Upper Midwest Water Science Center
USGS water webcams
View time-lapse videos and static imagery taken at USGS monitoring sites across the Nation
Water webcamsMultimedia
Our multimedia gallery represents a collection of high-quality images, videos, webcams, posters, presentations, and documents produced by the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.
Illustration of subsurface-drained agricultural field
A hypothetical configuration of one of the two drained field sites, including a weather station for measuring climate data, a piezometer network for continuous water level measurements, soil moisture probes, and subsurface drainage flow. The third undrained field site will have a similar configuration, with the absence of subsurface drainage flow.
Durand streamgage mounted to bridge
Durand streamgage mounted to bridge - looking downstream.
Map dissolved oxygen and turbidity Milwaukee River
Map of dissolved oxygen and turbidity along the Milwaukee River.
These data are preliminary or provisional and are subject to revision. They are being provided to meet the need for timely best science.
View from Durand bridge of boat crew conducting multibeam surveys
View from Durand bridge of boat crew conducting multibeam surveys
Hydro-tech using crane to collect a bedload sample from bridge
Hydrologic Technician using crane to collect a bedload sample from the bridge.
Hydrologist takes water chemistry measures on the Alaska Peninsula
Laura Hubbard of the USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center takes water chemistry measures on the Alaska Peninsula as part of research to understand how long influenza viruses remain viable in the environment.
View of Lake Michigan from beach
View of Lake Michigan from beach.
Downtown Milwaukee with crew row boat
View of downtown Milwaukee with single crew row boat on river.
Virus water sample filtration and collection system schematic
Custom-designed, automated, large-volume virus water sample filtration and collection system schematic.
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota sediment from polycarbonate tube
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota, WI sediment while carefully removing sediment that was in contact with the polycarbonate tube to eliminate “edge effects” and smearing of upper sediment into lower portions of the core, UW-Madison Science Hall Lab.
Spring 2019 Flooding - Wild Rice River in Minnesota
WWG Reading on the Wild Rice River in Minnesota during record Midwest flooding in spring 2019.
A storm drain that periodically discharges urban runoff
A storm drain that periodically discharges urban runoff, potentially carrying sediment and pollutants, into Oak Creek at 15th Avenue near a USGS gage.