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United States Geological Survey (USGS), United States of America - gov
- Organization type:Governmental
General contact information
- URL: http://www.usgs.gov
- Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 111
- Postal Code: 20192
- City: Reston Virginia
- Country: United States of America
- Telephone: +1-703-648-6600
- Fax: +1-303-648-7031
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) serves the United States by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect the quality of life.
- USA: Tsunami preparedness week observed in California
25 Mar 2013 - Climate and drought lessons from Ancient Egypt
16 Aug 2012 - USA: USGS details effects of climate change on water availability in 14 local basins nationwide
16 May 2012 - Enhanced real-time earthquake information now online
17 Apr 2012 - Flash forward 100 years: climate change scenarios in California’s Bay-Delta
2 Nov 2011 - US/Mexico earthquake monitoring leads to safer communities
19 Oct 2011 - USA: After a flood of records on the Mississippi, flooding veers north and west
7 Jun 2011 - ARkStorm: California’s other 'big one'
14 Jan 2011 - US Geological Survey scientists receive presidential recognition
12 Dec 2010 - Mount St. Helens 30th anniversary: Eruption forever altered landscape, knowledge of volcanoes
14 May 2010 - USGS to award 4 million USD in earthquake research grants
26 Apr 2010 - USGS awards $2.7 million funding to improve detection of changes in Earth’s crust
20 Apr 2010 - Shaking and Tweeting: USGS uses Twitter for earthquake detection
14 Dec 2009 - USGS: Earthquake early warning system possible
14 Dec 2009 - USA: State agencies and universities to receive funding to improve volcano monitoring
7 Dec 2009 - USA: Bay Area better prepared for the next big earthquake
17 Oct 2009 - USA: Groundwater availability detailed in California’s Central Valley
15 Jul 2009 - Tanzania: Villagers encouraged to learn hazards of living near erupting volcano
5 Mar 2009 - Disaster earthquake scenario unveiled for Southern California
22 May 2008
National Policy, Plans & Statements
- Official Statements & Presentations
- United States of America: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, USGS, United States of America - gov
- Community exposure to tsunami hazards in California
2013 - Tsunami awareness and safety
2011 - Reducing earthquake losses in the extended Mediterranean region
2011 - Geology for a changing world 2010-2020: implementing the U.S. Geological Survey science strategy
2011 - National assessment of shoreline change: a GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts
2011 - National assessment of shoreline change: historical shoreline change along the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts
2011 - Overview of the ARkStorm scenario
2011 - The landslide handbook — a guide to understanding landslides
2008 - A volcano rekindled: the renewed eruption of Mount St. Helens, 2004-2006
2008 - The shakeout scenario
2008 - Methods for the emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the fires of 2007, Southern California
2007 - Surviving a Tsunami: lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan
2005 - Flood-hazard mapping in Honduras in response to Hurricane Mitch
2002 - Activities in Guatemala in support of the U.S. Hurricane Mitch reconstruction program: a final report submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development
2002 - Activities in support of the Hurricane Mitch reconstruction program
2002 - Activities in El Salvador in support of the U.S. Hurricane Mitch reconstruction program: a final report submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development
2002 - Activities in Nicaragua in support of the U.S. Hurricane Mitch reconstruction program: a final report submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development
2002 - Digital inventory of landslides and related deposits in honduras triggered by hurricane Mitch
2002 - Assessment of landslide hazards resulting from the February 13, 2001, El Salvador earthquake
2001 - Implications for earthquake risk reduction in the United States from the Kocaeli, Turkey, earthquake of August 17, 1999
2000 - The 1991 Pinatubo eruptions and their effects on aircraft operations
1999 - Lessons for Central Asia from Armenia and Sakhalin
1997 - The cataclysmic 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
1997 - Landslides and landslide hazards in Washington State due tu the February 5-9, 1996 storm
1996 - Fire and mud, eruptions and landslides of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
1995 - Health hazards of volcanic ash: a guide for the public
1984 - Guidelines on preparedness before, during and after an ashfall
- Scenario planning toward climate change adaptation
15-19 Jul 2013 - USGS national seismic hazard mapping project workshop
12-13 Dec 2012 - 2012 EERI annual meeting & national earthquake conference
10-13 Apr 2012 - 32nd International workshop on seismicity and earthquake engineering in the extended Mediterranean region (RELEMR)
13-16 Feb 2012 - Volcano awareness month
01-31 Jan 2012 - Earthquake insight field trip
02-04 Nov 2011 - The national map users conference and USGS geographic information science (GIS) workshop
10-13 May 2011 - ARkStorm summit
13-14 Jan 2011 - Disaster preparedness day
18 Sep 2010 - Workshop on seismicity and earthquake engineering in the extended mediterranean region
21-25 Jun 2010 - 3rd USGS modeling conference
07-11 Jun 2010 - USA: the great California ShakeOut 2008
13 Nov 2008 - 4th International conference on debris-flow hazards mitigation: mechanics, prediction, and assessment
10-13 Sep 2007
- Landslide handbook: a guide to understanding landslides
2009 - USGS science and education
2008 - Earthquakes for kids: USGS earthquake hazards program
2008 - USGS science resources for primary grades K-6
2007 - USGS earthquakes for kids
2007 - USGS natural hazards gateway
2007 - Ocean-Coastal hazards: hurricanes, tsunamis, coastal erosion
2006 - Earthquake Science Explained
2006 - USGS Science Education Website
2006 - Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country N. Calif. Ed.
