Images

A long exposure shot shows the flow and direction of water through the gage pool during a high-flow event in April 2021. Looking upstream you can see the staff plate and a felled tree which is not impacting flow.

Block Island Sound from shore of Block Island, Rhode Island. A ferry making its way to a shore in the background.

Block Island Sound view from shore of Block Island, Rhode Island. Tall grass on the beach and a cargo ship in the background.

Hydrologic technician making groundwater measurements and inspecting the USGS groundwater site monitoring equipment.

The photo shows a Belfort Weighing Bucket, Tipping Bucket,  Aerochem, Ott Pluvio , Hubbard Brook, and standard rain gage. Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont. 

Photograph of U.S. Geological Survey technician collecting an isokinetic equal-width increment water sample at USGS streamgage 01115265, Hemlock Brook at King Road near Foster, Rhode Island.

USGS scientists collecting lake-bottom sediments from Ashumet Pond on Cape Cod, Massachusetts for use in laboratory experiments on the fate of PFAS at groundwater/surface-water boundaries. The sediments are collected by pushing a tube into the lake bottom and transferring the sediment and pore water into glass jars.  

Hydrologic technician Kal Csigi takes a streamflow measurement of the Quashnet River on Cape Cod for a project that sought to identify areas of high nitrogen loading to selected rivers on Cape Cod through stream data, observations, and groundwater modeling.

Hydrologic technician Kal Csigi takes a streamflow measurement in the Santuit River on Cape Cod for a project that sought to identify areas of high nitrogen loading to selected rivers on Cape Cod through stream data, observations, and groundwater modeling. 

Photo of a recently retrieved frost tube during the Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) measurement. Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont.

Hydrologic Technician Kyle Fronte measures streamflow in the Mashpee River and also takes water quality samples for a project that designed, tested, and evaluated approaches for using field observations and groundwater-flow simulations to identify areas of high nitrogen loading to selected rivers on Cape Cod.

Hydrologic technician Kal Csigi takes a streamflow measurement in the Santuit River for a project that sought to identify areas of high nitrogen loading to selected rivers on Cape Cod through stream data, observations, and groundwater modeling.

Photo Contest Winner | March 2021 | People
USGS employees on boat

USGS gaging station on the Sandy River near Mercer, Maine, station 01048000 during winter.

Connor Gregoire chiseling ice for a Qm @ 01193500

Winter scenery of the Segreganset River at North Dighton, Massachusetts, February 12, 2021.

A downstream view from the bridge during a blizzard, with ice forming on both edges of the river.

Photo Contest Winner | March 2021 | Honorable Mention
423441072170701 MA-ORW63 Winter Groundwater Site Inspection

The USGS is conducting a study to characterize groundwater and surface water-quality to address the need for a better understanding of nutrient inputs to the coastal waters. The initial focus of the study is on local-scale hydrologic monitoring adjacent to Academy Cove.

Groundwater sampling along the shoreline of Academy Cove, Wickford, Rhode Island, February 9, 2021

The snowy gage at Indian River, Clinton, CT 01195100 monitoring location.