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USGS employee using survey data to model water surface elevation for different storm events.
Modeling FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Modeling FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Modeling FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

USGS employee using survey data to model water surface elevation for different storm events.

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

USGS employee using survey data to model water surface elevation for different storm events.

USGS employees carry survey equipment to the survey site. They are hiking down a grassy hill in a farmers field in Connecticut.
Hiking in to the survey site
Hiking in to the survey site
Hiking in to the survey site

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

USGS employees carry survey equipment to the survey site. They are hiking down a grassy hill in a farmers field in Connecticut.

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

USGS employees carry survey equipment to the survey site. They are hiking down a grassy hill in a farmers field in Connecticut.

USGS employees are setting up a total station near an old factory in preparation of taking a channel measurement.
Setting up a total station near an old factory
Setting up a total station near an old factory
Setting up a total station near an old factory

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

​USGS employees are setting up a total station near an old factory in preparation of taking a channel measurement.

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

​USGS employees are setting up a total station near an old factory in preparation of taking a channel measurement.

North River in Shattuckville, Massachusetts
Scenic photo of the North River in Shattuckville, Massachusetts
Scenic photo of the North River in Shattuckville, Massachusetts
Scenic photo of the North River in Shattuckville, Massachusetts

Scenic photo of the North River in Shattuckville, Massachusetts taken during a cloudy day.

Scenic photo of the North River in Shattuckville, Massachusetts taken during a cloudy day.

Digging a hole next to a real-time groundwater well for a solar panel
Digging a hole next to a real-time groundwater well for a solar panel
Digging a hole next to a real-time groundwater well for a solar panel
Digging a hole next to a real-time groundwater well for a solar panel

Shown in this photo is student intern Michael Upton digging a hole next to a real-time groundwater well so a solar panel and cell phone modem antenna mast can be installed. The site ID is: 421240072490201 MA-M7W 19 located in Montgomery, Massachusetts.

Shown in this photo is student intern Michael Upton digging a hole next to a real-time groundwater well so a solar panel and cell phone modem antenna mast can be installed. The site ID is: 421240072490201 MA-M7W 19 located in Montgomery, Massachusetts.

USGS Employee is checking Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps before a meeting.
Checking preliminary maps
Checking preliminary maps
Checking preliminary maps

FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

​USGS employee is checking Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps before a meeting.

FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

​USGS employee is checking Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps before a meeting.

USGS employees survey a bridge.​
FEMA Bridge Survey
FEMA Bridge Survey
FEMA Bridge Survey

​Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps. 

USGS employees survey a bridge.​​

​Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps. 

USGS employees survey a bridge.​​

Highway monitoring station USGS 415157072291301 along State Route 74 near Vernon, Connecticut
Highway monitoring station
Highway monitoring station
Highway monitoring station

Highway monitoring station USGS 415157072291301 along State Route 74 near Vernon, Connecticut.

Highway monitoring station USGS 415157072291301 along State Route 74 near Vernon, Connecticut.

Colin Sweeny taking field parameters for a water quality sample
Colin Sweeny taking field parameters for a water quality sample
Colin Sweeny taking field parameters for a water quality sample
Colin Sweeny taking field parameters for a water quality sample

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | July 2019 | USGS At Work
Colin Sweeny taking field parameters for a water quality sample

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | July 2019 | USGS At Work
Colin Sweeny taking field parameters for a water quality sample

Conducting geologic mapping at Coot Hill in the Adirondacks, NY
Conducting geologic mapping at Coot Hill in the Adirondacks, NY
Conducting geologic mapping at Coot Hill in the Adirondacks, NY
Conducting geologic mapping at Coot Hill in the Adirondacks, NY

NER May 2019 USGS at Work
Greg Walsh collects data on Coot Hill while conducting geologic mapping in the Adirondacks, NY

NER May 2019 USGS at Work
Greg Walsh collects data on Coot Hill while conducting geologic mapping in the Adirondacks, NY

USGS soil moisture and groundwater well site inspection
USGS soil moisture and groundwater well site inspection
USGS soil moisture and groundwater well site inspection
USGS soil moisture and groundwater well site inspection

Shown in this photo is Hydrologic Technician Sam Banas performing a site inspection at an soil moisture and continuous groundwater well monitoring site. The site ID is: 424250072493101 MA-HNW 14 in Heath, Massachusetts.

