Water resources data for the 1981 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 1 of this report contains discharge records for 155 gaging stations; stage only for records for 1 lake; stage and contents for 11 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 89 gaging stations, and 45 ungaged stations; and water levels for 33 observation wells. Also included are 74 crest-stage partial-record stations and 2 precipitation monitoring sites. Additional water data were collected at various sies, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data together with the data in Volume 2 represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Wyoming.