US Department of Defense Locations API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: USACE Corps Water Management System Data Catalog Locations 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: Locations
  description: CWMS monitoring locations and metadata
paths:
  /locations:
    get:
      operationId: getLocations
      summary: Get Locations
      description: Returns a list of CWMS monitoring locations matching the specified criteria. Locations represent physical sites where measurements are taken or water management occurs.
      tags:
      - Locations
      parameters:
      - name: office
        in: query
        description: Filter by USACE district office ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: names
        in: query
        description: Pipe-separated list of location IDs to retrieve
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit
        in: query
        description: Unit system for coordinates (EN or SI)
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: datum
        in: query
        description: Elevation datum for location elevations
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: format
        in: query
        description: Response format
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - tab
          - csv
          - xml
          default: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Location data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocationsResponse'
        '404':
          description: Location not found
  /locations/{locationId}:
    get:
      operationId: getLocation
      summary: Get Location Details
      description: Returns details for a single CWMS monitoring location.
      tags:
      - Locations
      parameters:
      - name: locationId
        in: path
        description: CWMS location identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: office
        in: query
        description: USACE district office ID
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit
        in: query
        description: Unit system for coordinates
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Location details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        '404':
          description: Location not found
  /locations/catalog:
    get:
      operationId: getLocationCatalog
      summary: Get Location Catalog
      description: Returns a searchable catalog of all available CWMS locations.
      tags:
      - Locations
      parameters:
      - name: office
        in: query
        description: Filter by USACE district office ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        description: Pagination cursor
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page-size
        in: query
        description: Number of entries per page
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Location catalog entries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /basins:
    get:
      operationId: getBasins
      summary: Get Basins
      description: Returns hydrologic basins defined in CWMS.
      tags:
      - Locations
      parameters:
      - name: office
        in: query
        description: USACE district office ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of basins
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  schemas:
    Location:
      type: object
      properties:
        office-id:
          type: string
          description: USACE district office ID
        name:
          type: string
          description: Location identifier
        latitude:
          type: number
          description: Latitude in decimal degrees
        longitude:
          type: number
          description: Longitude in decimal degrees
        elevation:
          type: number
          description: Elevation above datum
        horizontal-datum:
          type: string
          description: Horizontal coordinate datum
        vertical-datum:
          type: string
          description: Vertical elevation datum
        time-zone-name:
          type: string
          description: Time zone for the location
        location-type:
          type: string
          description: Classification of the location type
        county-name:
          type: string
          description: County name
        state-initial:
          type: string
          description: Two-letter state abbreviation
        active:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the location is currently active
        public-name:
          type: string
          description: Public-facing display name
        long-name:
          type: string
          description: Full long name of the location
        description:
          type: string
          description: Description of the location
    LocationsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        locations:
          type: object
          properties:
            properties:
              type: object
              properties:
                office-id:
                  type: string
                name:
                  type: string
                latitude:
                  type: number
                longitude:
                  type: number
                elevation:
                  type: number
                horizontal-datum:
                  type: string
                vertical-datum:
                  type: string
                time-zone-name:
                  type: string
                location-type:
                  type: string
                county-name:
                  type: string
                state-initial:
                  type: string
                active:
                  type: boolean
                public-name:
                  type: string
                long-name:
                  type: string
                description:
                  type: string