readNWISsite.Rd

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\name{readNWISsite}
\alias{readNWISsite}
\title{USGS Site File Data Retrieval}
\usage{
readNWISsite(siteNumbers)
}
\arguments{
\item{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:
\tabular{lll}{
Name \tab Type \tab Description \cr
agency_cd \tab character \tab The NWIS code for the agency reporting the data\cr
site_no \tab character \tab The USGS site number \cr
 station_nm \tab character \tab Site name \cr
 site_tp_cd \tab character \tab Site type \cr
 lat_va \tab numeric \tab DMS latitude \cr
 long_va \tab numeric \tab DMS longitude \cr
 dec_lat_va \tab numeric \tab Decimal latitude \cr
 dec_long_va \tab numeric \tab Decimal longitude \cr
 coord_meth_cd  \tab character \tab Latitude-longitude method \cr
 coord_acy_cd \tab character \tab Latitude-longitude accuracy \cr
 coord_datum_cd \tab character \tab Latitude-longitude datum \cr
 dec_coord_datum_cd \tab character \tab Decimal Latitude-longitude datum \cr
 district_cd \tab character \tab District code \cr
 state_cd \tab character \tab State code \cr
 county_cd \tab character \tab County code \cr
 country_cd \tab character \tab Country code \cr
 land_net_ds \tab character \tab Land net location description \cr
 map_nm \tab character \tab Name of location map \cr
 map_scale_fc \tab character \tab Scale of location map \cr
 alt_va \tab numeric \tab Altitude of Gage/land surface \cr
 alt_meth_cd \tab character \tab Method altitude determined \cr
 alt_acy_va  \tab numeric \tab Altitude accuracy \cr
 alt_datum_cd \tab character \tab Altitude datum \cr
 huc_cd \tab character \tab Hydrologic unit code \cr
 basin_cd \tab character \tab Drainage basin code \cr
 topo_cd \tab character \tab Topographic setting code \cr
 instruments_cd \tab character \tab Flags for instruments at site \cr
 construction_dt \tab character \tab Date of first construction \cr
 inventory_dt \tab character \tab Date site established or inventoried \cr
 drain_area_va \tab numeric \tab Drainage area \cr
 contrib_drain_area_va \tab numeric \tab Contributing drainage area \cr
 tz_cd  \tab character \tab Time Zone abbreviation \cr
 local_time_fg \tab character \tab Site honors Daylight Savings Time \cr
 reliability_cd \tab character \tab Data reliability code \cr
 gw_file_cd \tab character \tab Data-other GW files \cr
 nat_aqfr_cd \tab character \tab National aquifer code \cr
 aqfr_cd \tab character \tab Local aquifer code \cr
 aqfr_type_cd \tab character \tab Local aquifer type code \cr
 well_depth_va \tab numeric \tab Well depth \cr
 hole_depth_va \tab numeric \tab Hole depth \cr
 depth_src_cd \tab character \tab Source of depth data \cr
 project_no \tab character \tab Project number \cr
}

There are also several useful attributes attached to the data frame:
\tabular{lll}{
Name \tab Type \tab Description \cr
url \tab character \tab The url used to generate the data \cr
queryTime \tab POSIXct \tab The time the data was returned \cr
comment \tab character \tab Header comments from the RDB file \cr
}
}
\description{
Imports data from USGS site file site. This function gets data from here: \url{http://waterservices.usgs.gov/}
}
\examples{
\dontrun{
siteINFO <- readNWISsite('05114000')
siteINFOMulti <- readNWISsite(c('05114000','09423350'))
}
}
\keyword{USGS}
\keyword{data}
\keyword{import}
\keyword{service}
\keyword{web}