# USACE National Inventory of Dams API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/usace-national-inventory-of-dams/  
**Provider:** US Army Corps of Engineers — https://apis.io/providers/us-army-corps-of-engineers/  
**Documentation:** https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/

USACE National Inventory of Dams API is one of 9 APIs that [US Army Corps of Engineers](https://apis.io/providers/us-army-corps-of-engineers/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Dams, Federal-Government, Water Infrastructure, Safety, and Geospatial Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

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

## Other US Army Corps of Engineers APIs (8)

- [USACE Open Data](https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/usace-open-data/)
- [US Army Corps of Engineers Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/us-army-corps-of-engineers-catalog-api/)
- [US Army Corps of Engineers Levels API](https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/us-army-corps-of-engineers-levels-api/)
- [US Army Corps of Engineers Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/us-army-corps-of-engineers-locations-api/)
- [US Army Corps of Engineers Offices API](https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/us-army-corps-of-engineers-offices-api/)
- [US Army Corps of Engineers Ratings API](https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/us-army-corps-of-engineers-ratings-api/)
- [US Army Corps of Engineers Reservoirs API](https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/us-army-corps-of-engineers-reservoirs-api/)
- [US Army Corps of Engineers Timeseries API](https://apis.io/apis/us-army-corps-of-engineers/us-army-corps-of-engineers-timeseries-api/)

## Tags

Dams, Federal-Government, Water Infrastructure, Safety, Geospatial Data

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