topic Re: Delineate a downstream channel from a point for X miles. in Water Resources Questions

Delineate a downstream channel from a point for X miles.

AndrewMoffitt — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:52:32 GMT

I am at a loss for how to take an input point and delineate the downstream channel for X miles.

Pointing me in the right direction is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Re: Delineate a downstream channel from a point for X miles.

MarkBoucher — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:59:53 GMT

This is not the most elegant method. But if you already run Arc Hydro, it wouldn't take much to do this for one or two reaches. If you want to perform this for several points, repeat it over and over, or code it, you will want to search further.

If you have a flow direction grid, you can use a Arc Hydro toolbar tool that will put a graphical line on the flow path downstream from the point you click. You can then convert that graphic to a feature using the Drawing toolbar menu command. After that you can use other ArcMap tools to measure or trim that polyline to a certain length.

Re: Delineate a downstream channel from a point for X miles. [SOLVED]

AndrewMoffitt — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:27:21 GMT

To follow up -
1) mass flowline delineation for all input points using the path-distance tool (filled elevation and fdr)
2) converting the output to streams using the stream to feature tool
3) created a utility network with flow via line direction
4) performed iterative flow tracing downstream via new Geometric Trace Network tool
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00570000009v000000
5) dissolved each flowline to single entity
6) used ET Geowizards (paid version) to clip a line to a specified length
7) ???
😎 profit