Objectives
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Identify the watershed aroound a home address (or any address) in Tarrant or Dallas counties and then to identify potential sources of pollution within or near this watershed. Attendees of this workshop will learn how to use the following basic hydrology tools within ArcGIS Desktop: |
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Workshop Resources
- Prepared Dataset
(Data must be extracted directly to the C:/ drive.)
- Intro Slide Presentation
Data Sources Used
- National Elevation Dataset 10 Meter
EPA: Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Program
- Facilities reporting emissions data to the EPA (2010)
- Linear Hydrography
Bing (Microsoft)
- Street Map
Workshop Plan
Explore Data
Navigate to the C:/water directory in Windows and launch (double-click) watershed.mxd. Within ArcMap, we will explore each layer.

| Enable Spatial Analyst Extension |
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| Plot Address |
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| Fill | ![]() |
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| Flow Direction | ![]() |
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| Flow Accumulation | ![]() |
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| Snap Pour Point | ![]() |
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| Watershed | ![]() |
Please Evaluate Before you Leave :)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Librarian |
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