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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.
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
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.
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.
USGS scientist Robert Baskin takes a boat out on the Great Salt Lake to conduct research.
Ocoee River, Tennessee
Bath Creek, upstream of Blowing Springs Campground, George Washington National Forest, Bath County, VA.
Bath Creek, upstream of Blowing Springs Campground, George Washington National Forest, Bath County, VA.
The Storm Drain at Rivers Ridge Circle near Newport News, VA during a hihg flow event triggered by a rainstorm. This site is a part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Network.
The Storm Drain at Rivers Ridge Circle near Newport News, VA during a hihg flow event triggered by a rainstorm. This site is a part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Network.
JJ Thordsen (USGS) and a wireline operator retrieving downhole vacuum sampler from a characterization well near a CO2 injection well at Citronelle oil field, Alabama.
JJ Thordsen (USGS) and a wireline operator retrieving downhole vacuum sampler from a characterization well near a CO2 injection well at Citronelle oil field, Alabama.
Iron Reducing Bacteria
FeRB isolated using a roll bottle technique from the former Uranium Mine near Ronneburg, Germany, Photo credit: Denise Akob, USGS
Iron Reducing Bacteria
FeRB isolated using a roll bottle technique from the former Uranium Mine near Ronneburg, Germany, Photo credit: Denise Akob, USGS
Havasu Creek spilling over Havasu Falls, downstream from Supai Village on the Havasupai Nation.
Havasu Creek spilling over Havasu Falls, downstream from Supai Village on the Havasupai Nation.
The quality of the water we drink can potentially impact our health. The USGS has several programs and cooperative projects that characterize the quality of selected rivers and aquifers used as sources of drinking water to community water systems in the United States.
The quality of the water we drink can potentially impact our health. The USGS has several programs and cooperative projects that characterize the quality of selected rivers and aquifers used as sources of drinking water to community water systems in the United States.
Snow dapples the banks on Brodhead Creek near Analomink, PA. This stream reach, and reaches on other streams were surveyed as part of a geomorphic dataset to determine channel dimensions and allow new estimates of bankfull discharge and channel dimensions at U.S.
Snow dapples the banks on Brodhead Creek near Analomink, PA. This stream reach, and reaches on other streams were surveyed as part of a geomorphic dataset to determine channel dimensions and allow new estimates of bankfull discharge and channel dimensions at U.S.
Snowy road on the way to Rio Chama above Abiquiu Dam (08286500)
Snowy road on the way to Rio Chama above Abiquiu Dam (08286500)
USGS streamgage 13210810, Fifteen Mile Creek near Middleton, Idaho, is one of 10 streamgages the USGS has installed on Treasure Valley drains in cooperation with the Idaho Department of Water Resources. Data from these streamgages will be incorporated into a groundwater-flow model of the Treasure Valley aquifer system.
USGS streamgage 13210810, Fifteen Mile Creek near Middleton, Idaho, is one of 10 streamgages the USGS has installed on Treasure Valley drains in cooperation with the Idaho Department of Water Resources. Data from these streamgages will be incorporated into a groundwater-flow model of the Treasure Valley aquifer system.
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A beautiful capture of a streamgage at Bunnell Brook near Burlington, CT.
Hydrologic technician Lindsay Hastings took this photo of the Rio Brazos near Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico during her first field trip as a streamgager with the New Mexico Water Science Center. Did you know that New Mexico was the birth place of streamgaging?
Hydrologic technician Lindsay Hastings took this photo of the Rio Brazos near Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico during her first field trip as a streamgager with the New Mexico Water Science Center. Did you know that New Mexico was the birth place of streamgaging?
USGS hydrologic technician Jym Chapman (above) installs a rapid deployment gauge to measure water-surface elevation and other data in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, prior to Hurricane Matthew’s approach in October 2016. Hydrologist Tim Pojunas (below) measures an elevation reference point used to calibrate the newly installed RDG.
USGS hydrologic technician Jym Chapman (above) installs a rapid deployment gauge to measure water-surface elevation and other data in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, prior to Hurricane Matthew’s approach in October 2016. Hydrologist Tim Pojunas (below) measures an elevation reference point used to calibrate the newly installed RDG.
The USGS national invertebrate reference collection serves as an evaluation tool for verification of invertebrate identifications. Invertebrate example, Paragnetina immarginata from Dawson County, Georgia.
The USGS national invertebrate reference collection serves as an evaluation tool for verification of invertebrate identifications. Invertebrate example, Paragnetina immarginata from Dawson County, Georgia.
USGS hydrologist Amy Simonson making a discharge measurement with a flowtracker in a Long Island stream.
USGS hydrologist Amy Simonson making a discharge measurement with a flowtracker in a Long Island stream.
A look at the Kansas River from its side. On the other side ofthe river trees and power lines can be seen as well as a bridge crossing the river.
A look at the Kansas River from its side. On the other side ofthe river trees and power lines can be seen as well as a bridge crossing the river.