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Sources and licenses
The data keeps its source's license. Credit each source with the text given here.
Every dataset on this site may be used commercially.
| Source | License | Commercial use | Datasets |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | USDM terms (credit required) | Allowed | 1 |
| U.S. Geological Survey | US Government work | Allowed | 1 |
| U.S. Geological Survey | US Government work | Allowed | 1 |
U.S. Drought Monitor county statistics (categorical percent of area)
- Source
- U.S. Drought Monitor county statistics (categorical percent of area)
- Publisher
- National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- License
- US Drought Monitor terms: free to use with credit (
LicenseRef-USDM-Credit-Required) - Commercial use
- Allowed
Credit the source with this exact text:
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.
Used by: County drought categories
USGS Water Data APIs (OGC API), daily values
- Source
- USGS Water Data APIs (OGC API), daily values
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- License
- US Government work (public domain in the United States) (
LicenseRef-US-Government-Work) - Commercial use
- Allowed
Credit the source with this exact text:
Streamflow data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Used by: Daily streamflow
USGS Water Data APIs (OGC API), monitoring-locations and time-series-metadata
- Source
- USGS Water Data APIs (OGC API), monitoring-locations and time-series-metadata
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- License
- US Government work (public domain in the United States) (
LicenseRef-US-Government-Work) - Commercial use
- Allowed
Credit the source with this exact text:
Stream gage information courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Used by: USGS stream gages
Place names and codes
Country, state and county ids and names come from a shared location registry built from these sources:
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files: counties Public domain (U.S. Government work)
- U.S. Census Bureau, state and state-equivalent FIPS codes Public domain (U.S. Government work)
- Unicode CLDR 49.0.0: English territory names and ISO 3166 code mappings Unicode License v3