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By Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center July 17, 2018

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; aquatic life; and transporting sediment and nutrients. The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) collects data and has science projects at several streams and their watersheds. Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.

STREAM SCIENCE CAPABILITIES

OTWSC has expertise in stream science applications, including, but not limited to: 

  • Monitoring
    • Real-Time Stream Gages
    • Crest Stage Gages
    • Discharge Measurements
  • Hydrologic studies
    • Hydraulic Analysis
    • Basin Characteristics 
    • Flow Duration Analysis 
    • Statistical analyses
  • Availability & Use
    • Assessment and tabulation of water budgets and water use

 

Find out more about OTWSC surface-water science expertise in this printable information sheet.

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CURRENT  STREAM SCIENCE

Bandera Flood Early Warning Tool

Coastal Inflow Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring

Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Monitoring Network

Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction

Estimating Potential Effects on Streamflow from Nearby Wells in the Lower San Antonio River Basin

Hydrologic Trends Analysis on selected Texas streams

InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping

Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements

National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Surface Water Activities

Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River

Pecos River Basin Salinity Assessment

Post Hurricane Harvey Assessment

Red River Focus Area Study

Salado Creek Bacteria Source Tracking

San Antonio River Sediment and Water Quality Monitoring in an Oil and Gas Production Area

Upper Rio Grande Basin Focus Area Study

Below are other science projects associated with this project.

Filter Total Items: 15
link
San Antonio River

Estimating Potential Effects on Streamflow from Nearby Wells in the Lower San Antonio River Basin

The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) developed a groundwater-flow model to estimate the potential for streamflow depletion in the Lower San Antonio River based on changes in groundwater pumping in the watershed. Results from the project can be used by the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) to better understand aquifer interactions with the river and potential groundwater pumping effects on...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Estimating Potential Effects on Streamflow from Nearby Wells in the Lower San Antonio River Basin

The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) developed a groundwater-flow model to estimate the potential for streamflow depletion in the Lower San Antonio River based on changes in groundwater pumping in the watershed. Results from the project can be used by the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) to better understand aquifer interactions with the river and potential groundwater pumping effects on...
Learn More
link
Pecos River below Barstow Dam, Texas

Pecos River Basin Salinity Assessment

The USGS Texas Water Science Center assesssed salinity of the Pecos River Basin from Santa Rosa Lake, New Mexico to the confluence of Pecos River and Rio Grande, Texas. This assessment included an extensive literature review, compilation of previously published salinity related data, data gap analysis, additional data collection to fill data gaps, and identification of potential areas of elevated...
By
New Mexico Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Pecos River Basin Salinity Assessment

The USGS Texas Water Science Center assesssed salinity of the Pecos River Basin from Santa Rosa Lake, New Mexico to the confluence of Pecos River and Rio Grande, Texas. This assessment included an extensive literature review, compilation of previously published salinity related data, data gap analysis, additional data collection to fill data gaps, and identification of potential areas of elevated...
Learn More
link
Urbanized area of the Edwards aquifer recharge zone in San Antonio, TX

Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction

The effects of urbanization across the recharge zone in Bexar County and potential impact on the water quality in the Edwards aquifer is a topic of specific concern for the City of San Antonio. The USGS Texas Water Science Center is simultaneously collecting water-quality data from surface-water runoff sites and paired shallow groundwater wells within the recharge zone of the Edwards aquifer to...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction

The effects of urbanization across the recharge zone in Bexar County and potential impact on the water quality in the Edwards aquifer is a topic of specific concern for the City of San Antonio. The USGS Texas Water Science Center is simultaneously collecting water-quality data from surface-water runoff sites and paired shallow groundwater wells within the recharge zone of the Edwards aquifer to...
Learn More
link
Hamilton Creek

Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements

The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) is completing a geophysical pilot study adjacent to Hamilton Creek in Burnet County, central Texas. The pilot study is intended to test whether electrical geophysical methods can provide information regarding the locations of dissolution cavities and preferential groundwater flow within in the Ellenburger San-Saba aquifer. Data from this study will give...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements

The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) is completing a geophysical pilot study adjacent to Hamilton Creek in Burnet County, central Texas. The pilot study is intended to test whether electrical geophysical methods can provide information regarding the locations of dissolution cavities and preferential groundwater flow within in the Ellenburger San-Saba aquifer. Data from this study will give...
Learn More
link
Oil derricks

San Antonio River Sediment and Water Quality Monitoring in an Oil and Gas Production Area

