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Flooding occurred on May 24 on Battle Creek below Keystone, SD. Heavy rains in western South Dakota caused flash flooding in parts of the Black Hills on May 24-26.

Following heavy rains, Battle Creek near Keystone (streamgage 06404000) peaked at about 1,500 cubic feet per second on May 24 and was about 1 foot below flood stage. This streamgage is operated in cooperation with the South Dakota Department of Natural Resources, Water Rights Division.

Flooding on the White River near Kadoka, SD, streamgage 06447000. The gage house is left of center near hay bales. Streamflow at this site was measured by USGS as about 26,000 cubic feet per second on May 18, 2015. Major flooding on the White River in South Dakota occurred in May 2015 following snow and rain events in western South Dakota.

Flooding on the White River near Kadoka, SD, streamgage 06447000. Streamflow at this site was measured by USGS as about 26,000 cubic feet per second on May 18, 2015. Major flooding on the White River in South Dakota occurred in May 2015 following snow and rain events in western South Dakota.

Flooding on the White River near Kadoka, SD, streamgage 06447000. Streamflow at this site was measured by USGS as about 26,000 cubic feet per second on May 18, 2015. Major flooding on the White River in South Dakota occurred in May 2015 following snow and rain events in western South Dakota.

Tony Trease, USGS Hydrologic Technician, measuring streamflow in the South Platte River outside of Denver, Colo.

Tony Trease, USGS Hydrologic Technician, measuring streamflow in the South Platte River outside of Denver, Colo.

USGS research geographer Ben Jones is dressed warmly as he stands next to portable core-drilling device in a snow-covered area.

Collecting a groundwater-quality sample from a public-supply well. This well is being sampled for water-quality constituents as part of the NAWQA Enhanced Trend Network project.

This well is being sampled for water-quality constituents as part of the NAWQA Enhanced Trend Network project.

USGS employee Keith Lambert during a routine Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter measurement at USGS gage 2055100 Tinker Creek near Daleville, VA.

The Columbia River flows by the highway on its way to the Pacific Ocean.

A USGS streamgage measures flooding in the lower Trinity River, Texas. 

Screen capture of ModelMuse with the caption "The farm process also requires the modeler define the properties of the farms."

Icy Sampling
RML scientist, Adam Mumford, working under ice to obtain grab samples of a stream in North Dakota to assess impacts of a brine spill from unconventional oil and gas activities (UOG). UOG spills often have very high concentrations of salts, metals, naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs), and organic compounds. 

A U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist holds a centrifuge bowl containing river suspended sediment for analysis of metals and organic chemicals. The sample was collected using a new in-field continuous-flow centrifugation technique to separate and collect suspended sediment from large volumes of water.

A large-volume public supply well in San Antonio, Texas.  This well is being sampled for water-quality constituents as part of the NAWQA Enhanced Trend Network project.

A U.S. Geological Survey streamflow gaging station collects water data on the Trask River. The Trask River gage is located near Tillamook, Ore. and has been in operation for 17 years.  

Trask River stage, discharge, and water-quality data are collected and used together to help monitor the current health of the river. Data from the river are sent to equipment in the gage house, where it is stored then transmitted to USGS servers. 

Anoxic groundwater pumped from the embayment-uplands aquifers for municipal supply is oxygenated as it cascades over aerator trays. The iron and manganese that are dissolved in the water precipitate and are filtered from the water.

The Garden Wall Weather Station is situated below the Garden Wall and adjacent to the Haystack Creek avalanche path in Glacier National Park. It provides meteorological data for avalanche forecasting and research, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and net radiation measurements.