U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection — CFDA 15.808

USGS research obligations at $672.4M

USAspending.gov records $672,387,788.34 in obligations under CFDA 15.808. One thousand forty-five awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $643,433 per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical cooperative-agreement invoice and not a cost per data product.

The assistance-listing title is U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION. CFDA 15.808 is the identifier. Other Interior or USGS listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $672.4M. Combining those codes would invent a combined earth-science total this packet does not contain.

320 recipients and 1,045 award rows

Three hundred twenty recipients share 1,045 awards, or about 3.3 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $672,387,788.34 evenly would assign about $2.10 million per recipient. That density is a university-and-cooperator pattern: hundreds of named organizations carrying a handful of assistance rows each. The packet does not list the 320. Recipient count is the organizational headcount on the federal extract, not a census of field offices or hydrologists.

Fifty-four jurisdictions in the geographic count cover states plus territories and other coded entities in the USAspending state field. Research dollars still follow work plans as coded, not equal shares. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Award rows are not a streamgage census

Among Interior science listings, 15.808 is a high-row cooperative file: 1,045 awards against 320 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of studies” and a worse proxy for datasets released. Recipients (320) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (1,045) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report streamgages, seismic stations, or map sheets. Citing 1,045 as publications would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, jurisdictions. One thousand forty-five awards at about $643,433 each is cooperative-science architecture, not a publications index.

Obligations versus research outlays

The $672.4M is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against USGS research awards — are not in the packet. A cooperative file can show a large obligation stock while reimbursements follow a later calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 15.808 to size this U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a minerals-revenue or land-management dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 15.808.

What the 15.808 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a gage inventory, not a publications index, and not a university directory. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $672,387,788.34. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 1,045 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 54 jurisdictions is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to cooperators.

USGS Research and Data Collection’s 54-jurisdiction map and 320-recipient headcount together describe a cooperative-science network, not a single-lab earmark. A researcher comparing 15.808 with other Interior science codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The $672.4M stock is the USAspending obligation book for this listing only.

Where the 15.808 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 15.808 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other Interior listings. For 15.808 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 15.808’s 1,045 awards spread $672,387,788.34 across 320 recipients and 54 jurisdictions. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 3.3 award records per recipient is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Streamgages, map sheets, and publications live in other USGS series. Those rows are outside $672,387,788.34 unless they share CFDA 15.808. Quote 1,045 as assistance records, 320 as organizational payees, and 54 as the geographic count.

Questions

How much is obligated for USGS research and data collection?

USAspending.gov records $672.4M in obligations for CFDA 15.808. SpendingVault indexes 1,045 awards, 320 recipients, and 54 jurisdictions. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a streamgage count. CFDA 15.808’s $672,387,788.34 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 15.808 carry?

The listing shows 1,045 awards against 320 recipients, or about 3.3 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $643,433 per award. Award count is not a count of studies or map sheets. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 15.808 awards?

The extract lists 320 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 15.808, not a census of USGS field offices or hydrologists. Geographic coding covers 54 jurisdictions. The packet does not name the 320 or publish a gage inventory.

Is $672.4M already paid for USGS cooperative science?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 15.808’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or datasets released. The $672,387,788.34 on 1,045 awards is the obligation figure. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.