Water Mission U.S. Geological Survey · Theodor Seuss Geisel ... Albert Einstein b 1879 St. Patrick’s Day World Water Day ... Emily Voytek/Denis LeBlanc; John Lane, May 2012

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Discharge measurements through ice: 15292780 Susitna River at Sunshine, AK; Matt Chilson and Gary Johnson; Robert Mason, January 2012 (left and bottom right) | 15565447 Yukon River at Pilot Station, AK;

Charles Couvillion and Mark Spindler; Josh Morse, January 2012 (top right)

Isaac Newton b 1643

Clarence King b 1842

Daniel Bernoulli b 1700

StreamStatshttp://streamstats.usgs.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.govTelephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS

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Discharge measurement with tractor rig: 06360500 Moreau River near Whitehorse, SD; Craig Solberg and Joel Petersen; Bruce Venner, March 2011

Groundhog Day

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Purim

Flood Inundation Mapping Sciencehttp://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/


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e DaySuper BowlSuper Bowl


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Discharge measurement using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP): Colorado River near Moab, UT; Jay Cederberg; Steve Gerner, October 2010

Read Across America DayTheodor Seuss Geisel b 1904

USGS Established 1879

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EasterRene Descartes b 1596

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Magnitide 9.0 Earthquakenear East Coast of Honshu, Japan 2011

pi DayAlbert Einstein b 1879

St. Patrick’s Day World Water Day

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09499000 Tonto Creek above Gun Creek near Roosevelt, AZ; Bert Duet, December 2011

William Henry Jacksonb 1843April Fool’s Day

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Howard Penmanb 1909

Tax DayLeonardo da Vincib 1452

Earth DayJLM Poiseuille b 1797John Muir b 1838 Arbor Day

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10342900 Independence Lake near Truckee, CA; Jesse Juchtzer, June 2011

Henry Pitot b 1695

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Armed Forces DayRobert E Horton b 1875Mount St HelensErupted 1980

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Mother’s DayFlorence Nightingaleb 1820

International Day forBiological Diversity

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Memorial DayRachel Carson b 1907

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Willimantic River near Coventry, CT; installing temperature probes to quantify groundwater/surface water interaction; Emily Voytek; Sean Buckley, June 2012 (top left) | Massachusetts Military Reservation, Falmouth, MA; installing multi-method sampling probes to monitor infiltration rates;

Emily Voytek/Denis LeBlanc; John Lane, May 2012 (top center) | Delaware River at Callicoon, NY; installing groundwater monitoring wells;Emily Voytek; Martin Briggs, June 2012 (top right) | 254625080290801 G-3928; drilling borehole; Jeff Robinson October 2009 (bottom)

World Environment Day

WaterAlerthttp://water.usgs.gov/wateralert/


Day of the Seafarer

Blaise Pascal b 1623

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Henry Darcy b 1803Abel Wolman b 1892

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11414210 South Yuba River Controlled Release at Lake Spaulding, near Emigrant Gap, CA; Jesse Juchtzer, July 2011

Independence Day Gotfried Leibniz b 1646Canada Day

StreamStatshttp://streamstats.usgs.gov/


Big Thompson Flood 1976(31,200 cfs)

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Sampling Suspended sediment: 14243000 Cowlitz River at Castle Rock, WA; Chris Curran, Raegan Huffman, and Mark Landers―Lisst SL laser diffraction analyzer on left and P-61 (top left) and D74 Sampler (bottom left); Kurt Spicer, March 2012/November 2011

14123500 White Salmon River near Underwood, WA; Breaching of Condit Dam produced mudflow at downstream gage, suspended dip samples were collected the day of the breach after samplers clogged; Adam Mosbrucker, October 2011 (right)

Peak of Record Mississippi River at St. Louis (1,070,000 cfs) 1993

Amadeo Avogadro b 1776

Flood Inundation Mapping Sciencehttp://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/


