Flood waters inundated Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota.The picture is looking west to Grand Forks, North Dakota and the USGS gage house is the small white square in the center of the picture.
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Flood waters inundated Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota.The picture is looking west to Grand Forks, North Dakota and the USGS gage house is the small white square in the center of the picture.
Fire consumes an building on a farmstead near the Red River of the North in northeastern North Dakota.
Fire consumes an building on a farmstead near the Red River of the North in northeastern North Dakota.
![Drawing of kids using a hand-pump well to fill a canteen.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-gw-drawing-kids-well.jpg?itok=A83JBckv)
The Magic of Groundwater
![U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08110500 Navasota River near Easterly, Texas, looking upstream from left bank](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/fig43f.jpg?itok=ZI69kT3Q)
U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08110500 Navasota River near Easterly, Texas, looking upstream from left bank, July 22, 1985.
SIR 2009–5174
U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08110500 Navasota River near Easterly, Texas, looking upstream from left bank, July 22, 1985.
SIR 2009–5174
The control structure between Lake Alice and Lake Irvine in 1985.
The control structure between Lake Alice and Lake Irvine in 1985.
An aerial view looking southeast of the treated-wastewater infiltration beds at Joint Base Cape Cod. The wastewater disposal beds (source of the nitrogen contamination) appear in the foreground. In the background is a freshwater pond that is receiving discharge of some of the groundwater contaminants. Toxic waste disposal at the site ended in 1995.
An aerial view looking southeast of the treated-wastewater infiltration beds at Joint Base Cape Cod. The wastewater disposal beds (source of the nitrogen contamination) appear in the foreground. In the background is a freshwater pond that is receiving discharge of some of the groundwater contaminants. Toxic waste disposal at the site ended in 1995.
![South Fork of the Ogden River stream gage shelter, fall 1980.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/IMG-4231%20%281%29.jpg?itok=SdJQOiv_)
South Fork of the Ogden River streamgage shelter in the fall of 1980. This streamgage has been monitoring water levels and flow since March 21, 1921, making it one of 25 centennial gauges in Utah.
South Fork of the Ogden River streamgage shelter in the fall of 1980. This streamgage has been monitoring water levels and flow since March 21, 1921, making it one of 25 centennial gauges in Utah.
![USGS scientist Jim Cloern with the R/V Polaris, 1980s.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/water-quality-san-francisco-bay-cloern-polaris-1980s.png?itok=Bm2Wzlqu)
USGS scientist Jim Cloern with the R/V Polaris, 1980s.
USGS scientist Jim Cloern with the R/V Polaris, 1980s.
Approximate point of maximum subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Land surface subsided ~9 m from 1925 to 1977 due to aquifer-system compaction. Signs on the telephone pole indicate the former elevations of the land surface in 1925 and 1955.
Photograph by Richard Ireland, U.S. Geological Survey
Approximate point of maximum subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Land surface subsided ~9 m from 1925 to 1977 due to aquifer-system compaction. Signs on the telephone pole indicate the former elevations of the land surface in 1925 and 1955.
Photograph by Richard Ireland, U.S. Geological Survey
![U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08116650 Brazos River near Rosharon, Texas, upstream from FM 1462 bridge.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/fig68c.jpg?itok=GYqj8YSc)
U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08116650 Brazos River near Rosharon, Texas, looking upstream from Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 1462 bridge, August 28, 1973.
USGS SIR 2009–5174
U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08116650 Brazos River near Rosharon, Texas, looking upstream from Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 1462 bridge, August 28, 1973.
USGS SIR 2009–5174
![Image cropped from USGS Hydrologic Atlas 457 showing flooded areas in blue on a contoured elevation map base](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/ha457-plate-1.jpg?itok=2uLQs9Cv)
Map shows floods in the Aguadilla-Aguada area, northwestern Puerto Rico. The image is from USGS Hydrologic Atlas 457, created in 1972.
Map shows floods in the Aguadilla-Aguada area, northwestern Puerto Rico. The image is from USGS Hydrologic Atlas 457, created in 1972.
![U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08109000 Brazos River near Bryan, Texas, looking upstream from left bank](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/fig34b.jpg?itok=wrF1xSzL)
U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08109000 Brazos River near Bryan, Texas, looking upstream from left bank, March 10, 1971.
USGS SIR 2009–5174
U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08109000 Brazos River near Bryan, Texas, looking upstream from left bank, March 10, 1971.
USGS SIR 2009–5174
![A hydrologic technician from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center measures streamflow in the St. Joe River at Red Ives Ranger Sta](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/2015-id-drought-09022015.jpg?itok=86NAz5PA)
A hydrologic technician measures streamflow in the St. Joe River at Red Ives Ranger Station in northern Idaho.
linkA hydrologic technician from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center measures streamflow in the St. Joe River at Red Ives Ranger Station in northern Idaho. The USGS is collecting data at hundreds of sites on rivers and streams in six western states to document the 2015 drought.
A hydrologic technician measures streamflow in the St. Joe River at Red Ives Ranger Station in northern Idaho.
linkA hydrologic technician from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center measures streamflow in the St. Joe River at Red Ives Ranger Station in northern Idaho. The USGS is collecting data at hundreds of sites on rivers and streams in six western states to document the 2015 drought.
The Mameyes River in flood. Eastern Puerto Rico.
The Mameyes River in flood. Eastern Puerto Rico.
Christian Bongard collects data from a weather station in the Shenandoah National Park.
Christian Bongard collects data from a weather station in the Shenandoah National Park.
Mike Sabatino (volunteer for science) wires a weather station in the Shenandoah National Park
Mike Sabatino (volunteer for science) wires a weather station in the Shenandoah National Park
Margaret Hiza Redsteer has been named one of the lead authors of a chapter in the next IPCC report, due to be published in 2014. Hiza Redsteer has been assigned as a lead author of Chapter 15 of the Fifth Assessment Report, entitled Adaption, Planning, and Implementation.
Margaret Hiza Redsteer has been named one of the lead authors of a chapter in the next IPCC report, due to be published in 2014. Hiza Redsteer has been assigned as a lead author of Chapter 15 of the Fifth Assessment Report, entitled Adaption, Planning, and Implementation.
USGS gage house located at Devils Lake near Devils Lake, ND has recorded 100 years of data.
USGS gage house located at Devils Lake near Devils Lake, ND has recorded 100 years of data.
USGS river gage at Grand Forks, ND along the Red River of the North has recorded 100 years of data. View of auxiliary gage about 3 miles downstream from base gage.
USGS river gage at Grand Forks, ND along the Red River of the North has recorded 100 years of data. View of auxiliary gage about 3 miles downstream from base gage.
USGS river gage at Hickson, ND along the Red River of the North.
USGS river gage at Hickson, ND along the Red River of the North.
The Cannonball River at Breien, ND looking East.
The Cannonball River at Breien, ND looking East.