The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $2,657,323 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817). The project, titled "WASHINGTON SIX COUNTIES RE-COLLECTION PROJECT", will fund the collection of 7,770 square miles of full LiDAR coverage over six counties in Washington state at the Quality Level 1 standard. This re-collection effort will update and maintain...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) provides $410,000.00 to the New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) to collect high-quality Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data covering Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York. The project will update the existing elevation dataset, which is from 2014 and has a point spacing of 0.7 meters, to meet at minimum Quality Level 2...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $2,473,614.72 Cooperative Agreement under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) to the Indiana Office Of Technology (In.gov), a division of the Indiana State Budget Agency. The purpose of this 3-year award, running from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, is to update the state of Indiana's LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) dataset. Specifically, the vendor will collect Quality Level 1 (QL-1) LiDAR data for the central...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $1,303,940 Cooperative Agreement under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) to update Missouri's digital riverine and wetland data. This multi-year effort, spanning from August 2024 to July 2026, aims to improve the accuracy of geospatial datasets critical for natural disaster planning and response, as well as natural resource management. The project focuses on...
The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $114,998 Cooperative Agreement to Northern Arizona University under the USGS Research and Data Collection Program (CFDA 15.808) to test the utility of terrestrial LiDAR scanning (TLS) in estimating key wildfire fuels variables. The 2-year project will develop methods to estimate fuel load, vegetation cover, and vertical plant density from TLS data combined with other remote sensing sources. The researchers will establish field plots across different...
The California Department of Conservation received a $1,296,659.32 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to conduct geologic mapping and digital compilation activities across the state of California. The two-year project, running from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, will result in the production of three new 1:24,000-scale geologic maps, two 1:100,000-scale map compilations, two GEMS Level 3 geologic map...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $116,910 Project Grant under the USGS Cooperative Landslide Hazard Mapping and Assessment Program (CFDA 15.821) to the University of Arizona to conduct landslide inventory mapping in Yavapai County, Arizona. The key activities include: Preliminary identification and mapping of suspected landslides using LiDAR data in four study areas, 2) Field characterization of the geologic settings conducive to landslide formation, 3) Creation of outreach products...
The California Department of Conservation (DOC) was awarded a $366,310.54 Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Landslide Hazard Mapping and Assessment Program (CFDA 15.821). The grant, effective from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, supports the development of five landslide hazard awareness fact sheets for the public, planners, emergency responders, and decision makers in California. The key deliverables include: 1) a "What are Landslides?" fact sheet, 2) a...
The California Department of Conservation is awarded a $456,954.10 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) to conduct geological mapping and geochemical analysis in areas with potential for lithium resources in southeastern California. The project aims to produce 1:24,000-scale digital geologic maps for portions of the western Cady Mountains and the Daggett 7.5 quadrangle. These mapping activities, along with compiling...
The US Geological Survey, through its National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817), awarded a $197,452 cooperative agreement to the Commonwealth Office Of Technology on March 26, 2021 to complete by March 25, 2023. Under this award, the Commonwealth Office Of Technology will acquire LIDAR data for Kentucky from 2020-2021. The National Geospatial Program promotes the use of space-based land remote sensing data and technologies through collaborative state and local...