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High-water mark on door at Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during major flood event in July 2023.

Townshend Dam on the West River in Townshend, Vermont, released water after flooding raised the water levels significantly in mid-July 2023.

A hydrologic technician uses a wading discharge measurement instrument in front of a culvert near East Branch Dead Creek near Bridport, Vermont. A USGS streamgage station is nearby.

High-water mark on door at Federal Building, Montpelier, Vermont during major flood event in July 2023.

 Langdon Street Bridge stream gage 04285800 on the North Branch Winooski River

Flooded stairwell to Montpelier, Vermont Federal Building during historical flood event.

Hydrologic technician details a high-water mark next to the Winooski River in Vermont above the Hurricane Irene plate.

Heavy rainfall from two-day storm prompted extreme flooding in parts of Vermont in July 2023. The Winooski River overflowed into downtown Montpelier.

A streamgage station on Otter Creek in Center Rutland, Vermont (04282000).       

Heavy rainfall from two-day storm prompted extreme flooding in parts of Vermont in July 2023. The Winooski River stage is so high here it is touching the bottom of a metal truss bridge in Montpelier, Vermont.

Heavy rainfall from a two-day storm prompted extreme flooding in parts of Vermont in July 2023.

Heavy rainfall from a two-day storm prompted extreme flooding in parts of Vermont in July 2023.

A streamgage station on Otter Creek in Center Rutland, Vermont (04282000).              

This is the "Douglas Flood Rock,” which has been used to document floods near Otter Creek in Pittsford, Vermont, since 1811. Local engravers in the area mark the flood rock at the highest water level after every big flood event. Locally called “Flood Rock,” this marble ledge is listed in the Pittsford Second Sentry Historical Book.

A crest-stage gage is located on Joes Brook Tributary in East Barnet, Vermont. Crest-stage gages are used to validate peak flow measurements at nearby streamgages.

A collage of images depicting USGS employees working on various water resources activities in New England states.

A collage of images depicting USGS employees working on various hydrologic monitoring activities in New England states.

A collage of images depicting USGS employees working on various field activities, throughout all seasons of the year, in New England states.

A stormdrain receiving water input during a high-precipitation storm in Massachusetts.

Maddy Holland (New England Water Science Center), Eric White (Water Mission Area - Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch), Jason Sorenson (New England Water Science Center), and Carole Johnson (Water Mission Area - Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch) moving heavy TDEM field gear across a field in Edgartown, Massachusetts.

Hydrologist of the Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch of the USGS Water Mission Area, operates Time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) equipment in Chilmark, Massachusetts.