Information on the amount of water flowing in streams and rivers is critical to the management of water resources, emergency response to flooding, fisheries management, and many other uses. This layer provides access to real-time stream gauge readings compiled from a variety of agencies and organizations.Dataset SummaryThe Live Stream Gauges layer contains real-time measurements of water depth from multiple reporting agencies recording at sensors across the world. This layer uses GeoEvent Processor to ingest and consolidate the many live sensor feeds, and updates itself every hour. At some gauges, flow in cubic feet per second is estimated using a stage-discharge rating curve. Flow forecasts are also provided where available. These sensor feeds are owned and maintained by the GIS community. For details on the coverage in this map and the users who contributed data for this map via the Community Maps Program, view the list of Contributors for the Live Stream Gauges Service. If you want to contribute your organization's gauges, read more about the program here.