Images

Photo of the Deleware River near Lambertville, NJ and New Hope, PA.

USGS Dakota Water Science Center hydrologic technician Mark Brazones is using a handheld acoustic meter to measure the road overflow at the James River near Forestburg, SD. 

After record flooding in the Midwest, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.

USGS scientists and technicians took water measurements during flooding on the Big Sioux River near Hawarden, Iowa in March 2019.

Diagram of Channel Cross Section With Subsections.

USGS hydrologist Kassidy Mapel takes hydrologic measurements from the Kewaunee River, Kewaunee, Wis., at USGS streamgage 04085200.

USGS scientists deploying a Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (CTD) instrument package.

Animation of streamflow classified by percentile of the simulated time series of streamflow for each segment from the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) as implemented in the U.S.

Animation of lateral flow to the stream network from each hydrologic response unit (HRU) normalized by maximum of the simulated time series of lateral flow from the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) as implemented in the U.S.

Thermoelectric power water withdrawals for 2015

Aquaculture water use in 2015

Irrigation water use withdrawals in 2015

Surface water withdrawals in 2015

PROSPER in StreamStats screenshot

Screenshot of raindrop trace in StreamStats

Development of geothermal saline groundwater into a warm-spring spa.
(Source: State of Florida Department of Natural Resources. Special Publication No. 21, 1977)

Unlined brine pit on the shore of Skiatook Lake, Okla.
(Source: USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program)

Source: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Artesian Well, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL

USGS gage 01428000 Tenmile River at Tusten, NY

Figure 1. The USGS FIM Mapper, showing an example flood and hydrograph for Terra Haute, Ind. (Please note, the flood condition displayed represents a higher stream stage than shown in the hydrograph.)