earth

Get USGS water data

Daily mean streamflow, gage height or water temperature from a USGS monitoring site in the United States, or a list of sites in a state or bounding box when no site number is given. Use the site list first if you do not know the site number.

Discipline pack: earth. Cost: 1 credit per successful call.

post/api/v1/get_water_data

Request

  • Base URL: https://scholarmuse.ai
  • URL: https://scholarmuse.ai/api/v1/get_water_data
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Request body

sitestring

USGS site number, e.g. 01646500 (Potomac River near Washington, DC).

statestring

US state to list sites in: two-letter code (MD) or full name.

bboxnumber[]

Bounding box to list sites in: [west, south, east, north] in decimal degrees.

parameter'streamflow' | 'gage_height' | 'water_temperature'

What to measure (default streamflow).

startstring

First day, YYYY-MM-DD. Default: 30 days before end.

endstring

Last day, YYYY-MM-DD. Default: today.

limitinteger

Sites to list when no site is given (default 20).

Response

The tool result.

summarystring required
partialboolean
extraobject
credits_usednumber required
call_idstring required

Example response

{
  "billing": {
    "lowBalanceThreshold": 20
  }
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.