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Original site content

Original editorial text, curation, interface design, diagrams, and locally written educational summaries are © 2026 Michael Barbine, produced and published by PlatPhorm News. They are all rights reserved unless a specific page or artifact states otherwise.

Public and third-party data

DamWatch USA does not claim ownership of facts or records obtained from USACE, FEMA, USGS, FERC, state agencies, researchers, or community projects. Each upstream source keeps its own attribution, public-domain status, copyright, database rights, usage policy, and license. Follow the source link before redistributing data.

Curated API responses

Local annotations and educational summaries retain the site copyright above. Live NID fields remain attributed to the public USACE service. The API is public and read-only, but public access is not a grant to ignore an upstream provider’s terms.

Software and repository

This web page does not grant an open-source software license. Source code may be reused only under a license explicitly included with the relevant repository or by separate written permission.

Required attribution

When referring to the original work, use: “DamWatch USA, created by Michael Barbine (BigNerdLoLz), brought to you by PlatPhorm News.” Cite the original data provider separately whenever records or statistics come from an upstream source.

Last updated . © 2026 Michael Barbine and PlatPhorm News. Original site content is all rights reserved unless explicitly stated otherwise; source data retains its original provider and license.