Rivers and streams play a vital role for communities and ecosystems across Oklahoma and Texas by providing water for drinking, recreation, and irrigation; recharging aquifers; and transporting sediment and nutrients. The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) collects data and has science projects at several all of these streams and their watersheds. Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.
Stream Science
OTWSC has expertise in a wide variety of stream science applications, including, but not limited to:
- Monitoring
- Real-Time Stream Gages
- Acoustic Discharge Measurements
- Hydrologic studies
- Hydraulic Analysis
- Basin Characteristics
- Flow Duration Analysis
- Statistical analyses
- Availability & Use
- Assessment and tabulation of water budgets and water use
- Assessment and tabulation of water budgets and water use
Current Stream Science
Pecos River Watershed Salinity Study
Upper Rio Grande Basin Focus Area Study
Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction
San Antonio River Sediment and Water Monitoring
Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction in Hamilton Creek
National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas
Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River
InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping
Hydrologic Trends Analysis on selected Texas streams
Post Hurricane Harvey Assessment
Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Runoff
Coastal Sediment Monitoring and Modeling
Bandera Flood Early Warning Tool
Streamflow Data
USGS has been collecting streamflow data in Oklahoma and Texas since 1889. Today, OTWSC collects real-time (continuously monitored) data at more than 750 stream & lake stations. USGS data is stored in the USGS National Water Information System and is available to the public through the online portal, NWISweb. The OTWSC has developed several web mapping applications to assist users in finding the data they need:
The National Water Dashboard shows real-time data in context with current weather and hazard conditions.
Primary surface-water research areas, with descriptions of the current projects being done in those areas, are listed below. For a complete list of projects demonstrating our surface-water science capabilities, visit our Surface Water page.
Stream Science in Oklahoma and Texas - Overview
Surface-Water and Groundwater Interaction Science in Oklahoma and Texas - Overview
Lake and Reservoir Science in Oklahoma and Texas - Overview
Primary surface-water research areas, with descriptions of the current projects being done in those areas, are listed below. For a complete list of projects demonstrating our surface-water science capabilities, visit our Surface Water page.
Stream Science in Oklahoma and Texas - Overview
Surface-Water and Groundwater Interaction Science in Oklahoma and Texas - Overview