Accotink Creek is an urban creek and a tributary of Lake Accotink. Accotink Creek suffers from high rates of streambank erosion, which causes the steep, unstable banks seen on the far side of the creek in the above image.
Multimedia
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Images
Accotink Creek
Accotink Creek is an urban creek and a tributary of Lake Accotink. Accotink Creek suffers from high rates of streambank erosion, which causes the steep, unstable banks seen on the far side of the creek in the above image.
Measuring Bank Erosion along Accotink Creek
Accotink Creek is an urban stream in Fairfax County, Virginia. Like many urban streams, its banks are heavily eroded, and that eroded sediment is transported downstream. This impacts downstream water quality and contributes to lake sedimentation in Lake Accotink.
Accotink Creek is an urban stream in Fairfax County, Virginia. Like many urban streams, its banks are heavily eroded, and that eroded sediment is transported downstream. This impacts downstream water quality and contributes to lake sedimentation in Lake Accotink.
Bedload Sampler
USGS staff preparing to deploy a bedload sampler.
What is bedload?
USGS staff preparing to deploy a bedload sampler.
What is bedload?
Bedload Sampling
USGS staff retrieving a bedload sampler from a riverbed.
What is bedload?
USGS staff retrieving a bedload sampler from a riverbed.
What is bedload?
Accotink Creek
Upper Accotink Creek is the longer of the of two streams that feed Lake Accotink. The USGS has been monitoring water quality in Accokink Creek since 2011, and has been monitoring water depth in the creek as far back as 1947.
Upper Accotink Creek is the longer of the of two streams that feed Lake Accotink. The USGS has been monitoring water quality in Accokink Creek since 2011, and has been monitoring water depth in the creek as far back as 1947.
A Salamander found near the New River Gorge
A salamander found in Short Creek, West Virginia during a synoptic habitat survey as a part of the New River Gorge Abandoned Coal Mine Restoration Effects Study.
A salamander found in Short Creek, West Virginia during a synoptic habitat survey as a part of the New River Gorge Abandoned Coal Mine Restoration Effects Study.
Videos
Everglades Restoration Goals
This video covers the history of the South Florida ecosystem, from the early drainage projects in the 1880s up through current restoration projects designed to reverse the major unintended impacts to this unique ecosystem. All major restoration projects and proposed future projects are covered.
This video covers the history of the South Florida ecosystem, from the early drainage projects in the 1880s up through current restoration projects designed to reverse the major unintended impacts to this unique ecosystem. All major restoration projects and proposed future projects are covered.
Chesapeake Bay Status and Trends (AD)
The Chesapeake Bay is one of the Nation's largest ecosystem restoration efforts, so monitoring to assess changes in condition is crucial. The USGS is monitoring the status and trends of key indicators for the health of streams and rivers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The Chesapeake Bay is one of the Nation's largest ecosystem restoration efforts, so monitoring to assess changes in condition is crucial. The USGS is monitoring the status and trends of key indicators for the health of streams and rivers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Chesapeake Bay Status and Trends
The Chesapeake Bay is one of the Nation's largest ecosystem restoration efforts, so monitoring to assess changes in condition is crucial. The USGS is monitoring the status and trends of key indicators for the health of streams and rivers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The Chesapeake Bay is one of the Nation's largest ecosystem restoration efforts, so monitoring to assess changes in condition is crucial. The USGS is monitoring the status and trends of key indicators for the health of streams and rivers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
USGS Extensometer Drilling in Virginia
Along the Atlantic Coast, a 2000+ ft deep hole has been drilled by the USGS to assess the issues of groundwater pumping, relative sea-level rise, and land subsidence. This video shows the drilling of the first extensometer to measure land subsidence in the North Atlantic Coastal Plain in 30+ years.
Along the Atlantic Coast, a 2000+ ft deep hole has been drilled by the USGS to assess the issues of groundwater pumping, relative sea-level rise, and land subsidence. This video shows the drilling of the first extensometer to measure land subsidence in the North Atlantic Coastal Plain in 30+ years.
Webcams
Conveyance Chain at Ramsgate Lane, Hampton Roads
Most recent imagery from USGS site 0204309906, the conveyance chain at Ramsgate Lane in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Visit the webcam site for previous images, timelapse video, and measured parameters.
Most recent imagery from USGS site 0204309906, the conveyance chain at Ramsgate Lane in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Visit the webcam site for previous images, timelapse video, and measured parameters.
Long Branch at Olley Lane
Most recent imagery of the Long Branch stream in Fairfax VA. Visit the webcam site for previous images, timelapse video, and measured parameters.
This webcam is a part of the Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Network.
Most recent imagery of the Long Branch stream in Fairfax VA. Visit the webcam site for previous images, timelapse video, and measured parameters.
This webcam is a part of the Fairfax County Water Resources Monitoring Network.
Accotink Creek at Keene Mill Road At Springfield
Most recent imagery of the Accotink Creek stream in Fairfax VA. Visit the webcam site for previous images, timelapse video, and measured parameters.
Most recent imagery of the Accotink Creek stream in Fairfax VA. Visit the webcam site for previous images, timelapse video, and measured parameters.
Lick Run at Roanoke
Current conditions at Lick Run in Roanoke. Visit the webcam site for previous images, timelapse video, and measured parameters.
Current conditions at Lick Run in Roanoke. Visit the webcam site for previous images, timelapse video, and measured parameters.
Snakeden Branch in Reston, Virginia
Most recent imagery from the webcam at Snakeden Branch in Reston, Virginia.
Most recent imagery from the webcam at Snakeden Branch in Reston, Virginia.