Surface-Water Data Collection in New York

Problem Surface-water information is needed for planning, design, hazard warning, and operation and management in water-related fields such as water supply, hydroelectric power, flood control, irrigation, bridge and culvert design, wildlife management, pollution abatement, flood-plain management, and water-resources development. Appropriate historical and real-time surface-water data, such as stream flow and stage, reservoir levels, and water temperature, are necessary to properly assess, manage and protect water resources. Objectives Collect timely and high quality surface-water data for (1) assessment of water resources; (2) operation of reservoirs or industries; (3) forecasting flow; (4) disposal of wastes...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Climate Impacts, Climate Impacts, Climate Research and Development, Climate impacts, Cooperative Water Program, All tags... Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, and Libraries, Ecoflows, Ecoflows, Ecoflows, Energy Resources, Environments, Flood Inundation, Flood Inundation, Flood Inundation, Floods and Droughts, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Low Flow or Peak Flow, Low Flow or Peak Flow, Low flow or peak flow, SW Model, SW model, Stream Hydraulics, Stream Hydraulics, Stream hydraulics, StreamStats, StreamStats, StreamStats, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, Toxic Substance Hydrology, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Fewer tags

Southeastern New York Tide-Telemetry and Coastal-Flood-Warning System

The coastal areas of southeastern New York (fig. 1) are highly vulnerable to tidal flooding (fig. 2). Timely evacuation of people from flood-threatened areas in advance of approaching hurricanes and nor'easters (northeast coastal storms) requires adequate flood-warning time. To begin addressing this need for immediate information on coastal flooding, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Town of Hempstead Department of Conservation & Waterways, Village of Freeport, and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, has operated a network of real-time tidal water-elevation and meteorological stations since 1997 in the coastal areas of Long Island and New York City. Each tidal water-elevation...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Climate Impacts, Climate Impacts, Climate impacts, Coastal Science, Coastal Science, All tags... Cooperative Water Program, Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, and Libraries, Flood Hazards, Flood Hazards, Flood Hazards, Flood Inundation, Flood Inundation, Flood Inundation, Flood Science, Flood Science, Flood Science, Floods and Droughts, GW or SW, GW or SW, GW or SW, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Low Flow or Peak Flow, Low Flow or Peak Flow, Low flow or peak flow, New York, Stormwater, Stormwater, Stormwater, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Use and Availability Science, Water Use and Availability Science, coastal areas of southeastern New York, Fewer tags