Shown in this photo is Hydrologic Technician Sam Banas performing a site inspection at an soil moisture and continuous groundwater well monitoring site. The site ID is: 424250072493101 MA-HNW 14 in Heath, Massachusetts.

Groundwater well measurement
Groundwater well measurement
Groundwater well measurement
Groundwater well measurement

Shown in this photo is Hydrologic Technician Sam Banas performing an electric tape down measurement of a real-time groundwater well in Northbridge, Massachusetts.

Shown in this photo is Hydrologic Technician Sam Banas performing an electric tape down measurement of a real-time groundwater well in Northbridge, Massachusetts.

Winter water-quality sampling in the Connecticut River, CT
Winter water-quality sample collection in the Connecticut River, CT
Winter water-quality sample collection in the Connecticut River, CT
Winter water-quality sample collection in the Connecticut River, CT

Brittney Izbicki, USGS, at the edge of the ice in the Connecticut River, preparing to collect water-quality samples.

Collecting winter water-quality samples in the Connecticut River, CT
Collecting winter water-quality samples in the Connecticut River, CT
Collecting winter water-quality samples in the Connecticut River, CT
Collecting winter water-quality samples in the Connecticut River, CT

Colin Sweeney, USGS, collecting water-quality samples from the Connecticut River, CT

Collecting winter water-quality samples from the Connecticut River near Thompsonville, CT
Collecting winter water-quality samples from the Connecticut River nea
Collecting winter water-quality samples from the Connecticut River nea
Collecting winter water-quality samples from the Connecticut River nea

Theresa Armijo, USGS, collecting water-quality samples from the Connecticut River by USGS gage 01184000, Connecticut River near Thompsonville 

Theresa Armijo, USGS, collecting water-quality samples from the Connecticut River by USGS gage 01184000, Connecticut River near Thompsonville 

Using an ice bar to chip away ice and clear the path to the river
Clearing ice from the path to the river for water-quality sampling
Clearing ice from the path to the river for water-quality sampling
Clearing ice from the path to the river for water-quality sampling

David Sullivan, USGS, using an ice bar to chip away at the ice built up on the trail to get down to the water-quality sampling site at USGS gage Connecticut River near Thompsonville, CT

David Sullivan, USGS, using an ice bar to chip away at the ice built up on the trail to get down to the water-quality sampling site at USGS gage Connecticut River near Thompsonville, CT

Belfort Weighing Bucket precipitation gauge and wind shield
Belfort Weighing Bucket precipitation gauge and wind shield
Belfort Weighing Bucket precipitation gauge and wind shield
Belfort Weighing Bucket precipitation gauge and wind shield

Belfort Weighing Bucket precipitation gauge at a high elevation meteorological station. Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont. 

Belfort Weighing Bucket precipitation gauge at a high elevation meteorological station. Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont. 

Continuous water quality monitor that is deployed off a bridge in Westerly RI, just upstream of the gage.
Continuous water quality monitor
Continuous water quality monitor
Continuous water quality monitor

Continuous water quality monitor that is deployed off a bridge in Westerly RI, just upstream of the 01118500 gage.

Continuous water quality monitor that is deployed off a bridge in Westerly RI, just upstream of the 01118500 gage.

Groundwater measurement
Groundwater measurement
Groundwater measurement
Groundwater measurement

Hydrologic technician performing an electric tape down measurement of a real-time groundwater well. The site ID is: 412154071462901 RI-WEW 522 in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Hydrologic technician performing an electric tape down measurement of a real-time groundwater well. The site ID is: 412154071462901 RI-WEW 522 in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Glenn Berwick installing RDG below ice jam
Glenn Berwick installing RDG below ice jam
Glenn Berwick installing RDG below ice jam
Glenn Berwick installing RDG below ice jam

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | February 2019 | Honorable Mention
Glenn Berwick installing RDG below ice jam

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | February 2019 | Honorable Mention
Glenn Berwick installing RDG below ice jam

Water flow into a large river surrounded by salt marsh in winter.
Tidal Water Moving through a Tide Control Structure in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Tidal Water Moving through a Tide Control Structure in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Tidal Water Moving through a Tide Control Structure in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

A gage on the backside of a tide control structure on the Herring River at Chequessett Neck Rd at Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It is evident to see the movement of incoming tide in this picture. Data was collected at this site for several years prior to the removal of the dike in 2023.

A gage on the backside of a tide control structure on the Herring River at Chequessett Neck Rd at Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It is evident to see the movement of incoming tide in this picture. Data was collected at this site for several years prior to the removal of the dike in 2023.