Hurricanes
Hurricanes
From the 1900 Galveston hurricane to Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Texas has seen its share of devastating storms. The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center contributes to the understanding of hurricane science with rapid-deployment of storm-surge sensor networks before a storm, streamflow measurements during a storm, high-water mark collection immediately after a storm, flood analysis, etc.
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Texas Water Dashboard
The Texas Water Dashboard is a web mapping application that presents U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) real-time stream, lake, reservoir, precipitation, and well data in Texas in context with current weather and hazard conditions. Real-time measurements from over 750 USGS observation stations in Texas are accessible from the map viewer, along with complementary map layers such as current precipitation...
Post Hurricane Harvey Assessment
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey related flooding, the USGS Texas Water Science Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated a cooperative study to evaluate the magnitude of the flood, determine the probability of occurrence, and map the extent of the flood in Texas.