02.05.10 | Coming Soon to AZGS: Thursday, Feb. 11: Mata Ortiz Potter, Oralia Lopez, demonstrating Mata Ortiz painting technique at 416 W. Congress, Tucson, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Click Here for Directions
02.05.10 | AZGS is hiring a part time web designer with graphics experience. Click here for job description and application information.
02.05.10 | Earth Fissure Viewer displaying more than 330 miles of mapped fissures in Cochise, Maricopa, Pima and Pinal Counties now available at azgs.az.gov/efv
01.12.10 | Maricopa County Earth Fissure Map showing earth fissures in 8 study areas is now available! See the News Release online and download the map.
12.30.09 | Arizona Geology WINTER 2009 now
available online! Click Here
12.23.09 | AZGS' Combined Annual Report 2006-2009 now
available online at our Online Publications page. Click here to download report directly.
12.23.09 | AZGS Earth Fissure Center releases new earth fissure maps (1:24,000-scale) for Dragoon Rd, Cochise County and Greene Wash, Pinal County. Get the fissure maps or press release here.
12.11.09 | AZGS Hiring for Two Positions: 1) Administrative assistant; and 2)
Project Coordinator of 17-million dollar DOE-supported National
Geothermal Data Project. More information
11.04.09 | The State Map and Bookstore at 416 W. Congress, Tucson, will be closed for inventory count on Monday and Tuesday, 9 and 10 November. Our bookstore staff will be unavailable to conduct business or fill orders during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to customers. We will re-open for regular business hours on Thursday, 12 November at 8:00AM. For more information about our bookstore click here.
11.04.09 | WEBSITE DOWN-TIME : Our site is currently undergoing a new branding, and server configurations. Please be patient with us as some of our site is still being updated and configured. We apologize for any inconvenience.
08.10.09 | SHAKING Arizona: August 3rd M6.9 Earthquake impact on Arizona. More Info
07.31.09 | New Publication Model - The AZGS Online Publication Outlet. AZGS is migrating to a digital publication model, making new publications available free online. And for the first time, we’re marketing GIS data of newly released geologic quadrangles: geodatebase, shapefiles, for $25.00. Printed maps still available at the AZGS Map and Bookstore. Check it out NOW!
07.31.09 | San Pedro River geologic maps and report of Holocene-age deposits are available online. For GIS data – geodatabase, shapefiles, metadata, report, and browse graphics – contact the AZGS Map and Bookstore (520.770.3500; store azgs.az.gov). More Info
02.25.09 | AZGS’s GOLD Classics: Out-of-print geologic literature on lode gold and gold placer deposits in Arizona; with more than 7000 downloads from Jan-Feb. 2009!! Visit the Gold Prospecting page.
01.14.09 | The Geoscience Recovery and Reinvestment Program: The Association of American State Geologists today released the Geoscience Recovery and Reinvestment Program (GRRP), a guidance document for the new Administration and Congress about the roles the geosciences, and State Geological Surveys in particular, can play in supporting and enhancing the national economic recovery and reinvestment program. Download the Guidance Document NOW
01.02.09 | NPR's Science Friday Interview with Lee Allison, AZGS Director and Arizona State Geologist, January, 2 2009, 2:00 p.m EST. Topic: COPUS & The Year of Science 2009. Archived audio file available at NPR.org
12.23.08 | Arizona Geology is Going Digital! As of December 2008, Arizona Geology (published by the AZGS) is going to be available ONLY online and published 3 times per year instead of quarterly. We don't want you to miss an issue - sign up for the RSS Feed | Learn More About Arizona Geology.
12.23.08 | NEW Earth Fissure Study Area Maps Released: Pete's Corner and Luke. Learn More
10.02.08 | AZGS’s Lee Allison, Survey Director and Arizona State Geologist, receiving the prestigious, "John T. Galey, Sr., Memorial Public Service Award", from Dan St. Germain, President of the American Institute of Professional Geologists. The award was made at AIPG's national meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona, September 2008. (See Photo )
09.01.08 | AZGS joins a UA-ASU research team in developing better solar energy technologies.
The Survey's contribution, led by Steve Rauzi, involves identifying salt deposits where caverns could be carved out to hold compressed air for energy storage. $6.7M.
06.02.08 | Adopt-a-Seismic Station! AZGS proposes TASA (Transportable Array (Seismic) Station Acquisition) Adopt-a-Seismic Station program to assess and minimize seismic risk in Arizona. Download the Brochure
04.23.08 |  Subscribe to the AZGS Earth Fissure RSS Feed ! | Click here for link to channel.
04.30.08 | New Contributed Report. The Geology of the Safford-San Carlos Area. Learn More
09.01.08 | Former AZGS director and state geologist Larry Fellows accepts the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of American State Geologists from current director Lee Allison. Lee accepted the award on Larry's behalf at the AASG Centennial meeting in West Virginia. See Photo
04.23.08 | Earth Fissure Study Area Maps: Release of 1:12,000 scale Study Area Maps for Chandler Heights and Apache Junction.
04.23.08 | Earth Fissure Planning Maps: Release of v.4 of 1-250,000 scale Planning Maps for both Maricopa and Pinal Counties (OFR-07-01)
03.24.08 | LANDSLIDE ALERT: Closes Highway 87 near Payson, Arizona. Learn about this landslide
03.18.2008 | American Institute of Professional Geologists recognizes AZGS Director,
Dr. Lee Allison, with its
national John T. Galey, Sr., Memorial Public Service Award for
outstanding service. See Award Letter Here.
01.23.08 | AZGS Receives $217k from USGS STATEMAP Program for 2008-09. Read More | Download Location Map
01.03.08 | Final Rulemaking for The Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AZOGCC). Go to azogcc.az.gov or click here to read more.
12.11.07 | Scientists issue recommendations for managing earth fissures in Arizona. Available in a free downloadable publication: "Land Subsidence and Earth Fissures in Arizona" (CR-07-C)
12.06.07 | Free Minerals Download(s): Articles on Asbestos in Arizona (.pdf)
12.04.07 | 2007 Holiday Sale! 15% OFF select maps and publications in our bookstore. Come in and take advantage of the savings during this holiday season! Click here for list of discounted products.
11.26.07 | See Our Winter Gallery! Saguaro National Monfument East in Tucson, AZ - Jan. 22, 2007. Photos by AZGS geologist Joe Cook. Click here for AZGS Winter Gallery...
11.02.07 | AZGS is now hiring! Check our Employment page for open positions and more information.
07.25.07 | AZGS Earth Fissure Alert Notice: An earth fissure reopened near Chandler Heights in Maricopa County on the evening of July 21, 2007. Read More
07.09.07 | Geothermal energy scoping meeting for Arizona: The Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service will hold a public scoping meeting in Phoenix on July 11, 2007 as one of 10 meetings across the western US, in advance of preparing a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for their geothermal land leasing
project. The Phoenix meeting will be 4:30-7:30 pm, Wed, 7/11 Lecture Room Burton Barr Central Library,
1221 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004. ( Download Newsletter)
AZGS opens Phoenix office | Arizona Geological Survey has opened a branch office in Phoenix, to better address the needs of the state’s largest metropolitan area. The office will initially focus on natural hazards, especially earth fissures, and groundwater resources. The office is housed at the Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources, 1502 W. Washington Ave. Contact AZGS Branch Chief, Mimi Diaz, at mimi.diaz@azgs.az.gov Contact Info |
