Imports data from USGS site file site. This function gets data from here: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
Arguments
- siteNumbers
character USGS site number (or multiple sites). This is usually an 8 digit number
- override_error
Logical parameter that allows users to run this function during the final stages of NWIS decommission. NWIS servers will be taken offline February 22nd, 2027. Setting this parameter to
TRUEshould only be used as a tool to convert readNWIS to read_waterdata functions.
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 | Site name |
| site_tp_cd | character | Site type |
| lat_va | numeric | DMS latitude |
| long_va | numeric | DMS longitude |
| dec_lat_va | numeric | Decimal latitude |
| dec_long_va | numeric | Decimal longitude |
| coord_meth_cd | character | Latitude-longitude method |
| coord_acy_cd | character | Latitude-longitude accuracy |
| coord_datum_cd | character | Latitude-longitude datum |
| dec_coord_datum_cd | character | Decimal Latitude-longitude datum |
| district_cd | character | District code |
| state_cd | character | State code |
| county_cd | character | County code |
| country_cd | character | Country code |
| land_net_ds | character | Land net location description |
| map_nm | character | Name of location map |
| map_scale_fc | character | Scale of location map |
| alt_va | numeric | Altitude of Gage/land surface |
| alt_meth_cd | character | Method altitude determined |
| alt_acy_va | numeric | Altitude accuracy |
| alt_datum_cd | character | Altitude datum |
| huc_cd | character | Hydrologic unit code |
| basin_cd | character | Drainage basin code |
| topo_cd | character | Topographic setting code |
| instruments_cd | character | Flags for instruments at site |
| construction_dt | character | Date of first construction |
| inventory_dt | character | Date site established or inventoried |
| drain_area_va | numeric | Drainage area |
| contrib_drain_area_va | numeric | Contributing drainage area |
| tz_cd | character | Time Zone abbreviation |
| local_time_fg | character | Site honors Daylight Savings Time |
| reliability_cd | character | Data reliability code |
| gw_file_cd | character | Data-other GW files |
| nat_aqfr_cd | character | National aquifer code |
| aqfr_cd | character | Local aquifer code |
| aqfr_type_cd | character | Local aquifer type code |
| well_depth_va | numeric | Well depth |
| hole_depth_va | numeric | Hole depth |
| depth_src_cd | character | Source of depth data |
| project_no | character | Project number |
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 |
| comment | character | Header comments from the RDB file |