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This data release supports "Diverging trends in nitrate and phosphorus loads and yields across Illinois watersheds, 1997–2022" (Kamrath and others, 2024) and the State of Illinois's Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS; Illinois Environmental Protection Agency [IEPA] and others, 2015). This data release contains estimates of incremental nitrate (NO3) and total phosphorus (TP) loads and...

During water years 2016–2023 (a water year is the period from October 1 to September 30 and is designated by the year in which it ends), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA), operated continuous monitoring stations on eight of the major rivers in Illinois to better quantify nutrient and sediment loadings from...

These data are high-resolution bathymetry (riverbed elevation) and depth-averaged velocities in comma-delimited table format, generated from hydrographic and velocimetric surveys near highway bridge structures over the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 8–9, 2023. Hydrographic data were collected using a high-resolution multibeam echosounder mapping system (MBMS), which...

Important hydrological and geotechnical information from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports detailing selected paleotectonic geologic periods, including the Jurassic (McKee and others, 1956), Triassic (McKee and others, 1959), Permian (McKee and McKee, 1967), Pennsylvanian (McKee and Crosby, 1975), and Mississippian (Craig and Connor, 1979), were digitized from scanned plates...

This data release contains discrete chlorophyll data, specifically corrected chlorophyll a, uncorrected chlorophyll a, and pheophytin pigments, from inland waters in the Illinois River Basin for 1981–2023. These data are discrete samples (collected in the field and analyzed in the laboratory) of plankton (suspended algae) and periphyton (benthic algae) from lakes, streams, rivers, canals...

This data release contains results of a study investigating changes in streamflow seasonality associated with hydroclimatic variability in the north-central United States, including nine States (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin). Peak-flow records from unregulated U.S. Geological Survey streamgages were used to evaluate...

This data release contains data in support of "The Joint Effect of Changes in Impervious Cover and Climate on Trends in Floods: A Comparison of Panel and Single-Station Quantile Regression Approaches" (Over and others, 2025). It contains input and output data used to analyze the effect of impervious cover and climate changes on trends in floods using three regression approaches. The...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (FDLB), Minnesota, analyzed the hydrologic and hydraulic conditions within the Stoney Brook watershed. The Stoney Brook watershed covers an area of 100.8 square miles in Carlton and St. Louis counties with most of the watershed within the Fond du Lac Reservation. Wild rice, which is...

Information of hydrogeologic and geologic importance from the book, "Lithofacies Maps: An Atlas of the United States and Southern Canada" (Sloss and others, 1960) detailing geologic periods, including the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian were digitized from scanned maps. Isopach contours were captured and, along with Geologic Map of North America (GMNA) information (Garrity...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with Scott Air Force Base (SAFB), Illinois, assessed the effects of temporal land-use development in the Silver Creek Basin, the potential effects of projected changes in future precipitation, and the effects of added detention storage in selected tributaries near SAFB. A hydrologic model was used to simulate precipitation runoff and...

These data represent a Global Positioning System (GPS) survey generated September 18, 2024, using Trimble R10 2 Real-Time Kinematics (RTK) and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Survey extends along the Cedar River streambed in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where a wastewater treatment diffuser pipe is installed. Cross-sectional representations were produced to depict stream depth and...

Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) is a regional municipal water utility that supplies residential and commercial water resources to about 600,000 customers in Des Moines, Iowa, and surrounding municipalities in central Iowa. DMWW has identified a need for increased water supply and is exploring the potential for expanding groundwater production capabilities in the Des Moines River alluvial...