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Roanoke VA Precipitation Station Garden City Elementary School.

Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Mill Mountain Park

Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Shrine Hill Park

Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Roanoke Center for Industry and Technology at Blue Hills Drive

An R10-bipod occupying a GNSS survey benchmark as a part of the Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring Network program.

Occupying a surveying benchmark, part of the Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring Network.

Cowpasture river monitoring at Route 627 near Williamsville, VA

Occupying a surveying benchmark, part of the Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring Network.

Monitoring Roanoke River along Route 626 at Lafayette, VA

Occupying a surveying benchmark in Hampton Roads. Part of the Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring Network.

Looking downstream along the cowpasture river.

Virginia Multi Parameter Sonde Relay Station

Monitoring Ramseys Draft at Route 716 near West Augusta

A photo of the Roanoke River Valley at Sunset.

Water monitoring at Little Stony Creek above Archer Trail near Pembroke, VA

Monitoring Spruce Creek at Route 627 near Nellysford, VA

Sunset at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia with tree silhouettes.

Jim Duda, USGS hydrologic technician, installs a Rapid-Deployment Gauge near the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, to monitor elevated water levels caused by Hurricane Jose. An RDG is a fully functional streamgage designed to be quickly deployed for real-time data monitoring of a stream or river in emergency situations.

When rainwater rapidly collects on the land surface, it can cause flooding. In order to prevent flooding, which could pose a hazard to human residents, storm drains are constructed to drain rainwater away from urban areas as quickly as possible during storm events.

Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center: Virginia Science Office, Richmond.

A photo of the edge of a dock with pier and surrounding water and reflected sunshine. Photo taken by Hayley Austin.