The following information was compiled by Mike Deacon of the USGS Water Resources Miami Subdistrict Office

The following information was compiled by Mike Deacon of the USGS Water Resources Miami Subdistrict Office. His email address is mdeacon@usgs.gov

MAIN PORTALS & DIRECTORIES

Ask USGS: http://ask.usgs.gov For the general public, especially those seeking information products this may be the easiest site to use. May take awhile to access page because of the graphics.

USGS Home Page: http://www.usgs.gov For those wanting more details (employment, strategic plans, and program information).

Key Officials: http://www.usgs.gov/div_contacts/

USGS electronic personnel locator: http://www.usgs.gov/bio/USGS/ph.html

Water Resources Division personnel listing: http://water.usgs.gov/admin/wrd-dir/

U.S. Department of the Interior email locator: http://momentum.ios.doi.gov/email/doi.cfm

U.S. Department of the Interior telephone listings by bureau: http://www.doi.gov/doiphone.html

BY RESOURCE CATEGORY

Water Resources Division: http://water.usgs.gov/

Biological Resources Division: http://biology.usgs.gov

Geologic Division: http://geology.usgs.gov

National Mapping Division: http://mapping.usgs.gov

SPECIFIC TO FLORIDA

Office web pages

Water Resources District Office in Tallahassee: http://fl.water.usgs.gov

Subdistrict Office in Miami: http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Miami/index.html

Subdistrict Office in Almonte Springs (Orlando area): http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Orlando/index.html

Subdistrict Office in Tampa: http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Tampa/index.html

Quality of Water Service Unit (Ocala Laboratory): http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Ocala/index.html

Center for Coastal Geology in St. Petersburg, FL: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/

Florida Caribbean Science Center (biology) in Gainesville, FL: http://www.fcsc.usgs.gov/

Restoration Ecology Branch at the Florida International University in Miami:

http://www.fcsc.usgs.gov/Greater_Florida_Everglades/greater_florida_everglades.html

Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Florida in Gainesville (Cooperators: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the University of Florida)

http://biology.usgs.gov/coop/unitpages/fl_cfwru.html

Programs & Information Systems

Fact sheet on program in Florida: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-010-99/

Favorite USGS pages about Florida:

http://search.usgs.gov/query.html?col=&ht=0&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=1&la=&qm=1&si=0&ct=328314799

South Florida Information Access (SOFIA): http://sofia.usgs.gov Has a wide variety of information about the South Florida Placed Based Studies program, including projects, real-time data, publications, contacts, etc.

Florida Water Watch: http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Water_data/FLdrought.html Has current information related to droughts, floods and storms in Florida.

Surf Your Watershed (In cooperation with the EPA): http://www.epa.gov/surf3/states/FL/

Other Resourceful Sites

Florida State agency web pages: http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/directory.html

Florida State agency telephone numbers: http://fcn.state.fl.us/owa_411/owa/www_tel.pkg_agency.agency_html

Florida 411 Direct personnel locator (State agency, county, city, university, community college, and public school)

http://fcn.state.fl.us/411direct/

Federal telephone directories: http://www.info.gov/phone.htm

State and local government information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

Learning Web: http://www.usgs.gov/education Provides online K-12 education for earth-science related topics such as plants and animals, land, water, and maps. Has online teaching packets in PDF format.

Water Science for Schools: http://water.usgs.gov/droplet Information on many aspects of water, includes pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where students can give opinions and test their knowledge of water resources.

National Atlas of the USA: http://www.nationalatlas.gov Provides easy to use, map-like views of natural and socio-cultural landscapes. A tool for reference and education; an aid in research and a source for scientific information. Developed cooperatively by the USGS and other agencies.

Ask a geologist: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist Allows students to correspond with USGS scientists and get answers to specific earth-science related questions.

Earthshots: http://www.usgs.gov/earthshots Satellite images of environmental change.

TerraServer: http://terraserver.microsoft.com Provides viewers with access to "terabytes" of data using slow speed telecommunication lines and simple computer designs such as PCs and web browsers. Instead of presenting images in their original large format, TerraServer divides the images into small tiles that can be retrieved over the Internet. Developed cooperatively by the USGS and Microsoft.

REAL-TIME DATA

Real-time water data page: http://water.usgs.gov/realtime.html National real-time surface- and ground-water conditions throughout the United States. Has links to all 50 states for surface and ground-water sites. Also has clickable map for locating streamflow sites nationwide. Daily water conditions page (water.usgs.gov/dwc) has much of the same information.

PUBLICATIONS ONLINE

Registered On-line Water Resources Reports: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs and http://usgs-georef.cos.com/ Can search or browse by category (WRIR's, Fact Sheets, Circulars, GIP's, etc.) Fact sheets on this site are bureau wide.

Publication Ordering - call 1-888-ASK-USGS (Online ordering of publications is not possible at this time, except for maps and aerial photographs.)

Earth Explorer: http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs08300.html Online query and order maps, satellite images, digital raster graphics, etc. (replaces webglis, and mapfinder websites).

Online Map Lists: http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/maplists.html Useful for locating specific maps prior to ordering. Select and view lists of USGS topographic maps and orthophotoquads.

LIBRARY REFERENCE

USGS Library: http://www.usgs.gov/library Search publications from the largest earth science library in the world. Includes publications relating to geology, hydrology, cartography, and biology. Site also has searchable collection of online earth-science related photographs.

GEOSPATIAL DATA

Earth sciences Resource Observation Systems: http://edc.usgs.gov/ The USGS EROS Data Center houses aerial photographs of the United States, as well as images from several series of satellites covering the entire Earth. These products, Digital Line Graphs, Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles, Digital Raster Graphics, and Digital Elevation Models -- are known collectively as US GeoData.

US GeoData files: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html Distributed by anonymous FTP at no charge.