Beginning in the 1940s, the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Mapping Program was tasked with the immense cartographical feat of surveying the entire country to create a series of more than 50,000 ...

WASHINGTON DC — Hikers, hunters and other outdoor recreationists will be pleased to know that free digital topographic maps are now available online from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Now you've got one less excuse not to venture into the wilderness. National Geographic just launched a website that lets you find and print a PDF of any U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) quad map across ...

The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Lincoln, Montana on Thursday was the area’s strongest in 60 years. The tremors from this quake stretched for hundreds of miles across the state, and residents as ...

After years of trying to make paper maps work on computers, the U.S. Geological Survey wants digital maps to work like paper ones. “We’re trying to make the maps look and feel like the old topo maps ...

Nearly all of California has a more than 95% chance of a damaging earthquake in the next century, a new United States Geological Survey map shows. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model released ...

Have you ever wanted to study the Moon’s surface in exacting detail? Now’s your chance. The USGS (with help from NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute) has released the first complete geologic map of ...

Less than two weeks after Kenneth Baitsholts lost his job for breaking a gag order about the proposed closure of the U.S. Geological Survey's Map Store in Anchorage, the federal agency has announced ...