Images

A view of the Lemon Fair River at USGS monitoring station 04282538 near Shoreham, Vermont, during a drought in the summer of 2025.

A view of the Missisquoi River from the perspective of streamgage 04293500 in East Berkshire, Vermont, in August 2025 during a period of drought.

A view of low flows and exposed rocks in Otter Creek at Center Rutland, Vermont, near monitoring station 04282000. This photo was taken during a drought in the summer of 2025.

A view of Austin Stream in Binghamton, Maine, during a period of moderate drought in the summer of 2025.

A view of the Poultney River near the USGS monitoring station 04280000 near Fair Haven, Vermont, during a drought event in summer 2025. 

A view of the Ellis River in South Andover, Maine, near streamgage 01054300. 

Wild River at Gilead, Maine, experienced low water levels during a drought event in the summer of 2025.

Nezinscot River at Turner Center, Maine, experienced low water levels during a drought event in the summer of 2025.

A view of the Sheepscot River in Maine taken by USGS hydrologic technicians while surveying the channel for the purpose of updating floodplain maps.

A view of the Sheepscot River in Maine taken by USGS hydrologic technicians while surveying the river. The surveyed cross-section data is used to update flood insurance rate maps for FEMA. 

Phil Woodford (Hydro Tech) driving a boat to service a water quality buoy located in Kingston Bay, Plymouth, MA. The Mayflower replica is in the background.

Summer 2025 Photo Contest Winner: Kaitlin Laabs, USGS at Work category

Hydrologic Technician Conner Caridad observing the purge of a groundwter well located in the Army Base Camp Nett. Groundwater samples were taken and analyzed from this well for a study measuring nitrogen concentrations in groundwater before, during, and after sewering.

Hydrologic Technician Danny Hansen adjusts the speed of peristaltic pump at a groundwater well in the Pine Grove community Grove in Niantic, CT. Groundwater samples were being taken during 2025 as a part of a broader study looking at nitrogen concentrations in groundwater before and after sewer installation.

A USGS hydrologic technician uses a Van Dorn sampler to collect water quality samples from the Farm River at fixed depths.

A photograph of a plowed hay field at Shaws Hill Farm in Kensington, New Hampshire. USGS, in cooperation with the U.S.

A buoy carrying water quality monitoring equipment is deployed in Mount Hope Bay, Massachusetts, as part of a larger water-quality monitoring project.

A buoy carrying water quality monitoring equipment is deployed in Kingston Bay in South Duxbury, Massachusetts, as part of a larger water-quality monitoring project.

A culvert along Cromwell Brook under a forest road in Acadia National Park in Maine.

USGS hydrologic technicians Sam Banas and Curtis Yeager install a groundwater well (MA-F2W 80) in Franklin, Massachusetts.

USGS staff deploy a carbon dioxide sensor (pCO2) from the Beverly Pier into the Danvers River in Beverly, Massachusetts. This water quality sensor deployment is a part of a larger data collection effort in several Massachusetts rivers and embayments.

Newly established continuous streamgage on downstream right bank at Mill Brook at Plainfield, MA - 01178230.  Gage is located on River Road.