Images

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

Terri Zach, University of Kentucky, Geology of the Survey Peak 7.5' Quadrangle, Wyoming: Using Detailed Mapping to Reconstruct the Paleo-Topography of the Northern Teton Range and Implications for the Paleo-Teton Collapse Hypothesis.

This is an image of the sign that was placed at the 2025 GSA annual meeting to designate the USGS NCGMP-hosted BSGMC. 

This is an image of the top two winners from the competition holding their awards along with contest sponsors. 

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

Terry Lee from the University of Nevada, Reno, 1:24,000-Scale Geologic Map of the Western Half of the Franklin Lake NW 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeast Nevada.

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

David Canova, University of Barcelona, Salt structures in the Eastern External Betics fold and thrust belt, SE Iberia—Geologic maps, cross sections, and palinspastic reconstructions. 

The new USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map web tool was designed to be mobile friendly, allowing users to explore geologic data easily from their smartphones or tablets. USGS image. 

The new USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map web tool was designed to also be mobile friendly, allowing users to explore geologic data from smartphones and tablets, in addition to larger devices. USGS image.

This is a preliminary image of the 3D geologic map of Allegan County, Michigan which will be part of the Allegan County web map being created by the Michigan Geological Survey. 

This is an image of the Geoheritage Sites of the Nation Explorer, which is an interactive web map application featuring the 55 geoheritage sites from the Geoheritage Sites of the Nation Data Release v.1. 

This is a geologic map showing the Quaternary geology of the state of Wisconsin. It is an update to an older map that was published in 2025 after many years of mapping done by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. 

Cover picture of the report titled Economic Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Geological Mapping in the United States of America from 1994 to 2019.

Existing surficial geologic maps of project areas to be converted to digital geologic databases (Barry and Van Buren counties) and web-based maps (Allegan County).

BSGMC 2024 first place winner is Andrew Yokel-Deliduka with AASG President Jessica Moore and Brunton CEO Lauren Heerschap

Each year, the US Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, in partnership with the Association of American State Geologists, the American Institute of Professional Geologists, Geological Society of America (GSA), and American Geosciences Institute hosts the annual Best Student Geologic Map Competition (BSGMC) 

STATEMAP Partners gather in Park City Utah during the annual meeting of the Association of American State Geologists 

Title banner from the USGS NCGMP 2023 STATEMAP Factsheet to be used to support communication and outreach 

Photograph of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Photo taken on September 8, 2023.

Two-dimensional (2D) National Map Illustration in support of U.G. GeoFramework Initiative (USGI)

Partners and processes supporting the USGI to demonstrate how components support the gathering and synthesis of geologic data to help construct a 2D/3D GeoFramework model of the United States.

Illustration of NGS activities in bringing together national and continental-resolution 2D and 3D geologic data

National Subsurface Geology Explorer - Top Basement

National Subsurface Geology Explorer - Top Basement - ScienceBase-Catalog