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A tile map of the US showing streamgages by flow levels through the month of December 2023. For each state, an area chart shows the proportion of streamgages in wet, normal, or dry conditions. Streamflow conditions are quantified using percentiles comparing the past month’s flow levels to the historic record for each streamgage.

The image is the logo for pywatershed created by James L. Mccreight. jmccreight@usgs.gov

This diagram, released in English and Spanish in 2022, depicts the global water cycle. It shows how human water use affects where water is stored, how it moves, and how clean it is. This diagram is also available in other languages available on our Downloadable Products page.

This diagram, released in English and Spanish in 2022, depicts the global water cycle. It shows how human water use affects where water is stored, how it moves, and how clean it is.

March-August daily average streamflow for the last 30 years (1991-2022) (dark gray lines) compared to 2023, showing the periods where 2023 streamflow was above (blue) and below (orange) the historical average. Individual years of the relevant historical streamflow period are shown in light gray. 

Map of the Integrated Water Science study area for the Willamette River Basin, Oregon.

Vegetation growth is assisting the Muddy Creek channel in becoming deeper and narrower (Carbon County, Wyoming).  Photo by Patrick Anderson (USGS)

This is a screenshot taken from a timelapse video of a rising glacial lake from May through August 2023. The video was captured by a USGS Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera. The water level in the lake gradually rises throughout the video and then the water level dramatically decreases towards the end of the video.

U.S. River Conditions, April to June 2023 visualization thumbnail image. For more visualizations, check out https://labs.waterdata.usgs.gov/visualizations/vizlab-home/index.html#/

A staff profile photo of Mari Lee. Mari is the Branch Chief of the Strategic Laboratory Science Branch in the Laboratory and Analytical Services Division of the Water Mission Area.

The USGS Water Resources Mission Area will assess water availability based on these core components of water supply and demand. 

#RecreateWithUSGS is a national photo contest to raise awareness of the importance of USGS water data collected on public lands where people recreate in, on, and around water. Participate in this national photo contest and share your photo with us. Post on Instagram using #RecreateWithUSGS and tag @USGS_Water. The contest is open from June 12th - August 20th, 2023.

Photo of: Blake Dudding, USGS; Photographer: Taylor Camper, USGS  

Lake Anna, Virginia  

Regional water availability assessment basins, as of 2023. USGS is conducting regional water availability assessments in medium-sized watersheds throughout the US.  These assessments are designed to capture a range of conditions in major drivers of water availability.

The USGS Integrated Water Availability Assessments Program is coordinating the delivery of these three products.  

The USGS Water Resources Mission Area will assess water availability based on these core components of water supply and demand. 

A staff profile photo of Jennifer Rapp. Jennifer leads the Decision Support Branch of the Integrated Information Dissemination Division of the Water Resources Mission Area. 

Image of pipettors used in the laboratory. Pipettes are stored on charging docking stations. 

Conceptual illustration showing how USGS's Next Generation Water Observing System will enhance the spatial and temporal monitoring of water within reference basins and larger hydrologic regions in all U.S. states and territories.

A split-panel map of Salt Lake City, Utah, highlighting the Great Salt Lake, shows 2006 Landsat imagery on the left side panel and 2006 NLCD, with colorized legend of land use classes, on the right. The animation displays a slider being used to switch between the two different datasets, revealing the land cover classes shown in Landsat imagery.

Thumbnail image for a short video on the importance of USGS gages. This image shows three unique photos of USGS gages.