The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) manages and conserves federal lands and natural resources across America. DOI's bureaus and offices provide REST APIs and data services covering national park information, water resources, earthquake data, mineral resources, geospatial federal land boundaries, and wildlife data. Key API providers include the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Department of Interior publishes 78 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Agency Codes API, Altitude Datums API, Aquifer Codes API, and 75 more. Tagged areas include Federal Government, National Parks, Federal Lands, Water Resources, and Wildlife.
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Department of Interior’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.
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The National Park Service Data API provides authoritative data about NPS sites including parks, alerts, campgrounds, events, visitor centers, news releases, articles, and educat...
Real-time earthquake data feeds, notifications, and web services providing access to seismic event data including location, magnitude, depth, and related hazard information. Sup...
API access to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) and related mineral deposit databases. Supports geographic queries, bounding box searches, point queries, and access ...
Bureau of Land Management geospatial REST services providing access to federal land status, cadastral data (Public Land Survey System), mineral rights boundaries, and other BLM-...
ScienceBase provides collaborative scientific data management infrastructure enabling upload, documentation, sharing, and discovery of USGS scientific data using standards-compl...
Code identifying the agency or organization used for site information, data sources, and permitting agencies. Agency codes are fixed values assigned by the National Water Inform...
The recommended vertical datum is NAVD88 (North American Vertical Datum of 1988) where applicable as stated in Office of Information Technical Memo 2002.01. NGVD29 (National Geo...
Local aquifers in USGS data are identified by an aquifer name and geohydrologic unit code (a three-digit number related to the age of the formation, followed by a 4 or 5 charact...
Groundwater occurs in aquifers under two different conditions. Where water only partly fills an aquifer, the upper surface is free to rise and decline. These aquifers are referr...
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location. They are collected at a high frequency and often at a fixed 15-minute interval. Depending...
The name of the county or county equivalent (parish, borough, planning reagion, etc.) in which the site is located. List includes Census Bureau FIPS county codes, names and asso...
Daily data provide one data value to represent water conditions for the day. Throughout much of the history of the USGS, the primary water data available was daily data collecte...
Field measurements are physically measured values collected during a visit to the monitoring location. Field measurements consist of measurements of gage height and discharge, a...
This endpoint provides metadata about field measurement collections, including when the earliest and most recent observations for a parameter occurred at a monitoring location a...
Hydrologic units are geographic areas representing part or all of a surface drainage basin or distinct hydrologic feature identified by a unique number (HUC), and a name. The Un...
This endpoint provides the most recent observation for each time series of continuous data. Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring locatio...
Daily data provide one data value to represent water conditions for the day. Throughout much of the history of the USGS, the primary water data available was daily data collecte...
Field measurements are physically measured values collected during a visit to the monitoring location. Field measurements consist of measurements of gage height and discharge, a...
Medium refers to the specific environmental medium from which the sample was collected. Medium type differs from site type because one site type, such as surface water, could ha...
Water measurement or water-quality analytical methods. Codes and descriptions defining a method for calculating or measuring the value of a water quality or quantity parameter. ...
Location information is basic information about the monitoring location including the name, identifier, agency responsible for data collection, and the date the location was est...
National aquifers are the principal aquifers or aquifer systems in the United States, defined as regionally extensive aquifers or aquifer systems that have the potential to be u...
Parameter codes are 5-digit codes and associated descriptions used to identify the constituent measured and the units of measure. Some parameter code definitions include informa...
Annual peak flow values are the maximum instantaneous streamflow values recorded at a particular site for the entire water year from October 1 to September 30. Note that the ann...
These APIs provide OGC-compliant interfaces to USGS water data, letting you download continuous sensor measurements, discrete field measurements, metadata about monitoring locat...
The hydrologic cycle setting or a man-made feature thought to affect the hydrologic conditions measured at a site. Primary and secondary site types associated with data collecti...
Daily data and continuous measurements are grouped into time series, which represent a collection of observations of a single parameter, potentially aggregated using a standard ...
The ISO 8601 standard defines time zone offsets as a numerical value added to a local time to convert it to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), either as +hh:mm or -hh:mm, or repr...
The code that best describes the topographic setting in which the site is located. Topographic setting refers to the geomorphic features in the vicinity of the site.
aid: doi
name: Department of Interior
description: The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) manages and conserves federal lands and natural resources across America.
