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Usgs Water Data Api Monitoring Location Properties Example

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Usgs Water Data Api Monitoring Location Properties Example is an example object payload from U.S. Geological Survey, with 9 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

monitoringLocationIdentifiermonitoringLocationNamemonitoringLocationTypeNamehucEightDigitCodestateFIPSCodecountryCodedrainageAreaMeasuredrainageAreaMeasureUnitCodesiteWebAddress

Example Payload

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{
  "monitoringLocationIdentifier": "USGS-11169025",
  "monitoringLocationName": "GUADALUPE R AB HWY 237 NR ALVISO CA",
  "monitoringLocationTypeName": "Stream",
  "hucEightDigitCode": "18050001",
  "stateFIPSCode": "06",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "drainageAreaMeasure": 850.0,
  "drainageAreaMeasureUnitCode": "sq mi",
  "siteWebAddress": "https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory?agency_code=USGS&site_no=11169025"
}