Highway monitoring station USGS 415157072291301 along State Route 74 near Vernon, Connecticut.
Kirk Smith
Kirk Smith is a Supervisory Physical Scientist for the New England Water Science Center.
Kirk has been with the USGS since 1993. He has conducted numerous studies in the field of stormwater and urban hydrology and specializes in the design and construction of integrated turnkey water-quality monitoring and sampling systems for the study of time-variable water-quality contaminant sources in surface water and groundwater. Kirk holds two U.S. Government Patents for the development of an automated self-calibrating water quality monitoring sensor-housing assembly and an automated groundwater monitoring system and method.
Professional Experience
Supervisory Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 2020 to Present
Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 1993 to 2020
Education and Certifications
B.S. Environmental Management (Wildlife and Fisheries Science minor), Pennsylvania State University
Science and Products
Quality of Stormwater Runoff Discharged from Connecticut Highways
Effectiveness of Open-Graded Friction Course Pavement in Reducing Suspended-Sediment Loads Discharged from Massachusetts Highways
Water Quality Monitoring in the Cambridge Drinking-Water Source Area, Massachusetts
Water Quality Monitoring in the Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island
Hydrologic Interpretive Program
Water Quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir, water year 2017
Water Quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir, water year 2015
Highway-Monitoring Data from Segments of Open-Graded Friction Course and Dense-Graded Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavement in Eastern Massachusetts, 2018-2021
Water-Quality, Streamflow, and Quality-Control Data Supporting Estimation of Nutrient and Sediment Loads in the Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island, Water Years 2016-19
Water-quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir (ver. 3.0, November 2023)
Highway-Runoff Database (HRDB) Version 1.0.0b
Water quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir, water year 2016
Highway monitoring station USGS 415157072291301 along State Route 74 near Vernon, Connecticut.
USGS highway monitoring station on the Open-Graded Friction Course pavement site, Interstate 95 near Needham, Massachusetts.
USGS highway monitoring station on the Open-Graded Friction Course pavement site, Interstate 95 near Needham, Massachusetts.
Example of new Open-Graded Friction Course (OGFC) pavement layer at the start of the project. OGFC, commonly referred to as porous pavement, is a layer of porous asphalt spread over the surface of impervious hot mix or dense-graded asphalt (HMA) that is traditionally used as the wearing surface in Massachusetts.
Example of new Open-Graded Friction Course (OGFC) pavement layer at the start of the project. OGFC, commonly referred to as porous pavement, is a layer of porous asphalt spread over the surface of impervious hot mix or dense-graded asphalt (HMA) that is traditionally used as the wearing surface in Massachusetts.
Initial construction of trench and metering manhole. Trench collects runoff from the respective pavement type and conveys the water to a metering manhole buried adjacent to the highway.
Initial construction of trench and metering manhole. Trench collects runoff from the respective pavement type and conveys the water to a metering manhole buried adjacent to the highway.
Photograph of monitoring station at U.S. Geological Survey streamgage 01115110, Huntinghouse Brook at Elmdale Road near North Scituate, Rhode Island.
Photograph of monitoring station at U.S. Geological Survey streamgage 01115110, Huntinghouse Brook at Elmdale Road near North Scituate, Rhode Island.
Photograph of the sampling system used to collect flow-proportional filtered and nonfiltered composite samples of stormflow at the 01115110, Huntinghouse Brook at Elmdale Road near North Scituate, Rhode Island, streamgage.
Photograph of the sampling system used to collect flow-proportional filtered and nonfiltered composite samples of stormflow at the 01115110, Huntinghouse Brook at Elmdale Road near North Scituate, Rhode Island, streamgage.
Photograph of bridge-deck scuppers draining into the Charles River on State Route 2A in Boston near U.S. Geological Survey bridge-deck-monitoring station 422108071052501 during a rainstorm.
Photograph of bridge-deck scuppers draining into the Charles River on State Route 2A in Boston near U.S. Geological Survey bridge-deck-monitoring station 422108071052501 during a rainstorm.
Hydrologic Technician taking a streamgage measurement at USGS 01104415 in the Cambridge Reservoir Watershed, Massachusetts.
Hydrologic Technician taking a streamgage measurement at USGS 01104415 in the Cambridge Reservoir Watershed, Massachusetts.
