Rights

Licence
US Government work — public domain
Commercial reuse
Yes
Redistribution
Yes
Derivative use
Yes
Attribution required
No
Restrictions
Applies to material authored by US federal agencies. Third-party material carried within a federal product may be separately protected.
Terms last checked
23 August 2026

Access and coverage

Publisher
United States Geological Survey
Website
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis
API
https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
Geographic coverage
United States and territories
Temporal coverage
1889 onwards
Update frequency
real-time
Formats
csv, json, xml, api
Bulk download
Available
Registration required
No
Cost to Hydrionis
Free
Domains
river flow, groundwater, quality, chemistry, reservoir

What Hydrionis uses it for

216,652 observations across 2 metrics currently reference this source.