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An architectural rendering of the new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility building in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana, and brought widespread precipitation and flooding along its path and up the northeastern coast of U.S. in the following week.

The USGS Active Groundwater Level Network includes about 20,000 wells that have been measured by the USGS or USGS cooperators at least once within the past 13 months. The animation shows snapshots of water-level statistics in the network during August 2021.

Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | Honorable Mention 2

Liz Nystrom captaining a boat on the Hudson River

An animated map of tropical storm Henri that made landfall in Rhode Island on Sunday, August 22, 2021. The map shows the east coast of the United States from Maryland to Maine, with the storm path traveling from the Atlantic Ocean north to make land in Rhode Island.

Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | USGS at Work

USGS Research Hyrologist Neil Terry preparing for resistivity surveys in Northern Minnesota

 

Photo looking downstream from the Pack Creek Road Bridge shows the rain gage on top with a USGS sticker. Below is a solar panel for power. The other white round object contains the data logger and satellite antenna.

The USGS Active Groundwater Level Network includes about 20,000 wells that have been measured by the USGS or USGS cooperators at least once within the past 13 months. The animation shows snapshots of water-level statistics in the network during July 2021.

Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | Where We Work

Chany Huddleston and Ross Clyma prepare QBoat at Schoharie Creek

USGS hydrologic technician Travis Gibson confirms Great Salt Lake water levels at the SaltAire gauge.

A sailboat is removed from the Great Salt Lake Marina due to low lake levels. 

Decreasing water levels in the southern arm of the Great Salt Lake expose microbialite communities that are normally underwater.  

The USGS Active Groundwater Level Network includes about 20,000 wells that have been measured by the USGS or USGS cooperators at least once within the past 13 months. The animation shows snapshots of  daily water-level statistics in the network for June 2021.

FIG. 1. Study area, climate station locations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-defined North America Level III ecoregions (ecoregions), and California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) full natural flow (FNF) hydrological basins.

Lees Ferry streamgage and cableway downstream on the Colorado River, Arizona

Photograph of hydrologists measuring gradient self-potential, water temperature, specific conductance, and nitrate concentrations were measured along a 123 km reach in the upper Delaware River between Hancock and Port Jervis, New York in summer 2021. Data collected during this campaign are available at: https://doi.org

Rain Gauge installed after the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. Scientists installed a network of rain gauges and soil moisture sensors throughout the rugged burn area. These instruments provide real-time data on rainfall intensity and duration, which are critical factors in determining the likelihood of a debris flow. 

The USGS Active Groundwater Level Network includes about 20,000 wells that have been measured by the USGS or USGS cooperators at least once within the past 13 months. The animation shows a daily snapshot of water-level statistics in the network for May 2021.

The Region 1, May 2021 "USGS at Work" Winner (by Aaron Stephens)

The Region 1, May 2021 "Where We Work" Winner (by Ian Lynch)

The Region 1, May 2021 "Honorable Mention #1" Winner (by Chelsea Delsack)