Educational & Technical Tools

Guidance

Diagram of an Earth Dam — Diagram of a Dam

Dam Terms and Definitions

Application Processing Fee Guidance (Application Fee Calculator.xlsx)

NC Dam Safety Hydrologic & Hydraulic (H&H) Analysis, Design and Modeling Guidance

Map of dams in North Carolina

Guidelines for Maintenance, Repair and Modification Activities on Dams

Dam Safety Guidance Regarding Trees on Dams

Hazard Classification Criteria (monetary guideline & excerpts of law and rule)

Pocket Safety Guide for Dams and Impoundments

NC Dam Operations & Maintenance and Inspection Manual (2007)

NC Dam Safety Program and Best Management Practices

NC Risk Management QL2/QL1 LiDAR Collection Summary

NC Floodplain Mapping Program - Spatial Data Download

NC Flood Risk Information System (FRIS)

Available/Applicable Dam Modeling Software

Federally Approved Software (but are not limited to)
- Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) softwares (i.e. HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS)
- GeoDam-BREACH
- Simplified Dam-Break (SMPDBK)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Softwares (i.e. FLOW-3D, STAR-CCM+)
Selecting Dam Breach Inundation Software - Observations from Kentucky (2015)

Federal Dam Safety Resources