Madison R May
Madison May is a Hydrologist in the Data Management Section of the USGS Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center.
Madison began her career with USGS as a student intern with the Kansas Water Science Center in 2015. Upon graduation, she served as a hydrologist and supervisory hydrologist with the Kansas Water Science Center until 2018. From 2018-2024, she was a supervisory hydrologist in the Pacific Islands Water Science Center where she oversaw a network of over 100 real-time streamflow, precipitation, and groundwater monitoring sites across the Hawaiian Islands and Guam. In 2024 she transferred to the Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center where she currently serves as a Local Database Manager (LDM) out of Helena, Montana.
Education and Certifications
B.S. Atmospheric Science with minor in Mathematics from the University of Kansas, 2015
Science and Products
Dye-tracing plan for verifying the Kansas River time-of-travel model
The Kansas River provides drinking water for multiple cities in northeastern Kansas and is used for recreational purposes. Thus, improving the scientific knowledge of streamflow velocities and traveltimes will greatly aid in water-treatment plans and response to critical events and threats to water supplies. Dye-tracer studies are usually done to enhance knowledge of transport...
Authors
Chantelle Davis, Bradley S. Lukasz, Madison R. May
Water-quality conditions with an emphasis on cyanobacteria and associated toxins and taste-and-odor compounds in the Kansas River, Kansas, July 2012 through September 2016
Cyanobacteria cause a multitude of water-quality concerns, including the potential to produce toxins and taste-and-odor compounds that may cause substantial economic and public health concerns, and are of particular interest in lakes, reservoirs, and rivers that are used for drinking-water supply. Extensive cyanobacterial blooms typically do not develop in the Kansas River; however...
Authors
Jennifer L. Graham, Guy Foster, Thomas J. Williams, Matthew D. Mahoney, Madison R. May, Keith Loftin
Hydrologic Conditions in Kansas, water year 2015
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, maintains a long-term network of hydrologic monitoring sites in Kansas. In 2015, the network included about 200 real-time streamgages (hereafter referred to as “gages”), 12 real-time reservoir-level monitoring stations, and 30 groundwater-level monitoring wells. These data and associated analyses...
Authors
Madison R. May
Provisional peak-streamflow information during March 8-17 at selected USGS gaging stations on the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui in the State of Hawaii
These data are preliminary or provisional and are subject to revision. They are being provided to meet the need for timely best science. The data have not received final approval by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and are provided on the condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from the authorized or unauthorized use of the...
Science and Products
Dye-tracing plan for verifying the Kansas River time-of-travel model
The Kansas River provides drinking water for multiple cities in northeastern Kansas and is used for recreational purposes. Thus, improving the scientific knowledge of streamflow velocities and traveltimes will greatly aid in water-treatment plans and response to critical events and threats to water supplies. Dye-tracer studies are usually done to enhance knowledge of transport...
Authors
Chantelle Davis, Bradley S. Lukasz, Madison R. May
Water-quality conditions with an emphasis on cyanobacteria and associated toxins and taste-and-odor compounds in the Kansas River, Kansas, July 2012 through September 2016
Cyanobacteria cause a multitude of water-quality concerns, including the potential to produce toxins and taste-and-odor compounds that may cause substantial economic and public health concerns, and are of particular interest in lakes, reservoirs, and rivers that are used for drinking-water supply. Extensive cyanobacterial blooms typically do not develop in the Kansas River; however...
Authors
Jennifer L. Graham, Guy Foster, Thomas J. Williams, Matthew D. Mahoney, Madison R. May, Keith Loftin
Hydrologic Conditions in Kansas, water year 2015
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, maintains a long-term network of hydrologic monitoring sites in Kansas. In 2015, the network included about 200 real-time streamgages (hereafter referred to as “gages”), 12 real-time reservoir-level monitoring stations, and 30 groundwater-level monitoring wells. These data and associated analyses...
Authors
Madison R. May
Provisional peak-streamflow information during March 8-17 at selected USGS gaging stations on the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui in the State of Hawaii
These data are preliminary or provisional and are subject to revision. They are being provided to meet the need for timely best science. The data have not received final approval by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and are provided on the condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from the authorized or unauthorized use of the...