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Historical water resources data available and services provided by the Information Officer (IO). There may be a charge for some requests, depending on the size and urgency:

Loan copies of Open-File Reports, Water-Resources Investigations, and Water-Supply Bulletins for studies conducted in the State of Washington. Limited loan copies are available on selected Professional Papers, Water-Supply Papers, Geohydrologic monographs, Circulars, teachers' educational packets, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Miscellaneous Field Investigations, and Hydrologic Atlases.
Field measurement notes of streamflow for continuous, partial, and crest stage gage stations operated by the Tacoma Field Office.
Summary of field measurements of streamflow (mostly post-1983 for Tacoma Field Office.
For surface water unit-values (data transmitted via satellite in time intervals of 15-, 30-, or 60-minutes) of streamflow, gage height, reservoir elevation, or temperature preceding the current Water Year: all available data needs to be restored into the computer data base. A fee will be assesed based on the amount of restoration and review process needed.
Plots of streamflow peaks of interest (no charge to cooperators).
Limited statistical analyses of flow duration, high- and low-flow frequency as well as peak flow frequencies. There is a fee for custom analyses.
Station description, quality of records, location of instrumentation, datum of gage, and remarks from old water supply papers.
Copies of well-records (not to exceed five) from anywhere in the State as long as the data is in the ground-water database. Access to District's ground-water records is restricted to U.S. Geological Survey personnel only.
Card catalogue information of old water quality data showing probable sources of unpublished data or data published in interpretive reports but not in data bases.
Source programs of groundwater or surface models developed by the USGS Washington Water Science Center personnel.
Information for all other USGS modelling programs available to the public through Reston Headquarters or private companies.
As needed requests collected field data, notes, correspondence and other pertinent project records from Federal Archives or National Archives in response to on-going research studies, consulting services, and Freedom of Information Act requests.
Cross-sectional survey notes from streams and rivers where sediment studies have been done.
Forwards requests to USGS Regional Office for certification of all types of records for official use in court testimonies.
Miscellaneous field measurements of streamflow in the State of Washington since 1890.