Water Resources
Multimedia
This multimedia gallery represents a collection of high-quality images, videos, webcams, posters, presentations, and documents produced by the Water Resources Mission Area.
USGS gage 05293000 YELLOW BANK RIVER NEAR ODESSA, MN
USGS gage 05293000 YELLOW BANK RIVER NEAR ODESSA, MN with High River Water Level From Flood.
The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth
The World's Water - Distribution of Earth's Water
The Earth is a watery place. But just how much water exists on, in, and above our planet? About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent
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USGS employees operating drone over river in black and white
USGS employees John Fulton - collecting live discharge data, Josip Adams - operating drone, and Sandy Brosnahan co-piloting and spotting, on a River in Maine.
Adding a rapid deployment gauge to track Dorian's surge in Virginia
Hydrographer Keith Lambert installing a rapid deployment gage at New Mill Creek at Chesapeake, VA in advance of Hurricane Dorian. Photo: Blake Dudding, USGS September 5, 2019
collecting eDNA samples
A USGS Hydrologic Technician collects eDNA samples alongside a stream in the Nevada wilderness
Large-scale particle-image velocimetry (LSPIV)
The USGS is advancing the use of large-scale particle-image velocimetry (LSPIV) - a method that uses innovative video analyzation techniques - to measure streamflow.
Scientists track Hurricane Dorian effects on Low Country Coast
A storm-tide sensor deployed on Florida's Indian River Lagoon, at Indian River Drive in St. Lucie County, on Aug. 30, 2019 in preparation for Hurricane Dorian. NOTE: Though the story is about the Carolinas, the photo is from Florida. No photos of the Carolinas deployment were available at the time this story was published.
West Branch Delaware River, Hale Eddy, New video capture
Live video from USGS 01426500 West Branch Delaware River at Hale Eddy, New York.
Webcam at USGS streamgage 01463500 Delaware River at Trenton NJ
Still frame from a webcam set up at USGS Streamgage 01463500 Delaware River at Trenton NJ. This image was taken on August 19, 2019 at 4:00 pm local time.
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Collecting Field Parameters During the 2019 Well Inventory
USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Fallow Field (Left) and Dryland Wheat (Right) near Larslan, MT
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)