Applications, Forms, and Bulletins
Floodplain Protection
- Permit Process – Floodplain Development Permit Process
Floodplain Application – Floodplain Development Permit Application Floodplain Review Checklist – Floodplain Development Permit Review Checklist Elevation Certificate – FEMA National Flood Insurance Program Elevation Certificate and instructions - Applications, Bulletins, Schedules – Planning Department applications, bulletins, and schedules
Floodproofing Certificate – for non-residential Structures
General Watershed Protection and Stormwater Management Information
Stream Buffers
Checklists for Watershed Development and SCM Site Construction Plans
- Watershed Development Plan Review Checklist
- Bioretention
- Sand Filter
- Wet Detention Pond
- Wetland – Extended Detention
Engineer’s Statement of Completion for SCMs
Operation and Maintenance Agreement Templates for SCMs
- Bioretention
- Dry Detention
- Infiltration Trench
- Sand Filter (at-grade)
- Sand Filter (underground)
- Wet Detention Pond
Other Forms and Links
Designated Water Supply Watershed Map
Water Supply Watershed areas can also be viewed on Guilford County’s GIS Data Viewer at link below by turning on Watershed Management map layers for “Watershed”, “WCA Tier Levels”, and “Haw River WCA”.
Beginning March 1, 2008 all stormwater best management practices shall be designed in accordance with the latest edition of the NC DWQ Stormwater Best Practices Manual and with the Guilford County Addenda which together shall be known as the Water Quality Protection Manual.
Stormwater Management Plan – Guilford County is committed to effectively managing stormwater quality issues related to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II Rules. The following plans and reports are made available to see how we are meeting these requirements and what we are doing to guarantee the quality of Guilford County’s stormwater management.
A comprehensive stormwater management plan developed to meet the requirements of the Randelman Lake Water Supply Watershed Protection Rules (Rules) 15A NCAC 2B .0251 (4)(a-f).
- Cover – for the Comprehensive Stormwater Management Program Report, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II
- Table of Contents and Appendix for NPDES Phase II report
- Guilford County’s Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan – to meet the NPDES Phase II Rules 15A NCAC 2H .0126 to comply with federal stormwater requirements.
Other Useful Resources
- Guilford County GIS Data Viewer
- Center for Watershed Protection
- North Carolina Association of Floodplain Managers
- North Carolina Division of Environmental Quality
- North Carolina Division of Environmental Quality - Water Resources
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- US Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District
- City of Greensboro Stormwater Program
- FEMA
- North Carolina Flood Zone Mapping Program
- Association of State Floodplain Managers
- North Carolina Department of Public Safety Department of Emergency Management