New England Flood Information

A high-water mark tag nailed to a tree trunk with visible debris. The debris that adheres to the tree is the physical evidence of how high the flood waters rose during the flood event; when the waters recede, the debris transported by the flood waters that was floating on the top of the water sticks to the tree.

A USGS physical scientist holds out a level to a high-water mark near a stream in Vermont. 

Hydrologic technician takes a high water mark measurement in knee-deep water in the Black River in Newport, Vermont.

A hydrologic technician puts down a high-water mark at a debris line in a parking lot near the Black River in Vermont.

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

An acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) is pulled across the Deerfield River in West Deerfield, Massachusetts during a flood event caused by heavy precipitation. This measurement was taken near USGS streamgage 01170000.

Hydrologic technician showing a high-water mark on a debris line next to the Black River in Ludlow Vermont.

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

High-water mark on door at Federal Building, Montpelier, Vermont 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.

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

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

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

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

Heavy rainfall from a two-day storm prompted extreme flooding in parts of Vermont in July 2023. The Connecticut River in Montague City, Massachusetts overflow near USGS streamgage 01170500 inundated the boat ramp and flowing into the parking lot.

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.

Flooding in Soldier Pond, Maine, following rainfall and snowmelt that led to high water levels in the Fish and St. John Rivers in April and May of 2018. 

USGS field crews installed a temporary rapid deployment gage on May 2, 2018, at Soldier Pond in the Fish River to monitor flooding near Fort Kent in Maine.  

USGS field crews installed a temporary rapid deployment gage on May 2, 2018, at Soldier Pond in the Fish River to monitor flooding near Fort Kent in Maine.