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Photograph showing the Blanco River Valley, looking north from Little Arkansas Road, Hays County, Texas.
Blanco River Valley
Blanco River Valley
Blanco River Valley

Photograph showing the Blanco River Valley, looking north from Little Arkansas Road, Hays County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418.

Photograph showing the Blanco River Valley, looking north from Little Arkansas Road, Hays County, Texas (photograph by Allan K. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, February 27, 2018).
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3418, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3418.

Reston Microbiology Laboratory 2016
Reston Microbiology Laboratory 2016
Reston Microbiology Laboratory 2016
Reston Microbiology Laboratory 2016

The Reston Microbiology Laboratory Group headed by Denise Akob. 2016

Ice rings on trees
Ice rings on tree on Auglaize River
Ice rings on tree on Auglaize River
Ice rings on tree on Auglaize River

This picture was taken January 16 by Hydro Tech Tim Nicholson as he was assessing site conditions for a discharge measurement, which he determined was unsafe to make. 04191500 Auglaize River near Defiance

This picture was taken January 16 by Hydro Tech Tim Nicholson as he was assessing site conditions for a discharge measurement, which he determined was unsafe to make. 04191500 Auglaize River near Defiance

two men in camo-patterned overalls standing next to a boat on the shore of a river with an instrument on the ground.
Technicians prepare to board a boat to measure water flow.
Technicians prepare to board a boat to measure water flow.
Technicians prepare to board a boat to measure water flow.

USGS technicians prepare to board a boat to go out to the center of the channel in the San Joaquin River below Friant Dam to get an accurate measurement of water flow during releases from the Dam for flood control.

USGS technicians prepare to board a boat to go out to the center of the channel in the San Joaquin River below Friant Dam to get an accurate measurement of water flow during releases from the Dam for flood control.

Unmanned Aerial System takes images in Arizona
Unmanned Aerial System in Flight
Unmanned Aerial System in Flight
Unmanned Aerial System in Flight

Small Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) collecting digital photos to create digital elevation models. UAS are an increasingly important tool for monitoring, assessing, and conducting targeted scientific research for the nation.

Small Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) collecting digital photos to create digital elevation models. UAS are an increasingly important tool for monitoring, assessing, and conducting targeted scientific research for the nation.

An R10-bipod occupying a benchmark near a river with a large bridge in the background.
An R10-bipod Occupying a GNSS Survey Benchmark
An R10-bipod Occupying a GNSS Survey Benchmark
An R10-bipod Occupying a GNSS Survey Benchmark

An R10-bipod occupying a GNSS survey benchmark as a part of the Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring Network program.

Two technicians in a cablecar over a river, with an instrument hanging below them
Lowering an acoustic Doppler current profiler from a cable way.
Lowering an acoustic Doppler current profiler from a cable way.
Lowering an acoustic Doppler current profiler from a cable way.

USGS technicians preparing for a streamflow measurement by lowering an acoustic Doppler current profiler from a cable way on the American River near Fair Oaks, California. 

Digital elevation model created by an Unmanned Aerial System
Digital Elevation Model Created by an Unmanned Aerial System
Digital Elevation Model Created by an Unmanned Aerial System
Digital Elevation Model Created by an Unmanned Aerial System

This digital elevation model was created using structure from motion software mounted to an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to analyze bridge scour. Studies using UAS have included stream temperature analyses, bird and mammal surveys, coastal change mapping, sandbar habitat surveys, fluvial erosion rates, microclimate mapping, air quality analysis, plant stress as

This digital elevation model was created using structure from motion software mounted to an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to analyze bridge scour. Studies using UAS have included stream temperature analyses, bird and mammal surveys, coastal change mapping, sandbar habitat surveys, fluvial erosion rates, microclimate mapping, air quality analysis, plant stress as

USGS field truck at Vermejo River in New Mexico
Field work at Vermejo River in New Mexico
Field work at Vermejo River in New Mexico
Field work at Vermejo River in New Mexico

Hydrologic Technician Jacob Wikle snapped this photo of the Vermejo River while he was out searching for groundwater wells near the ghost town of Dawson, New Mexico, as part of the statewide groundwater monitoring network.

Hydrologic Technician Jacob Wikle snapped this photo of the Vermejo River while he was out searching for groundwater wells near the ghost town of Dawson, New Mexico, as part of the statewide groundwater monitoring network.

Image of a new benchmark.
Image of a new monitoring benchmark
Image of a new monitoring benchmark
Image of a new monitoring benchmark

Occupying a surveying benchmark, part of the Hampton Roads Benchmark Monitoring Network.

USGS StreamStats: Hydrologic and Geospatial Data Integrated to Support Water Science and Management
USGS StreamStats: Hydrologic and Geospatial Data
USGS StreamStats: Hydrologic and Geospatial Data
USGS StreamStats: Hydrologic and Geospatial Data

USGS StreamStats: Hydrologic and Geospatial Data Integrated to Support Water Science and Management

Water Sampling at Cemetery
Groundwater Sampling at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Michigan
Groundwater Sampling at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Michigan
Groundwater Sampling at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Michigan

Is this cemetery haunted? Probably not, but there could be tiny things moving beyond the grave. The USGS sampled groundwater downhill of Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lansing, Michigan, to find out if materials associated with decomposition and burial processes could affect groundwater quality near a cemetery.

Is this cemetery haunted? Probably not, but there could be tiny things moving beyond the grave. The USGS sampled groundwater downhill of Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lansing, Michigan, to find out if materials associated with decomposition and burial processes could affect groundwater quality near a cemetery.

man in yellow shirt and camo coveralls standing in thigh-high water with instrument.
Measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California.
Measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California.
Measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California.

USGS technician measuring streamflow in the Sisquoc River near Garey, California, upstream of the Santa Maria Mesa Road Bridge.

scientific instruments and platform next to river surrounded by snow
USGS Streamgaging on the Pit River operates year round.
USGS Streamgaging on the Pit River operates year round.
Roanoke River Valley
Roanoke River Valley
Roanoke River Valley
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