# USGS ScienceBase API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/doi/usgs-sciencebase-api/  
**Provider:** Department of Interior — https://apis.io/providers/doi/  
**Base URL:** https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog  
**Documentation:** https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/

USGS ScienceBase API is one of 41 APIs that [Department of Interior](https://apis.io/providers/doi/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Science Data, Ecology, Natural Resources, and Data Catalog. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

ScienceBase provides collaborative scientific data management infrastructure enabling upload, documentation, sharing, and discovery of USGS scientific data using standards-compliant REST web services. Covers a broad range of earth science, ecology, and natural resource data.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://www.usgs.gov/sciencebase-instructions-and-documentation/api-and-web-services

## Other Department of Interior APIs (12)

- [NPS Data API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/nps-data-api/)
- [USGS Earthquake Hazards Web Services](https://apis.io/apis/doi/usgs-earthquake-hazards-web-services/)
- [USGS Mineral Resources Data API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/usgs-mineral-resources-data-api/)
- [BLM GIS REST Services](https://apis.io/apis/doi/blm-gis-rest-services/)
- [Department of Interior agency-codes API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/doi-agency-codes-api/)
- [Department of Interior altitude-datums API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/doi-altitude-datums-api/)
- [Department of Interior aquifer-codes API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/doi-aquifer-codes-api/)
- [Department of Interior aquifer-types API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/doi-aquifer-types-api/)
- [Department of Interior channel-measurements API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/doi-channel-measurements-api/)
- [Department of Interior citations API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/doi-citations-api/)
- [Department of Interior combined-metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/doi-combined-metadata-api/)
- [Department of Interior continuous API](https://apis.io/apis/doi/doi-continuous-api/)

## Tags

Science Data, Ecology, Natural Resources, Data Catalog

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