dataRetrieval (version 2.5.1)

readNWISsite: USGS Site File Data Retrieval

Description

Imports data from USGS site file site. This function gets data from here: http://waterservices.usgs.gov/

Usage

readNWISsite(siteNumbers)

Arguments

siteNumbers

character USGS site number (or multiple sites). This is usually an 8 digit number

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	Name

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

Examples

## Not run: 
# siteINFO <- readNWISsite('05114000')
# siteINFOMulti <- readNWISsite(c('05114000','09423350'))
# ## End(Not run)