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1. and password Executing the End User License Agreement EULA As the Subscriber you must execute the End User License Agreement EULA before accessing any part of the tools Click on Click here to execute the EULA Read the EULA and if you agree with the terms click Agree to execute the EULA The current copy of the EULA can always be found by clicking EULA in the footer of the login system Managing My Users Part of the responsibility of the subscriber is to manage the users assigned to their license Initially this requires setting up users that can access your license Upon executing the EULA the subscriber will be redirected to the Manage My Users page The Manage My Users page contains three sections Add New User Search amp Add Existing User and Edit Licensed Users To add a new user type in the user s first name last name email and company agency under the grey bar Add New User The user name will automatically populate when you enter the email address Clicking Add New User will add the user to the license you are logged in to and email them an activation link If the user needs to be added to another license you are the subscriber for you must log into that license and repeat the steps If you would like to add a user that is an existing user on another license you may enter their user name typically their email address under the grey bar Search amp Add Existing User Clicking Add Existing User will add the2. 15 75N 38W a E 9 Get GIS Data a Ez Save Load Session Session E Soils Layers F Cities F Townships ES o F Sections Z Roads F States Welcome Bob Buman Manaage Profile Loqou Copyright 2009 2012 Agren Inc o pan 7 Counties E Contours E Terrain E imagery Page 5 AGRENO BasinBuilder Zooming to Basin Location The location of the proposed basin is the first information that is requested Zoom in far enough that you can easily distinguish the contour lines but still see the Welcome to the Agren BasinBuildersM entire basin watershed on the screen There are two methods to zoom to the desired basin location Zoom to Legal Description Please enter a legal description to begin Section Method A Enter a legal description section township and TEM TE range and click Search If the box shown at the left does not appear upon program startup click Zoom to SS Legal Description in the upper right hand corner of your screen ex 28 74N 9W Township Nv Click on the Imagery box in the bottom left corner of the me Awaye Show thie baion startuj screen to turn on the aerial photo map layer If the legal description is known the Once you have zoomed to the appropriate section you Zoom to Legal Description box easily may zoom in further one of five ways zooms you into the correct location 1 Click and hold the left mouse button on one corner of the area of interest Drag
3. from the two protected areas combine together in one single tile line and that tile line outlets downstream from the proposed water and sediment control basin In this example BasinBuilder will give options for using the existing tile line only new tile line only as well as options for using both the existing tile line and a new tile line Example 2c There is one protected area within the watershed The existing tile line from this protected area outlets below the protected area but still upstream from the proposed water and sediment control basin In this example BasinBuilder will give options on the size of tile line necessary to hook into the existing tile and drain both the protected and unprotected area The user must determine a tile size and grade for the new tile line that extends from the protected area to a point downstream from the proposed water and sediment control basin The user will enter this tile size and grade as existing tile The user will then label the protected area as Protected with tile Scenario 3 The watershed is split into a protected area and an unprotected area The protected area has no outlet i e the protected area has level terraces and all of the water infiltrates into the ground Example 3a There is only one protected area This protected area has no outlet Example 3b There are multiple protected areas None of the protected areas have outlets Protected with tile 7 4 ac Ex
4. use the or in the view drawing the dam or arrow keys on your keyboard or the scroll bar on your watershed simply click the mouse to zoom While drawing the watershed the Zoom Clear Dam or Clear In and Zoom Out map tools are disabled Watershed to erase the Click the Draw Watershed tool Begin drawing the outline of the watershed The stretchy polygon line for the watershed boundary is attached to both ends of the dam line so the first and last click point must be upslope from drawing the dam line As you follow the boundary of the watershed click every time you change direction You must start on the same side you ended the dam or your polygon will twist over itself and give you an incorrect watershed When you have a polygon drawn around your watershed double click near where you began the dam to end the watershed drawing process Entering the Runoff Curve Number RCN BasinBuilder can calculate a runoff curve number automatically or you may enter it manually Click on RCN and follow the prompts If you already know your runoff curve number you may enter it at the prompt and then skip to Create Basin Reset To allow BasinBuilder to calculate your runoff curve Protected number click NO in the RCN Number pop up box and follow the instructions below to assign hydrologic soil groups cut land use and assign land cover Get GIS Data Runoff Curve Number If you already know the Runoff Curve Number for
