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Images include graphics related to Hydrography and photography submissions from readers of our National Hydrography Newsletter. 

Please send photography submissions to Alexander Jonesi (ajonesi@usgs.gov)

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Using Google Earth Engine to Generate Monthly-to-Weekly Maps of Surface Water Thumbnail
Using Google Earth Engine to Generate Monthly-to-Weekly Maps of Surface Water Thumbnail
Using Google Earth Engine to Generate Monthly-to-Weekly Maps of Surface Water Thumbnail
Using Google Earth Engine to Generate Monthly-to-Weekly Maps of Surface Water Thumbnail
  • Our topic will be "Using Google Earth Engine to Generate Monthly-to-Weekly Maps of Surface Water." The presenter will be Chris Soulard with the USGS Western Geographic Science Center. 

  • Our topic will be "Using Google Earth Engine to Generate Monthly-to-Weekly Maps of Surface Water." The presenter will be Chris Soulard with the USGS Western Geographic Science Center. 

A cover image of the WBD Standards with crediting information and text, displaying a fork in the Penobscot River in Maine
Title page from WBD Standards TM11-a3 publication Version 5
Title page from WBD Standards TM11-a3 publication Version 5
Title page from WBD Standards TM11-a3 publication Version 5

Title page from the Federal Standards and Procedures for the National Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD), Techniques and Methods 11-A3, Fifth Edition, 2022.This document establishes Federal standards and procedures for creating the WBD as seamless and hierarchical hydrologic unit data, based on topographic and hydrologic features at a 1:24,000 scale (Alaska at 1:

Title page from the Federal Standards and Procedures for the National Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD), Techniques and Methods 11-A3, Fifth Edition, 2022.This document establishes Federal standards and procedures for creating the WBD as seamless and hierarchical hydrologic unit data, based on topographic and hydrologic features at a 1:24,000 scale (Alaska at 1:

Introducing the NHDPlus HR National Release 1 Video Thumbnail
Introducing the NHDPlus HR National Release 1 Video Thumbnail
Introducing the NHDPlus HR National Release 1 Video Thumbnail
Introducing the NHDPlus HR National Release 1 Video Thumbnail

The USGS is pleased to announce the release of the National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus HR) National Release 1 downloadable staged product.

The USGS is pleased to announce the release of the National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus HR) National Release 1 downloadable staged product.

3DHP Proposed Nine Year Costs
3DHP Proposed Nine Year Costs
3DHP Proposed Nine Year Costs
3DHP Proposed Nine Year Costs

This is a graph and illustration representation of the 3DHP Proposed Nine Year Costs

This is a graph and illustration representation of the 3DHP Proposed Nine Year Costs

USGS Announces NHDPlus HR National Release 1
USGS Announces NHDPlus HR National Release 1
USGS Announces NHDPlus HR National Release 1
USGS Announces NHDPlus HR National Release 1

The NHDPlus HR National presents a continuous representation of the most recent NHDPlus HR vector data for the contiguous United States, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and parts of Alaska.

The NHDPlus HR National presents a continuous representation of the most recent NHDPlus HR vector data for the contiguous United States, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and parts of Alaska.

The 3D Hydrography Program is the surface water component of the 3D National Terrain Model.
3DHP Figure 3 3D National Topography Model visualization
3DHP Figure 3 3D National Topography Model visualization
3DHP Figure 3 3D National Topography Model visualization

3D terrain profile visualizes the surface elevations and hydrologic features along a horizontal plane.

3D terrain profile visualizes the surface elevations and hydrologic features along a horizontal plane.

Creek flowing through rocky terrain with small rapids
Cedar Creek, tributary of the James River, Virginia
Cedar Creek, tributary of the James River, Virginia
Cedar Creek, tributary of the James River, Virginia

Cedar Creek, tributary of the James River, Virginia flows through the Natural Bridge rock formation in Gilmore Mills, Rockbridge County Virginia. 

Cedar Creek, tributary of the James River, Virginia flows through the Natural Bridge rock formation in Gilmore Mills, Rockbridge County Virginia. 

