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USGS scientist Charles Hartmann installs a storm-tide sensor in preparation for Hurricane Harvey in Carancahua Bay, Texas. 
USGS scientist installs a storm-tide sensor
USGS scientist installs a storm-tide sensor
USGS scientist installs a storm-tide sensor

USGS scientist Charles Hartmann installs a storm-tide sensor in preparation for Hurricane Harvey in Carancahua Bay, Texas. 

USGS scientists installs storm-tide sensor in preparation for Hurricane Harvey
USGS scientists installs storm-tide sensor
USGS scientists installs storm-tide sensor
Floating the mighty Rio Grande
Floating the mighty Rio Grande
Floating the mighty Rio Grande
Floating the mighty Rio Grande

Staff float down the Rio Grande in New Mexico as part of their Swiftwater Awareness training. 

Staff float down the Rio Grande in New Mexico as part of their Swiftwater Awareness training. 

USGS Hydrologist flying a drone
USGS Drone for Remote Sensing
USGS Drone for Remote Sensing
USGS Drone for Remote Sensing

USGS Hydrologist Eric White flies a small drone equipped with a thermal infrared camera during a groundwater/surface-water exchange study.

USGS Hydrologist Eric White flies a small drone equipped with a thermal infrared camera during a groundwater/surface-water exchange study.

Scientist operates small drone over river valley with mountains in the background.
USGS uses drone with thermal infrared camera to study water resources
USGS uses drone with thermal infrared camera to study water resources
USGS uses drone with thermal infrared camera to study water resources

USGS Hydrologist Eric White flies a small unoccupied aircraft system – sUAS or "drone" – equipped with a thermal infrared camera during a groundwater/surface-water exchange study along the East River in Gunnison National Forest near Gothic, Colorado, in August 2017.

USGS Hydrologist Eric White flies a small unoccupied aircraft system – sUAS or "drone" – equipped with a thermal infrared camera during a groundwater/surface-water exchange study along the East River in Gunnison National Forest near Gothic, Colorado, in August 2017.

Hydrologist collecting a water sample from a domestic well
Collecting a sample of untreated groundwater from a domestic well
Collecting a sample of untreated groundwater from a domestic well
Collecting a sample of untreated groundwater from a domestic well

A USGS hydrologist collects a sample of untreated groundwater from a domestic well in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.  Learn more about domestic wells here.

USGS, Las Cruces Field Office
USGS, Las Cruces Field Office
USGS, Las Cruces Field Office
USGS, Las Cruces Field Office

U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center - Las Cruces Field Office location

U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center - Las Cruces Field Office location

ADCP photo
ADCP photo
ADCP photo
ADCP photo

ADCP photo

Remote Control Boat Deployment
Remote Control Boat Deployment
Remote Control Boat Deployment
Remote Control Boat Deployment

Oceanscience Q1250 Remote Boat for slow to mid flow.

Virginia Water Science Center Office
Virginia Science Office
Virginia Science Office
Virginia Science Office

Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center: Virginia Science Office, Richmond.

Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center: Virginia Science Office, Richmond.

Making a discharge measurement below the Eagle Nest Dam near Cimarron, New Mexico
Eagle Nest Dam overlooking the Cimarron River
Eagle Nest Dam overlooking the Cimarron River
Eagle Nest Dam overlooking the Cimarron River

Hydrologic technician Chris Peskuski snapped this picture from Eagle Nest Dam overlooking the Cimarron River where streamflow measurements are made to measure outflow from the dam. Eagle Nest Dam sits at 8,300 feet elevation and is surrounded by two of the highest peaks in New Mexico; Wheeler Peak and Baldy Mountain.

Hydrologic technician Chris Peskuski snapped this picture from Eagle Nest Dam overlooking the Cimarron River where streamflow measurements are made to measure outflow from the dam. Eagle Nest Dam sits at 8,300 feet elevation and is surrounded by two of the highest peaks in New Mexico; Wheeler Peak and Baldy Mountain.

King Creek in York County, Virginia
King Creek in York County, Virginia
King Creek in York County, Virginia
King Creek in York County, Virginia

A panoramic photo of King Creek near the Colonial Parkway in York County, Virginia.

USGS employee measuring high flows near Emerald Lake Campground near Roscoe, MT
USGS Employee Measuring High Flows Near Emerald Lake, Roscoe, MT.
USGS Employee Measuring High Flows Near Emerald Lake, Roscoe, MT.
USGS Employee Measuring High Flows Near Emerald Lake, Roscoe, MT.

USGS employee Josh Hoops measuring high flows near Emerald Lake Campground near Roscoe, MT

Young Boy Fishing
Young Boy Fishing
Young Boy Fishing
Young Boy Fishing

A young boy fishing in a lake in Albemarle County, Virginia.

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