Link overview and contents

This page provides links, listed by Land Quality Section program (Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Dam Safety, and the Mining Program). Click on any active link.

• Erosion and Sedimentation Control
  • Agencies
  • Associations
  • Publications not from the Division of Land Resources
  • Other resources
• Dam Safety
• Mining Program

Erosion and Sedimentation Control

Stream Classification

• North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Environmental Sensitivity Maps by County
• North Carolina Division of Water Quality - North Carolina Water bodies Reports

Precipitation Data

• NOAA's National Weather Service Hydrometerological Design Studies Center
• NOAA's Precipitation Frequency Data Server

Engineering Design Downloads

• Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) Hydraulics and Hydrology Tools and Models - Win TR-55
• Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, Version 2
• Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) - Conservation Engineering Tools and Documents
• Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) - Steam Corridor Restoration
• Federal Highway Administration
• North Carolina Department of Transportation - Best Management Practices
• North Carolina Department of Transportation - Roadway Standard Drawings Library
• Maine DOT charts for embedded culverts - Fish Passage Policy & Design Guide (2nd edition / December 2004) Click here for pdf file.

Design Calculation Spreadsheets

• Sediment Control Measures with Skimmer Dewatering Calculation - 20081125 (MS Excel)
• Sediment control measures (MS Excel)
• Sediment basin design (MS Excel)
• Rational Method with Kinematic Wave Tc - 20081125 (MS Excel)
• Rational method (MS Excel)
• Manning's "n" (MS Excel)
• Spillway capacity (MS Excel)
• Riprap outlet protection (MS Excel)
• NY riprap outlet protection (MS Excel)
• Plunge pool, submerged outlet (MS Excel)
• Plunge pool, cantilevered outlet (MS Excel)
  • Design Note 6: Riprap Lined Plunge Pool for Cantilevered Outlet (PDF)
• Open Channel Flow (all following are MS Excel)
  • Permissible velocity - vegetation
  • Tractive force - synthetic liner
  • Tractive force - riprap (mild slope)
  • Tractive force - riprap (steep slope)

Related Agencies

• North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Wetlands & Storm water :: 401 Certification Unit
• North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Storm water Unit :: Manuals, Fact sheets, Forms, and Documents
• North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Non point Source Management Program
• North Carolina Division of Land Resources
• North Carolina Department of Transportation - Certification Training  
• North Carolina Department of Transportation - Roadside Environment Unit Soil and Water Engineering Section  
• Texas Department of Transportation Hydraulics and Erosion Control Laboratory
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Non point Source Pollution  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service 

Erosion and Sedimentation Control - Associations

• American Academy of Environmental Engineers
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• CPESC, Inc.
• International Erosion Control Association
• Institute of Professional Environmental Practice
• National Association of Environmental Managers
• National Association of Environmental Professionals
• North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Land Surveyors
• National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
• Soil Science Society of America
• Soil and Water Conservation Society

Erosion and Sediment Control - Publications not from the Division of Land Resources

• Erosion Control Journal
• CE News Online
• Storm water Management Manual for Western Washington

Erosion and Sediment Control - Other resources

• American Society of Civil Engineers - Storm water best management practices
• Land Surveyor Reference Page
• National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists, Inc. (NCSS) -  soil science links
• North Carolina County Geographic Information System (GIS) data - see especially RAMONA
• North Carolina State University - BAE Storm water Engineering Group
• North Carolina State University - Department of Soil Science
• State Climate Office of North Carolina - Primary source for North Carolina weather and climate information
• Storm water (North Carolina State University)
• Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) of The University of North Carolina

Dam Safety

• American Ductile Iron Pipe
• American Society for Testing and Materials
• Association of State Dams Officials - ASDSO (see especially general, federal, academic, professional organizations linked at that the ASDSO site)
• Bureau of Reclamation
• FEMA - Dam Safety Program
• FERC - Federal Regulation and Oversight of Energy...
• Hydrologic Engineering Center
• National Inventory of Dams
• NC DENR - Division of Water Resources - Instream Flow Unit
• NC DENR - Division of Water Resources - Instream Flow Unit - Dams (see project by type)
• NOAA National Weather Service
• NOAA National Weather Service - HDSC precipitation frequency data server
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service - conservation tools/documents page
• Natural Resources Conservation Service - online soil surveys
• North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
• The British Dam Society
• U.S. Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Corps of Engineers - Wilmington, NC (permitting)
• U.S. Corps of Engineers - Wilmington, NC (wetlands and stream permits)

Mining Program

• NASLR 2007 (35th Annual Meeting - September 9-12 in Asheville, North Carolina))
• National Association of State Land Reclamationists - NASLR
• North Carolina Geological Survey
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)