Vintage-style poster of the Columbia River flowing alongside Mount Hood with a USGS streamgage featured in the foreground. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign. Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Multimedia
This multimedia gallery represents a collection of high-quality images, videos, webcams, posters, presentations, and documents produced by the Water Resources Mission Area.
Images
Columbia River Great American Waterways Poster
Vintage-style poster of the Columbia River flowing alongside Mount Hood with a USGS streamgage featured in the foreground. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign. Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Colorado River Great American Waterway Poster
Vintage-style poster of the Colorado River with a USGS water quality monitor portrayed on pulleys across the canyon. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Vintage-style poster of the Colorado River with a USGS water quality monitor portrayed on pulleys across the canyon. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Mississippi River Great American Waterways Poster
Vintage-style poster of St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River showing a streamgage in the foreground. Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Vintage-style poster of St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River showing a streamgage in the foreground. Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Delaware River Great American Waterways Poster
Vintage-style poster of the Delaware River near the Delaware Water Gap with a USGS gage on the bridge in the foreground. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Vintage-style poster of the Delaware River near the Delaware Water Gap with a USGS gage on the bridge in the foreground. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Chesapeake Bay Great American Waterways Poster
Vintage-style poster of Chesapeake Bay with a USGS gage and blue crab on the shoreline in the foreground and estuaries feeding the bay the background. Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Vintage-style poster of Chesapeake Bay with a USGS gage and blue crab on the shoreline in the foreground and estuaries feeding the bay the background. Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Great Lakes Great American Waterways Poster
Vintage-style poster of a Great Lake during sunset with a USGS streamgage in the foreground on the shore. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Vintage-style poster of a Great Lake during sunset with a USGS streamgage in the foreground on the shore. Poster created for WMA Great American Waterways Campaign.
Illustration by Althea A. Archer, USGS
Videos
Using Drones To Study Rivers From Above
The Next Generation Water Observing Program (NGWOS) supports the advancement of water resources observations in order to assess water availability, management, and prediction across the US’s major hydrologic regions.
The Next Generation Water Observing Program (NGWOS) supports the advancement of water resources observations in order to assess water availability, management, and prediction across the US’s major hydrologic regions.
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Spring Seminar: Project Updates and 2026 Field Season Plans
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Spring Seminar: Project Updates and 2026 Field Season PlansThis video presents the Spring 2026 Saline Lake Ecosystems Integrated Water Availability Assessment Spring Seminar by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Narrated by Lisa Hoaks, the seminar provides project updates, summer 2026 field season plans, and recently published products.
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Spring Seminar: Project Updates and 2026 Field Season Plans
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Spring Seminar: Project Updates and 2026 Field Season PlansThis video presents the Spring 2026 Saline Lake Ecosystems Integrated Water Availability Assessment Spring Seminar by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Narrated by Lisa Hoaks, the seminar provides project updates, summer 2026 field season plans, and recently published products.
U.S. River Conditions, January to March 2026
January to March 2026
Rusting Rivers B-Roll: Anatok Creek, Alaska
This is B-roll video of Anatok Creek, Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska from August 19, 2025.
This is B-roll video of Anatok Creek, Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska from August 19, 2025.
Rusting Rivers B-Roll: Kugururok River, Alaska
This is B-roll video of the Kugururok River, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska from August 30, 2025.
This is B-roll video of the Kugururok River, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska from August 30, 2025.
Rusting Rivers: Heavy Metals and Visible Color Changes
Rusting Rivers: Heavy Metals and Visible Color ChangesRusting rivers are increasingly common in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. The orange stream color reflects oxidized iron (hence the appearance of rusting), but orange color also indicates elevated heavy metal concentrations and impaired water quality.
Rusting Rivers: Heavy Metals and Visible Color Changes
Rusting Rivers: Heavy Metals and Visible Color ChangesRusting rivers are increasingly common in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. The orange stream color reflects oxidized iron (hence the appearance of rusting), but orange color also indicates elevated heavy metal concentrations and impaired water quality.
Audio
Eyes on Earth Episode 43 - U.S.-Canada Water Use
The St. Mary and Milk Rivers cross the U.S. and Canadian border and supply water to both countries. Managing that resource in the interest of both nations is a matter of international collaboration and cooperation, and Landsat data is helping offer objective information on water use.
