Educational & Technical Tools
Guidance

Application Processing Fee Guidance (Application Fee Calculator.xlsx)
NC Dam Safety Hydrologic & Hydraulic (H&H) Analysis, Design and Modeling Guidance
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
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Dam Safety Resources
- US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dam Safety Resources
- US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) Dam Safety Resources
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA) - NRCS Hydrologic & Hydraulic (H&H) Technical Info
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Resources
- Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)