KAMM
Ky Association of Mitigation Managers

What is a Streamgage?

• A device that can provide continuous information on streamflow, water level, water quality, and/or precipitation
• Streamflow is a volume of water that passes a point on a stream per unit of time

 

 

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USGS Monitoring Network

Kentucky Real-time

• Surface Water Sites
• Water Quality Sites
• Ground Water Sites
• Precipitation Gages
• Lake/Reservoir Gages
• 4 “Super” Gages 2019

 

 

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Uses of the Data

▪ Planning, forecasting, and warning about floods and droughts

▪ Managing water rights and transboundary water issues ▪ Operating waterways for power production and navigation

▪ Monitoring environmental conditions to protect aquatic habitats

▪ Describing impacts to streamflow from changing land and water uses

▪ Assessing water quality and regulating pollutant discharges

▪ Determining if streams are safe for recreational activities

▪ Designing reservoirs, roads, bridges, drinking water and wastewater facilities

 

 

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Presentations by USGS

Download the following presentations given at a KAMM Conference

• USGS_Streamgaging_101 – USGS-water-data\

• USGS-water-data – How to Obtain Data from the Web

 

 

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More information

• U.S. Geological Survey Water Mission Area Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program: https://www.usgs.gov/gwsip
• WaterWatch: https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/
• WaterAlert: https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/wateralert/
• WaterNow: https://water.usgs.gov/waternow/
• National Water Information System: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis
• Techniques and Methods 3–A8 Discharge Measurements at Gaging Stations: https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/tm3-a8/
• Water Cycle Glossary of Terms (Recommended by Ms. Platt’s elementary science students, Bay Minette AL): – https://www.oberk.com/watercycleglossaryofterms

 

 

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