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USGS 3DEP elevation (EPQS)

Ground elevation at points (parcels, sites) from the USGS 3D Elevation Program via the Elevation Point Query Service. Licence: US public domain (US government work). No key, no robots.txt, no published rate limit: queried one point per second with one retry, at most 50 points per call.

Kind
Data source
Supplies
usgs_3dep_epqs
Status
active
Endpoints
1
usgs-elevation
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Provider record
Provider id
usgs-elevation
Kind
Data source
Supplies
usgs_3dep_epqs
Pull mode
live
Caller-supplied records
Accepted
Default source
live
Sync sources
seed, payload, live
Most records per sync
50
Registry status
active
Registry updated
Sun 4 Oct 2026 22:30:19 UTC

Endpoints

EndpointMethodAddressWhat it returns
pointGEThttps://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json?x={lon}&y={lat}&units=Feet&wkid=4326One elevation per point; 10-15 s per call

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