"The Storm

The StormUlator enables the user to estimate the size, volume a

needed to reduce stormwater runof
(Step 1a) If you
know the 85th
percentile storm
event for your
location enter it in
the box below

User may make changes from any

cell that is orange or brown in color
(similar to the cells to the immediate
right). Cells in green are calculated
for you.

Project Information

Project Name:

Optional

Waste Discharge Identification (WDID):

Optional

Date:

Optional

Sub Drainage Area Name (from map):

Optional

Regional Curve Numbers

Existing Pervious Runoff Curve Number
Proposed Development Pervious Runoff Curve Number
Precipitation

Based on the County you indicated above,

we have included the 85 percentile average
24
event - of
P85
(in)^ needed
for your for
area.
ThehrAmount
rainfall
runoff to
occur (Existing regional curve -P from
existing RCN (in)^)
P used for calculations (in) (the greater of
the above two criteria)
^Available at www.cabmphandbooks.com

0.00

in

0.00

In

0.00

In

Pre-Project Runoff Volume (cu ft)

Cu.Ft.

Project-Related Runoff Volume Increase

w/o credits (cu ft)

Cu.Ft.

Project-Related Volume Increase with

Credits (cu ft)

Cu.Ft.

"The StormUlator"

ser to estimate the size, volume and type of Alternative Storm Water Management System
eded to reduce stormwater runoff from development projects.
(Step 1b) If you can not answer 1a then select the
county where the project is located (click on the cell
to the right for drop-down): This will determine the
average 85th percentile 24 hr. storm event for your
site, which will appear under precipitation to left.
(Step 1c) If you would like a more percise value
select the location closest to your site. If you do not
recgonize any of these locations, leave this dropdown menu at location. The average value for the
County will be used.
Runoff Calculations

(Step 2) Indicate the Soil Type (dropdown menu to

right):

(Step 3) Indicate the existing dominant non-built land

Use Type (dropdown menu to right):
(Step 4) Indicate the proposed dominant non-built
land Use Type (dropdown menu to right):

COUNTY

LOCATION

Soil Type

Non-Built Land Use Type Pre Development

Non-Built Land Use Type Post Development
Complete Either
Sq Ft
Acres

(Step 5) Total Project Site Area:

(Step 6) Sub-watershed Area:
Percent of total project :

(Step 7) Sub-watershed Conditions

Sub-watershed Area (acres)

Complete Either
Sq Ft

Acres

Existing Rooftop Lot Coverage

Existing Non-Rooftop Lot Coverage
Proposed Rooftop Lot Coverage
Proposed Non-Rooftop Lot Coverage
(Step 8) Impervious Area Reduction Credits

Acres

Porous Pavement

0.00

Tree Planting

0.00

Downspout Disconnection

0.00

Impervious Area Disconnection

Green Roof

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Stream Buffer
Vegetated Swales
Subtotal
Subtotal Runoff Volume Reduction in cubic feet

(Step 9) Impervious Volume Reduction Credits

Rain Barrels/Cisterns
Landscaping Soil Quality

Volume (cubic feet)

0
0

Subtotal Runoff Volume Reduction in cubic feet

Total Runoff Volume Reduction in cubic feet

ent System

COUNTY

LOCATION

Use Type Pre Development

Use Type Post Development

Acres
0.00
0.00

Acres
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

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Cu. Ft.

Cu. Ft.
Cu. Ft.
Cu. Ft.
Cu. Ft.

Porous Pavement Credit Worksheet

Please fill out a porous pavement credit worksheet for each project sub-watershed.
For the PROPOSED Development:
Proposed Porous Pavement
Area of Brick without Grout on less than 12 inches of base with at least 20% void
space over soil
Area of Brick without Grout on more than 12 inches of base with at least 20% void
space over soil
Area of Cobbles less than 12 inches deep and over soil
Area of Cobbles less than 12 inches deep and over soil
Area of Reinforced Grass Pavement on less than 12 inches of base with at least 20%
void space over soil
Area of Reinforced Grass Pavement on at least 12 inches of base with at least 20%
void space over soil
Area of Porous Gravel Pavement on less than 12 inches of base with at least 20%
void space over soil
Area of Porous Gravel Pavement on at least 12 inches of base with at least 20% void
space over soil
Area of Poured Porous Concrete or Asphalt Pavement with less than 4 inches of
gravel base (washed stone)
Area of Poured Porous Concrete or Asphalt Pavement with 4 to 8 inches of gravel
base (washed stone)
Area of Poured Porous Concrete or Asphalt Pavement with 8 to 12 inches of gravel
base (washed stone)
Area of Poured Porous Concrete or Asphalt Pavement with 12 or more inches of
gravel base (washed stone)

Tree Planting Credit Worksheet

Please fill out a tree canopy credit worksheet for each project sub-watershed.

