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Rafters on the Illinois River
Illinois River Floatcam
Illinois River Floatcam
Illinois River Floatcam

Rafters enjoy the floating down the Illinois River in northeast Okalahoma.

Rafters enjoy the floating down the Illinois River in northeast Okalahoma.

USGS scientists setting up equipment to collect information about rock properties from a groundwater well
Collecting information about rock properties from a groundwater well
Collecting information about rock properties from a groundwater well
Collecting information about rock properties from a groundwater well

USGS scientists setting up the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) geophyiscal logging cable to collect information about rock properties from a groundwater well borehole in the Texas southern highplains.

USGS scientists setting up the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) geophyiscal logging cable to collect information about rock properties from a groundwater well borehole in the Texas southern highplains.

Photograph showing the Blanco River Valley, looking north from Little Arkansas Road, Hays County, Texas.
Blanco River Valley
Blanco River Valley
Blanco River Valley

Photograph showing the Blanco River Valley, looking north from Little Arkansas Road, Hays County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418.

Photograph showing the Blanco River Valley, looking north from Little Arkansas Road, Hays County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418.

Photograph showing a low water crossing on the Blanco River
Low water crossing on the Blanco River, Hays County, Texas
Low water crossing on the Blanco River, Hays County, Texas
Low water crossing on the Blanco River, Hays County, Texas

Photograph showing a low water crossing on the Blanco River, looking south from Little Arkansas Road, Hays County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418.

Photograph showing a low water crossing on the Blanco River, looking south from Little Arkansas Road, Hays County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418.

Photograph showing swimming hole on Cypress Creek
Swimming hole on Cypress Creek in Blue Hole Regional Park, Wimberley
Swimming hole on Cypress Creek in Blue Hole Regional Park, Wimberley
Swimming hole on Cypress Creek in Blue Hole Regional Park, Wimberley

Photograph showing swimming hole on Cypress Creek in Blue Hole Regional Park, Wimberley, Hays County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418.

Photograph showing swimming hole on Cypress Creek in Blue Hole Regional Park, Wimberley, Hays County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418.

Conglomerates within the Sycamore Sand at Hammetts Crossing
Conglomerates, Sycamore Sand at Hammetts Crossing, Travis Cty, Texas
Conglomerates, Sycamore Sand at Hammetts Crossing, Travis Cty, Texas
Conglomerates, Sycamore Sand at Hammetts Crossing, Travis Cty, Texas

Conglomerates within the Sycamore Sand at Hammetts Crossing, Travis County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418

Conglomerates within the Sycamore Sand at Hammetts Crossing, Travis County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418

Bedding plane porosity
Bedding plane porosity in fracture at Cow Creek Limestone
Bedding plane porosity in fracture at Cow Creek Limestone
Bedding plane porosity in fracture at Cow Creek Limestone

Bedding plane porosity that developed at the junction between the bedding plane and a fracture within the Cow Creek Limestone (Cow Creek hydrostratigraphic unit) at Hammetts Crossing, Travis County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).

Bedding plane porosity that developed at the junction between the bedding plane and a fracture within the Cow Creek Limestone (Cow Creek hydrostratigraphic unit) at Hammetts Crossing, Travis County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).

Jacobs Well Spring
Jacobs Well Spring, headwaters of Cypress Creek, Wimberley, Tex.
Jacobs Well Spring, headwaters of Cypress Creek, Wimberley, Tex.
Jacobs Well Spring, headwaters of Cypress Creek, Wimberley, Tex.

Jacobs Well Spring, which forms the headwaters of Cypress Creek north of Wimberley, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark,
U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).

U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418

Jacobs Well Spring, which forms the headwaters of Cypress Creek north of Wimberley, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark,
U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).

U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418

Photograph showing Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.
Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.
Monitoring equipment at Frio River at Concan, Tex.
USGS scientist David Rodriguez records high water marks from storm surge near Corpus Christi, Texas. 
Recording high water marks after Harvey
Recording high water marks after Harvey
Recording high water marks after Harvey

USGS scientist David Rodriguez records high water marks from storm surge near Corpus Christi, Texas. 

USGS scientist David Rodriguez records high water marks from storm surge near Corpus Christi, Texas. 

USGS scientist David Rodriguez records high water marks from storm surge following Harvey near Corpus Christi, Texas. 
Recording high water marks following Harvey
Recording high water marks following Harvey
Recording high water marks following Harvey

USGS scientist David Rodriguez records high water marks from storm surge following Harvey near Corpus Christi, Texas. 

USGS scientist David Rodriguez records high water marks from storm surge following Harvey near Corpus Christi, Texas. 

USGS scientist surveying high water marks from storm surge from Hurricane Harvey at Packery Channel near Corpus Christi, TX.
High Water Mark Surveying
High Water Mark Surveying
High Water Mark Surveying

USGS scientist Alec McDonald surveying high water marks from storm surge from Hurricane Harvey at Packery Channel near Corpus Christi, Texas.

USGS scientist Alec McDonald surveying high water marks from storm surge from Hurricane Harvey at Packery Channel near Corpus Christi, Texas.

USGS scientist Vidal Mendoza surveying high water marks from storm surge from Hurricane Harvey near Port Aransas, Texas.
Surveying High Water Marks following Harvey
Surveying High Water Marks following Harvey
Surveying High Water Marks following Harvey

USGS scientist Vidal Mendoza surveying high water marks from storm surge from Hurricane Harvey near Port Aransas, Texas.

USGS scientist Vidal Mendoza surveying high water marks from storm surge from Hurricane Harvey near Port Aransas, Texas.