User Manual - Agren Tools
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1. Pond Size Pond Depth Dam Height Drainage Pond DNR Permit Pipe Size r Over Pipe Base Cost feet eet Area Ratio Required inches ver LIB pase lost feet 10 HCMP 71 21 620 10 ssp 7 1 21 960 8 5 25 740 12 ACMP 7 5 23 800 15 ACMP 8 0 26 460 10 pvc 22 130 2 evc 7 23 460 20 ssp 89 29 240 12 ssp 7 5 23 280 18 ssp 85 26 980 24 ACMP 30 250 10 HCMP 7 20 400 10 SSP 7 20 730 12 ACMP 74 22 540 Yes 15 ACMP 7 9 25 140 vis zan mom ee BIJ RI BIJ RU BIJ RI HIJ RI J S H ir Base Cost includes Dam Fill with berm if applicable and Core Trench Backfill Core Trench Excavation and Principal Spillway Pipe costs Grubbing Seeding and Fencing costs will be added later in this estimate Costs Change These are the standard costs for Carroll County Iowa Dam Fill per cubic yard 2 71 Seeding per acre 50 01 Fencing per foot 2 8 Trench Fill per cubic yard 2 55 Grubbing per acre 740 33 Average base costs have been provided by your county These costs may be overridden if necessary at the bottom of the Pond Selection window Simply click Change located to the right of Costs to enter your own values Page 12 AGREN PondBuilder Sorting and Narrowing your Results The Pond Selection table can be sorted in many ways You c2. 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 hydrologic group that best represents that polygon In the case of existing basins you will have a choice of all four letters Choose the letter that best represents the pond All the white polygons within the watershed must be assigned a letter before a runoff curve number can be calculated Left click to assign soil hydrologic groups to all white polygons If your watershed does not contain any white areas you may skip this step Page 9 AGREN PondBuilder 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 If you have not intersected of the cover types are separated another line both at the beginning and at the end of your drawing the polygon will not be developed You may interse
3. both pene Ename the Landowner s Report and the Planner s Report are ee selected they will appear in one continuous PDF File To Grubbing Required 0 print only one report you will need to choose File Print Seeding Required a and indicate the page numbers you would like to print Fencing Required 0 tes Select Report s To Download The Landowner s Report will include 7 Landowner Report 7 Conservation Planner Report 2 e Disclaimer Statements 7 Warnings 2 7 Planning Details 2 Aerial View of the Pond 7 Additional Info 2 V Technical Details e Basic Pond Information and Estimated Cost Create Report The Conservation Planner s Report includes all of the above and Additional expenses of grubbing seeding and fencing may be added e Detailed Pond Information and Estimated Cost into the above window e Pond Planning Details e Earthwork Dimensions e Runoff Curve Number Calculations e Technical Calculations Page 14 AGREN PondBuilder 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 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 pnd file All information will be saved except the final pond that you choose for your report The Pond Selection table will still be available However it is
4. heading Pond Generation The Create Pond dialog box will pop up The numbers in the dialog box automatically default to numbers calculated by PondBuilder However you may override them by clicking Use my own value and typing in your preferred value Below is an explanation of each default value Curve Number If you used PondBuilder 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 will be selected with the value you entered Average Slope PondBuilder calculates the average slope using the ArcGIS slope tool rather than using soil maps Dam Slopes The default value for the slope ratio is set by the state If you enter a value that exceeds a state minimum or maximum slope a warning message will appear in the Create Pond dialog box Berm If a berm is desired click Add a berm All berms ane ee are a consistent width along the front slope of adam A da ak Use the GIS value berm may be added by default according to your state cine pese requirements Lie my own value panee Front Slope 3 1 default 3 1 Default rates are entered for your state for the bulleted Back Slope 3 1 default 3 1 items below PondBuilder does not warn you if you enter Waa i a value that varies from your state standards Please be cautious when overriding these values ii ll Ca aA Use my own value tons per acre per year Gross Sheet Erosion De
5. important that you save a copy of the pond report so you will be able to identify which pond you chose Session Management To load a previous session simply choose the Load Session tool under Session Management menu option on Saving and Loading a session the left hand side of the screen and navigate to the pnd file you would like to load Loading a previous session allows you access to other ponds from the Pond Selection table and allows you to alter values from the previous pond Using the GIS Data Function The GIS Data function allows information to be saved as an ArcGIS layer and a Microsoft Access file To save the GIS Data click the GIS Data function under Heaks Pond Generation from the menu options on the left hand 4 a Q side of the screen A zip file containing an ArcGIS layer j T file lyr and a personal geodatabase file mdb will be saved The layer file and the personal geodatabase file can be added directly into ArcGIS From ArcGIS these Get GIS Data layers can be downloaded an AutoCAD program or a GPS unit Create Report Get GIS Data Page 15 AGRENO PondBuilder Notes Page 16 AGREN PondBuilder 1238 Heires Ave e Carroll IA 51401 P 712 792 6248 E support agrentools com W www agreninc com e www agrentools com Page 17
6. 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 Occasionally we might also ask for a copy of t
7. AGREN PondBuilder AGREN PondBuilder Agren Disclaimer The content and products associated with Agren s PondBuilder 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 PondBuilder or the information estimates content materials products or services included on or associated with PondBuilder You expressly agree that your use of PondBuilder and all products and services included on or associated with PondBuilder 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 PondBuilder nor the safety reliability title timeliness completeness merchantability conformity or fitness for a particular purpose of the content of PondBuilder It is your sole responsibility to independently evaluate the accuracy correctness or completeness of the content of PondBuilder Agren makes no representation warranty or guarantees 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 PondBuilder Introduction PondBuilder will step you through the simple process of drawing a dam watershed flowline and calculating a runoff curve number If you choose not to calculate a runo
