We Are Nebraska

CSD interacts with the lives of all Nebraskans.
Need Infrastructure, Nebraska?

CSD studies deposits of sand, gravel, stone, and cement resources, as well as site geology.
Need Water, Nebraska?

CSD focuses major resources and service efforts on groundwater.
Need Data, Nebraska?

CSD provides geological and natural resource data including the CSD Interactive Data Map
Need Food, Nebraska?

CSD expertise in groundwater, soils, and lime resources supports agriculture.
Need Landscapes, Nebraska?

CSD maps geology, studies soils, and researches our changing landscapes.
Need Strategic Minerals, Nebraska?

CSD helped discover and assess the Elk Creek carbonatite, a niobium and rare earth deposit.
Need Fuel, Nebraska?

CSD studies the geology behind petroleum resources and works on fuel-related issues.
We Are Nebraska

CSD interacts with the lives of all Nebraskans.
Need Strategic Minerals, Nebraska?

CSD helped discover and assess the Elk Creek carbonatite, a niobium and rare earth deposit.

The Conservation and Survey Division (Nebraska Geological Survey), the natural resource survey component of the School of Natural Resources, is a unique, multi-disciplinary research, service and data-resource organization established by state statute in 1921. The Division's mission is to investigate and record information about Nebraska's geologic history, its rock and mineral resources, the quantity and quality of its water resources, land cover and other aspects of its geography, as well as the nature, distribution and uses of its soils.