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2020
Highway-runoff quality from segments of open-graded friction course and dense-graded hot-mix asphalt pavement on Interstate 95, Massachusetts, 2018–21
Highway runoff is a source of sediment and associated constituents to downstream waterbodies that can be managed with the use of stormwater-control measures that reduce sediment loads. The use of open-graded friction course (OGFC) pavement has been identified as a method to reduce loads from highway runoff because it retains sediment in pavement voids; however, few datasets are available in New En
Water-quality conditions and constituent loads, water years 2013–19, and water-quality trends, water years 1983–2019, in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2019
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2018
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island, Water Year 2017
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island, Water Year 2016
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island, water year 2015
Nutrient and metal loads estimated by using discrete, automated, and continuous water-quality monitoring techniques for the Blackstone River at the Massachusetts-Rhode Island State line, water years 2013–14
Characterization of stormwater runoff from bridge decks in eastern Massachusetts, 2014–16
Loads and yields of deicing compounds and total phosphorus in the Cambridge drinking-water source area, Massachusetts, water years 2009–15
Streamflow, water quality and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2014
Science and Products
Quality of Stormwater Runoff Discharged from Connecticut Highways
Effectiveness of Open-Graded Friction Course Pavement in Reducing Suspended-Sediment Loads Discharged from Massachusetts Highways
Water Quality Monitoring in the Cambridge Drinking-Water Source Area, Massachusetts
Water Quality Monitoring in the Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island
Hydrologic Interpretive Program
Water Quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir, water year 2017
Water Quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir, water year 2015
Highway-Monitoring Data from Segments of Open-Graded Friction Course and Dense-Graded Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavement in Eastern Massachusetts, 2018-2021
Water-Quality, Streamflow, and Quality-Control Data Supporting Estimation of Nutrient and Sediment Loads in the Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island, Water Years 2016-19
Water-quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir (ver. 3.0, November 2023)
Highway-Runoff Database (HRDB) Version 1.0.0b
Water quality data from the Providence Water Supply Board for tributary streams to the Scituate Reservoir, water year 2016
Highway monitoring station USGS 415157072291301 along State Route 74 near Vernon, Connecticut.
Highway monitoring station USGS 415157072291301 along State Route 74 near Vernon, Connecticut.
USGS highway monitoring station on the Open-Graded Friction Course pavement site, Interstate 95 near Needham, Massachusetts.
USGS highway monitoring station on the Open-Graded Friction Course pavement site, Interstate 95 near Needham, Massachusetts.
Example of new Open-Graded Friction Course (OGFC) pavement layer at the start of the project. OGFC, commonly referred to as porous pavement, is a layer of porous asphalt spread over the surface of impervious hot mix or dense-graded asphalt (HMA) that is traditionally used as the wearing surface in Massachusetts.
Example of new Open-Graded Friction Course (OGFC) pavement layer at the start of the project. OGFC, commonly referred to as porous pavement, is a layer of porous asphalt spread over the surface of impervious hot mix or dense-graded asphalt (HMA) that is traditionally used as the wearing surface in Massachusetts.
Initial construction of trench and metering manhole. Trench collects runoff from the respective pavement type and conveys the water to a metering manhole buried adjacent to the highway.
Initial construction of trench and metering manhole. Trench collects runoff from the respective pavement type and conveys the water to a metering manhole buried adjacent to the highway.
Photograph of monitoring station at U.S. Geological Survey streamgage 01115110, Huntinghouse Brook at Elmdale Road near North Scituate, Rhode Island.
Photograph of monitoring station at U.S. Geological Survey streamgage 01115110, Huntinghouse Brook at Elmdale Road near North Scituate, Rhode Island.
Photograph of the sampling system used to collect flow-proportional filtered and nonfiltered composite samples of stormflow at the 01115110, Huntinghouse Brook at Elmdale Road near North Scituate, Rhode Island, streamgage.
Photograph of the sampling system used to collect flow-proportional filtered and nonfiltered composite samples of stormflow at the 01115110, Huntinghouse Brook at Elmdale Road near North Scituate, Rhode Island, streamgage.
Photograph of bridge-deck scuppers draining into the Charles River on State Route 2A in Boston near U.S. Geological Survey bridge-deck-monitoring station 422108071052501 during a rainstorm.
Photograph of bridge-deck scuppers draining into the Charles River on State Route 2A in Boston near U.S. Geological Survey bridge-deck-monitoring station 422108071052501 during a rainstorm.
Hydrologic Technician taking a streamgage measurement at USGS 01104415 in the Cambridge Reservoir Watershed, Massachusetts.
Hydrologic Technician taking a streamgage measurement at USGS 01104415 in the Cambridge Reservoir Watershed, Massachusetts.
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2020
Highway-runoff quality from segments of open-graded friction course and dense-graded hot-mix asphalt pavement on Interstate 95, Massachusetts, 2018–21
Highway runoff is a source of sediment and associated constituents to downstream waterbodies that can be managed with the use of stormwater-control measures that reduce sediment loads. The use of open-graded friction course (OGFC) pavement has been identified as a method to reduce loads from highway runoff because it retains sediment in pavement voids; however, few datasets are available in New En