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Searching for Great Geologic Maps

Searching for Great Geologic Maps

The USGS Announces Final Call for Abstracts: Best Student Geological Map Competition at GSA Phoenix.

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Less than One Percent of the United States Covered by Aeromagnetic Data that Meet Modern Standards

Less than One Percent of the United States Covered by Aeromagnetic Data that Meet Modern Standards

Less than one percent of the United States is mapped by aeromagnetic data that fully meet modern standards and best practices, according to a recent...

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USGS Seeks Earthquake Hazards Research Proposals

USGS Seeks Earthquake Hazards Research Proposals

Applications due May 29, 2019

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Online Tool Illustrates Groundwater Resources in Texas Panhandle

Online Tool Illustrates Groundwater Resources in Texas Panhandle

An interactive viewer to visualize groundwater resources in Gaines, Terry and Yoakum Counties, Texas, is now available from the U.S. Geological Survey...

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New Species Habitat Distribution Maps Now Support Conservation Planning at a National Scale

New Species Habitat Distribution Maps Now Support Conservation Planning at a National Scale

A new dataset of habitat distribution for terrestrial vertebrate species in the conterminous United States is now available from the USGS.

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A Comparison of Fire Potential Index Rasters

A Comparison of Fire Potential Index Rasters

The purpose of this study is to make a quantitative comparison of Fire Potential Index (fpi) rasters created by identical processes and on coincident...

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USGS 3DEP Lidar Point Cloud Now Available as Amazon Public Dataset

USGS 3DEP Lidar Point Cloud Now Available as Amazon Public Dataset

The USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) is excited to announce the availability of a new way to access and process lidar point cloud data from the 3DEP...

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Design of Private Wells Can Lead to Safer Drinking Water in Minnesota

Design of Private Wells Can Lead to Safer Drinking Water in Minnesota

Minnesota well drillers and landowners will now have new tools to help predict arsenic concentrations in drinking water when building domestic water...

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USGS Topo Base Map Refreshed and Other Updates

USGS Topo Base Map Refreshed and Other Updates

The “USGS Topo Base Map” service named “USGS Topo” has been refreshed with new data and design changes. In addition, several of the “Data Availability...

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Midwest US: What’s in Your Stream? Get Online to Find Out!

Midwest US: What’s in Your Stream? Get Online to Find Out!

An online interactive tool for learning about pesticides, nutrients, and the overall health of Midwest streams is now available from the U.S...

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FY19 U.S. Geological Survey Broad Agency Announcement for 3D Elevation Program Released

FY19 U.S. Geological Survey Broad Agency Announcement for 3D Elevation Program Released

Partnership opportunities for the acquisition of lidar data issued.

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USGS EDMAP Program – Call for Proposals

USGS EDMAP Program – Call for Proposals

Calling all geoscience faculty conducting research or teaching geologic mapping. The USGS EDMAP Program is accepting funding proposals focusing on...

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