The St. Mary and Milk Rivers cross the U.S. and Canadian border and supply water to both countries. Managing that resource in the interest of both nations is a matter of international collaboration and cooperation, and Landsat data is helping offer objective information on water use.
Responding to Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts in North Carolina
Responding to Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts in North CarolinaNorth Carolina, like many years before, is responding to flooding in the East and drought in the West. Holly Weyers, USGS North Carolina Water Science Center Director, discusses these extreme events.
Responding to Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts in North Carolina
Responding to Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts in North CarolinaNorth Carolina, like many years before, is responding to flooding in the East and drought in the West. Holly Weyers, USGS North Carolina Water Science Center Director, discusses these extreme events.
Groundwater Awareness Week is March 6-12
Groundwater is not a single vast pool of underground water; rather, it is contained within a variety of aquifer systems. Each of these aquifers has its own set of questions and challenges.
Groundwater is not a single vast pool of underground water; rather, it is contained within a variety of aquifer systems. Each of these aquifers has its own set of questions and challenges.
USGS Hydrologic Data Collection Program in North Carolina
USGS Hydrologic Data Collection Program in North CarolinaUSGS North Carolina Data Chief, Jeanne Robbins, provides an overview on hydrologic data collection techniques for North Carolina.
USGS Hydrologic Data Collection Program in North Carolina
USGS Hydrologic Data Collection Program in North CarolinaUSGS North Carolina Data Chief, Jeanne Robbins, provides an overview on hydrologic data collection techniques for North Carolina.
Marking the Milestone, The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Proj
Marking the Milestone, The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring ProjUSGS North Carolina Water Quality Specialist Mary Georgino discusses The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project.
Marking the Milestone, The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Proj
Marking the Milestone, The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring ProjUSGS North Carolina Water Quality Specialist Mary Georgino discusses The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project.
Hurricane Floyd, and the Floods of 1999
USGS North Carolina Water Science Center Director Jerad Bales discusses Hurricane Floyd and flood impacts on North Carolina in 1999.
USGS North Carolina Water Science Center Director Jerad Bales discusses Hurricane Floyd and flood impacts on North Carolina in 1999.
Webcams
HIF Construction in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The current view of construction progress at the new HIF facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The current view of construction progress at the new HIF facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Streamgage 01437500 Neversink River at Godeffroy, NY
Streamgage 01437500 Neversink River at Godeffroy, NYWebcam at USGS Streamgage 01437500 Neversink River at Godeffroy, NY.
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Streamgage 01437500 Neversink River at Godeffroy, NY
Streamgage 01437500 Neversink River at Godeffroy, NYWebcam at USGS Streamgage 01437500 Neversink River at Godeffroy, NY.
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Streamgage 01462000 Delaware River at Lambertville, NJ
Streamgage 01462000 Delaware River at Lambertville, NJWebcam at USGS Streamgage 01462000 Delaware River at Lambertville, NJ.
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Streamgage 01462000 Delaware River at Lambertville, NJ
Streamgage 01462000 Delaware River at Lambertville, NJWebcam at USGS Streamgage 01462000 Delaware River at Lambertville, NJ.
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Colorado River near Cameo, CO (09095500)
Webcam at USGS Streamgage 09095500 Colorado River near Cameo, CO.
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Webcam at USGS Streamgage 09095500 Colorado River near Cameo, CO.
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Colorado River above Glenwood Springs, CO (09071750)
Colorado River above Glenwood Springs, CO (09071750)Webcam at USGS Streamgage 09071750 Colorado River above Glenwood Springs, CO.
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Colorado River above Glenwood Springs, CO (09071750)
Colorado River above Glenwood Springs, CO (09071750)Webcam at USGS Streamgage 09071750 Colorado River above Glenwood Springs, CO.
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Streamgage 01463500 Delaware River at Trenton, NJ
Webcam at USGS Streamgage 01463500 Delaware River at Trenton NJ.
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Webcam at USGS Streamgage 01463500 Delaware River at Trenton NJ.
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