Wolverine tracks in the snow on Crescent Lake near the Moose Pass Alaska. The wolverine is the largest terrestrial member of the family Mustelidae and is a relative of the mink and weasel.
Jeff Conaway
Surface-water modeling, sediment transport, acoustic Doppler current profilers
Science and Products
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Community Outreach and Engagement
It is critically important that Indigenous peoples, rural communities, and Alaska co-management councils are kept informed of USGS research activities and findings. Involvement of and collaboration with these stakeholders provides valuable perspectives. This page offers information on how USGS communicates and seeks out important perspectives from stakeholders.
Outer Continental Shelf Program
This is a nation-wide collaborative program, supported by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, through which USGS and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management staff address priority research needs identified by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. On this page, we highlight research taking place in Alaska as part of this program.
Science Support Program and Quick Response Program
This is a nation-wide collaborative program, supported by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, through which USGS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff address priority research needs identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On this page, we highlight research taking place in Alaska as part of this program.
USGS Transboundary River Monitoring in Southeast Alaska
The USGS Alaska Science Center operates super gages on the Alsek, Taku, Stikine, Unuk and Salmon Rivers. Discrete water quality, sediment, and biological sampling are also collected at each gage location. Discrete water quality samples are also collected annually at the Canada-Alaska border crossings of the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk Rivers. Water quality data collection began in 2018 on the Unuk...
USGS Alaska Streamgage Datum to North American Vertical Datum of 1988 Conversion Table
To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88 add the following conversion factor to gage height values.
Q&A: USGS and 2024 the Anchorage Bike to Work Day
For the May 17, 2024, Anchorage Bike to Work Day , the USGS Alaska Science Center will again host a station along the Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Trail where people can learn about the USGS streamgage on the creek and about the common birds of Chanshtnu. Chester Creek or Chanshtnu, which means ‘grass creek’ in the Dena’ina language, runs for about 20 miles from the Chugach mountains in the...
Collaborative Science for Priority Information Needs
One of the primary missions of the USGS is to address the science needs of Department of Interior bureaus, particularly those that manage natural resources and lands. This mission is fulfilled through the research and other activities of USGS scientists but also specifically through three USGS nationally-funded programs listed below.
Alaska Streamflow Statistics
The USGS conducts various studies of streamflow statistics for data collected at streamflow-gaging stations. Streamflow statistics for gaged streams and methods for estimating those statistics for ungaged streams are used by water resource planners and managers for designing infrastructure, managing floodplains, and protecting life, property, and aquatic resources. The most recent USGS studies of...
Satellite-based Remote Sensing of River Discharge
The U.S. Geological Survey and NASA are collaborating on a study to develop methods to estimate river flows from satellite observations.
Compilation of Historical Water Temperature Data for Large Rivers in Alaska using the Landsat Satellite Archive
Water temperature plays a large role in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic and sub-Arctic. It affects the physical and biological features of rivers, like how the water interacts with the landscape and the life cycles of organisms that live in the river. For example, unseasonably warm water temperatures in Alaska’s large rivers in 2019 caused large numbers of salmon to die before they could reach
Suspended-Sediment and Solids Sampling
Suspended-sediment samples are collected on each visit at both gage and border site locations.
Natural Resources Preservation Program
This is a nation-wide collaborative program, supported by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, through which USGS and National Park Service staff address priority research needs identified by the National Park Service. On this page, we highlight research taking place in Alaska as part of this program.
Wolverine tracks
Wolverine tracks in the snow on Crescent Lake near the Moose Pass Alaska. The wolverine is the largest terrestrial member of the family Mustelidae and is a relative of the mink and weasel.
Streamflow discharge measurement at Solomon Gulch Tailrace, Valdez, Alaska
USGS staff measuring streamflow at the Solomon Gulch Tailrace with a tethered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler. This is one of 12 streamgages that the USGS Alaska Science Center operates in cooperation with hydropower providers across Alaska. Data are used for operation, regulation, and planning purposes.
USGS staff measuring streamflow at the Solomon Gulch Tailrace with a tethered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler. This is one of 12 streamgages that the USGS Alaska Science Center operates in cooperation with hydropower providers across Alaska. Data are used for operation, regulation, and planning purposes.
An aerial view of McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska
McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska. This is the site of deployment of limnocorrals for an Elodea spp. experiment.
McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska. This is the site of deployment of limnocorrals for an Elodea spp. experiment.
USGS Station streamgage 15905100 at the Atigun River, Alaska
Streamgage number 15905100 at the Atigun River, Alaska. The Alyeska oil pipeline is in the background.
Streamgage number 15905100 at the Atigun River, Alaska. The Alyeska oil pipeline is in the background.
