U.S. Geological Survey · Pricing Plans

U S Geological Survey Plans Pricing

USGS APIs (Earthquake Catalog / FDSN, Water Data, ScienceBase, StreamStats, Seismic Design, Asset Identifier Service) are publicly accessible federal-government data services. There is no fee, no published commercial tier, and no documented monetary pricing. Use is governed by USGS terms and the federal information-quality guidelines rather than a paid plan structure.

U S Geological Survey Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for U.S. Geological Survey on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Plans shape.

It defines 1 plan, covering freemium tiers, with named plans including Public Open Data.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every figure as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

Tagged areas include Federal Government, Geological, Earth Science, Earthquake, and Hydrology.

1 Plans API Commons Plans
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-05.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every figure as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Plans

Public Open Data freemium

All USGS web services are free to access. No registration or commercial tier; users are asked to follow USGS data citation and acceptable-use guidance.

Public API Access (request · month) 0.00 USD

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