Upper Midwest Water Science Center

This community serves to document data and analysis collected by researchers within the Upper Midwest Water Science Center whose mission is to collect high-quality hydrologic data and conduct unbiased, scientifically sound studies of water resources within the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Basins. We strive to meet the changing needs of those who use our information—from the distribution, availability, and quality of our water resources to topic-oriented research that addresses current hydrological issues.

Tags: Flood, algal blooms, data services, domestic water use, floodplains, All tags... groundwater, hydrology, mapping, model, non-point source pollution, risk assessment, river systems, sedimentation, statistical analysis, streamflow, surface water, time series datasets, water budget, water chemistry, water quality, water resource management, water resources, water use, Fewer tags

Survival and growth of the freshwater mussel Lampsilis siliquoidea during a 28-day chronic zinc exposure and subsequent grow-out period

This dataset contains the results of a laboratory chronic bioassay with 6-week-old juvenile mussels (Fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) in a 28-day zinc exposure (120 and 240 micrograms zinc per liter) with endpoints of survival and growth (biomass and length) following standard ASTM methods. Surviving mussels were transferred from the control and treatment groups into a culture pond and their survival and growth were monitored for 56 days. In this data release we report individual biological, chemical, and water quality measurements from the laboratory toxicity test exposure and pond grow-out period.

Tags: Aquatic Biology, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, Missouri, United States, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, freshwater mussels, All tags... organism growth and development, pond culture, risk assessment, zinc, Fewer tags

Road-Killed Wildlife Carcass Frequency by Mile of Montana On-System Routes in the U.S. Northern Rockies (2008-2012)

This layer represents 5-year relative counts of wildlife carcasses collected by Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) maintenance personnel or U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Grizzly Bear Recovery Team personnel on or adjacent to on-system (major) routes from 2008 to 2012. To obtain relative counts, the 5-year total counts per mile, which included all wildlife species observed, were divided by the maximum observed calue (98) to give a relative 0-1 risk score. Total counts, which include all wildlife species observed, along with carnivore counts, which include only black bears, grizzly bears, mountain lions, and wolves, are provided. Counts were derived by identifying the nearest mile marker to each carcass point...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: Carnivores, Carnivores, Data, Data.gov Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, Montana, Montana, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment, Road mortality, Road mortality, Roadkill, Roadkill, Roads, Roads, State agencies, Transportation, Transportation, Ungulates, Ungulates, Western Montana, Western Montana, Wildlife, Wildlife, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Survey Data for Collecting, Managing and Curating Social Science Data

The aim of this project is to facilitate expansion of current data management protocols to accommodate social science data for the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) and its regional Climate Science Centers (CSCs). To address this expansion, we (1) identified the best practices and approaches from practitioners/experts through interviews with current curators of social science data, (2) explored the approaches of existing tools and services to determine if they are capable of meeting the needs of the NCCWSC, and (3) conducted a survey of the specific user community, with a focus on social science researchers funded by the NCCWSC and managers of the data within the program. The dataset...

Categories: Data; Tags: National CASC, Science Tools For Managers, Social Science, data collection methodologies, data curation, All tags... data policies, privacy, risk assessment, social data, Fewer tags

Case Study Sites for Prioritizing Mitigation of Road Impacts on Western Governors' Association Wildlife Corridors

These case study sites are detailed in the report accompanying this data layer. The case studies are intended to serve as examples of how some of the opportunities for diverse stakeholders to engage in the process of mitigating road impacts on wildlife that are described in the report might be applied on the ground, as well as other considerations that come into play in selecting sites for possible mitigation and designing mitigation solutions for those sites. Through these case studies, we illustrate potential opportunities for mitigation and partner engagement for each of the four alternative priority sets identified in this study.Wildlife carcasses recorded by Montana Department of Transportation, Idaho Department...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: AADT, AADT, Carnivores, Carnivores, Connectivity, All tags... Connectivity, Data, Data.gov Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Landscape condition, Landscape condition, Montana, Montana, Northern Rocky Mountains, Northern Rocky Mountains, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment, Road mortality, Road mortality, Roadkill, Roadkill, Roads, Roads, State agencies, Topography, Topography, Traffic volume, Traffic volume, Transportation, Transportation, Ungulates, Ungulates, Western Montana, Western Montana, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife corridors, Wildlife corridors, completed, environment, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, Fewer tags

