River Gauge
AccuWeather's River Gauge API provides observational river data from all around the USA. Flood stage data, action information, and low-water threshold data are available for all locations.
Data is returned in a simplified JSON format by default. Specify GeoJSON and an expanded units breakdown in the query string. See our helpful guide and parameters pages for more information.
River status
The following chart lists all possible river status value categories. Each category has a corresponding color that will be returned both as broken out RGB values and hexidecimal values.
| Status | ID string | Hexidecimal code |
|---|---|---|
| Major flooding | major | #CC33FF |
| Moderate flooding | moderate | #FF0000 |
| Minor flooding | minor | #FF9900 |
| Near flood stage | action | #FFFF00 |
| No flooding | no_flooding | #00FF00 |
| Flood category not defined | not_defined | #72AFE9 |
| At or below low water threshold | low_threshold | #906320 |
| Observations are not current | obs_not_current | #BDC2BB |
| Out of service | out_of_service | #666666 |