The USGS also partners with state geological surveys, private companies, universities and federal agencies in its efforts to identify new mineral resources below ground and in old mine tailings …

Stay updated on the latest earthquakes with this interactive map from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Per USGS practice, historical data will retain the name of the geographic features as they were known at the time the data were originally released. The USGS Science Data Catalog …

In 2015, the USGS unveiled the topoView website, a new way to view their entire digitized collection of over 178,000 maps from 1884 to 2006. The site is an interactive map of the …

Explore USGS water data locations nationwide, finding locations in areas of interest to access water data. Filter using locations of interest or type of water data before downloading from …

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