{"id":19889,"date":"2021-10-25T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.aoos.org\/?p=19889"},"modified":"2023-07-24T06:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:25:17","slug":"alaska-water-level-watch-kwigillingok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awlw.aoos.org\/alaska-water-level-watch-kwigillingok\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Level Sensor Installed to Monitor Flooding at Kwigillingok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text &#8211; Early in spring of 2021, the community of Kwgillingok&#8230;&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Early in spring of 2021, the community of Kwgillingok experienced coastal flooding from a high tide (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/post\/kwigillingok-experiences-severe-tidal-flooding\">https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/post\/kwigillingok-experiences-severe-tidal-flooding<\/a>). Although Kwigillingok has had coastal flooding in the past (see <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.dggs.alaska.gov\/photodb\/#show=96&amp;search=storm%20kwigillingok\">https:\/\/maps.dggs.alaska.gov\/photodb\/#show=96&amp;search=storm%20kwigillingok<\/a>), the timing and reason for the flooding was unusual. Normally, high water events occur with coastal storm surge during fall rather than on a high tide alone.<\/p>\n<p>Water level sensors help scientists to determine how high water gets relative to land and infrastructure. A water level sensor was installed in Kwigillingok to monitor flooding and help determine trends in tides and coastal storms so that future community planning efforts can utilize data and observations for decision making. Data are available in real-time at (<a href=\"https:\/\/water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org\/#metadata\/110872\/station\">https:\/\/water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org\/#metadata\/110872\/station<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/awlw.aoos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_2827-768&#215;576-1.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;IMG_2827-768&#215;576&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Image Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#303030&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Andrew Herbst, DGGS Analyst, measures the height of the water level sensor to tie measurements into a referenceable datum.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/awlw.aoos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_2845-768&#215;1024-1.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Kuskokwim Delta&#8221; title_text=&#8221;IMG_2845-768&#215;1024&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Image Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#303030&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Kwigillingok is a low-lying community on the Kuskokwim Delta. The community is located on a tidal slough that exits into Kuskokwim Bay (Photo taken by Richard Buzard, DGGS Geologist, August 2021).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early in spring of 2021, the community of Kwgillingok experienced coastal flooding from a high tide (see https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/post\/kwigillingok-experiences-severe-tidal-flooding). Although Kwigillingok has had coastal flooding in the past (see https:\/\/maps.dggs.alaska.gov\/photodb\/#show=96&amp;search=storm%20kwigillingok), the timing and reason for the flooding was unusual. Normally, high water events occur with coastal storm surge during fall rather than on a high tide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"October 22, 2021\r\n\r\nBy Jacquelyn Overbeck, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys\r\n\r\nEarly in spring of 2021, the community of Kwgillingok experienced coastal flooding from a high tide (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/post\/kwigillingok-experiences-severe-tidal-flooding\">https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/post\/kwigillingok-experiences-severe-tidal-flooding<\/a>). Although Kwigillingok has had coastal flooding in the past (see <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.dggs.alaska.gov\/photodb\/#show=96&search=storm%20kwigillingok\">https:\/\/maps.dggs.alaska.gov\/photodb\/#show=96&search=storm%20kwigillingok<\/a>), the timing and reason for the flooding was unusual. Normally, high water events occur with coastal storm surge during fall rather than on a high tide alone. Water level sensors help scientists to determine how high water gets relative to land and infrastructure. A water level sensor was installed in Kwigillingok to monitor flooding and help determine trends in tides and coastal storms so that future community planning efforts can utilize data and observations for decision making. Data are available in real-time at (<a href=\"https:\/\/water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org\/#metadata\/110872\/station\">https:\/\/water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org\/#metadata\/110872\/station<\/a>).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_19891\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.aoos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_2827-scaled.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-19891\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.aoos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_2827-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> Andrew Herbst, DGGS Analyst, measures the height of the water level sensor to tie measurements into a referenceable datum.[\/caption]","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Water Level Sensor Installed to Monitor Flooding at Kwigillingok - Alaska Water Level Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awlw.aoos.org\/alaska-water-level-watch-kwigillingok\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water Level Sensor Installed to Monitor Flooding at Kwigillingok - Alaska Water Level Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Early in spring of 2021, the community of Kwgillingok experienced coastal flooding from a high tide (see https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/post\/kwigillingok-experiences-severe-tidal-flooding). 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