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The south side of the Gainer Memorial Dam, Scituate Reservoir, Rhode Island. The reservoir began storing water on November 10, 1925.

A long exposure shot shows the flow and direction of water through the gage pool during a high-flow event in April 2021. Looking upstream you can see the staff plate and a felled tree which is not impacting flow.

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Analysis Laboratory's Rigaku Miniflex 600 (USGS laboratory equipment number WH-SED-Rigaku-Miniflex1).

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Analysis Laboratory's Beckman Coulter Multisizer 3 (USGS laboratory equipment number WH-SED-BeckmanCoulter-Multisizer1).

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Aerial photo of Cold River in Maine

Hydrologic technician making groundwater measurements and inspecting the USGS groundwater site monitoring equipment.

The photo shows a Belfort Weighing Bucket, Tipping Bucket,  Aerochem, Ott Pluvio , Hubbard Brook, and standard rain gage. Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont. 

Photograph of U.S. Geological Survey technician collecting an isokinetic equal-width increment water sample at USGS streamgage 01115265, Hemlock Brook at King Road near Foster, Rhode Island.

Hydrologic Technician Kyle Fronte measures streamflow in the Mashpee River and also takes water quality samples for a project that designed, tested, and evaluated approaches for using field observations and groundwater-flow simulations to identify areas of high nitrogen loading to selected rivers on Cape Cod.

Hydrologic technician Kal Csigi takes a streamflow measurement in the Santuit River for a project that sought to identify areas of high nitrogen loading to selected rivers on Cape Cod through stream data, observations, and groundwater modeling.

Hydrologic technician Kal Csigi takes a streamflow measurement of the Quashnet River on Cape Cod for a project that sought to identify areas of high nitrogen loading to selected rivers on Cape Cod through stream data, observations, and groundwater modeling.

Hydrologic technician Kal Csigi takes a streamflow measurement in the Santuit River on Cape Cod for a project that sought to identify areas of high nitrogen loading to selected rivers on Cape Cod through stream data, observations, and groundwater modeling. 

Photo of a recently retrieved frost tube during the Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) measurement. Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont.

Photo Contest Winner | March 2021 | People
USGS employees on boat

Photo Contest Winner | March 2021 | USGS at Work
GEMSC supply distribution day

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03363500 Flatrock River at St. Paul, IN; established 1930

The Chesapeake Bay watershed, or draingage basin, encompasses six states - New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. A drainage basin is a giant system of creeks, streams, and rivers that all flow into a common outlet, which in this case is the Chesapeake Bay.

USGS gaging station on the Sandy River near Mercer, Maine, station 01048000 during winter.

Connor Gregoire chiseling ice for a Qm @ 01193500

Winter scenery of the Segreganset River at North Dighton, Massachusetts, February 12, 2021.

A downstream view from the bridge during a blizzard, with ice forming on both edges of the river.