Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center - Alabama
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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 was developed by USGS in cooperation with the following agencies: Featured ProjectU.S. Geological Survey Flood Inundation Mapping ScienceStatic flood-inundation map libraries consist of maps that have been created in advance of a flood that are ready to be served through the Internet. Each library consists of a set of flood extent and depth maps developed for predetermined stream stage intervals (for example, a map for each one foot of stage). A user can view real-time or forecast stage data from a USGS streamgage or National Weather Service flood forecast point and quickly access the map corresponding to the stage data. Example: Inundation Mapping, Black Warrior River at Oliver Lock and Dam, AL Courtesy of National Weather Service – Weather Forecast Office, Birmingham, AL. To learn more about flood-inundation mapping science, please call (334) 395-4120. Highlighted PublicationsThe Alabama Water Science Center Publications about Water ResourcesScientific Investigations Report 2015-5014 Data Series 855 Data Series 840 Data Series 839 Data Series 838 Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5021 Data Series 826 Open-File Report 2013-1298 Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5152 |