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Piscataquis River in Maine during flood following a powerful rainstorm. Vicinity of the USGS streamgage 01031500, Piscataquis River near Dover-Foxcroft, Maine on December 19, 2023.

Flooding surrounds USGS streamgage 01029500 on the East Branch of the Penobscot River in Grindstone, Maine. The river flooded after a significant rainstorm added several inches of rain and melted snowpack in late December 2023.

Flooded streamgage, Kennebec River at Hallowell, Maine – 01049330. Photo taken after a powerful rainstorm.

The Kennebec River flooded in downtown Augusta, Maine, after a heavy rainstorm. USGS streamgage 01049320 monitors the streamflow of this area

The Kennebec River flooded in downtown Hallowell, Maine, after a heavy rainstorm. USGS streamgage 01049330 monitors the streamflow of this area.

USGS Scientist makes a gage inspection during the rain event at Nepaug River near Nepaug, Connecticut - 01187800. The 1800 cubic feet per second (CFS) measured during the powerful rainstorm was the highest measurement on record to date, according to provisional data.

The USGS New England Water Science Center operates a streamgage on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. 

The break room in the Connecticut Office has two walls of windows that bring in a lot of natural light.

The New England Water Science Center Connecticut Office is located on the campus of Goodwin University at 339 Main Street in East Hartford.

The New England Water Science Center's Connecticut office has a spacious three-door garage.

A view of the Neponset River in Canton, Massachusetts, near a 01105554 USGS streamgage at Greenlodge Street.

Hydrologic Technician Brendan Crowley collecting a water quality sample at Moose River in Victory, VT (01134500). This site is sampled monthly for the Upper Connecticut River Watershed project.

Longfellow Bridge, completed in 1906 and renamed for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1927, viewed upstream from a window inside the Museum of Science at Science Park in Boston, Massachusetts. The museum occupies the site of the 1910 Charles River Dam Bridge.

The Boston Public Garden lagoon is a shallow, human‑constructed surface‑water body situated within the historic Public Garden in downtown Boston.

USGS staff documenting a high-water mark in Montpelier, Vermont, after significant flooding.

New England WSC scientist calibrating a continuous water quality monitor at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium.

Ryan Bottorff servicing a continuous water quality monitor at US Coast Guard Academy on the Thames River in Groton, CT.

The USGS New England Water Science Massachusetts/Rhode Island Office is located in Northborough, MA. 

A USGS hydrologist stands in front of debris and damage of Cobble Ridge Road Bridge over the West River in Londonderry, Vermont. This destruction occurred from flood waters that rose from a heavy-rainfall event in July 2023.

The peripheral fence of Hanscom Air Force base that is located downstream from the USGS streamgage on Shawsheen River at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts.

A groundwater well in a grassy field near Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts.