Images

A railroad crossing over the East Branch Penobscot River located at a streamgage 01029500 in Grindstone, Maine

Airborne geophysical surveys make use of a boom with sensitive equipment installed on small aircraft.

Collecting water quality samples from the New River Gorge in support of USGS-NPS partnership.

Fall 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Matt Kearns, USGS at Work category

A helicopter with a boom that contains sensitive equipment for conducting airborne geophysical surveys.

Panoramic view of the East Branch Penobscot River from the Big Seboeis area within the Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument in Maine.

Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category

A low streamflow of 0.07 cubic feet/second (cfs) was measured at the U.S. Geological Survey Ipswich River streamgage (01102000) near Ipswich, MA on August 24, 2022. The concrete weir near the site is visible due to the low flows. The drainage area is 125 square miles. 

Differential leveling techniques are performed by Alex Wong to determine reference-mark elevations at historic USGS streamgage, 01303000 Mill Neck Creek in Mill Neck, NY.

Summer 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Amy Simonson, Where We Work category

Hydrologic technicians took a low flow measurement of the Byram River at Pemberwick, Connecticut (streamgage 01212500), when water levels ran low during the 2022 drought.

A USGS hydrologist takes a low streamflow measurement using a Parshall flume at the Pendleton Hill Brook near Clark Falls, Connecticut (station 01118300). 

The Salmon River near East Hampton, Connecticut, (streamgage 01193500) had low water levels during the height of the summer 2022 drought in New England.

Downstream side of the Conowingo (hydroelectric) Dam on the Susquehanna River in Conowingo, Maryland.
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Nicholas Giro, Honorable Mention category

Matt Burgess from the USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office pilots a drone over research ponds at the Eastern Ecological Science Center as part of a methods development campaign to examine how multiple types of remote sensors may be used to map and identify algae, including those that lead to Harmful Algal Blooms.

Aunt Betty Pond Inlet, Acadia National Park, Maine. Photo taken in the mid of summer.

Hadlock Brook waterfall in Acadia National Park, Maine as seen from a stone bridge.

Hydrologic technician is taking streamflow measurements in Acadia National Park. A small creek is surrounded by grass and green foliage.

Hydrologic Technician Sean Thiboldeaux stands in Kebo Brook after making a streamflow measurement and conducting training with staff from Acadia National Park.

Summer 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Nicholas Stasulis, People category

USGS hydrologists and hydrologic technicians test a new method for collecting water from the Millstone River in Blackwells Mills, New Jersey. The new method helps measure microplastics concentrations using representative cross-section sampling. In the background, USGS staff maneuver a stainless-steel pump and tubing at pre-determined points along the river.

A photograph taken near USGS 01034000 Piscataquis River at Medford, Maine on June 6, 2022 when the river was experiencing below average flow conditions as a result of a continued drought.

A photograph of the Piscatquis River near Dover-Foxcroft, Maine taken on June 6, 2022, when the river was experiencing below average flow conditions due to a continued drought. USGS Current Conditions for USGS 01031500 Piscataquis River near Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

The view of the river from the USGS gaging station on the Kennebec River at The Forks, station 01042500.