8. an sort each column least to greatest or greatest to least by clicking on the heading of each column The pond results also can be narrowed by clicking Filter These Results at the top of the table After clicking a Filter Options window will appear Filter Options Pipe Type lt All gt Show only least expensive ponds for each pool height lt All gt Y between an Filter Reset To filter by Pipe Type click the drop down arrow in the top left of the window and choose Annular Corrugated Metal Helical Corrugated Metal Corrugated Metal PVC or Smooth Steel Pipe The drop down box below Pipe Type allows you to filter by Pond Area Pond Depth Drainage to Pool Area Ratio or Pipe Size Make a selection and then enter the low range first box and high range in the second box You may also click Show only least expensive ponds for each pool height to filter to the least expensive options for every 0 5 foot of elevation Once you have picked your options click Filter All potential pond s that meet your criteria will be sorted and displayed in the Pond Selection Table Click Reset to return to the original unfiltered table Viewing a Pond Once the desired pond is selected you can display an aerial view of that pond To create an aerial view of the To return the Pond pond click on View Pond in the right hand column of the Selection Table after table A view of the pond and flow path will be displayed choosing a
9. ck 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 AGREN PondBuilder 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 requirements above and confirm Once your password is
10. ct the watershed boundary another cover type or the To draw a polygon around a cover type in the center of current cover type on which the watershed click on the start point and follow the edge you are working 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 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 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 PondBuilder will not allow you to move to the next step until you have assigned at least 95 of the watershed a cover type A variety of cover types are available for Cultivated Agricultural Lands Non Cultivated Agricultural Lands as well as Urban Areas Page 10 AGREN PondBuilder Creating a Pond You are now ready to create your pond Click on the Create Pond tool to the left of your map under the green
11. dam click Next Flowline fing T74N 9W e Get GIS Data Session Management Session Map Layers Soils Layer 7 Cities e Fa Page 5 AGREN PondBuilder Zooming to Pond Location The location of the proposed pond is the first information that is requested Zoom in far enough that you can Zoom to Legal Description easily distinguish the contour lines but still see the Welcome to the Agren PondBuildersM entire pond watershed on the screen There are two Please enter a legal description to begin methods to zoom to the desired pond location Section Method A Township Nv Enter a legal description section township and Range Wy range and click Search If the box shown at the left does not appear upon program startup click Zoom to Search Legal Description in the upper right hand corner of your screen ex 28 74N 9W V Always show this box on startup Click on the Imagery check box in the bottom left corner i l er of the screen to turn on the aerial photo map layer if the legal description is known the Zoom to Legal Description box easily Once you have zoomed to the appropriate section you j zooms you into the correct location may zoom in further one of five ways 1 Click and hold the left mouse button on one corner of the area of interest Drag the pointer to the opposite corner drawing a rectangle and release If the Imagery box is in 2 Using the scroll bar wheel on your mo
12. ff curve number you will have the ability to enter your own Based on NRCS design criteria and your personal options PondBuilder creates a dynamic spreadsheet that offers a wide range of pond options At a glance you can see a variety of pond sizes pool depths dam heights and pipe sizes Each option lists an associated cost for the pond Options can then be sorted and filtered various ways based on your needs Every report contains a complete cost estimate based on county derived costs and an aerial photo showing dam location and the size of the permanent and temporary pool With PondBuilder all options are developed using high resolution digital elevation models derived from LIDAR data Page 1 AGREN PondBuilder 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 and password Executing the End User Lice
13. hading The Terrain layer is Map Layer Options available in areas less than two miles wide 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 If you are using Internet Explorer or FireFox the For a straight dam click once on one side of the valley d right click button on the where you would like your dam to begin Then double click on the other side of the valley where you would like the mouse removes points you dam to end created when you drew the dam flow line watershed A dam with a curve in it can be made by clicking once on or when you cut the any number of points between the beginning and end of watershed All other the dam As above double click to complete the dam operations use the left If the dam is not where you want it click the Clear Dam click button and start over Page AGREN PondBuilder Drawing your Watershed It is easiest to show the entire watershed in the viewing frame before you begin to draw the watershed While ji drawing the watershed you can use the or in the drawing the dam j view arrow keys on your keyboard or the scroll bar on watershed or flow lines your mouse to zoom While drawing the watershed the simply click the Clear Dam Zoo
