Purpose:This feature layer describes water quality sampling data performed at several operating coal mines in the South Fork of Cherry watershed, West Virginia.Source & Data:Data was downloaded from WV Department of Environmental Protection's ApplicationXtender online database and EPA's ECHO online database between January and April, 2023.There are five data sets here: Surface Water Monitoring Sites, which contains basic information about monitoring sites (name, lat/long, etc.) and NPDES Outlet Monitoring Sites, which contains similar information about outfall discharges surrounding the active mines. Biological Assessment Stations (BAS) contain similar information for pre-project biological sampling. NOV Summary contains locations of Notices of Violation received by South Fork Coal Company from WV Department of Environmental Protection. The Quarterly Monitoring Reports table contains the sampling data for the Surface Water Monitoring Sites, which actually goes as far back as 2018 for some mines. Parameters of concern include iron, aluminum and selenium, among others.A relationship class between Surface Water Monitoring Sites and the Quarterly Monitoring Reports allows access to individual sample results.Processing:Notices of Violation were obtained from the WV DEP AppXtender database for Mining and Reclamation Article 3 (SMCRA) Permitting, and Mining and Reclamation NPDES Permitting. Violation data were entered into Excel and loaded into ArcGIS Pro as a CSV text file with Lat/Long coordinates for each Violation. The CSV file was converted to a point feature class.Water quality data were downloaded in PDF format from the WVDEP AppXtender website. Non-searchable PDFs were converted via Optical Character Recognition, so that data could be copied. Sample results were copied and pasted manually to Notepad++, and several columns were re-ordered. Data was grouped by sample station and sorted chronologically. Sample data, contained in the associated table (SW_QM_Reports) were linked back to the monitoring station locations using the Station_ID text field in a geodatabase relationship class.Water monitoring station locations were taken from published Drainage Maps and from water quality reports. A CSV table was created with station Lat/Long locations and loaded into ArcGIS Pro. It was then converted to a point feature class.Stream Crossings and Road Construction Areas were digitized as polygon feature classes from project Drainage and Progress maps that were converted to TIFF image format from PDF and georeferenced.The ArcGIS Pro map - South Fork Cherry River Water Quality, was published as a service definition to ArcGIS Online.Symbology:NOV Summary - dark blue, solid pointLost Flats Surface Water Monitoring Sites: Data Available - medium blue point, black outlineLost Flats Surface Water Monitoring Sites: No Data Available - no-fill point, thick medium blue outlineLost Flats NPDES Outlet Monitoring Sites - orange point, black outlineBlue Knob Surface Water Monitoring Sites: Data Available - medium blue point, black outlineBlue Knob Surface Water Monitoring Sites: No Data Available - no-fill point, thick medium blue outlineBlue Knob NPDES Outlet Monitoring Sites - orange point, black outlineBlue Knob Biological Assessment Stations: Data Available - medium green point, black outlineBlue Knob Biological Assessment Stations: No Data Available - no-fill point, thick medium green outlineRocky Run Surface Water Monitoring Sites: Data Available - medium blue point, black outlineRocky Run Surface Water Monitoring Sites: No Data Available - no-fill point, thick medium blue outlineRocky Run NPDES Outlet Monitoring Sites - orange point, black outlineRocky Run Biological Assessment Stations: Data Available - medium green point, black outlineRocky Run Biological Assessment Stations: No Data Available - no-fill point, thick medium green outlineRocky Run Stream Crossings: turquoise blue polygon with red outlineRocky Run Haul Road Construction Areas: dark red (40% transparent) polygon with black outlineHaul Road No 2 Surface Water Monitoring Sites: Data Available - medium blue point, black outlineHaul Road No 2 Surface Water Monitoring Sites: No Data Available - no-fill point, thick medium blue outlineHaul Road No 2 NPDES Outlet Monitoring Sites - orange point, black outline

Point feature class and related table containing the Precise Surveys measurement time series. Measurements include elevations, Northings and Eastings, distances, and point-to-point measurements. Northing and Easting measurements are in CA State Plane Coordinate systems, Elevations measurements are provided in NAVD88 or NGVD29. This dataset is for data exploration only. These measurements and point locations are not considered survey-grade since there may be nuances such as epochs, adjustments, and measurement methods that are not fully reflected in the GIS data. These values are not considered authoritative values and should not be used in-lieu of actual surveyed values provided by a licensed land surveyor. Related data and time series are stored in a table connected to the point feature class via a relationship class. There may be multiple table entries and time series associated to a single mark. Data was assembled through an import of Excel tables and import of mark locations in ArcGIS Pro. Records were edited by DOE, Geomatics, GDSS to resolve any non-unique mark names. This dataset was last updated 4/2024.

Purpose:This feature layer describes the boundaries of Proposed Critical Habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee in Virginia and West Virginia.Source & Date:Data was downloaded from Regulations.gov, Document FWS-R3-ES-2024-0132-0016: CORRECTED_Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Critical Habitat Plot Points. Posted by the Fish and Wildlife Service on Dec 6, 2024 and accessible here as of 1/16/2025.Processing:The data was downloaded as a list of Latitude and Longitude coordinates in a PDF document. The PPDF was converted to Microsoft Excel format using Nitro Pro PDF editor. Data was cleaned of extra tabs, spaces, etc., given an OBJECTID field and saved as a comma-separated values (CSV) text file. The CSV file was loaded into ArcGIS Pro and converted to a point feature class using Latitude and Longitude as Y & X coordinates, respectively. The point featureclass was converted to polyline using the Points to Line script in Data management Tools - Features tool set. The polyline feature was converted to Polygon using Feature to Polygon (again in Features tool set). Fields for Square Miles (SqMi) and Acres were added and calculated with Calculate Geometry. The polygon feature class was exported to shapefile, zipped and uploaded to ArcGIS Online, where it was published as a feature layer.Symbology:Varies - default is medium blue polygon with dark gray outline.

This directory contains files related to the scientific research project of Luc van Dijk at the Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary. The project title is "High-resolution, Decadal to Weekly Geomorphic Change Analysis of the Elbow River in Calgary, using Multi-temporal Lidar and Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning". This project in the field of geomorphology was a collaboration between the University of Calgary and Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The project was completed on October 27, 2023. Below is a description of the files in this directory.

DisplacementVolumeDistributions_TLS.xlsx Excel file containing tabular data of the normalized sediment displacement volumes that were obtained using TLS. Each tab in the Excel file represents a period of interest in 2023. The data in this file were used to generate the 'histogram-like' figures in the report.

DoD_rasters.zip Folder containing the aerial lidar DEMs of Difference (DoDs) for each period of interest. The DoDs are 'waterless', i.e. the water surface is masked. The suffix of the file name before the file extension (e.g., ..._10cm.tif) indicates the maximum REM value that was used for the automated masking of the water surface extent (see report section 3.1.2). If the file name contains "large", it refers to the upstream greater area (see report section 3.1.3). Within this folder is another folder called 'Clipped2AOIs'. This folder contains the same DoDs, but covering only the extents of the sites of interest ('AOIs' = Areas Of Interest).

FilteredPointClouds_TLS.zip Folder containing the processed and filtered point clouds that were acquired throughout the summer of 2023 using TLS. These point clouds have been pre-processed and filtered to remove vegetation (see report section 3.2). They are grouped in sub-folders per acquisition date. The filenames are numbered to location, i.e. 'elbow1', 'elbow2', 'elbow3' and 'elbow4'. These correspond to the sites of interest: Glenmore Dam, golf club, Sandy Beach and Riverdale, respectively.

PythonScripts_Discharge_Rainfall.zip Folder containing the Python scripts that were made to process the discharge and rainfall data that were sourced from Environment Canada and The City of Calgary (see report section 3.3). The scripts themselves contain descriptions of their purpose.

PythonScripts_DisplacementVolumeAnalysis.zip Folder containing the Python scripts that were made to process and analyze the aerial lidar DoDs and the TLS rasterized difference point clouds (M3C2 output). The 'convert2pickle' scripts converted the sizable rasters to smaller pickle files, which were easier and faster to work with. The 'chart' scripts load the data from the pickle files, analyze them and produce the 'histogram-like' figures in the report. The scripts themselves contain descriptions of their purpose.

RainfallDischargeData.xlsx Excel file containing the discharge and rainfall data from Environment Canada and The City of Calgary. The data came from different sources in different formats and were combined into this single table.

RasterizedDifferencedPointClouds_M3C2.zip Folder containing the rasterized results of the differenced TLS point clouds (M3C2 output) (see report section 3.2.4). The filenames are numbered to location, i.e. 'Elbow1', 'Elbow2', 'Elbow3' and 'Elbow4'. These correspond to the sites of interest: Glenmore Dam, golf club, Sandy Beach and Riverdale, respectively. The numeric sequence in the file name indicates the start and end date of the change analysis in a 'mm-dd' format. The suffixes '_dist', '_unc' and '_sig' refer to the three output layers of the M3C2 algorithm: distance, uncertainty and significance of change. The main files of interest are the '.tif' files. Files sharing the same name, but with different extensions (.tfw, .tif.aux.xml, .tif.xml) are supplementary/auxiliary files for the '.tif' file, generated by ArcGIS Pro.

ScarpsOfInterest_shapefile.zip Folder containing a polygon shapefile describing the extents and locations of the sites of interest. The main file of interest is the '.shp' file. The other files with the same name, but different extensions (.cpg, .dbf, .prj, .sbn, .sbx, .shp.xml, .shx) are supplementary/auxiliary files for the '.shp' file, generated by ArcGIS Pro.

This layer visualizes over 60,000 commercial flight paths. The data was obtained from openflights.org, and was last updated in June 2014. The site states, "The third-party that OpenFlights uses for route data ceased providing updates in June 2014. The current data is of historical value only. As of June 2014, the OpenFlights/Airline Route Mapper Route Database contains 67,663 routes between 3,321 airports on 548 airlines spanning the globe. Creating and maintaining this database has required and continues to require an immense amount of work. We need your support to keep this database up-to-date."To donate, visit the site and click the PayPal link.Routes were created using the XY-to-line tool in ArcGIS Pro, inspired by Kenneth Field's work, and following a modified methodology from Michael Markieta (www.spatialanalysis.ca/2011/global-connectivity-mapping-out-flight-routes).Some cleanup was required in the original data, including adding missing location data for several airports and some missing IATA codes. Before performing the point to line conversion, the key to preserving attributes in the original data is a combination of the INDEX and MATCH functions in Microsoft Excel. Example function: =INDEX(Airlines!$B$2:$B$6200,MATCH(Routes!$A2,Airlines!$D$2:Airlines!$D$6200,0))