DOI's bureaus and offices provide REST APIs and data services covering national park information, water resources, earthquake
data, mineral resources, geospatial federal land boundaries, and wildlife data. Key API providers include the National Park
Service (NPS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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- Federal Government
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- Federal Lands
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- name: NPS Data API
description: The National Park Service Data API provides authoritative data about NPS sites including parks, alerts, campgrounds,
events, visitor centers, news releases, articles, and educational lesson plans. Access requires a free API key sent via
HTTP request header.
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url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
- name: USGS Earthquake Hazards Web Services
description: Real-time earthquake data feeds, notifications, and web services providing access to seismic event data including
location, magnitude, depth, and related hazard information. Supports GeoJSON, QuakeML, and CSV formats.
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- name: USGS Mineral Resources Data API
description: API access to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) and related mineral deposit databases. Supports
geographic queries, bounding box searches, point queries, and access to data on mineral deposits, mining operations, and
geochemical samples across the United States.
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- Minerals
- Mining
- Geochemistry
- Natural Resources
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- type: Documentation
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- FN: USGS Mineral Resources Program
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- name: BLM GIS REST Services
description: Bureau of Land Management geospatial REST services providing access to federal land status, cadastral data
(Public Land Survey System), mineral rights boundaries, and other BLM-managed land data through ArcGIS REST service endpoints.
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- Cadastral
- GIS
- Public Lands
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- FN: Bureau of Land Management Geospatial
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- name: USGS ScienceBase API
description: ScienceBase provides collaborative scientific data management infrastructure enabling upload, documentation,
sharing, and discovery of USGS scientific data using standards-compliant REST web services. Covers a broad range of earth
science, ecology, and natural resource data.
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tags:
- Science Data
- Ecology
- Natural Resources
- Data Catalog
properties:
- type: Documentation
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contact:
- FN: USGS ScienceBase
url: https://www.sciencebase.gov
- aid: doi:doi-agency-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Agency Codes API
description: Code identifying the agency or organization used for site information, data sources, and permitting agencies.
Agency codes are fixed values assigned by the National Water Information System (NWIS).
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- agency-codes
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- type: OpenAPI
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-altitude-datums-api
name: Department of Interior Altitude Datums API
description: The recommended vertical datum is NAVD88 (North American Vertical Datum of 1988) where applicable as stated
in Office of Information Technical Memo 2002.01. NGVD29 (National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929) and NAVD88 are the
only datums that can be converted on output. NWIS uses the North American Vertical Datum Conversions (VERTCON) of the
National Geodetic Survey to convert from NGVD29 to NAVD88 or vice versa. Conversions to or from other vertical datums
are not available.
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-aquifer-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Aquifer Codes API
description: Local aquifers in USGS data are identified by an aquifer name and geohydrologic unit code (a three-digit number
related to the age of the formation, followed by a 4 or 5 character abbreviation for the geologic unit or aquifer name).
For the age of formation (aquifer age), generally the smaller the number represents the younger the geohydrologic unit.
Aquifer names and the definition of an aquifer can be very subjective. One rock unit may be called different aquifer names
by different people. Local aquifers and layered aquifers are often grouped into larger named regional aquifers or aquifer
systems. For example, the National Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system (National aquifer) consists of five
layered regional aquifers. Each regional aquifer is divided into two or more aquifers which may have a different name
in each of the states in which the aquifer is found.
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baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- aquifer-codes
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-aquifer-types-api
name: Department of Interior Aquifer Types API
description: Groundwater occurs in aquifers under two different conditions. Where water only partly fills an aquifer, the
upper surface is free to rise and decline. These aquifers are referred to as unconfined (or water-table) aquifers. Where
water completely fills an aquifer that is overlain by a confining bed, the aquifer is referred to as a confined (or artesian)
aquifer. When a confined aquifer is penetrated by a well, the water level in the well will rise above the top of the aquifer
(but not necessarily above land surface).
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- aid: doi:doi-channel-measurements-api
name: Department of Interior Channel Measurements API
description: Channel measurements taken as part of streamflow field measurements.
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tags:
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-citations-api
name: Department of Interior Citations API
description: Citations associated with water measurement methods.
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baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
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- aid: doi:doi-combined-metadata-api
name: Department of Interior Combined Metadata API
description: This endpoint combines metadata from timeseries and field measurements collections by site.
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- aid: doi:doi-continuous-api
name: Department of Interior Continuous API
description: Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location. They are collected
at a high frequency and often at a fixed 15-minute interval. Depending on the specific monitoring location, the data may
be transmitted automatically via telemetry and be available on WDFN within minutes of collection, while other times the
delivery of data may be delayed if the monitoring location does not have the capacity to automatically transmit data.
