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Sites like United States Geological Survey

The 20 closest Government geoscience agency alternatives to United States Geological Survey, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 7 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to United States Geological Survey? The closest matches are NSF, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and EPA. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey usgs.gov

Wikidata: scientific agency of the United States government

Top 10K · #1,859 7 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Summary by Claude

US federal science agency publishing data, maps, and research on geology, water resources, natural hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes, ecosystems, and mineral resources.

Who it’s for
Scientists, government agencies, educators, and the public
Business model
Government funded

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to United States Geological Survey’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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National AcademiesCDCUnited States Department of Educationusa.govUnited States Department of Agriculturejma.go.jpNASAEPANational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNSF

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to United States Geological Survey

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to United States Geological Survey, thumbs down if it isn’t.

We can’t read usgs.gov’s homepage (ENOTFOUND), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    NSF nsf.gov Top 10K English

    NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation

    NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

  2. 02

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    agency in the United States Federal Government

  3. 03
    EPA epa.gov Top 1K English

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | US EPA

    Website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment.

  4. 04
    NASA nasa.gov Top 1K English

    NASA

    NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

  5. 05
    jma.go.jp Top 10K Japanese

    気象庁 Japan Meteorological Agency

    気象庁が発表する気象情報、地震・津波情報、データ、火山、気候、環境、海洋情報を掲載

  6. 06

    department of the US government

  7. 07
    usa.gov Top 10K English

    Making government services easier to find | USAGov

    Find government benefits, services, agencies, and information at USA.gov. Contact elected officials. Learn about passports, Social Security, taxes, and more.

  8. 08

    Azure WAF

    Azure WAF

  9. 09
    CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

  10. 10
    Federal Register federalregister.gov Top 10K

    official journal of the U.S. Federal Government

  11. 11
    National Academies nationalacademies.org Top 10K English

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

    Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.

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    National Weather Service weather.gov Top 10K

    National Weather Service

    U.S. forecasting agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  13. 13
    Federal Emergency Management Agency fema.gov Top 10K English

    FEMA.gov | Federal Emergency Management Agency

    United States disaster response agency, part of Department of Homeland Security

  14. 14
    GSA gsa.gov Top 10K English

    Home | GSA

    Our mission is to deliver the best customer experience and value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to government and the American people.

  15. 15
    United States Department of Energy energy.gov Top 10K English

    Department of Energy

    U.S. Department of Energy - Home

  16. 16
    National Geographic nationalgeographic.com Top 10K English

    National Geographic

    Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.

  17. 17
    Smithsonian Institution si.edu Top 10K English

    Smithsonian request verification

    group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government

  18. 18
    CIA cia.gov Top 10K English

    CIA

    national foreign intelligence agency of the United States

  19. 19
    United States Department of State state.gov Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    executive department of the U.S. federal government

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    Bureau of Labor Statistics bls.gov Top 10K English

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to usgs.gov’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones United States Geological Survey uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What United States Geological Survey is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Marketing automation
  • Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.usgs.gov include:_spf.doi.gov include:spf.protect…
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.usgs.gov include:_spf.doi.gov include:spf.protect…
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.usgs.gov include:_spf.doi.gov include:spf.protect…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=BDNWwhbMkb/KgzHy3HEdJBunaWjCLLc1pTa1UNQ…
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-4bVuhH2L4a8uRajbjEleUUZP

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