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U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Water Data Monitoring Locations and Observations
OpenL4Data productWeather stations
US monitoring locations and streamflow, water level and other observations through the modern USGS Water Data APIs. Observation availability and cadence vary by station; no live map adapter yet.
USGS public product directory
Category
In-situ observations
Update cadence
—
Latency
—
Archive
2007 – present
Instruments
Provider data service
Sources
USGS public product directory
Formats
JSON
Pricing
Free
Licence
U.S. Government Public Domain
IRI
terrafabric.world/id/collection/usgs-water-observations
Access
Open data, retrieved directly from the source under its licence.
Access endpoints
Licence
U.S. Government Public Domain
No restrictions on use; citation requested.
open: trueattribution: falsecommercial use: true
Machine view
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