USGS Water Services

USGS Groundwater Levels Service

Provides historical manually-recorded groundwater level measurements from USGS wells and monitoring sites. Returns depth-to-water and water-level-above-datum values in JSON or RDB format. For automated real-time groundwater data, the Instantaneous Values Service should be used.

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Documentation
https://waterservices.usgs.gov/docs/groundwater-levels/groundwater-levels-details/

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Website
https://waterservices.usgs.gov/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: usgs-water:groundwater-levels
name: USGS Groundwater Levels Service
description: Provides historical manually-recorded groundwater level measurements from USGS wells and
  monitoring sites. Returns depth-to-water and water-level-above-datum values in JSON or RDB format. For
  automated real-time groundwater data, the Instantaneous Values Service should be used.
humanURL: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/docs/groundwater-levels/groundwater-levels-details/
baseURL: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/nwis/gwlevels/
tags:
- Groundwater
- Water Levels
- Wells
- Aquifers
- Historical
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/docs/groundwater-levels/groundwater-levels-details/
- type: Website
  url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/