Flow Alert! - River Flow Data Access
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- full network access
- run at startup
- prevent device from sleeping
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Flow Alert provides quick access to flow and stage data made available by the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) via USGS Water Services https://waterservices.usgs.gov/.
Download USGS flow and stage gages and add favorites to a separate list. Create nicknames for your favorite gages.
Add a widget on your home screen that shows flow or stage for your favorite gages. Currently, widgets update automatically every 15 minutes.
Add alerts to notify yourself of gage flows or stages. The app currently supports one alert per gage.
Select a gage from the list to see an interactive graph of the past 7 days of flow or stage data.
Disclaimer:
Flow Alert provides quick access to flow and stage data made available by the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) via USGS Water Services. Some gauges may be operated in cooperation with other United States federal and/or state government agencies - including but not limited to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). Even so, all data shown in Flow Alert are downloaded from the USGS Water Services API.
Flow Alert does not represent any United States federal or state agencies and is not affiliated with any United States federal or state agencies including USGS, USACE, and USBR. Flow Alert does not take credit, responsibility, or ownership for any data downloaded from USGS's Water Services API. It is simply a tool that people can use to view the data made available by USGS.
Data Source Link https://waterservices.usgs.gov/.
If you have feedback, suggestions, or feature requests, please e-mail me at [email protected]...I'd appreciate it!
User reviews
- Easy to use and handy for monitoring river conditions
- Provides alerts for river flow and gauges
- Well-designed interface and features
- Allows users to select favorite rivers
- No ads, making it a smooth user experience
- Missing data for certain rivers and gauges
- Limitations on historical data access
- Inability to show multiple data points in widgets at once
- Some users experienced issues with app stability
- Desire for more customizable alert features
- Favorites feature
- Need for more gauges/rivers
- Ease of use compared to USGS website
- Alerts for river conditions
- Desire for additional data points like water temperature