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Vegetation and fuels data collected in 2010 and 2011 from historical emergency stabilization and rehabilitation seedings (1990-2003) on BLM lands within the Great Basin Data are contained in a Microsoft Access database consisting of 27 data tables. Tables provided include emergency stabilization and rehabilitation (ESR) projects sampled, study plot characteristics, and sampled vegetation and fuels data. All data are from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) federal lands within the Great Basin region of the intermountain west. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Artemisia tridentata, Botany, Ecology, Great Basin, Idaho, All tags... Land Use Change, Nevada, Oregon, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, aerial seeding, biota, cheatgrass, drill seeding, elevation, exotic annuals, post-fire rehabilitation, revegetation, sagebrush, semi-arid, Fewer tags 1:1,000,000-scale hydrographic areas and flow systems for the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system of Nevada, Utah, and parts of adjacent states These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This dataset was created in support of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study focusing on groundwater resources in the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system (GBCAAS). The GBCAAS is a complex aquifer system comprised of both unconsolidated and bedrock formations covering an area of approximately 110,000 square miles. The aquifer system is situated in the eastern portion of the Great Basin Province of the western United... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Flow System, Great Basin, Hydrographic Area, Idaho, All tags... NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Selected Basin Characterization Model Parameters for the Great Basin Carbonate and Alluvial Aquifer System of Nevada, Utah, and Parts of Adjacent States These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This dataset was created in support of a study focusing on ground-water resources in the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system (GBCAAS). The GBCAAS is a complex aquifer system comprised of both unconsolidated and bedrock formations covering an area of approximately 110,000 square miles. The aquifer system is situated in the eastern portion of the Great Basin Province of the western United States. The eastern Great Basin... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Great Basin, Groundwater, Groundwater recharge, Hydrologic runoff, All tags... Hydrologic water balance, Idaho, In-place recharge, NSDI, Nevada, Saturated hydraulic conductivity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Alluvial basin statistics of the Southwest Principal Aquifers (SWPA) study. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. SWPA_alvbsn is a vector dataset of alluvial-fill basin statistics for the Southwest United States. Statistics for each basin include physical details such as area, landcover, elevation, slope and precipitation. Anthropogenic data for basin include landuse, population, and wateruse. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Arizona, Basin and Range Province, California, Colorado, Great Basin, All tags... NSDI, Neveda, New Mexico, Rio Grande Valley, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, alluvial-fill basin, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, elevation, envrionment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, land cover, land use, planningCadastre, population, southern California deserts, southwestern United States, utilitiesCommunication, water use, Fewer tags Temperature Normalized Enhanced Vegetation Index for Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. With increasing population growth and land-use change, urban communities in the desert southwest are progressively looking to remote basins to supplement existing water supplies. Recent applications for groundwater appropriations from Dixie Valley, Nevada, a primarily undeveloped basin neighboring the Carson Desert to the east, have prompted a reevaluation of the quantity of naturally discharging groundwater.The objective of this... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Churchill County, Dixie Valley, ET, ET unit, Evaporation, All tags... Evapotranspiration, Great Basin, Groundwater, Groundwater discharge, NSDI, Nevada, Pershing County, Phreatophyte, Transpiration, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Depth to ground water contours of hydrographic area 153, Diamond Valley, Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of depth to ground water contours for hydrographic-area (HA) 153, Diamond Valley, Nevada. These data represent static ground-water levels measured in the HA during March and April of 2001. These data were created as part of an effort to provide statewide information on water table and depth to ground water for Nevada. Digital water-table contours from 38 published reports representing data from 1947 to 2004... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Diamond Valley, Elko County, Eureka County, Great Basin, HA 153, All tags... NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), contour, depth to water, ground water, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Hydrologic landscape regions of Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Hydrologic landscape regions group areas according to their similarity in landscape and climate characteristics. These characteristics represent variables assumed to affect hydrologic processes in the environment. Hydrologic landscape regions in Nevada were delineated using geographic information system tools and statistical methods including cluster analysis. The data layers of hydrogeology, precipitation, soil permeability, land... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, All tags... geoscientificInformation, hydrogeology, hydrologic landscape regions, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, land surface aspect, land surface slope, precipitation, soil permeability, Fewer tags 1:1,000,000-scale Hydrographic Areas of the Great Basin These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of hydrographic area and major flow system boundaries and polygons delineated at 1:1,000,000-scale for the Great Basin. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Great Basin, Idaho, NSDI, Nevada, All tags... Oregon, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, environment, flow system, geoscientificInformation, hydrographic area, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Groundwater Discharge Area for Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. With increasing population growth and land-use change, urban communities in the desert southwest are progressively looking to remote basins to supplement existing water supplies. Recent applications for groundwater appropriations from Dixie Valley, Nevada, a primarily undeveloped basin neighboring the Carson Desert to the east, have prompted a reevaluation of the quantity of naturally discharging groundwater.The objective of this... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Churchill County, Dixie Valley, ET, ET unit, Evaporation, All tags... Evapotranspiration, Great Basin, Groundwater, Groundwater discharge, NSDI, Nevada, Pershing County, Phreatophyte, Transpiration, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Potential areas of ground-water discharge in the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system, White Pine County, Nevada, and adjacent parts of Nevada and Utah These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. These data represent potential areas of ground-water discharge for selected hydrographic areas in eastern Nevada and western Utah. The data are based on phreatophyte boundaries published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and on unpublished boundaries mapped by the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). Selected basins also were mapped by the USGS during an aerial field reconnaissance. The largest phreatophyte extent from all... