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Bureau of Reclamation

Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, powerplants, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states. These water projects led to homesteading and promoted the economic development of the West. Reclamation has constructed more than 600 dams and reservoirs including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on the Columbia River.

Bureau of Reclamation publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Catalog API, Locations API, Model Runs API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Energy, Federal Government, Infrastructure, Water, and Hydrology.

Bureau of Reclamation’s developer surface includes developer portal and 7 more developer resources.

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31.7/100 thin ▼ -5.2 Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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6 APIs
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Composite quality — 31.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 11.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Bureau of Reclamation Catalog API

The Catalog API from Bureau of Reclamation — 5 operation(s) for catalog.

Bureau of Reclamation Locations API

The Locations API from Bureau of Reclamation — 2 operation(s) for locations.

Bureau of Reclamation Model Runs API

The Model Runs API from Bureau of Reclamation — 3 operation(s) for model runs.

Bureau of Reclamation Parameters API

The Parameters API from Bureau of Reclamation — 2 operation(s) for parameters.

Bureau of Reclamation Reference Data API

The Reference Data API from Bureau of Reclamation — 4 operation(s) for reference data.

Bureau of Reclamation Results API

The Results API from Bureau of Reclamation — 1 operation(s) for results.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bureau Of Reclamation Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bureau Of Reclamation Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Bureau Of Reclamation Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bureau Of Reclamation Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Bureau Of Reclamation Agentic Access

17 operations

17 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Data Portal
Data Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bureau-of-reclamation
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-reclamation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bureau of Reclamation
tags:
- Energy
- Federal Government
- Infrastructure
- Water
- Hydrology
- Reservoirs
type: Index
kind: government
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-reclamation.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-30'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
description: Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, powerplants, and canals it constructed
  in the 17 western states. These water projects led to homesteading and promoted the economic development of the West. Reclamation
  has constructed more than 600 dams and reservoirs including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on the Columbia
  River.
apis:
- aid: bureau-of-reclamation:bureau-of-reclamation-catalog-api
  name: Bureau of Reclamation Catalog API
  description: The Catalog API from Bureau of Reclamation — 5 operation(s) for catalog.
  humanURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  baseURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api/
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-reclamation-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  - type: Portal
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=usbr-gov
- aid: bureau-of-reclamation:bureau-of-reclamation-locations-api
  name: Bureau of Reclamation Locations API
  description: The Locations API from Bureau of Reclamation — 2 operation(s) for locations.
  humanURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  baseURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api/
  tags:
  - Locations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-reclamation-locations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  - type: Portal
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=usbr-gov
- aid: bureau-of-reclamation:bureau-of-reclamation-model-runs-api
  name: Bureau of Reclamation Model Runs API
  description: The Model Runs API from Bureau of Reclamation — 3 operation(s) for model runs.
  humanURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  baseURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api/
  tags:
  - Model Runs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-reclamation-model-runs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  - type: Portal
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=usbr-gov
- aid: bureau-of-reclamation:bureau-of-reclamation-parameters-api
  name: Bureau of Reclamation Parameters API
  description: The Parameters API from Bureau of Reclamation — 2 operation(s) for parameters.
  humanURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  baseURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api/
  tags:
  - Parameters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-reclamation-parameters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  - type: Portal
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=usbr-gov
- aid: bureau-of-reclamation:bureau-of-reclamation-reference-data-api
  name: Bureau of Reclamation Reference Data API
  description: The Reference Data API from Bureau of Reclamation — 4 operation(s) for reference data.
  humanURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  baseURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api/
  tags:
  - Reference Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-reclamation-reference-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  - type: Portal
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=usbr-gov
- aid: bureau-of-reclamation:bureau-of-reclamation-results-api
  name: Bureau of Reclamation Results API
  description: The Results API from Bureau of Reclamation — 1 operation(s) for results.
  humanURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  baseURL: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api/
  tags:
  - Results
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-reclamation-results-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/rise/api
  - type: Portal
    url: https://data.usbr.gov/
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=usbr-gov
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bureau-of-reclamation-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-reclamation-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/usbr
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-reclamation
- type: Website
  url: https://www.usbr.gov
- type: Portal
  url: https://data.usbr.gov/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.usbr.gov/privacy.html
- type: Data Portal
  url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=usbr-gov
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'