Sausal Creek in central Oakland, California, is an urban creek that has been extensively modified for flood control. The USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment assessed the water quality and ecological integrity of small streams like Sausal Creek in five major regions of the country.
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Concrete channelization of urban creek
Sausal Creek in central Oakland, California, is an urban creek that has been extensively modified for flood control. The USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment assessed the water quality and ecological integrity of small streams like Sausal Creek in five major regions of the country.
Graffiti at Sausal Creek
A hydrotech prepares to collect a water-quality sample at urban Sausal Creek, with its distinctive graffiti. Water-quality and ecological surveys were done at the creek as part of the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment (RSQA) in the summer of 2016.
A hydrotech prepares to collect a water-quality sample at urban Sausal Creek, with its distinctive graffiti. Water-quality and ecological surveys were done at the creek as part of the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment (RSQA) in the summer of 2016.
Urban creek graced by flowers and graffiti
Flowers and graffiti turn urban Sausal Creek into a bizarre wonderland. Water-quality and ecological surveys were done at the creek as part of the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment (RSQA) in the summer of 2016.
Flowers and graffiti turn urban Sausal Creek into a bizarre wonderland. Water-quality and ecological surveys were done at the creek as part of the USGS Regional Stream Quality Assessment (RSQA) in the summer of 2016.
A geologist remembers the Mount St. Helens eruption 37 years ago
A geologist remembers the Mount St. Helens eruption 37 years agoAerial view of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens as seen from the southwest. Columns of ash and volcanic gas reached heights of more than 24 km (80,000 ft) during the eruption.
A geologist remembers the Mount St. Helens eruption 37 years ago
A geologist remembers the Mount St. Helens eruption 37 years agoAerial view of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens as seen from the southwest. Columns of ash and volcanic gas reached heights of more than 24 km (80,000 ft) during the eruption.
A geologist remembers the Mount St. Helens eruption 37 years ago
A geologist remembers the Mount St. Helens eruption 37 years agoUSGS geologist Don Swanson (in red) and his colleague, Jim Moore, view a car filled with ash deposits from the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens. Additional photos of the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
A geologist remembers the Mount St. Helens eruption 37 years ago
A geologist remembers the Mount St. Helens eruption 37 years agoUSGS geologist Don Swanson (in red) and his colleague, Jim Moore, view a car filled with ash deposits from the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens. Additional photos of the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
A geomorphologist walks a stream as part of an ecological survey
A geomorphologist walks a stream as part of an ecological surveyAs part of the Regional Stream Quality Assessments (RSQA), hydrologists, ecologists, and technicians did ecological surveys of aquatic biota and stream habitat. Here, a geolomorphologist assesses stream banks.
A geomorphologist walks a stream as part of an ecological survey
A geomorphologist walks a stream as part of an ecological surveyAs part of the Regional Stream Quality Assessments (RSQA), hydrologists, ecologists, and technicians did ecological surveys of aquatic biota and stream habitat. Here, a geolomorphologist assesses stream banks.
Jackson Glacier with 2015 perimeter
Satellite image of Jackson Glacier with 2015 perimeter outlined in orange, 9/25/2015
Satellite image of Jackson Glacier with 2015 perimeter outlined in orange, 9/25/2015
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - boat measurement
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - boat measurement
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - high water at museum
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - high water at museumWabash River at New Harmony IN - high water at museum
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - high water at museum
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - high water at museumWabash River at New Harmony IN - high water at museum
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - view of museum
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - view of museum
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - boat measurement
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - boat measurementWabash River at New Harmony, IN - boat measurement
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - boat measurement
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - boat measurementWabash River at New Harmony, IN - boat measurement
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - flooded steps at the museum
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - flooded steps at the museumWabash River at New Harmony, IN - flooded steps at the museum
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - flooded steps at the museum
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - flooded steps at the museumWabash River at New Harmony, IN - flooded steps at the museum
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - high water at the museum
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - high water at the museumWabash River at New Harmony, IN - high water at the museum
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - high water at the museum
Wabash River at New Harmony, IN - high water at the museumWabash River at New Harmony, IN - high water at the museum
White River at Hazelton IN - debris jam
White River at Hazelton IN - debris jam
White River at Hazelton IN - high water
White River at Hazelton IN - high water
White River at Hazelton, IN - debris jam at Highway 41
White River at Hazelton, IN - debris jam at Highway 41White River at Hazelton, IN - debris jam at Highway 41
White River at Hazelton, IN - debris jam at Highway 41
White River at Hazelton, IN - debris jam at Highway 41White River at Hazelton, IN - debris jam at Highway 41
Geoprobe fieldwork at Tonkawa, OK
Geoprobe fieldwork at Tonkawa, OK
Maumee River at Antwerp, OH - gage house
Maumee River at Antwerp, OH - outside view of the gage house
Maumee River at Antwerp, OH - outside view of the gage house
Measurement stakes are carried across Sperry Glacier in Glacier NP.
Measurement stakes are carried across Sperry Glacier in Glacier NP.Measurement stakes are carried across Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park, Montana, during spring mass balance field work in 2019.
Measurement stakes are carried across Sperry Glacier in Glacier NP.
Measurement stakes are carried across Sperry Glacier in Glacier NP.Measurement stakes are carried across Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park, Montana, during spring mass balance field work in 2019.
Researchers at Sperry Glacier
Researchers get organized to begin mass balance field work after skiing to Sperry Glacier.
Researchers get organized to begin mass balance field work after skiing to Sperry Glacier.
Researchers on Sperry Glacier
Researchers get organized to begin mass balance field work after skiing to Sperry Glacier.
Researchers get organized to begin mass balance field work after skiing to Sperry Glacier.