dataRetrieval (version 2.5.1)

whatNWISsites: Site Data Import from NWIS

Description

Returns a list of sites from the NWIS web service. This function gets the data from: http://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/Site-Test-Tool.html. Arguments to the function should be based on http://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/Site-Service.html#Service Mapper format is used

Usage

whatNWISsites(...)

Arguments

...

see http://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/Site-Service.html#Service for a complete list of options

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	Name

Examples

## Not run: 
# siteListPhos <- whatNWISsites(stateCd="OH",parameterCd="00665")
# ## End(Not run)