The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $358,337 Cooperative Agreement under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to produce new detailed geologic maps and digital geologic data for the state of Maryland. The key deliverables include: PDF open-file geologic maps for the Grantsville, Sandy Spring, and Winfield 1:24,000 quadrangles GIS maps and GEMS 3 databases for 1:24,000 quadrangle maps in Bittinger,...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810), provides $243,056 to the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to conduct detailed geological mapping and digital database development across Maryland's Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions. The 2-year project period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include:...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $252,344 to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to complete the following deliverables by June 30, 2026: Combined bedrock and surficial geologic maps for the Ben Davis Point/Bombay Hook Island and Sea Isle City/Sea Isle City East quadrangles in New Jersey. A karst susceptibility map for the Bloomsbury quadrangle in New...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $613,653.00 to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to conduct geologic mapping and research projects across Mississippi. The key deliverables include: Surficial geologic maps, cross-sections, and databases for the Redwood, Vicksburg East, and Vicksburg West quadrangles in Warren and Issaquena Counties. Surficial and...
This $323,478 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The funding will support the completion of several geologic mapping projects in New Jersey over a 2-year period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. Key deliverables include: Geologic maps for two 7.5-minute quadrangles in New Jersey A karst susceptibility map for one...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $489,647.83 Cooperative Agreement under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Fiscal Management Division. The award will fund five geologic mapping projects in Pennsylvania over the 2-year project period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. Key deliverables include: A 1:24,000-scale bedrock geologic map of the western Broad Top Coalfield area. A...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $162,436 Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to preserve and provide public access to core photographs and lithology logs from the Delaware Geological Survey's project files. Key deliverables include: Cataloging and archiving approximately 8,000 core photos in TIFF and JPG formats from over 325 onshore and offshore sites, with metadata stored in the survey's data...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $471,972 to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation to support two key projects over one year from September 2024 to September 2025: Project 1 will develop new surficial geologic mapping and modeling methods to complete a geologic map of the eastern half of Warren County, Kentucky. This work will incorporate field studies, sediment/soil...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $415,020 Cooperative Agreement under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to the University of Nebraska to generate surficial geologic maps for three 7.5-minute quadrangles in Nebraska and update six previously published maps to the current Geologic Mapping Enhancement and Modernization Standards (GEMS). The project period runs from September 15, 2023 to September 14, 2025. The deliverables will include surficial geologic...
This $859,061 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides funding to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to support new and compilation geologic mapping projects in North Carolina. The key deliverables include: Bedrock geologic maps at 1:100,000 scale for the northern half of the Gastonia and Southern Pines quadrangles, along with associated digital geodatabases. A new...