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Information about Streamgages and Streamflow Data

• What is the definition of an active continuous streamgage?
• What is a streamgage? What is it used for?
• How is streamgaging done?
• How do I get historical streamflow data?
• How do I get real-time streamflow data?
• Where can I see current streamflow conditions nationwide?

Information about NSIP

• How Does a U.S. Geological Survey Streamgage Work? (FS 2011-3001)
• National Streamflow Information Program Implementation Status Report (FS 2009-3020)
• National Streamflow Information Program (General Information Product 70)
• Current Status of NSIP
• Design of a National Streamflow Information Program--Report with Recommendations of a Committee (USGS OFR 2004-1263)
• A New Evaluation of the USGS Streamgaging Network -- A Report to Congress (1998)
• Why a National Streamflow Information Program?
• Measuring the Pulse of our Nation's Rivers (2 pages)
  NSIP Information Sheet (pdf = 187K)
• NSIP Implementation Plan and Progress Report (6 pages)
  Fact Sheet 048-01 by Robert M. Hirsch and J. Michael Norris (pdf = 1.3M)
• Streamflow Information for the Next Century (13 pages)
  A Plan for the National Streamflow Information Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
  Open-File Report 99-456
• What is the USGS design for NSIP? Where would the streamgages be?

Other Reports

• Circular 1347, Water--the Nation's Fundamental Climate Issue: A White Paper on the U.S. Geological Survey Role and Capabilities
• OFR 2007-1426 Qualitative Comparison of Streamflow Information Programs of the U.S. Geological Survey and Three Non-Federal Agencies
• FS-2007-3043 From the River to You: USGS Real-Time Streamflow Information
• FS-2007-3080 Recent Improvements to the U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging Program ...from the National Streamflow Information Program
• FS-2005-3131 U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging ... from the National Streamgaging Information Program
• FS-2005-3020 Trends in the Water Budget of the Mississippi River Basin, 1949-1997 ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
• FS-2005-3019 Changes in Streamflow Timing in New England During the 20th Century ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
• FS-2005-3018 Changes in Streamflow Timing in the Western United States in Recent Decades ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
• FS-2005-3017 Streamflow Trends in the United States ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
• FS-006-97 Streamflow Information for the Nation
• FS-209-95 Stream Gaging and Flood Forecasting, A partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service
• Circular 1123, The Stream-gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
• Use of radars to monitor stream discharge by noncontact methods, from Water Resources Research, Vol. 42, by Costa, J.E., Cheng, R.T., Haeni, F.P., Melcher, N., Spicer, K.R., Hayes, E., Plant, W., Hayes, K., Teague, C., and Barrick, D. (pdf = 7.0M)
• Spatial distribution of the largest rainfall-runoff floods from basins between 2.6 and 26,000 km² in the United States and Puerto Rico, from Water Resources Research, Vol. 40, by O'Connor, J.E., and Costa, J.E. (pdf = 1.5M)
• Benefits of USGS Streamgaging Program (pdf = 1.7M), Users and Uses of USGS Streamflow Data
  (National Hydrologic Warning Council, March 7, 2006)
• Flood Management Benefits of USGS Streamgage Program (pdf = 71M)
  (National Hydrologic Warning Council, October 19, 2006)
• Ries, K.G., III, Kolva, J.R., and Stewart. D.W., 2001, Identifying a base network of federally funded streamgaging stations, in "Bridging the Gap - Meeting the World’s Water and Environmental Resources Challenges", Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 2001, Orlando, Fl., Environment and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, CD-ROM, 10 p. (pdf = 65K)

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