A U.S. Geological System van, outfitted on the inside with supplies for extensive water quality sampling, parked next to a groundwater well in Wood County, West Virginia.
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Mobile water quality lab at a groundwater well in Wood County, West Virginia
A U.S. Geological System van, outfitted on the inside with supplies for extensive water quality sampling, parked next to a groundwater well in Wood County, West Virginia.
Pamunkey River near Hanover, VA
View of the Pamunkey River from the sampling bridge near Hanover, Virginia
This site is the location of a River Input Monitoring (RIM) Station.
Station data: Pamunkey River Near Hanover, VA - USGS Water Data for the Nation
View of the Pamunkey River from the sampling bridge near Hanover, Virginia
This site is the location of a River Input Monitoring (RIM) Station.
Station data: Pamunkey River Near Hanover, VA - USGS Water Data for the Nation
USGS Nansemond drilling site.
This photograph shows the drilling site for the USGS Nansemond extensometer. The site is located adjacent to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District's SWIFT pilot site. The drilling would extend 1,960 feet below the ground surface.
This photograph shows the drilling site for the USGS Nansemond extensometer. The site is located adjacent to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District's SWIFT pilot site. The drilling would extend 1,960 feet below the ground surface.
The USGS Nansemond research station.
The USGS Nansemond research station, located adjacent to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District's SWIFT pilot site. The building contains the Nansemond extensometer.
The USGS Nansemond research station, located adjacent to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District's SWIFT pilot site. The building contains the Nansemond extensometer.
Virginia Extensometer Drilling Site
This photograph shows the initial drilling for the borehole extensometer installed at the Nansemond, Virginia research site.
This photograph shows the initial drilling for the borehole extensometer installed at the Nansemond, Virginia research site.
The USGS Nansemond pipe extensometer.
The USGS Nansemond pipe extensometer (59D 39) with a total depth of 1,960 feet.
The USGS Nansemond pipe extensometer (59D 39) with a total depth of 1,960 feet.
The USGS Nansemond pipe extensometer.
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 (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 research station
The USGS Nansemond research station.
The USGS Nansemond research station.
Analog dial gage (left) and a digital linear potentiometer (right)
An analog dial gage (left) and a digital linear potentiometer (right with blue barrel) used to measure land-surface movement in response to aquifer system deformation at the USGS Nansemond extensometer.
An analog dial gage (left) and a digital linear potentiometer (right with blue barrel) used to measure land-surface movement in response to aquifer system deformation at the USGS Nansemond extensometer.
USGS Nansemond extensometer Pivot Block.
Pivot block where the USGS Nansemond extensometer connects to the fulcrum arm.
Pivot block where the USGS Nansemond extensometer connects to the fulcrum arm.
Installing the linear potentiometer on the USGS Nansemond extensometer
Installing the linear potentiometer on the USGS Nansemond extensometer. The linear potentiometer is used to measure land-surface movement in response to aquifer system deformation at the USGS Nansemond extensometer.
Installing the linear potentiometer on the USGS Nansemond extensometer. The linear potentiometer is used to measure land-surface movement in response to aquifer system deformation at the USGS Nansemond extensometer.
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station Garden City Elementary School.
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station Garden City Elementary School.
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station Garden City Elementary School.
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Mill Mountain Park
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Mill Mountain Park
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Mill Mountain Park
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Shrine Hill Park
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Shrine Hill Park
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Shrine Hill Park
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Roanoke Center for Industry and Te
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Roanoke Center for Industry and Technology at Blue Hills Drive
Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Roanoke Center for Industry and Technology at Blue Hills Drive
Image of a new monitoring benchmark
Occupying a surveying benchmark.
Occupying a surveying benchmark.
R10-bipod.
Occupying a surveying benchmark.
Occupying a surveying benchmark.
Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring: Occupying Benchmark 2
Occupying a surveying benchmark.
Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring: Occupying a Benchmark
Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring: Occupying a Benchmark
Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring: Occupying a Benchmark
Roanoke River Valley
A photo of the Roanoke River Valley at Sunset.
A photo of the Roanoke River Valley at Sunset.
Cowpasture river looking downstream.
Looking downstream along the cowpasture river.
Looking downstream along the cowpasture river.