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Julius Weisbach b 1806

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Harold A Thomas b 1913Ven Te Chow b 1919

Gordon “Reds” Wolman b 1924

Hurricane Camille 1969Pierre de Fermat b 1601

Barre de Saint Venant b 1797Osborne Reynolds b 1842

The Great ColonialFlood 1635 Hurricane Katrina 2005


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13039500 Henrys Fork near Lake, ID; Jake Jacobson, September 2008

Rosh HashanahLabor Day

Water Data Discoveryhttp://water.usgs.gov/data/


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San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane 1928

Hurricane Ike 2008

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International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Hurricane Rita 2005


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Collecting algae samples: Boise River at Barber Park east of Boise, ID; Traci Hoff/Marshall Williams; Tim Merrick, October 2011 (top left)Bed sediment sampling: 02344797 White Oak Creek at Cannon Road near Raymond, GA; Dan Calhoun; Alan Cressler, May 2011 (top right)

Water quality sampling with DH-81: 02335870 Sope Creek near Marietta, GA; Dan Calhoun/Jeff Riley; Alan Cressler, October 2009 (bottom)

Luna Leopold b 1915

Robert Manning b 1816

National Water Information Systemhttp://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/


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Thanksgiving Day (Canada)Eid al-AdhaE Torricelli b 1608 Boss’s Day

World Teacher’s Day

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15302200 Koktuli River near Iliamna, AK; Johnse Ostman at gage; Charles Couvillion, October 2011

World Science Day

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WaterWatchhttp://waterwatch.usgs.gov/


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Louis Daguerre b 1851

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Edmond Halley b 1656

Veterans DayCarleton Watkins b 1829

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Gilbert F. White b 1911


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James Akins hiking in to inspect gage; 11502500 Williamson River below Sprague River near Chiloquin, OR; Mark Schuster, March 2012

Kwanza

9.1 Earthquake and Tsunami, Off the WestCoast of NorthernSumatra, 2004

International Mountain Day

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First official USGS discharge measurement,Embudo, NM 1888

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Paul Ankorn making a discharge measurement. Civilian Conservation Corps gagehouse in background.

02177000 Chattooga River near Clayton, GA; Alan Cressler, February 2012

Streamgages in cooperation with: JANUARY: 15565447―National Streamflow Information Program; 15292780―Alaska Energy Authority FEBRUARY: 06360500―U.S. Army Corps of Engineers MARCH: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum APRIL: 09499000―Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association, Arizona Department of Water Resources MAY: 10342900―Truckee Meadows Water Authority for Water Resource Mgmt JUNE: USGS Groundwater Resources Program; Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and USGS Groundwater Resources Program; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers JULY: 11414210―Pacific Gas and Electric Company/Federal Energy Reglatory Commission AUGUST: 14123500/14243000―Bonneville Power Administration; Tacoma Public Utilities and National Streamflow Information Program SEPTEMBER: 13039500―Water District No. 1 OCTOBER: 02344797/02335870―Lower Boise Watershed Council; Georgia Department of Agriculture; Atlanta Regional Commission NOVEMBER: 15302200―Alaska Department of Fish and Game DECEMBER: 11502500―PacifiCorp and the Klamath Tribes 2014: 02177000―Georgia Department of Natural Resources/Environmental Protection Division

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Lower Mississippi River Basin; Imagesshow cohesive soilplumes formed bythe Bonnett CarreSpillway into Lake Pontchartrain, mouth of the Atchafalaya River, and the Bird’s Foot Delta Region at themouth of the Mississippi River. True color (top), May 17, 2011 andcolor enhanced to highlight areas of sediment discharge (bottom), May 15, 2011; NASAModerate Resol-ution ImagingSpectroradiometer(MODIS).

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Water Mission U.S. Geological Survey · Theodor Seuss Geisel ... Albert Einstein b 1879 St. Patrick’s Day World Water Day ... Emily Voytek/Denis LeBlanc; John Lane, May 2012