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A green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus, left) and a Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus, right) caught in a fish survey in Reston, Virginia.

USGS scientists conduct an ecological survey, searching for fish in The Glade, an urban stream in Reston, Virginia

USGS infographic on the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck central Virginia August 23, 2011, east coast earthquake hazards and how the USGS is helping inform critical decisions to protect lives and property. 

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10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE M5.8 EARTHQUAKE IN VIRGINIA
America’s Most Widely Felt Earthquake

USGS scientists conduct a habitat survey at The Glade, an urban stream in Reston, Virginia.

Two USGS scientists conduct an ecological survey, sampling for macroinvertibrates near The Glade, an urban stream in Reston, Virginia.

Decidous trees in Reston, Virginia. Photo taken for Arbor Day 2021 near USGS Headquarters.

The Glade is an urban stream in Reston, Virginia that is being monitored by USGS scientists.

In-stream hydrologic monitoring equipment is used to gather data at Snakeden Branch, an urban stream in Reston, Virginia.

The Chesapeake Bay watershed, or draingage basin, encompasses six states - New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. A drainage basin is a giant system of creeks, streams, and rivers that all flow into a common outlet, which in this case is the Chesapeake Bay.

Photograph of macroinvertibrate sampling at a monitored urban stream in Reston, Virginia. This larval net-spinning caddisfly is an important measure of stream health.

Tinker Creek, above Glade Creek in Roanoke, Virginia (USGS Monitoring location 0205551614), experienced severe flooding after a storm in June of 2020.

Sometimes called the “Mother State,” Virginia has produced eight U.S. presidents (more than any other state): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.

Capital Richmond

Image Source Landsat 8

This is a graphic from the USGS National Oil and Gas Assessment Explorer application, which allows user to drill into 70 oil and gas assessment provinces throughout the United States.

In this photo, a small unoccupied aicraft (sUAS) or drone is being prepared to collect thermal infrared data to assess groundwater discharge into Las Vegas Wash, in Clark County, Nevada. The umbrella provides shade to keep the equipment from getting too hot.

USGS personnel on the deck of the R/V Hugh R.

Aerial image of stream and wetlands collected using a small unoccupied aicraft (sUAS) or drone at Ashville Bridge Creek, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Scientists look at a pollen palynomorph using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

A cyprus tree in Lake Drummond, Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia

Photograph of Lake Drummond, which is located within the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia. USGS scientists recently collected peat and lake core samples from the swamp to help reconstruct natural environmental conditions over the past 12,000 years.

The USGS Nansemond research station, located adjacent to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District's SWIFT pilot site. The building contains the Nansemond extensometer.

Scientists are collecting core samples from the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia to understand natural conditions before centuries of ditching, draining and harvesting. This is a collaborative project between the USGS and the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.