Floods, Droughts, and Hurricanes
Floods, Droughts, and Hurricanes
South Atlantic Water Science Center Flood Resources
USGS tools, websites, publications and other resources for monitoring, studying and communicating flood information.
USGS tools, websites, publications and other resources for monitoring, studying and communicating flood information.
South Atlantic Water Science Center Drought Resources
USGS tools, websites, publications, and other resources for monitoring, studying, and communicating drought information.
USGS tools, websites, publications, and other resources for monitoring, studying, and communicating drought information.
Hurricanes
USGS tools, websites, publications, and other resources for monitoring, studying, and communicating hurricane information.
USGS tools, websites, publications, and other resources for monitoring, studying, and communicating hurricane information.
Flood, Drought and Hurricanes
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Quantifying Floodplain Ecological Processes and Ecosystem Services in the Delaware River Watershed
Floodplain and wetland areas provide critical ecosystem services to local and downstream communities by retaining sediments, nutrients, and floodwaters. The loss of floodplain functionality due to land use conversion and degradation reduces the provisioning of these services. Assessing, quantifying, and valuing floodplain ecosystem services provide a framework to estimate how floodplain systems...
Collection of High-Water Mark Data at Selected Roadway Crossings To Document October 2016 Flooding in the Pee Dee and Waccamaw River Basins of South Carolina
Hurricane Matthew generated large amounts of rainfall in South and North Carolina during September/October 2016. The South Atlantic Water Science Center, in cooperation with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, recorded High-Water Marks along selected road crossings, within the Pee Dee and Waccamaw River Basins of South Carolina.
Floods and the South Atlantic Water Science Center
Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina flood related information.
South Atlantic Water Science Center Drought Monitoring
When rainfall is less than normal for several weeks, months, or years, the flow of streams and rivers declines, water levels in lakes and reservoirs fall, and the depth to water in wells increases. If dry weather persists and water-supply problems develop, the dry period can become a drought.
The Streamgaging Program in the South Atlantic Water Science Center
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) South Atlantic Water Science Center streamgage program is part of the nationwide program that provides streamflow information for a variety of purposes—including the protection of life and property, infrastructure design, recreational usage, and long-term trend assessment. This information is critical to resource managers, farmers, fishermen, kayakers, land-use...
Hurricane Matthew Information Portal
As Hurricane Matthew moved up the Atlantic coast of the U.S., the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) deployed most of the USGS Storm-Tide Network along the Atlantic coast to monitor the timing, extent, and magnitude of the storm tide during the passage of Hurricane Matthew.
Catawba-Wateree Groundwater Network
The multiyear drought in North and South Carolina (summer 1998-fall 2002) brought wide recognition of the vulnerability of the water resources in these two States to climatic conditions. To prepare for drought conditions in the future, water managers and State and Federal water-resource agencies sought to develop tools to assess hydrologic conditions in both a predictive and responsive manner...
DroughtWatch for Georgia
Find out about drought conditions in Georgia. Our page offers links to maps and data, as well as Georgia and National drought links, drought resources from other agencies, and pertinent publications.
DroughtWatch for South Carolina
Find out about drought conditions in South Carolina. Our page offers links to maps and data, as well as South Carolina drought links, drought resources from other agencies, and pertinent publications.
DroughtWatch for North Carolina
Find out about drought conditions in North Carolina. Our page offers links to maps and data, as well as North Carolina drought links, drought resources from other agencies, and pertinent publications.
Epic September 2009 Flooding - Georgia
Many days of continuous heavy rain in mid-September 2009 resulted in flooding in many parts of Georgia, especially in north Georgia and the Atlanta region. The rains produced streamflows of record proportions. rivers and streams had magnitudes so great that the odds of it happening were less than 0.2 percent in any given year. In other words, there was less than a 1 in 500 chance that parts of...
Current and Historical Peak Stage Bar Graphs for North Carolina
Current and Historical Peak Stage Bar Graphs for North Carolina The Peak Stage Bar Graphs section for North Carolina allows you to compare current stream stage with historic peaks at water-monitoring sites throughout North Carolina.