US Army Corps of Engineers

USACE National Inventory of Dams API

The National Inventory of Dams (NID) API provides access to the comprehensive database of US dams maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The database contains information on over 70 data fields for each dam including location, size, type, purpose, hazard classification, last inspection date, and owner information. The API supports searching and filtering dam records.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/

Other Resources

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SwaggerUI
https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/api/developer
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GISData
https://geospatial-usace.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/1632cb2bb23046569fbf2bc144f06764_0
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-army-corps-of-engineers/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: us-army-corps-of-engineers:usace-national-inventory-of-dams
name: USACE National Inventory of Dams API
tags:
- Dams
- Federal-Government
- Water Infrastructure
- Safety
- Geospatial Data
tags_raw:
- Dams
- Federal Government
- Water Infrastructure
- Safety
- Geospatial Data
humanURL: https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/
properties:
- url: https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/api/developer
  type: SwaggerUI
- url: https://geospatial-usace.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/1632cb2bb23046569fbf2bc144f06764_0
  type: GISData
description: The National Inventory of Dams (NID) API provides access to the comprehensive database of
  US dams maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The database contains information on over 70 data
  fields for each dam including location, size, type, purpose, hazard classification, last inspection
  date, and owner information. The API supports searching and filtering dam records.