5. AGREN BasinBuilder AGRENO BasinBuilder Agren Disclaimer The content and products associated with Agren s BasinBuilder are provided to you on an as is and as available basis Agren makes no representations or warranties of any kind expressed or implied as to the operation of BasinBuilder or the information estimates content materials products or services included on or associated with BasinBuilder You expressly agree that your use of BasinBuilder and all products and services included on or associated with BasinBuilder are at your sole risk Agren does not make any representations warranties or guarantees expressed or implied regarding the accuracy correctness or completeness of the content of BasinBuilder nor the safety reliability title timeliness completeness merchantability conformity or fitness for a particular purpose of the content of BasinBuilder It is your sole responsibility to independently evaluate the accuracy correctness or completeness of the content of BasinBuilder Agren makes no representation warranty or guarantee that the content is free of infection from any viruses worms or other code or computer programming routines that are intended to damage or detrimentally interfere with any system data BasinBuilder Introduction BasinBuilder will step you through the simple process of drawing a dam watershed and calculating a runoff curve number If you choose not to calculate a runoff cur
6. RENO BasinBuilder Appendix A Basin Scenarios Scenario amp 1 The entire watershed above the proposed water and sediment control basin is unprotected i e there are no other basins terraces or ponds that retain part of the flow in the watershed above the proposed water and sediment control basin Example 1a There is no existing tile line in the watershed In this example BasinBuilder will give options for a new tile line Example ta Example 1b There is an existing tile line in the watershed but the existing tile line outlets downstream from the proposed water and sediment control basin In this example BasinBuilder will give options using the existing tile line and options for using the existing tile line a new tile line or a combination of new and existing tile lines Example 1b Scenario 2 The watershed is divided into a protected area s with tile and an unprotected area 17 4 acl Example 2a There is one protected area within the watershed The existing tile line from the protected area outlets downstream from the proposed water and sediment control basin In this example k BasinBuilder will give options for using the existing tile line only new tile line only as well as options for using both the existing tile line and a new tile line Example 2a Page 18 AGRENO BasinBuilder Example 2b There are two protected areas within the watershed that are not adjoining The existing tile lines
7. ample 2b Unprotected 174 ac Example 2c Unprotected 17 4fac3 Protected with tile 14 ac Example 3a Protected with tile 7 4 ac Unprotected 10 ac Protected with tile arac Example 3b AGRENO BasinBuilder Notes Page 20 AGRENO BasinBuilder 1238 Heires Ave e Carroll IA 51401 P 712 792 6248 E support agrentools com W www agreninc com e www agrentools com Page 21
8. de Terrain inserts hill shading The Terrain layer is available in areas less than two miles wide Map Layers F Soils Layers J Cities V Townships e O V Sections V Roads 4 States n O 4 Counties Contours EEE Terrain E Imagery Map Layer Options You may use any combination of imagery contours and terrain layers at the same time However if you have imagery and terrain layers on at the same time you will only see the terrain layer Drawing your Dam Line Determine where you want the dam and select the Draw Dam tool For a straight dam click once on one side of the valley where you would like your dam to begin Then double click on the other side of the valley where you would like the dam to end A dam with a curve in it can be made by clicking once on any number of points between the beginning and end of the dam As above double click to complete the dam If the dam is not where you want it click the Clear Dam button and start over f you are using nternet Explorer or FireFox the right click button on the mouse removes points you created when you drew the dam watershed or when you cut the watershed All other operations use the left click Page 7 AGRENO BasinBuilder Drawing your Watershed It is easiest to show the entire watershed in the viewing frame before you begin to draw the watershed While If you make a mistake drawing the watershed you can
