Warning: Javascript must be enabled to use all the features on this page!


Page Loading - Please Wait...

Click to hideNews Bulletins

USGS Water-Quality Daily Data for North Carolina

Click to hide state-specific text

! Daily data pages will be decommissioned in early 2026.
Please find the modernized pages in WDFN that suit you best. Learn more about our modernization plans and timeline.
! This page will be decommissioned in early 2026. Please find the modernized pages in WDFN that suit you best. Learn more about our modernization plans and timeline.

Select sites that have samples which meet the following criteria:
Define one or more values for each of the following site-selection criteria: --- or select new criteria
?
 County
?
 Available parameters -- select sites that have data for the following parameters:
Select one or more parameters --or-- leave blank to select all:
Water Level/Flow Parameters
  Streamflow, ft³/s   (565 sites)
  Elevation of reservoir water surface above datum, ft   (8 sites)
  Gage height, ft   (447 sites)
  Groundwater level above NAVD 1988, ft   (19 sites)
  Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, ft   (3 sites)
  Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, ft   (12 sites)
  Estuary or ocean water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, ft   (1 sites)
  Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in ft   (1 sites)
  Depth to water level, ft below land surface   (132 sites)
  Streamflow, tidally filtered, ft³/s   (1 sites)
  Gage height, above datum, m   (24 sites)
Water Quality Parameters
  Temperature, water, °C   (182 sites)
  Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, µS/cm at 25 °C   (125 sites)
  Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, mg/L   (76 sites)
  Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, %saturation   (44 sites)
  pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units   (48 sites)
  Salinity, water, unfiltered, parts per thousand   (58 sites)
  Nitrite plus nitrate, water, unfiltered, mg/L as N   (1 sites)
  Chlorophyll, total, water, fluorometric, 650-700 nanometers, in-situ sensor, µg/L   (5 sites)
  Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +/-2.5 degrees, FNU   (18 sites)
  Chlorophyll a, phytoplankton, chromatographic-fluorometric method, µg/L   (1 sites)
  Suspended sediment concentration, mg/L   (6 sites)
  Suspended sediment discharge, tons/day   (6 sites)
  Nitrite, water, in situ, mg/L as N   (1 sites)
  Turbidity, water, unfiltered, broad band light source (400-680 nm), detection angle 90 +/- 30 degrees to incident light, nephelometric turbidity units (NTU)   (1 sites)
Meteorological Parameters
  Wind speed, mph   (3 sites)
  Wind direction, degrees clockwise from north   (3 sites)
  Precipitation, total, in   (264 sites)
Miscellaneous Parameters
  Sampling depth, ft   (12 sites)
  Moisture content, soil, volumetric, percent of total volume   (1 sites)
 
Choose Output Format
Display Summary of Selected Sites
Choose one of the following options for displaying descriptions of the sites meeting the criteria above:
?
Show sites on a mapNew
?
Table of sites
?
Scroll list of sites -- allows selection of data for multiple sites
?
Brief descriptions -- allows selection of data for multiple sites
?
        (Select fields to include in site-description output)
       
?
Save file of selected sites to local disk for future upload

Retrieve USGS Water-Quality Daily Data for Selected Sites
Choose one of the following options for displaying data for the sites meeting the criteria above
?
Retrieve data for:
the previous days (1 - 365) **OR**
for the date range:   (1838-01-01 through 2026-01-29)

Output Options:
?
Graphs of data   --  
?
Graphs of data with long-term statistics   --  
?
Graphs of data without long-term statistics   --  
?
Graphs of data with field measurements   --  
?
Table of data
?
Tab-separated data *

 * Save compressed files with a .gz file extension.