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USGS Flood Information
Real-time flood monitoring and streamflow data from 8,700+ sites
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At a glance
- Region
- United States
- Coverage
- 8,700+ monitoring sites nationwide
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- Real-time
What's inside
- Flood Data
- Real-time Data
- Streamflow
- Water Levels
- Flood Warnings
- Emergency Response
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Because it has: Flood Data
- 02
Model validation
Check flood models against observed events.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: Streamflow
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
- 02
Depth estimates
Learn flood depth from terrain, rainfall and past events.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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