# US Geological Survey

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/us-geological-survey/  
**APIs profiled:** 12

The US Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government that conducts research on the natural resources, natural hazards, and environmental health of the United States. The USGS is responsible for monitoring and assessing the country's water, energy, mineral, and biological resources, as well as investigating geological hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and floods. USGS provides a broad portfolio of public REST APIs covering earthquake data, water resources, geomagnetism, mapping, seismic design, and scientific data catalogs - all available without cost as US Government works.

## Kin Score — 27.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 27.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 57.7 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (12)

- **USGS ScienceBase Catalog API** — The USGS ScienceBase Catalog API provides access to USGS scientific data management infrastructure, enabling upload, documentation, sharing, and dynamic data services for USGS r...
- **USGS Geomagnetism Web Service** — The USGS Geomagnetism Web Service provides programmatic access to geomagnetic data collected by USGS magnetic observatories across the United States and territories, supporting ...
- **USGS Seismic Design Data Web Services** — The USGS Seismic Design Data Web Services provide parameter values from seismic design reference documents for building and infrastructure design, supporting compliance with ASC...
- **USGS National Map Services** — The USGS National Map services provide geospatial data and elevation products via OGC web services, REST APIs, and download services covering topographic data, imagery, hydrogra...
- **US Geological Survey Collections API** — OGC API collection discovery
- **US Geological Survey Continuous Values API** — Real-time and historical continuous sensor measurements
- **US Geological Survey Daily Values API** — Daily summary water data
- **US Geological Survey Earthquakes API** — Earthquake catalog query and count operations
- **US Geological Survey Field Measurements API** — Physically measured values from site visits
- **US Geological Survey Metadata API** — API metadata and discovery operations
- **US Geological Survey Monitoring Locations API** — Geographic and metadata for USGS monitoring stations
- **US Geological Survey Time Series Metadata API** — Metadata about time series observations

## Agentic access (1)

- **Us Geological Survey Agentic Access** — 13 operations

## Security (2)

- **Us Geological Survey Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Us Geological Survey Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Us Geological Survey Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Earth Science, Earthquakes, Water Data, Geospatial, Hazards, Environment

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/us-geological-survey/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.