FeatureCollection

Generic GeoJSON FeatureCollection.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
type	string	GeoJSON type (FeatureCollection).
features	array	Array of GeoJSON Feature objects.
numberMatched	integer	Total number of features matching the query.
numberReturned	integer	Number of features in this response.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/json-schema/usgs-water-data-api-feature-collection-schema.json",
  "title": "FeatureCollection",
  "description": "Generic GeoJSON FeatureCollection.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "GeoJSON type (FeatureCollection).",
      "example": "FeatureCollection"
    },
    "features": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of GeoJSON Feature objects.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    "numberMatched": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total number of features matching the query.",
      "example": 4523
    },
    "numberReturned": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of features in this response.",
      "example": 100
    }
  }
}