9. ds 10 year 24 hour frequency storm without overtopping Please refer to Appendix A for a description of different basin scenarios that will work in BasinBuilder Page 12 AGRENO BasinBuilder Creating a Basin You are now ready to create your basin Click on the Create Basin tool to the left of your map under the green heading Basin Generation In the top of the Create Basin dialog box fill in the New Tile slope and length if it is not already filled in If Existing Tile runs under the proposed dam click Yes and enter the type slope and size Next select the Dam Design Finally enter the front and back Dam Slopes The values for Curve Number Avg Watershed Slope Erosion Rate and Dam Top Width automatically default to numbers calculated by BasinBuilder However you may override them by clicking Use my own value and typing in your preferred value Below is an explanation of each value Create Basin Dam Design Dams are designed according to your New Tile ra ae state standards Depending on the freeboard Existing Tile Does the unprotected area have existing tile Yes No reguiremenis for your state you may see up to three design options Type Slope Size in Dam Slopes The default value for the slope ratio is set VT camera by the state If you enter a value that exceeds a state Standard Design 1 Foot Spillway minimum slope a warning message will appear in the aoe Create Basin dialog box Da
10. east to greatest or greatest to least by clicking on the heading of each column Viewing a Basin Once the desired basin is selected you can display an aerial view of that basin To create an aerial view of the The image you see on the basin click on View 638 in the right hand column of the screen will be the image table A view of the basin will be displayed printed in all the reports Zoom to the desired level and turn on off desired map layers before you click Create Revort You can select another basin to view by returning to the Basin Selection Table To return to the table place the cursor on the green bar at the top of the basin view When the curser is placed on the green bar a down arrow will appear Click on the down arrow and you will return to the Basin Selection Table Printing and Saving Reports Several versions of reports are available to print and or save There are separate reports for both the landowner and the planner The Planner s Report offers more comprehensive information than the Landowner s Report Saving a report is the best way to document what was provided to the landowner To create a report click on the Create Report button Enter data into the Create Report dialog box see left Then check the boxes of the reports you want to save and or print n Additional Report Details and click on Create Report at the bottom of the dialog box Preparer s name Preparer s phone Choose whether
11. equent logins go to www agrentools com Click on LICENSED USER LOGON in the top right corner of your screen Password Requirements Passwords must be at least 12 characters in length and may only be repeated once every 24 passwords In addition passwords must contain characters from three of the following four categories e English uppercase characters A Z e English lowercase characters a Z e Base 10 digits 0 9 e Non alphabetic characters e g Passwords must be changed every 180 days Seven days before the expiration of your password you will receive an email notifying you that your password will expire and provide you with instructions on how to change your password On the day your password expires you will receive an email notice that your password has expired with a link to the initial login screen to reset your password Resetting Your Password After three incorrect login attempts your account will be locked for 15 minutes After 15 minutes you may retry your account or reset your password To reset your password click Forgot your password on the login screen A Forgot Password screen will come up Enter your user name typically your email and click Submit to send an email with a link to reset your password Page 3 AGRENO BasinBuilder When you click the link in the password reset email you will be redirected to a Reset Password screen Choose a new password following the requirement
12. er a few moments the Basin Selection Table will appear as shown below This table will list all possible scenarios of basins for this dam site The table will give you the New Tile Size Existing Tile Size Pool Size Dam Height Runoff Stored Drain Time and Base Cost for each option Basin Selection New Existing Dam Runoff Drain Tile Size Tile Size Pool Size Height Stored Time ac Yo 1 89 u 67 2 1 83 53 5 2 04 u 114 0 1 95 a 82 4 1 59 15 5 1 59 10 6 1 71 s6 33 2 1 62 23 3 2 09 e 163 8 2 00 100 7 2 09 Unknown 2 09 297 0 1 59 e 18 0 1 59 11 7 1 80 o 46 8 638 1 68 29 2 View 638 DNA qm n n e o Base Cost includes Dam Fill and Tile costs Inlets Grubbing Seeding and Fencing costs will be added later in this estimate Costs Change These are the standard costs for Cass County Iowa Dam Fill per cubic yard 2 13 Seeding per acre 348 77 Fencing per foot 2 48 Grubbing per acre 1 150 00 35 Outlet per foot Average base costs for dam fill and tiling have been provided by your county These costs may be overridden if necessary at the bottom of the Basin Selection Table Simply click Change located to the right of Costs to enter your own values Page 14 AGRENO BasinBuilder Sorting and Narrowing your Results Each column of the Basin Selection Table can be sorted from l
