U.S. Geological Survey
Office of Surface Water
National Surface Water Conference and Hydroacoustics Workshop
April 2 – 6, 2007
St. Louis, Missouri

Second Photographic Competition


Category: 1. Disasters

(14 images)


Other Categories: 2. Gage || 3. SW Field Work || 4. Hydroacoustic || 5. Public Service || 6. Historical
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Static GPS survey

September 30, 2005

Static GPS survey at Holly Beach Louisiana after Hurricane Rita
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002_3

USGS first to travel along coastal Highway 82 North of Holly Beach Louisiana after Hurricane Rita

September 25, 2005

USGS first to travel along coastal Highway 82 North of Holly Beach Louisiana after Hurricane Rita
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Highwater mark

September 27, 2005

Anywhere to locate a good highwater mark after storm surge of Hurricane Rita
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002_6

Tauk Sauk pump storage facility

December 15, 2005

View from upper reservoir breach at Tauk Sauk pump storage facility
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002_7

Gage destruction

December 14, 2005

Gage destruction from floodwave moving upstream from upper reservoir breach at Taum Sauk pump storage facility
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002_1

Static GPS survey

September 30, 2005

Static GPS survey at Holly Beach Louisiana after Hurricane Rita
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002_4

National Guard convoy

September 25, 2005

USGS conveying damage assessment to National Guard convoy along coastal Highway 82 after Hurricane Rita.
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003_1

Flood photo

April 26, 2004

Photo taken during high flow conditions in western Arkansas in the spring of 2004.
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Flooding at Road Bridge, Millbury, MA

October 15, 2005

Flooding causes closure of roadway in Millbury Ma
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USGS WRD on Duty Measuring Critical Flows

October 18, 2005

Britt Stock of the MA/RI WSC performs a discharge measurement on closed roadway guarded by the MA state police on Mill River in Taunton, MA

(Note: also listed under Hydroacoustics and Public Service categories)
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USGS on site during an emergency

October 18, 2005

Jerry Girouard and Britt Stock of the USGS get assistance from the Taunton, MA Fire Dept. rigging a ADCP trolley for a q measurement.

(Note: also listed under SW field work, Hydroacoustics, and Public Service categories)
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Flow measurements during flooding crisis

October 18, 2005

Joe Zanca of the MA/RI WSC collects flow data from an ADCP to assist Local, State and Federal officials during an immanent Dam failure from a 175 year old wooden dam

(Note: also listed under SW field work, Hydroacoustics, and Public Service categories)
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Flow measurements during flooding crisis

October 18, 2005

Taunton Fire Dept. Ladder Co. assists Britt Stock, USGS MA/RI WSC in rigging lines for ADCP flow measurements during a state of emergency

(Note: also listed under SW field work, Hydroacoustics, and Public Service categories)
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Paper headline tells tale

May 15, 2006

The Lawrence Ma Eagle Tribune paper headlines read “RIVERS RAGE” as the waters rise.

(Note: also listed under SW Field Work category)
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River Lots for Sale

January, 2002

River Lots for Sale, Tennessee River at Savannah, TN (03593500)
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022_1

Culvert blowout!

October 24, 2005

Culvert blowout at Warren Brook in Alstead, NH


(Note: Submitted too late for contest.)
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022_2

Warren Brook disaster

October 24, 2005

Old culvert location at Warren Brook in Alstead, NH


(Note: Submitted too late for contest.)
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022_8

Aerial photo of Cold River

October 13, 2005

Areial photograph of Rt. 123 at Cold River in Alstead, NH

(Note: original submitted as gif (NOTE: Original as a GIF 007_1

(Note: Submitted too late for contest.)

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