DATA CENTER
WATER DATA & STUDIES
INFORMATION CENTER
ABOUT KANSAS WSC
USGS IN YOUR STATE
USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.
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Additional Sources of Information
Neighboring USGS Water Resources Websites
- Water Resources of Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and
Oklahoma
- Water
Resources of all other States
Water Data
- Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
- Lake and reservoir information from the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
- Kansas
City District (Federal water agency)
- Tulsa
District (Federal water agency)
- NADP
- National Atmospheric Deposition Program
- USGS
Suspended-Sediment Data Base--Suspended sediment and ancillary data
- USGS Geospatial
Data Clearinghouse
- Science in
Your Watershed - Scientific information on a watershed basis
- U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation (Federal water agency)
- Water-use
information
- Water Well Completion Records (WWC5) Database
- WIZARD - Kansas Geological Survey Water Information Storage and Retrieval Database
Maps
- The National Atlas of the United StatesTM
- This atlas is an interactive on-line map browser intended to provide a comprehensive, map-like view into the enormous wealth of data collected
by the Federal Government. The URL is: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
- Online access to USGS topographic maps
- USGS and Microsoft have combined their expertise and resources to provide the general public with online access to USGS topographic maps.
Digital versions of the maps are available online by accessing the Microsoft TerraServer at the following URL: http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com
- USGS topographic maps or basin maps of Kansas
- Topographic and other USGS maps can be purchased from the Kansas Geological Survey at (785) 864-3965, which is the USGS map outlet in Kansas. If
you want to obtain topographic maps or information about maps directly from the USGS National Mapping Division, call 1-888-ASK-USGS
(1-888-275-8747) or from the Internet, the URL is:
http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/to_order.html
- Flood-plain maps
- Contact FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) at 1-800-358-9616, or in Kansas City, Missouri, call (816) 283-7002, or from the Internet,
the URL is: http://www.fema.gov/
- Generate an online hazard map for your area of interest. The URL is: http://www.esri.com/hazards/makemap.html
- TIGER maps - U.S. Census Bureau topologically integrated geographic encoding and referencing
system
- USGS Map dealers in other states
Local Weather
- National Weather Service Forecast Lawrence, Kansas
- National Weather Service Radar Image Topeka, Kansas
Climate
- National Climate Data Center - World's largest archive of weather data, a part of NOAA
- Precipitation, snowfall, and temperature data for
cities in Kansas
- Precipitation, snowfall, and temperature data for
cities throughout the U.S.
- Weather forecasts, warnings and radar - from NWS
Earth Sciences & Environmental Information
- Geological
studies in the Middle Missouri Basin (USGS Geological Division)
- National
Geophysics Data Center - Repository for geophysical data
- National
Wetlands Inventory; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- USGS
Geologic Hazards Information
- Earthquakes - New Madrid, MO
- Earthquake Hazards Program
State & Local Agencies
- KACEE Kansas
Association for Conservation and Environmental Education
- Kansas
Data Access and Support Center - Geographic data base for Kansas
- Kansas
Department of Agriculture - Division of Water Resources (State agency)
- Kansas
Department of Health and Environment (State agency)
- Kansas
Geological Survey (Oil, gas, water information, and basic geology)
- Kansas
Groundwater Management Districts
- Kansas Water Office
(State water agency)
Other Government Sites
- Ask USGS -
Earth Science Information Center
- Ask-A-Geologist
- FirstGov - A
source for all government online resources
- Midcontinent Herbicide Project
- NASA -
National Aeronautical & Space Administration
- EOS
Project Science Office - NASA's Earth Observing System
- NOAA -
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- National
Geodetic Survey
- nowCoast
- National Park
Service
- NSIP -
National Streamflow Information Program
- NAWQA
- National Water-Quality Assessment Program
- Summary of the key findings in the first decade of studies by NAWQA
- Toxics -
Toxic Substance Hydrology Program
- USGS
Sites and other sources of information
- Biological Resources - Biological activities in Kansas
- Geographic
Names Information System
- USGS
Library
- USGS
National Elevation Data Set
- USGS
Recreational Website
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Kansas
City District - Federal water agency
- Tulsa
District - Federal water agency
- U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Federal water and environment agency
- U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service
- The White
House
Other Sites
- The
Disaster Center - News, weather, and directory of on-line information
- Video tapes of water issues from television programs
- Water
Resources Research Institutes located at universities
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