13. ing and at the end of your drawing the polygon will not be developed You may intersect the watershed boundary another cover type or the current cover type on which you are working A variety of cover types are available for Cultivated Agricultural Lands Non Cultivated Agricultural Lands as well as Urban Areas Page 10 AGRENO BasinBuilder Estimating the Slope Length of Tile Click on the Slope Length Estimator tool to draw in your new tile line The tool will estimate the length of the new tile and the average slope for every 100 feet Be sure to draw in the tile downhill otherwise negative slopes will be reported A Tile Info box will be displayed requesting New Tile Slope New Tile Length and Existing Tile Slope Enter the values you estimated using the Slope Length Estimator here You can also use this tool to estimate the slope of existing tile Tile Info You may enter the following tile information or use later in the program New Tile Slope 27 fo New Tile Length 281 feet Existing Tile Slope 2 7 Page 11 AGRENO BasinBuilder Cutting and Assigning Protected Areas Determine if the watershed has any areas that are protected by a structure such as terraces basins or water and sediment control basins If a protected area does exist in the watershed click on the Cut Protected tool First left click on the outside of your watershed polygon As you f
14. m Settlement Front Slope 3 1 default 3 1 Back Slope 3 1 default 3 1 5 Core Trench Include a core trench Dam Settlement The minimum fill settlement and default Curve Number Use the GIS value value is 5 Use my own value 78 Avg Watershed Slope Use the GIS value Core Trench Click Include a core trench if a core Use my own value trench is required for the basin The trench will be BKAN TAWAN SE Quna ONE planned according to your state requirements Dam Top Width Use the default value Use my own value feet Curve Number If you used BasinBuilder to calculate the Runoff Curve Number the first box will be selected using the program value If you entered your own Runoff Curve Number the second box Use my own value will be selected with the value you entered Avg Watershed Slope BasinBuilder calculates the average slope using the ArcGIS slope tool rather than using soil maps Erosion Rate The default value is 5 tons per acre 100 of the gross sheet erosion is delivered to the basin Dam Top Width BasinBuilder automatically calculates a dam top width based on NRCS dam standards If desired a wider dam top width may be entered If state standards call for a wider top width than what you entered your entered value will be ignored Once all desired values have been selected click on Create Basin at the bottom of window Page 13 AGRENO BasinBuilder Using the Basin Selection Table Aft
15. menu option on the left hand side of the screen Give the file a descriptive name and choose a location to save it The session will be saved as a sdt file All information will be saved except the final basin that you choose for your report The Basin Selection Table will still be available However it is important that you save a copy of the basin report so you will be able to identify which basin you chose Session Management To load a previous session simply choose the Load Saving and Loading a session Session tool under Session Management menu option on the left hand side of the screen and navigate to the sdt file you would like to load Loading a previous session allows you access to other basins from the Basin Selection table and allows you to alter values from the previous basin Page 16 AGRENO BasinBuilder Using the GIS Data Function The GIS Data function allows information to be saved as an ArcGIS layer and a Microsoft Access file Basin Generation To save the GIS Data click the GIS Data function under 638 Generation from the menu options on the left hand side of the screen A zip file containing an ArcGIS layer file lyr and a personal geodatabase file mdb will be saved The layer file and the personal geodatabase file Get GIS Data can be added directly into ArcGIS From ArcGIS these layers can be downloaded an AutoCAD program or a GPS unit Create Report Ger GIS Dara Page 17 AG
16. n All the white polygons within the watershed must be assigned a letter before a runoff curve number can be calculated Page 9 AGRENO BasinBuilder Cutting and Assigning Land Covers Differentiate land cover types in the watershed by clicking the Cut Land Covers tool Cut up the watershed until all of the cover types are separated Cut up the watershed by drawing a polygon around each different cover First click on the outside of your watershed polygon As you follow the edge of your cover type click every time you change direction and end by double clicking after you have crossed a line To draw a polygon around a cover type in the center of the watershed click on the start point and follow the edge of the cover type When you get back to the beginning cross your beginning point and double click to end the polygon Click on the Assign Land Cover Desc tool Each region in your watershed must be assigned a cover description cover type treatment and hydrologic condition To assign a cover type hold the mouse arrow over a polygon Left click once on the polygon and a menu of descriptions will be displayed Next select the most appropriate cover type for that polygon Continue this process until all polygons are labeled BasinBuilder will not allow you to move to the next step until you have assigned at least 95 of the watershed a cover type If you have not intersected another line both at the beginn
