USGS Water Data OGC APIs
type: WebAPI
description: These APIs provide OGC-compliant interfaces to USGS water data, letting you download continuous sensor measurements, discrete field measurements, metadata about monitoring locations, and more.
version: 0.56.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
provider: U.S. Geological Survey
  type: GovernmentOrganization
  contact point: ContactPoint
    contact type: technical support
documentation: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
terms of service: https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits
offers: Offer
  price: 0
  price currency: USD
  description: Free public access; API keys available at no cost for higher rate limits
has part: Agency Codes
has part: Altitude Datums
has part: Aquifer Codes
has part: Aquifer Types
has part: Channel Measurements
has part: Citations
has part: Combined Metadata
has part: Continuous
has part: Coordinate Accuracy Codes
has part: Coordinate Datum Codes
has part: Coordinate Method Codes
has part: Counties
has part: Countries
has part: Daily
has part: Field Measurements
has part: Field Measurements Metadata
has part: Hydrologic Unit Codes
has part: Latest Continuous
has part: Latest Daily
has part: Latest Field Measurements
has part: Medium Codes
has part: Method Categories
has part: Method Citations
has part: Methods
has part: Monitoring Locations
has part: National Aquifer Codes
has part: Parameter Codes
has part: Peaks
has part: Reliability Codes
has part: Site Types
has part: States
has part: Statistic Codes
has part: Time Series Metadata
has part: Time Zone Codes
has part: Topographic Codes
keywords: water data
keywords: hydrology
keywords: streamflow
keywords: groundwater
keywords: water quality
keywords: monitoring locations
keywords: NWIS
keywords: OGC API
keywords: USGS
keywords: environmental data
keywords: time series
keywords: gage height
keywords: aquifer

Agency Codes
type: DataCatalog

Altitude Datums
type: DataCatalog

Aquifer Codes
type: DataCatalog

Aquifer Types
type: DataCatalog

Channel Measurements
type: DataCatalog

Citations
type: DataCatalog

Combined Metadata
type: DataCatalog

Continuous
type: DataCatalog

Coordinate Accuracy Codes
type: DataCatalog

Coordinate Datum Codes
type: DataCatalog

Coordinate Method Codes
type: DataCatalog

Counties
type: DataCatalog

Countries
type: DataCatalog

Daily
type: DataCatalog

Field Measurements
type: DataCatalog

Field Measurements Metadata
type: DataCatalog

Hydrologic Unit Codes
type: DataCatalog

Latest Continuous
type: DataCatalog

Latest Daily
type: DataCatalog

Latest Field Measurements
type: DataCatalog

Medium Codes
type: DataCatalog

Method Categories
type: DataCatalog

Method Citations
type: DataCatalog

Methods
type: DataCatalog

Monitoring Locations
type: DataCatalog

National Aquifer Codes
type: DataCatalog

Parameter Codes
type: DataCatalog

Peaks
type: DataCatalog

Reliability Codes
type: DataCatalog

Site Types
type: DataCatalog

States
type: DataCatalog

Statistic Codes
type: DataCatalog

Time Series Metadata
type: DataCatalog

Time Zone Codes
type: DataCatalog

Topographic Codes
type: DataCatalog