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A USGS hydrologist stands in front of debris and damage of Cobble Ridge Road Bridge over the West River in Londonderry, Vermont. This destruction occurred from flood waters that rose from a heavy-rainfall event in July 2023.

The peripheral fence of Hanscom Air Force base that is located downstream from the USGS streamgage on Shawsheen River at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts.

A groundwater well in a grassy field near Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts.

A USGS hydrologic technician points to a high-water mark he just installed on the side of a building in Barre, Vermont after flooding in July 2023. The mudline on the exterior of the building indicates how high the flood waters rose, and the high-water mark is a data reference USGS supplies to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The Cobble Ridge Road Bridge in Londonderry, Vermont, along the West River was badly damaged during significant flooding precipitated by a heavy rainfall event.

A USGS hydrologist stands next to the high-water mark the team designated on the side of a building in Montpelier, Vermont. The flood waters rose from the Winooski River into the state capital causing massive flooding after a heavy-rain event in July 2023.

A hydrologic technician points to a high-water mark on the building of Weston Town Offices days after a significant flood event, which damaged the adjacent road.

A USGS hydrologic technician points to a high-water mark attached to the tree indicative of the height of the flood waters following a flash flood event in July 2023. This location was near the Dog River in Berlin, Vermont.

Heavy flooding, caused by two-day rainstorm in July 2023, transported boulders down a hillside to cover a resident's car and move their hot tub.

A high-water mark was installed on the Cooley Bridge along Furnace Brook in Pittsford, Vermont after a flood event in July 2023. Furnace Brook is a small tributary of Otter Creek.

A USGS hydrologist marks a high-water mark on a red barn door frame just off the Lamoille River in Milton, Vermont. This high-water mark indicates how high and far the river waters flooded onto the land after a heavy-rain event in July 2023.

A high-water mark tag nailed to a tree trunk with visible debris. The debris that adheres to the tree is the physical evidence of how high the flood waters rose during the flood event; when the waters recede, the debris transported by the flood waters that was floating on the top of the water sticks to the tree.

A culvert pipe on a tributary of the Winooski River became filled with sediment and debris after a heavy-rainfall event in Vermont caused significant flooding in July 2023.

Sam Banas and Dale Tom located a debris high-water mark line in a field in Woodstock, Vermont. This physical evidence of flood water distance took place in the days following a heavy rainfall event that caused significant flooding.

Part of Route 4 in Bridgewater, Vermont, collapsed from significant flooding in July 2023. 

After a heavy-rain event in July 2023, the Winooski River in Montpelier, Vermont, flooded. Debris from the flood waters was carried up onto the railroad bridge and trapped after the flooding receded.

USGS hydrologic technician pointing to a high-water disk on the house porch in Woodstock, Vermont after the historical flood in July 2023.

A USGS hydrologist marks a high-water mark on a tree next to the Missisquoi River in Troy, Vermont. This high-water mark indicates how high and far the river waters flooded onto the land after a heavy-rain event in July 2023.

A high-water mark tag nailed to a tree in Vermont days after a flood-event in July 2023.

A roadway bridge collapsed in Cavendish, Vermont, from significant flooding of the Black River in July 2023.

USGS hydrologic technician installing a high-water disk on the house porch in Woodstock, Vermont after the historical flood in July 2023.