# 2025-11084: USGS Seeks Public Input on Disaster Data Collection

2025-11084, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; U.S. Geological Survey, Generic Clearance for Natural Hazard Disaster-Related Data Collection, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, Geological Survey published 2025-06-17; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11084
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11084
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; U.S. Geological Survey, Generic Clearance for Natural Hazard Disaster-Related Data Collection
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; Geological Survey
- Citation: 90 FR 25623
- Published: 2025-06-17
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

USGS Seeks Public Input on Disaster Data Collection

## Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) wants to start collecting new information about natural disasters to help keep everyone safer. They’re asking the public to share thoughts by July 17, 2025, before they get approval to begin. This effort won’t cost the public money but aims to reduce paperwork and make data collection easier and smarter for everyone involved.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the United States Geological Survey (USGS, we) is proposing a new information collection.

## Effects PRIA read

- You may spend time answering USGS surveys: cost, low. The USGS plans to collect voluntary information from up to 2,500 people, producing up to 4,500 responses each year. That mix includes 2,500 15-minute surveys, 1,500 15-minute follow-up surveys, and 500 two-hour follow-up interviews, for a total estimated annual burden of 2,000 hours.
- No money required to participate: benefit, low. Participation in the USGS data collections is voluntary and there is no estimated non-hour monetary cost to respondents. The notice explicitly lists the Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost as None.
- Data to improve hazard response and resilience: benefit, high. The USGS says it will use the collected information to decrease negative impacts of hazard events, improve the flow of actionable information to emergency managers and public safety officers, and increase community resilience within the United States.

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## Sources
- [2025-11084 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-11084/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for)
- [2025-11084 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-11084.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11084 (as of 2026-11-03).