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USGSWater Get Streamflow

Get real-time streamflow (discharge) data from USGS water monitoring stations. Returns instantaneous values for water flow rate in cubic feet per second (ft3/s) including site name, location coordinates, and recent measurements. The USGS monitors over 10,000 stream gauges across the United States.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 85msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 85ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "period": {
      "description": "Time period for data in ISO 8601 duration format (e.g., 'PT2H' for 2 hours, 'P1D' for 1 day, 'P7D' for 7 days). Default: 'P1D'",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "sites": {
      "description": "USGS site number(s), comma-separated (e.g., '01646500' for Potomac River near Washington DC, '09380000' for Colorado River at Lees Ferry)",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "sites"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default USGSWater Get Streamflow call

public-safeinput

{
  "sites": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_USGSWater_get_streamflow
Tool name: USGSWater_get_streamflow
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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