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Results of Federal Priority Streamgage priority options posed to federal stakeholders during online survey

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Bar chart showing proportion of respondents selecting different federal priorities
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Bar chart showing Federal priorities with survey preference proportions (figure 1, USGS Open File Report 2023-1032).

The Federal Priority Streamgage (FPS) network of the USGS receives Congressional appropriations to support the operation of a federally-funded “backbone” network of streamflow gages across the United States that are designated to meet the “Federal needs” or priorities of the country. Anticipating the evolution of Federal stakeholder water-data needs, the USGS launched a re-evaluation of the fundamental priorities for the FPS network in October 2020. In March 2022, the FPS Re-Prioritization Project used an online survey to solicit feedback from 767 stakeholders representing 22 Federal agencies who benefit from the FPS network.

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