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In this lab, you will practice downloading, manipulating, mapping, and analyzing publicly available hydrology data from a variety of online websites to study the Buffalo-San Jacinto watershed subbasin, which encompasses the greater Houston region. Specifically, you will work with watershed and flowline data from the National Flood Interoperability Experiment (NFIE), stream gauge data from the National Water Information System (NWIS), and soils data from the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO).


Part 1:

Setting Up

Creating a New GIS Project

  1. On the Desktop, click the Start menu and select ArcGIS > ArcGIS Pro.

  2. If the 'ArcGIS Sign In' window appears, sign in using your Rice organizational account. (Detailed Instructions)
  3. In the ‘ArcGIS Pro’ window, under the 'New' section, select the Map template.

  4. In the ‘Create a New Project’ window, for 'Name', type " HydrologyLab ".
  5. For 'Location', click the Browse button.

  6. Navigate to the location in which you would like to store your HydrologyLab project folder and click OK.

    Info

    A project folder is where you will store all of the files associated with this lab assignment. When working in a public computer lab environment, we recommend saving your work on an external USB drive. If you wish to nest your project folder inside other folders on your USB drive, or if you are using the hard drive on personal computer, ensure  that no spaces or special characters are used anywhere  along the entire file path of your project folder. The default project location on your personal computer is C:\Users\[ username ]\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects.

    In order to connect to a folder, you often have to be able to select the folder from the file browser on the right, rather than in the Navigation pane on the left. For example, if you wanted to store the project on an external USB F:\ drive, you would need to single-click Computer in the Navigation pane on the left and then single-click F:\ in the file browser on the right.

  7. Once the HydrologyLab folder is selected, click OK.
  8. Ensure Create a new folder for this project is checked.
  9. Click   OK.

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