topic Buffer by elevation in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283500#M4002 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Would anyone be able to direct me to the right tool or tools that will take a POLYLINE (or polyline raster) overlain with a DEM raster, and obtain a 5 feet HIGHER area than the height of the floodplain boundary?&nbsp;&nbsp; Many places say to use the Euclidean Allocation tool, but the documentation for that is lacking -in my opinion.&nbsp; It does not perform the function I'm seeking.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thank you.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Stacy</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:32:50 GMT StacyCulpepper 2012-03-12T12:32:50Z Buffer by elevation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283500#M4002 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Would anyone be able to direct me to the right tool or tools that will take a POLYLINE (or polyline raster) overlain with a DEM raster, and obtain a 5 feet HIGHER area than the height of the floodplain boundary?&nbsp;&nbsp; Many places say to use the Euclidean Allocation tool, but the documentation for that is lacking -in my opinion.&nbsp; It does not perform the function I'm seeking.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thank you.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Stacy</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:32:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283500#M4002 StacyCulpepper 2012-03-12T12:32:50Z Re: Buffer by elevation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283501#M4003 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This is probably oversimplistic, but can't you make contours of your DEM and extract the contour line you're interested in? It seems to me that your floodplain polyline should all fall at one elevation, but this may not be the case...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:35:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283501#M4003 DarrenWiens2 2012-03-12T15:35:16Z Re: Buffer by elevation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283502#M4004 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Has anyone found an answer to this?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:07:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283502#M4004 VinayAchrekar2 2014-12-15T22:07:47Z Re: Buffer by elevation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283503#M4005 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I for one, was never given a satisfactory answer. I'm not still looking</P><P>either. The project I needed that info for was 3 years ago, haven't needed</P><P>it since.</P><P></P><P>Stacy</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:24:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283503#M4005 StacyCulpepper 2014-12-16T00:24:02Z Re: Buffer by elevation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283504#M4006 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not entirely sure, but you can probably use the script in this post to get that result (although you are not looking for a floodplain):</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/message/85303">Determine Floodplain: Based on known flood level</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:33:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/buffer-by-elevation/m-p/283504#M4006 XanderBakker 2014-12-16T02:33:21Z