Sunset casts its light over a hemlock bordered river and small rapids.
Youghiogheny River at Swallow Falls State Park
Youghiogheny River at Swallow Falls State Park
Youghiogheny River at Swallow Falls State Park

A sunset over a branch of the Youghiogheny River at Swallow Falls State Park, Garret County, MD. 

A sunset over a branch of the Youghiogheny River at Swallow Falls State Park, Garret County, MD. 

A river makes it way through rocky and shaded scenery
Youghiogheny River Swallow Falls State Park
Youghiogheny River Swallow Falls State Park
Youghiogheny River Swallow Falls State Park

The Youghiogheny River running through Swallow Falls State Park on its ways to Muddy Creek Falls.

The Youghiogheny River running through Swallow Falls State Park on its ways to Muddy Creek Falls.

Sunny day at Bailey's Beach in Newport, Rhode Island
Rock Jetty Bailey's Beach, off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island
Rock Jetty Bailey's Beach, off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island
Rock Jetty Bailey's Beach, off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island

A rock jetty stretches out into the water at Bailey's Beach, Newport Rhode Island

Seagull flying over Rhode Island Sound at Sachuest Point National Wildlife, RI
Seagull flying at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island
Seagull flying at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island
Seagull flying at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island

Seagull flying over Rhode Island Sound at Sachuest Point National Wildlife, RI 

A view of Colvin Creek during sunset Reston, Virginia
Sunset at Colvin Creek - Reston, Virginia
Sunset at Colvin Creek - Reston, Virginia
Sunset at Colvin Creek - Reston, Virginia

A photograph of Colvin Creek during a cool Fall reddish sunset in Reston, Virginia

A photograph of Colvin Creek during a cool Fall reddish sunset in Reston, Virginia

Black and White Image of a rapid on Difficult Run in Oakton, Virginia
NHD Newsletter Thumbnail - Small Rapid at Difficult Run Oakton, Virginia
NHD Newsletter Thumbnail - Small Rapid at Difficult Run Oakton, Virginia
NHD Newsletter Thumbnail - Small Rapid at Difficult Run Oakton, Virginia

NHD Newsletter thumbnail image. This is a black and white image of a small rapid at Difficult Run in Oakton, Virginia

NHD Newsletter thumbnail image. This is a black and white image of a small rapid at Difficult Run in Oakton, Virginia

Autumn leaf in reds, yellow, brown laying on wet pavement
Autumn/Fall Leaf in shades of red and yellow
Autumn/Fall Leaf in shades of red and yellow
Autumn/Fall Leaf in shades of red and yellow

An autumn/fall wet leaf in colors of red, yellows, and brown on a rainy Virginia day.

An autumn/fall wet leaf in colors of red, yellows, and brown on a rainy Virginia day.

view of Difficult Run Stream, Section 7 of 10 of the Cross-County Trail in Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia,
Difficult Run Stream, Section 7 of the Cross-County Trail in Fairfax County, Virginia
Difficult Run Stream, Section 7 of the Cross-County Trail in Fairfax County, Virginia
Difficult Run Stream, Section 7 of the Cross-County Trail in Fairfax County, Virginia

View of Difficult Run Stream, Section 7 of 10 of the Cross-County Trail in Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia,

View of Difficult Run Stream, Section 7 of 10 of the Cross-County Trail in Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia,

Black and White image of a heavy stream flow in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, North Carolina
Little Santeetlah Creek, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, North Carolina
Little Santeetlah Creek, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, North Carolina
Little Santeetlah Creek, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, North Carolina

Black and White image of a heavy stream flow in Little Santeetlah Creek, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, North Carolina

 

Black and White image of a heavy stream flow in Little Santeetlah Creek, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, North Carolina

 

Dark Hollow Falls
Dark Hollow Falls
Dark Hollow Falls
Dark Hollow Falls

Dark Hollow Falls - Shenandoah National Park, VA

Dark Hollow Falls - Shenandoah National Park, VA

NHD Twitter banner photo of lake surrounded by mountains
NHD Twitter banner
NHD Twitter banner
NHD Twitter banner

NHD Twitter banner photo of lake surrounded by mountains

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NHD Twitter banner photo of lake surrounded by mountains

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