Government Information in Geology
Popular/Education/Map Resources
Presented by Jamie Walker, M.S. Geology
Mesa State College Library Grand Junction, CO
July 2011
jwalker@mesastate.edu
Science.gov See sources under “Earth and Ocean Sciences” Also, do a
search on “big Thompson flood”, then back to main page. (could do same
search at USGS)
USGS
http://www.usgs.gov/ Click on “Earthquakes – United States”
- http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/ back to main page
http://www.usgs.gov/ Click on “Natural Hazards”
- http://www.usgs.gov/natural_hazards/ “Volcano Hazards”
-- http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ Notice link to educational resources, also,
scroll down to link at bottom. Back to main page
http://www.usgs.gov/ Click on “Library”
- http://library.usgs.gov/ Click on “Borrowing”
-- http://library.usgs.gov/visitlib.html#borrowing Note interlibrary loan.
Back one page.
- http://library.usgs.gov/ Click on “Ask a Librarian”
-- http://library.usgs.gov/ext_request.html Note you can also “Search
Catalog”
Ask USGS
http://ask.usgs.gov/ “Educational Resources”
- http://education.usgs.gov/
Ask a Geologist
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/ (easier to type “ask a
geologist in Google)
USGS National Geologic Map Database
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ “Geoscience Map Catalog”
- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngm_catalog.ora.html “State-Wide Map”
-- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngm_SMsearch.html “Colorado”, then “Search”
--- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmbin/ngm_search_dbi.pl?src_page=ngm_SMsearch.html&geologictheme=stmap&State
=CO&search.x=50&search.y=23 “Geologic map of Colorado” under NGMDB library
---- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_68589.htm Click on option “2”
----- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_68589.htm Close window/tab,
go back to
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ “Geoscience Map Catalog”
- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngm_catalog.ora.html “Place Name Search”
-- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngm_catalog.ora.html Enter “Grand Junction”
in box, also select “Colorado” and “Mesa County”, then click “Search”
--- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/ngm_PN_dbi.pl “Grand Junction”
---- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmbin/ngm_PNsearch.pl?feature=Grand+Junction&nlat=39.06389&slat=39.06389&elo
n=-108.55&wlon=-108.55&state=Colorado&st_code=CO&county=Mesa+%28CO%29
Click on “Surficial” and “Bedrock” click “Search”
----- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmbin/ngm_search_dbi.pl?src_page=ngm_PNsearch.html&feature=Grand+Junction&bc
_ul=39.06489%2C-108.551&bc_lr=39.06289%2C108.549&State=CO&limg_nlat=49.7&limg_slat=25&limg_elon=-66.5&limg_wlon=125&limg_ns=463&limg_nl=244&map_name=us_shade_w_akhi&usmap=1&akmap=0&himap
=0&geologictheme=geolgenbed%3Bgeolgen&geologictheme=geolgensur%3Bgeolgen&f
ormat=both&screl=LE&scale=&datebgn=&dateend=&search.x=55&search.y=21 Note
that this will take me to the Colorado Geological Survey … so not all maps
in this are digitally available online or even USGS. Select “Geologic map
of the Grand Junction quadrangle, Mesa County, Colorado”
------ http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_46652.htm Select “Option 2”
------- http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/ILView.pl?sid=46652_1.sid&vtype=b
Topographic Maps
http://www.usgs.gov Click on tab “Maps, Imagery, and Publications”
- http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/ “Download digital scans of topo maps”
-http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/b2c/start/%28xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd%29/.d
o “Map Locator”
--http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/%28xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd
&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&carea=%24ROOT%29/.do In
SEARCH box enter “Colorado National Monument”
----http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/%28xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd
&layout=6_1_61_75&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&carea=%24ROOT%29/.do Click on
red marker, then Colorado National Monument US Topo. Then save file to be
opened later. After opening, notice the layers that can be turned on and
off.
FEMA Flood Maps
http://msc.fema.gov Enter “1200 College Place, Grand Junction, CO 81501”
and click on “Search by Street Address”
http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/MapSearchResult?storeId=1000
1&catalogId=10001&langId=1&userType=G&panelIDs=08077C0810F&Type=pbp&nonprinted=&unmapped= Click on
“View for resulting map. It takes awhile. Select a rectangle you would
like to see. Use tools to see various parts. Key in upper right.
Scienceaccelerator.gov.
http://scienceaccelerator.gov/ Try “”Grand Junction” and Uranium” Note all
the resources searched. Dates back to 1943, useful subject narrowing.