The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), under the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), provides reliable scientific information to: describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect quality of life. As the Nation’s largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the USGS collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. The USGS forms cooperative partnerships with organizations from all levels of government and industry.
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GeoData & Products
Emergency Assessment of Post-Fire Debris-Flow Hazards
Overview:
Wildfire can significantly alter the hydrologic response of a watershed to the extent that even modest rainstorms can produce dangerous flash floods and debris flows. The USGS conducts post-fire debris-flow hazard assessments for select fires in the Western U.S. We use geospatial data related to basin morphometry, burn severity, soil properties, and rainfall characteristics to estimate the probability and volume of debris flows that may occur in response to a design storm.
Unclassified URL: https://landslides.usgs.gov/hazards/postfire_debrisflow/
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National Hydrography Dataset
Overview:
Data on America's surface waters are available from the USGS in the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). The NHD includes datasets covering all streams and lakes at scales of 1:24,000 and 1:100,000.
Unclassified URL: https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography
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U.S. Coast Guard Shipping Safety Fairways
Overview:
Downloadable layer representing Shipping Safety Fairways as specified by the U.S. Coast Guard in the 2006 Code of Federal Regulations, Title 33 Part 166.
Unclassified URL: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/get/4f4e4a52e4b07f02db62aea3
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The National Map – Data and Services (USGS)
Overview:
Digital geospatial data is also available in vector and raster download and as service links. Includes topographic, 3D elevation, historical, and hydrography data.
Unclassified URL: https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/national-geospatial-program/national-map#
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USGS GIS Data
Overview:
Maps, Imagery, and Publications
Unclassified URL: https://www.usgs.gov/products/data-and-tools/gis-data
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USGS Water Services
Overview:
The USGS water services site provides web services of data allowing users to easily bring USGS water data into their own web mapping systems. Services are invoked with REST protocol.
Unclassified URL: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
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Hazard Data Distribution System (HDDS)
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Provides storage and dissemination of USGS-hosted imagery and datasets related to emergency response activities. Imagery data hosted in HDDS can be categorized as public or restricted.
Unclassified URL: http://hddsexplorer.usgs.gov/
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Mineral Sources Data System (MRDS)
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A collection of reports describing metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world provided by the USGS. GIS data available to download, or use via a web mapping service.
Unclassified URL: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/
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Current Water Data for the Nation
Overview:
USGS site providing access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites all over the United States. Includes real time data for stream gauges and rapidly deployed stream gauges valuable for flood information.
Unclassified URL: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/
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EarthExplorer
Overview:
EarthExplorer provides access to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center archive. The EROS archive is a comprehensive collection of land remote sensing data that spans more than 70 years for national coverage and more than 50 years for the world. A graphical user interface helps users define areas of interest by zip code, address, place name, or by creation a customized area on an interactive map.
Current data collections include aerial photography, satellite imagery, elevation data, land cover products, and digitized maps as well as remotely sensed data for a variety of USGS projects and partners.
Unclassified URL: http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
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Tradecraft
International Charter Space and Major Disasters
Overview:
The Charter provides a unified system for space data acquisition and delivery to those affected by natural or man-made disasters. Each member agency has committed resources to support the provisions of the Charter which helps in mitigating the effects of disasters on human life and property.
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Link: https://www.disasterscharter.org/web/guest/home;jsessionid=C6FC888FF71D49EF7CBF6CDB021855C3.intlcharter-prod4040
Shake Alert
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The USGS along with a coalition of university / private partners are developing and testing an earthquake early warning system called ShakeAlert for the west coast of the United States. This system is in beta testing
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Link: http://www.shakealert.org/
Earthquake Notification Service (ENS)
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The USGS Earthquake Notification System (ENS) provides real time text information to any email address providing the location and magnitude of an earthquake. The messages contain the basic information to plot the epicenter location and initiate model runs within FEMA HAZUS and other applications.
