National Dam Safety Program Publications

The National Dam Safety Program provides a variety of publications, including:

  • Research Needs Workshop Reports
  • Technical Manuals, Guides and Reports
  • Technical Advisories
  • Safety Series Fact Sheets
  • Response and Recovery (R&R) Dam Response Operations Matrices
  • Dam Safety & Risk MAP/Flood Mapping Studies Fact Sheet Series
  • DSS-WISE Fact Sheets
  • FEMA P-1015, Technical Manual: Overtopping Protection for Dams (ZIP, 410MB)

Search for Dam Safety Publications

Search for documents below, or view our pages on Federal Guidelines, National Dam Safety Program Information, Resources for the General Public, or Resources for States.

You can order publications from the FEMA Distribution Center.

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Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment including FONSI signed 7/24/2025 for Dam Safety Actions in FEMA Region 4 with FONSI, July 2025

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High Hazard Potential Dams - Local and Tribal Mitigation Planning Tips - Region 3

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High Hazard Potential Dams: State Mitigation Planning Tips

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Notice of Intent for Region 4 Dam Safety Activities, 2024

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Interested Parties for Region 4 Dam Safety Activities, 2024

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Summary of Actions for Region 4 Dam Safety Activities, 2024

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FEMA Spillway Capacity & Extreme Flood Discharge Estimator Job Aid

The FEMA Spillway Capacity & Extreme Flood Discharge Estimator was designed to provide users with the ability to approximately estimate the discharge capacity of dam spillways and extreme flood inflow conditions when relevant design documents are not available.

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Finding of No Significant Impact for Rayhill Memorial Trail, New Hartford, New York, PA-DR-4472-00801-NY, October 2024

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Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dam Floodplain Management Plan Fact Sheet

The Rehabilitation of High Hazard Dams grant program requires the development of a floodplain management plan. This summarizes the Floodplain Management Plan (FPMP) job aid developed by the National Dam Safety Review Board to provide references, and to aid grant recipients in their plan development.

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Dam Safety with Beaverley the Beaver Coloring Book

FEMA has created the Dam Safety with Beaverly coloring book to help you and your children or young students learn more about dams and how to stay safe around them.

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