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USGS water data expert Garret Welsh measures water flow in the pouring rain at the Straight River near Faribault, Minnesota. This measurement recorded the 6th highest flow in the station's 59-year history, highlighting the severity of current flood conditions. Such data is crucial for emergency managers and forecasters to protect communities at risk.

Physical Scientist James Romano and Hydrologist Hailey Trompeter prepare equipment for a microplastics sampling effort in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Hydrologist Hailey Trompeter, Physical Scientists Kathryn Johncock and James Romano and set up equipment for a microplastics sampling effort in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Hydrologist Hailey Trompeter holds the column containing the net and water flowing out of the copper flow meter during a microplastics sampling effort in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The field deployed net containing debris after pumping 400 gallons of stream water through the microplastic sampling system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A sampling jar contains debris found in a sampling net after being rinsed thoroughly during a microplastics sampling effort in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At this point the sample is ready to be shipped to the lab for analysis.

Physical Scientist James Romano and Hydrologist Hailey Trompeter sampling an Underwood Creek Tributary from an overlook using a sampling pole near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo shows the entirety of the sampling system from afar.

USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff, Supervisory Hydrologic Technician Russ Buesing and Hydrologic Technician Josh Larson pose for the streamgage webcam while making an under-ice discharge measurement at the Knife River near Two Harbors, MN.

USGS streamgage at Alcatraz Island, California

San Francisco Bay a NE Shore Alcatraz Island CA - 374938122251801 https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/374938122251801/

Ducks swim in the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on a sunny autumn day.

Ducks swim in a pool at Memorial Gardens at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. on a sunny autumn day.

David Applegate speaks to Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff during a visit to the Madison office at the Forest Products Laboratory.

USGS Director Dr. David Applegate speaks to Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees in Madison, Wisconsin on October 12, 2023.

David Applegate visits Stillwater, Minnesota, as a part of a visit to the Upper Midwest Water Science Center Minnesota offices in St. Paul and Mounds View.

David Applegate speaks to Upper Midwest Water Science Center staff in person and virtually from the Mounds View, Minnesota office.

David Applegate, Upper Midwest Water Science Center and Midcontinent Region staff visit the St. Croix River at Stillwater, MN streamgage, 05341550.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/05341550

Ben Torrison and David Applegate review data at the St. Croix River at Stillwater, Minnesota streamgage - 05341550

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/05341550

Physical Scientists Kathryn Johncock and Bridget Bittmann sample a wetland at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge on a sunny autumn day.

Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.

Upper Midwest Water Science Center employees at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin during the 2023 UMid face-to-face meeting.

Ben Siebers presents his Art of Science illustration series at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center face-to-face meeting.