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Graphs showing trends in atmospheric precipitation and air temperature in the Lower Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019

Graphs showing trends in the sum of annual atmospheric precipitation and annual average air temperature in the Lower Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019

Boxplots showing precipitation and temperature ranges from 1951-2019 and 2020-2099 in the Colorado River Basin, by Tillman and others (2020), USGS SIR 2020-5107

Graphs showing trends in precipitation and temperature in the Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019, published in Tillman and others (2020), USGS SIR 2020-5107

Schematic diagram of water flow through a conventional copper-ore flotation plant and unlined tailings storage facility illustrating water losses (in italics), reclamation of process water, and addition of makeup water.

The new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF) on the University of Alabama Campus at Tuscaloosa, AL. The new facility is a national USGS capability that includes:

View of tilting flume from the catwalk above the hydraulics laboratory at the USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility.

Wet chemistry lab under construction at the USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility.

Person standing inside the walk-in temperature chamber at the Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility.

The hydraulics lab at the USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility, complete with tow tank, tilting flume, and wave-generating test basin, near completion in June 2024.

USGS Water and Fire Technicians team members, Jorge Gonzalez and Efren Alvarado, made repairs to the Buck Mountain precipitation gage during the Blue 2 Fire near Alto, New Mexico on June 7, 2024. This station, along with similar gages, provides critical real-time rainfall data to the National Weather Service and local emergency managers.

A member of the USGS Water and Fire Technicians Team repairs a streamgage during the Blue 2 Fire near Alto, New Mexico. 

The USGS Water and Fire Technicians Team prepares to evaluate precipitation and streamflow gauges during the Blue 2 Fire near Alto, New Mexico. 

USGS scientists out on the Mississippi River above Vicksburg use a D-99 sampler to collect sediment and water-quality samples from the large inland river.

Image shows a screenshot of the New York City Bedrock and Groundwater Mapper. 

Diagram of the process of water use from source (surface water, groundwater, reuse water) through transmission, utility reservoir, water treatment, distribution, and withdrawal for industry, residential, and commercial.

The final bracket for Gage Greatness 2024 announcing the winners:

The bracket for the Finals! New Jersey's and Colorado's gages will compete to see whose gage is the greatest for Gage Greatest 2024.

A cross-sectional view of a hypothetical river showing one possible arrangement of the three Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) floodplain elevations (Climate-Informed Science Approach, the Freeboard Value Approach, and the 0.2% Annual-Chance Flood Approach) above the current Base Flood Elevation, i.e., the 1% annual-chance flood elevation.

A cross-sectional view of a hypothetical river showing one possible arrangement of the three Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) floodplain elevations (Climate-Informed Science Approach, the Freeboard Value Approach, and the 0.2% Annual-Chance Flood Approach) above the current Base Flood Elevation, i.e., the 1% annual-chance flood elevation.

A cross-sectional view of a hypothetical coastline showing one possible arrangement of the three Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) floodplain elevations (Climate-Informed Science Approach, the Freeboard Value Approach, and the 0.2% Annual-Chance Flood Approach) above the current Base Flood Elevation, i.e., the 1% annual-chance flood elevation.