The ASDSO Dam Incident Database is now available on the ASDSO website. The database provides basic information on dam safety incidents to ASDSO members, dam safety stakeholders, the media and the public. You can search for incident information based on a number of search fields including dam name, state, downstream hazard potential, date and incident driver. You also have the option to download results or the entire database.
To search the database, visit DamSafety.org/Incidents or click 'Dam Safety Resource Database' under the Resource Center dropdown menu.
The database began as a cooperative effort between the Department of Homeland Security Dams Sector and ASDSO in 2010. The initial database contained a limited number of dam failure records from a previous ASDSO dam failure database effort. In 2010, ASDSO began to gather dam safety incident information (both failure and non-failure) from the state dam safety programs. The majority of the incident records have been collected from state programs following the year in which they occurred. Some states have been able to provide historic incident information and ASDSO will continue to obtain as much information, both current and historic, as possible.
