences that have continued into the present day. Mapping was focused offshore of the town of Gay on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan, where ongoing erosion and re-deposition of the stamp sands has buried miles of native, white-sand beaches and is steadily...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station pen108 in the Penokean Orogeny survey region. A shapefile with station...
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This dataset consists of 176 wideband magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected from 2015-2019 across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired these data as part of regional investigations into the geologic and tectonic framework of the area and to support mineral resource investigations. These data have been used to generate a 3D regional conductivity model of the area. Files included in this publication include measured electric- and magnetic-field time series as well as estimated impedance and vertical-magnetic field transfer functions. The data included here are for MT station eup603 in the Eastern Upper Peninsula survey region. A shapefile with...


map background search result map search result map Historical Ice Breakup Dates for Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior, 1911 to 2019 (ver. 2.0, May 2019) Mercury Data from the Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2004 - 2018 Mercury Concentrations in River Otter Hair, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-424 Chirp shot points collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (CSV text and Esri point shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station eup603 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station eup631 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station nmn702 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station nmn807 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station nmn916 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station nmn922 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station wup513 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station wup209 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station pen108 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station pen110 Minnesota Point: LAS dataset of lidar and multibeam sonar data collected at Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, MN, July 2020 High-resolution bathymetry and backscatter data collected near the Stamp Sands of Lake Superior in 2021 High-resolution (0.5m) bathymetry from the Stamp Sands of Lake Superior collected using a Norbit iWBMSh multibeam echosounder during 2021 (GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 16N, NAD 83, NAVD 88) LAS dataset of lidar, single-beam, and multibeam data collected at Lake Superior at Minnesota Point near the Superior Entry of Lake Superior, Duluth, MN, September 2022 Elevation contours of beach topography and near-shore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point near the Superior Entry, Duluth, MN, September 2022 Isle Royale National Park Vegetation Change Analysis 1996 to 2017 Elevation contours of beach topography and near-shore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point near the Superior Entry, Duluth, MN, September 2022 LAS dataset of lidar, single-beam, and multibeam data collected at Lake Superior at Minnesota Point near the Superior Entry of Lake Superior, Duluth, MN, September 2022 Minnesota Point: LAS dataset of lidar and multibeam sonar data collected at Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, MN, July 2020 High-resolution bathymetry and backscatter data collected near the Stamp Sands of Lake Superior in 2021 High-resolution (0.5m) bathymetry from the Stamp Sands of Lake Superior collected using a Norbit iWBMSh multibeam echosounder during 2021 (GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 16N, NAD 83, NAVD 88) Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-424 Chirp shot points collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (CSV text and Esri point shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Historical Ice Breakup Dates for Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior, 1911 to 2019 (ver. 2.0, May 2019) Mercury Data from the Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin, 2004 - 2018 Mercury Concentrations in River Otter Hair, Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin Isle Royale National Park Vegetation Change Analysis 1996 to 2017 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station eup603 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station eup631 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station nmn702 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station nmn807 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station nmn916 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station nmn922 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station wup513 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station wup209 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station pen108 Magnetotelluric data from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan, 2015-2019, station pen110