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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20.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemium

6 APIs

EnergyFederal-GovernmentInfrastructureWaterHydrologyReservoirs

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 20.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 9.4 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.6 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.2 / 15

Agent readiness — 25/100 · 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

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APIs 6

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

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.

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

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
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: '0.23'

Bureau of Reclamation

Kin Score

APIs 6

Bureau of Reclamation Catalog API

Bureau of Reclamation Locations API

Bureau of Reclamation Model Runs API

Bureau of Reclamation Parameters API

Bureau of Reclamation Reference Data API

Bureau of Reclamation Results API

Open Collections 8

API Collection

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog API

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Locations API

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Model Runs API

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Parameters API

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Reference Data API

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Catalog Results API

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) API

Pricing Plans 1

Bureau Of Reclamation Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Bureau Of Reclamation Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Bureau Of Reclamation Finops

Security Posture 1

Bureau Of Reclamation Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Bureau Of Reclamation Agentic Access