whatNWISsites: Site Data Import from NWIS

View source: R/whatNWISsites.R

whatNWISsitesR Documentation

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/docs/site-service/. Mapper format is used

Usage

whatNWISsites(...)

Arguments

...

see https://waterservices.usgs.gov/docs/site-service/ 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")


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