Watershed (Raster Analysis)—ArcGIS Pro

Summary

Determines the contributing area above a set of cells in a raster.

Illustration

Usage

This raster analysis portal tool is available when you are signed in to an ArcGIS Enterprise portal that has an ArcGIS Image Server configured for Raster Analysis . When the tool is invoked, ArcGIS Pro serves as a client and the processing happens in the servers federated with ArcGIS Enterprise. The portal tool accepts layers from your portal as input and creates output in your portal.
The input raster layer supports the following: a layer from the portal, a URI or URL to an image service, or the output from the Make Image Server Layer tool. The input feature layer can be a layer from the portal. It can also be a URI or URL to a feature service. This tool does not support local raster data or layers. While you can use local feature data and layers as input to this portal tool, best practice is to use layers from your portal as input.
The value of each watershed will be taken from the value of the source in the input raster or feature pour point data. When the pour point is a raster dataset, the cell values will be used. When the pour point is a point feature dataset, the values will come from the specified field.
The Watershed tool only supports a D8 input flow direction raster. D8 flow directions can be created using the Flow Direction tool, run with default flow direction type D8.
When specifying the input pour point locations as feature data, the default field will be the first available valid field. If no valid fields exist, the ObjectID field (for example, OID or FID) will be the default.

Syntax

Watershed(inputFlowDirectionRaster, inPourPointRasterOrFeatures, outputName, {pourPointField})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
inputFlowDirectionRaster	The input raster that shows the direction of flow out of each cell.	Raster Layer; Image Service; String
inPourPointRasterOrFeatures	The input pour point locations.	Raster Layer; Feature Layer; Image Service; Feature Service; String
outputName	The name of the output watershed raster service. The default name is based on the tool name and the input layer name. If the layer already exists, you will be prompted to provide another name.	String
pourPointField (Optional)	Field used to assign values to the pour point locations.	String

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
outputRaster	The output raster.	Raster Layer

Code sample

Watershed example 1 (Python window)

This example determines the contributing area for selected pour point locations on a flow direction raster.

import arcpy
arcpy.Watershed_ra("https://myserver/rest/services/flowdir/ImageServer","https://myserver/rest/services/streamlink/ImageServer","outWatershed1")

Watershed example 2 (stand-alone script)

This example determines the contributing area for selected pour point locations on a flow direction raster.

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Name: Watershed_example02.py
# Requirements: ArcGIS Image Server

# Import system modules
import arcpy

# Set local variables
inFlowDirection = "https://myserver/rest/services/flowdir/ImageServer"
inPourPoint = "https://myserver/rest/services/streamlink/ImageServer"
outputWatershed = "outWatershed2"

# Execute Watershed raster analysis tool
arcpy.Watershed_ra(inFlowDirection, inPourPoint, outputWatershed)

Environments

Extent, Cell Size, Mask, Output Coordinate System, Snap Raster

Licensing information

Basic: Requires ArcGIS Image Server
Standard: Requires ArcGIS Image Server
Advanced: Requires ArcGIS Image Server