Unified Interior Regions
California
The Southwest Region includes California, Nevada, and Arizona. The Regional Office, headquartered in Sacramento, provides Center oversight and support, facilitates internal and external collaborations, and works to further USGS strategic science directions.
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Merced River at Happy Isles Bridge, Yosemite, CA Webcam
This webcam is located at the USGS stream-gaging station on MERCED R A HAPPY ISLES BRIDGE NR YOSEMITE. This station provides continuous monitoring of certain river conditions such as flow and stage. The webcam provides valuable information to Yosemite National
...TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in CA & NV as of 01/14/21
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in CA & NV as of 01/14/21
Santa Cruz Main Beach Webcam Time-Averaged Image
Video camera time-exposure image at Main Beach in Santa Cruz, California, looking eastward. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change.
...Hotel and Travel information for 2020 Federal UAS workshop
Lodging information and directions for 4th Federal UAS workshop
California's Exposure to Volcanic Hazards
Infographic about the 2019 report "California's Exposure to Volcanic Hazards"
Sound Waves, Dec. 2010
The stories in the Dec. 2010 issue of Sound Waves:
https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/soundwaves.usgs.gov/2010/12/
California Sea Otter Numbers Drop Again
Search for Evidence of Prehistoric Tsunamis and Great Earthquakes on Chirikof Island,
Sound Waves, Mar. - April 2012
The stories in the Mar. - April 2012 issue of Sound Waves:
https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/soundwaves.usgs.gov/2012/04/
Seabird and Mammal Surveys Off California, Oregon, and Washington
Maps Based on Satellite Telemetry Help Russian
Santa Cruz Main Beach video camera 1 snapshot
Video camera snapshot overlooking Main Beach in Santa Cruz, California, looking eastward. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change.
...Mokelumne River Bathymetry
A winding strip of rainbow colors shows the bathymetry (depth) of the bed of the Mokelumne River just above its confluence with the San Joaquin in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta east of San Francisco Bay. USGS scientists mapped the channel as part of a project to
...Sunset Beach Camera 1 Bright Image
Video camera snapshot at Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, California, looking northwest. Learn more about the cameras and their imagery, and how we're using them to study coastal change.
...Santa Cruz Cowells Beach Webcam Time-Averaged Image
Video camera time-exposure image at Cowells Beach in Santa Cruz, California, looking southward. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change.
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