Monitoring Locations

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).

WaterStreamflowGroundwaterWater QualityHydrologyEnvironmentalUSGSNWISGovernmentOpen DataOGC

Properties

Name Type Description
id string
agency_code string
agency_name string
monitoring_location_number string
monitoring_location_name string
district_code string
country_code string
country_name string
state_code string
state_name string
county_code string
county_name string
minor_civil_division_code string
site_type_code string
site_type string
hydrologic_unit_code string
basin_code string
altitude string
altitude_accuracy string
altitude_method_code string
altitude_method_name string
vertical_datum string
vertical_datum_name string
horizontal_positional_accuracy_code string
horizontal_positional_accuracy string
horizontal_position_method_code string
horizontal_position_method_name string
original_horizontal_datum string
original_horizontal_datum_name string
drainage_area string
contributing_drainage_area string
time_zone_abbreviation string
uses_daylight_savings string
construction_date string
aquifer_code string
national_aquifer_code string
aquifer_type_code string
well_constructed_depth string
hole_constructed_depth string
depth_source_code string
revision_note string
revision_created string
revision_modified string
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

monitoring-locations.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/ogcapi/v0/collections/monitoring-locations/schema",
  "title": "Monitoring Locations",
  "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).",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Id"
    },
    "agency_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Agency Code"
    },
    "agency_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Agency Name"
    },
    "monitoring_location_number": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Monitoring Location Number"
    },
    "monitoring_location_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Monitoring Location Name"
    },
    "district_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "District Code"
    },
    "country_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Country Code"
    },
    "country_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Country Name"
    },
    "state_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "State Code"
    },
    "state_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "State Name"
    },
    "county_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "County Code"
    },
    "county_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "County Name"
    },
    "minor_civil_division_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Minor Civil Division Code"
    },
    "site_type_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Site Type Code"
    },
    "site_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Site Type"
    },
    "hydrologic_unit_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Hydrologic Unit Code"
    },
    "basin_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Basin Code"
    },
    "altitude": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Altitude"
    },
    "altitude_accuracy": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Altitude Accuracy"
    },
    "altitude_method_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Altitude Method Code"
    },
    "altitude_method_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Altitude Method Name"
    },
    "vertical_datum": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Vertical Datum"
    },
    "vertical_datum_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Vertical Datum Name"
    },
    "horizontal_positional_accuracy_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Horizontal Positional Accuracy Code"
    },
    "horizontal_positional_accuracy": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Horizontal Positional Accuracy"
    },
    "horizontal_position_method_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Horizontal Position Method Code"
    },
    "horizontal_position_method_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Horizontal Position Method Name"
    },
    "original_horizontal_datum": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Original Horizontal Datum"
    },
    "original_horizontal_datum_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Original Horizontal Datum Name"
    },
    "drainage_area": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Drainage Area"
    },
    "contributing_drainage_area": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Contributing Drainage Area"
    },
    "time_zone_abbreviation": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Time Zone Abbreviation"
    },
    "uses_daylight_savings": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Uses Daylight Savings"
    },
    "construction_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Construction Date"
    },
    "aquifer_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Aquifer Code"
    },
    "national_aquifer_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "National Aquifer Code"
    },
    "aquifer_type_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Aquifer Type Code"
    },
    "well_constructed_depth": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Well Constructed Depth"
    },
    "hole_constructed_depth": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Hole Constructed Depth"
    },
    "depth_source_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Depth Source Code"
    },
    "revision_note": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Revision Note"
    },
    "revision_created": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Revision Created"
    },
    "revision_modified": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Revision Modified"
    }
  }
}

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