Hydrometric tools and resources
Last updated on March 11, 2026- Highlighted projects
- Resources
- Hydrometric Training Program
- RISC standards and resources
- Hydrometric Forms
Highlighted projects
Hydrometric Rating Application (HydRA)
Free online rating application for third party data collectors. HydRA will upload your measurement information and graphically display it so that you fit a rating curve for hydrometric data production.
B.C Extreme Flood Project
The project aims to provide critical information for calculating the magnitude of an extreme flood events in B.C.
Learn more about the British Columbia Extreme Flood Project.
Resources
Tools
| Type | Year | Author | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | 2024 | PHP | Free Hydrometric Rating Application (HydRA) | Free tool to build rating curves |
| Application | n/a | ECCC | Environment Canada Data Explorer | Desktop application for viewing and using ECCC HyDAT database |
| R package | 2017 | Albers | TidyHYDAT | Easily access Water Survey of Canada’s historical and real-time hydrometric data |
| R package | 2023 | Goetz and Schwarz | Flow Analysis Summary Statistics Tool | Visualize summary statistics and analyze trends |
Data Collection and review
List of resources
| Type | Year | Author | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | n/a | USGS | USGS Hydroacoustics Forum |
| Manual | 2010 | USGS | Discharge measurements at gaging stations: U.S Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Book 3, Chap. A8 |
| Manual | 2010 | USGS | Stage Measurement at Gaging Stations. U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Book 3, Chap. A7 |
| Article | 2017a | Richardson et.al. | Quantifying the Relation Between Electrical Conductivity and Salt Concentration for Dilution Gauging Via Dry Salt Injection |
| Article | 2004a | Moore, R.D. | Introduction to Salt Dilution Gauging for Streamflow Measurement: Part 1 |
| Manual | 2016 | USGS | Identifying and preserving high-water mark data |