Water Data for the Nation

Presented by:
Daniel K. Pearson
Central Texas Studies Chief
USGS-TX Water Science Center

Transcript

1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Water Data for the Nation Daniel K. Pearson Central Texas Studies Chief USGS-TX Water Science Center 2014 Texas GIS Forum October 23, 2014
2. Introduction to USGS §  Dept. of Interior - Founded in 1879 §  Six Science Mission Areas §  Water Resources §  Ecosystems §  Energy, Minerals and Environmental Health §  Core Science Systems §  Climate and Land-Use Change §  Natural Hazards §  Nationwide about 9,000 employees §  Conduct interdisciplinary scientific monitoring, assessment, and research… distribute that information to the public
3. …to provide hydrologic information and understanding needed by others to achieve the best use and management of the Nation’s water resources. USGS accomplishes this mission in cooperation with State, Local, and Other Federal Agencies. Water Resources Mission –
4. “In cooperation with…..” §  Work with over 100 municipalities, river authorities, groundwater districts, local, state, and Federal agencies
5. Water in the News (October 2014) §  Drought §  Despite the promise of El Niño, drought lingers in North Texas Dallas Morning News §  Water Availability §  Small towns wrestle with lengths they'll go for water Texas Tribune §  El Paso Water Utilities proposes sustainable water plan KFOX14 El Paso §  Groundwater/Subsidence §  Groundwater declines cause land elevation loss in Houston-Galveston region USGS
6. Drought
7. Water in the News (Topics)
8. Everything starts with data…. §  Data Collection
9. What is a streamgage? §  Usually mounted on bridges §  Contains instruments that measure/record amount of water flowing in river – discharge §  Stage, water quality, levels §  Captured every 15 minutes §  From gage to satellite to web…
10. Where to begin? Real-time data! §  Around 9,500 streamgages §  nationwide… … and more than 500 streamgages in Texas Source: http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/
11. Why so important? Halloween 2013 Onion Creek at US183, Austin, TX Historical Peak 2013 The day after….. NOAA – AHPS Major Flood 24ft, 40.15ft on 10/31/13 Previous historical peak was measured 38ft, 1921
12. Why so important? Halloween 2013 San Marcos River near Luling, TX 2pm
13. Why is it important? Halloween 2013 San Marcos River near Luling, TX 3pm
14. Why is it important? Halloween 2013 San Marcos River near Luling, TX 4pm
15. Why is it important? Halloween 2013 San Marcos River near Luling, TX 5pm Not historical peak, but conditions change rapidly…
16. Various data collection activities…
17. Where do I get Water Data? §  National Water Information System (NWIS) §  NWIS is the National repository for water data coming from USGS §  Data related to surface water, groundwater, water quality and water use. §  Map of all sites, current conditions and site information (historical and active) §  Download data in tabular form §  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis
19. USGS Water Web Services §  http://waterservices.usgs.gov/ §  Can gain access to web services and XML §  Services are invoked with REST protocol §  Services from NWIS now include access to: §  Statistics Web Service, Instantaneous Values Web Service, Site Service, Daily Values Service, Water Quality Web Service, Groundwater Levels Web Service §  Tips and Tutorials available
21. Water Now §  http://water.usgs.gov/waternow/ §  Send email text message with USGS site number receive a reply with its most recent observation. <Send to: waternow@usgs.gov> §  08170500 (SM), 08374550 (RG), 08159000 (ON) Water Alert §  http://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/ wateralert/ §  Send email or text message about USGS site for specific parameter to get notification
22. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Developed and Powered by the USGS Texas Water Science Center
23. Streamer §  A Dynamic Web Mapping Application for Navigating America’s Major Rivers From Your Computer §  http://nationalmap.gov/streamer/ §  Released in July 2013 - Cooperation with National Atlas and the National Map of the United States §  Traces the Nation’s major rivers upstream and downstream via Hydro 1M networked hydrography
24. In addition to stream navigation, with Streamer you can also: §  search for and area of interest by specifying stream or place name, lat/long, §  enter site number for a USGS streamflow gaging station, §  find out the names of streams and waterbodies, §  create concise or detailed reports for your upstream and downstream traces, §  learn about current or historic streamflow at thousands of locations
25. Time for a quick demo? http://nationalmap.gov/streamer/
26. Public response §  Released July 2013 §  160K users, trace 3.2 billion miles of streams §  Initially public outreach tool backed by educational use (K-12, Universities, State, Federal and Local Agencies) §  Becoming an event-based application § Boulder floods of 2013 § Elk River (WV) chemical spill § Arizona floods in 2014 §  30+ articles written about Streamer
27. Walker Basin Hydro Mapper §  Streamer approach using local-scale data for closed basin on NV/CA border §  Realtime plug-in for realtime streamgages and waterbodies §  Infographic approach on homepage with additional full-frame mapping application (animation), plus dynamic stacked hydrographs for visualizing multiple site locations at once. §  Use NWIS webservices throughout!
28. Time for a quick demo? http://nevada.usgs.gov/walkerbasinhydromapper/
29. Fish Passage Mobile §  Mobile Application Development §  USGS and MDEP teamed up in cooperation with USFWS Texas Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (San Marcos, TX) §  Mike Montagne and Pete Diaz (USFWS), Fon Duke and Doug Zellif (MDEP) §  Build HTML5 mobile data collection platform to identify, map and capture photos of small impoundments and low water crossings that present a barrier for fish passage §  http://txpub.usgs.gov/FishPassage/About.html
30. Demo Splash Screen Requirements Location Map
31. Demo Data Collect Capture Photo Submit Data
32. Where do I get Geographic Data? §  National Hydrography Dataset §  http://nhd.usgs.gov/ - 100K and 24K hydro data for the Nation §  Hydro 1M §  http://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/mld/1nethyd.html - 1M hydro data for the Nation §  National Elevation Dataset §  http://ned.usgs.gov/ - 30m, 10m, 3m elevation data products §  National Landcover Dataset §  http://www.mrlc.gov/ - 30m resolution landcover data and change products from 1992, 2001, 2006, 2011
33. Links: §  WaterWatch: http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/ §  NWIS: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis §  Water Services: http://waterservices.usgs.gov/ §  WaterNow: http://water.usgs.gov/waternow/ §  WaterAlert: http://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/wateralert/ §  Streamer: http://nationalmap.gov/streamer/ §  Walker Basin: http://nevada.usgs.gov/walkerbasinhydromapper/ §  Fish Passage Mobile: http://txpub.usgs.gov/FishPassage/About.html §  NHD: http://nhd.usgs.gov/ §  NED: http://ned.usgs.gov/ §  NLCD: http://www.mrlc.gov/ §  Hydro 1M: http://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/mld/1nethyd.html
34. §  Daniel K. Pearson §  Central Texas Studies Chief §  USGS-TX Water Science Center §  dpearson@usgs.gov
35. Questions? §  Daniel K. Pearson §  Central Texas Studies Chief §  USGS-TX Water Science Center §  dpearson@usgs.gov Texas GIS Web Site: http://tx.usgs.gov/GIS/