Rural Road Management
Managing Unpaved Roads
Wallet and Watershed-Friendly RoadsThe influences that roads can have on water quality; road surface terminology; how to prioritize treatments; typical drawings for road treatments; and common characteristics for storm-proofed (wallet- and watershed-friendly) roads are covered. Download the report. (PDF - 5.5MB)
Handbook for Forest and Ranch Roads
This handbook is a trusted, go-to guide for managing unpaved roads. Download the handbook. (PDF -10.5MB)Geology Resources
Typical Drawings for Stream Crossings
- Typical 1A: Stream crossing
- Typical 1B: Adding armor to fill face of stream crossing
- Typical 1C: Critical dip
- Typical 2: Non-fish bearing culverted stream crossing
- Typical 3: Trash rack
- Typical 4: Upgraded stream crossing with armored fill face
- Typical 5A: Ford and armored fill stream crossing
- Typical 5B: Dimensions of armored fill stream crossing
- Typical 6: Installing armored fill stream crossing
- Typical 7: 10 steps for installing armored fill stream crossing
- Typical 14: Problems and treatments for a decommissioned stream crossing
- Typical 18: Rock grade control structure installation in a non-fish bearing stream channel
Typical Drawings for Road Surfaces
- Typical 8: Ditch relief culvert
- Typical 9A: Insloping, outsloping, and crowning roads
- Typical 9B: Outsloped road design
- Typical 10: Waterbars, cross-road drains, and rolling dips
- Typical 11: Rolling dip
- Typical 12: Remove outboard berm
- Typical 19A: Rolling dip construction – Type 1
- Typical 19B: Rolling dip construction – Type 2
- Typical 19C: Rolling dip construction – Type 3
- Typical 20: Waterbars
Typical Drawings for Fill Slopes
Typical Drawings for Decommissioning Roads
- Typical 15: Decommissioning treatments using export and in-place outsloping techniques
- Typical 16: Excavation of unstable fill slopes on a decommissioned road
- Typical 17: Cross road drain and decompaction on a decommissioned road