Unified Interior Regions
Washington
Washington's Puget Sound is a complex ecosystem directly adjacent to a robust metropolitan area that scientists from the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center study. Recent surveys have looked at juvenile surf smelt, a key link in the food web that are consumed by predators such as salmon, orca, and many marine birds.
Western Fisheries Research Center
Research at the WFRC focuses on the environmental factors responsible for the creation, maintenance, and regulation of fish populations including their interactions in aquatic communities and ecosystems.
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The Water Science Center's mission is to collect, analyze and disseminate the impartial hydrologic data and information needed to wisely manage water resources for the people of the United States and the State of Washington.
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Evaluation of seepage from Chester Morse Lake and Masonry Pool, King County, Washington
Hydrologic data collected in the Cedar and Snoqualmie River basins on the west slope of the Cascade Range have been analyzed to determine the amount of water lost by seepage from Chester Morse Lake and Masonry Pool and the. consequent gain by seepage to the Cedar and South Fork Snoqualmie Rivers. For water years 1957-64, average losses were about...
Hidaka, F.T.; Garrett, Arthur Angus
Municipal, industrial, and irrigation water use in Washington, 1965
Laird, L.B.; Walters, K.L. Surface- and ground-water conditions during 1959-61 in a part of the Flett Creek basin, Tacoma, Washington
Veatch, Fred M.; Kimmel, Grant E.; Johnston, Earle A.
Chemical quality of the surface waters of the Snake River basin
Laird, L.B.
Geology and ground-water conditions of Clark County Washington, with a description of a major alluvial aquifer along the Columbia River
This report presents the results of an investigation of the ground-water resources of the populated parts of Clark County. Yields adequate for irrigation can be obtained from wells inmost farmed areas in Clark County, Wash. The total available supply is sufficient for all foreseeable irrigation developments. In a few local areas aquifers are...
Mundorff, Maurice John
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, Part 12, Pacific Slope basins in Washington and Upper Columbia River basin
Bodhaine, G.L.; Thomas, D.M.
Effects of hydraulic and geologic factors on streamflow of the Yakima River Basin, Washington
The Yakima River basin, in south-central Washington, is the largest single river system entirely within the confines of the State. Its waters are the most extensively utilized of all the rivers in Washington. The river heads high on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains, flows for 180 miles in a generally southeast direction, and discharges...
Kinnison, Hallard B.; Sceva, Jack E.
Ground water in the Pullman area, Whitman County, Washington
This report presents the results of an investigation of the ground-water resources of the Pullman area, Whitman County, Wash. The investigation war made in cooperation with the State of Washington, Department of Conservation, Division of Water Resources, to determine whether the 1959 rate of ground-water withdrawal exceeded the perennial yield of...
Foxworthy, B.L.; Washburn, R.L.
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States. Part 13. Snake River basin
The magnitude of a flood of any selected frequency up to 50 years for any site on any stream in the Snake River basin can be determined by methods outlined in this report, with some limitations. The methods are not applicable for regulated streams, for drainage basins smaller than 10 or larger than 5,000 square miles, for streams fed by large...
Thomas, C.A.; Broom, H.C.; Cummans, J.E.
Morphology and hydrology of a glacial stream -- White River, Mount Rainier, Washington
Fahnestock, Robert K.
Geology and ground-water resources of the Ahtanum Valley, Yakima County, Washington
The Ahtanum Valley covers an area of about 100 square miles in an important agricultural district in central Yakima County, Wash. Because the area is semiarid, virtually all crops require irrigation. Surface-water supplies are inadequate in most of the area, and ground water is being used increasingly for irrigation. The purpose of this...
Foxworthy, B.L.
Water resources of the Tacoma area, Washington
Griffin, William Colvin; Sceva, J.E.; Swenson, H.A.; Mundorff, M.J.
South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, as seen from the east, sh...
South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, as seen from the east, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome. August 29, 2005
Marrowstone Marine Field Station
Image of the Western Fisheries Research Center, Marrowstone Marine Field Station. Looking east toward Puget Sound.
Sagebrush-dominated ecoregions
Sagebrush-dominated ecoregions in the western United States (sagebrush cover types shown in various shades of yellow, pink, and blue-grey).
PubTalk 6/2002 — Finding Elusive Earthquake Faults
New Mapping Techniques Reveal Potential Seismic Sources Beneath Seattle
By Richard J. Blakely, Geophysicist and Ralph A. Haugerud, Geologist
- Geophysical methods reveal "the landscape beneath the landscape"
- Why does the Seattle Fault exist, and why is it so hard to locate and map?
- LIDAR imagery can
Seattle Area Monitoring site
Photograph showing the scar left by a landslide on a hillside above the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Everett, Washington.
Seattle Area Monitoring site
Photograph showing a house that was damaged by a 1997 landslide along Perkins Lane in Seattle, Washington.
Angle and distance measurements to Mount St. Helens' flanks were ta...
Angle and distance measurements to the Mount St. Helens' flanks were taken periodically to monitor for deformation similar to the 1980 bulge. Station northeast of volcano.
Deformation measurements on the Mount St. Helens' dome; three geolo...
Deformation measurements on the Mount St. Helens' dome; three geologists in middle bottom of this aerial photograph.
Dome building eruption at Mount St. Helens—30-minute, moon-lit expo...
The last dome-building eruption of Mount St. Helens during the 1980s occurred in October 1986. A new lobe was extruded, increasing the dome's height to 925 feet (282 meters), making it taller than a 77-story building. In volume, the dome was nearly 40 times the size of Seattle's Kingdome stadium. The view is from Harry's Ridge, five miles (8 kilometers) north of the
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View of the Spirit Lake outlet tunnel, built in 1985, that allows w...
View of the Spirit Lake outlet tunnel, built in 1985, that allows water to drain out of Spirit Lake safely and maintain the lake's water level 100 ft (30 m) below the estimated overtopping level.
Lava dome in Mount St. Helens' crater as viewed from the "Deepthroa...
The lava dome was taller than a 66-story building and almost as wide as the length of nine football fields. The dome completely fills the camera's field of view. Compare with image taken August 22, 1981 from the same location with the same camera.
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Washington Water Science Center
Phone: (253) 552-1600
Fax: (253) 552-1581
Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC)
Phone: (206) 526-6282
Fax: (206) 526-6654
USGS Volcano Science Center
Phone: 360-993-8900
Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)
vhpweb@usgs.gov
Phone: 360-993-8900
Fax: 360-993-8980
Columbia River Research Laboratory
Phone: (509) 538-2299
Fax: (509) 538-2843
WFRC - Fish Health Program
Phone: 206-526-6282
Fax: 206-526-6654
Marrowstone Marine Field Station
Phone: (360) 385-1007
Fax: (360) 385-7207
Northwest Washington Field Office
Phone: (360) 312-8155 x2001
Fax: (360) 312-8565
Mid-Columbia Field Office
Phone: (509) 735-3739
Fax: (509) 735-3723
Upper Columbia Field Office
Phone: (509) 353-2649
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Olympic Field Station
fresc_outreach@usgs.gov
Phone: 360-565-3041
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Cascadia Field Station
fresc_outreach@usgs.gov
Phone: 206-616-1874
Fax: 206-685-0790
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Western Fisheries Research Center
Research at the WFRC focuses on the environmental factors responsible for the creation, maintenance, and regulation of fish populations including their interactions in aquatic communities and ecosystems.
Go to CenterWashington Water Science Center
The Water Science Center's mission is to collect, analyze and disseminate the impartial hydrologic data and information needed to wisely manage water resources for the people of the United States and the State of Washington.
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