Water - Live data
River gauges
Live river gauges and streamflow.
What this shows
Live river gauges and streamflow.
Coverage (inferred)
United States
Freshness
Live
License
Public Domain (US Gov)
Source
USGS
Provenance
Cartouche · Provenance
River gauges
Source
USGS Water Services, live
Method
Streamgage sensor observations
License
Public Domain (US Gov)Commercial OK
Attribution
USGS Water Services (public domain)
Coordinate system
EPSG:4326
Freshness
Live
Cite as
cartian:layer:usgs-water-gauges@ref-8d0b7f16
Version
vref-8d0b7f16
Pin
As-of referencefrozen 2026-07-18
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