πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksMay 21, 2025
Water Data Keep Us Strong | USGS WaterAlert Water Safety at Your Fingertips [USGS Water]
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/water-data-keep-us-strong and https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/usgs-wateralert-water-safety-your-fingertips <-- shared pair of USGS water-related infographics
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https://accounts.waterdata.usgs.gov/wateralert/ <-- shared link to subscribe to USGS Water Alert
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Water Data Keep Us Strong

Water is one of America's greatest assets, providing energy, irrigation for crops, and water for homes and businesses. But water isn't always safe or reliable, and damages are costly. To protect lives and keep our country prosperous, we need information on the state of our water resources. USGS collects and delivers the water data our nation needs. Water data keep us strong.A PDF version of this infographic is available here.

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Denise GutzmerApr 30, 2025

USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management

"Across the country, the data collected at stream gauges managed by the U.S. Geological Survey are used to implement drought measures when streamflows are low, alert local authorities of floods, help administer water to users on rivers and issue pollution discharge permits required by the Clean Water Act for communities across the country."

But more than two dozen USGS Water Science Centers that house the employees and equipment to manage those gauges and equipment will soon have their leases terminated after being targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency. Data collected by the centers inform studies of the condition of the country’s water resources and shape local and state water management plans.

#water #USGS #StreamGauge #StreamFlow #DOGE

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29042025/trump-terminates-usgs-water-data-center-leases-threatening-flood-management/?mc_cid=ada25e9b55&mc_eid=09d267fb36

USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management - Inside Climate News

The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions of local and state governments across the country.

Inside Climate News
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksMar 11, 2025
USGS Hydrology Technicians Measure Peak Flows After A Recent Storm In West Virginia
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/virginia-and-west-virginia-water-science-center/news/usgs-hydrology-technicians-measure <-- shared article
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USGS Hydrology Technicians measure peak flows after a recent storm in West Virginia

Measuring high flow during storm events is a standard activitiy for our Hydrologic Technicians.

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πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksOct 11, 2024
USGS Experts Responding Simultaneously To Two Major #NaturalHazard s
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http://alturl.com/4583e <-- link to article
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http://alturl.com/uzjvr <-- USGS Landslide Observations Dashboard
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #massmovement #landslide #risk #hazard #response #planning #spatialanalysis #hurricane #hurricanemilton #hurricanehelene #USA #water #hydrology #measurement #streamgauge #data #flooding #debrisflows #engineeringgeology #flooding #infrastructure #Appalachia #damage #cost #economy
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USGS experts responding simultaneously to two major natural hazards | U.S. Geological Survey

To learn more about USGS science related to Hurricane Helene:

πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksNov 7, 2023
Megafloods In Europe Can Be Anticipated From Observations In Hydrologically Similar Catchments
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01300-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #hydrology #model #modeling #flood #flooding #megaflood #risk #hazard #europe #numericmodeling #regional #prediction #measurements #floodmodeling #streamflow #streamgauge #continental #catchments #mitigation #observation #observations
Megafloods in Europe can be anticipated from observations in hydrologically similar catchments - Nature Geoscience

European river discharge observations suggest that catchments with similar flood generation processes produce similar extremes, enabling better predictability of megafloods using a continental scale perspective.

Nature
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksJan 19, 2023
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center [web map]
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https://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/lmap/lmap.php <-- web map
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β€œThe mission of this Center is to produce river, flood and water supply forecasts for the Colorado Basin and the Great Basin in support of saving lives and property and to enhance the regions’ environment and economy”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Colorado #coloradoriver #water #USWest #hydrology #water #monitoring #forecasting #streamgauge #ColoradoBasinRiverForecastCenter #webmap #opendata #environment #watermanagement #waterresources #watersecurity #gischat #NWS #flood #flooding
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CBRFC Map