Merge polygons in watershed

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06-28-2021 02:39 PM
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AlexiaReyes
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I made a watershed using spatial analysis/hydrology tools. Now, I need to merge the polygons that make up the watershed to make one large polygon. When I try to select the polygons I want to merge, the merge feature under the editor tab is grayed out. It does not allow me to use the data management/ merge tool either. Not sure how to work around this

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JayantaPoddar
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If you have used Watershed (Spatial Analyst) tool, its output is a Raster. Please ensure you use a Raster to Polygon (Conversion) tool to convert it to polygon feature class first.

Then you may use Merge under Edit tab, or Dissolve (Data Management) Geoprocessing tool.



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JayantaPoddar
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If you have used Watershed (Spatial Analyst) tool, its output is a Raster. Please ensure you use a Raster to Polygon (Conversion) tool to convert it to polygon feature class first.

Then you may use Merge under Edit tab, or Dissolve (Data Management) Geoprocessing tool.



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DanPatterson
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if  your watersheds numbered from 0 onward, you can simply use 

raster >= 0

where raster is your raster's name

or a combination of IsNull and Con

How to change NoData cells to a value—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

if you just use IsNull, you will get a raster where 1 represents null values and 0 represents all your combined watersheds.  you can then use Con to convert 0 to a value, or simply query the previous raster for values == 0


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