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eHYD Current Flood Stages

Austrian hydrographic station levels and stage codes for bounded, dated flood-context checks.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Tiny · ≤0.01 GB
Formats
GeoJSON
Access
API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Austria eHYD Hydrographic Service
Updates
Near Real Time
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
The official eHYD OGC collection links to CC BY 4.0; credit the Austrian hydrographic service and note any changes.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

eHYD's pegel_aktuell collection publishes current station values and stage codes. Start with one water-level feature; a raw level without its station-specific threshold is not a warning.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Review the eHYD OGC collection and its linked CC BY 4.0 licence.
  2. 2.Request one water-level feature using the parameter filter.
  3. 3.Keep its station, unit, timestamp, and code together.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://gis.lfrz.gv.at/api/geodata/i000501/ogc/features/v1/collections/i000501:pegel_aktuell/items",
    params={"f": "application/geo+json", "limit": 1,
            "filter-lang": "cql2-text", "filter": "parameter = 'W'"},
    timeout=20,
)
response.raise_for_status()
for feature in response.json()["features"]:
    station = feature["properties"]
    print(station["messstelle"], station["wert"], station["einheit"],
          station["zeitpunkt"], station["gesamtcode"])
4

Test a Useful Signal

Inspect One Austrian Gauge

Display one dated water-level observation with its stage code.

  1. 01Fetch one W-parameter gauge feature.
  2. 02Show its value, unit, observation time, and stage code.
  3. 03Explain that local thresholds are needed to interpret the stage.

Related Datasets

Dataset Details

Austria eHYD Hydrographic Service is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: current Austrian surface-water station values.

Geography

Austria

Formats

GeoJSON

Provider

Austria eHYD Hydrographic Service

Data Terms

The official eHYD OGC collection links to CC BY 4.0; credit the Austrian hydrographic service and note any changes.

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