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Water Resources of AlabamaWelcome to the new website for the USGS Alabama Water Science Center!Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web page for the water resources of Alabama; this is your direct link to all kinds of water-resource information. Here you'll find information on Alabama's rivers and streams. You'll also find information about ground water, water quality, and many other topics. The USGS operates the most extensive satellite network of stream-gaging stations in the state, many of which form the backbone of flood-warning systems. The USGS provides current ("real-time") stream stage and streamflow, water-quality, and ground-water levels for over 200 sites in Alabama. USGS Alabama HighlightsUSGS StreamStatsStreamStats is a Web-based tool that provides streamflow statistics, drainage-basin characteristics, and other information for USGS streamgaging stations and for user-selected ungaged sites on streams. When users select the location of a streamgaging station, StreamStats provides previously published information from a database. When users select a site on an ungaged stream, StreamStats will determine the drainage-basin boundary for the site, compute a variety of drainage-basin characteristics, and solve regression equations to estimate streamflow statistic for the site. This information is needed by engineers, land and water-resource managers, biologists, and many others to help guide decisions in their everyday work. StreamStats for Alabama is under development and expected to be completed by Fall 2012. Implementation of Alabama StreamStats was done by the USGS in cooperation with the following agencies: Featured ProjectHistorical Preservation of Toomer's Oaks in Auburn, ALThe Alabama Water Science Center and Dr. Luke Marzen, Professor of Geography at Auburn University utilized a tripod-mounted laser scanner to capture every dimension of the trees. The tripod-mounted laser scanner also known as terrestrial light detection and ranging (T-LiDAR) quickly scans and outputs XYZ geospatial data to produce highly accurate 3 dimensional (3D) point cloud of the surveyed scene. Click here to find out more about this ALWSC project. Highlighted PublicationsThe Alabama Water Science Center Publications about Water ResourcesOpen-File Report 2011-1102 Scientific Investigations Map 3176 Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5148 Open-File Report 2011-1027 Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5066 Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5012 |