Analyze watersheds from an outlet point, an entire design road, or a region of a design road.
- Use terrain themes as needed to identify lower elevations where a stream is more likely to occur.
For more information, see To theme terrain.
- Adjust grid spacing or stream threshold to improve precision or speed of watershed analysis.
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. - To obtain results for smaller watersheds or for faster analysis of a large area, adjust grid spacing or stream threshold in Analysis Settings.
- Follow the prompts in canvas to start one of the following watershed analysis methods:
- Outlet Point: Click to place a point at a low spot in the terrain. Then press Enter.
- Design Road: Click on a design road. Then press Enter to analyze the entire road.
To analyze a design road region, click to specify the start station and end station. Then press Enter.
Analyzing a design road region improves performance and helps the analysis return a watershed.
- Click watersheds individually to display their asset cards.
Drainage Design uses Peak Flows (cms) value of Q100 (100-year flow) for culvert design solutions. Analysis supports two hydrology methods for Flow value: Rational or Regression; as well as supporting user-defined values. Choose a method from the watershed asset card.
If an analysis does not identify a watershed
Drainage Design displays a message if an analysis does not identify watersheds. Common reasons are:
- Placing the outlet point where there is not enough upstream flow accumulation to identify a watershed or placing it too far from a stream. Change outlet placement or use terrain themes to find lower elevations.
- Selecting a road or road region where no streams cross the road. Try extending shorter regions.
See Watershed Analysis Tips for more suggestions on refining an analysis.