Continuous data are described by parameter name and parameter code (pcode). These data might also be referred to as "instantaneous
values" or "IV".
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-coordinate-accuracy-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Coordinate Accuracy Codes API
description: Appropriate code on the schedule to indicate the accuracy of the latitude-longitude values.
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
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- type: OpenAPI
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-coordinate-datum-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Coordinate Datum Codes API
description: Horizontal datum code for the latitude/longitude coordinates. There are currently more than 300 horizontal
datums available for entry.
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baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- coordinate-datum-codes
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-coordinate-datum-codes-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-coordinate-method-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Coordinate Method Codes API
description: Methods used to determine latitude-longitude values.
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- coordinate-method-codes
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-coordinate-method-codes-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-counties-api
name: Department of Interior Counties API
description: The name of the county or county equivalent (parish, borough, planning reagion, etc.) in which the site is
located. List includes Census Bureau FIPS county codes, names and associated Country and State.
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- counties
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-counties-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-countries-api
name: Department of Interior Countries API
description: FIPS country codes and names.
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- Countries
tags_raw:
- countries
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-countries-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-daily-api
name: Department of Interior Daily API
description: Daily data provide one data value to represent water conditions for the day. Throughout much of the history
of the USGS, the primary water data available was daily data collected manually at the monitoring location once each day.
With improved availability of computer storage and automated transmission of data, the daily data published today are
generally a statistical summary or metric of the continuous data collected each day, such as the daily mean, minimum,
or maximum value. Daily data are automatically calculated from the continuous data of the same parameter code and are
described by parameter code and a statistic code. These data have also been referred to as “daily values” or “DV”.
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baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- Daily
tags_raw:
- daily
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-daily-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-field-measurements-api
name: Department of Interior Field Measurements API
description: Field measurements are physically measured values collected during a visit to the monitoring location. Field
measurements consist of measurements of gage height and discharge, and readings of groundwater levels, and are primarily
used as calibration readings for the automated sensors collecting continuous data. They are collected at a low frequency,
and delivery of the data in WDFN may be delayed due to data processing time.
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- field-measurements
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-field-measurements-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-field-measurements-metadata-api
name: Department of Interior Field Measurements Metadata API
description: This endpoint provides metadata about field measurement collections, including when the earliest and most recent
observations for a parameter occurred at a monitoring location and its units.
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- field-measurements-metadata
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-field-measurements-metadata-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-hydrologic-unit-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Hydrologic Unit Codes API
description: 'Hydrologic units are geographic areas representing part or all of a surface drainage basin or distinct hydrologic
feature identified by a unique number (HUC), and a name. The United States is divided and sub-divided into successively
smaller hydrologic units which are classified into four levels: regions, sub-regions, accounting units, and cataloging
units. Each unit consists of two to eight digits based on the four levels of classification in the hydrologic unit system.
Additional information can be found at <https://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html>.'
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- hydrologic-unit-codes
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-hydrologic-unit-codes-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
- aid: doi:doi-latest-continuous-api
name: Department of Interior Latest Continuous API
description: This endpoint provides the most recent observation for each time series of continuous data. Continuous data
are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location. They are collected at a high frequency and often
at a fixed 15-minute interval. Depending on the specific monitoring location, the data may be transmitted automatically
via telemetry and be available on WDFN within minutes of collection, while other times the delivery of data may be delayed
if the monitoring location does not have the capacity to automatically transmit data. Continuous data are described by
parameter name and parameter code. These data might also be referred to as "instantaneous values" or "IV"
humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
tags:
- latest-continuous
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-latest-continuous-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-latest-daily-api
name: Department of Interior Latest Daily API
description: Daily data provide one data value to represent water conditions for the day. Throughout much of the history
of the USGS, the primary water data available was daily data collected manually at the monitoring location once each day.
With improved availability of computer storage and automated transmission of data, the daily data published today are
generally a statistical summary or metric of the continuous data collected each day, such as the daily mean, minimum,
or maximum value. Daily data are automatically calculated from the continuous data of the same parameter code and are
described by parameter code and a statistic code. These data have also been referred to as “daily values” or “DV”.
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- aid: doi:doi-latest-field-measurements-api
name: Department of Interior Latest Field Measurements API
description: Field measurements are physically measured values collected during a visit to the monitoring location. Field
measurements consist of measurements of gage height and discharge, and readings of groundwater levels, and are primarily
used as calibration readings for the automated sensors collecting continuous data. They are collected at a low frequency,
and delivery of the data in WDFN may be delayed due to data processing time.