Sounding weight on the Copper River Delta, Alaska
Sounding weight on the Copper River Delta, Alaska
Sounding weight on the Copper River Delta, Alaska
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 22
Community Outreach and Engagement
It is critically important that Indigenous peoples, rural communities, and Alaska co-management councils are kept informed of USGS research activities and findings. Involvement of and collaboration with these stakeholders provides valuable perspectives. This page offers information on how USGS communicates and seeks out important perspectives from stakeholders.
Outer Continental Shelf Program
This is a nation-wide collaborative program, supported by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, through which USGS and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management staff address priority research needs identified by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. On this page, we highlight research taking place in Alaska as part of this program.
Science Support Program and Quick Response Program
This is a nation-wide collaborative program, supported by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, through which USGS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff address priority research needs identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On this page, we highlight research taking place in Alaska as part of this program.
USGS Transboundary River Monitoring in Southeast Alaska
The USGS Alaska Science Center operates super gages on the Alsek, Taku, Stikine, Unuk and Salmon Rivers. Discrete water quality, sediment, and biological sampling are also collected at each gage location. Discrete water quality samples are also collected annually at the Canada-Alaska border crossings of the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk Rivers. Water quality data collection began in 2018 on the Unuk...
USGS Alaska Streamgage Datum to North American Vertical Datum of 1988 Conversion Table
To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88 add the following conversion factor to gage height values.
Q&A: USGS and 2024 the Anchorage Bike to Work Day
For the May 17, 2024, Anchorage Bike to Work Day , the USGS Alaska Science Center will again host a station along the Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Trail where people can learn about the USGS streamgage on the creek and about the common birds of Chanshtnu. Chester Creek or Chanshtnu, which means ‘grass creek’ in the Dena’ina language, runs for about 20 miles from the Chugach mountains in the...
Collaborative Science for Priority Information Needs
One of the primary missions of the USGS is to address the science needs of Department of Interior bureaus, particularly those that manage natural resources and lands. This mission is fulfilled through the research and other activities of USGS scientists but also specifically through three USGS nationally-funded programs listed below.
Alaska Streamflow Statistics
The USGS conducts various studies of streamflow statistics for data collected at streamflow-gaging stations. Streamflow statistics for gaged streams and methods for estimating those statistics for ungaged streams are used by water resource planners and managers for designing infrastructure, managing floodplains, and protecting life, property, and aquatic resources. The most recent USGS studies of...
Satellite-based Remote Sensing of River Discharge
The U.S. Geological Survey and NASA are collaborating on a study to develop methods to estimate river flows from satellite observations.
Compilation of Historical Water Temperature Data for Large Rivers in Alaska using the Landsat Satellite Archive
Water temperature plays a large role in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic and sub-Arctic. It affects the physical and biological features of rivers, like how the water interacts with the landscape and the life cycles of organisms that live in the river. For example, unseasonably warm water temperatures in Alaska’s large rivers in 2019 caused large numbers of salmon to die before they could reach
Suspended-Sediment and Solids Sampling
Suspended-sediment samples are collected on each visit at both gage and border site locations.
Natural Resources Preservation Program
This is a nation-wide collaborative program, supported by the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area, through which USGS and National Park Service staff address priority research needs identified by the National Park Service. On this page, we highlight research taking place in Alaska as part of this program.
Wolverine tracks
Wolverine tracks in the snow on Crescent Lake near the Moose Pass Alaska. The wolverine is the largest terrestrial member of the family Mustelidae and is a relative of the mink and weasel.
Wolverine tracks in the snow on Crescent Lake near the Moose Pass Alaska. The wolverine is the largest terrestrial member of the family Mustelidae and is a relative of the mink and weasel.
Streamflow discharge measurement at Solomon Gulch Tailrace, Valdez, Alaska
USGS staff measuring streamflow at the Solomon Gulch Tailrace with a tethered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler. This is one of 12 streamgages that the USGS Alaska Science Center operates in cooperation with hydropower providers across Alaska. Data are used for operation, regulation, and planning purposes.
USGS staff measuring streamflow at the Solomon Gulch Tailrace with a tethered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler. This is one of 12 streamgages that the USGS Alaska Science Center operates in cooperation with hydropower providers across Alaska. Data are used for operation, regulation, and planning purposes.
An aerial view of McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska
McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska. This is the site of deployment of limnocorrals for an Elodea spp. experiment.
McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska. This is the site of deployment of limnocorrals for an Elodea spp. experiment.
USGS Station streamgage 15905100 at the Atigun River, Alaska
Streamgage number 15905100 at the Atigun River, Alaska. The Alyeska oil pipeline is in the background.
Streamgage number 15905100 at the Atigun River, Alaska. The Alyeska oil pipeline is in the background.
Sounding weight on the Copper River Delta, Alaska
Sounding weight on the Copper River Delta, Alaska
Sounding weight on the Copper River Delta, Alaska