USGS National Water Information System
The USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) provides access to millions of sites measuring streamflow, groundwater levels, and water quality. This web service provides methods for retrieving daily values data, such as discharge and water levels, from NWIS. For more information about NWIS, see the NWIS home page at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis
Network Code: NWIS
Vocabulary: NWIS
Status
Provisonal
Simple Example
Input Parameters
Site code example: NWIS:10263500
Variable example:NWIS:000060
Example
NWIS Example Data (caption)| Service | Method | siteID | variable | StartDate | EndDate | authToken |
|---|
| NWISDV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:10263500 | NWIS:00060 | 2005-08-01 | 2006-08-01 |
| NWISDV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:10109000 | NWIS:00060 | 2006-08-01 | 2006-08-16 |
| NWISDV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:312208110070502 | NWIS:00060 | 2000-08-09 2002-07-23 |
| NWISDV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:363143110355001 | NWIS:72019 | 2006-08-01 | 2006-08-16 |
| NWISDV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:01103025 | NWIS:00060 | 2005-12-23 | 2006-08-11 |
| NWISDV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:01103025 | NWIS:00065 | 2005-12-23 | 2006-08-11 |
| NWISDV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:01103025 | NWIS:00055 | 2005-12-23 | 2006-08-11 |
| NWIS?? | getVariableInfo | NWIS:00065 | | |
| NWIS?? | getVariableInfo | NWIS:00010 | | |
| NWIS?? | getVariableInfo | NWIS:00055 | | |
| NWISGW | getVariableInfo | NWIS:72019 | | |
| NWISDV | getSiteInfo | NWIS:10263500 | | |
| NWISDV | getSiteInfo | NWIS:10109000 | | |
| NWISDV | getSiteInfo | NWIS:01103025 | | |
| NWISIID | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:01578310 | NWIS:00530 | 2001-01-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| NWISIID | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:363143110355001 | NWIS:00010 | 1972-06-16 | 1972-06-16 |
| NWISIID | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:363143110355001 | NWIS:00900 | 1972-06-16 | 1972-06-16 |
| NWISIID | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:363143110355001 | NWIS:71850 | 1972-06-16 | 1972-06-16 |
| NWISIID | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:10324500 | NWIS:00061 | 1977-04-04 | 1991-11-01 |
| NWISIID | getSiteInfo | NWIS:10109000 | | |
| NWISIID | getSiteInfo | NWIS:363143110355001 | |
| NWISGW | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:374132113063601 | NWIS:72019 | | |
| NWISGW | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:363143110355001 | NWIS:72019 | | |
| NWISGW | getSiteInfo | NWIS:374132113063601 | | |
| NWISGW | getSiteInfo | NWIS:344544112025001 | | |
| NWISUV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:10109000 | NWIS:00065 | note use date 31 days before today) || (note use todays date) |
| NWISUV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:344544112025001 | NWIS:72019 | | (note use date 31 days before today) (note use todays date) |
| NWISUV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:10324500 | NWIS:00065 | | (note use date 31 days before today) (note use todays date) |
| NWISUV | getValues/getValueObject | NWIS:10324500 | NWIS:00060 | | (note use date 31 days before today) (note use todays date) |
| NWISUV | getSiteInfo | NWIS:10109000 | | |
| NWISUV | getSiteInfo | NWIS:344544112025001 | || |
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