During 2011-2013, baseline concentrations of many different water and streambed-sediment constituents were determined at Phase I sites upstream from, within, and downstream from the area of active oil and natural-gas production within the San Antonio River Basin. With baseline conditions previously established, this study will provide current information that couples recent water and stream-bed...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

San Antonio River Sediment and Water Quality Monitoring in an Oil and Gas Production Area

During 2011-2013, baseline concentrations of many different water and streambed-sediment constituents were determined at Phase I sites upstream from, within, and downstream from the area of active oil and natural-gas production within the San Antonio River Basin. With baseline conditions previously established, this study will provide current information that couples recent water and stream-bed...
Learn More
link
North Fork Red River

Red River Focus Area Study

The USGS is undertaking a 3-year study of water use, availability, and change in the Red River basin in one of several national “Focus Area Studies” in the Department of Interior’s WaterSMART initiative . The Red River basin covers more than 93,000 square miles in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana with a population of about 4.3 million people. Water resources in the basin are...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Red River Focus Area Study

The USGS is undertaking a 3-year study of water use, availability, and change in the Red River basin in one of several national “Focus Area Studies” in the Department of Interior’s WaterSMART initiative . The Red River basin covers more than 93,000 square miles in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana with a population of about 4.3 million people. Water resources in the basin are...
Learn More
link
South Central NAWQA

National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Surface Water Activities

The USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project was established by Congress in 1992 to answer the following question: What is the status of the Nation’s water quality and is it getting better or worse? Since 1992, NAWQA has been a primary source of nationally consistent data and information on the quality of the Nation’s streams and groundwater. Data and information obtained from...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Surface Water Activities

The USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project was established by Congress in 1992 to answer the following question: What is the status of the Nation’s water quality and is it getting better or worse? Since 1992, NAWQA has been a primary source of nationally consistent data and information on the quality of the Nation’s streams and groundwater. Data and information obtained from...
Learn More
link
West Fork San Jacinto River

Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River

The San Jacinto River is the second largest inflow into Galveston Bay. The USGS Texas Water Science Center collects water-quality samples in the lower reaches of the San Jacinto River over a range of hydrologic conditions to improve our understanding of the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations in freshwater inflows from the San Jacinto River into Galveston Bay.
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Gulf of Mexico
link

Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River

The San Jacinto River is the second largest inflow into Galveston Bay. The USGS Texas Water Science Center collects water-quality samples in the lower reaches of the San Jacinto River over a range of hydrologic conditions to improve our understanding of the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations in freshwater inflows from the San Jacinto River into Galveston Bay.
Learn More
link
Secretary Zinke visit

Hydrologic Trends Analysis on selected Texas streams

The USGS provides technical advice or assistance to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Hydrologic Trends Analysis on selected Texas streams

The USGS provides technical advice or assistance to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Learn More
link
Flooding at Brushy Creek near Round Rock, TX

InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping

The purpose of this flood inundation mapping effort will be to meet the needs of real-time emergency managers by bridging the gap between the NWS's river forecasts and FEMA's available hydraulic modeling and mapping.
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping

The purpose of this flood inundation mapping effort will be to meet the needs of real-time emergency managers by bridging the gap between the NWS's river forecasts and FEMA's available hydraulic modeling and mapping.
Learn More
link
USGS streamgage on Buffalo Bayou, Houston, after Hurricane Harvey

Post Hurricane Harvey Assessment

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey related flooding, the USGS Texas Water Science Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated a cooperative study to evaluate the magnitude of the flood, determine the probability of occurrence, and map the extent of the flood in Texas.
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Gulf of Mexico
link

Post Hurricane Harvey Assessment

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey related flooding, the USGS Texas Water Science Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated a cooperative study to evaluate the magnitude of the flood, determine the probability of occurrence, and map the extent of the flood in Texas.
Learn More
link
Trinity River

Nutrient and Sediment Monitoring in Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries

The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center is evaluating the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads entering Texas bays and estuaries across a range of hydrologic conditions in Galveston Bay (inflow from the Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers), Matagordo Bay (inflow from the Colorado River), San Antonio Bay (inflow from the Guadalupe River), and Nueces Bay (inflow from Nueces...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Gulf of Mexico
link

Nutrient and Sediment Monitoring in Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries

The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center is evaluating the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads entering Texas bays and estuaries across a range of hydrologic conditions in Galveston Bay (inflow from the Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers), Matagordo Bay (inflow from the Colorado River), San Antonio Bay (inflow from the Guadalupe River), and Nueces Bay (inflow from Nueces...
Learn More

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; aquatic life; and transporting sediment and nutrients. The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) collects data and has science projects at several streams and their watersheds. Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.