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Butte Valley, Cave Valley, Evapotranspiration, Great Basin, Ground-water discharge, All tags... Jakes Valley, Lake Valley, Little Smoky Valley, Long Valley, NSDI, Nevada, Newark Valley, Phreatophyte, Snake Valley, Spring Valley, Steptoe Valley, Subbasins, Tippett Valley, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, White River Valley, inlandWaters, Fewer tags 1:500,000-scale dissolved solids in ground water in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of 1:500,000-scale areas of dissolved solids in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada. The sources of this data set are sheets 3 and 4 of a 1984 U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report (Thompson and Chapell, 1984.) Reference Cited Thompson, T.H., and Chappell, R., 1984, Maps showing distribution of dissolved solids and dominant chemical type in ground water, Basin and Range Province, Nevada:... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, QW, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... dissolved solids, environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, water quality, Fewer tags Hydrographic Areas Within the Basin and Range Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, White Pine County, Nevada and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of sub delineations of the hydrographic area (HA) boundaries and polygons drawn at 1:1,000,000 scale for the Great Basin supplemented by information from HA drawn at 1:750,000 scale where necessary. See the process steps for more information. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Basin and Range, Butte Valley, Cave Valley, Great Basin, Hydrographic Area, All tags... Jakes Valley, Lake Valley, Little Smoky Valley, Long Valley, NSDI, Nevada, Newark Valley, Snake Valley, Spring Valley, Steptoe Valley, Tippett Valley, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, White Pine County, White River Valley, eastern Nevada, environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, western Utah, Fewer tags Data to Accompany the Regional Potentiometric-Surface Map of the Great Basin Carbonate and Alluvial Aquifer System in Snake Valley and Surrounding Areas, Juab, Millard, and Beaver Counties, Utah and White Pine and Lincoln Counties, Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Water-level measurements from 190 wells were used to develop a potentiometric-surface map of the east-central portion of the regional Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system in and around Snake Valley, eastern Nevada and western Utah. The map area covers approximately 9,000 square miles in Juab, Millard, and Beaver Counties, Utah, and White Pine and Lincoln Counties, Nevada. Recent (2007-2010) drilling by the Utah Geological... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Beaver County, Great Basin, Groundwater, Juab County, Lincoln County, All tags... Millard County, NSDI, Nevada, Potentiometric surface, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Water-level altitude, White Pine County, elevation, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Precipitation Zones of West-Central Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set contains precipitation stations and precipitation-zone boundaries of west-central Nevada. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, mean annual precipitation, Fewer tags Study area boundary derived from 1:1,000,000-scale hydrographic areas and flow systems for the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system of Nevada, Utah, and parts of adjacent states These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This dataset contains the amalgamation of the hydrographic area (HA) boundaries and polygons for the GBCAAS study area. The study area consists of 165 HAs based on Great Basin HAs defined by the USGS in 1988 (Harrill and others, 1988; Buto, 2009). This dataset does not contain the HA boundaries or geologic details included in the source dataset. For that information, please see the metadata for the source dataset at https://water.usgs.gov/GIS/metadata/usgswrd/XML/sir2010_5193_ha1000.xml... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Great Basin, Groundwater-level altitude, Idaho, NSDI, All tags... Nevada, Potentiometric contour, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Water-level altitude, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Depth to ground water of Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This is a raster-based, depth to ground-water data set for the State of Nevada. The source of this data set is a statewide water-table contour data set constructed from water-table contours collected from 1947 to 2004 and published in 38 reports from 1961 to 2004, depth to ground water contours from Static Ground Water Levels of Nevada published in 1974, and depth to ground water contours from Diamond Valley published in 2006. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), depth to ground water, All tags... depth to ground-water surface, ground water, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Irrigation Wells from the Nevada Division of Water Resources Well Log Database These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set was derived from the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources (NDWR) well log data base (http://water.nv.gov/Engineering/wlog/wlog.cfm). This data set was developed from a version of the data base downloaded October 26, 2005 and reflects the wells entered into the data base up to that date. The data base generally contains logs for wells drilled since 1984, however, some basins... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, Nevada Division of Water Resources, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, water well, well drilling, well log data base, Fewer tags 1:1,000,000-scale estimated outer extent of areas of groundwater discharge as evapotranspiration for the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system of Nevada, Utah, and parts of adjacent states These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This dataset was created in support of a study focusing on groundwater resources in the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system (GBCAAS). The GBCAAS is a complex aquifer system comprised of both unconsolidated and bedrock formations covering an area of approximately 110,000 square miles. The aquifer system is situated in the eastern portion of the Great Basin Province of the western United States. The eastern Great Basin... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Evapotranspiration, Great Basin, Groundwater discharge, Hydrographic area, All tags... Idaho, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags 1:250,000-scale geology of the Carson River Basin, Nevada and California These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of digital continuous geologic data for the Carson River Basin, Nevada and California. It was compiled from individual county 1:250,000-scale geologic data for Pershing, Churchill, Lyon, Carson City, and Douglas Counties in Nevada and the Walker Lake 1 degree by 2 degree quadrangle geology. This data set contains detailed geologic formation and generalized geologic data. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Carson River Basin, Great Basin, NSDI, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), east-central California, All tags... geologic data, geology, west-central Nevada, Fewer tags 1:1,000,000-scale areas of evapotranspiration in the Great Basin These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of 1:1,000,000-scale areas where shallow ground water is consumed by evapotranspiration (ET) in the Great Basin. The source of this data set is sheet 2 of a 1988 U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic investigations atlas map (Harrill and others, 1988.) Reference Cited Harrill, J.R., Gates, J.S., and Thomas, J.M., 1988, Major ground-water flow systems in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states:... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Arizona, California, Great Basin, Idaho, NSDI, All tags... Nevada, Oregon, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, environment, evapotranspiration, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags 1 2 »