Hydraulic Channel Geometry of Selected Tidal Rivers in Coastal Massachusetts - Northeast Aquatic Biologists Annual Conference, 2025
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Andrew J Massey
Andrew Massey is a Physical Scientist in the New England Water Science Center.
Andy is the field coordinator for the Surveying/GNSS Team who collect geographic information for FEMA Flood Mapping projects throughout New England. He coordinates the activities of over a dozen Hydrologic Technicians and student employees engaged in data collection using survey-grade GNSS equipment to measure and record precise geographic and topographic data for use in mapping of riverine flood inundation. He is also an ACA certified canoe instructor who provides non-motorized watercraft training for USGS employees who perform field operations via paddlecraft.
Prior to directing the flow of surveying work, Andy conducted GNSS and total station surveying campaigns throughout New England for flood mapping, documentation of high-water marks after flood, and for installation of the SWaTH network along the New England coastline. Andy served as the lead for the SWaTH network installation and deployment coordinator during tropical storms and Nor’easter events impacting the New England coastline.
Andy previously worked with USGS, as a University of Wyoming Graduate Student in the Wyoming Water Science Center, on the Yellowstone River Basin NAWQA study, EMAP Rocky Mountain Pilot study conducted by USGS-WY-WSC, and other water quality and GIS projects. He moved back to New England in 2001 to work with the Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology team, and has been involved with a variety of projects that involve a complex field-data collection component.
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USGS to Improve Water Use Data Management for State of Massachusetts
The USGS New England Water Science Center, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, is collaborating on a project to improve the data management, visualization, and sharing of the state’s water use information. Additionally, two water management tools will be upgraded. The project team will develop an Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs...
Hydraulic Channel Geometry of Selected Tidal Rivers in Coastal Massachusetts - Northeast Aquatic Biologists Annual Conference, 2025
Non-motorized boat course
Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category
Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category
After ice out on the Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont
River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.
River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.
ADCP measurement via canoe on Connecticut River
Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.
Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.
Taking Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.
Preparing for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Preparing for collecting cross-section measurements
Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Performing Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying
USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.
USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.
Railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont
Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Collecting cross-section data for flood surveying
Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.
Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.
Mystic River at Medford, MA
Mystic River at Medford, MA in the vicinity of the streamgage station 01103040.
Mystic River at Medford, MA in the vicinity of the streamgage station 01103040.
Water supply reservoir and water treatment plant intake gatehouse, Flints Pond, Lincoln, Massachusetts
linkGatehouse for the raw drinking water-intake at Flints (Sandy) Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flints pond is Lincoln's primary public water supply.
Water supply reservoir and water treatment plant intake gatehouse, Flints Pond, Lincoln, Massachusetts
linkGatehouse for the raw drinking water-intake at Flints (Sandy) Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flints pond is Lincoln's primary public water supply.
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USGS to Improve Water Use Data Management for State of Massachusetts
The USGS New England Water Science Center, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, is collaborating on a project to improve the data management, visualization, and sharing of the state’s water use information. Additionally, two water management tools will be upgraded. The project team will develop an Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs...
Hydraulic Channel Geometry of Selected Tidal Rivers in Coastal Massachusetts - Northeast Aquatic Biologists Annual Conference, 2025
linkThe U.S.
Non-motorized boat course
Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category
Non-motorized watercraft training practical exercises (canoe rescues) in Buffumville Lake, Oxford, MA
Summer 2022 Photo Contest: Andrew Massey, Honorable Mention category
After ice out on the Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont
River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.
River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.
ADCP measurement via canoe on Connecticut River
Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.
Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.
Taking Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.
Preparing for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Preparing for collecting cross-section measurements
Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.
Performing Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying
USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.
USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.
Railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont
Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Collecting cross-section data for flood surveying
Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.
Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.
Mystic River at Medford, MA
Mystic River at Medford, MA in the vicinity of the streamgage station 01103040.
Mystic River at Medford, MA in the vicinity of the streamgage station 01103040.
Water supply reservoir and water treatment plant intake gatehouse, Flints Pond, Lincoln, Massachusetts
linkGatehouse for the raw drinking water-intake at Flints (Sandy) Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flints pond is Lincoln's primary public water supply.
Water supply reservoir and water treatment plant intake gatehouse, Flints Pond, Lincoln, Massachusetts
linkGatehouse for the raw drinking water-intake at Flints (Sandy) Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Flints pond is Lincoln's primary public water supply.