The Potomac River Supplies drinking water for Washington D.C., so it’s important for us to understand what’s going on in the river.
Sarah Queen
Sarah Queen is a Hydrologic Technician at the USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center in Catonsville, MD.
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Surface water quantity data
Local data manager
Science and Products
USGS On the Road - Potomac River Measurements
The Potomac River Supplies drinking water for Washington D.C., so it’s important for us to understand what’s going on in the river.
The Calm Before: The Short Story
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
The Calm Before: The Short Story (AD)
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
The Calm Before
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
The Calm Before (AD)
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
USGS on the Road: Stormflow Forensics
It’s an age-old question: If the river floods and no one sees it, did it flood? Yes! High water events leave behind clues such as debris that USGS scientists can observe to indirectly estimate the water level and streamflow during the event.
It’s an age-old question: If the river floods and no one sees it, did it flood? Yes! High water events leave behind clues such as debris that USGS scientists can observe to indirectly estimate the water level and streamflow during the event.
USGS on the Road: Stormflow Forensics (AD)
It’s an age-old question: If the river floods and no one sees it, did it flood? Yes! High water events leave behind clues such as debris that USGS scientists can observe to indirectly estimate the water level and streamflow during the event.
It’s an age-old question: If the river floods and no one sees it, did it flood? Yes! High water events leave behind clues such as debris that USGS scientists can observe to indirectly estimate the water level and streamflow during the event.
Science and Products
USGS On the Road - Potomac River Measurements
The Potomac River Supplies drinking water for Washington D.C., so it’s important for us to understand what’s going on in the river.
The Potomac River Supplies drinking water for Washington D.C., so it’s important for us to understand what’s going on in the river.
The Calm Before: The Short Story
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
The Calm Before: The Short Story (AD)
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
The Calm Before
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
The Calm Before (AD)
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
When a major storm is forecasted to affect the Delmarva region, up-to-date information is vital for the response.
That’s when USGS crews spring into action, setting up rapid deployment gages that provide additional surge, wave, and tide hydrodynamics (SWaTH) data that augments our existing streamgage network.
USGS on the Road: Stormflow Forensics
It’s an age-old question: If the river floods and no one sees it, did it flood? Yes! High water events leave behind clues such as debris that USGS scientists can observe to indirectly estimate the water level and streamflow during the event.
It’s an age-old question: If the river floods and no one sees it, did it flood? Yes! High water events leave behind clues such as debris that USGS scientists can observe to indirectly estimate the water level and streamflow during the event.
USGS on the Road: Stormflow Forensics (AD)
It’s an age-old question: If the river floods and no one sees it, did it flood? Yes! High water events leave behind clues such as debris that USGS scientists can observe to indirectly estimate the water level and streamflow during the event.
It’s an age-old question: If the river floods and no one sees it, did it flood? Yes! High water events leave behind clues such as debris that USGS scientists can observe to indirectly estimate the water level and streamflow during the event.