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Activity
Photo of a USGS streamgaging station along the Delware River

Office of the Delaware River Master

Program
Image shows a USGS scientist in a PFD taking a high-water mark

Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) Program

Activity
USGS

U.S. National Committee for the International Hydrological Programme

Priority
muddy Willamette River

Integrated Water Science Basins: Willamette River

Topic
Satellite view of Hurricane Sandy

Historical Flooding

Program
Monitoring a flood

Flood Inundation Mapping Science

Research
Ducks eating brine flies

Survival and Reintroduction of the Laysan Teal

Program
Flooding on the Baraboo River, Wisconsin

Flood Inundation Mapping Toolbox

Program
Area Flooding Inundation Louisiana

Flood Inundation Map (FIM) Libraries

Presentations and Events
Thumbnail Image of April Public Lecture Opening Slide

PubTalk-04/2023: Gravity Never Sleeps - Landslide Science and Risk Reduction

staff profile
Robert Stallard

Robert F Stallard

Activity
USGS Hydrologic Technician performing wire weight measurement during record flood at USGS gage 7018500

USGS Flood Information

Infographics
discover ecosystems by clicking on image for full description.

Discover Ecosystems

Podcasts
Logo on fire background with two mugshots on left

Eyes on Earth Episode 83 - ECOSTRESS and Burn Severity

Center News
logo with text at top and 4 icons/images representing 4 hazards

USGS Participation in the Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

Presentations and Events

PubTalk - 9/2021: Modernizing the National Water Information System

Program
Screenshot of USGS Flood Event Viewer

USGS Flood Event Viewer: Providing Hurricane and Flood Response Data

Project
Rill erosion on a burned hillslope after the Buffalo Creek Fire

Hydrologic and Erosion Responses of Burned Watersheds

Project
Photo of Gary City Hall redevelopment including rain garden

Urban Waters Federal Partnership—Little Calumet River (Northwest Indiana)

Activity
Installation of a USGS Rapid Deployment Gage

Rapid Deployment Gages (RDGs)

Program
USGS technician on a bridge with instruments and laptop

Surge, Wave, and Tide Hydrodynamics (SWaTH) Network

Podcasts
USGS CoreCast

Who Do We Think We Are? Find out in This Overview of the USGS

Project
Water Census: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Focus Area Study

Activity
Collecting water quality samples, Patapsco River

New Water-Quality Directions

Project
Mountains and pine trees covered with a thick layer of snow.

Regional Water Availability Assessment: Upper Colorado River Basin

Project
CASCaDE2 flowchart showing the system of linked models being used to evaluate scenarios of climate and infrastructure change.

CASCaDE: Computational Assessments of Scenarios of Change for the Delta Ecosystem

Activity
Globe...

International Water Resources Activities

Program
USGS Gage With Rainbow

USGS Streamgaging Network

Priority
Next Generation Water Observing System Infographic

Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS)

Project
Colorado River, and Roaring Fork River confluence, Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, CO

Next Generation Water Observing System: Upper Colorado River Basin

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