Category: Water Data

USGS is improving the way that sample data are stored and served to the public. These changes will affect our back-end data management systems, web services, application programming interfaces (APIs), computational tools, and user interfaces for accessing data.

Feature to see a series of graphs of all current sensor data collected at a single location is available now.

Graphing data for 5 locations on a single graph now available on WDFN

A look into the current and coming soon features available in WDFN. Updated in 2025 to highlight progress and include links to new features

On October 13th 2022, we released a new water cycle diagram! This update re-envisions the water cycle, placing human activities at the forefront. We designed it to emphasize scientific accuracy, information design, and usability in educational settings. We hope that students of all ages better understand how humans affect where water is on Earth and how it moves, so that we can work towards using water more sustainably.

Was our launch successful? What’s next?

A pipeline-based approach for making large data pulls from Water Quality Portal

The legacy Groundwater Watch application is being decommissioned. This blog post explains where users can find similar functionality in other publicly available products.

Large pull for all total nitrogen data for streams in the contiguous United States with sites that have at least 40 measurements between 1995 and 2020.

Have you ever heard of user-centered design? We put our users first in how we design, update, and implement our water data delivery products.