New Feature - WDFN Home
New landing page to discover data available on Water Data for the Nation
We are excited to announce a new home page for Water Data for the Nation at waterdata.usgs.gov . The WDFN Home page will serve as a landing page and central hub for the WDFN ecosystem. This home page replaces our legacy home page and helps to drive users to common features of interest. Each tile card helps to direct users to data offerings within waterdata.usgs.gov. All previously offered data are still navigable through this new homepage; however, our most popular and highly requested features are now available on WDFN Home.
Screenshot of WDFN Home showing tiles that link out to different data offerings
Key Features
Submenus have been updated throughout the WDFN ecosystem for easy navigation to WDFN Home from all pages in WDFN. In addition, tiles are available on the WDFN Home page to point users to popular features.
Each tile represents a different way to explore data on WDFN, highlighting different pages that help users discover data in areas of interest. Tiles currently point to the following features:
- Discover real-time data in your state: see current water conditions from all monitoring locations in a state that collect continuous data. Learn more about the state page.
- Create a list of your favorite monitoring locations: create a custom list of USGS monitoring locations that can be referenced to access the latest continuous water data for several locations at once. Learn more about how My Favorites works.
- View latest conditions and weather events: the National Water Dashboard helps users view the latest continuous data together with weather-related data.
- Create a Water Alert: Subscribe to text or email alerts on water conditions. Learn more about how Water Alert works.
- Explore historical water data: Find all monitoring locations that have collected continuous and discrete sample data by filtering locations on a map, letting users select specific data types and areas of interest. Learn more about how to explore historical water data.
- Access water data programmatically: Access machine-readable formats of water data via APIs.
What’s next?
We will be evaluating feedback on the new page as it comes in from our users to find out how the page is working. Our team uses user-centered design processes to determine what to prioritize next. Let us know how the page is working for you by emailing wdfn@usgs.gov .
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