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The Ben Franklin Bridge stretches over the Delaware River. The Delaware River Basin provides water to big cities such as New York and Philadelphia. 

Mike Michelotti is making a winter stream flow measurement using a flow tracker at stream gage 12413210 South Fork Coeur D' Alene River at Elizabeth Park near Kellogg, ID.

Fall time descends on Southwest Utah. The changing fall leaves coupled with blue skies and red rock backdrop make for a beautiful morning for a discharge measurement at the Coal Creek near Cedar City, Utah stream gage 10242000.

USGS gage 11451800 Cache Creek at Rumsey, CA

Lake Sherburn

USGS scientist surveys water levels on the Delaware River while streamflow measurements are made by boat. These measurements help scientists understand the amount of water and constituents being transported by the river. 

USGS gage 10308200 East Fork Carson River below Markleeville Creek near Markleeville CA

A 4" aluminum I-beam is used allow an ADVM to be raised and lowered on a stainless steel sled.  The sled is adjustable for pitch, roll, and heading.

Closeup of a stainless steel sled meant to mount on a 4" aluminum I-beam.  The sled is adjustable for pitch, roll, and heading.

A 36" sled and 1.5" pipe is mounted to a 4" aluminum i-beam to allow for retrieval and servicing of an uplooking ADVM from land.  The mounting plate allows for adjustment of pitch, roll, and heading.

A 36" sled and 1.5" pipe is mounted to a 4" aluminum i-beam to allow for retrieval and servicing of an uplooking ADVM from land.

A 36" sled and 1.5" pipe is mounted to a 4" aluminum i-beam to allow for retrieval and servicing of an uplooking ADVM from land.

A 36" sled and 1.5" pipe is mounted to a 4" aluminum i-beam to allow for retrieval and servicing of an uplooking ADVM from land.  The mounting plate allows for adjustment of pitch, roll, and heading.

USGS employees John Fulton - collecting live discharge data,  Josip Adams - operating drone, and Sandy Brosnahan co-piloting and spotting, on a River in Maine.

Chris Bird is making an ADCP measurement with an inflatable kayak at streamgage 12211200 Nooksack River at Everson, WA.

The first USGS groundwater level measurement recorded in this well is from 1874! The well was originally a flowing artesian well that was used as an active water supply. Routine monitoring began in 1946.

USGS Research Hydrologists Neil Terry and Marty Briggs review fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) data with Dale Werkema of the U.S.

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

A USGS Hydrologic Technician collects eDNA samples alongside a stream in the Nevada wilderness

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.

USGS scientists never stop learning!