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April 2001
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USGS Launches New Flood Tracking Website for South Dakota
Huron, S.D. -- A new Flood Tracking Website has been launched by the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Office in South Dakota. Aimed at
providing hydrological information to emergency management and other
essential government agencies, the 2001 Flood Tracking Website will be up
and running at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 6.
Similar to a webpage that the USGS operated during the spring 1997 floods,
the new Flood Tracking Website will assist federal, state and local
agencies and organizations involved in water management to deal with
potential flooding along the James, Vermillion and Big Sioux Rivers.
Information from the website can be used for managing programs associated
with flood warning and damage assessment.
The website, which can be accessed at http://sd.water.usgs.gov/flood, also
provides the general public and news media with a tool to track South
Dakota's rising stream levels and flood risks.
"Given the high level of snowpack in areas of the state and the likelihood
of significant flooding in the James River Basin and along other rivers in
the eastern part of the state, the USGS decided to launch a 2001 Flood
Tracking Website," said USGS Subdistrict Chief Rick Benson, whose office is
coordinating measurements at USGS streamflow-gaging stations in the James,
Vermillion and Big Sioux River Basins.
The 2001 Flood Tracking Website includes a map of South Dakota that shows
the location of the James,
Vermillion and Big Sioux River Basins. By clicking on the basin of
interest, users are able to display the location of selected USGS
streamflow-gaging stations for which real-time data are available. By
clicking on the triangle icon for a specific gaging station, the user will
see current streamflow information for that particular site including the
stage or gage-height values for the last five days and the National Weather
Service designated flood stage.
The USGS currently operates about 125 streamflow-gaging stations throughout
South Dakota in cooperation with about 40 federal, state and local
agencies. Historic streamflow information for these stations and near
real-time data for selected stations is available on the South Dakota USGS
homepage at http://sd.water.usgs.gov. Additional water science information
is available at the national USGS water homepage at http://water.usgs.gov.
The USGS serves the nation by providing reliable scientific information to:
describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from
natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources;
and enhance and protect our quality of life.
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