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.
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
Editorial: Subsurface microbiology within hydrocarbon resources or stored gases
A Research Topic on the microbiology of hydrocarbon and gas storage reservoirs has far reaching industrial applications. In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in understanding microbial communities in subsurface energy reservoirs, such as coal, oil, and shale beds. This area of research has broadened to include gas storage reservoirs for hydrogen and CO2. Scientists are beginning to
Peak streamflow trends in South Dakota and their relation to changes in climate, water years 1921–2020
Peak-flow (flood) frequency analysis is essential to water-resources management applications, including the design of critical infrastructure such as bridges and culverts, and floodplain mapping. Federal guidelines for performing peak-flow flood frequency analyses are presented in a U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Report known as Bulletin 17C. A basic assumption within Bulletin 17C,
June 2022 floods in the Upper Yellowstone River Basin
Extraordinary floods surged down the Yellowstone River and its tributaries in northwestern Wyoming and south-central Montana on June 13–15, 2022. During the flood, U.S. Geological Survey staff worked to maintain real-time data from streamgages by making field measurements of streamflow and repairing damaged equipment while communicating the latest streamflow information with the public and with lo
Science
Featured Montana Streamgages
Streamgages operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, with support from cooperative agencies, provide streamflow data to the public throughout Montana. The USGS National Water Dashboard provides up to date information for each site. Explore a few highlighted streamgages in Montana below.
Featured Wyoming Streamgages
Streamgages operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, with support from cooperative agencies, provide streamflow data to the public throughout Wyoming. The USGS National Water Dashboard provides up to date information for each site. Explore a few highlighted streamgages in Wyoming below.
Highlighting Streamgages in Wyoming and Montana
The Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center operates nearly 400 streamgages in Montana and Wyoming. Some streamgages are tucked away in high mountains or remote prairies, while some reside in locations visited by millions of people each year. Uses of data from these streamgages include managing water rights and diversion, informing recreationists, and monitoring flows for fisheries and wildlife...