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whatNWISsites

Site Data Import from NWIS

Description

Returns a list of sites from the NWIS web service. This function gets the data from: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/Site-Test-Tool.html. Mapper format is used

Usage

whatNWISsites(...)

Arguments

...

see https://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/Site-Service.html for a complete list of options. A list (or lists) can also be supplied.

Value

A data frame with at least the following columns:

Name	Type	Description
agency_cd	character	The NWIS code for the agency reporting the data
site_no	character	The USGS site number
station_nm	character	Station name
site_tp_cd	character	Site type code
dec_lat_va	numeric	Decimal latitude
dec_long_va	numeric	Decimal longitude
queryTime	POSIXct	Query time

There are also several useful attributes attached to the data frame:

Name	Type	Description
url	character	The url used to generate the data
queryTime	POSIXct	The time the data was returned

Examples

siteListPhos <- whatNWISsites(stateCd="OH",parameterCd="00665")
oneSite <- whatNWISsites(sites="05114000")

dataRetrieval

Retrieval Functions for USGS and EPA Hydrologic and Water Quality Data

v2.7.10

CC0

Authors

Laura DeCicco [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3915-9487>), Robert Hirsch [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4534-075X>), David Lorenz [aut], Jordan Read [ctb], Jordan Walker [ctb], Lindsay Carr [ctb], David Watkins [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7544-0700>), David Blodgett [ctb], Mike Johnson [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-8350>)

Initial release