An expansive view of most of Colorado looking from the south-south-west from the International Space Station (ISS). Photo credit: NASA. General, Geology April 8, 2022 NASA Earth Observatory One of our favorite online feeds is from the NASA Earth Observatory along with their Image of the Day. After catching a recent article on the San Luis Valley, we thought that our loyal subscribers might be interested…
Check dams along drainage ditch Hazards, Water January 14, 2022 Case Study: stormwater Stormwater runoff is excess water associated with a rain or snow storm event that flows over the land surface and is measurable in a downstream river, stream, ditch, gutter, or pipe. From a regulatory perspective, stormwater is managed through some sort of engineered conveyance and is focused…
The Arikaree River at Beecher Island in Yuma County Publications, Water June 7, 2020 New Colorado Groundwater Atlas released ON-010 Colorado Groundwater Atlas
Mount Garfield from Interstate-70 General January 10, 2020 Welcome to the final CGS/RockTalk web iteration If you want to find out what's happening with the new CGS site, read here! Apologies for the incompleteness, it will improve on a daily basis, we promise!
Water Resources Investigation WRI 2017-1a Geology, Water November 15, 2017 A new Water Resources Investigation: Upper Pierre Aquifer Our friends over at the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR) have just released Water Resources Investigation WRI 2017-1a, The Upper Pierre Aquifer of the Cheyenne Basin, Northeastern Colorado, Geologic Cross Sections, authored by Ralf Topper, Clinton D. Meyer, Marshall Haworth, Kevin C. Donegan, Hillary Banks,…