Welcome to the Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center
Your Source for Water-Resource Data and Information
Your Source for Water-Resource Data and Information
Current Water Conditions for Wyoming
Current Water Conditions for Montana
Current Research
Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center
The U.S. Geological Survey Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center conducts research and monitoring on a wide variety of hydrological issues affecting streams, lakes, reservoirs and groundwater in Wyoming and Montana, across the Nation, and internationally. Please use these pages to explore the hydrologic data and scientific investigations that we conduct.
Current Wyoming-Montana Water Conditions
Current Wyoming-Montana Water Conditions
Explore Wyoming-Montana real-time streamflow, groundwater, and water-quality conditions and access data with our interactive map.
Geospatial Research and Development to Understand Hydrologic Processes
Geospatial Research and Development to Understand Hydrologic Processes
Geospatial data, such as remote sensing images and map based information, provide an opportunity to evaluate hydrologic systems with a spatially continuous data set.
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News
USGS provides easy access to Colorado River science with new online portal
USGS provides easy access to Colorado River science with new online portal
Tailored sediment sampling can lead to more effective management
Tailored sediment sampling can lead to more effective management
USGS scientists with the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative lead field tour to share science outcomes with partners and stakeholders.
USGS scientists with the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative lead field tour to share science outcomes with partners and stakeholders.
Publications
Methods to determine streamflow statistics based on data through water year 2021 for selected streamgages in or near Wyoming
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Wyoming Water Development Office, developed streamflow statistics for streamgages in and near Wyoming. Statistics were computed for active (through September 30, 2021) and discontinued USGS streamgages with 10 or more years of daily mean streamflow record. Streamflow at each streamgage was assessed for degree of human alteration...
Hysteretic response of suspended-sediment in wildfire affected watersheds of the Pacific Northwest and Southern Rocky Mountains
Wildfires can have a profound impact on hydrosedimentary interactions, or the relationship between sediment and runoff, in forested headwater streams. Quantification of sediment-runoff dynamics at the event scale is integral for understanding source areas and transport of suspended-sediment through a watershed following wildfire. Here we used high-frequency turbidity and stream discharge...
Advancing the science of headwater streamflow for global water protection
The protection of headwater streams faces increasing challenges, exemplified by limited global recognition of headwater contributions to watershed resiliency and a recent US Supreme Court decision limiting federal safeguards. Despite accounting for ~77% of global river networks, the lack of adequate headwaters protections is caused, in part, by limited information on their extent and...
Science
Featured Streamgage: Muddy Creek at Vaughn, Montana
The USGS streamgage on Muddy Creek in Vaugh, Montana is turning 100 in 2025! The streamgage has recorded streamflow data since 1925, and is an important source of information for agricultural producers and other irrigation water users in the area.
Featured Streamgage: Missouri River at Fort Benton
Installed in 1881, the Missouri River streamgage in Fort Benton, Montana, boasts 144 years of continuous recorded data. Data from this site support river monitoring and flood forecasting, and help recreationists understand current river conditions.
Featured Streamgage: Yellowstone River at Corwin Springs
The USGS and partners monitor streamflow and water quality at a streamgage in Corwin Springs, situated on the Yellowstone River, 7.5 miles northwest of Gardiner, Montana. Daily flow data have been recorded at this site since 1890, establishing it as one of the longest running streamgages in the state.