Laboratories

The USGS has over 500 laboratories nationwide. Those with active sites are listed here, with many more coming online over the coming year.

Locations Map

Laboratory Name	Affiliation	State or Territory
3-D CT Core Imaging Laboratory	Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center	California
Algal and Other Environmental Toxins Laboratory		Kansas
Bascom ARgon Dating (BARD) Laboratory	Florence Bascom Geoscience Center	Virginia
Behavioral Toxicology Laboratory		Missouri
Bioactive Chemicals Research Laboratory		Colorado
Bird Banding Laboratory	Patuxent Wildlife Research Center	Maryland
Brine Research Instrumentation and Experimental (BRInE) Laboratory	Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center	Virginia
Calcareous Laboratory	Florence Bascom Geoscience Center	Virginia
Carbonate Aquifer Characterization Laboratory	Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)	Florida
Chemistry Laboratory	National Wildlife Health Center	Wisconsin
Columbia River Research Laboratory (CRRL)	Western Fisheries Research Center	Washington
Coral Microbial Ecology Laboratory	St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center	Florida
Core Preparation and Analysis Laboratory and Sample Repositories	Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center	California
Denver Microbeam Laboratory		Colorado
Denver Radiogenic Isotope Lab	Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center	Colorado
Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory (DML)	National Wildlife Health Center	Wisconsin
Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory (DPL)	National Wildlife Health Center	Wisconsin
Diagnostic Virology Laboratory (DVL)	National Wildlife Health Center	Wisconsin
Earth Systems Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center	Colorado
Eastern Energy and Environmental Laboratory (EEEL)	Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center	Virginia
Environmental and Public Health Microbiology Laboratory		Florida
Environmental Chemistry Laboratory		Missouri
Fish Health Program	Western Fisheries Research Center	Washington
Functional and Molecular Bioassay Laboratory		West Virginia
Gas Hydrates Project Biogeochemistry Laboratory	Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center	Massachusetts
Gas Hydrates Project Hydrate Pressure Core Analysis Laboratory (HyPrCAL)	Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center	Massachusetts
Gas Hydrates Project Physical Properties Laboratory	Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center	Massachusetts
High-Content Screening Laboratory		Missouri
Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF)		Mississippi
Integrated Water Chemistry Assessment Laboratory	Water Resources	Colorado
Kentucky Sediment Laboratory	Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center	Kentucky
Klamath Falls Field Station (KFFS)	Western Fisheries Research Center	Oregon
Laboratories for Wildlife Disease Diagnostics	National Wildlife Health Center	Wisconsin
Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment		Wisconsin
Low-Temperature Calibration Facility	Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center	Colorado
Luminescence Dating Laboratory	Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center	Colorado
Macrofossil and Sediment Processing Laboratory	Florence Bascom Geoscience Center	Virginia
Marine Minerals Laboratory	Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center	California
Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)	Western Fisheries Research Center	Washington
Mercury Research Laboratory	Upper Midwest Water Science Center	Wisconsin
Michigan Bacteriological Research Laboratory		Michigan
Microbial Biogeochemistry Laboratory		California
Mineralogy and Microscopy Laboratory	Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center	Colorado
Molecular Ecology Laboratory		Alaska
Multi-Sensor Core Logger Laboratory	Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center	California
Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab	Eastern Ecological Science Center	Maryland
National Water Quality Laboratory		Colorado
New Mexico Water Science Center Sediment Laboratory	New Mexico Water Science Center	New Mexico
Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory	Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center	Ohio
Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory	California Water Science Center	California
Organic Geochemistry Laboratory	Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center	Florida
Organic Geochemistry Research Laboratory		Kansas
Organic Matter Research Laboratory		California
Pacific Northwest eDNA Laboratory	Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)	Idaho
Palynology Lab	Florence Bascom Geoscience Center	Virginia
Peat and Sediment Processing Laboratory	Florence Bascom Geoscience Center	Virginia
Petroleum Geochemistry Research Laboratory	Central Energy Resources Science Center	Colorado
Photomicroscopy and Flow Cytometry Laboratory		Louisiana
Plant-Soil-Environment Laboratory (FRESC)	Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)	Oregon
Pollen Laboratory	Florence Bascom Geoscience Center	Virginia
Quaternary Paleobotany Laboratory	Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center	Colorado
Radiochemistry Laboratory	Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center	California
Reston Biogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Laboratory	Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center	Virginia
Reston Cosmogenic Nuclide (RECON) Laboratory	Florence Bascom Geoscience Center	Virginia
Reston Electron Microbeam Laboratory	Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center	Virginia
Reston Microbial Laboratory (RML)	Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center	Virginia
Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory (RSIL)		Virginia
Sediment Lab Suite and Carbon Analysis Laboratory	Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center	California
Soil and Low-Ionic-Strength Water Quality Laboratory	New York Water Science Center	New York
Soils and Sediment Laboratory	Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center	Colorado
Spectroscopy Lab		Colorado
St. Petersburg Carbon Analytical Laboratory	St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center	Florida
Terrestrial Ecosystems Laboratory (FRESC)	Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)	Oregon
Trace Inorganic Geochemistry Laboratory	Pacific Coastal Marine Science Center	California
WHCMSC Sediment Laboratory	Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center	Massachusetts

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