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Image: Beaver Creek at Mallo Camp near Four Corners, WY
Beaver Creek at Mallo Camp near Four Corners, WY
Beaver Creek at Mallo Camp near Four Corners, WY
Beaver Creek at Mallo Camp near Four Corners, WY

Beaver Creek at Mallo Camp near Four Corners, WY.

Image: Precipitation Gage near Custer, SD
Precipitation Gage near Custer, SD
Precipitation Gage near Custer, SD
Precipitation Gage near Custer, SD

Precipitation gage 434534103290500, Mt. Coolidge near Custer, SD

Precipitation gage 434534103290500, Mt. Coolidge near Custer, SD

Image: Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid

A Western Prairie Fringed Orchid, use to be common in the Great Plains but now it is endangered.

A Western Prairie Fringed Orchid, use to be common in the Great Plains but now it is endangered.

Image: Gage House Comparison
Gage House Comparison
Gage House Comparison
Gage House Comparison

Gage House 05114000 located near Sherwood, North Dakota along the Souris River. USGS personnel were there there to measure the streamflow. The picture to the left was taken on April 11, 2011, streamflow of approximately 2,790 cubic feet per second and a stage approximately 18.91 feet. The picture to the right was taken on June 22, 2011.

Gage House 05114000 located near Sherwood, North Dakota along the Souris River. USGS personnel were there there to measure the streamflow. The picture to the left was taken on April 11, 2011, streamflow of approximately 2,790 cubic feet per second and a stage approximately 18.91 feet. The picture to the right was taken on June 22, 2011.

Image: Disappeared Ice Spikes
Disappeared Ice Spikes
Disappeared Ice Spikes
Disappeared Ice Spikes

Increase flow in the Des Lacs River and warmer temperatures probably
caused instability in the area of the ice spikes causing them to disappear.

Increase flow in the Des Lacs River and warmer temperatures probably
caused instability in the area of the ice spikes causing them to disappear.

Image: Devils Lake Basin Flyover
Devils Lake Basin Flyover
Devils Lake Basin Flyover
Devils Lake Basin Flyover

U.S. Geological Survey participiated in a flyover of the Devils Lake Basin to view continued severe flooding.

U.S. Geological Survey participiated in a flyover of the Devils Lake Basin to view continued severe flooding.

Image: Measuring Absolute Gravity on Top of Terry Peak, SD
Measuring Absolute Gravity on Top of Terry Peak, SD
Measuring Absolute Gravity on Top of Terry Peak, SD
Measuring Absolute Gravity on Top of Terry Peak, SD

USGS researchers made microgravity measurements to determine groundwater-storage changes in the karstic Madison aquifer in the Black Hills of South Dakota during 2009-12. The absolute-gravity measurement was made at a station located on top of Terry Peak in the northern Black Hills.

USGS researchers made microgravity measurements to determine groundwater-storage changes in the karstic Madison aquifer in the Black Hills of South Dakota during 2009-12. The absolute-gravity measurement was made at a station located on top of Terry Peak in the northern Black Hills.