NWIS - USGS Water Quality Web Service
Dataset Summary
| Agency: | Department of the Interior |
| Sub-Agency: | US Geological Survey |
| Category: | Geography and Environment |
| Date Released: | 10/01/2008 |
| Date Updated: | Ongoing |
| Time Period: | 1900-present |
| Frequency: | various |
| Description: | National scope of USGS water quality sample and laboratory result data and information obtained from the NWIS/NWISWeb systems (the data available is a subset of NWISWeb) and NAWQA Data Warehouse |
Dataset Information
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Data.gov Data Category Type
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Raw Data Catalog
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| Specialized Data Category Designation | Geospatial |
| Keywords | water, water-quality, water quality, web service, usgs, NAWQA, NWIS, WQX |
| Unique ID | 97 |
Contributing Agency Information
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Citation
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NWIS - USGS Water Quality Web Service: http://qwwebservices.usgs.gov
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| Agency Program Page | USGS: Water Resources of the United States: http://water.usgs.gov |
| Agency Data Series Page | http://qwwebservices.usgs.gov |
Dataset Coverage
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Unit of Analysis
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Monitoring location at a single groundwater well, spring, lake, stream.
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| Granularity | longitude/latitude |
| Geographic Coverage | United States |
Data Description
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Collection Mode
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| Data Dictionary/Variable List |
Additional Dataset Documentation
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Technical Documentation
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| FGDC Compliance (Geospatial Only) | |
| Additional Metadata |
OMB Control No. 3090-0284