17. ollow the edge of your protected area click every time you change direction and end by double clicking after you have crossed a line Then left click on the Assign Protected tool and assign the areas Unprotected Protected with tile graded terrace or Protected without tile level terrace Le The red area above designates an If the entire watershed is unprotected it will automatically unprotected area The purple area be assigned unprotected If you choose to assign designates an area protected with a protected areas of the watershed BasinBuilder will not graded terraced tile allow you to move to the next step until you have assigned at least 95 of the watershed a protected or unprotected status Watershed Definitions for Water and Sediment Control Basins Unprotected Area The area of the watershed upstream from the proposed water and sediment control basin that does not have any basins terraces or ponds that retain a portion of the water Or an area with basins terraces or ponds that does not meet engineering design standards 10 year 24 hour frequency storm without overtopping Maximum acres for an unprotected area within a watershed vary and are determined by your state requirements Protected Area The area of the watershed upstream from the proposed water and sediment control basin that has basins terraces or ponds that retains a portion of the water And an area that meets engineering design standar
18. onally we might also ask for a copy of the session you are working on 2 Email support agrentools com Please be as descriptive as possible in explaining the problem you are experiencing 3 Call 712 792 6248 Page 4 AGRENO BasinBuilder Enabling and Disabling Help BasinBuilder is equipped with a help menu that steps you through the process of creating a water amp sediment control Click on Next gt gt in the help basin To enable help click on the box to the left of window to advance to the Enable Help on the blue bar at the top of the page When next help screen this box is checked Enable Help will be turned on A check mark in the box indicates that the help is on To move through the step by step process simply click Next gt gt in the help window to advance to the next help screen At any time you may temporarily close the help window by clicking the X in the top right corner of the help window When you click on another icon the help menu will reappear To disable the help menu uncheck Enable Help in the blue bar on the top of your screen or click Disable Help in the bottom right of the help window j GT G BasinBuilder Find a Bug Enable Help Zoom to Legal Description Changelog Home Map Tools Zoom In Zoom Out Pan 2 Dam Tools be bh IS Draw Dam Draw Dam Tool Click points on the map to draw the dam centerline Double click on the last hg point when you are finished
19. s above and confirm Once your password is updated you will be prompted to log in again with your user name and new password Managing My Info To edit your first name last name or company click on your user name typically your email address and then click Manage My Info in the footer of the login screens If you need to change your email address or user name contact admin agrentools com Choosing a License and Tool From the login screen choose the license you want to access from the drop down list To access Agren s conservation planning tools click on the tool you would like to use below the license selection Customer Support The footer of every login screen contains a link to customer support If you experience even the smallest problem while using Agren s conservation planning tools please let us know We do our best to get you answers within the hour 8am to 50m CST Monday through Friday There are three ways to contact Agren customer support 1 Click Find a Bug when using the tools The Find a Bug icon just to the left of Enable Help on the top of your map records information about your session as well as a screen shot and pops up a window where you can type your question or report a bug Find a Bug This is the best way to report bugs or ask questions because we receive the most information to help diagnose your problem Please be as descriptive as possible in explaining the problem you are experiencing Occasi
20. the pointer to the opposite corner drawing a rectangle and release If the Imagery box is in 2 Using the scroll bar wheel on the mouse roll grayed out you have not forward to zoom in roll backward to zoom out zoomed in far enough to use 3 You may also click on Zoom In or Zoom Out in Imagery yet Zoom in until the map tools to the left of the map and then click the Imagery box turns once on the area of interest on the map This way black This applies to the is not recommended because there is no control over the zoom Frequently this command zooms in too far 4 Click the or in the top left corner of the map to zoom in and out 5 Press the or on the key board of your computer Contours and Terrain buttons as well Method B Click on Pan located to the right of the Zoom In and Zoom Out tools Then click and drag the map to the desired location and zoom in or out with one of the five methods described above Page 6 AGRENO BasinBuilder Map Layer Options In the bottom left hand corner of your screen you will find check boxes that allow different viewing options shown on the right Check the box next to the map layer s you prefer to work with when planning your basin Imagery provides you with an aerial photo of the area selected The Imagery layer is available in areas less than 25 miles wide Contours inseris two foot contour lines The Contour layer is available in areas less than two miles wi
