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Little Haynes Creek is one of the sites investigated in the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment, during which water quality and ecological condition were sampled.
Little Haynes Creek is one of the sites investigated in the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment, during which water quality and ecological condition were sampled.
Pole Bridge Creek is one of the sites investigated in the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment, during which water quality and ecological condition were sampled.
Pole Bridge Creek is one of the sites investigated in the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment, during which water quality and ecological condition were sampled.
Oil-well pads dotting the landscape of typical badland topography. Thousands of new wells are drilled into the Bakken and Three Forks annually, making this one of the most productive plays in the Nation.
Oil-well pads dotting the landscape of typical badland topography. Thousands of new wells are drilled into the Bakken and Three Forks annually, making this one of the most productive plays in the Nation.
USGS scientist Vidal Mendoza measures flow downstream of the Comal Springs, Texas.
A new website now provides important information about streamflow in the Comal and San Marcos Rivers and springflow at Comal and San Marcos Springs.
USGS scientist Vidal Mendoza measures flow downstream of the Comal Springs, Texas.
A new website now provides important information about streamflow in the Comal and San Marcos Rivers and springflow at Comal and San Marcos Springs.
USGS hydrologists and technicians use a kicknet to collect a sample of aquatic invertebrates for an ecological survey on South Fork Broad River iin Georgia. Broad River was one of the sites investigated in the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment, during which water quality and ecological condition were sampled.
USGS hydrologists and technicians use a kicknet to collect a sample of aquatic invertebrates for an ecological survey on South Fork Broad River iin Georgia. Broad River was one of the sites investigated in the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment, during which water quality and ecological condition were sampled.
Did you know that changes in the amount of water in aquifers cause small changes in Earth’s gravitational field? When the amount of groundwater in an aquifer changes, either by recharge or by discharge to surface water or wells, the gravitational acceleration at the land surface also changes.
Did you know that changes in the amount of water in aquifers cause small changes in Earth’s gravitational field? When the amount of groundwater in an aquifer changes, either by recharge or by discharge to surface water or wells, the gravitational acceleration at the land surface also changes.
View looking west from Fishermans Cove, across Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The small sticks in the lake are a small-scale sampling grid.
View looking west from Fishermans Cove, across Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The small sticks in the lake are a small-scale sampling grid.
Using ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) to measure current offshore on Long Island, NY.
Using ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) to measure current offshore on Long Island, NY.
The first USGS streamgage, at Embudo, New Mexico, just turned 125 years old.
The first USGS streamgage, at Embudo, New Mexico, just turned 125 years old.
USGS scientist Jamie Macy tracks the time-of-arrival of the pulse flow on March 24.
USGS scientist Jamie Macy tracks the time-of-arrival of the pulse flow on March 24.
RML Reston Microbiology Main laboratory
RML Reston Microbiology Laboratory Molecular Lab
RML Reston Microbiology Laboratory Gel Electrophoresis
RML Reston Microbiology Laboratory Gel Electrophoresis
USGS scientist Jeff Kennedy prepares to measure the change in gravity caused by changing aquifer storage for Minute 319 studies.
USGS scientist Jeff Kennedy prepares to measure the change in gravity caused by changing aquifer storage for Minute 319 studies.
Ice Jams in Redwater River near Vida, MT.
Ice Jams in Redwater River near Vida, MT.
USGS scientist Jon Thomas collecting time-domain electromagnetic sounding in the Texas southern high plains to measure hydrogeologic properties below the land surface.
USGS scientist Jon Thomas collecting time-domain electromagnetic sounding in the Texas southern high plains to measure hydrogeologic properties below the land surface.
Ice Jams in Powder River at Arvada, WY, downstream of the bridge.
Ice Jams in Powder River at Arvada, WY, downstream of the bridge.
Robert Bradley, a hydrologic technician with the Massachusetts USGS Office, headed to Maine to experience a winter ice measurement trip with Laura Flight, a hydrologic technician from the Maine USGS Office.
Robert Bradley, a hydrologic technician with the Massachusetts USGS Office, headed to Maine to experience a winter ice measurement trip with Laura Flight, a hydrologic technician from the Maine USGS Office.
USGS hydrologic technician Jim Caldwell uses an aluminum tube and scale to measure snow depth, snow water content and snow density as part of the Maine Cooperative Snow Survey. This survey is conducted throughout Maine in the spring to aid in the evaluation of flood potential by the Maine River Flow Advisory Commission.
USGS hydrologic technician Jim Caldwell uses an aluminum tube and scale to measure snow depth, snow water content and snow density as part of the Maine Cooperative Snow Survey. This survey is conducted throughout Maine in the spring to aid in the evaluation of flood potential by the Maine River Flow Advisory Commission.
This image is a screen capture of ModelMuse with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'"
This image is a screen capture of ModelMuse with the words "To define time schedules, select 'ModelSUTRA Time Controls.'"
Screen capture of ModelMuse with a visualization of the SUTRA permeability. The image is intended to be used as a thumbnail for a video.
Screen capture of ModelMuse with a visualization of the SUTRA permeability. The image is intended to be used as a thumbnail for a video.