STREAM SCIENCE CAPABILITIES

OTWSC has expertise in stream science applications, including, but not limited to: 

  • Monitoring
    • Real-Time Stream Gages
    • Crest Stage Gages
    • Discharge Measurements
  • Hydrologic studies
    • Hydraulic Analysis
    • Basin Characteristics 
    • Flow Duration Analysis 
    • Statistical analyses
  • Availability & Use
    • Assessment and tabulation of water budgets and water use

 

Find out more about OTWSC surface-water science expertise in this printable information sheet.

Line
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details

CURRENT  STREAM SCIENCE

Bandera Flood Early Warning Tool

Coastal Inflow Sediment and Nutrient Monitoring

Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Monitoring Network

Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction

Estimating Potential Effects on Streamflow from Nearby Wells in the Lower San Antonio River Basin

Hydrologic Trends Analysis on selected Texas streams

InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping

Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements

National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Surface Water Activities

Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River

Pecos River Basin Salinity Assessment

Post Hurricane Harvey Assessment

Red River Focus Area Study

Salado Creek Bacteria Source Tracking

San Antonio River Sediment and Water Quality Monitoring in an Oil and Gas Production Area

Upper Rio Grande Basin Focus Area Study

Below are other science projects associated with this project.

Filter Total Items: 15
link
San Antonio River

Estimating Potential Effects on Streamflow from Nearby Wells in the Lower San Antonio River Basin

The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) developed a groundwater-flow model to estimate the potential for streamflow depletion in the Lower San Antonio River based on changes in groundwater pumping in the watershed. Results from the project can be used by the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) to better understand aquifer interactions with the river and potential groundwater pumping effects on...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Estimating Potential Effects on Streamflow from Nearby Wells in the Lower San Antonio River Basin

The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) developed a groundwater-flow model to estimate the potential for streamflow depletion in the Lower San Antonio River based on changes in groundwater pumping in the watershed. Results from the project can be used by the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) to better understand aquifer interactions with the river and potential groundwater pumping effects on...
Learn More
link
Pecos River below Barstow Dam, Texas

Pecos River Basin Salinity Assessment

The USGS Texas Water Science Center assesssed salinity of the Pecos River Basin from Santa Rosa Lake, New Mexico to the confluence of Pecos River and Rio Grande, Texas. This assessment included an extensive literature review, compilation of previously published salinity related data, data gap analysis, additional data collection to fill data gaps, and identification of potential areas of elevated...
By
New Mexico Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Pecos River Basin Salinity Assessment

The USGS Texas Water Science Center assesssed salinity of the Pecos River Basin from Santa Rosa Lake, New Mexico to the confluence of Pecos River and Rio Grande, Texas. This assessment included an extensive literature review, compilation of previously published salinity related data, data gap analysis, additional data collection to fill data gaps, and identification of potential areas of elevated...
Learn More
link
Urbanized area of the Edwards aquifer recharge zone in San Antonio, TX

Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction

The effects of urbanization across the recharge zone in Bexar County and potential impact on the water quality in the Edwards aquifer is a topic of specific concern for the City of San Antonio. The USGS Texas Water Science Center is simultaneously collecting water-quality data from surface-water runoff sites and paired shallow groundwater wells within the recharge zone of the Edwards aquifer to...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Surface-water and Groundwater Interaction

The effects of urbanization across the recharge zone in Bexar County and potential impact on the water quality in the Edwards aquifer is a topic of specific concern for the City of San Antonio. The USGS Texas Water Science Center is simultaneously collecting water-quality data from surface-water runoff sites and paired shallow groundwater wells within the recharge zone of the Edwards aquifer to...
Learn More
link
Hamilton Creek

Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements

The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) is completing a geophysical pilot study adjacent to Hamilton Creek in Burnet County, central Texas. The pilot study is intended to test whether electrical geophysical methods can provide information regarding the locations of dissolution cavities and preferential groundwater flow within in the Ellenburger San-Saba aquifer. Data from this study will give...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements

The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) is completing a geophysical pilot study adjacent to Hamilton Creek in Burnet County, central Texas. The pilot study is intended to test whether electrical geophysical methods can provide information regarding the locations of dissolution cavities and preferential groundwater flow within in the Ellenburger San-Saba aquifer. Data from this study will give...
Learn More
link
Oil derricks

San Antonio River Sediment and Water Quality Monitoring in an Oil and Gas Production Area

