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LEADVILLE, Colo.—The U.S. Geological Survey will be conducting a dye-tracing study in Lake Fork Creek, west of Leadville, downstream from the...

Reporters: Do you want to accompany a USGS field crew as they measure flooding? Please contact Jennifer LaVista or James Fallon.  

All users of the Colorado River now have a more efficient way to find U.S. Geological Survey science critical to its future management.

In the early evening of July 31, 1976, the day prior to Colorado’s centennial, a year’s worth of rain fell in 70 minutes over the headwaters of the...

U.S. Geological Survey streamgages provide vital information to the public and decision-makers for a diverse set of needs.

USGS provides critical earth science to a broad cross-section of the U.S., from the individual to state and federal resource managers to congressional...

LAWRENCE, Kan.— U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners will inject a harmless, bright red fluorescent dye into the Kansas River at numerous...

What better way to mark Earth Day than with a listicle all about USGS science for our changing world?

It’s a pale blue dot. It’s also a landscape of jagged peaks and valleys beneath fluffy white clouds. It's a vast field of wispy green grasses and a...

Right where the Colorado River flows into the mouth of the Grand Canyon, an inconspicuous 20-foot-high concrete tower rises from the riverbank.