Department of the Interior

The U.S. Department of the Interior manages federal lands, water, wildlife, energy and mineral resources, and trust responsibilities to American Indian, Alaska Native, and insular communities. Interior bureaus - National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue - publish a number of public APIs and open-data portals.

Department of the Interior publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Alerts API, Articles API, Campgrounds API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Public Lands, Natural Resources, and Geospatial.

The Department of the Interior catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Department of the Interior’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, and 5 more developer resources.

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14 APIs

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Composite quality — 45.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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 14

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Department Of The Interior Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

USGS Earthquake Feature

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

National Park

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

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 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 1

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Datasets

Datasets

Source (apis.yml)

aid: department-of-the-interior
name: Department of the Interior
description: The U.S. Department of the Interior manages federal lands, water, wildlife, energy and mineral resources, and
  trust responsibilities to American Indian, Alaska Native, and insular communities. Interior bureaus - National Park Service,
  U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian
  Affairs, and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue - publish a number of public APIs and open-data portals.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-interior/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json-icons/apis-json.png
created: '2024-12-25'
modified: '2026-07-25'
type: Index
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
- Federal Government
- Public Lands
- Natural Resources
- Geospatial
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/department-of-the-interior-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/department-of-the-interior-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/department-of-the-interior-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/doi-open-data
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/department-of-the-interior
- url: https://www.doi.gov/
  type: Portal
- url: https://www.doi.gov/developer
  type: Documentation
- url: https://data.doi.gov/
  type: Datasets
apis:
- aid: department-of-the-interior:doi-open-data
  name: DOI Open Data Catalog
  description: Department-wide open-data catalog at data.doi.gov, including datasets from all Interior bureaus.
  humanURL: https://data.doi.gov/
  tags:
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.doi.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:usfws-environmental-conservation-api
  name: USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) API
  description: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data on listed species under the Endangered Species Act and the National Wildlife
    Refuge System.
  humanURL: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/
  tags:
  - USFWS
  - Wildlife
  - Endangered Species
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:bor-water-data
  name: Bureau of Reclamation Water Data
  description: Reclamation reservoir, dam, and water-operations data for the western United States.
  humanURL: https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php
  tags:
  - Reclamation
  - Water
  - Dams
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php
- aid: department-of-the-interior:onrr-revenue-data
  name: ONRR Natural Resources Revenue Data
  description: Office of Natural Resources Revenue datasets on royalty, rent, and bonus revenue from federal energy and mineral
    production.
  humanURL: https://revenuedata.doi.gov/
  tags:
  - ONRR
  - Revenue
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://revenuedata.doi.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-alerts-api
  name: Department of the Interior Alerts API
  description: Park alerts and emergencies
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Alerts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-alerts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-articles-api
  name: Department of the Interior Articles API
  description: News articles and releases
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-campgrounds-api
  name: Department of the Interior Campgrounds API
  description: Campground listings
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Campgrounds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-campgrounds-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-counts-api
  name: Department of the Interior Counts API
  description: Event count queries
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Counts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-counts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-dailyvalues-api
  name: Department of the Interior DailyValues API
  description: Daily statistical values
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - DailyValues
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-dailyvalues-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-events-api
  name: Department of the Interior Events API
  description: Park events
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-instantaneousvalues-api
  name: Department of the Interior InstantaneousValues API
  description: Real-time instantaneous values
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - InstantaneousValues
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-instantaneousvalues-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-parks-api
  name: Department of the Interior Parks API
  description: National parks
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Parks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-parks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-sites-api
  name: Department of the Interior Sites API
  description: Water-monitoring sites
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Sites
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-sites-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
- aid: department-of-the-interior:department-of-the-interior-visitorcenters-api
  name: Department of the Interior VisitorCenters API
  description: Visitor centers
  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - VisitorCenters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/department-of-the-interior-visitorcenters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/nps-park-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/park-example.json
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/earthquake-feature-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/earthquake-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waterservices.usgs.gov/
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