Tree Canopy Credit Criteria

Number of proposed evergreen trees (credit = number of trees x 0.005)
Number of proposed deciduous trees (credit = number of trees x 0.0025)
Number of existing trees that will remain that are less than 6 in diameter (credit = number of trees x 0.125
Number of existing trees that will remain that are at least 6 in diameter (credit = number of trees x 0.25)
Please describe below how the project will ensure that these trees will be maintained.

Rain Barrel/Cistern Credit Worksheet

Please fill out a rain barrel/cistern worksheet for each project sub-watershed.
Rain Barrel/Cistern Credit Criteria
Total capacity rain barrel(s)/cistern(s) (in gallons)
Total capacity rain barrel(s)/cistern(s) (in cu ft) 1
1

accounts for 10% loss

Runoff Reduction*

Fill in either Acres or SqFt

In SqFt.
In Acres

Equivalent Acres

0.45

0.00

0.90
0.30
0.60

0.00
0.00
0.00

0.45

0.00

0.90

0.00

0.38

0.00

0.75

0.00

0.40

0.00

0.60

0.00

0.80

0.00

1.00

0.00

*=1-Rv**
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**Using Site Design Techniques to meet Development Standards for Stormwater Quality (BASMAA 2003)
**NCDENR Stormwater BMP Manual (2007)

dit = number of trees x 0.125)

t = number of trees x 0.25)
ntained.

Number of
Trees
Planted

Area Credit (acres)

0
0
0
0
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Response
0

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Impervious Area Disconnection Credit Worksheet

Please fill out an impervious area disconnection credit worksheet for each project sub-watershed. If you
yes to all questions, you may subtract all impervious surface draining to each discharge location. Disconn
impervious area is entered in Volume Calculator Worksheet.

Non-Rooftop Disconnection Credit Criteria

The maximum contributing impervious flow path length is 75 feet.
The length of the disconnection is equal to or greater than the contributing length. A
storage device (e.g. French drain, bioretention area, gravel trench) may need to be
implemented to achieve the required disconnection length.
The impervious area to any one discharge location does not exceed 5,000 square feet.

Percentage of existing
Percentage of the
proposed

0.00

Acres non-rooftop surface area disconnected

0.00

Acres non-rooftop surface area disconnected

ject sub-watershed. If you answer

discharge location. Disconnected

Response
Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

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Downspout Disconnection Credit Worksheet

Please fill out a downspout disconnection credit worksheet for each project subwatershed. If you
answer yes to all questions, all rooftop area draining to each downspout will be subtracted from
your total Impervious surface area. Rooftop area is entered Volume Calculator Worksheet.

Downspout Disconnection Credit Criteria

Downspouts and any extensions extend at least six feet from a basement and two feet from a crawl
space or concrete slab.

The contributing area of rooftop to each disconnected downspout is 500 square feet or less.
All roof runoff drains as sheet flow to a planter box or landscaped area.
All roof runoff drains onto turf as sheet flow and allowed to spread out over an area large enough to
contain the 85th percentile 24 hour rain event.

Percentage of existing

of rooftop surface has disconnected

0.00 Acres downspouts

Percentage of the proposed

of rooftop surface has disconnected

0.00 Acres downspouts

each project subwatershed. If you

downspout will be subtracted from
Volume Calculator Worksheet.

dit Criteria

a basement and two feet from a crawl

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

pout is 500 square feet or less.

ped area.

read out over an area large enough to

Yes

No

p surface has disconnected

outs

p surface has disconnected

outs
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Greenroof Credit Worksheet

Please fill out a greenroof credit worksheet for each project sub-watershed. If you answer yes to all ques
greenroof area will be subtracted from your total impervious area.

Green Roof Credit Criteria

Is the roof slop less than 15% or does it have a grid to hold the substrate in place until it forms a
thick vegetation mat?
Has a professional engineer assessed the necessary load reserves and designed a roof
structure that meets state and local codes?
If supplemental irrigation is needed to sustain the green roof during extended dry periods, is the
source from recycled, reclaimed, or reused water?
Acre
Percentage of existing 0.00
s rooftop surface area in greenroof
Percentage of the
Acre
proposed 0.00
s rooftop surface area in greenroof

ach project sub-watershed. If you answer yes to all questions, 70% of the
otal impervious area.

Credit Criteria

grid to hold the substrate in place until it forms a

Response
Yes

No

ssary load reserves and designed a roof

e green roof during extended dry periods, is the

r?

