topic Re: Calculating Contributing Area above sampling locations in Water Resources Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/water-resources-questions/calculating-contributing-area-above-sampling/m-p/449223#M2206 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>What do you mean by "this did not work properly"? By definition a watershed represents the upstream contributing area for a given point, based on best available flow direction data.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Christine Dartiguenave</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Esri Water Resources Team</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:30 GMT ChristineDartiguenave 2013-05-22T20:55:30Z Calculating Contributing Area above sampling locations https://community.esri.com/t5/water-resources-questions/calculating-contributing-area-above-sampling/m-p/449222#M2205 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to calculate the total area draining to a set of points (water quality sampling locations).&nbsp; I am not sure the best way to go about this.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>At first I tried to treat them as pour points and try to delineate watersheds using the "Watershed" tool, but this did not work properly.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am just trying to figure out a way to calculate the total area of contribution above a set of given points.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-Josh</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 14 May 2013 22:23:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/water-resources-questions/calculating-contributing-area-above-sampling/m-p/449222#M2205 JoshJones1 2013-05-14T22:23:18Z Re: Calculating Contributing Area above sampling locations https://community.esri.com/t5/water-resources-questions/calculating-contributing-area-above-sampling/m-p/449223#M2206 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>What do you mean by "this did not work properly"? By definition a watershed represents the upstream contributing area for a given point, based on best available flow direction data.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Christine Dartiguenave</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Esri Water Resources Team</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/water-resources-questions/calculating-contributing-area-above-sampling/m-p/449223#M2206 ChristineDartiguenave 2013-05-22T20:55:30Z