Burned area within the Yarnell Hill Fire near Yarnell Arizona.
Brandon T Forbes
Brandon Forbes leads the USGS hydrologic monitoring program that provides real-time water resource data in the State of Colorado.
Brandon started his career in 2008 as a Hydrologic Technician with the Arizona Water Science Center in Tucson. His work focused on streamgage calibration, surveying, and water-use investigations. In 2012, Brandon joined the team as a Hydrologist and focused his work on surface-water modeling to improve the understanding of ephemeral river channel processes. During that time his focus turned to the use of close-range remote sensing techniques using uncrewed aircraft systems to enhance data collection. Brandon also specialized in the response to natural disasters and led teams in the collection of information to better understand the effects of major riverine flooding in Texas, flooding and storm surge during Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Maria and supported the response to the 2018 eruption of Kilauea.
In 2021, Brandon joined the Colorado Water Science Center as the Studies Section Chief of the Southeastern Office in Pueblo. Brandon worked with a team of Hydrologists and Hydrologic Technicians studying the water resources of the Arkansas River Basin. In 2022, Brandon became the Associate Center Director overseeing the Hydrologic Data Collection Program for the State of Colorado. Brandon works with a team of about 60 Hydrologic Technicians who maintain the roughly 355 streamgages, 110 raingages/meteorological sites, and 125 real-time water quality monitoring stations within Colorado.
Education and Certifications
MS University of Arizona in Ecohydrology. 2017
BS University of Arizona in Watershed Hydrology. 2010
Science and Products
USGS Science in the Three Lakes System
AzWSC Capabilities: Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Field measurements of water depth from the Colorado River near Lees Ferry, AZ, March 16-18, 2021
09471580 - San Pedro River at St David, AZ - 2020/10/14 Terrestrial Lidar Data
Colorado River at Compact Point near Lees Ferry, AZ - 2021/03/18 Water Surface Velocity Map Using Particle Image Velocimetry
Colorado River at Salt Wash near Moab, UT - 2020/06/09 GPS Survey
Colorado River at Salt Wash near Moab, UT - 2020/06/10 Particle Image Velocimetry
Colorado River at Salt Wash near Moab, UT - 2020/10/06 GPS Survey
Colorado River at Salt Wash near Moab, UT - 2020/10/07 Particle Image Velocimetry
09471580 - San Pedro River at St David, AZ - 2020/10/14 and 2020/12/08 GPS Surveys
365149109492300 - Laguna Creek below Dennehotso near Kayenta, AZ - 2020/06/02 Terrestrial Lidar Data
Gila River at I-10 Bridge near Sacaton, AZ - 2020/08/12 GPS Survey
09484201 - Bear Creek above Bear Canyon Road, near Tucson, AZ - 2019/02/15 GPS Survey
09471580 - San Pedro River at St David, AZ - 2019/06/12 GPS Survey
Burned area within the Yarnell Hill Fire near Yarnell Arizona.
USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff set up the LiDAR and GPS equipment to survey a burned watershed within the Yarnell Hill Fire.
USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff set up the LiDAR and GPS equipment to survey a burned watershed within the Yarnell Hill Fire.
USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff conducting LiDAR scans and a GPS survey within the burned area of the Yarnell.
USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff conducting LiDAR scans and a GPS survey within the burned area of the Yarnell.
Using small unmanned aircraft systems for measuring post-flood high-water marks and streambed elevations
Reach-scale monitoring and modeling of rivers--Expanding hydraulic data collection beyond the cross section
Modeling riparian restoration impacts on the hydrologic cycle at the Babacomari Ranch, SE Arizona, USA
Documentation of methods and inventory of irrigation data collected for the 2000 and 2005 U.S. Geological Survey Estimated use of water in the United States, comparison of USGS-compiled irrigation data to other sources, and recommendations for future comp
Science and Products
USGS Science in the Three Lakes System
AzWSC Capabilities: Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Field measurements of water depth from the Colorado River near Lees Ferry, AZ, March 16-18, 2021
09471580 - San Pedro River at St David, AZ - 2020/10/14 Terrestrial Lidar Data
Colorado River at Compact Point near Lees Ferry, AZ - 2021/03/18 Water Surface Velocity Map Using Particle Image Velocimetry
Colorado River at Salt Wash near Moab, UT - 2020/06/09 GPS Survey
Colorado River at Salt Wash near Moab, UT - 2020/06/10 Particle Image Velocimetry
Colorado River at Salt Wash near Moab, UT - 2020/10/06 GPS Survey
Colorado River at Salt Wash near Moab, UT - 2020/10/07 Particle Image Velocimetry
09471580 - San Pedro River at St David, AZ - 2020/10/14 and 2020/12/08 GPS Surveys
365149109492300 - Laguna Creek below Dennehotso near Kayenta, AZ - 2020/06/02 Terrestrial Lidar Data
Gila River at I-10 Bridge near Sacaton, AZ - 2020/08/12 GPS Survey
09484201 - Bear Creek above Bear Canyon Road, near Tucson, AZ - 2019/02/15 GPS Survey
09471580 - San Pedro River at St David, AZ - 2019/06/12 GPS Survey
Burned area within the Yarnell Hill Fire near Yarnell Arizona.
Burned area within the Yarnell Hill Fire near Yarnell Arizona.
USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff set up the LiDAR and GPS equipment to survey a burned watershed within the Yarnell Hill Fire.
USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff set up the LiDAR and GPS equipment to survey a burned watershed within the Yarnell Hill Fire.
USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff conducting LiDAR scans and a GPS survey within the burned area of the Yarnell.
USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff conducting LiDAR scans and a GPS survey within the burned area of the Yarnell.