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USGS Hydrologic Technician Kim Cesal measuring 3170 cfs at 12409000 Colville River at Kettle Falls, WA. This measurement is the highest made at the gaging site. The gage has been in operation since October 1922. The gage was installed to monitor flows from Meyer Falls Dam and Power Generation.

Sampling for microplastics on Lake Mead, March 21, 2017

Scientists never stop learning! USGS scientists participate in ongoing training to keep up on the latest scientific methods, tools, and best practices. In this photo, USGS scientists participate in a field class about collecting groundwater data using USGS standards and procedures.

Mohawk River at Lock 8 near Schenectady, New York (01354330)

Mohawk River at Lock 8 near Schenectady (01354330) Live Ice Jam Web Camera

USGS hydrologic technician Michael Allen collects streamflow data from the Boise River at streamgage station 13206000 using an acoustic Doppler current profiler.

Hydrologic technicians Joe Beman and Hal Nelson remove a deployed sensor for cleaning and recalibration, as needed.  This sensor is left in place to continuously log water quality parameters.

Several New Mexico Water Science Center staff attended Continuous Water Quality Training, taught by Mike Nyman of the Texas Water Science Center and Lauren Sherson of the New Mexico Water Science Center.  The course covered rationale for collecting continuous water quality data; field techniques for in

USGS staff gage (ruler) measuring the height of the water, on the Carson River, near Brunswick Canyon, Nevada.

Flood water on Carson River near Nevada Water Science Center Office.

Streamgaging on Martin Creek, near Paradise Valley, Nevada.

2" aluminum pipe, structural pipe fittings, and square tubing are utilized to create a dock servicable uplooking ADVM mount.

Drill rig on Long Island, NY

Photo of USGS stream gage number 10337500, TRUCKEE River A TAHOE CITY CA.   

Student Aurelia Mitchell recently trekked up into the Sandia Mountains to collect snow data as part of an ongoing hydrologic study in the East Mountains, conducted in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division. They measured the depth and density of the snow in several locations to determine the snow/water equivalent.

Hydrologist Ryan McCutcheon and student Aurelia Mitchell recently trekked up into the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico to collect snow data as part of an ongoing hydrologic study in the East Mountains, conducted in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division.

Bryce Redinger huddles in the cold while making an Acoustic Doplar Current Profile (ADCP) measurement at USGS gage ID 13213072 SAND RUN GULCH NR PARMA ID.

Hydrologic Technician, James Albrecht, from the North Platte Field Office making a measurement of discharge under ice using a Flowtracker acoustic velocity meter on a top-setting wading rod.  The string going across the picture is a tagline, used for measuring distance across the channel so that he can note the location of the ice hole he is working in.  T

A U.S. Geological Survey field crew uses an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler to measure water velocity on the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada.

USGS scientist Robert Baskin takes a boat out on the Great Salt Lake to conduct research. 

Havasu Creek spilling over Havasu Falls, downstream from Supai Village on the Havasupai Nation.