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Artesian well investigations in South Dakota (circa 1956-62).

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08109000 Brazos River near Bryan, Texas, looking upstream from left bank, February 5, 1954.

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U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08110500 Navasota River near Easterly, Texas, looking downstream from left bank, December 5, 1941.

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U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08110500 Navasota River near Easterly, Texas, looking upstream, June 7, 1934.

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September 21, 1923, 9:00 a.m. --- Colorado River at Lees Ferry. From right bank on line with Klohr's house and gage house. Old "Dugway" or inclined gage shows to left of gage house. Gage height 11.05', discharge 27,000 cfs. Lens 16, time =1/25, camera supported. Photo by G.C. Stevens of the USGS. Source: 1921-1937 Surface Water Records File, Colorado R.

USGS prersonnel at the Embudo Station, New Mexico. Embudo was selected as the site of the first USGS streamgaging station in 1889 because of the need for systematic water resource assessments of western states as it not only offered a favorable climate and easy rail access, but qualified for congressional funding tapped specifically for the “arid West.”

Hydrographer taking a cableway streamflow measurement at the first USGS streamgage at Embudo, New Mexico, established in 1889.

Embudo Student Hydrographers