Category: 1. Disasters
11-014_01
First Place
Swiftcurrent Creek
November 7, 2006
Swiftcurrent Creek at Many Glacier, Flood Event of November 2006
D.A . Bischoff
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11-003_05
Second Place
Sinking house
June 13, 1935
A house slumps into an unnamed Nebraska river.
(Note: Also listed in Historical category)
F.H. Fowler (Robert Swanson)
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11-011_03
Third Place
Gowanda Halloween
August 13, 2010
Debris cleared from flooded homes in Gowanda, NY
Scott Grover
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11-003_07
Measuring flow on flooded Elkhorn River
June 27, 1947
USGS hydrographers make a high flow measurement on the Elkhorn
River in Nebraska. This same style of equipment is still in
use for measuring discharge on several Nebraska streams as
hydroacoustics fail due to high sediment load movement.
(Note: Also listed in Historical category)
D.D. Lewis (Robert Swanson)
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11-014_02
Flooding at Gibson Dam
June 1964
Gibson Dam on the Sun River , Montana June 1964
George F. Roskie USFS (D.A. Bischoff)
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11-003_03
Bridge out
June 13, 2010
Peak of record flooding washed out the gage bridge at the USGS
Streamgage on the North Loup River at Taylor, NE.
R.A. Creek (Robert Swanson)
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11-005_04
Channel alteration
May 15, 2005
Animas River Avalanche, geomorphic changes on the way.
(09359020 Animas River below Silverton)
Dave Grey
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11-018_06
Office Renovation Disaster Zone
November 15, 2010
Office Renovation activities at the NC Water Science Center,
Asheville Field Office. Brad Huffman sits at crammed work
station behind plastic curtain.
John A. Mazurek
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11-018_07
Q-Dub Near Disaster
April 14, 2009
Maiden voyage with water quality truck nearly ends in disaster.
John A. Mazurek
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11-018_08
Tipping Bucket Invasion
October 30, 2009
352231082325601 Boylston Creek at Mills River, NC. Ants and
wolf spiders take control of tipping bucket raingage.
John A. Mazurek
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