Topographic and multispectral reflectance products, aerial imagery, ground spectra, vegetation, and associated GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations - Dog Head Marsh at South Cape Beach, Mashpee, MA, October 7-8, 2021

The purpose of this field data collection was to test and compare the OceanInsight HDX Mini Spectrometer as an accessible alternative against the more expensive ASD Fieldspec for collecting ground-based hyperspectral reflectance profiles for landcover analysis. The data collection took place in Dog Head Marsh and South Cape Beach within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR). The hyperspectral profiles were collected side-by-side with both field-spectrometers using comparable sensor collection settings for various ground cover samples. The terrain and vegetation type of these sample were described as well as surveyed using Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS). This data...

Tags: Aerial Imagery, Aerial Photography, Dog Head Marsh, Drone, Ecology, All tags... Geography, Geomorphology, Ground Reference Data, Land Use Change, Mashpee, Massachusetts (MA), North America, Orthomosaic, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, South Cape Beach, Spectroradiometer, Structure-from-Motion, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), United States, Vegetation cover, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR), digital surface model (DSM), low-altitude aerial imagery, navigational data, reflectance orthomosaic, spectral reflectance, Fewer tags

True-color aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations - Dog Head Marsh at South Cape Beach, Mashpee, MA, October 7 - 8, 2021

The purpose of this field data collection was to test and compare the OceanInsight HDX Mini Spectrometer as an accessible alternative against the more expensive ASD Fieldspec for collecting ground-based hyperspectral reflectance profiles for landcover analysis. The data collection took place in Dog Head Marsh and South Cape Beach within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR). The hyperspectral profiles were collected side-by-side with both field-spectrometers using comparable sensor collection settings for various ground cover samples. The terrain and vegetation type of these sample were described as well as surveyed using Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS). This data...

Categories: Data; Tags: 3DR Solo Quadcopter, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Dog Head Marsh, Field activity 2021-033-FA, All tags... JPEG, Mashpee, Massachusetts, RGB, Ricoh GRII, South Cape Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Uncrewed aircraft system, WHCMSC, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, aerial photography, beach, biota, biota, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, geotagged photos, image collections, location, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, oceans, oceans, photographicImage, photographs, photos, remote sensing, true-color, Fewer tags

Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Lake-Bottom Sediments of Ashumet Pond on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2020 (ver. 2.0, February 2024)

Lake-bottom sediment and associated quality-control samples were collected in August 2020 from one coring location (U.S. Geological Survey station 413756070321301, ASHUMET POND, MASHPEE MI-ASHPD-0011) in Ashumet Pond downgradient from a former fire-training area on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The core was collected to determine if per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were present in the bottom sediments of a lake known to have elevated concentrations of PFAS in surface water and groundwater (Tokranov and others, 2021), and whether the sediments could act as a continuous source of PFAS to the lake. Processing the sediment core entailed collection of discrete samples at intervals ranging from 1-5 centimeters (cm)...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Cape Cod, Eastern United States, Environmental Health, Falmouth, Hydrology, All tags... Mashpee, Massachusetts, PFAS, Sandwich, Sedimentology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, chemical analysis, environment, grain-size analysis, hydrogeology, limnology, radiometric dating, sedimentation, vibracoring, Fewer tags

Spectral reflectance profiles, ground reference data, and photos collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations - Dog Head Marsh at South Cape Beach, Mashpee, MA, October 7 - 8, 2021

The purpose of this field data collection was to test and compare the OceanInsight HDX Mini Spectrometer as an accessible alternative against the more expensive ASD Fieldspec for collecting ground-based hyperspectral reflectance profiles for landcover analysis. The data collection took place in Dog Head Marsh and South Cape Beach within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR). The hyperspectral profiles were collected side-by-side with both field-spectrometers using comparable sensor collection settings for various ground cover samples. The terrain and vegetation type of these sample were described as well as surveyed using Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS). This data...

Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Dog Head Marsh, Field activity 2021-033-FA, GPS measurement, All tags... Mashpee, Massachusetts, OceanInsight HDX Miniature Spectrometer, OceanView Spectroscopy Software, South Cape Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, biota, biota, dataset, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, field activity logs, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, handheld field spectroscopy, hyperspectral, location, location, oceans, oceans, photographicImage, plot sampling, spectra, spectral profiles, spectral signature, spectrometer, spectroradiometer, tabularDataset, vegetation, Fewer tags

Elevation models and image mosaics from true-color and multispectral aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations - Dog Head Marsh at South Cape Beach, Mashpee, MA, October 7 - 8, 2021

The purpose of this field data collection was to test and compare the OceanInsight HDX Mini Spectrometer as an accessible alternative against the more expensive ASD Fieldspec for collecting ground-based hyperspectral reflectance profiles for landcover analysis. The data collection took place in Dog Head Marsh and South Cape Beach within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR). The hyperspectral profiles were collected side-by-side with both field-spectrometers using comparable sensor collection settings for various ground cover samples. The terrain and vegetation type of these sample were described as well as surveyed using Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS). This data...

Categories: Data; Tags: Agisoft Metashape, Altum-PT, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Dog Head Marsh, All tags... Field activity 2021-033-FA, Mashpee, Massachusetts, Multi-band, RGB, Ricoh GRII, South Cape Beach, True-color, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, biota, biota, dataset, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, image mosaics, location, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, oceans, oceans, orthomosaic, panchromatic, photogrammetry, reflectance image, reflectance orthomosaic, structure from motion, structure from motion, uncrewed aircraft system, Fewer tags

Fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing data collected for improved mapping and monitoring of contaminated groundwater discharges along the upper Quashnet River, Mashpee and Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA 2020

In summer in Massachusetts, USA, preferential groundwater discharge zones are often colder than adjacent streambed areas that do not have substantial discharge. Therefore, discharge zones can efficiently be identified and mapped over space using heat as a tracer. This data release contains fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) data collected along the streambed interface of the main channel and tributaries of the upper Quashnet River, within approximately 1 km of Johns Pond, from June 14 to June 20, 2020. For these deployments a Salixa XT-DTS control unit (Salixa Ltd, Hertfordshire, UK) was used, and measurements were made over several day increments at 0.508 m linear resolution. Specific locations...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Cape Cod, Groundwater, Mashpee, Massachusetts, Quashnet River, All tags... Surface Water, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, groundwater and surface-water interaction, hydrogeology, hydrology, inlandWaters, seepage, surface water (non-marine), water temperature, Fewer tags

Water-Quality Data in and near Groundwater Flow-Through Kettle-Hole Lakes, Western Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2003 - 2018

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides a comprehensive dataset of water-quality results, physical-parameter measurements, hydrologic measurements, and site information collected to study the nature and extent of water quality along groundwater flow paths adjacent to glacial-kettle lakes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Water-quality samples were collected in 2003, 2005, and 2012 through 2018 in and near seven kettle lakes located on western Cape Cod, with most of the data collected in 2015-2017 from Ashumet Pond, which is located in the towns of Falmouth and Mashpee. Data were also collected at other lakes to compare the lake-specific influences of geochemistry and hydrology on the downgradient groundwater...

Categories: Data; Tags: Ashumet Pond, Bourne, Cape Cod, Centerville, Ecology, All tags... Falmouth, Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Long Pond, Lovells Pond, Mashpee, Massachusetts, Sandwich, Santuit Pond, Shubael Pond, Snake Pond, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, eutrophication, groundwater, groundwater and surface-water interaction, groundwater flow, groundwater quality, hydrogeology, lake ecosystems, lake-bed characteristics, limnology, microbiology, nutrient content (water), nutrient cycling, oxygen content (water), reaction transport, water chemistry, water quality, water sampling, Fewer tags

MODFLOW2005 groundwater-flow model used to simulate water-supply pumping scenarios near the Hyannis Ponds Wildlife Management Area, Barnstable, Massachusetts

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, modified an existing numerical, steady-state regional MODFLOW-2005 groundwater-flow model to evaluate changes in water levels from a reference condition (2015) for nine pumping and wastewater return flow scenarios prepared by the Hyannis Water System. The three-dimensional, steady-state groundwater-flow model used to simulate water level changes is a modified and recalibrated version of an existing model that was used to simulate the potential effects of sea-level rise on groundwater levels of the Sagamore and Monomoy freshwater lenses of the Cape Cod aquifer (Walter and others, 2016) (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165058). Two...

