USGS Water-Quality Data for the Nation - National Water Information System (NWIS)

The USGS compiles online access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
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  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • active-water-monitoring-locations
  • administrative-and-political-boundaries
  • agriculture-and-farming
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  • alaska
  • american-samoa
  • annual-water-data
  • arizona
  • arkansas
  • atmospheric-and-climate
  • biology-and-ecology
  • business-and-economic
  • cadastral
  • california
  • colorado
  • commonwealth-of-the-northern-mariana-islands
  • connecticut
  • cultural-society-and-demographic
  • current-water-condition
  • current-water-conditions
  • daily
  • delaware
  • district-of-columbia
  • drainage-basin
  • elevation-and-derived-products
  • facilities-and-structures
  • field-samples
  • florida
  • gaging-stations
  • geological-and-geophysical
  • georgia
  • ground-water
  • groundwater
  • groundwater-data
  • guam
  • hawaii
  • human-health-and-diease
  • hydrologic-unit
  • hydrology
  • idaho
  • illinois
  • imagery-and-base-maps
  • indiana
  • inland-waters
  • iowa
  • kansas
  • kentucky
  • lakes
  • locations-and-geodetic-networks
  • louisiana
  • maine
  • maryland
  • massachusetts
  • michigan
  • minnesota
  • mississippi
  • missouri
  • montana
  • national-water-information-system-mapper
  • nebraska
  • nevada
  • new-hampshire
  • new-jersey
  • new-mexico
  • new-york
  • north-carolina
  • north-dakota
  • northern-mariana-islands
  • nwis
  • oceans-and-estuaries
  • ohio
  • oklahoma
  • oregon
  • pennsylvania
  • puerto-rico
  • real-time-water-data
  • rhode-island
  • site-information
  • south-carolina
  • south-dakota
  • streamflow
  • streams
  • surface-water
  • surface-water-data
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  • texas
  • time-series-data
  • united-staes
  • usgs-283b1aa6-9268-4010-87da-45d496f63f90
  • utah
  • utilities-and-communication
  • vermont
  • virgin-islands
  • virginia
  • washington
  • water-data
  • water-flow-unit
  • water-information
  • water-level
  • water-levels
  • water-quality
  • water-quality-data
  • water-statistics
  • water-table
  • water-temperature
  • water-use
  • water-use-data
  • water-web-services
  • weekly
  • west-virginia
  • wisconsin
  • wyoming
isopen False
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license_title License not specified
maintainer Enterprise Technology Office
maintainer_email gs-w-model-data-management@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-24T05:40:51.194255
metadata_modified 2025-09-24T05:40:51.194265
notes The USGS compiles online access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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num_tags 120
title USGS Water-Quality Data for the Nation - National Water Information System (NWIS)