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Photo of Ground stratification showing different types of Geomorphology
New Jersey Strata 1
New Jersey Strata 1
New Jersey Strata 1

 Exposure of the Cape May Formation in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system. 

 Exposure of the Cape May Formation in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system. 

Photo of Ground stratification showing different types of Geomorphology
New Jersey Strata 2
New Jersey Strata 2
New Jersey Strata 2

Exposure of the clay-sand facies of the Cohansey Formation in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system.

Exposure of the clay-sand facies of the Cohansey Formation in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system.

A Well probe laying on top of an open well pipe to show scale
WellSensor
WellSensor
WellSensor

Well Pipe with Sonde senor showing set-up at Sandy Hook National Recreation Area, NJ

Well Pipe with Sonde senor showing set-up at Sandy Hook National Recreation Area, NJ

USGS Storm-Tide Sensor
USGS Storm-Tide Sensor
USGS Storm-Tide Sensor
USGS Storm-Tide Sensor

USGS storm-tide sensor bolted to a cement jetty on the Atlantic Ocean coast at Fire Island, New York. USGS scientists deployed over 50 sensors along the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Delaware to study a Nor'easter that affected the Northeast in March of 2018.

USGS storm-tide sensor bolted to a cement jetty on the Atlantic Ocean coast at Fire Island, New York. USGS scientists deployed over 50 sensors along the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Delaware to study a Nor'easter that affected the Northeast in March of 2018.

Demonstrating a Passive Seismic Tool in Kenya
Equipment preperations
Equipment preperations
Equipment preperations

USGS scientist demonstrates the use of a passive seismic tool used for stratigraphy and bedrock mapping to local water officials. 

USGS scientist demonstrates the use of a passive seismic tool used for stratigraphy and bedrock mapping to local water officials. 

Well Pipe in frozen marshland
SandyHook Well
SandyHook Well
SandyHook Well

Study Area well pipe in frozen marshy land looking out on Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey

Study Area well pipe in frozen marshy land looking out on Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey

Well pipes in the Sandy Hook Park
SandyHook Well2
SandyHook Well2
SandyHook Well2

Study Area well pipes in frozen marshy land looking out on Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey

Study Area well pipes in frozen marshy land looking out on Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey

​​​​​​​Jonathan Cohl holding a piece of ice from Delaware River at Frenchtown, NJ
​​​​​​​Jonathan Cohl holding a piece of ice at Delaware River
​​​​​​​Jonathan Cohl holding a piece of ice at Delaware River
​​​​​​​Jonathan Cohl holding a piece of ice at Delaware River

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | March 2019 | People
Jonathan Cohl holding a piece of ice from Delaware River at Frenchtown, NJ

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | March 2019 | People
Jonathan Cohl holding a piece of ice from Delaware River at Frenchtown, NJ

USGS Hydrologist on Delaware Bay
USGS Hydrologist on the Delaware Bay
USGS Hydrologist on the Delaware Bay
USGS Hydrologist on the Delaware Bay

USGS Hydrologist Lukasz Niemoczynski doing site recon at Gandy's Beach NJ.

USGS Hydrologist Lukasz Niemoczynski doing site recon at Gandy's Beach NJ.

Jonathan Cohl flowtracking at Gravelly Run at Laurel Lake, NJ
Jonathan Cohl flowtracking at Gravelly Run at Laurel Lake, NJ
Jonathan Cohl flowtracking at Gravelly Run at Laurel Lake, NJ
Jonathan Cohl flowtracking at Gravelly Run at Laurel Lake, NJ

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | March 2019 | Honorable Mention
Jonathan Cohl flowtracking at Gravelly Run at Laurel Lake, NJ

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | March 2019 | Honorable Mention
Jonathan Cohl flowtracking at Gravelly Run at Laurel Lake, NJ

USGS scientists studying groundwater
Tracer Addition
Tracer Addition
Tracer Addition

USGS and University at Buffalo scientists injecting tracers to study diffusion.

USGS and University at Buffalo scientists injecting tracers to study diffusion.

USGS Technician using a sampler to collect discrete water-quality samples
DH-81
DH-81
DH-81

USGS Hydrographer Brad Bjorklund using a DH-81 isokinetic sampler to collect a discrete water-quality sample, August 2016.

USGS Hydrographer Brad Bjorklund using a DH-81 isokinetic sampler to collect a discrete water-quality sample, August 2016.

Stony Brook at Princeton Gage House
StonyBrook gage
StonyBrook gage
StonyBrook gage

Stony Brook at Princeton (01401000) Gage House as seen from across the Creek.

Stony Brook at Princeton (01401000) Gage House as seen from across the Creek.

Weir on the Millstone River in Autumn
Weir on the Millstone
Weir on the Millstone
Weir on the Millstone

Standard design broad crested weir control for streamgage on the Millstone River in NJ.

Standard design broad crested weir control for streamgage on the Millstone River in NJ.

Water quality sampling on the Delaware River
Water quality sampling on the Delaware River
Water quality sampling on the Delaware River
Water quality sampling on the Delaware River

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | Oct. 2019 | USGS at Work
Water quality sampling on the Delaware River at Montague, NJ (01438500)

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | Oct. 2019 | USGS at Work
Water quality sampling on the Delaware River at Montague, NJ (01438500)

Path through Undergrowth in a forest of Dead Trees
OldGrowth1
OldGrowth1
OldGrowth1

Dead Trees show through Underbrush on path in Sandy Hook National Recreation Area, New Jersey

Dead Trees show through Underbrush on path in Sandy Hook National Recreation Area, New Jersey

Dead Woods in Undergrowth
OldGrowth2
OldGrowth2
OldGrowth2

Dead trees seen within the undergrowth of Sandy Hook National Recreation Area, New Jersey

Dead trees seen within the undergrowth of Sandy Hook National Recreation Area, New Jersey

USGS Scientists fish sampling in the McDonald's Branch in Byrne State Forrest
Shocking Fish at McDonald's Branch
Shocking Fish at McDonald's Branch
Shocking Fish at McDonald's Branch

USGS Scientists, Jonathan Kennen, Molly Schreiner, and John Cohl, shocking and collecting fish in the McDonald's Branch in Byrne State Forrest for NAWQA studies.

USGS Scientists, Jonathan Kennen, Molly Schreiner, and John Cohl, shocking and collecting fish in the McDonald's Branch in Byrne State Forrest for NAWQA studies.

USGS Hydrologist downloading data near the rain gauge
Figure 3
Figure 3
Figure 3

USGS Hydrologist Alex Fiore downloading data from the open-canopy rain gauge at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook

USGS Hydrologist Alex Fiore downloading data from the open-canopy rain gauge at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook

Scientists collecting smallmouth bass
DEP Fish Sampling Lambertville
DEP Fish Sampling Lambertville
DEP Fish Sampling Lambertville

NJ Department of Environmental Protection scientists collecting smallmouth bass from the Delaware River near Lambertville, NJ.

 

NJ Department of Environmental Protection scientists collecting smallmouth bass from the Delaware River near Lambertville, NJ.

 

Processing Fish at Echo Lake
Fish Processing at Echo Lake
Fish Processing at Echo Lake
Fish Processing at Echo Lake

Scientists conducting health assessment on smallmouth bass collected from Echo Lake, NJ.

 

Scientists conducting health assessment on smallmouth bass collected from Echo Lake, NJ.