Data release: Flood and Storm Tracker (FaST) data

This product summarizes data used in the analysis portion of our Flood and Storm Tracker (FaST) manuscript (see larger work citation). The dataset titled HUCsppMatrices2012-2022.csv has each Hydraulic Unit Code (HUC) with an introduced taxon in each storm and the HUC it connected to by flood waters (lateral or longitudinal). The dataset titled ConnectionPoints_2012-2022.csv has each lateral (not longitudinal or downstream) connection point for each storm event. The dataset titled LongitudinalConnectionPoints_2012-2022.csv has each longitudinal or downstream connection point for each storm event.

Categories: Data; Tags: Geography, Hurricane, Hydrologic connections, Hydrology, Land Use Change, All tags... Non-native species, Puerto Rico, Remote Sensing, Risk assessment, Storm flooding, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, biota, Fewer tags

Road-Killed Wildlife Carcass Frequency, Connectivity Value, and Potential Risk Factors by Mile Segment of U.S. Northern Rockies Major Roads (2008-2012)

Wildlife carcasses recorded by Montana Department of Transportation, Idaho Department of Fish & Game, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service were aggregated to the nearest mile marker for major roads of the U.S. Northern Rockies. WGA connectivity flowlines were intersected with the road network and attributed to the nearest mile marker, along with their connectivity ranking, which indicates their expected relative importance to maintaining westwide connectivity. Values for potential risk factors, including average annual daily traffic (AADT), functional class, number of lanes, road surface width, landscape condition of surrounding habitat, ruggedness of surrounding landscape, and topographic position relative to surrounding...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: AADT, AADT, Carnivores, Carnivores, Connectivity, All tags... Connectivity, Data, Data.gov Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Landscape condition, Landscape condition, Montana, Montana, Northern Rocky Mountains, Northern Rocky Mountains, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment, Road mortality, Road mortality, Roadkill, Roadkill, Roads, Roads, State agencies, Topography, Topography, Traffic volume, Traffic volume, Transportation, Transportation, Ungulates, Ungulates, Western Montana, Western Montana, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife corridors, Wildlife corridors, completed, environment, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, Fewer tags

Annual Drought in California: Association with Monthly Precipitation and Climate Phases

Abstract (from http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0167.1): Annual precipitation in California is more variable than in any other state and is highly influenced by precipitation in winter months. A primary question among stakeholders is whether low precipitation in certain months is a harbinger of annual drought in California. Historical precipitation data from 1895 to 2013 are investigated to identify leading monthly indicators of annual drought in each of the seven climate divisions (CDs) as well as statewide. For this study, drought conditions are defined as monthly/annual (October–September) precipitation below the 20th/30th percentile, and a leading indicator is defined as a monthly drought...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Drought, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Extreme Weather, Southwest CASC, climate variability, All tags... drought, emergency preparedness, precipitation, risk assessment, Fewer tags

Maps of multiple future threats and stable areas for Gunnison sage-grouse habitats across three scenarios (2016-2070)

This dataset contains a series of maps of projected threats and current state of habitats for the threatened Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus). The maps are 30-m spatially explicit projections of current habitats (2016) and future landscape change (by 2070) for the full range of the species’ seven extant populations, which cover diverse ecoregions of the imperiled sagebrush biome of the western United States. Risk maps assessed projected changes caused by climate change-driven shifts in sagebrush habitats, mesic habitats, pinyon-juniper encroachment, and invasive annual grasses, as well as potentially synergistic risk of development and wildfire. We used a scenario-based risk assessment framework based...

Tags: Colorado, Ecology, Gunnison, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, All tags... birds, effects of climate change, environment, environmental assessment, geospatial datasets, land use change, risk assessment, spatial analysis, Fewer tags

Road-Killed Wildlife Carcass Frequency, Connectivity Value, and Potential Risk Factors by Mile of U.S. Northern Rockies Major Roads (2008-2012)

