Plugins 〉USGS Water Services


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The USGS Water Services plugin has been deprecated and is no longer maintained.

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USGS Water Services

  • Overview
  • Installation
  • Related content

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

Screenshots

Alcatraz

Changelog

v0.0.2
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?

Installing USGS Water Services on Grafana Cloud:

For more information, visit the docs on plugin installation.

Installing on a local Grafana:

For local instances, plugins are installed and updated via a simple CLI command. Plugins are not updated automatically, however you will be notified when updates are available right within your Grafana.

1. Install the Data Source

Use the grafana-cli tool to install USGS Water Services from the commandline:

grafana-cli plugins install 

The plugin will be installed into your grafana plugins directory; the default is /var/lib/grafana/plugins. More information on the cli tool.

2. Configure the Data Source

Accessed from the Grafana main menu, newly installed data sources can be added immediately within the Data Sources section.

Next, click the Add data source button in the upper right. The data source will be available for selection in the Type select box.

To see a list of installed data sources, click the Plugins item in the main menu. Both core data sources and installed data sources will appear.