Images

A USGS streamgage can be seen on the side of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La.

USGS crews taking measurements by boat near the Baton Rouge Riverfront.

USGS scientists Paul Frederick and Mike Descant prepare to take streamflow measurements on the the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La.

USGS scientists Mike Descant and Cindy Sibley take water quality measurements on the Atchafalaya River Basin near Melville, La.

The floodwaters rise on the Atchafalaya River Basin near Melville, La.

USGS scientists Paul Frederick and Mike Descant take streamflow measurements on the the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La.

Picture taken while USGS crews install a temperature gage at the Baton Rouge Riverfront.

Highway 11 at Lake Pontchartrain

This picture shows two people on a boat in a river. One person is driving the boat and is in the boat cabin with the middle door being open. In the front of the boat, there is a person on the starboard side of the boat and is leaning over the water with their right hand holding onto a sensor.

Screen capture of ModelMate with the parameters visible. ModelMate can be used for parameter estimation with ModelMuse.

Sediment sampling and surrogates. Sediment work using physical samplers, laser diffraction, and acoustics on the Illinois River near Chillicothe, Illinois, May 11, 2011.

Measuring discharge during May 2011 Memphis, Tennessee flood

Hydrologic Technicians Donnie Keeling (Murray, KY) and Trent Legg (Mt. Vernon, IL) clean debris from road bridge in the lower end of the New Madrid Floodway so a boat can be launched to measure outflow of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway.

Outflow #1 of Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The Levee was detonated May 5, 2011 to allow water to return to the Mississippi River. Photo taken from inside floodway. Flow is coming into the floodway at a rate of 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).

Outflow #1 of Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The Levee was detonated May 5, 2011 to allow water to return to the Mississippi River. Photo taken from inside floodway. Flow is coming into the floodway at a rate of 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).

Outflow #1 of Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The Levee was detonated May 5, 2011 to allow water to return to the Mississippi River. Photo taken from inside floodway. Flow is coming into the floodway at a rate of 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).

Rising waters  near Morganza, LA before the opening of the Morganza Spillway.

USGS Louisiana Water Science Center (LA WSC) crew on a flooded road

Outflow #1 of Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The Levee was detonated May 5, 2011 to allow water to return to the Mississippi River. Photo taken from inside floodway. Flow is coming into the floodway at a rate of 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).

Outflow #1 of Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The Levee was detonated May 5, 2011 to allow water to return to the Mississippi River. Photo taken from inside floodway. Flow is coming into the floodway at a rate of 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).

Outflow #1 of Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The Levee was detonated May 5, 2011 to allow water to return to the Mississippi River. Photo taken from inside floodway. Flow is coming into the floodway at a rate of 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).