USGS Stream Flow and Water Quality Data Available OnLine

by Duane Nichols on April 6, 2012

Introduction

The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS) is a comprehensive and distributed application that supports the acquisition, processing, and long-term storage of water data. USGS Water Data for the Nation Site serves as the publicly available portal to a geographically seamless set of much of the water data maintained within NWIS (additional background). USGS Water Data for the Nation Site provides access to water data from over 1.5 million sites in all 50 States and additional border and territorial sites. The data are organized within the categories listed to the left.The water data available via this site have been acquired as part of the USGS investigations of the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution, and movement of the surface and underground waters that constitute the Nation’s water resources. Additional information about the USGS and water resources of the Nation is available at water.usgs.gov

Daily Streamflow Conditions

Select a site to retrieve data and station information.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

  The colored dots on this map depict streamflow conditions as a percentile, which is computed from the period of record for the current day of the year. Only stations with at least 30 years of record are used.The gray circles indicate other stations that were not ranked in percentiles either because they have fewer than 30 years of record or because they report parameters other than streamflow. Some stations, for example, measure stage only.

 Current streamflow conditions in West Virginia; click to go to a live map.
Map legend.

 

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