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Upper Midwest Water Science Center images.
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) plates prepared for cyanotoxin analysis, with labeled sample tubes in the background. ELISA is a laboratory technique used to detect and quantify specific antibodies, antigens, proteins, or hormones in biological samples.
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) plates prepared for cyanotoxin analysis, with labeled sample tubes in the background. ELISA is a laboratory technique used to detect and quantify specific antibodies, antigens, proteins, or hormones in biological samples.
Rotary evaporation system used to evaporate methanol from plant extracts, concentrating the sample so crystals containing cyanotoxins can form on the glassware.
Rotary evaporation system used to evaporate methanol from plant extracts, concentrating the sample so crystals containing cyanotoxins can form on the glassware.
A closeup of crystals containing extracted cyanotoxins forming on the glassware during rotary evaporation extraction process. The crystals are then resuspended and added to a sterile tube.
A closeup of crystals containing extracted cyanotoxins forming on the glassware during rotary evaporation extraction process. The crystals are then resuspended and added to a sterile tube.
Rotary evaporation system used to evaporate methanol from plant extracts, concentrating the sample so crystals containing cyanotoxins can form on the glassware.
Rotary evaporation system used to evaporate methanol from plant extracts, concentrating the sample so crystals containing cyanotoxins can form on the glassware.
Rock Creek at E Wilson Road in Independence, MO (06893619)
Rock Creek at E Wilson Road in Independence, MO (06893619)
James Romano representing USGS at UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences Career Fair.
James Romano representing USGS at UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences Career Fair.
A day at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences career fair! Staff and students learned about USGS with career cards, a USGS poster and field work equipment including: a churn splitter (back left corner), a peristaltic pump (back right corner) and a solid phase adsorption toxin tracking (SPATT) sampler (front right corner).
A day at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences career fair! Staff and students learned about USGS with career cards, a USGS poster and field work equipment including: a churn splitter (back left corner), a peristaltic pump (back right corner) and a solid phase adsorption toxin tracking (SPATT) sampler (front right corner).
Hydrologist Hailey Trompeter shares information about the USGS at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences career fair.
Hydrologist Hailey Trompeter shares information about the USGS at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences career fair.
Snapshot of modeled stream temperature data from across the lower 48 United States on May 25, 2020. Data from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106655
Snapshot of modeled stream temperature data from across the lower 48 United States on May 25, 2020. Data from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106655
Members of the USGS Web Informatic and Mapping (WIM) team host a booth at the ESRI Federal GIS Conference 2026, in Washington, DC.
Members of the USGS Web Informatic and Mapping (WIM) team host a booth at the ESRI Federal GIS Conference 2026, in Washington, DC.
USGS attendees at the ESRI Federal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Conference in February 2026, in Washington, DC.
USGS attendees at the ESRI Federal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Conference in February 2026, in Washington, DC.
Hydrologic technician Jake Fagerstrom collects a water sample through hole in ice on the frozen River Rouge at Detroit, Michigan.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04166500/
Hydrologic technician Jake Fagerstrom collects a water sample through hole in ice on the frozen River Rouge at Detroit, Michigan.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04166500/
Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), attached to a cable, measures streamflow in the middle of Rock River in Watertown, Wisconsin on a winter day.
Rock River at Watertown, WI - USGS Water Data for the Nation
Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), attached to a cable, measures streamflow in the middle of Rock River in Watertown, Wisconsin on a winter day.
Rock River at Watertown, WI - USGS Water Data for the Nation
Continuous water quality site at Clinton River at Moravian Drive at Mt. Clemens, MI - USGS-04165500 with the following equipment: Seabird SUNA, GreenEyes NULAB and EXO3 YSI Sonde.
Clinton River at Moravian Drive at Mt. Clemens, MI - USGS Water Data for the Nation
Continuous water quality site at Clinton River at Moravian Drive at Mt. Clemens, MI - USGS-04165500 with the following equipment: Seabird SUNA, GreenEyes NULAB and EXO3 YSI Sonde.
Clinton River at Moravian Drive at Mt. Clemens, MI - USGS Water Data for the Nation
Modern Milwaukee skyline with the Milwaukee Art Museum's white, wing-like brise soleil prominently displayed on the Milwaukee Harbor.
Modern Milwaukee skyline with the Milwaukee Art Museum's white, wing-like brise soleil prominently displayed on the Milwaukee Harbor.
Painting (watercolor and ink) depicting the 117 species of plants found in and around a mine site that are utilized by the tribal community in northern Arizona.
Painting (watercolor and ink) depicting the 117 species of plants found in and around a mine site that are utilized by the tribal community in northern Arizona.
A USGS technician in a bright green safety jacket takes a photo of a flooded Little Menomonee River at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a flood in August 2025.
Little Menomonee River at Milwaukee, WI - USGS-04087070
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04087070/
A USGS technician in a bright green safety jacket takes a photo of a flooded Little Menomonee River at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a flood in August 2025.
Little Menomonee River at Milwaukee, WI - USGS-04087070
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04087070/
Flooded Little Menomonee River, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at streamgage 04087070.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04087070/
Flooded Little Menomonee River, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at streamgage 04087070.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04087070/
An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) device takes a streamflow measurement at streamgage 04087088 Underwood Creek, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin after a flood event in August 2025.
An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) device takes a streamflow measurement at streamgage 04087088 Underwood Creek, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin after a flood event in August 2025.
Floodwaters swirl in the foreground and trees peek up in the background, during flooding of the Menomonee River in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in August 2025, at streamgage 04087120.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04087120/
Floodwaters swirl in the foreground and trees peek up in the background, during flooding of the Menomonee River in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in August 2025, at streamgage 04087120.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-04087120/
Hydrologist Laura Flucke collects a surface water sample from Grewingk Glacer Lake in Alaska to understand glacial inputs of mercury.
Hydrologist Laura Flucke collects a surface water sample from Grewingk Glacer Lake in Alaska to understand glacial inputs of mercury.