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(a) Predicted median annual specific conductance (SC) for all modeled stream reaches in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (CBW) for the 2014–2016 time period. (b) SC departure classes for the 2014–2016 time period. (c) Percent of the modeled CBW area in each of the departure classes over the four time periods.

USGS National Water Dashboard Map of River Flooding in Georgia and Western Carolinas from Tropical Storm Helene

Andrew Robinson, a USGS hydrological technician, is making a measurement at Ebenezer Creek at Springfield, GA. This site number is 02198690. (Photo by Andrew Robinson, USGS.)

Drew Robinson, a USGS hydrological technician, is putting a Rapid Deployment Gauge together for the Georgia Department of Transportation on Wednesday, August 7. He built the RDG and deployed it in Statesboro in the early evening. That RDG was used to help the local community experiencing bad floods on Lotts Creek.

U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician Graham Murray installs a rapid deployment gauge Aug. 6, 2024 at Big Reedy Creek near Latta, South Carolina, to measure floodwaters in the wake of Tropical Storm Debby. (USGS photo).