Our Capabilities
We have specialist capabilities for water data collection & dissemination, flood & drought response, water-quality science, and geophysics
Monitor developing conditions
The National Water Dashboard displays streamflow and flooding conditions in context with current weather and hazard conditions.
Impacts from oil and natural-gas production
Review of land-use, water-quality, and sediment-quality changes associated with oil and natural-gas production in the Eagle Ford.
Crest-stage data for ungaged west Texas streams
Annual and approximately quarterly peak streamflow data collected from small- to medium-sized watersheds in central and western Texas.
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
Water information is fundamental to national and local economic well-being, protection of life and property, and effective management of water resources. USGS works with partners in Oklahoma and Texas to monitor, assess, conduct targeted research, and deliver information on a wide range of water resources including streamflow, groundwater, water quality, and water use and availability.
News
OTWSC Webinar, Wednesday, March 6th - Flood Decision Support Toolbox (FDST)
New USGS report provides insights into groundwater and subsidence in the Houston area
OTWSC Webinar, Friday November 19th - Data Driven Applications
Publications
Streamflow, base flow, and precipitation trends and simulated effects of Rush Springs aquifer groundwater withdrawals on base flows upgradient from Fort Cobb Reservoir, western Oklahoma
Status of water-level altitudes and long-term and short-term water-level changes in the Chicot and Evangeline (undifferentiated) and Jasper aquifers, greater Houston area, Texas, 2023
Flash drought: A state of the science review
In the two decades, since the advent of the term “flash drought,” considerable research has been directed toward the topic. Within the scientific community, we have actively forged a new paradigm that has avoided a chaotic evolution of conventional drought but instead recognizes that flash droughts have distinct dynamics and, particularly, impacts. We have moved beyond the initial debate over the