21. this watershed click yes at the prompt to enter the number If you do not know the Curve Number in the next few steps you will cut up the watershed identify land types and identify soil hydrologic conditions Click Next Back Next The Runoff Curve Number Help Box allows you to skip ahead if you already know your RCN value Page 8 AGRENO BasinBuilder Assigning Soil Hydrologic Group To speed up processing you can turn off the contour and terrain layers You will need only the imagery layer during the remaining steps Soil polygons can be assigned dual hydrologic groups Soil polygons that are white on the map are assigned dual hydrologic groups A D B D or C D The first letter in a dual hydrologic group represents drained areas and the second letter represents undrained areas Only the soils that in their natural condition are in group D are assigned to dual classes Existing water bodies at the time of soil hydrologic group assignment could have letters A B C or D The choice of which of these four letters is used is up to the user Left click on each of these polygons and choose the Left click to assign soil hydrologic groups to all white polygons If your watershed does not contain any white hydrologic group that best represents that polygon Inthe areas you may skip this step case of existing basins you will have a choice of all four letters Choose the letter that best represents the basi
22. user to the license you are logged in to It is the responsibility of the subscriber to keep their license information current as employees are hired or terminated To remove a user from a license click Remove From License to the right of the user s name under the grey bar Edit Licensed User To edit first name last name or company click on the user s name in the first column of the Edit Licensed User table If you need to change a user s email address or user name contact Page 2 AGRENO BasinBuilder admin agrentools com If a user s activation link has expired you can also send another activation link by clicking Resend activation email from the Manage Individual User page A link to Manage My Users can be found in the footer of the login screens Initial User Login When your subscriber accepts the EULA and sets up the users for a license activation emails will be sent to each user The email contains an activation link that is valid for 30 days If 30 days has elapsed and the link has not been used you will need to contact your subscriber to have a new activation link sent When you click on the activation link you will be prompted to choose a new password see below for password requirements Enter and confirm your chosen password and click Activate My Account You will be redirected to the login screen where you will need to login again with your username typically your email address and password For subs
23. ve number you will have the ability to enter your own Based on your design criteria BasinBuilder creates a dynamic spreadsheet that offers a range of basin options At a glance you can see options that have a variety of tile sizes dam heights percent of stored runoff drain time size of temporarily flooded areas and costs for each basin Options can then be sorted various ways Every report contains a complete cost estimate using county derived costs with an aerial photo showing dam location and the size of the temporary pool BasinBuilder allows you to design basins that are in a series one upstream from another With BasinBuilder all options are developed using high resolution digital elevation models derived from LIDAR data Page 1 AGRENO BasinBuilder Initial Subscriber Login When your account is created by Agren the subscriber for your account will receive an activation email containing an activation link The activation link is valid for 30 days If 30 days has elapsed and the link has not been used you will need to contact admin agrentools com to have a new activation link sent When the subscriber clicks the activation link they will be prompted to choose a password see following pages for password requirements Enter and confirm your chosen password and click Activate My Account You will be redirected to the login screen where you will need to log in again with your username typically your email address
24. you would like to open or save the file If kan dene e nan the report is opened it may still be saved after the report has Latd wn Ata chose been opened or printed Grubbing Required An Adobe Acrobat PDF report will be created lf both the Seeding Required j0 Landowner Report and the Planner Report are selected danua i they will appear in one continuous PDF File The Landowner oe gt Ee Report will be on pages 1 4 and the Planner Report will be e tangit on pages 5 11 To print only one report you will need to Select Report s To Download choose File Print and indicate the page numbers you would 7 Landowner Report 9 9 Conservation Planner Report 2 like to print V Warnings 2 7 Planning Details 2 Additional Info 2 V Technical Details 2 Create Report Page 15 AGRENO BasinBuilder The Landowner s Report can include Disclaimer Statements Aerial View of Water and Sediment Control Basin Basic Basin Information and Estimated Cost The Planner s Report can include Disclaimer Statements Aerial View of Water and Sediment Control Basin Detailed Basin Information and Estimated Cost Water and Sediment Control Basin Planning Details Earthwork Dimensions Estimated Runoff Curve Number Worksheet Technical Calculations Saving and Loading a Session To save a session so you can return to it at a future point in time choose the Save Session tool under Session Management
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