An overview of the Summarize Data toolset

This toolset contains tools for calculating statistics for a raster layer within zones defined by another dataset.

Tools of the Summarize Data toolset

Tool	Description
Summarize Raster Within	Calculates statistics on values of a raster within the zones of another dataset. For example: Given a layer of watershed areas and an elevation raster layer, calculate the range of elevations in each watershed to determine which ones will have the highest-energy streamflow. Given a layer of administrative management units and a raster layer of land-use categories, calculate the variety of land-use values in each management area to identify the ones that will require the most work to come up with a management plan.
Zonal Statistics As Table	Calculates the values of a raster within the zones of another dataset and reports the results to a table. For example: Given a layer of the state boundaries and the raster of the distribution of mean precipitation over the continental United States, calculate the statewise distribution of extreme events using a list of percentile values. Given a layer of overlapping ecological zones and a raster layer of soil moisture, calculate all supported statistics in each zone to relate zones with soil moisture availability.