Driveways · drainage · access
Before You Add More Gravel
Check the water, ditch, culvert, and road surface first. This is an observation and planning tool—not a culvert inspection, engineering decision, permit answer, or promise that a repair will work.
Driveway rain check
Start with what you can safely see
Culvert or crossing observations
Observe from stable ground. Never enter a pipe, step into moving water, stand in traffic, or approach an undermined edge.
Photographs and field notes
Checking a view records only that you took it. No photo file is uploaded or stored by this tool.
Planning result
Complete the rain check
A blank answer is not treated as a safe condition. Finish the short observation before using the planning result.
Why
- Still needed: at least one observed condition, where the concern is located, whether it is changing, the safe-observation confirmation.
Next checks
- Observe only from dry, stable ground and a safe location away from traffic and moving water.
Source & limits
- Last reviewed
- September 2, 2026
- What this can tell you
- Common categories of road-surface distress, drainage trouble, erosion, soft subgrade, and culvert or wet-crossing problems that deserve observation.
- What this cannot tell you
- Adapt a forest-road engineering guide to a private site, choose a repair, size a structure, certify stability, or replace local design standards and field judgment.
Jurisdiction and crossing checks
Use the responsible source before changing a crossing.
These sources can help identify why crossings and water deserve special care. They cannot determine what rule applies to a particular property or authorize work. Last reviewed September 2, 2026.