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USGS IN YOUR STATE

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

Related Sites

Some of the links referenced below are to documents created and maintained by non-USGS entities. Please note that USGS does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of these outside materials.

Other USGS Web pages

• U.S. Geological Survey
• USGS Search Engine
• USGS Water Resources
• USGS Biological Resources
• USGS Geological Resources
• USGS Geography Resources
• USGS International Programs
• USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program
• USGS Recreation
• Ask USGS
• Education Resources
• The Learning Web
• Science Topics
• USGS EROS Data Center
• Water Science for Schools

Water Resources

• Airborne Snow Survey Program
• Arsenic in Ground Water of the United States
• Dartmouth Flood Observatory
• Drought-Watch - USGS State Information on Drought
• National Hydrography Data Set
• National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
• National Streamflow Information Program
• National Water Conditions
• National Water-Quality Assessment Program
• National Weather Service
• National Wetlands Research Center
• NWIS (National Water Information System)/Real-Time Streamflow Data
• NOAA Precipitation Frequency Data Server
• Stockholm International Water Institute
• Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
• The World's Water
• Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
• UNESCO Water Portal
• U.S. Water Monitor
• Water Resources of the United States
• Water Use in the United States
• Water Watch Maps and Graphs
• World Water Council

Biological Resources

• Biological Resources of the United States
• Biological Resources Programs
• Biological Science and Technology Centers
• Butterflies of North America
• Frogwatch USA
• FrogWeb: Amphibian Declines & Deformities
• Kids Corner in Biology
• National Biological Information Infrastructure
• North American Amphibian Monitoring Program
• Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
• Wandering Wildlife
• West Nile Virus Maps

Geological Resources

• Anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
• Coastal and Marine Geology
• Earth Surface Dynamics
• Earthquake Hazards Program
• Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota
• Energy Resources Program
• Geologic Hazards - Landslides
• Geologic Story of the Great Plains
• Geologic Time
• Geologic Time Scale
• Geologic Resources of the United States
• Hurricane and Extreme Storm Impact Studies
• Mineral Resources Program
• National Cooperative Geologic Mapping
• National Earthquake Information Center
• Recent Earthquakes
• Tapestry of Time and Terrain
• Volcano Hazards Program

Mapping and Aerial Photography Resources

• EROS Data Center
• Finding and Ordering USGS Topographic Maps
• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• GEOMAC Wildfire Mapping
• Global Visualization Viewer
• National Atlas of the United States
• National Cooperative Geologic Mapping
• National Mapping Information
• PhotoFinder for USGS Aerial Photography
• Seamless Data Distribution System
• Terraserver Aerial Photo Viewer
• United Nations Maps
• U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
• View Maps and Aerial Photos Online

Satellite and GIS Data

• Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photographs
• Earthshots: Images of Environmental Change
• Earth Explorer
• Earth Now!
• EROS Data Center
• GIS Day
• The GIS Lab
• Land Cover Characterization Program
• Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC)
• National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data
• National Weather Service
• NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway
• Spatial Data Sets Available from WRD NDSI Node

Educational Resources

• Ask USGS
• Earthquake Science Explained
• Kids Corner in Biology
• La Ciencia del Agua para Escuelas
• 3D Parks
• Education Map Catalog
• Education News and Information
• The GPS Class
• A Life Cycle of a Mineral Deposit
• National Atlas of the United States
• National Biological Information Infrastructure
• Schoolyard Geology
• Science in Your Watershed
• TerraWeb for Kids
• USGS Science and Education
• The Water Cycle
• Water Education Posters
• Water Science for Schools

South Dakota Links

• South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• South Dakota Department of Tourism
• South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks
• South Dakota Geological Survey
• South Dakota State Parks
• State of South Dakota

USGS Publications

• Fact Sheets
• For Immediate Release
• Products and Publications
• Publications Warehouse
• Search Publications
• South Dakota Publications

Missouri River Basin

• Cross the Wide Missouri - Significant Missouri River System Biological Sites
• Missouri National Recreational River
• Missouri River Basin Mountain Snowpack Water Content - USACE
• Missouri River InfoLINK
• Missouri River Institute
• Mountain Snowpack Maps for Missouri River Basin - USDA NRCS

The USGS also has offices in neighboring states:
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