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US River Water Level API - Official USGS Streamflow Gauges

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For flood risk models, water utilities, insurance and paddling apps: river level, streamflow and water temperature from official USGS gauges, with how old each reading is and whether the sensor worked. Over 31,752 time series on 2026-08-30, 2.64% read -999999 and 26.6% were over a year old.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {}
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("neverempty/us-river-water-levels").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

USGS River Water Level API - Streamflow & Gauge Data API in Python

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