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
Iowa Geological Survey’s expertise supports California wildfire prevention
Friday, October 18, 2024
Matthew Streeter, a soil scientist with the Iowa Geological Survey, has recently expanded his expertise to the wildfire-prone landscapes of Palo Cedro, California.
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.
Popular Interest
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If put end to end, core samples in the IGS Rock Library would stretch 30 miles
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Bags of rock chips in the IGS Rock Library
470,000,000
IGS geologists determined that a meteor struck northeast Iowa 470M years ago