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title: "USGS Water Services data source plugin for Grafana"
description: "Read USGS sensor data. USGS Water Services data source plugin for Grafana by Natel Energy. Available in Grafana Cloud and self-managed Grafana."
---

> This is the Markdown version of https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/natel-usgs-datasource/

# USGS Water Services

- Developer: Natel Energy
- Version: 0.0.3

![Example](https://grafana.com/api/plugins/natel-usgs-datasource/versions/0.0.3/images/img/screenshot-site.png)

# USGS Water Services in Grafana

Load sensor values from: <https://waterservices.usgs.gov/>

To use this datadouce, you will need to get a USGS site ID. You can find a site using their mapper tool: <https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/>

![Mapper](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NatelEnergy/natel-usgs-datasource/master/src/img/screenshot-usgs.png)

### Screenshots

![Alcatraz](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NatelEnergy/natel-usgs-datasource/master/src/img/screenshot-site.png)

#### Changelog

##### v0.0.2

- Moved service to <https://nwis.waterservices.usgs.gov/nwis/> (Avoid 301 & error)
- Automatically switch from `iv` to `dv` for large queries
- Fix external site link in query builder
- Webpack build

##### v0.0.1

- First working version
- Only supports the first target

### Roadmap

- Improve the metric UI
- Better site selection popup.
- Somehow annotate the time series variables with their data quality.
- Auto link the panel to USGS sensor information?