US Army Corps of Engineers Locations API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: USACE CWMS Data Catalog Locations API
  description: The Corps Water Management System (CWMS) Data API (CDA) is a RESTful API that enables secure data exchange for publicly available USACE water management data. The API provides access to timeseries data, location information, ratings, reservoirs, levels, and other water resource data maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: USACE HEC
    url: https://cwms-data.usace.army.mil/cwms-data/
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
servers:
- url: https://cwms-data.usace.army.mil/cwms-data
  description: Production server (public data)
- url: https://cwms-data-test.cwbi.us/cwms-data
  description: Test server
tags:
- name: Locations
paths:
  /locations:
    get:
      operationId: getLocations
      summary: Get Locations
      description: Returns a list of CWMS locations, optionally filtered by office, kind, and name pattern.
      tags:
      - Locations
      parameters:
      - name: names
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter by location names (pipe-delimited)
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: office
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter by office identifier
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Unit system for coordinate data (EN or SI)
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - EN
          - SI
      - name: datum
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Vertical datum for elevation
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: category-id
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Location category filter
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page-size
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Records per page
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 500
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Pagination cursor
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of locations
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocationsResponse'
  /locations/{location-id}:
    get:
      operationId: getLocation
      summary: Get Location by ID
      description: Returns details for a specific CWMS location.
      tags:
      - Locations
      parameters:
      - name: location-id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The location identifier
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: office
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Office that owns the location
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Unit system (EN or SI)
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - EN
          - SI
      - name: datum
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Vertical datum
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Location details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        '404':
          description: Location not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Location:
      type: object
      description: A CWMS monitored location
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Location identifier
        latitude:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: WGS84 latitude
        longitude:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: WGS84 longitude
        elevation:
          type: number
          description: Location elevation
        vertical-datum:
          type: string
          description: Vertical datum for elevation
        horizontal-datum:
          type: string
          description: Horizontal datum for coordinates
        public-name:
          type: string
          description: Public display name
        long-name:
          type: string
          description: Full location description
        description:
          type: string
          description: Additional description
        kind:
          type: string
          description: Location kind (e.g., SITE, STREAM, RESERVOIR)
        type:
          type: string
          description: Location type
        time-zone-name:
          type: string
          description: Location time zone
        county-name:
          type: string
          description: County name
        state-initial:
          type: string
          description: State two-letter abbreviation
        active:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the location is active
        office-id:
          type: string
          description: Office that owns this location
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
    LocationsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        page:
          type: string
        next-page:
          type: string
        total:
          type: integer
        page-size:
          type: integer
        locations:
          type: object
          properties:
            location:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'