●Incident
USGS Water outage.
ResolvedDEGRADATION · HIGHAug 12, 2026, 10:28 PM · about 12 hours ago · Duration: 18min
Incident Summary
Incident Summary
API USGS Water is currently DOWN in us-east.
Diagnostic Details
Error Type: http HTTP Status: 503 Error Message: API returned HTTP 503 Retry Attempts: 1 (all failed)
Validation Results
Validation Reason: DOWN in 2 regions: us-west, us-east Consecutive DOWN Checks: 2 Time Between Checks: 310s
Cross-Region Impact
Also DOWN in: us-west Total Affected Regions: 2 Still UP in: asia, europe
Severity Assessment
Level: MEDIUM Limited regional impact or recoverable error type.
Detected by Probecast Health Monitor - 2026-08-12T22:28:13.014Z
Timeline
●Started
Aug 12, 2026, 10:28 PM
about 12 hours ago
●Resolved
Aug 12, 2026, 10:46 PM
about 11 hours ago
●Duration
18min
Total downtime
Evidence Logs4 checks
| Time | Region | Status | Latency | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 10:28 PM | us-west | down | 3820ms | 503 |
| Aug 12, 10:28 PM | us-east | down | 4217ms | 503 |
| Aug 12, 10:23 PM | us-east | down | 2302ms | 503 |
Track USGS Water reliability
This isn't USGS Water's first incident. They had 22 incidents in the last 180 days, averaging 528 minutes of impact.
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