DATA CENTER

• USGS Real-time data
  • Streamflow
  • Streamflow - Comparisons current/historic
  • Ground water
  • Water quality
  • Precipitation
  • Meteorological
  • Reservoirs

• State of Colorado Division of Water Resources
  • Surface Water Conditions

• USGS WaterWatch
  • Current conditions
  • Flood Watch
  • Drought Watch
  • Water Quality Watch

• USGS Ground-water networks
  • Active ground-water levels
  • Long-Term Data Network

• USGS Historical data
  • Annual Data Reports
  • Instantaneous Data Archive (IDA)

ABOUT THE USGS IN COLORADO

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USGS IN YOUR STATE

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

Water Resources of Colorado

Welcome to the USGS Colorado Water Science Center. These pages are your source for water-resource information collected and interpreted by the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado.

Explanation of percentile classes

Water-resource activities include:

• Presentation of real-time streamflow, water-quality, ground-water levels data
• Operation and oversight of an extensive network of water-resource monitoring gages
• Archive of water-resource information collected for more than 100 years
• Data collection and investigative studies related to issues of concern to water-management entities and citizens
• Publishing data and topical reports

USGS Colorado Water Science Center Highlights

Featured Activity

Colorado Water-Quality Data Repository (CWQDR)

CWQDR is an internet-based data management system that integrates ambient water-quality data from a variety of sources including government agencies, stakeholder groups, and private entities. The web site includes an interactive map that allows users to zoom in to an area of interest and select sites for retrieval of water-quality data.

CWQDR web site

Of Current Interest

Streamstats Version 2 is now available for all of Colorado.

StreamStats is Web-based GIS application developed through a cooperative effort of the USGS and ESRI, Inc.

StreamStats features a new user interface and added functionality, including the ability to:

 

The Colorado application of StreamStats was developed by the USGS in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado Water Conservation Board.