Item talk:Q226796

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pennsylvania-water-science-center/science/rapid-deployment-network-flooding-pennsylvania",
 "headline": "Rapid Deployment Network for Flooding in Pennsylvania",
 "datePublished": "June 10, 2024",
 "author": [
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     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Mark A Roland",
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     "name": "Victor S Cortes, II",
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     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Marla Stuckey",
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     "name": "Eliza L. Gross",
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     "text": "Water information is fundamental to national and local economic well-being, and to the protection of life and property. The USGS streamgage network is the largest in the U.S. and collects stream water levels from more than 10,000 streamgages nationwide."
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     "text": "Limitations of equipment availability and concern for personnel safety prevent the gaging of all streams of interest during an anticipated storm event and create the need to determine preferred gage locations. Pre-identification of RDN locations supports expedited decision-making for site selection, resulting in safer and more timely installation of flood monitoring instruments."
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     "text": "215 Limekiln Road\nNew Cumberland, PA 17070\nUnited States"
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     "text": "Flood Data Collection in Pennsylvania, a web geonarrative, describes the compilation of available data related to flood hazards. An interactive web mapper, Pennsylvania Bridge Over Water Locations Being Considered for Flood Data Collection, helps select sites for the rapid deployment network. Geospatial data includes:"
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     "text": "Currently, USGS scientists are engaged in field reconnaissance of potential RDN sites and in testing stream water level sensors. Elevations of local points of interest, including bridge decks, road intersections, walking paths, and parking lots, are being surveyed. Use of these elevation data in the USGS Real-Time Flood Impact Map helps convey immediate flood risks. Water level data will be displayed in the USGS Flood Event Viewer."
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     "text": "USGS, in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 3 and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), is developing a Rapid Deployment Network (RDN) for monitoring stream levels at currently unmonitored locations in Pennsylvania during flooding. RDN data helps emergency response agencies protect life and property during forecast floods and informs flood mitigation planning."
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   {
     "@type": "TextObject",
     "text": "Even with almost 400 streamgages in Pennsylvania, there is still a need for additional data collection at unmonitored locations during flooding. Water levels and associated data at both gaged or ungaged streams and rivers during and after major storm events help"
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   "name": "Pennsylvania Water Science Center",
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