Water Data APIs

Download data This form will help you download data from the USGS Water Data APIs. For more data filtering options or to make more complex requests, you may wish to query the APIs directly. Documentation for each endpoint is available at this link. Discrete samples data can be downloaded from the Download Discrete Sample Data form.

Select data to download

Click the next to each option for more information about that data collection category. Click the next to each option to go to a new page with more information about the fields returned for that data type. If selected, monitoring location metadata will be downloaded for each provided ID, whether or not a location has data matching the parameter codes and time ranges requested.

Provide monitoring location IDs

Provide monitoring location IDs to download data for (e.g. USGS-01435000).
Separate multiple monitoring location IDs with commas (e.g. USGS-01435000,USGS-01100000).

Provide parameter codes

Provide parameter codes (separated by commas) to download data for.
Leave blank to download all parameters. A list of parameter codes can be found here.

Select date range

Select date range by start and end dateSpecify the first and last date you want data for.

Select date range by periodSelect the most recent period of data -- for instance, the past 30 days or 1 year.

Start date

mm/dd/yyyy

End date

mm/dd/yyyy