Department of Interior

aid: doi
name: Department of Interior
description: The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) manages and conserves federal lands and natural resources across America.
  DOI's bureaus and offices provide REST APIs and data services covering national park information, water resources, earthquake
  data, mineral resources, geospatial federal land boundaries, and wildlife data. Key API providers include the National Park
  Service (NPS), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/doi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Federal Government
- National Parks
- Federal Lands
- Water Resources
- Wildlife
- Minerals
- Geospatial
- Geology
- Native American Affairs
- Public Lands
apis:
- name: NPS Data API
  description: The National Park Service Data API provides authoritative data about NPS sites including parks, alerts, campgrounds,
    events, visitor centers, news releases, articles, and educational lesson plans. Access requires a free API key sent via
    HTTP request header.
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  humanURL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
  baseURL: https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - National Parks
  - Recreation
  - Federal Lands
  - Campgrounds
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-documentation.htm
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/api-guides.htm
  contact:
  - FN: National Park Service Developer Resources
    url: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/index.htm
- name: USGS Water Data APIs
  description: Modernized USGS Water Data APIs providing real-time and historical water resource data including continuous
    sensor measurements, daily values, and water quality information from thousands of monitoring sites nationwide. Supports
    OGC API standards and STAC for geospatial data access.
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  humanURL: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov
  baseURL: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov
  tags:
  - Water
  - Hydrology
  - Streamflow
  - Water Quality
  - Real-Time Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/
  - type: Migration
    url: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/docs/ogcapi/migration/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/doi-usgs-water-openapi.yml
  contact:
  - FN: USGS Water Resources
    url: https://www.usgs.gov/tools/usgs-water-data-apis
- name: USGS Earthquake Hazards Web Services
  description: Real-time earthquake data feeds, notifications, and web services providing access to seismic event data including
    location, magnitude, depth, and related hazard information. Supports GeoJSON, QuakeML, and CSV formats.
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  humanURL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  baseURL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1
  tags:
  - Earthquakes
  - Seismic
  - Natural Hazards
  - Real-Time Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/
  contact:
  - FN: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
    url: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/
- name: USGS Mineral Resources Data API
  description: API access to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) and related mineral deposit databases. Supports
    geographic queries, bounding box searches, point queries, and access to data on mineral deposits, mining operations, and
    geochemical samples across the United States.
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  humanURL: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/catalog/api.php
  baseURL: https://mrdata.usgs.gov
  tags:
  - Minerals
  - Mining
  - Geochemistry
  - Natural Resources
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/catalog/api.php
  contact:
  - FN: USGS Mineral Resources Program
    url: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/mineral-resources-program/data
- name: BLM GIS REST Services
  description: Bureau of Land Management geospatial REST services providing access to federal land status, cadastral data
    (Public Land Survey System), mineral rights boundaries, and other BLM-managed land data through ArcGIS REST service endpoints.
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  humanURL: https://www.blm.gov/services/geospatial/GISData
  baseURL: https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - Federal Lands
  - Cadastral
  - GIS
  - Public Lands
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.blm.gov/services/geospatial/GISData
  contact:
  - FN: Bureau of Land Management Geospatial
    url: https://www.blm.gov/services/geospatial
- name: USGS ScienceBase API
  description: ScienceBase provides collaborative scientific data management infrastructure enabling upload, documentation,
    sharing, and discovery of USGS scientific data using standards-compliant REST web services. Covers a broad range of earth
    science, ecology, and natural resource data.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/
  baseURL: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog
  tags:
  - Science Data
  - Ecology
  - Natural Resources
  - Data Catalog
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.usgs.gov/sciencebase-instructions-and-documentation/api-and-web-services
  contact:
  - FN: USGS ScienceBase
    url: https://www.sciencebase.gov
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.doi.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.doi.gov/ocio/customers/web-services
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/usgs
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/department-of-the-interior
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.doi.gov/blog
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/interior
- type: Plans
  url: plans/doi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/doi-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/doi-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com