New Feature - All Graphs

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

We are excited to announce that a new feature is now available to Monitoring Location Pages as part of our modernization efforts. The All Graphs page will show a series of individual graphs of all current sensor data collected at a single location. This page has been highly requested by users who want to see all the graphs on a single page without any clicking—just like the functionality on the legacy Current Conditions page, but with exciting new features and improved usability on mobile devices.

The All Graphs page is designed to let you monitor the most recent conditions and status at a monitoring location at a glance without having to click around the page. The series of graphs will show all relevant flood thresholds, operational limits, and other thresholds defined by the Water Science Center to provide you with detailed information and context for interpreting recent data collected at the location.

While the monitoring location page serves as the homepage for all information about a location including graphing historical data, the All Graphs page provides a condensed view of the recent data and information you need when checking in during active water events. You can find the All Graphs page from the monitoring location page—there is a link within the “View Related Graphs” button under the hydrograph. Learn more about how this page, as well as other new features, fit into the WDFN ecosystem and which data graph best suits your needs.

Key Features

Using various user research methods including talking to legacy users and evaluating our website analytics, the WDFN team has come out with an initial feature set to put in front of our users for extended testing. The new All Graphs is intended to support operational use cases currently provided by the legacy combined current conditions graphs when it is considered stable. Highlighted features include:

• Easy-to-read graphs of all sensor data for a single location
• View data from the last 7 days by default, with the option to change the graph time span between 2 days, 7 days, 30 days, and 120 days.
• Improved display of National Weather Service flood thresholds on gage height graphs, when available for a monitoring location. As data approaches the flood thresholds, helpful color bands matching the National Weather Service-defined color scheme are added to help you understand the impact of the water conditions
• Display of operational thresholds and other thresholds of interest that are defined by the Water Sciences Centers
• Field measurements of gage height and discharge are now plotted on the graphs
• Latest reported values are displayed at the top of each graph
• Median statistics calculated for each day from the period of record are displayed on the graph when available
• From the monitoring location page, expanded the “View Related Graphs” button below the hydrograph to include a link to the All Graphs page
• Quickly return to the monitoring location pages for a deeper dive into the data or to see a different time span using the location identifier links at the top of the page or in the legend of each graph

What’s next?

An announcement will go out with the date for the decommission of the legacy Current Conditions pages after an extended testing and stabilization period. Stay tuned and thank you for your continued patience as we balance many different user needs.

The All Graphs page is currently in beta while we collect information on how it is working for our users. Our team uses user-centered design processes to determine what to prioritize next. Let us know how the page is working for you by emailing wdfn@usgs.gov.