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Available Precipitation - Average from 1934 to 2002 In Inches Per Year

USGS WAUSP Water Census: Map of National Brackish Groundwater Assessment from USGS professional paper 1833 "Brackish Groundwater In The United States."

USGS WAUSP Water Census: Map of Regional Groundwater Availability Studies

Evapotranspiration map

Elements of the Water Availability and Use Science Program water budget for the Nation Water Census.

Diagram showing how wastewater discharging from wastewater treatment plants might flow downstream and end up as part of the source water for drinking-water treatment plants.

Upstream Network Trace in StreamStats screenshot

Regulation in StreamStats screenshot

Screenshot of raindrop trace in StreamStats

PROSPER in StreamStats screenshot

StreamStats application screenshot

Surface water withdrawals in 2015

Groundwater withdrawals in 2015

Total water use withdrawals in 2015

Aquaculture water use in 2015

Thermoelectric power water withdrawals for 2015

Livestock water withdrawals in 2015

Mining water withdrawals in 2015

Irrigation water use withdrawals in 2015

Industrial water use in 2015

Domestic Water Use Withdrawals in 2015

Public Supply Water Use in 2015

Figure 1. The USGS FIM Mapper, showing an example flood and hydrograph for Terra Haute, Ind. (Please note, the flood condition displayed represents a higher stream stage than shown in the hydrograph.)

Screenshot of Our Coast, Our Future (OCOF) interactive map view of Stinson Beach, California, showing extent of flooding predicted if subjected to a sea-level rise of 100 centimeters (about 40 inches) and elevated water levels caused by a 100-year storm.

Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.

Chesapeake Bay is the Nation's largest estuary and its restoration and protection is a priority. The USGS provides scientific information to help manage this vital ecosystem. As part of that role, staff at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center created this true color composite image. The image was created using Provisional Surface Reflectance data

TNM Advanced Viewer

This flood event viewer map, dated Oct. 3, 2018, shows the extent and type of information collected by USGS hydrologists in North and South Carolina in the wake of historic flooding brought on by Hurricane Florence.

Example water budget visualization for Buck Creek-Delaware River showing the difference between inflow and outflow components.  Full visualization application is located at https://cida.usgs.gov/nwc-static/waterbudget-viz/

The Maumee River Watershed with Areas of Concern

Map of the study area that includes the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The Columbia and Snake rivers are the two largest rivers in the Columbia River Basin which is shown as a shaded area on the map.

Attachment H: USGS 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Fiscal Year 2018 status of 3DEP quality data, as of August 2018

Map of Water Availability and Use Program Studies from USGS Circular 1440 "Continuing Progress toward a national Assessment of Water Availability and Use."

Screen shot of the Coastal Change Hazards Portal showing potential coastal change impacts during a direct landfall of Tropical Storm Gordon based on NHC Advisory 8, 0700 AM CDT SEP 04 2018.

Cover of the 2018 publication, "California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment: Statewide Summary Report."

Map highlighting sampling locations of 339 Northern Spotted Owls used in Miller, et al, 2018

Total saline water withdrawals by State, 2015

As the chart shows, the use of saline water, and freshwater, also, has been trending downward since peaking in 1980. Of interest, from 1950 to 1975 the use of saline water increased at a much higher rate than freshwater use.

Pie charts of saline-water withdrawals by category of use, 2015.

Two pie charts, showing total water withdrawals (fresh and saline), and saline water withdrawals, for certain categories of water use, for year 2015.

This image showing the Black Hills and Badlands, South Dakota is a mosaic of multiple Landsat 8 scenes acquired in 2015 and 2016. 

Source and Use of Freshwater in the United States, 2015

This diagram uses a "cylinder and pipe" layout to show the source (surface water or groundwater) of the Nation's freshwater and for what purposes the water was used in 2015. The data are broken out for each category of use by surface water and groundwater as the source.

Data are rounded and are reported

Map of the U.S. by state, showing total water withdrawals, 2015

Source and Use of Water in the United States, 2015

This diagram uses a "cylinder and pipe" layout to show the source (surface water or groundwater) of the Nation's water and for what purposes the water was used in 2015. The data are broken out for each category of use by surface water and groundwater as the source.

Data are rounded and are reported in million

Cover of The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—We Can Outsmart Disaster, USGS Fact Sheet 2018-3016

Conceptual diagram showing impact of sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding on atoll-island groundwater. (A) Current sea level. (B) Future sea level. Sea-level rise will allow for greater wave heights (H) and wave-driven runup (R), resulting in frequent overwash that will contaminate the atoll island’s freshwater lens. Note: Heights are exaggerated. From article by