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Current and Planned National Streamgaging Network - Maps and tables of existing and planned streamgages for the National Streamgaging Network under NSIP plan.
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About
the U.S. Geological Survey's National Streamflow Information Program:
Welcome to the National Streamflow
Information Program (NSIP) web page. Information on the
quantity and timing of the streamflow in the
Nation's rivers is a vital asset that safeguards
lives and property and helps to ensure adequate
water resources for a healthy environment and
economy. The U.S. Geological Survey operates and
maintains approximately 7,000 streamgages which
provide long-term, accurate, and
unbiased information that meets the needs of many
diverse users.
The USGS's National Streamgaging Network consists of a core of USGS
funded and operated streamgages, streamgages
operated by the USGS but funded in cooperation
with other agencies, and streamgages funded and
operated by other agencies that provide data
appropriate to meet NSIP goals. Although the
National Streamgage
Network is operated primarily by the USGS, it is
funded by a partnership of 800 agencies at the
Federal, State, Tribal, and local levels.
The USGS National Streamflow Information Program
(NSIP) is designed with
five components, one of
which is to provide a
"backbone" or core of streamgages that are of such
critical importance to the National Streamgage
Network that their operation should be assured
with Federal funds. NSIP was created in response to
Congressional and stakeholder concerns about (1) a
loss of streamgages, (2) a disproportionate loss
of streamgages with a long period of record, (3)
the inability of the USGS to continue operating
high-priority streamgages when partners
discontinue funding and (4) the increasing demand
for streamflow information due to new
resource-management issues and new data-delivery
capabilities.
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