U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Geological Survey Monitoring Locations API

USGS stream gages, groundwater wells, and other water monitoring stations.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /collections/monitoring-locations Get Monitoring locations metadata #
GET /collections/monitoring-locations/items Get Monitoring locations items #
OPTIONS /collections/monitoring-locations/items Options for Monitoring locations items #
POST /collections/monitoring-locations/items Get Monitoring locations items with CQL2 #
GET /collections/monitoring-locations/items/{featureId} Get Monitoring locations item by id #
OPTIONS /collections/monitoring-locations/items/{featureId} Options for Monitoring locations item by id #
GET /collections/monitoring-locations/queryables Get Monitoring locations queryables #
GET /collections/monitoring-locations/schema Get Monitoring locations schema #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
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GettingStarted
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/
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Documentation
https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
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Authentication
https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/signup/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/openapi/u-s-geological-survey-monitoring-locations-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-schema/usgs-earthquake-api-earthquake-properties-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-schema/usgs-water-data-api-monitoring-location-properties-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-schema/usgs-water-data-api-time-series-properties-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-ld/usgs-earthquake-api-context.jsonld
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/examples/usgs-earthquake-api-earthquake-properties-example.json
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-ld/usgs-water-data-api-context.jsonld
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/examples/usgs-water-data-api-monitoring-location-properties-example.json

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OpenAPI Specification

u-s-geological-survey-monitoring-locations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: U S Geological Survey Monitoring Locations API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-generated-from differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-keywords differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged monitoring-locations across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: u-s-geological-survey-water-data-ogc-api-openapi.yml, usgs-water-data-api-openapi.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- description: 'The United States Geological Survey (USGS) collects water data at monitoring locations across the United States using both automated sensors and manual data collection. These APIs provide access to that data, alongside metadata about data collections and monitoring locations, in standardized machine-readable formats.

    '
  url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/ogcapi/v0
tags:


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