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 is listed with 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.

The Bureau of Reclamation catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Bureau of Reclamation’s developer surface includes engineering blog, developer portal, and 10 more developer resources.

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Composite quality — 24.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 8.2 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 17

Access Clarity 1.3 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 11

Contract Governance 1.4 / 10

Discoverability 6.1 / 9

Regulatory Posture 0.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

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Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 21.4 — up to +15.7 composite points
Contract Quality scores 38.6 — up to +15.4 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
US Federal API Programs (api.data.gov, Login.gov, GSA MAS, FedRAMP)	undeclared	-	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

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 7

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

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Locations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Model Runs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Parameters API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Reference Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Results API

OPEN COLLECTION

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) API

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Bureau of Reclamation API pricing

Not yet checked against Bureau of Reclamation's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

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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

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Bureau of Reclamation

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Bureau Of Reclamation Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Bureau of Reclamation API Rules

35 rules · 33 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

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

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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
tags_raw:
- Energy
- Federal Government
- Infrastructure
- Water
- Hydrology
- Reservoirs
- Federal-Government
type: Index
kind: government
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  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: '2026-10-06'
position: Consuming
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:
  - Location
  tags_raw:
  - 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: Plans
  url: plans/bureau-of-reclamation-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bureau-of-reclamation-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bureau-of-reclamation-finops.yml
- url: https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/
  type: Blog
- 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: '0.23'

Bureau of Reclamation API — frequently asked questions

Does Bureau of Reclamation have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Bureau of Reclamation, including Bureau of Reclamation Catalog API, Bureau of Reclamation Locations API and Bureau of Reclamation Model Runs API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Bureau of Reclamation API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Bureau of Reclamation, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Bureau of Reclamation API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Bureau of Reclamation, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Bureau of Reclamation API ready for AI agents?

Bureau of Reclamation has a Kin Score of 24.4 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.8 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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