Climate and Environmental Data

Selected Datasets, viewers, tools, and publications for Climate, GeoHealth, Ecosystems, and Water.

Good Starting Points

USGS Science Data Catalog
Search all USGS data. Search capabilities are limited for very large datasets.

USGS Geospatial Data Sources
Base layers (elevation, orthoimagery, hydrography, geographic names, boundaries, transportation, & structures), satellite imagery, digital topographic maps, bathymetry, geology, hazards, and bulk data.

Climate Science

USGS Climate Science Plan - Future Research Directions (Circular 1526)

National Climate Change Viewer
Maps showing historical and future climate projections from 30 of the downscaled models for RCP emission scenarios 4.5 and 8.5.

Geologic CO₂ Sequestration Interactive Web Map
Includes investigated basins, assessed areas, stratigraphic columns, and well density information. Data is in downloadable Excel spreadsheets.

Glacier Dashboard

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GeoHealth

Integrated Science for the Study of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Environment—A Strategic Science Vision for the USGS (Circular 1490)

PFAS in U.S. Tapwater Interactive Dashboard

Interdisciplinary science approach for harmful algal blooms and algal toxins (Circular 1520)

The U.S. Geological Survey National Atmospheric Deposition Network—2023 (General Information Product 244)

Ecosystems

Where can I obtain soil surveys?

Avian Influenza Geonarrative

U.S. Coastal Wetland Geospatial Datasets Collection and Coastal Wetlands Geonarrative

National Land Cover Database
With the latest release, NLCD now includes map products characterizing land cover and land cover change across nine epochs from 2001 to 2021.

Gap Analysis Program (GAP) Viewers
Data sets for range and distribution of over 2000 species; Protected Area Database of the U.S.; and Land Cover.

Water

The National Water Dashboard

The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Network—Surface Water—2023 (General Information Product 245)

U.S. Geological Survey Groundwater Climate Response Network—2023 (General Information Product 243)

A Comparison of Contemporary and Historical Hydrology and Water Quality in the Foothills and Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic Slope, Northern Alaska (Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5008)v

USGS Flood Information