Erosion Control Treatment Selection Guide

This guide presents a strategy and information to assist professional judgment in developing cost-effective erosion control treatments for conditions commonly encountered on USDA Forest Service lands. This guide focuses on erosion control treatment and does not specifically address sediment control. While the guide emphasizes permanent, long-term erosion control on steep slopes (greater than 50-percent slope gradient), the strategy and information may also apply to temporary construction-related erosion control and on flatter slopes. In addition, a strategy is presented for considering complicated and high-risk erosion conditions, such as gullies and landslide prone areas. However, solutions are not provided for these complex situations. Instead they are addressed in general terms to assist with determining when additional analysis or technical assistance may be needed. This guide is a starting point for treatment selection that considers site-specific conditions requiring professional judgment and includes: Erosion-Control Principles, Erosion Types, Soil Types, Erosion-Control Treatments, Erosion-Control Treatment Selection, and Erosion-Control Resources.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs/pdf/hi_res/06771203hi.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  US Forest Service

  San Dimas Technology and Development Center, 444 East Bonita Avenue
  San Dimas, CA  United States  91773

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Rivas, Todd
• Publication Date: 2006-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 64p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Erosion control; Guidelines; Gullies; Landslides; Slopes; Soil stabilization; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Treatment
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01084835
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 0677 1203—SDTDC
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 28 2008 8:13AM