Tags: Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Cape Cod, Chatham, All tags... Dennis, Environment, Falmouth, Geoscientific Information, Groundwater, Groundwater Model, Harwich, Inland Waters, Inland Waters, MODFLOW-2005, Mashpee, Massachusetts, Monomoy lens, NSDI, Orleans, Sagamore lens, Saltwater Intrusion, Sandwich, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Yarmouth, usgsgroundwatermodel, Fewer tags

Ground control points (GCP) and other GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations - Dog Head Marsh at South Cape Beach, Mashpee, MA, October 7 - 8, 2021

The purpose of this field data collection was to test and compare the OceanInsight HDX Mini Spectrometer as an accessible alternative against the more expensive ASD Fieldspec for collecting ground-based hyperspectral reflectance profiles for landcover analysis. The data collection took place in Dog Head Marsh and South Cape Beach within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR). The hyperspectral profiles were collected side-by-side with both field-spectrometers using comparable sensor collection settings for various ground cover samples. The terrain and vegetation type of these sample were described as well as surveyed using Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS). This data...

Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, Carlson SurvCE, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Dog Head Marsh, Field activity 2021-033-FA, All tags... GPS, GPS measurement, Global Positioning System, Mashpee, Massachusetts, South Cape Beach, Spectra Precision SP80, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, biota, biota, dataset, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, ground control points, location, location, navigation, navigational data, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags

Ground reference data and photos collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations - Dog Head Marsh at South Cape Beach, Mashpee, MA, October 7 - 8, 2021

The purpose of this field data collection was to test and compare the OceanInsight HDX Mini Spectrometer as an accessible alternative against the more expensive ASD Fieldspec for collecting ground-based hyperspectral reflectance profiles for landcover analysis. The data collection took place in Dog Head Marsh and South Cape Beach within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR). The hyperspectral profiles were collected side-by-side with both field-spectrometers using comparable sensor collection settings for various ground cover samples. The terrain and vegetation type of these sample were described as well as surveyed using Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS). This data...

Categories: Data; Tags: CMHRP, CSV, Carlson SurvCE, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Dog Head Marsh, All tags... Field activity 2021-033-FA, GPS, GPS measurement, Global Positioning System, Mashpee, Massachusetts, South Cape Beach, Spectra Precision SP80, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, biota, biota, dataset, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, field activity logs, field notes, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, location, location, navigational data, oceans, oceans, percent cover, photographicImage, plot sampling, quadrat, tabularDataset, vegetation, vegetation, vegetation height, vegetation survey, vegetation types, Fewer tags

MODFLOW-2005 and MODPATH used to simulate the hydrologic system and transport of contaminants near Joint Base Cape Cod, Western Cape Cod, Massachusetts

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, developed a numerical, steady-state regional model, using MODFLOW-2005, to evaluate current (2010) conditions and the potential effects of future (2030) groundwater withdrawals on water levels, streamflows, hydraulic gradients, and advective transport near the Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC). Two numerical models were used in this analysis. An existing two-dimensional (one layer) model (termed the “coast model”), developed as part of a previous investigation of the potential effects of sea-level rise on the Cape Cod aquifer system (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165058), simulates the position of the freshwater/saltwater interface by using...

Tags: Bourne, Cape Cod, Falmouth, Groundwater, Groundwater Model, All tags... InlandWaters, Joint Base Cape Cod, MODFLOW2005, MODPATH, Mashpee, Massachusetts, NSDI, Sagamore lens, Saltwater Intrusion, Sandwich, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, usgsgroundwatermodel, Fewer tags

Multispectral aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations - Dog Head Marsh at South Cape Beach, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR), Mashpee, MA, October 7-8, 2021

The purpose of this field data collection was to test and compare the OceanInsight HDX Mini Spectrometer as an accessible alternative against the more expensive ASD Fieldspec for collecting ground-based hyperspectral reflectance profiles for landcover analysis. The data collection took place in Dog Head Marsh and South Cape Beach within the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR). The hyperspectral profiles were collected side-by-side with both field-spectrometers using comparable sensor collection settings for various ground cover samples. The terrain and vegetation type of these sample were described as well as surveyed using Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS). This data...

Categories: Data, Image; Tags: 3DR Solo quadcopter, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Field activity 2022-030-FA, Image, All tags... Mashpee, Massachusetts, MicaSense Rededge-3, Rededge, South Cape Beach, TIFF, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Uncrewed aircraft system, WHCMSC, Waquoit Bay, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, aerial photography, biota, completed, drone, elevation, environment, estuary, geoscientificInformation, geotagged photos, image collections, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, marsh, multispectral, near-infrared, oceans, panchromatic, photographs, photos, rededge, remote sensing, uncrewed aerial system, Fewer tags