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Photo of Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek, near New Palestine, Indiana
Sugar Creek, near New Palestine, Indiana
Sugar Creek, near New Palestine, Indiana

Sugar Creek, near New Palestine, Indiana. Sugar Creek is part of a long-term USGS stream monitoring project, and was one of 72 U.S.

Sugar Creek, near New Palestine, Indiana. Sugar Creek is part of a long-term USGS stream monitoring project, and was one of 72 U.S.

Brad Huffman at the historic Cataloochee Creek near Cataloochee, NC Stream gage 03460000
Brad Huffman at the historic Cataloochee Creek near Cataloochee, NC
Brad Huffman at the historic Cataloochee Creek near Cataloochee, NC
Liam Schenk (USGS Oregon) holding a sediment core collected from the bottom of Iron Gate Reservoir, Klamath River, CA
Liam Schenk (USGS Oregon) holding a sediment core
Liam Schenk (USGS Oregon) holding a sediment core
Liam Schenk (USGS Oregon) holding a sediment core

Liam Schenk (USGS Oregon) holding a sediment core collected from the bottom of Iron Gate Reservoir, Klamath River, CA.

The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. 
The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. 
The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. 
The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. 

The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. The entire Colorado River Basin provides water for more than 40 million people in seven states and nearly 5.5 million acres of farmland across the western U.S. and Mexico. 

The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. The entire Colorado River Basin provides water for more than 40 million people in seven states and nearly 5.5 million acres of farmland across the western U.S. and Mexico. 

Cody Lanpher making a high flow measurement during a snow melt event on the Gallatin River near Gallatin Gateway, MT.
USGS employee making a high flow measurement during a snow melt event
USGS employee making a high flow measurement during a snow melt event
USGS employee making a high flow measurement during a snow melt event

Cody Lanpher making a high flow measurement during a snow melt event on the Gallatin River near Gallatin Gateway, MT.

Installing a rapid deployment gage, MI
USGS crews install a rapid deployment gage, Midland, MI
USGS crews install a rapid deployment gage, Midland, MI
USGS crews install a rapid deployment gage, Midland, MI

A USGS hydrologic technician finishes installation of a rapid-deployment streamgage at Gordonville Road on the Tittabawassee River in Midland, Michigan.

East Canyon Creek near Morgan, UT (10134500) gage house and sharp crested weir control taken on May 19, 2020.
East Canyon Creek near Morgan, UT (10134500) gage house
East Canyon Creek near Morgan, UT (10134500) gage house
East Canyon Creek near Morgan, UT (10134500) gage house

East Canyon Creek near Morgan, UT (10134500) gage house and sharp crested weir control taken on May 19, 2020. This gage has cooperator funding by the Utah Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water Rights. 

Submerged equipment during Michigan flooding
Submerged equipment during Michigan flooding
Submerged equipment during Michigan flooding
Submerged equipment during Michigan flooding

This image shows a GLRI nutrient sampler submerged during major flooding on the Rifle River, Michigan, in May 2020. This site is near the Rifle River Near Sterling USGS streamgage.

Depth-averaged currents and distribution of near-surface specific conductance in coastal Lake Erie, OH
Depth-avg currents & distribution of near-surface specific conductance
Depth-avg currents & distribution of near-surface specific conductance
Depth-avg currents & distribution of near-surface specific conductance

Depth-averaged currents and distribution of near-surface specific conductance in coastal Lake Erie in the vicinity of Villa Angela Beach and Euclid Creek, Ohio on September 11, 2012 Produced in VMT using data from a TRDI 600 KHz Rio Grande ADCP and supplementary specific conductance data from an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that completed a simulataeous three

Depth-averaged currents and distribution of near-surface specific conductance in coastal Lake Erie in the vicinity of Villa Angela Beach and Euclid Creek, Ohio on September 11, 2012 Produced in VMT using data from a TRDI 600 KHz Rio Grande ADCP and supplementary specific conductance data from an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that completed a simulataeous three

Depth-averaged velocity & primary & secondary velocities of River
Depth-averaged velocity & primary & secondary velocities of River
Depth-averaged velocity & primary & secondary velocities of River
Depth-averaged velocity & primary & secondary velocities of River

Depth-averaged velocity and primary and secondary velocities (Rozovskii definition) in the confluence of the White and Wabash Rivers along the Illinois and Indiana border, January 12, 2008. Produced in VMT using data from a TRDI 1200 KHz Rio Grande ADCP and additional formatting using Adobe Illustrator.

Depth-averaged velocity and primary and secondary velocities (Rozovskii definition) in the confluence of the White and Wabash Rivers along the Illinois and Indiana border, January 12, 2008. Produced in VMT using data from a TRDI 1200 KHz Rio Grande ADCP and additional formatting using Adobe Illustrator.

Deena Green setting up WinRiver II to make a RioPro measurement at the Selway River near Lowell, ID.
Deena Green setting up WinRiver II to make a RioPro measurement
Deena Green setting up WinRiver II to make a RioPro measurement
Deena Green setting up WinRiver II to make a RioPro measurement

Deena Green setting up WinRiver II to make a RioPro measurement at the Selway River near Lowell, ID.

A USGS field team measures spring floodwaters at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary.
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary

A USGS field team, to include Pat Bowen, Kate Bowen and John Trainor, uses specialized equipment to measure spring floodwaters at Chesapeake Bay's largest tributary, the Susquehanna River in Maryland.

A USGS field team measures spring floodwaters at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary.
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary

A USGS field team, to include Pat Bowen, Kate Bowen and John Trainor, uses specialized equipment to measure spring floodwaters at Chesapeake Bay's largest tributary, the Susquehanna River in Maryland.

A USGS field team measures spring floodwaters at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary.
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary
USGS measures spring flooding at Chesapeake bay's largest tributary

A USGS field team, to include Pat Bowen, Kate Bowen and John Trainor, uses specialized equipment to measure spring floodwaters at Chesapeake Bay's largest tributary, the Susquehanna River in Maryland.

USGS hydrologist Ken McGrath measures floodwaters off a cableway on Schoharie Creek in North Blenheim, New York.
USGS measures floodwaters off a cableway in New York
USGS measures floodwaters off a cableway in New York
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