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Link: https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/
Flash-Flood and Debris Early-Warning System
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A demonstration flash-flood and debris-flow early-warning system for recently burned areas in southern California. Partnered between USGS and NOAA.
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Link: http://landslides.usgs.gov/hazards/warningsys.php
National Map Corps
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Mapping crowd-sourcing program that encourages citizens to collect structures data by adding new features, removing obsolete points, and correcting existing data for The National Map database.
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Link: http://nationalmap.gov/TheNationalMapCorps/
ShakeCast
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ShakeCAST is an automated system for retrieving specific ShakeMap products and analyzing the shake intensity against a user’s inventory of structures to assess potential impacts. This information can be used for setting inspection priorities for post-event activities and reporting on potential losses.
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Link: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3086/
Volcano Alerts and the Volcano Notification Service (VNS)
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USGS system providing current alerts and subscription information for the Volcano Notification System.
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Link: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vhp/updates.html
Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP)
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The USGS Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP) provides commercial remote sensing resources supporting U.S. Federal Civil agencies.
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Link: http://crssp.usgs.gov/
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
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Part of the NGP, the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature for the nation.
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Link: http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/
Capabilities
Flood Map Viewer
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Provides convenient, map-based access to storm-surge and other flood event-based data collected by the USGS.
Unclassified URL: http://water.usgs.gov/floods/FEV/
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Volcano Notification Service (VNS)
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The Volcano Notification Service (VNS) is a free service that sends notification emails about volcanic activity happening at US monitored volcanoes. The VNS can be customized to only deliver notifications for certain volcanoes, or a range of volcanoes, as well as choose the separate notification types you want to receive.
Unclassified URL: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vns2/
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USGS Ash3D
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The U.S. Geological Survey has developed the Ash3D model to help anticipate where volcano ash clouds might move and depoists might fall before and during aneruption. When volcanoes threaten to erupt, the USGS runs daily simulations to anticipate where ash clouds may move or deposits might land. Model results are publicly posted.
Unclassified URL: https://vsc-ash.wr.usgs.gov/ashgui/#/
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Streamer
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A dynamic map which allows a web user to map upstream and downstream traces and generate reports for each trace (including a map of the trace; its direction, total length, and outlet water bodies). Can be used to trace introduced contaminants and predict downstream water bodies affected.
Unclassified URL: https://txpub.usgs.gov/DSS/streamer/web/
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Surge, Wave, and Tide Hydrodynamics (SWATH) Network
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Consists of water-level and barometric-pressure monitoring devices that are deployed in the days and hours just prior to a potential widespread storm-surge event, and then retrieved shortly after event occurrence. These sensors are part of a relatively new USGS mobile network of rapidly deployable, experimental instruments that are used to observe and document hurricane-induced storm-surge, waves and tides as they make landfall and interact with coastal features.
Unclassified URL: http://water.usgs.gov/floods/swath/
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The National Map (USGS)
Overview:
A part of the National Geospatial Program, TNM encompasses most of the geospatial products and services within the USGS including base data, map products and geospatial web services for the nation.
Unclassified URL: https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/tnm-delivery/
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Topo Quadrangles – The National Map
Overview:
US Topo refers specifically to USGS topographic quadrangle maps published in 2009 and later US Topo maps can be downloaded free of charge from several USGS interfaces including digital, digital mobile and hardcopy.
Unclassified URL: http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/index.html
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Event Support Viewer
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Situational awareness and resource management web map viewer. Includes daily NOAA imagery updates, flood gauges, declared counties/parishes, precipitation forecasts and estimates, national flood hazards, etc.
Unclassified URL: http://esm-usgs.opendata.arcgis.com/
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Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER)
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PAGER uses ShakeMap results as the primary shaking input and incorporates these analyses with comprehensive population data to compute the population exposed to each level of shaking intensity.
Unclassified URL: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/pager/
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Volcanos and Current Activity Alerts
Overview:
USGS site providing web maps of volcanoes and alert levels.
Unclassified URL: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/index.html
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Updated on October 29, 2019