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- aid: doi:doi-medium-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Medium Codes API
description: Medium refers to the specific environmental medium from which the sample was collected. Medium type differs
from site type because one site type, such as surface water, could have data for several media, such as water, bottom
sediment, fish tissue, and others.
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- aid: doi:doi-method-categories-api
name: Department of Interior Method Categories API
description: Categorical standards for methods describing the associated data's appropriateness for an intended use.
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tags:
- method-categories
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-method-citations-api
name: Department of Interior Method Citations API
description: Citation identifiers for water measurement methods.
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tags:
- method-citations
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-methods-api
name: Department of Interior Methods API
description: Water measurement or water-quality analytical methods. Codes and descriptions defining a method for calculating
or measuring the value of a water quality or quantity parameter. Method codes are associated with one or many parameter
codes.
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- aid: doi:doi-monitoring-locations-api
name: Department of Interior Monitoring Locations API
description: Location information is basic information about the monitoring location including the name, identifier, agency
responsible for data collection, and the date the location was established. It also includes information about the type
of location, such as stream, lake, or groundwater, and geographic information about the location, such as state, county,
latitude and longitude, and hydrologic unit code (HUC).
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- monitoring-locations
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-national-aquifer-codes-api
name: Department of Interior National Aquifer Codes API
description: National aquifers are the principal aquifers or aquifer systems in the United States, defined as regionally
extensive aquifers or aquifer systems that have the potential to be used as a source of potable water.
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- national-aquifer-codes
properties:
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-parameter-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Parameter Codes API
description: 'Parameter codes are 5-digit codes and associated descriptions used to identify the constituent measured and
the units of measure. Some parameter code definitions include information about the sampling matrix, fraction, and methods
used to measure the constituent. Some parameters are fixed-value (fxd) numeric codes having textual meaning (for example:
parameter code 00041 is a weather code parameter, code of 60 means rain), but more commonly represent a numeric value
for chemical, physical, or biological data.'
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- parameter-codes
properties:
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-peaks-api
name: Department of Interior Peaks API
description: Annual peak flow values are the maximum instantaneous streamflow values recorded at a particular site for the
entire water year from October 1 to September 30. Note that the annual peak flow value may not occur at the same time
the maximum water level occurs due to conditions such as backwater, tidal fluctuations, etc.
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- peaks
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-reliability-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Reliability Codes API
description: Code indicating the reliability of the data available for the site.
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tags:
- reliability-codes
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/doi-reliability-codes-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-server-api
name: Department of Interior Server API
description: These APIs provide OGC-compliant interfaces to USGS water data, letting you download continuous sensor measurements,
discrete field measurements, metadata about monitoring locations, and more.
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tags:
- Servers
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- server
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-site-types-api
name: Department of Interior Site Types API
description: The hydrologic cycle setting or a man-made feature thought to affect the hydrologic conditions measured at
a site. Primary and secondary site types associated with data collection sites. All sites have a primary site type, and
may additionally have a secondary site type that further describes the location.
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-states-api
name: Department of Interior States API
description: State name or territory. Includes U.S. states and foreign entities classified under FIPS as 'Principal Administrative
Divisions'.
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tags:
- States
tags_raw:
- states
properties:
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url: openapi/doi-states-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-statistic-codes-api
name: Department of Interior Statistic Codes API
description: Statistic codes.
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tags:
- statistic-codes
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- type: Migration
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- aid: doi:doi-time-series-metadata-api
name: Department of Interior Time Series Metadata API
description: Daily data and continuous measurements are grouped into time series, which represent a collection of observations
of a single parameter, potentially aggregated using a standard statistic, at a single monitoring location. This endpoint
provides metadata about those time series, including their operational thresholds, units of measurement, and when the
earliest and most recent observations in a time series occurred.
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- time-series-metadata
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- type: Documentation
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- type: Migration
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Department of Interior API — frequently asked questions
Does Department of Interior have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 78 APIs from Department of Interior, including NPS Data API, USGS Earthquake Hazards Web Services and USGS Mineral Resources Data API, and 75 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Department of Interior API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 69 OpenAPI specifications for Department of Interior, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Department of Interior API?
Department of Interior uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Doi Authentication.
How much does the Department of Interior API cost?
APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Department of Interior, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Department of Interior API ready for AI agents?
Department of Interior has a Kin Score of 32.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 23.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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