USGS Instantaneous Values Service

Provides near real-time water data — streamflow, gage height, temperature, specific conductance, and hundreds of other parameters — from thousands of USGS monitoring sites. Values are typically recorded every 15 minutes and transmitted hourly. Data is available from October 1, 2007 onwards and is marked provisional until reviewed.

API entry from apis.yml

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aid: usgs-water:instantaneous-values
name: USGS Instantaneous Values Service
description: Provides near real-time water data — streamflow, gage height, temperature, specific conductance,
  and hundreds of other parameters — from thousands of USGS monitoring sites. Values are typically recorded
  every 15 minutes and transmitted hourly. Data is available from October 1, 2007 onwards and is marked
  provisional until reviewed.
humanURL: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/docs/instantaneous-values/instantaneous-values-details/
baseURL: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/nwis/iv/
tags:
- Real-Time
- Streamflow
- Gage Height
- Water Parameters
- Time Series
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/docs/instantaneous-values/instantaneous-values-details/
- type: Website
  url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/