During 2011-2013, baseline concentrations of many different water and streambed-sediment constituents were determined at Phase I sites upstream from, within, and downstream from the area of active oil and natural-gas production within the San Antonio River Basin. With baseline conditions previously established, this study will provide current information that couples recent water and stream-bed...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

San Antonio River Sediment and Water Quality Monitoring in an Oil and Gas Production Area

During 2011-2013, baseline concentrations of many different water and streambed-sediment constituents were determined at Phase I sites upstream from, within, and downstream from the area of active oil and natural-gas production within the San Antonio River Basin. With baseline conditions previously established, this study will provide current information that couples recent water and stream-bed...
Learn More
link
North Fork Red River

Red River Focus Area Study

The USGS is undertaking a 3-year study of water use, availability, and change in the Red River basin in one of several national “Focus Area Studies” in the Department of Interior’s WaterSMART initiative . The Red River basin covers more than 93,000 square miles in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana with a population of about 4.3 million people. Water resources in the basin are...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Red River Focus Area Study

The USGS is undertaking a 3-year study of water use, availability, and change in the Red River basin in one of several national “Focus Area Studies” in the Department of Interior’s WaterSMART initiative . The Red River basin covers more than 93,000 square miles in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana with a population of about 4.3 million people. Water resources in the basin are...
Learn More
link
South Central NAWQA

National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Surface Water Activities

The USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project was established by Congress in 1992 to answer the following question: What is the status of the Nation’s water quality and is it getting better or worse? Since 1992, NAWQA has been a primary source of nationally consistent data and information on the quality of the Nation’s streams and groundwater. Data and information obtained from...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Surface Water Activities

The USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project was established by Congress in 1992 to answer the following question: What is the status of the Nation’s water quality and is it getting better or worse? Since 1992, NAWQA has been a primary source of nationally consistent data and information on the quality of the Nation’s streams and groundwater. Data and information obtained from...
Learn More
link
West Fork San Jacinto River

Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River

The San Jacinto River is the second largest inflow into Galveston Bay. The USGS Texas Water Science Center collects water-quality samples in the lower reaches of the San Jacinto River over a range of hydrologic conditions to improve our understanding of the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations in freshwater inflows from the San Jacinto River into Galveston Bay.
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Gulf of Mexico
link

Nutrient and Sediment Variability in the Lower San Jacinto River

The San Jacinto River is the second largest inflow into Galveston Bay. The USGS Texas Water Science Center collects water-quality samples in the lower reaches of the San Jacinto River over a range of hydrologic conditions to improve our understanding of the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations in freshwater inflows from the San Jacinto River into Galveston Bay.
Learn More
link
Secretary Zinke visit

Hydrologic Trends Analysis on selected Texas streams

The USGS provides technical advice or assistance to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

Hydrologic Trends Analysis on selected Texas streams

The USGS provides technical advice or assistance to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Learn More
link
Flooding at Brushy Creek near Round Rock, TX

InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping

The purpose of this flood inundation mapping effort will be to meet the needs of real-time emergency managers by bridging the gap between the NWS's river forecasts and FEMA's available hydraulic modeling and mapping.
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
link

InFRM Flood Inundation Mapping

The purpose of this flood inundation mapping effort will be to meet the needs of real-time emergency managers by bridging the gap between the NWS's river forecasts and FEMA's available hydraulic modeling and mapping.
Learn More
link
USGS streamgage on Buffalo Bayou, Houston, after Hurricane Harvey

Post Hurricane Harvey Assessment

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey related flooding, the USGS Texas Water Science Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated a cooperative study to evaluate the magnitude of the flood, determine the probability of occurrence, and map the extent of the flood in Texas.
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Gulf of Mexico
link

Post Hurricane Harvey Assessment

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey related flooding, the USGS Texas Water Science Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated a cooperative study to evaluate the magnitude of the flood, determine the probability of occurrence, and map the extent of the flood in Texas.
Learn More
link
Trinity River

Nutrient and Sediment Monitoring in Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries

The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center is evaluating the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads entering Texas bays and estuaries across a range of hydrologic conditions in Galveston Bay (inflow from the Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers), Matagordo Bay (inflow from the Colorado River), San Antonio Bay (inflow from the Guadalupe River), and Nueces Bay (inflow from Nueces...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Gulf of Mexico
link

Nutrient and Sediment Monitoring in Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries

The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center is evaluating the variability of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads entering Texas bays and estuaries across a range of hydrologic conditions in Galveston Bay (inflow from the Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers), Matagordo Bay (inflow from the Colorado River), San Antonio Bay (inflow from the Guadalupe River), and Nueces Bay (inflow from Nueces...
Learn More
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