This USGS data release contains 2013 streamflow, baseflow, and precipitation data from three hydrologically-diverse streams in the United States used to develop a conceptual framework for effectively anticipating water-quality changes resulting from changes in agricultural activities. The framework combined generalized concepts on the movement of water, the environmental behavior of chemicals and eroded soil, and the designed functions of various agricultural activities. The framework addresses the impacts on water quality of a broad range of agricultural chemicals and sediment across a variety of hydrologic settings. • Chesterville Branch near Crumpton, Maryland, (USGS site ID - 01493112) had substantial baseflow throughout the year with increased streamflow within a day of rainfall. • Indian Creek at State Line RD, Leawood, Kansas (USGS site ID - 06893390) was a fastflow-dominated urban steam that was not well connected to shallow groundwater. • The watershed of Leary-Weber Ditch at Mohawk, Indiana (USGS site ID - 03361638) has an extensive subsurface drainage network within its watershed. These data support the following publication: Capel, P.D., Wolock, D.M., Coupe, R.H., and Roth, J.L., 2017, A conceptual framework for effectively anticipating water-quality changes resulting from changes in agricultural activities: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5095, 35 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175095.

Storm event data and flow rates in/out pre-post device installation. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Hawley, R., J. Goodrich, N. Korth, C. Rust, E. Fet, C. Frye, K. MacMannis, M. Wooten, M. Jacobs, and R. Sinha. Detention Outlet Retrofit Improves the Functionality of Existing Detention Basins by Reducing Erosive Flows in Receiving Channels. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. American Water Resources Association, Middleburg, VA, USA, 1-16, (2017).

These are quality-assured time series datasets from weather stations and runoff volume monitoring infrastructure, Cleveland OH. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Shuster, W., and R. Darner. Hydrologic Performance of Retrofit Rain Gardens in a Residential Neighborhood (Cleveland Ohio USA) with a Focus on Monitoring Methods. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, 2018.

This tabular dataset includes measurements of net radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and calculated reference evapotranspiration (ET0) for a bioretention garden in Douglas County, Nebraska.To determine the amount of water that was lost to the atmosphere, evapotranspiration (ET) was calculated at the Douglas County Health Center (DCHC) bioretention garden by scaling the reference evapotranspiration (ET0) by a landscape coefficient. Measurements of net radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed were used to calculate daily ET0 using the Penman-Monteith equation (Monteith and Unsworth, 1990; Allen and others, 1998). Reference evapotranspiration represents ET, in inches, over a well-watered grass of uniform height that completely shades the ground (Allen and others, 1998). To adjust the ET0 to represent the actual ET of the bioretention gardens, a weighted landscape coefficient (KL) was used (Costello and others, 2000).

This tabular dataset includes measurements of net radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and calculated reference evapotranspiration (ET0) for a bioretention garden in Douglas County, Nebraska.To determine the amount of water that was lost to the atmosphere, evapotranspiration (ET) was calculated at the Douglas County Health Center (DCHC) bioretention garden by scaling the reference evapotranspiration (ET0) by a landscape coefficient. Measurements of net radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed were used to calculate daily ET0 using the Penman-Monteith equation (Monteith and Unsworth, 1990; Allen and others, 1998). Reference evapotranspiration represents ET, in inches, over a well-watered grass of uniform height that completely shades the ground (Allen and others, 1998). To adjust the ET0 to represent the actual ET of the bioretention gardens, a weighted landscape coefficient (KL) was used (Costello and others, 2000).