ultimately function as a continually evolving information center to maintain accuracy in
recognition that inlet characteristic change through time. The Federal Inlets Database
was organized with the goal of providing information on 42 hydraulic, geomorphic, and
geometric parameters for Federally maintained inlets within the continental United States
and Alaska. Much of this information is not readily available at this time, and the CIRP
is requesting assistance of those possessing additional information to complete the
database.
Presently the Federal Inlets Database is in Excel format. The CIRP is incorporating
this database into its web-based inlet-structure database. The on-line database includes
downloadable aerial photographs of many of the Federal and non-Federal inlets and is