Images

Watercolor painting of wildlife at Horseshoe Springs, Utah including largemouth bass, common carp, great blue heron, cinnamon teal, spotted sandpiper, black-necked stilt, American avocet, northern harrier.

Watercolor painting of a bison on a prairie with culturally significant prairie plant species in the foreground.

Oil painting of USGS monitoring Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) Sandbar Monitoring trip on the Colorado River with Diamond Peak overlooking.

Oil painting of USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) surveying a sandbar monitoring site on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park.

Watercolor painting of a bison on a prairie with culturally significant prairie plant species in the foreground.

USGS hydrologic technician, Jessica Todd, collects a water-quality sample from Adair Creek.

Hydrologic technician performs a moving bed test using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) on the main channel of the Wolf River off of the Shawano Street bridge in New London, Wisconsin.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04079000/

USGS hydrologic technicians service the flooded Wolf River at New London, Wisconsin streamgage, read sensors and compare data to outside reference points to verify accurate gage height data. A kayak and two acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) float outside of the gage.

A hydrologic technician services the streamgage at the flooded Muskegon River at Evert at sunrise.

Muskegon River at Evart, MI - USGS Water Data for the Nation

Monitoring location 05543830 streamgage sits on the shore of the Fox River in Waukesha, Wisconsin during a flood event.

Fox River at Waukesha, WI - USGS Water Data for the Nation

USGS hydrologic technician prepares to measure streamflow on the flooded Duck Creek in Howard, Wisconsin with an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP).

Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) measurement of the flooded Fox River at Appleton, Wisconsin.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04084445/

USGS hydrologic technician Steven (Stosh) Sendek measures streamflow on the flooded Manistique River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near streamgage 04056500.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04056500/

Flooded Foote Hydroelectric Dam at the Au Sable River, Michigan.

Foote Dam Pond NR AU Sable, MI - USGS Water Data for the Nation

A bridge over the Boardman River near Traverse City, Michigan is washed out from raging flood waters. The white pipe on the left houses the data loggers for the streamgage at this site.

Boardman River at Beitner RD NR Traverse City, MI - USGS Water Data for the Nation

Hydrologic technician Ed Lipinksi looks out over a flooded Van Etten Lake near Oscoda, Michigan. The top of the streamgage housing sticks up over the surface of the flooded lake.

Van Etten Lake NR Oscoda, MI (3 FT BL LK Surf) - USGS Water Data for the Nation

Hydrologic technician takes a water sample to test for nutrients, from the flooded Manitowoc River, Wisconsin.

Manitowoc River at Manitowoc, WI - USGS Water Data for the Nation

A high-water mark on a streamgage housing platform above a flooded Dutchman Creek in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin.

Dutchman Creek at Hansen RD at Ashwaubenon, WI - USGS Water Data for the Nation

Streamgage 04129950 Mullet Lake at Outlet near Cheboygan, Michigan.

Mullett Lake at Outlet Near Cheboygan, MI - USGS Water Data for the Nation

Streamgage 04132052 Cheboygan River at Lincoln Ave at Cheboygan, Michigan.

Sandbags are located in the foreground and along shoreline of the river to mitigate flooding to the Cheboygan Dam.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04132052/

USGS Attendees at the Wisconsin American Water Resources Association Conference in Brookfield, Wisconsin.