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DA Form 5-130 is a Department of the Army form in the DA series. Title of record: FLOOD PREDICTION - LOCAL, REGIONAL, CENTRAL. Function: flood prediction - local, regional, central. The edition presently published bears the date 10/01/1956, with a status of ACTIVE. Physical extent is 1 page(s) and about 200 fillable fields.
The office of primary responsibility is USACE. Use is prescribed by TB 5-550-1, which defines when the form is raised and where it goes afterward. The form is normally completed by the subject of the entries or by administrative personnel maintaining the record, then reviewed and signed as the governing authority directs.
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What the form asks for
- BASIN
- CENTRAL
- ContentArea1
- DATE
- DPTH
- END
- ENDNG
- ENDNG_1
- ENDNG_2
- ENDNG_3
- ENDNG_4
- END_1
- END_2
- END_3
- END_4
- FEET
- FEET_1
- FEET_2
- FEET_3
- FEET_4
- FEET_A
- FEET_A_1
- FEET_A_2
- FEET_A_3
Completion follows the printed sequence of blocks from the top of the page downward. The heading area takes the identifying particulars — name, identification number, organisation, date of preparation. Retrieval of the record from a file depends on these entries, and they are therefore filled first.
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 5-130?
- FLOOD PREDICTION - LOCAL, REGIONAL, CENTRAL
- Which edition is current?
- 10/01/1956
- Who is responsible for this form?
- USACE
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF
Publisher notes
- 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA