HydroFish: freshwater fish co-occurrence with hydropower plants and non-powered dams in conterminous United States sub-basins

Bozeman, Bryan; Matson, Paul; DeRolph, Chirs; DeNeale, Scott

doi:10.21951/HydroFish/2570984

Title: HydroFish: freshwater fish co-occurrence with hydropower plants and non-powered dams in conterminous United States sub-basins

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The HydroFish dataset lists all existing hydropower plants (EHAs) and non-powered dams (NPDs; ≥ 0.001 MW potential nominal capacity), delineates the hydrologic sub-basins in which they are situated, and then lists all freshwater fish species reported to occur in those sub-basins. This dataset was compiled using the HydroBio dataset (https://hydrosource.ornl.gov/data/datasets/hydrobio/) and contains 24 total variables that describe hydrologic sub-basins, each unique EHA (plant ID and name, geographic coordinates, permit type, capacity, etc.) and NPD (ID value, known names, geographic coordinates, and estimated potential nominal capacity), and freshwater fish species in the sub-basin (common and scientific name, origin, and migratory and threat status). The HydroBio dataset was built using Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Existing Hydropower Assets Dataset (2024 version) and Non-powered Dam Technical Potential Dataset (2024 version), and NatureServe’s fish species distribution dataset (2023 version). The dataset also contains summary variables that report the unique number of EHAs, NPDs, and freshwater fish species per sub-basin. The HydroFish dataset contains two unique data files: 1) a .csv metadata file describing the dataset variables, and 2) a .csv data file containing the actual dataset. Note that there may be many rows per unique existing hydropower plant or non-powered dam given that distinct speciesmore »« less

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2025

Other Number(s):: 1

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office

OSTI Identifier:: 2570984

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.21951/HydroFish/2570984

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                    Bozeman, Bryan, Matson, Paul, DeRolph, Chirs, and DeNeale, Scott. HydroFish: freshwater fish co-occurrence with hydropower plants and non-powered dams in conterminous United States sub-basins.  United States: N. p., 2025. 
        Web.  doi:10.21951/HydroFish/2570984.

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                    Bozeman, Bryan, Matson, Paul, DeRolph, Chirs, & DeNeale, Scott. HydroFish: freshwater fish co-occurrence with hydropower plants and non-powered dams in conterminous United States sub-basins.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.21951/HydroFish/2570984

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                    Bozeman, Bryan, Matson, Paul, DeRolph, Chirs, and DeNeale, Scott. 2025.  
"HydroFish: freshwater fish co-occurrence with hydropower plants and non-powered dams in conterminous United States sub-basins".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.21951/HydroFish/2570984.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2570984. Pub date:Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2025

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  title        = {HydroFish: freshwater fish co-occurrence with hydropower plants and non-powered dams in conterminous United States sub-basins},

  author       = {Bozeman, Bryan and Matson, Paul and DeRolph, Chirs and DeNeale, Scott},

  abstractNote = {The HydroFish dataset lists all existing hydropower plants (EHAs) and non-powered dams (NPDs; ≥ 0.001 MW potential nominal capacity), delineates the hydrologic sub-basins in which they are situated, and then lists all freshwater fish species reported to occur in those sub-basins. This dataset was compiled using the HydroBio dataset (https://hydrosource.ornl.gov/data/datasets/hydrobio/) and contains 24 total variables that describe hydrologic sub-basins, each unique EHA (plant ID and name, geographic coordinates, permit type, capacity, etc.) and NPD (ID value, known names, geographic coordinates, and estimated potential nominal capacity), and freshwater fish species in the sub-basin (common and scientific name, origin, and migratory and threat status). The HydroBio dataset was built using Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Existing Hydropower Assets Dataset (2024 version) and Non-powered Dam Technical Potential Dataset (2024 version), and NatureServe’s fish species distribution dataset (2023 version). The dataset also contains summary variables that report the unique number of EHAs, NPDs, and freshwater fish species per sub-basin. The HydroFish dataset contains two unique data files: 1) a .csv metadata file describing the dataset variables, and 2) a .csv data file containing the actual dataset. Note that there may be many rows per unique existing hydropower plant or non-powered dam given that distinct species are listed per existing plant or NPD per sub-basin. The dataset is downloadable as a zip file containing the metadata and dataset files.},

  doi          = {10.21951/HydroFish/2570984},

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