USGS Water Services

Provides access to real-time and historical water data from USGS monitoring stations across the United States, including streamflow, groundwater levels, water quality measurements, and statistical summaries.

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Slug: usgs-water-services
Key: usgs.gov:usgs-water-services
Base URL: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 5
Reachable: unknown
CORS: unknown
Tier: verified

Topics

EARTH_SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT

Endpoints (5)

Path Summary Response Auth
nwis/dv/ Get daily values application/json —
nwis/gwlevels Get groundwater level data text/html —
nwis/iv/ Get instantaneous values text/html —
nwis/site/ Get site metadata text/plain —
nwis/stat/ Get statistics text/plain —