Welcome to the National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP)

Information about Streamgages and Streamflow Data

Information about NSIP

National Streamflow Information Program (General Information Product 70)
Current Status of NSIP
Design of a National Streamflow Information Program--Report with Recommendations of a Committee (USGS OFR 2004-1263)
A New Evaluation of the USGS Streamgaging Network -- A Report to Congress (1998)
Why a National Streamflow Information Program?
Measuring the Pulse of our Nation's Rivers (2 pages)
NSIP Information Sheet (pdf = 187K)
NSIP Implementation Plan and Progress Report (6 pages)
Fact Sheet 048-01 by Robert M. Hirsch and J. Michael Norris (pdf = 1.3M)
Streamflow Information for the Next Century (13 pages)
A Plan for the National Streamflow Information Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 99-456
What is the USGS design for NSIP? Where would the streamgages be?

Other Reports

OFR 2007-1426 Qualitative Comparison of Streamflow Information Programs of the U.S. Geological Survey and Three Non-Federal Agencies
FS-2007-3043 From the River to You: USGS Real-Time Streamflow Information
FS-2007-3080 Recent Improvements to the U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging Program ...from the National Streamflow Information Program
FS-2005-3131 U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging ... from the National Streamgaging Information Program
FS-2005-3020 Trends in the Water Budget of the Mississippi River Basin, 1949-1997 ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
FS-2005-3019 Changes in Streamflow Timing in New England During the 20th Century ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
FS-2005-3018 Changes in Streamflow Timing in the Western United States in Recent Decades ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
FS-2005-3017 Streamflow Trends in the United States ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
FS-006-97 Streamflow Information for the Nation
FS-209-95 Stream Gaging and Flood Forecasting, A partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service
Circular 1123, The Stream-gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
Use of radars to monitor stream discharge by noncontact methods, from Water Resources Research, Vol. 42, by Costa, J.E., Cheng, R.T., Haeni, F.P., Melcher, N., Spicer, K.R., Hayes, E., Plant, W., Hayes, K., Teague, C., and Barrick, D. (pdf = 7.0M)
Spatial distribution of the largest rainfall-runoff floods from basins between 2.6 and 26,000 km² in the United States and Puerto Rico, from Water Resources Research, Vol. 40, by O'Connor, J.E., and Costa, J.E. (pdf = 1.5M)
Benefits of USGS Streamgaging Program (pdf = 1.7M), Users and Uses of USGS Streamflow Data
(National Hydrologic Warning Council, March 7, 2006)
Flood Management Benefits of USGS Streamgage Program (pdf = 71M)
(National Hydrologic Warning Council, October 19, 2006)
Identifying a Base Network of Federally Funded Streamgaging Stations (pdf = 65K)