Best Practices Resources Catalog

The following table summarizes the best practices documentation that is referenced on this website. It is not an exhaustive list of dam safety technical references, but is intended to provide the best high level guidance that is currently in use.

Author	Title	Date
FEMA	Technical Manual: Overtopping Protection for Dams (FEMA P-1015)	2014
FEMA	Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Earthquake Analyses and Design of Dams (FEMA P-65)	2013
FEMA	Federal Guidelines for Inundation Mapping of Flood Risks Associated with Dam Incidents and Failures (FEMA P-946)	2013
FEMA	Selecting and Accommodating Inflow Design Floods for Dams (FEMA P-94)	2013
FEMA	Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Earthquake Analyses and Design of Dams (FEMA P-65)	2005
FEMA	Technical Manual for Dam Owners: Impacts of Animals on Earthen Dams (FEMA P-473)	2005
FEMA	Technical Manual for Dam Owners: Impacts of Plants on Earthen Dams (FEMA P-534)	2005
FEMA	Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety (FEMA P-93)	2004
FEMA	Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Glossary of Terms (FEMA P-148)	2004
NRCS	Hydrology National Engineering Handbook: Chapter 1- Introduction	1997
USACE	Ice Engineering	2002
USBR	Design of Small Dams	1987