Streamflow drought forecasts

A newer version of the software may be available. See https://code.usgs.gov/wma/vizlab/streamflow-drought-forecasts/-/releases to view all releases.

This repo uses R, JavaScript, Vue, and Mapbox to build an interactive map of experimental streamflow drought forecasts for the conterminous United States.

The data visualization website can be viewed at https://water.usgs.gov/vizlab/streamflow-drought-forecasts.

Building the website locally

Clone the repo. In the directory, run npm install to install the required modules. Once the dependencies have been installed, run npm run dev to run locally from your browser. Note that you will need to have a local copy of the Mapbox development token to build the site.

To build the website locally you'll need npm v20 and node v8.1 or higher installed. To manage multiple versions of npm, you may try using nvm.

Citation

Corson-Dosch, Hayley, Watkins, David, Ross, Jesse, Bucknell, Mary, Simeone, Caelan, Hammond, John, Archer, Althea & Nell, Cee (2025). Streamflow drought assessment and forecasting tool. U.S. Geological Survey software release. Reston, VA. https://doi.org/10.5066/P138JIEN

Consulting subject matter experts

Numerous individuals within the USGS water community and external partners with the NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System consulted on the development of this website as subject matter experts.

Additional information

• We welcome contributions from the community. See the guidelines for contributing to this repository on GitHub.
• Disclaimer
• License