Matthew C. Scragg
Education and/or Training
M.S. 2025, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Earth Systems Science and Hydrology
B.S. 2020, Northern Arizona University, Civil Engineering
Projects and/or Research Interests
M. is a hydrologist working on the Renewable Energy Program, which aims to inventory hydropower resources across the state. M.'s interests include hydrology, hydraulics, river ice processes, hydropower, and watershed management.
Professional Experience
- 2025-present, Hydrologist, DGGS
- 2024-2025, Hydrographer, USGS
- 2022-2024, Research Assistant, UAF Water and Environmental Research Center
- 2020-2022, Engineer in Training, JE Fuller Hydrology & Geomorphology, Inc.
- 2018-2021, Ski & Snowboard Instructor, Arizona Snowbowl
- 2018, Environmental Monitoring, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Selected Presentations
- Scragg, M., Arp, C.D., Bondurant, A.C., Brown, D.N., Sullivan, T., and Toniolo, H., 2024, Open flow at forty below: Hydrogeomorphic processes influencing open water zones on the Tanana River: Alaska Section AWRA Annual Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1-3 April 2024. https://ak-awra.org/ameetings/2024am/AK_AWRA_2024_Conference_Program_20240331.pdf
- Scragg, M., and Arp, C.D., 2023, Fresh Eyes on Ice: Connecting arctic communities through a revitalized and modernized freshwater ice observation network: Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum, Dillingham, Alaska, 5-6 April 2023. https://seagrant.uaf.edu/events/waisc/2023/
- Scragg, M., and Arp, C.D., 2023, Fresh Eyes on Ice: Connecting arctic communities through a revitalized and modernized freshwater ice observation network: Alaska Section AWRA Annual Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, 6-8 March 2023. https://ak-awra.org/ameetings/2023am/AK_AWRA_Conference_Program_20230307.pdf
- Scragg, M., and Whitney, R., 2022, Cameras: A tool for post wildfire flood monitoring and warning: Alert Users Group Flood Warning Systems Training Conference & Exposition, Palm Springs, California, 3-6 May 2022. https://www.alertsystems.org/presentations/Conf2022/2022conf_agenda.html
- Loverich, J., Helton, C., Sharp, I., Acton, P., Kellogg, M., Ogden, S., and Scragg, M., 2021, A tale of two Arizona fires: A case study of the Museum and Telegraph Fires emergency flood risk analyses, and subsequent monsoonal flooding: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs v. 53, no. 6, GSA Connects 2021, Portland, Oregon, 10-13 October 2021. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2021AM-370434
- Scragg, M., and Loverich, J., 2021, Oak Creek Watershed post-fire analysis: Arizona Floodplain Management Fall Conference, Sedona, Arizona, 27-29 October 2021. https://azfma.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=432775&item_id=1537263
- Scragg, M., and Youberg, A., 2021, Yavapai County post-wildfire flood and debris flow assessment: Arizona Floodplain Management Fall Conference, Sedona, Arizona, 27-29 October 2021. https://azfma.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=432775&item_id=1537263
