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Chesapeake Bay non-tidal network shapefiles for selected watershed boundaries
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This metadata report documents a shapefile of watershed boundaries for 84 selected United States Geological Survey (USGS) water quality stations that are part of the... -
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Chesapeake Bay non-tidal network shapefiles for selected station locations
Department of the Interior —
This metadata report documents a shapefile of 84 selected United States Geological Survey (USGS) water quality stations that are part of the Chesapeake Bay non-tidal... -
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Nitrogen flux estimates in support of Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia and Anoxia forecasts, 1985-2023
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Data release includes the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimate of spring nitrogen fluxes summed from nine tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay from 1985 to 2023. Data... -
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Nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer and manure for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds
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This dataset contains estimates of the yearly sum of total nitrogen and total phosphorus (hereafter referred to as nitrogen and phosphorus) inputs from fertilizer... -
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Radiometric thermal aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Potomac River in Brunswick Maryland on October 22, 2019
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These digital images were taken over an area of the Potomac River in Brunswick, Maryland using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on October 22, 2019. These... -
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Best management practice implementation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed from 1985 to 2014
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This metadata record documents 3 sets of comma delimited tables representing the amount of reported best management practice (BMP) implementation within the... -
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Maps of water depth derived from satellite images of the Potomac River acquired in July and August of 2021
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Information on water depth in river channels is important for a number of applications in water resource management but can be difficult to obtain via conventional... -
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Best management practice implementation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed from 1985 to 2014
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This metadata record documents 11 comma delimited tables representing the amount of reported best management practice (BMP) implementation for the years from 1985 to... -
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Metabarcode sequencing of aquatic environmental DNA from the Potomac River Watershed, 2015-2020
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Biological indicator taxa have long been used for integrative assessments of water quality, particularly benthic invertebrate groups such as arthropods. While... -
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Nitrogen flux estimates in support of Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia and Anoxia forecasts, 1985-2024
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Data release includes the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimate of spring nitrogen fluxes summed from nine tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay from 1985 to 2024. Data... -
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Percent agricultural land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds
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These data report the percent of agricultural land, within each selected Chesapeake Bay watershed, that is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), based... -
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Multispectral aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Potomac River in White's Ferry, Maryland on October 23, 2019
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These digital images were taken over an area of the Potomac River in White's Ferry, Maryland using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on October 23, 2019. These... -
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Percent of land in agricultural production and developed for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds
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Land-use estimates of agricultural and developed land for the period 1985-2012 for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds. -
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Annual Winter-Spring Nitrogen Loading for the Susquehanna and Potomac Rivers, 1985 to 2016
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Stations Analyzed are 01578310 - SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT CONOWINGO, MD and 01646580 - POTOMAC RIVER AT CHAIN BRIDGE NEAR WASHINGTON, DC Spring nitrogen loads as measured... -
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Percent impervious surface for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds
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This dataset contains watershed means of estimated percent impervious surfaces for three time periods: 1992, 2002, and 2012. Estimates are based on coefficients... -
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Organic contaminants, including hormones, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other endocrine disrupting compounds, and estrogenicity data in select surface water samples as well as organic contaminants in bed sediment samples collected in Chesapeake Bay watershed in parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, 2012-2018 (ver. 2.0, August 2020)
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These data represent surface water and bed sediment samples analyzed for a variety of organic compounds. The samples were collected in streams and rivers in the... -
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Potomac River Topobathymetric Lidar Validation Survey Data
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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists completed a multidisciplinary data collection effort during the week of October 21-25, 2019, using new technologies to map... -
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Nitrogen flux estimates in support of Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia and Anoxia forecasts, 1985-2021
Department of the Interior —
Data release includes the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimate of spring nitrogen fluxes summed from nine tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay from 1985 to 2021. Data... -
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Radiometric thermal aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Potomac River in Point of Rocks, Maryland on October 24, 2019
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These digital images were taken over an area of the Potomac River in Point of Rocks, Maryland using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on October 24, 2019.... -
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Maps of water depth derived from satellite images of selected reaches of the American, Colorado, and Potomac Rivers acquired in 2020 and 2021 (ver. 2.0, September 2024)
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Information on water depth in river channels is important for a number of applications in water resource management but can be difficult to obtain via conventional...