Site Data Import from NWIS

Returns a list of sites from the NWIS web service. This function gets the data from: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/docs/site-service/. Mapper format is used

Usage

whatNWISsites(..., override_error = FALSE)

Arguments

...

see https://waterservices.usgs.gov/docs/site-service/ for a complete list of options. A list (or lists) can also be supplied.

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 TRUE should 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	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

See also

read_waterdata_monitoring_location()

Examples

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