USGS scientist Joel Galloway measures streamflow during historical flooding in Fargo, ND. This information is critical for developing flood forecasts to help protect lives and property.
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USGS Crews Measure Historic Flooding in Fargo, ND
USGS scientist Joel Galloway measures streamflow during historical flooding in Fargo, ND. This information is critical for developing flood forecasts to help protect lives and property.
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Used to Measure Historic Flooding
USGS scientists use an acoustic doppler current profiler to monitor streamflow during the historic flooding in Fargo, ND. This information provides critical information used to estimate flood dangers and helps protect lives and property.
USGS scientists use an acoustic doppler current profiler to monitor streamflow during the historic flooding in Fargo, ND. This information provides critical information used to estimate flood dangers and helps protect lives and property.
USGS Scientists Prepare to Measure Historic Flooding
USGS scientist Chris Laveau breaks up ice to prepare for the boat to go in the water to conduct streamflow measurements.
USGS scientist Chris Laveau breaks up ice to prepare for the boat to go in the water to conduct streamflow measurements.
USGS Scientists Prepare to Measure Historic Flooding
USGS scientist Chris Laveau breaks up ice to prepare for the boat to go in the water to conduct streamflow measurements.
USGS scientist Chris Laveau breaks up ice to prepare for the boat to go in the water to conduct streamflow measurements.
USGS Scientists Prepare to Measure Historic Flooding
USGS scientists prepare the boat before taking measurements during historical flooding in Fargo, ND.
USGS scientists prepare the boat before taking measurements during historical flooding in Fargo, ND.
USGS Scientists Prepare to Measure Historic Flooding
USGS scientists prepare the boat before taking measurements during historical flooding in Fargo, ND.
USGS scientists prepare the boat before taking measurements during historical flooding in Fargo, ND.
USGS Stream gage 5053000 Wild Rice River nr Abercrombie, ND
Flood Aftermath
2009 flood aftermath near Antelope Creek, Carson, North Dakota.
2009 flood aftermath near Antelope Creek, Carson, North Dakota.
Flooding on the Knife River
2009 flooding on the Knife River near Hazen, North Dakota.
2009 flooding on the Knife River near Hazen, North Dakota.
Winter on Bear Den Creek
Path USGS employees took to service streamflow gage during winter 2009, Bear Den Creek near Mandaree, North Dakota.
Path USGS employees took to service streamflow gage during winter 2009, Bear Den Creek near Mandaree, North Dakota.
Scientists collecting Potamocorbula amurensis
Scientists aboard the Research Vessel Polaris sampling Potamocorbula amurensis.
Scientists aboard the Research Vessel Polaris sampling Potamocorbula amurensis.
Measuring Snowfall with Solar Panels
Using the device pictured here, government scientists are measuring snowfall in remote areas with a bucket, a small windmill, and the sun -- all the while saving money, energy, and ultimately helping to save lives.
Using the device pictured here, government scientists are measuring snowfall in remote areas with a bucket, a small windmill, and the sun -- all the while saving money, energy, and ultimately helping to save lives.
Career Day - A Day on the Water
Showing the son of a USGS employee "what we do" on the Tangipahoa R., LA
Showing the son of a USGS employee "what we do" on the Tangipahoa R., LA
You Get PAID to Do This?
Malik Chavis wants to work for the USGS.
Malik Chavis wants to work for the USGS.
Souris River in Snow
The Souris River mostly covered in snow.
The Souris River mostly covered in snow.
Carson Valley
View of Carson Valley looking west to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The houses in the distance use a septic system for waste disposal and a domestic well for water supply.
View of Carson Valley looking west to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The houses in the distance use a septic system for waste disposal and a domestic well for water supply.
Period of Record Flooding, April 29, 2011, Kevin Reisig wading to gage
Period of Record Flooding, April 29, 2011, Kevin Reisig wading to USGS stream gage 01318500 Hudson River at Hadley, NY.
Period of Record Flooding, April 29, 2011, Kevin Reisig wading to USGS stream gage 01318500 Hudson River at Hadley, NY.
The Atlantic Ocean from Cadillac Mountain, Maine
Looking east to the Atlantic Ocean from Cadillac Mountain, Maine.
Looking east to the Atlantic Ocean from Cadillac Mountain, Maine.
USGS employee sampling an urban monitoring well
USGS employee sampling an urban monitoring well. Photo from USGS circular 1356 "Water Quality in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Aquifer System and Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South-Central United States, 1994-2008."
USGS employee sampling an urban monitoring well. Photo from USGS circular 1356 "Water Quality in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Aquifer System and Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South-Central United States, 1994-2008."
Irrigation groundwater well
Irrigation groundwater well. Photo from USGS circular 1356 "Water Quality in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Aquifer System and Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South-Central United States, 1994-2008."
Irrigation groundwater well. Photo from USGS circular 1356 "Water Quality in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Aquifer System and Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South-Central United States, 1994-2008."
Irrigation water from a groundwater well on a rice crop field
Irrigation water from a groundwater well on a rice crop field. Photo from USGS circular 1356 "Water Quality in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Aquifer System and Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South-Central United States, 1994-2008."
Irrigation water from a groundwater well on a rice crop field. Photo from USGS circular 1356 "Water Quality in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Aquifer System and Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South-Central United States, 1994-2008."