2006 - Schoolyard Geology & Teaching boxes
2005 - Putting down roots in earthquake country
2004 - Natural Hazard Studies Links
2004 - Shake Map - A Tool for Earthquake Response
2003 - The USGS EQ Hazards Program in NEHRP
2003 - Is a Powerful Quake Likely to Strike
2003 - Monitoring Earthquake Shaking in Buildings
2003 - Advanced National Seismic System
2003 - Subsurface Exploration with the Cone Pentration
2003 - Earthquake Hazard in the Heart of the Homeland
2002 - The Parkfield Experiment
2002 - Educational Materials from the USGS
2002 - Designing for Tsunamis - seven Principles for Planning and Designing for Tsunami Hazards
2001 - Hazard Maps Help Save Lives and Property
2001 - Saving Lives Through Better Design Standards
2001 - Earthquake Shaking - Finding the "Hotspots"
2001 - Major Quake Likely to Strike
2001 - When Will the Next Great Quake Strike
2001 - SCIGN - New So Calif GPS Network
2001 - Speeding Earthquake Disaster Relief
2001 - Taking the Earth's Pulse
2000 - Progress Toward a Safer Future
1999 - Averting Surprises in the Pacific Northwest
1999 - Airborne Hunt for Faults in the Portland-Vancouver Area
1999 - Earthquake Technology Fights Crime
1996 - Building Safer Structures
1995 - On Shaky Ground
1992 - Safety and Survival in an Earthquake
1991 - The Loma Prieta Earthquake
1990 - The Next Big Earthquake in the Bay Area is Sooner than you Think
1990 - Oceans: coastal hazards - hurricanes, tsunamis, coastal erosion
- The Interior of the Earth
- Talking about disasters
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- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), United States of America - gov
- Alabama Governor's Office, United States of America - gov
- Arizona Department of Education, United States of America - gov
- Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), United States of America - gov
- Business Civic Leadership Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (BCLC), United States of America - gov
- California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Public Affairs, United States of America - gov
- California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR), United States of America - gov
- California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA), United States of America - gov
- California Energy Commission, United States of America - gov
- California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the (OES), United States of America - gov
- California Natural Resources Agency, United States of America - gov
- California Seismic Safety Commission, United States of America - gov
- Caltrans, United States of America - gov
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States of America - gov
- Charlotte Fire Department (CFD), United States of America - gov
- City & County of San Francisco, United States of America - gov
- City of Boston, United States of America - gov
- City of Hoboken, United States of America - gov
- City of Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America - gov
- City of Las Vegas - Las Vegas Valley Emergency Operations Center, United States of America - gov
- City of Los Angeles, United States of America - gov
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America - gov
- Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States of America - gov
- Contra Costa Health Services, United States of America - gov
- County of San Bernardino, United States of America - gov
- Department of Conservation (DOC), United States of America - gov
- Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), United States of America - gov
- Department of the Interior, United States of America - gov
- Emergency Management and Response - Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC), United States of America - gov
- Emergency Management Division (EMD), United States of America - gov
- Federal Communications Commission, United States of America - gov
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), United States of America - gov
- Florida Department of Education, Office of Educational Facilities (FLDOE), United States of America - gov
- Humanitarian Information Unit, United States of America - gov
- Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security (Idaho BHS), United States of America - gov
- Job Accommodation Network, United States of America - gov
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), United States of America - gov
- Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), United States of America - gov
- Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), United States of America - gov
- National Academy of Public Administration, The, United States of America - gov
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America - gov
- National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA), United States of America - gov
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), United States of America - gov
- National Council on Disability (NCD), United States of America - gov
- National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), United States of America - gov
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), United States of America - gov
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), United States of America - gov
- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, United States of America - gov
- National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), United States of America - gov
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States of America - gov
- National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), United States of America - gov
- National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP), United States of America - gov
- National Weather Service (NWS), United States of America - gov
- Nebraska Department of Enviromental Quality (NDEQ), United States of America - gov
- New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, United States of America - gov
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), United States of America - gov
- New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), United States of America - gov
- New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM), United States of America - gov
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), United States of America - gov
- New York State Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association, United States of America - gov
- New York state office of mental health (OMH - NY), United States of America - gov
- Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC), United States of America - gov
- Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP), United States of America - gov
- Office of Emergency Services - Santa Barbara County (OES), United States of America - gov
- Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS), United States of America - gov
- Office of Science and Technology Policy, United States of America - gov
- Office of the United States Congressman Bart Gordon, United States of America - gov
- Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), United States of America - gov
- Oregon Emergency Management, United States of America - gov
- Peace Corps, United States of America - gov
- Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations - New York, Japan - gov
- Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations - New York, Mexico - gov
- State Emergency Response Team (SERT), United States of America - gov
- State of California, the, United States of America - gov
- State of Illinois, United States of America - gov
- State of Maryland - government, United States of America - gov
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), United States of America - gov
- Tornado Recovery Action Council (TRAC), United States of America - gov
- U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources (IWR), United States of America - gov
- U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (USAERDC), United States of America - gov
- U.S. Department of Education, United States of America - gov
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States of America - gov
- U.S. Department of State, United States of America - gov
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), United States of America - gov
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), United States of America - gov
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), United States of America - gov
- U.S. Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR), United States of America - gov
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States of America - gov
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States of America - gov
- United States Department of Energy (DOE), United States of America - gov
- United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), United States of America - gov
- United States Department of Justice (DOJ), United States of America - gov
- United States Department of Labor, United States of America - gov
- United States Department of Transportation, United States of America - gov
- United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (DOT, FHWA), United States of America - gov
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States of America - gov
- United States Fire Administration, United States of America - gov
- United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), United States of America - gov
- United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), United States of America - gov
- United States of America - government
- United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), United States of America - gov
- US Army Corps of Engineers Mississipi Valley Division (USACE MVD), United States of America - gov
- Washington Military Department, United States of America - gov
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- Water Environment Federation, the (WEF), United States of America - gov
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