Servicing Water Level sensor at Fire Island Breach. Long Island
Michael L Noll
Intro
Michael Noll is a hydrologist with the USGS New York Water Science Center and a licensed New York State Geologist. Michael graduated Summa Cum Laude from Stony Brook University in 2009 with a Bachelor’s Degree of Science (Geology), and in 2015 with a Master's of Science (Hydrogeology). Since 2007, Michael has worked on various environmental investigations to inform rehabilitation efforts of the New York City water supply system that is used to distribute potable water to New York City’s 8 million residents and another 1 million residents in upstate New York. Currently, Michael is working on a project to assess the effects of leakage from the Catskill and Delaware Aqueducts on the local bedrock and overburden aquifers in southeastern New York using a multidisciplinary approach.
Michael also oversees a cooperative program with the Suffolk County Water Authority which coordinates drilling activities and allows for cost-effective hydrogeologic data collection. Lithologic and geophysical data are analyzed on site to identify major hydrogeologic contacts and inform production well construction.
Michael has been working with the Shinnecock Nation on the south fork of eastern Long Island since 2014 on projects that help support decision making related to the Tribe’s natural resources. These projects include defining baseline hydrologic conditions, characterizing the movement and distribution of shallow groundwater beneath the tribal lands, and identifying sources of potential contamination to the surficial aquifer and coastal ecosystems. Michael participates in an annual training event to strengthen the technical capacity of the Shinnecock Tribe in managing their natural resources, and to establish and maintain positive relationships between the USGS and the Tribal Government.
Michael is also a subject matter expert for the USGS Geospatial Data Collection Group which provides technical guidance, method development, and training to the Water Mission Area for 9 geospatial disciplines. These disciplines include global navigation satellite systems, trigonometric leveling, differential leveling, storm-tide monitoring, bathymetry, light detection and ranging, datum conversion, photogrammetry, and geodesy.
Science and Products
Hydrogeologic and Geochemical Assessment of the Effects of Leakage from the Catskill and Delaware Aqueducts on the Local Bedrock and Overburden Aquifers in Southeastern New York
Documenting Hydrogeologic Information Obtained from Deep-Borehole Drilling in Suffolk County, New York
Hydrologic Assessment of the Shallow Groundwater-Flow System Beneath the Shinnecock Nation Tribal Lands, Suffolk County, New York
Three-Dimensional Point Cloud Data Collected with a Scanning Total Station on the Western Shoreline of the Shinnecock Nation Tribal Lands, Suffolk County, New York, 2022
High-Water Marks in the Five Boroughs of New York City from Flash Flooding Caused by the Remnants of Hurricane Ida, September 1, 2021
Potentiometric-Surface Contours in a Bedrock Aquifer near High Falls, New York, 2019–2020
Data and analytical type-curve match for selected hydraulic tests at an earthen dam site in Southern Westchester County, New York
Water-table and potentiometric-surface altitudes in the Upper Glacial, Magothy, and Lloyd aquifers of Long Island, New York, April-May 2013

Servicing Water Level sensor at Fire Island Breach. Long Island
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.

USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York after Hurricane Sandy
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York after Hurricane Sandy
Numerical modeling of circulation and wave dynamics along the shoreline of Shinnecock Indian Nation in Long Island, New York
Accuracy assessment of three-dimensional point cloud data collected with a scanning total station on Shinnecock Nation Tribal lands in Suffolk County, New York
Hydrologic analysis of an earthen embankment dam in southern Westchester County, New York
Hydrologic effects of leakage from the Catskill Aqueduct on the bedrock-aquifer system near High Falls, New York, November 2019–January 2020
Procedures and best practices for trigonometric leveling in the U.S. Geological Survey
Slug-test analysis of selected wells at an earthen dam site in southern Westchester County, New York
Groundwater-level data from an earthen dam site in southern Westchester County, New York
Water-quality data from an earthen dam site in southern Westchester County, New York, 2015
Detecting temporal change in land-surface altitude using robotic land-surveying techniques and geographic information system applications at an earthen dam site in Southern Westchester County, New York
Vertical datum conversion process for the inland and coastal gage network located in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and South Atlantic-Gulf hydrologic regions
Hydrologic assessment of the shallow groundwater flow system beneath the Shinnecock Nation tribal lands, Suffolk County, New York
Delineation of fractures, foliation, and groundwater of the bedrock at a geothermal feasibility site on Roosevelt Island, New York County, New York
Science and Products
Hydrogeologic and Geochemical Assessment of the Effects of Leakage from the Catskill and Delaware Aqueducts on the Local Bedrock and Overburden Aquifers in Southeastern New York
Documenting Hydrogeologic Information Obtained from Deep-Borehole Drilling in Suffolk County, New York
Hydrologic Assessment of the Shallow Groundwater-Flow System Beneath the Shinnecock Nation Tribal Lands, Suffolk County, New York
Three-Dimensional Point Cloud Data Collected with a Scanning Total Station on the Western Shoreline of the Shinnecock Nation Tribal Lands, Suffolk County, New York, 2022
High-Water Marks in the Five Boroughs of New York City from Flash Flooding Caused by the Remnants of Hurricane Ida, September 1, 2021
Potentiometric-Surface Contours in a Bedrock Aquifer near High Falls, New York, 2019–2020
Data and analytical type-curve match for selected hydraulic tests at an earthen dam site in Southern Westchester County, New York
Water-table and potentiometric-surface altitudes in the Upper Glacial, Magothy, and Lloyd aquifers of Long Island, New York, April-May 2013

Servicing Water Level sensor at Fire Island Breach. Long Island
Servicing Water Level sensor at Fire Island Breach. Long Island
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York.

USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York after Hurricane Sandy
USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York after Hurricane Sandy