Utah Geological Survey

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The Utah Geological Survey is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It also has an office in Cedar City, Utah.^[1]

It is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources^[2] and is an applied scientific agency, which creates, interprets, and provides information about Utah's geological environment, resources and hazards, in order to promote safe, beneficial, and wise land usage.

Its departments and programs are: Editorial Services, Geologic Hazards Program, Energy & Minerals Program, Geologic Information and Outreach Program, Geologic Mapping Program, Ground Water and Paleontology Program, and the State Energy Program.

The UGS has worked on countless projects in the state, including statewide geologic hazards maps, oil shale assessment, Great Salt Lake studies, fault trenching, and the Snake Valley/West Desert Groundwater Monitoring Well Project. In addition, recent research and general geologic information is given in teacher-friendly formats for anyone to use.