Water Resources of Indiana

Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web page for the water resources of Indiana; this is your direct link to all kinds of water-resource information. Here you'll find information on Indiana's rivers and streams. You'll also find information about ground water, water quality, and many other topics. The USGS operates the most extensive satellite network of streamgaging stations in the state, many of which form the backbone of flood-warning systems.

The USGS provides current ("real-time") stream stage and streamflow, water-quality, ground-water levels, precipitation, and lake-stage for over 200 sites in Indiana.

Indiana Data Highlights

2008 Water Data Report Now Available (Quick look:
Beginning with water year 2006, the annual water data product took on a new format different from the previous report series. The basic product is a Site Data Sheet that serves to publish all data collected during the water year at any given site.

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The 2008 USGS Water Data Report () is now available to provide a snapshot of water conditions for a given year. The report includes text and map interfaces that can be used to identify and access an area of interest, locate sites where water data were collected for various Water Years

Instantaneous Data Archive (IDA) (Quick look:
Since 1889 the United States Geological Survey has collected continuous stage, discharge, and other instantaneous time-series data on the nations rivers and streams. These time-series data have been and are typically recorded at intervals ranging from 5 to 60 minutes. These instantaneous data have been processed into and published as various daily values, such as the daily maximum, minimum, and/or mean. Because the published record are daily values, the original instantaneous data have not historically been officially approved, published, or made widely available. This web site has been established to make available as much historical instantaneous data from USGS data collection stations as possible. Although this site currently serves instantaneous discharge (streamflow) data only, work is planned to extend it to other time-series parameters in the future.

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The Instantaneous Data Archive() makes available as much intra-day streamflow data and historical instantaneous data continuous (measurements from every 5 to every 60 minutes), as possible, often several years' worth of data.

Featured Projects

Investigations and Monitoring of Mercury in Indiana

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Investigations and Monitoring of Nutrients in Indiana

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Beverly Shores, Indiana Water Monitoring Network

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Of Current Interest

Stray Gas Workshop November 4-6, 2009
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mixed News on Mercury in Indiana's Water

Rain and snow falling in Indiana contains less mercury than it did in years past. Yet some of the state's major waterways have mercury levels that could be harmful to humans and wildlife. The USGS, in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, has released new reports about mercury in streams and precipitation in Indiana. The full press release can be found in the USGS Newsroom at:
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2099

Recent Publications

The Indiana Water Science Center produces publications about water resources.

Update of Watershed Regressions for Pesticides (WARP) for Predicting Atrazine Concentration in Streams
Scientific Investigations Report 2009–1122

Biological-Community Composition in Small Streams and its Relations to Habitat, Nutrients, and Land Use in Agriculturally Dominated Landscapes in Indiana and Ohio, 2004, and Implications for Assessing Nutrient Conditions in Midwest Streams
Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5055

Processing, Analysis, and General Evaluation of Well-Driller Logs for Estimating Hydrogeologic Parameters of the Glacial Sediments in a Ground-Water Flow Model of the Lake Michigan Basin
Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5184

Occurrence and Distribution of Algal Biomass and Its Relation to Nutrients and Selected Basin Characteristics in Indiana Streams, 2001-2005
Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5203

Total Mercury and Methylmercury in Indiana Streams, August 2004–September 2006
Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5176

Mercury in Precipitation in Indiana, January 2004–December 2005
Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5148

Flood of June 7–9, 2008, in Central and Southern Indiana
Open-File Report 2008–1322

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