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USGS hydrographer Dave Thompson makes a near-peak flood measurement off a bridge at Tenmile River in Tusten, New York.

USGS stream gage 14314500 Clearwater River above Trap Creek near Toketee Falls, OR.

Kevin Kirlin making an ADCP (streampro) measurement off a cableway at stream gage 12411000 North Fork Coeur D' Alene River above Shoshone Creek near Prichard, ID.

On April 10, USGS hydrographer Josh Sundberg measures Red River water flowing over the road in East Grand Forks, Minnesota as flood protection walls prevent further flooding.
 

USGS gage 02172050 COOPER RIVER ABOVE GOOSE CREEK,SC.

On April 6, USGS hydrographer Spencer Wheeling carries equipment out to measure high water on the Tongue River near Akra, North Dakota. 

USGS employee Sam Banas adjusting a solar panel and installing real-time equipment onto a groundwater well.

USGS hydrographer Chris Broz gets on the cold ground to measure the high-water mark of the Pembina River at Neche, North Dakota. 

USGS employee Spencer Wheeling is forced to get creative on April 5, 2020, in the positioning of the crane used for collecting water-quality samples thanks to 6-8 inches of new snow at station 05053500 Wild Rice River near St. Benedict, ND.

USGS hydrographer Spencer Wheeling gets equipment ready to collect a flood water-quality sample on the Wild Rice River near St.

USGS hydrographer Brent Hanson wades out in freezing waters to collect flood measurements on the Sheyenne River near Cooperstown, North Dakota. Hanson reads an outside staff, which is a vertical graduated ruler used to calibrate the continuous readings of water level provided by electronic sensors.

A frozen USGS rapid deployment streamgage measures the height of the Maple River near Page, North Dakota. RDGs can be installed on short notice to provide additional information at locations that are normally not gauged.

Photo of the Colorado River running through Marble Canyon near Nankoweap Creek (near River Mile 51.5) in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Laurel Creek Cave behind Laurel Falls, Laurel-Snow State Natural Area, Tennessee

The USGS National Integrated Water Availability Assessments (IWAAs) concept map shows daily estimates of natural water storage (water present on the landscape such as standing water, snowpack, soil water, and shallow groundwater) for approximately 110,00

Kentucky mount constructed from Speed Rail. This mount can be used to deploy Rio Grande, RiverPro, RioPro, and RiverSurveyor ADCPs.

This animation highlights the USGS Integrated Water Availability Assessments (IWAAs) Program’s evolving capacity to estimate water availability at a national scale by visualizing daily estimates of natural water storage (water present on the landscape such as standing water, snowpack, soil water, and shallow groundwater) for approximately 110,000 regions across the

Kentucky mount constructed from Speed Rail. This mount can be used to deploy Rio Grande, RiverPro, RioPro, and RiverSurveyor ADCPs.

USGS gage 02171000 Lake Marion Near Pineville, SC

This is Hydrographer Mark Spindler performing a winter time discharge measurement at USGS stream gage 09304800 White River Below Meeker, CO. Discrete water quality samples were also collected.

Two USGS employees (Bart Dengel, and Joseph Crissup) conducting an under-ice ADCP discharge measurement near USGS stream gage station 15214000.