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eCoastal Tools and Software
These eCoastal ArcMap toolbars support the eCoastal desktop applications. Collectively these individual toolbars form the eCoastal Toolbox. eCoastal only toolbars include: Survey Tools, Profile Loader, and SBAS-A.
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Ecosystem Restoration Model Library
The Ecosystem Restoration Planning Center of Expertise Model Library is intended to serve planners and practitioners of ecosystem restoration by consolidating and providing access to information about ecosystem restoration planning models and software.
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Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) Tools Network
The EBM Tools Network by NatureServe provides tools, training, and webinars for: climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning, ecosystem-based coastal and marine spatial planning, and integrated land-sea planning to minimize the impacts of land use on coastal and marine environments. The Corps has a subscription for more advanced queries and information.
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Hydrologic Engineering Center: Software
This collection of software developed by the USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) includes models and software frequently used by the USACE planning and engineering communities, including HEC-RAS, GeoRAS, HMS, GeoHMS, SSP, RPT, ResSim, EFM, EFM Plotter, FDA, GeoFDA, DSS, CWMS, LifeSim and more.
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IWR-APT (Assistance for Planning Teams)
 IWR-APT is an online software tool to help project delivery teams (PDTs) create, edit, analyze and manage their study materials. Modules currently within APT include: Risk Register, Decision Management Plan (DMP), Decision Log, Study Issue Checklist, and SMART Planning Deliverable Workflow.
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IWR Software (including some HEC Software)
The Corps Institute for Water Resources (IWR) has developed software for several planning functions and hydrologic engineering tasks, including the Container Model Suite of Tools and HarborSym; Civil Works Regional Economic System (RECONS) Program; and IWR Planning Suite.
- Planning Model Documentation and Resources
This link provides resources to different models that can be used on a variety of
Water Resources projects.
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Recent US Climate Change and Hydrology Literature Applicable to US Army Corps of Engineers Missions
Concise and broadly-accessible summaries of the current science (2015) with specific attention to USACE missions and operations. Each of the 21 regional reports summarizes observed and projected climate and hydrological patterns cited in reputable peer-reviewed literature and authoritative national and regional reports, and characterizes climate threats to USACE business lines. They also provide context and linkage to other agency resources for climate resilience planning, such as sea level change calculation and coastal risk reduction resources, downscaled climate data for subregions, and watershed vulnerability assessment tools.
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Regional Economic System (RECONS)
The Civil Works Regional Economic System (RECONS) Program is a regional economic impact modeling tool that was developed to provide accurate and defendable estimates of regional economic impacts associated with USACE spending. It can be utilized to track progress and justify continued operation, maintenance and construction work performed by the Corps. RECONS is the only USACE certified Regional Economic Development (RED) model for agency wide use.
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USACE Climate Hydrology Assessment Tool
The qualitative analysis required by ECB 2016-25 includes consideration of both past (observed) changes as well as potential future (projected) changes to relevant hydrologic inputs. A first-order statistical analysis of the potential impacts to particular hydrologic elements of the study can be included as supplemental input to this qualitative assessment, but is not required. However, this analysis can be very useful in considering future without project conditions (FWOP) and the potential direction of climate change. This web-accessible tool allows USACE staff to easily access both existing and projected climate. This allows districts across the country to develop repeatable analytical results using consistent information. In doing so, we reduce potential error and speed the development of information so that it can be used earlier in the decision-making process, ideally in the development of risk registers.
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USACE Climate Preparedness and Resilience Applications Portal
USACE is developing a suite of web accessible tools to support repeatable analytical results for climate preparedness and resilience planning and engineering design, including a sea level change calculator and tools supporting impacts analysis and design for climate-impacted hydrology.
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USACE Screening-Level Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment at the Watershed-Scale Tool
Climate vulnerability assessments are necessary to help guide adaptation planning and implementation so that USACE can successfully perform its missions, operations, programs, and projects in an increasingly dynamic physical, socioeconomic, and political environment. USACE has completed several activities associated with high level assessments of vulnerability to climate change. These include a preliminary assessment presented in USGS Circular 1331 and high-level vulnerability analysis to climate change required by the Council on Environmental Quality. These nationwide screening-level vulnerability assessments are designed to be conducted in phases (so the initial assessment can be refined) using a modular approach (so new and updated information can replace initial information) and supported by tools and visualizations used by district staff.
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Webinars
2019
- EPA EJSCREEN Tool (31 October)
- The EPA has developed an environmental justice mapping and screening tool called
EJSCREEN to help highlight places in an Environmental Assessment or Environmental
Impact Statement that may warrant additional consideration, analysis, or outreach
because of the potential for environmental justice concerns. This webinar introduced and
demonstrated the core functionality the EJSCREEN tool, including how to: navigate
EJSCREEN; screen for environmental justice; and analyze data. The web-based tool
offers a variety of powerful data and mapping capabilities that enable users to access
environmental and demographic information across the entire country with color-coded
maps, standard data reports, and more.
- IWR Planning Suite II (3 October)
- This webinar provided an overview of the capabilities and uses of the USACE-certified
IWR Planning Suite II (IWRPS-II) software. The webinar was presented by Shawn Komlos
and Laura Witherow (Institute for Water Resources), as well as and Cory Rogers (CDM
Smith) and focused on the IWRPS-II Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis module and its
potential uses during execution of USACE Planning Studies.
2018
- IWR Planning Suite II (26 July)
- Ms. Laura Witherow (Institute for Water Resources) and Ms. Monique Savage (St. Paul
District) provided information on the IWR Planning Suite II, the latest certified version of
the IWR Planning Suite Software used to conduct Cost-Effectiveness and Incremental
Cost Analyses and Annualize Ecosystem Outputs for ecosystem restoration, impact
analysis, and mitigation planning. The webinar highlighted the new capabilities of IWR
Planning Suite II, including multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), uncertainty, and
watershed wizard. Additional topics included how the software is used in planning, a brief
review of each module within the software, and instructions on downloading the software.
- Using 3-D Drawing Software in Civil Works Planning (5 April)
- Mr. Stephen Stello (MVN) shared his experience and successes using 3-D drawing
software in Civil Works planning documents. Mr. Stello has been using Sketchup and
other 3-D drawing software to create 3D models of USACE projects including flood risk
and navigation projects, and provided information on how these 3-D software tools can
be useful in the planning process.
2017
- IWR-Assistance to Planning Teams (IWR-APT) (19 October)
- Presented by Rachel Grandpre, IWR, the IWR-Assistance to Planning Teams team
provided an overview of some of the latest updates and available features the Assistance
to Planning Teams (or APT) tool.
2016
- Social Vulnerability: Overview and Analysis (3 November)
- Ms. Susan Durden and Dr. Seth Cohen, both with the Institute for Water Resources, provided a review of the "Other Social
Effects" account and described socially vulnerable populations and factors that make them vulnerable during an flood or storm
event. Dr. Cohen provided an overview of the IWR primer on social vulnerability entitled "Identification and Engagement of
Socially Vulnerable Populations in the USACE Decision Making Process." Ms. Durden shared information on the Social
Vulnerability Index Explorer (SOVI-X), a tool that performs social vulnerability analyses of populations at risk under with and
without project conditions.
- IWR-APT: Assistance for Planning Teams (23 June)
- Erin Rooks (Institute for Water Resources) provided an overview of IWR-APT (IWR Assistance to Planning Teams), an online
software tool available to USACE PDT members at http://iwr-apt.planUSACE.us . APT encourages collaboration, transparency, accountability, consistency, quality products, and sharing
lessons learned. APT has applications to assist planning teams in developing their study
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