First USGS Streamgage near Embudo, New Mexico125 years

Inside a Streamgage

Flowmeasurementsare used to calibrate the gage

Network Costs• $163M per year• 850+ Partners• Half of all funds

from state or local agencies

• About ¼ of funds from OFAs

Streamgages• 8,025 gages• 99 % real-time• Most support

three or more uses

The USGS Streamgage Network Is A National Collaboration

Competing Uses for a Limited Supply

Energy

Instream Flows forRecreation and forThe Environment

Municipal andIndustrial

Agriculture