Department of Interior · Example Payload

Usgs Water Monitoring Location Example

Example GeoJSON feature for a USGS water monitoring site

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Usgs Water Monitoring Location Example is an example object payload from Department of Interior, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

summarydescriptionvalue

Example Payload

{
  "summary": "USGS Water Data - Monitoring Location Feature",
  "description": "Example GeoJSON feature for a USGS water monitoring site",
  "value": {
    "type": "Feature",
    "id": "01646500",
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [
        -77.1303,
        38.9711
      ]
    },
    "properties": {
      "monitoringLocationNumber": "01646500",
      "monitoringLocationName": "POTOMAC RIVER NEAR WASH, DC LITTLE FALLS PUMP STA",
      "monitoringLocationType": "Stream",
      "stateFipsCode": "11",
      "countyFipsCode": "11001",
      "huc8Code": "02070008",
      "drainageAreaValue": "11560",
      "drainageAreaUnit": "square miles",
      "altitudeValue": "36.5",
      "altitudeUnit": "feet above NGVD29"
    },
    "links": [
      {
        "href": "https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/01646500/",
        "rel": "canonical",
        "type": "text/html"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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