All Earth and Environmental Science (Geology): U.S.G.S. Maps

Overall structure of the website for USGS maps, images, and publications.

Explanation of the different types of maps available from the USGS. Topographic, geologic, hydrologic, photo imagery, national parks...

Explanation of the map scales of USGS maps.

Source for geospatial data on topics such as boundaries, atmosphere, biology. business, demographic, environment, geology, health, water, utilities... Create your own maps.

This is the current series of topographic maps, constructed from layers of geographic data – orthoimagery, roads, geographic names, contours and hydrographic features - which can be turned on or all as you create the digital map best for your purposes. Free downloads.

Explanation of how to create your own digital topographic maps or find older versions of topographic maps. Description of the USGS Map Locator used to create and find the maps.

The Map Locator allows you to identify available topographic maps and to select those you want to download. Free.

Comprehensive search system for locating maps of different areas providing information on geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry,
geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology. Use GEOSCIENCE MAP CATALOG button to search.

New portal for locating geologic maps, based on the GEOSCIENCE MAP CATALOG listed above.

System for creating national maps based on a broad range of data, such as boundaries,

Create your own map of the U.S. based on data for boundaries (states, congressional districts), agriculture (crops, livestock), biology (amphibian species distributions), environment (toxic releases), people (energy consumption, crime), water (groundwater arsenic, dams).