Function that returns USGS Site Information Service URL for troubleshooting or
building a URL for other purposes.
Usage
tellMeSiteURL(staid)
Arguments
staid
is the USGS site identification number, which
is usually eight digits long, but can be longer. Users may search for
surface-water sites and obtain station identification numbers using the
USGS Site Web Service,
https://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/Site-Service.html (U.S. Geological
Survey, 2017b); using the National Water Information System: Mapper,
https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/index.html (U.S. Geological Survey, 2017a);
or using the National Water Information System: Web Interface to daily
surface-water data,
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dv/?referred_module=sw (U.S.
Geological Survey, 2017c). The site identification number needs to be
entered as a character, that is in quotes, because many USGS streamgage
numbers begin with zero and the leading zero is necessary.