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A groundwater well in a grassy field near Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts.

A USGS hydrologic technician points to a high-water mark he just installed on the side of a building in Barre, Vermont after flooding in July 2023. The mudline on the exterior of the building indicates how high the flood waters rose, and the high-water mark is a data reference USGS supplies to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The Cobble Ridge Road Bridge in Londonderry, Vermont, along the West River was badly damaged during significant flooding precipitated by a heavy rainfall event.

Heavy flooding, caused by two-day rainstorm in July 2023, transported boulders down a hillside to cover a resident's car and move their hot tub.

A hydrologic technician points to a high-water mark on the building of Weston Town Offices days after a significant flood event, which damaged the adjacent road.

A USGS hydrologist stands next to the high-water mark the team designated on the side of a building in Montpelier, Vermont. The flood waters rose from the Winooski River into the state capital causing massive flooding after a heavy-rain event in July 2023.

A USGS hydrologic technician points to a highwater mark attached to the tree indicative of the height of the flood waters following a flash flood event in July 2023. This location was near the Dog River in Berlin, Vermont.

A high water mark was installed on the Cooley Bridge along Furnace Brook in Pittsford, Vermont after a flood event in July 2023. Furnace Brook is a small tributary of Otter Creek.

A USGS hydrologist marks a high-water mark on a red barn door frame just off the Lamoille River in Milton, Vermont. This high-water mark indicates how high and far the river waters flooded onto the land after a heavy-rain event in July 2023.

A high-water mark tag nailed to a tree in Vermont days after a flood-event in July 2023.

Sam Banas and Dale Tom located a debris high-water mark line in a field in Woodstock, Vermont. This physical evidence of flood water distance took place in the days following a heavy rainfall event that caused significant flooding.

A roadway bridge collapsed in Cavendish, Vermont, from significant flooding of the Black River in July 2023.

A high-water mark tag nailed to a tree trunk with visible debris. The debris that adheres to the tree is the physical evidence of how high the flood waters rose during the flood event; when the waters recede, the debris transported by the flood waters that was floating on the top of the water sticks to the tree.

Part of Route 4 in Bridgewater, Vermont, collapsed from significant flooding in July 2023. 

USGS hydrologic technician installing a high-water disk on the house porch in Woodstock, Vermont after the historical flood in July 2023.

USGS hydrologic technician pointing to a high-water disk on the house porch in Woodstock, Vermont after the historical flood in July 2023.

After a heavy-rain event in July 2023, the Winooski River in Montpelier, Vermont, flooded. Debris from the flood waters was carried up onto the railroad bridge and trapped after the flooding receded.

A culvert pipe on a tributary of the Winooski River became filled with sediment and debris after a heavy-rainfall event in Vermont caused significant flooding in July 2023.

A USGS hydrologist marks a high-water mark on a tree next to the Missisquoi River in Troy, Vermont. This high-water mark indicates how high and far the river waters flooded onto the land after a heavy-rain event in July 2023.

A hydrologic technician puts down a high-water mark at a debris line in a parking lot near the Black River in Vermont.

A USGS supervisory physical scientist holds out a level to a high-water mark near a stream in Vermont.