US Department of Defense

US Department of Defense Levels API

Location levels and pool data

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: USACE Corps Water Management System Data Catalog Levels API
  description: The Corps Water Management System Data API (CDA) is a REST service providing programmatic access to USACE water management data. It supports retrieval of time series measurements, monitoring locations, rating curves, reservoir pool levels, lock data, and operational information across Army Corps of Engineers projects. Public data is accessible without authentication; write operations require an API key.
  version: latest
  contact:
    url: https://cwms-data.usace.army.mil/cwms-data/
  license:
    name: US Government Work
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
servers:
- url: https://cwms-data.usace.army.mil/cwms-data/api/latest
  description: National CWMS Data API Production Server
- url: https://water.usace.army.mil/cwms-data/api/latest
  description: USACE Water Data Production Server
tags:
- name: Levels
  description: Location levels and pool data
paths:
  /levels:
    get:
      operationId: getLevels
      summary: Get Location Levels
      description: Returns location level data including pool elevations, flood stages, and operational thresholds for CWMS monitoring locations.
      tags:
      - Levels
      parameters:
      - name: office
        in: query
        description: USACE district office ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: location-id
        in: query
        description: CWMS location identifier
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: parameter-id
        in: query
        description: Parameter identifier (e.g., Stage, Elev)
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit
        in: query
        description: Unit system for output values
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: begin
        in: query
        description: Start of time window
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: end
        in: query
        description: End of time window
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Location level data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /pools:
    get:
      operationId: getPools
      summary: Get Reservoir Pools
      description: Returns reservoir pool definitions including storage zones, flood control pools, and conservation pools for USACE projects.
      tags:
      - Levels
      parameters:
      - name: office
        in: query
        description: USACE district office ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: project-id-mask
        in: query
        description: Pattern mask to filter project IDs
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: name-mask
        in: query
        description: Pattern mask to filter pool names
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit
        in: query
        description: Unit system for output values
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Reservoir pool definitions
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object