NRCS SCAN - Soil Climate Analysis Network
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service network monitoring soil moisture, precipitation, temperature, and other climate data
nrcs.usda.gov
At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- United States - 200+ stations nationwide
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Soil Moisture
- Precipitation
- Temperature
- Climate Data
- Groundwater Recharge
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Temperature
- 02
Future water
Estimate water availability under future scenarios.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
- 02
Emulators
Replace slow model runs with fast ML emulators.
- 03
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
USDA AWDB SOAP/REST web service wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov
Licence: US Government Work
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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