{"id":78921,"date":"2017-08-07T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/predict-floods-with-unit-hydrographs\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:14:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:14:13","slug":"predict-floods-with-unit-hydrographs","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/analytics\/analytics\/predict-floods-with-unit-hydrographs","title":{"rendered":"Predict Floods with Unit Hydrographs"},"author":7091,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,22941,23051],"tags":[24981,29991,37081,23391,23081,23101],"industry":[],"product":[36561,37031],"class_list":["post-78921","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-mapping","category-water","tag-hydro","tag-raster-analysis","tag-risk-assessment","tag-spatial-analytics","tag-utilities","tag-water-utilities","product-arcgis-pro","product-spatial-analyst"],"acf":{"short_description":"Check out the new ArcGIS Lesson on Predict Floods with Unit Hydrographs to create a unit hydrograph for a small to medium sized watershed...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Check out the new ArcGIS Lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.arcgis.com\/en\/projects\/predict-floods-with-unit-hydrographs\/\">Predict Floods with Unit Hydrographs<\/a> to create a unit hydrograph for a small to medium sized watershed using ArcGIS Pro, using a wide array of tools from <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/an-overview-of-the-hydrology-tools.htm\">Hydrology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/an-overview-of-the-hydrology-tools.htm\">Surface <\/a>\u00a0and other toolsets from the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/tool-reference\/spatial-analyst\/an-overview-of-the-spatial-analyst-toolbox.htm\">Spatial Analyst Extension<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A unit hydrograph, when combined with a rainfall-runoff model, can be a powerful tool in predicting floods. 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