14. he 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 AGREN PondBuilder Enabling and Disabling Help PondBuilder is equipped with a help menu that steps you through the process of creating a pond To enable help Click on Next gt gt in the help click on the box to the left of Enable Help on the blue bar window to advance to the at the top of the page When this box is checked Enable next help screen 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 f CG rC PondBuilder Find a Bug Enable Help Zoom to Leqal Description Chanqeloq Home Map Tools Q la E 20 74N 9W Zoom In Zoom Out Pan 2 Dam Tools mw li Draw Dam Clear Dan Watershed Tools Clear Dam If you would like to re draw your dam click this button Then use the Draw s Dam Tool again When you have completed drawing your
15. ick on the Draw Flowline tool Click once outside the top of the watershed and follow the flow of the water downhill clicking every time you change direction This is made easier by viewing the contour map End the flow The Draw Flowline Help Box visually path by double clicking just past the dam line depicts how to draw a flowline Any part of the flowline that is outside the watershed or below the dam line will be removed automatically Page 8 AGREN PondBuilder Entering the Runoff Curve Number RCN Runoff Curve Number PondBuilder can calculate a runoff curve number TE you already tae th Runoff Cutva j j Number for thi tershed click t automatically or you may enter it manually Ea Number for this watershed dick yes a i If you do not know the Curve Number Click on RCN and follow the prompts If you already MP inthe next Re da lp know your runoff curve number you may enter it at the clear RCN In Watershed identify land types and identify soil hydrologic conditions prompt and then skip to Create Pond Click Next To allow PondBuilder to calculate your runoff curve number follow the instructions below to assign Get GIS Data hydrologic soil groups cut land use and assign land cover Back The Runoff Curve Number Help Box allows you to skip ahead if you already know your RCN value Assigning Soil Hydrologic Groups To speed up processing you can turn off the contour and terrain layers
16. livery 40 q o Minimum Years Sediment e Erosion Rate 5 years e Gross Sheet Erosion Delivery Sediment Contribution E radios e M i n i m u m Yea rs Sed i m e nt 20 sediment contribution to temporary pool Dam Top Width e Sediment Contribution 9 Use the default value Use my own value feet Design Frequency Use the default value Principal Spillway Year Dam Top Width PondBuilder calculates the minimum Use my own velue yeara dam top width based on dam height A wider figure may a Crento Bend J be entered but if too small of a width is entered the program will default back to the minimum value Design Frequency Principal Spillway Year The user can select a principal spillway year greater than the value calculated by PondBuilder in order to increase the size of a dam Once all desired values have been selected click Create Pond at the bottom of window Page 11 AGREN PondBuilder Using the Pond Selection Table After a few momenis the Pond Selection table will appear This table will list all possible scenarios of ponds for this There may be many pages dam site The table will give you the Pond Size Pond of available ponds for you to Depth Dam Height Drainage to Pond Area Ratio Pipe view in the Pond Selection Size Depth Fill Over Pipe and Base Cost for all pond Table options Pond Selection Click this bar to show hide the list of ponds Filter These Results
17. m In and Zoom Out map tools are disabled Clear Watershed or Clear Flow Lines tool to erase the Click the Draw Watershed tool Begin drawing the outline drawing 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 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 If you make a mistake When you have a polygon drawn around your watershed double click near where you began the dam to end the watershed drawing process Drawing your Flowline A flowline is the distance water travels as a raindrop from E jn site of impact to the dam Flowlines are used to determine Draw the longest flow path of water or the greatest distance eve Draw Flowline Tool that water flows from the top of the watershed to the sopa ne foe ae ara ER Cut dam Land Use points to low points in the watershed Click points on the map to draw a flowline Double click on the last point The flowline should follow the longest flow path of water when you are finished from the top of the watershed down to the dam If you are l uncertain of the longest flow line you can draw as many flow lines as you want The longest flowline will be automatically selected by PondBuilder Cl
18. nse 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 the user to the license you are logged in to I
19. pond click on the small down arrow on the top right of the green Pond Selection menu bar You can select another pond to view by returning to the Pond Selection Table To return to the table place the curser on the green bar at the top of the pond 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 Pond Selection Table Page 13 AGRENO PondBuilder 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 To create a report first zoom to the desired map view Saving a report is the best and turn on off map layers that you want to appear in the way to document what was report maps The image you see on the screen will be the provided to the landowner image printed in all the reports Then click on the Create Report button Enter data into the Additional Report Details dialog box Then select the reports you want to save and or print and click on Create Report at the bottom of the dialog box Choose whether you would like to open or save the file Additional Report Details If the report is opened it may still be saved after the report has been opened or printed Preparer s name Preparer s phone An Adobe Acrobat PDF report will be created If
20. t 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 AGREN PondBuilder 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 subsequent logins go to www agrentools com Cli
21. use 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 AGREN PondBuilder 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 pond Soils Layers J Cities V Townships V Roads Imagery provides you with an aerial photo of the area selected The Imagery layer is available in areas less than 25 miles wide 7 Counties 7 Contours Contours inserts two foot contour lines The Contour layer is available in areas less than two imagery miles wide Terrain inserts hill s
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