Urban Drainage and Flood Control District

Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual Vol. 1

The following contains a list of individual Chapters of the 2001 edition of the Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual Volume 1 .

All files may be downloaded for free in Adobe (*.PDF) format.The note within the "{ }" brackets {e.g., 2005-03} gives latest date of that chapter’s revision or update.

Each volume contains a section summarizing of the changes made to the 1969 edition of the Manual and subsequent revisions/corrections made since the release of the 2001 edition.

*Download Individual Chapters of the Volumes 1, or the complete volumes 1 and 2 of the manual:

Criteria Manual Volume I	Criteria Manual Volume I - AutoCAD Drawings
Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual – Volumes I and 2 {2011-12} (PDF 33.5 MB)	Fig MD-7 Grassed Channel with Low-Flow Channel AUG-2006 (DWG, 44 KB)
Chapter 00 Preface {2001-06} (PDF 47 KB)	Fig MD-9a Manning's n vs. Depth for Low-Flow Section in a Composite Channel AUG-2006 (DWG, 38 KB)
Chapter 01 Drainage Policy {2001-06} (PDF 644 KB)	Fig MD-9b Roughness Coefficient for Grassed Channels AUG-2006 (DWG, 36 KB)
Chapter 02 Drainage Law {2001-06} (PDF 407 KB)	Fig MD-13a Riprap Channel Bank Lining, Including Toe Protection AUG-2006 (DWG, 36 KB)
Chapter 03 Planning {2001-06} (PDF 566 KB)	Fig MD-13b Soil Riprap Typical Details AUG-2006 (DWG, 352 KB)
Chapter 04 Rainfall { 2004-01- Minor Rev.} (PDF 2.1 MB)	Fig MD-25 Culvert Outlet Protection AUG-2006 (DXF, 176 KB)
Chapter 05 Runoff {2008-04 - Significant Rev.} (PDF 1.3 MB)
Chapter 06 Streets/Inlets/Storm Sewers {2004-01– Major Rev.} (PDF 1.9 MB)
Chapter 07 Major Drainage (2008-04 – Significant Rev.} (PDF 4.04 MB)
Table of Content Vol. 1 {2006-08} (PDF 36 KB)
Inside Cover Vol. 1 {2008-04} (PDF 24 KB)
Summary of Changes Vol. 1 and DISCLAIMER {2008-04} (PDF 42 KB)
Cover - Outside Vol. 1 {2008-04} (PDF 484 KB)
Cover - Outside Spine Vol. 1 {2008-08} (PDF 39 KB)