Yes

Yes

No

No

surface area in greenroof

surface area in greenroof

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Stream Buffer Credit Worksheet

Please fill out a stream buffer credit worksheet for each project sub-watershed. If you answer yes to all q
subtract all impervious surface draining to each stream buffer. Impervious area draining to a stream buff
Volume Calculator Worksheet.

Stream Buffer Credit Criteria

Runoff enters the floodprone width or within 500 feet (whichever is larger) of a stream channel as
sheet flow. The maximum contributing length shall be 150 feet for pervious areas and 75 feet for
impervious areas?
The contributing overland slope is 5% or less, or a level spreader shall be used?
Buffer area is protected from vehicle or other traffic barriers to reduce compaction?
Stream Buffer will be maintained in a natural state set back from development or other structure?

Percentage of existing 0.00

Acre
s impervious surface area draining into a stream buffer:

Percentage of the
Acre impervious surface area that will drain into a stream
proposed 0.00
s buffer:
Please describe below how the project will ensure that the buffer areas will remain in ungraded
and uncompacted condition, and that the overstory and understory vegetation will be maintained
in a natural condition.

or each project sub-watershed. If you answer yes to all questions, you may
stream buffer. Impervious area draining to a stream buffer is entered in

Credit Criteria

Response

feet (whichever is larger) of a stream channel as

all be 150 feet for pervious areas and 75 feet for

Yes

No

a level spreader shall be used?

Yes

No

ffic barriers to reduce compaction?

Yes

No

te set back from development or other structure?

Yes

No

ous surface area draining into a stream buffer:

ous surface area that will drain into a stream

re that the buffer areas will remain in ungraded

ory and understory vegetation will be maintained

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Vegetated Swale Credit Worksheet

Please fill out a vegetated swale worksheet for each project subwatershed. If you answer yes to
all questions, you may subtract all impervious surface draining to each vegetated swale.
Impervious area draining to vegetated swales is entered in the Volume Calculator Worksheet.

Vegetated Swale Credit Criteria

All vegetated swales are designed in accordance with Treatment Control BMP 30 (TC-30 Vegetated Swale) from the California Stormwater BMP Handbook, New Development and
Redevelopment (available at www.cabmphandbooks.com).
The maximum flow velocity for runoff for the 85th percentile rainfall event is less than or equal to
1.0 foot per second.

Percentage of existing

0.00

Acres of impervious area draining to a vegetated swale

Percentage of the proposed

0.00

Acres of impervious area draining to a vegetated swale

ect subwatershed. If you answer yes to

aining to each vegetated swale.
n the Volume Calculator Worksheet.

t Criteria
eatment Control BMP 30 (TC-30 andbook, New Development and
m).

tile rainfall event is less than or equal to

vious area draining to a vegetated swale

vious area draining to a vegetated swale

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Yes

No

Yes

No

Soil Quality Credit Worksheet

Please fill out a soil quality worksheet for each project sub-watershed.

Will the soils used for landscaping meet the ideal bulk densities listed in Table 1? 1

If you answered yes to the question above, and you know the area-weighted bulk density within
the top 12 inches for soils used for landscaping (in g/cm 3)* fill in the cell to the left and skip to
cell G10. If not select from the drop-down menu in G9.

If you answered yes to the question above, but you do not know the exact bulk density, which of
the soil types in the drop down menu to the right best describes the top 12 inches for soils used
for landscaping (in g/cm 3).
What is the average depth of your landscaped soil media meeting the above criteria (inches)?

What is the total length of the landscaped areas meeting the above criteria (in feet)?

What is the average width of the landscaped area meeting the above criteria (in feet)?

Table 1
Sands, loamy sands
Sandy loams, loams
Sandy clay loams, loams, clay loams
Silts, silt loams
Silt loams, silty clay loams
Sandy clays, silty clays, some clay
loams (35-45% clay)
Clays (>45% clay)

<1.6
<1.4
<1.4
<1.3
<1.1
<1.1
<1.1

USDA NRCS. "Soil Quality Urban Technical Note

No.2-Urban Soil Compaction". March 2000.
http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/management/files/sq_utn_2.pdf
* To determine how to calculate density see:
http://www.globe.gov/tctg/bulkden.pdf?sectionID=94

Porosity (%) for

Response

Yes

No

Soil Type

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Soil Type

Mineral grains in many soils are mainly quartz and

feldspar, so 2.65 a good average for particle
density. To determine percent porosity we use the
formula: Porosity (%) = (1-Bulk Density/2.65) X
100

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