Unitit States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

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Formed	Mairch 3, 1879 (1879-03-03)
Jurisdiction	United States
Heidquarters	Reston, Virginia United States 38.9475194°N 77.3683075°W / 38.9475194; -77.3683075
Employees	8,670 (2009)
Annual budget	$1.1 billion (FY2010)
Agency executive	Suzette Kimball, Director
Paurent agency	United States Department of the Interior
Website	USGS.gov

The Unitit States Geological Survey (USGS, umwhile simply Geological Survey) is a scienteefic agency o the Unitit States govrenment. The scientists o the USGS study the laundscape o the Unitit States, its naitural resoorces, an the naitural hazards that threaten it. The organisation haes fower major science disciplines, concernin biology, geografie, geology, an hydrology. The USGS is a fact-findin resairch organisation wi na regulatory responsibility.