Will McDermott, a physical scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center, working during site visit to Eagle Creek.
William R McDermott
Will is a Physical Scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center in Lakewood, CO.
As a physical scientist in Colorado Rocky Mountains, Will has assisted in a range of hydrologic monitoring projects from aquifer level monitoring in the Eastern plains to installing and maintaining weather and snow stations above 12,000’. Currently, Will’s professional passion involves collecting high quality data on snowpack quantity and characteristics in remote and high-altitude mountainous environments in order to better understand the relationship of water resources from “Snow to Flow”.
Professional Experience
Abandoned Mine Lands Intern, Trout Unlimited, Summer 2017
Restoration Technician, Aloterra Restoration Services, 2018
1039 Hydrologic Technician (Field Assistant), USGS Colorado Water Science Center, 2019
Physical Scientist, USGS Colorado Water Science Center, 2020-Present
Education and Certifications
Bachelor of Arts Environmental Science, University of Denver, Denver, CO, 2018
American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Pro 1 Certification, American Avalanche Association, 2024
Science and Products
Precipitation, river surface velocity, and river stage measurements within the Spring Creek Burn Scar, Colorado, USA, during select storms in 2019 and 2021
Snow Measurements in Specific Canopy Structure Regimes for April 9, 2024, North of Coal Creek, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA
Lidar Point Clouds (LPCs), Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), and Snow Depth Raster Maps Derived from Lidar Data Collected on Small, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 2020-22
NGWOS Ground Based Discrete Snowpack Measurements
Radar-based field measurements of surface velocity and discharge from 10 U.S. Geological Survey streamgages for various locations in the United States, 2002-19
Drone- and ground-based measurements of velocity, depth, and discharge collected during 2017-18 at the Arkansas and South Platte Rivers in Colorado and the Salcha and Tanana Rivers in Alaska, USA
Climatological data for the Loch Vale watershed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, water years 1992-2019
Will McDermott, a physical scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center, working during site visit to Eagle Creek.
Will McDermott, a physical scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center, working his way across the snow during a site visit at Eagle Creek.
Will McDermott, a physical scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center, working his way across the snow during a site visit at Eagle Creek.
Science and Products
Precipitation, river surface velocity, and river stage measurements within the Spring Creek Burn Scar, Colorado, USA, during select storms in 2019 and 2021
Snow Measurements in Specific Canopy Structure Regimes for April 9, 2024, North of Coal Creek, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA
Lidar Point Clouds (LPCs), Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), and Snow Depth Raster Maps Derived from Lidar Data Collected on Small, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 2020-22
NGWOS Ground Based Discrete Snowpack Measurements
Radar-based field measurements of surface velocity and discharge from 10 U.S. Geological Survey streamgages for various locations in the United States, 2002-19
Drone- and ground-based measurements of velocity, depth, and discharge collected during 2017-18 at the Arkansas and South Platte Rivers in Colorado and the Salcha and Tanana Rivers in Alaska, USA
Climatological data for the Loch Vale watershed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, water years 1992-2019
Will McDermott, a physical scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center, working during site visit to Eagle Creek.
Will McDermott, a physical scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center, working during site visit to Eagle Creek.
Will McDermott, a physical scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center, working his way across the snow during a site visit at Eagle Creek.
Will McDermott, a physical scientist with the USGS Colorado Water Science Center, working his way across the snow during a site visit at Eagle Creek.