Site Types

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.

WaterStreamflowGroundwaterWater QualityHydrologyEnvironmentalUSGSNWISGovernmentOpen DataOGC

Properties

Name Type Description
id string
site_type_primary_flag string
site_type_name string
site_type_description string
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

site-types.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/ogcapi/v0/collections/site-types/schema",
  "title": "Site Types",
  "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.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Id"
    },
    "site_type_primary_flag": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Site Type Primary Flag"
    },
    "site_type_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Site Type Name"
    },
    "site_type_description": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Site Type Description"
    }
  }
}

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