Wildlife carcasses recorded by Montana Department of Transportation, Idaho Department of Fish & Game, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service were aggregated to the nearest mile marker for major roads of the U.S. Northern Rockies. WGA connectivity flowlines were intersected with the road network and attributed to the nearest mile marker, along with their connectivity ranking, which indicates their expected relative importance to maintaining westwide connectivity. Values for potential risk factors, including average annual daily traffic (AADT), functional class, number of lanes, road surface width, landscape condition of surrounding habitat, ruggedness of surrounding landscape, and topographic position relative to surrounding...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: AADT, AADT, Carnivores, Carnivores, Connectivity, All tags... Connectivity, Data, Data.gov Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Landscape condition, Landscape condition, Montana, Montana, Northern Rocky Mountains, Northern Rocky Mountains, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment, Road mortality, Road mortality, Roadkill, Roadkill, Roads, Roads, State agencies, Topography, Topography, Traffic volume, Traffic volume, Transportation, Transportation, Ungulates, Ungulates, Western Montana, Western Montana, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife corridors, Wildlife corridors, completed, environment, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, Fewer tags

Decision Support for Prioritizing Mitigation of Road Impacts on Western Governors’ Association Wildlife Corridors

This decision support tool provides spatially explicit information pertaining to modeled wildlife connectivity value across major roads, total wildlife mortality counts along major roads, carnivore mortality counts along major roads, the extent to which wildlife connectivity value and road mortality align, and potential priority sites for mitigation of road impacts on wildlife from diverse stakeholder perspectives. In the report accompanying this map document, we also discuss potential opportunities for diverse stakeholders (including departments of transportation, state and federal land managers, land trusts, citizen groups, and conservation organizations with a variety of missions) to engage in and contribute...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Connectivity, Corridors, Data, Data.gov Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Decision Support, All tags... EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Northern Rocky Mountains, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Risk Assessment, Road Mortality, Roadkill, Roads, State agencies, Transportation, United States Northern Rockies, Western Montana, Wildlife, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Road-Killed Carnivore Carcass Presence by Mile of U.S. Northern Rockies Major Roads (2008-2012)

Carnivore carcasses recorded by Montana Department of Transportation, Idaho Department of Fish & Game, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service were aggregated to the nearest mile marker for major roads of the U.S. Northern Rockies. Note that wildlife carcass collection and reporting protocols and frequency differ between states and among maintenance sections within states. Carcass presence should therefore be used only to explore general patterns and not for statistical inference.

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: Carnivores, Carnivores, Connectivity, Connectivity, Data, All tags... Data.gov Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Montana, Montana, Northern Rocky Mountains, Northern Rocky Mountains, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment, Road mortality, Road mortality, Roadkill, Roadkill, Roads, Roads, State agencies, Transportation, Transportation, Western Montana, Western Montana, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife corridors, Wildlife corridors, completed, environment, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, Fewer tags

U.S. Northern Rockies Major Road Mile Markers

This layer represents the mile markers along the major road network of the U.S. Northern Rockies. It was created by merging Montana Department of Transportation "on-system" routes with Idaho Transportation Department "state highway system" routes, creating consistent attribute fields, then clipping to the U.S. Northern Rockies study area boundary.

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: Connectivity, Connectivity, Data, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Idaho, All tags... Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Mile Markers, Mile Markers, Montana, Montana, Northern Rocky Mountains, Northern Rocky Mountains, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment, Road mortality, Road mortality, Roadkill, Roadkill, Roads, Roads, State agencies, Transportation, Transportation, Western Montana, Western Montana, Wildlife, Wildlife, completed, environment, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, Fewer tags

Road-Killed Wildlife Carcass Frequency by Mile of Idaho State Highway System Routes in the U.S. Northern Rockies (2008-2012)

This layer represents 5-year relative counts of wildlife carcasses collected by Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) personnel (2008-2012) or reported by the general public (2012) on or adjacent to state highway system (major) routes. To obtain relative counts, the 5-year total counts per mile, which included all wildlife species observed, were divided by the maximum observed calue (98) to give a relative 0-1 risk score. Total counts, which include all wildlife species observed, along with carnivore counts, which include only black bears, grizzly bears, mountain lions, and wolves, are provided. Counts were derived by identifying the nearest mile marker to each carcass point location, then counting the frequency...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: Carnivores, Carnivores, Data, Data.gov Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, All tags... Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Policy makers & regulators, Regional & county planners, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment, Road mortality, Road mortality, Roadkill, Roadkill, Roads, Roads, State agencies, Transportation, Transportation, Ungulates, Ungulates, Wildlife, Wildlife, completed, environment, Fewer tags