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NWS river forecasts are based, to a great extent, on data from USGS stream-gaging stations. The USGS operates most of its streamgages on a cooperative basis with other Federal, state, and local agencies that fund individual gaging stations for agency-specific projects or regulatory needs. Reductions in stream-gaging program funds, due to budget reductions for the USGS or for cooperating agencies, usually require that some stations be discontinued. For more information, see the USGS fact sheets:

Stream Gaging and Flood Forecasting, a partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service and Streamflow Information for the Nation.