Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center

The Region 1, May 2021 "Honorable Mention #1" Winner (by Chelsea Delsack)

The Region 1, April 2021 "Honorable Mention #1" Winner (by Chelsea Delsack)

The nontidal network mapper is a story map that provides the primary findings for nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended-sediment trends, and gives the user tools to further examine the results for river basins and individual sites. Data used in the mapper, and the methods used to compute trends and loads, can also be accessed from the tool.

Data collected from the 123

Mitch McAdoo prepares an acoustic televiewer for borehole geophysical logging in Monroe County, WV.

Hydrographer Keith Lambert installing a rapid deployment gage at New Mill Creek at Chesapeake, VA in advance of Hurricane Dorian. Photo: Blake Dudding, USGS September 5, 2019

Virginia Extensometer Drilling Site

The USGS Nansemond drilling site.

The USGS Nansemond research station.

The USGS Nansemond pipe extensometer (59D 39) with a total depth of 1,960 feet.

The USGS Nansemond pipe extensometer (59D 39) showing the triangular table in green and the instrument bridge in yellow above the extensometer. The piers that support the table extend down 65 feet. The movement of the table relative to the extensometer is how land-surface movement is measured.

The USGS Nansemond pipe extensometer with a total depth of 1,960 feet.