U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District
125th Anniversary of First USGS Streamgage in U.S.
EMBUDO, N.M., -- USGS Hydrologist George Seiber holds up two different instruments for measuring stream flow. The left one uses acoustics to measure; the instrument on the right is a traditional mechanical current meter.
As part of 2014’s Earth Day events, the USGS held a celebration for the 125th anniversary of the Embudo streamgage. The establishment of the gage at Embudo marked the beginning of systematic streamgaging in the United States. The information from river and stream gages is a matter of public safety, environmental protection and wise economic development. The data is used to forecast floods, manage and allocate water resources and design engineering structures such as dams, irrigation structures and bridges.
Photo by Elizabeth Lockyear, April 22, 2014.
125th Anniversary of First USGS Streamgage in U.S.
EMBUDO, N.M., -- USGS Hydrologist George Seiber holds up two different instruments for measuring stream flow. The left one uses acoustics to measure; the instrument on the right is a traditional mechanical current meter.
As part of 2014’s Earth Day events, the USGS held a celebration for the 125th anniversary of the Embudo streamgage. The establishment of the gage at Embudo marked the beginning of systematic streamgaging in the United States. The information from river and stream gages is a matter of public safety, environmental protection and wise economic development. The data is used to forecast floods, manage and allocate water resources and design engineering structures such as dams, irrigation structures and bridges.
Photo by Elizabeth Lockyear, April 22, 2014.