Welcome!
As state geologist and director of the Iowa Geological Survey, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our website. It’s a great repository for all things related to Iowa geology and water resources, and I’m confident you’ll find a lot of interesting information to browse through. You’ll see that the site is organized around four main pillars of information exchange: research, services, popular interest, and data and resources.
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Recent News
Join us for an Iowa Geological Survey Field Trip!
Friday, June 7, 2024
The Iowa Geological Survey will be leading a field trip in Muscatine County on Saturday, September 28.
Iowa needs a plan for using its precious groundwater
Thursday, February 22, 2024
A conversion of several factors, some natural and some self-imposed, is leading to recognition that the State of Iowa needs a plan to safeguard groundwater reserves in the future.
The IGS Geode - a look at the activities of the Iowa Geological Survey from July 2022 through June 2023
Friday, January 12, 2024
Please enjoy an online copy of our magazine, The IGS Geode, showcasing some of the Iowa Geological Survey’s activities during the past year.
Popular Interest
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If put end to end, core samples in the IGS Rock Library would stretch 30 miles
1,500,000
Bags of rock chips in the IGS Rock Library
470,000,000
IGS geologists determined that a meteor struck northeast Iowa 470M years ago