Videos

The Shoreline Management Tool is a GIS-based application used to assess how changes in water depth can affect an area. This includes identifying areas that may flood when water reaches a certain level or estimating how much water is available at any given time.

Using a simulated population to evaluate survey design and analysis: a case study with Great Lakes fish.

USGS employee, Hanna Coy, talks about stream gauging.

As a USGS hydrologist, Anthony Lopez is currently working on two projects. The first project consists of assessing toxicity of the sediment in Barnegat Bay. For this project, Anthony samples the bay and its tributaries for any pesticides, pharmaceuticals, medals or any other anthropogenic contaminants.

USGS employees talk about the importance of getting accurate data from stream gauging and the benefit of the stage discharge ratings class.

Introduction and tutorial on using the system dynamics model (finalized Oct 2012) to explore ecosystem parameters affecting coho salmon viability in Olema Creek Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA

Working at the USGS can be fun. These student employees were given wonderful opportunities and made lasting friendships while working at the USGS.

A video depicting the installation & operation of Continuous Slope Area gage and radar sensor, installed after the Sunflower Wild Fire on Sycamore Creek to measure streamflow from the Sunflower burned area.

Water-quality sampling of the Mississippi River by Mike Manning, David Burt, and Claire Rose of the U.S. Geological Survey.

U.S. Geological Survey scientists encounter Asian flying carp on the Yazoo River, Mississippi.

Interview by Richard Coupe (US Geological Survey) of Jeannie Barlow-- a scientist involved in the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Study of Agricultural Chemical Transport (ACT)-- on groundwater/surface-water interaction.

Time-lapse photos taken from the northeast side of the Lied Bridge on the Platte River at South Bend near streamflow-gaging station 06805500. Photos taken every hour from April 14, 2011 to Aug. 6, 2012.

Time-lapse photos taken from from the Hwy 64 Bridge on the Platte River near streamflow-gaging station 06796500. Photos taken every hour from June 1, 2012 to Aug. 6, 2012.

Time-lapse photos taken from the a camera on the upstream side of abandoned concrete bridge piers facing north toward State Highway 92 from June 1 to Aug. 6, 2012.

This time-lapse is shot on the Hood Canal Wa., over the course of a typical groundwater sampling field day. We were investigating the impacts of a macrotidal tide range on the geochemistry of submarine groundwater discharge.

Flooding costs the United States more than $7 billion per year and claims more than 90 lives annually. During the Spring and Summer of 2011, the central U.S. experienced epic flooding, while Hurricane Irene followed by Tropical Storm Lee caused severe flooding in the east and northeastern U.S, setting numerous flood records at USGS streamgages. Dr.

USGS Safety Training Video for cableway pre-use inspection. Training guide for new field personnel to safely and effectively inspect cableway structure and components prior to operation.

USGS installed six early-flood-warning units—rain and stream gages—in the burned areas resulting from New Mexico's 2012 Whitewater-Baldy Fire. The gages transmit data via satellite to provide warnings to communities that may be affected by flooding.

The Mekong is one of the world's longest rivers connecting six Asian countries, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. People and fish, as well as many other species in this biologically rich region, are directly connected to the river, so that what impacts the river also impacts them.

A series of time-lapse photographs capture rapid water-level fluctuations in the vicinity of Wildwood Islands in the Sheboygan River, 4.4 km upstream of Lake Michigan near Sheboygan, Wis. The fluctuations are caused the interaction of seiche-related oscillations from Lake Michigan with river flows. 
 

Scuba-diver scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey explore and catalogue the effect of released sediment on marine life following the nation's largest dam removal effort.