USGS Water Data for the Nation

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US water observations and data-access resources

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SI Score: 60/100
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What it does

USGS Water Data for the Nation provides water-data discovery and several documented access routes.

Choose the measurement category first: continuous observations, daily values, field measurements and discrete samples answer different questions. Find a monitoring location by identifier or area, then refine a state map or list by data type. Retain units, station identity and observation period with any values taken into analysis.

Strengths

Monitoring-location lookup and data-type filtering

Best for

Finding US water observations by location and measurement category

Sources

Water Data for the Nation (Oct 26, 2026)

SI Score

60/100

#12 in Open Data

Based on published information. No hands-on task test.

Method 2.0 · Published source review Assessed Oct 26, 2026Score ceiling for this evidence: 84/100.

Product usefulness 60

Evidence

Documented measurement categories, monitoring-location inputs and state map/list filtering support60 for a specific water-data workflow. Selected time-series output and quality boundaries are not established.

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- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026

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