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Ben Sperl

Ben Sperl is a Hydrologic Technician with the Indianapolis Office of the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OKI) WSC.

He started with the USGS in 2014 working on a project to compile and standardize state water-well records and lithologic logs for the glaciated United States. More recently, this effort has been expanded to the rest of the conterminous United States in compilation of a National Water-Well Database (NWWDB) under the National Hydrologic Geospatial Fabric (NHGF) project. Ben has worked as a field technician collecting and analyzing streamflow data, and currently serves as a Local Data Manager (LDM) for his WSC. He earned an MS in Geographic Information Science from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in 2014 and a BA in Geography from Indiana University in 2012.

Please reach out to Ben (bsperl@usgs.gov) with any questions or input regarding the GWSI replacement product.

Science and Products

Estimating potential wetland extent along selected river reaches in Indiana using streamflow statistics and flood-inundation mapping techniques

In this study potential wetland extents were estimated for 12 river reaches covering about 750 river miles in Indiana and parts of Illinois and Ohio. The study was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. This study follows and adds to the work completed in a pilot study and determines that potential wet
Authors
Kathleen K. Fowler, Benjamin J. Sperl, Moon H. Kim
By
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Vulnerable transportation and utility assets near actively migrating streams in Indiana

An investigation was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs that found 1,132 transportation and utility assets in Indiana are vulnerable to fluvial erosion hazards due to close proximity to actively migrating streams. Locations of transportation assets (bridges, roadways, and railroad lines) and selected utility assets (high-ca
Authors
Benjamin J. Sperl
By
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Associated files for USGS Data Series 2017-1068 on vulnerable transportation and utility assets near actively migrating streams in Indiana

An investigation was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs that found 1,132 transportation and utility assets in Indiana are vulnerable to fluvial erosion hazards due to close proximity to actively migrating streams. Locations of transportation assets (bridges, roadways, and railroad lines) and selected utility assets (high-ca
By
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Science and Products

Estimating potential wetland extent along selected river reaches in Indiana using streamflow statistics and flood-inundation mapping techniques

In this study potential wetland extents were estimated for 12 river reaches covering about 750 river miles in Indiana and parts of Illinois and Ohio. The study was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. This study follows and adds to the work completed in a pilot study and determines that potential wet
Authors
Kathleen K. Fowler, Benjamin J. Sperl, Moon H. Kim
By
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Vulnerable transportation and utility assets near actively migrating streams in Indiana

An investigation was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs that found 1,132 transportation and utility assets in Indiana are vulnerable to fluvial erosion hazards due to close proximity to actively migrating streams. Locations of transportation assets (bridges, roadways, and railroad lines) and selected utility assets (high-ca
Authors
Benjamin J. Sperl
By
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Associated files for USGS Data Series 2017-1068 on vulnerable transportation and utility assets near actively migrating streams in Indiana

An investigation was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs that found 1,132 transportation and utility assets in Indiana are vulnerable to fluvial erosion hazards due to close proximity to actively migrating streams. Locations of transportation assets (bridges, roadways, and railroad lines) and selected utility assets (high-ca
By
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center