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Engineering Software

The public can obtain NRCS software from the NRCS Technical Tools Website. The software provided in the table below are for use on NRCS platforms. The public should download the non-NRCS versions at the site listed above.

NRCS employees can access NRCS nationally approved software from the Information Technology Center (ITC) Website. Support for NRCS nationally approved engineering software should be obtained through the State Conservation Engineer.

The table below contains the approved list of NRCS engineering software for use in Montana. This list is dynamic and will be updated as existing software is revised and new software is added to the list.

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Bruce Krueger at 406-587-6834.

Montana Engineering Software List
Name Description Version Date Software
AgPipe Pipeline design program. 0.21.1.00 April 9, 2004 Download
CPED Irrigation center pivot evaluation/design. 1.00 February 11, 2003 Download
EFH2 Estimating runoff and peak discharge. 1.1 August 4, 2003 Download
EFM2 Estimating runoff and peak discharge. 1.10.0.9 February 11, 2003 Download
FIRI Farm irrigation rating index 0.1.01.01 October 17, 2003 Download
Hydraulics Formula Hydraulic equations frequently used during soil and water conservation activities. 2.2.1 February 13, 2004 Download
IWR Crop consumptive use program. 1.0.0.02 September 9, 2003 Download
ND Pipe Deflect Modified Iowa Formula to estimate Vertical Deflection of buried flexible pipe caused by earth and live loads. 1.2 February 11, 2003 Download
ND Pipe Design Design of pressure pipelines used for sprinkler, trickle, livestock and other water supplies. 1.44 February 11, 2003 Download
Ohio Engineering Engineering software developed by the Ohio NRCS for Design of Conservation practices. 5.2.2 November 11, 2003 Download
Rotate Rotates Geodimeter raw survey file. 1.0 October 22, 1987 Rotate (ZIP 54 KB)
Sec2dxf Converts a ASCII txt file of a section or profile data to a Autocad dxf format. 1.1 August 1998 Sec2dxf (ZIP; 49 KB)
Snotemm Geodimeter survey note reduction program. 4.4 March 12, 1997 Snotemm (ZIP; 59 KB)
SRFR SRFR is a tool to help identify the optimum surface irrigation efficiencies from border, basin, and furrow irrigation. 4.06.0.9 February 11, 2003 Download
TR55 Urban Hydrology for Small Watershed. 1.04 May 25, 2004 Download
Winflume Flume design program. 1.05.0023.01 April 22, 2004 Download
WinTR20 Project formulation for Hydrology. 1.00 October 1, 2004 Download
Xyz2dxf Converts xyz survey file to a Autocad dxf format. 2.0 January 2002 Xyz2dxf (ZIP; 46 KB)

The table below contains the approved list of Montana NRCS Engineering Spreadsheets. This list is dynamic and will be updated as existing Spreadsheets are revised or new Spreadsheets are added. Engineering computer Spreadsheets, developed by Montana NRCS employees not on the approved list should be sent to the State Conservation Engineer for review and approval.

The Engineering Spreadsheet in the following table requires Microsoft Excel.

Montana Engineering Spreadsheet List
Name Description Version Date
Pivot Design (XLS; 96 KB) Pivot planning and design spreadsheet. 2.1 May 2007

Last Modified: 12/04/2008