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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Characteristics of streamflow in the Colville River Basin, Stevens County, Washington
Scott, W.R.
Estuarine studies in upper Grays Harbor, Washington
Improved management of the water resources of Grays Harbor, Wash., requires more data on the water quality of the harbor and a better understanding of the influences of industrial and domestic wastes on the local fisheries resources. To provide a more comprehensive understanding of these influences, the U.S. Geological Survey joined other agencies...
Beverage, Joseph P.; Swecker, Milton N.
Factors initiating phytoplankton blooms and resulting effects on dissolved oxygen in Duwamish River estuary, Seattle, Washington
Phytoplankton productivity, standing stock, and related environmental factors were studied during 1964-66 in the Duwamish River estuary, at Seattle, Wash., to ascertain the factors that affect phytoplankton growth in the estuary; a knowledge of these factors in turn permits the detection and evaluation of the influence that effluent nutrients have...
Welch, Eugene Brummer Ground-water occurrence in the Goldendale area, Klickitat County, Washington
Luzier, J.E. Water supplies for Coulee Dam National Recreation Area, Washington
Anderson, H.W.
Water resources of King County, Washington
Although the total supply of water in King County is large, water problems are inevitable because of the large and rapidly expanding population. The county contains a third of the 3 million people in Washington, most of the population being concentrated in the Seattle metropolitan area. King County includes parts of two major physiographic...
Richardson, Donald; Bingham, J.W.; Madison, R.J.; Williams, R.
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.
Beginning of plume above Mount St. Helens dome
Beginning of plume above Mount St. Helens dome, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory.
Sunset on the crater rim and flanks of Mount St. Helens
Sunset on the crater rim and flanks of Mount St. Helens, with Mount Adams in the distance.
Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from NE. to right of the d...
Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the northeast. To the right of the dome, the snout (nose or leading edge) of Crater Glacier is visible. October 2005
Mount St. Helens dome as seen from above the SWern crater rim. Ash ...
Mount St. Helens dome as seen from above the southwestern crater rim. Ash from the plume of 10-01-04 is visible on the glacier at the base of the dome. The vent from that event is visible at the base of the dome on the right. October 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and jumbled glacier from the south. Oct. 2005
Mount St. Helens dome and jumbled glacier from the south. October 2005
South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, glacier (cracked snowy su...
South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, glacier (cracked snowy surface in foreground at base of dome) is being uplifted due to increase in activity. October 2, 2005
Plume/crater image of Mount St. Helens Oct. 1, 2004 at 12:13 PDT.
Plume/crater image of Mount St. Helens October 1, 2004 at 12:13 PDT.
Plume within Mount St. Helens' crater, Oct. 1, 2004 at 12:16 PDT.
Plume within Mount St. Helens' crater, October 1, 2004 at 12:16 PDT.
Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory, Mount St. Helens. Oct 1, 2005
Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory, Mount St. Helens. October 1, 2004.
Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and glacier uplift
Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and glacier uplift from the southeast, after steam and ash eruption.
Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from east
Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, after steam and ash eruption.
Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from east
Mount St. Helens' dome and glacier uplift from the east, after steam and ash eruption.
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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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