Calculating Contributing Area above sampling locations

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05-14-2013 03:23 PM
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JoshJones1
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I am trying to calculate the total area draining to a set of points (water quality sampling locations).  I am not sure the best way to go about this. 


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. 

I am just trying to figure out a way to calculate the total area of contribution above a set of given points. 


Any help would be greatly appreciated.


-Josh
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ChristineDartiguenave
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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.

Christine Dartiguenave
Esri Water Resources Team
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