USGS daily stream flow data for Kings Creek on the Konza Prairie

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, used streamflow measurements at 14 partial-record sites and related them to nearby USGS real-time streamgages (index sites) to provide daily mean streamflow values at ungaged (partial-record) sites. Daily mean streamflow was estimated by developing a regression relationship between streamflow at each partial-record site and the index site for the period of record of the index site. The daily mean streamflow at partial-record sites will support the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho effort to understand fish and wildlife habitat in the watershed and provide streamflow estimates for Kootenai River tributaries for use in hydraulic modeling that supports habitat restoration projects.

Hydrological Model Outputs (XP-RAFTS)

This dataset contains a zipped file (dailyQs.zip) of daily streamflow data for 1,378 streamgages in 19 study regions in the conterminous U.S. from October 1, 1980 through September 30, 2013 from mostly undisturbed watersheds. USGS streamgages that were identified as being of “reference” quality in the GAGES-II dataset (https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?gagesII_Sept2011) and had at least 10 complete water years (WYs) during the study period from WY1981 through WY2013 were selected. Daily streamflow data were retrieved from the National Water Information System (NWIS) on April 18, 2016. This dataset also contains an Excel file (compWYs.xlsx) indicating for each WY during the study period whether a streamgage had a complete streamflow record (no missing values) during that year. Only complete WYs of daily streamflow data during the study period from the selected streamgages were used to compute the empirical FDC quantiles to which regression equations were fitted. These data support a concurrent publication (Over and others, 2018).

This dataset contains a zipped file (dailyQs.zip) of daily streamflow data for 1,378 streamgages in 19 study regions in the conterminous U.S. from October 1, 1980 through September 30, 2013 from mostly undisturbed watersheds. USGS streamgages that were identified as being of “reference” quality in the GAGES-II dataset (https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?gagesII_Sept2011) and had at least 10 complete water years (WYs) during the study period from WY1981 through WY2013 were selected. Daily streamflow data were retrieved from the National Water Information System (NWIS) on April 18, 2016. This dataset also contains an Excel file (compWYs.xlsx) indicating for each WY during the study period whether a streamgage had a complete streamflow record (no missing values) during that year. Only complete WYs of daily streamflow data during the study period from the selected streamgages were used to compute the empirical FDC quantiles to which regression equations were fitted. These data support a concurrent publication (Over and others, 2018).

Hydrological Model Outputs (MIKE STORM)

Multiple sources of mine drainage including discharge from the abandoned Dinero mine tunnel and two gulches flow into a wetland, known herein as the Dinero wetland along the Lake Fork Creek corridor. The Dinero wetland is approximately 20 acres in extent. The Dinero wetland is being considered as a location for passive treatment of the mine drainage flowing through it. As such, study objectives are to understand: (1) variations in pH, specific conductance, and temperature in surface water in the wetland; (2) metal loading into and out of the wetland; (3) the configuration of surface drainage features; (4) the configuration of subsurface conductive features; and (4) depth to bedrock in the wetland. These data will be used to help understand whether the wetland is currently and naturally treating the mine drainage flowing through it and will help pinpoint locations needing additional investigations to help inform potential passive treatment scenarios. Constant rate fluorescein dye injection experiments were conducted in Lake Fork Creek on the evening of 8/15/2023 and the morning of 7/17/2024. The injection site for the experiments was approximately 39.250872°N -106.376256°W, and the lower boundary of the experimental reach was designated at 39.246789°N, -106.378772°W (WGS 84). Turner Designs ‘Cyclops-7F’ fluorometers and ‘Databank’ recorders were used to measure dye concentrations in this study. At the lower boundary of the study area, concentrations were measured continuously at one-minute intervals. Check measurements of dye concentration were collected throughout the reach during data collection. The injections were initiated at 17:15 on 8/15/2023 and 06:40 on 7/17/2024 using a peristaltic pump powered by a rechargeable, constant rate power source. Once plateau dye concentration conditions were indicated by point-in-time checks at the lower boundary, point measurements of dye concentration were collected from the upper to lower boundary of the reach. The location and associated concentration of point measurements were documented with a handheld GPS. Time series ‘Cyclops-7F’ data were saved and are contained in this data release. Upper reach boundary stream discharge is controlled by dam operations and was known to be 105 L/s on 8/15/2023 and 671 L/s on 7/17/2024. Those discharges were used in conservative, two-component mixing models to estimate lateral water inflow between spot dye measurement points, assuming the lateral inflows contain no dye, and no dye mass was lost along the experimental reach. The dilution calculations are included in this data release for demonstration purposes only.

The dataset has basin characteristics (drainage area, land use, and reservoir storage), parameters for a relation between streamflow and velocity, and travel time metrics at 100 gaged sites in the southeastern United States.

The dataset has basin characteristics (drainage area, land use, and reservoir storage), parameters for a relation between streamflow and velocity, and travel time metrics at 100 gaged sites in the southeastern United States.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This dataset includes spatial locations where streamflow permanence observations (continuous flow, discontinuous flow, and dry) were recorded using the FLOwPER (FLOw PERmanence) field survey available in the Survey 123 mobile data collection application. Additional information to describe the field conditions are included as part of the survey. Field observations in the FLOwPER Database have not been processed for quality control including spatial data accuracy or association with a stream network such as the National Hydrography Dataset. Streamflow permanence observations are collected from several governmental and non-governmental organizations on a continuing basis. This data release is formatted as a shapefile that includes streamflow permanence observations with associated information. Photographs associated with FLOwPER data observations are included. The spatial extent of this dataset is the western United States and includes the following states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Alabama, and Alaska.