HEC-HMS Training Manual : Water Resources Group, RSAA

PARAMETERS AND CN GRID GENERATION FOR RUNOFF

ESTIMATION USING"HEC-GEOHMSTOOL"
1. Open ArcMapDocument.

2. Open the saved ArcMap document in which basin delineation was completed.

3. Next step is to prepare Curve Number Grid (CN Grid), using "Generate CN

Grid"tool under "Utility" tab of HEC-GeoHMS Toolbar.

4. In order to use this tool, a polygon layer that merges both land use and soil

type data, and subsequently a Curve Number Lookup table is required.

i. Add LULC and Soil raster layer in ArcMap.

ii. Now for raster to polygon conversion, navigate to "Conversion

Tool""From Raster""Raster to Polygon".

* To effectively convert a raster into polygon, an integer field must be there

indicating unique values to each feature class.

iii. Give LULC.imglayer as input raster, select Value in Field, give output

location in your default layer folder, and uncheck Simplify Polygon option.

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iv. Output LULC polygon layer will have many multi-part features even for a

single landuse class. Thus we need to dissolve them all those into a single-

part feature for respective landuse class using "Dissolve" tool. To do this,

navigate to "Data Management Tool" ->"Generalization" ->"Dissolve".

v. For this, give LULC.shp (polygon layer created in previous step) as input,

give output location in your default layer folder, and select "gridcode" as

your dissolve field.

vi. Similarly, soil polygon layer will be prepared by using above steps

(Converting soil raster layer to polygon layer, and then dissolving multi-part

features into single-part feature).

vii. After generating dissolved LULC and Soil polygon layer, open attribute

table of both dissolved polygon layers,add an integer field (column) by the

name "Landuse" in LULC polygon attribute and four integer fieldswith

names viz., "PctA", "PctB", "PctC", "PctD" in Soil polygon attribute.

viii. In attribute table of LULC layer, gridcode represent unique landuse class.

Thus enter values of gridcode to the newly created Landuse field as it is. To

add values, right click on the polygon layer and go to Edit features and start

editing, then enter values, save edits and then stop editing. Later, we may

delete gridcode field.

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ix. In attribute table of Soil layer, write 100 as its percentage coverage for the

soil group (by using above procedure), and may delete gridcode field. (100

in PctB for Loamy soil and 100 in PctD for Clay soil).

x. Once LULC and Soil polygon layer is ready with attributes, use them both

to create a union layer. To do that, navigate to Arc Toolbox"Analysis

Tool""Overlay""Union".

xi. Give LULC and Soil polygon layer as input in the Union tool, give output in

your default layer folder, and let "ALL" be the joining function for union.

xii. Output features should only contain 16 features (Landuse: 8 x 2: Soil). But

due to non-overlapping areas, number of features may increase. Thus extra

rows which contains negative values in FID field of LULC and Soil, need to

be deleted using editing tool.

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xiii. Post deletion of extra rows, FID field of LULC and Soil can also be deleted.

xiv. The Generate CN Grid tool also requires a lookup table that relates land

use and hydrologic soil groups to a curve number. Thus, a curve number

lookup table is required.

xv. Curve number for various landusewith respective soil group is given below:

LULC Code Soil Group B Soil Group D

Built-up 1 85 79
Current Fallow 2 79 85
Deciduous Forest 3 66 83
Evergreen Forest 4 55 77
Wasteland 5 69 88
Agriculture 6 71 89
Water Bodies 7 100 100
Plantation 8 81 72

xvi. Curve number lookup table should be in DBF format and must contain

LULC codes in LUValue field and percentage of all soil group in fields viz.,

A, B, C, D. Where Soil Group B is for "Loamy" and Soil Group D is for

"Clay". Hence, values for soil group A and C will be 0.

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xvii. First, make a lookup table in CSV format, import that CSV file in ArcMap

and then export it in DBF format.

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5. Once polygon union layer of Landuse and Soil along with Curve Number

Lookup Table is ready, CN Grid can be generated. To create it, navigate to

"Utility Tool"->"Generate CN Grid"in HEC-HMS Toolbar.In "Input Hydro

DEM" give "Fil"as input, (tool may take it as an input automatically), give union

layer of Landuse and Soil as an input in "Input Soil Landuse Polygon", and in

curve number table in DBF format in "Input Curve Number Lookup"to link

attributes of union layer and curve number table.

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6. Once all dataset loading is complete, go to "Parameters" tab on the HEC-

GeoHMS toolbar, and click on data management to check input grids.

7. Then click on "Select HMS processes", a dialog box will open. Select

following processes for various method (as shown in below figure):

i. Loss and Transform Method: SCS

ii. Baseflow method: None

iii. Route method: Muskingum

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8. Save the mxd and then perform auto river and basin naming using "River Auto

Name" and "Basin Auto Name" tool.

9. Then, go to "Subbasin Parameters from Raster"and give only the CN Grid

that we generated above as an input in the last option (Leave all other

optional inputs blank).

10. Now click on "CN Lag" tool under "Parameters" tab, it will compute Curve

Number Lag time.

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11. Lastly, run following steps under the "HMS" tab mentioned below, so as to

create the HMS project file.

i. "Data Management"to check all input layers

ii. "Map to HMS Units" for selecting SI units.

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iii. "Check Data"

iv. "HMS Schematic"

v. Now select "HMS Legend" under "Toogle Legend" option. Once it is done,

you will find symbols in the data view window.

vi. Now click on "Add Coordinates" to assign coordianted to HMS links and

nodes. A dialog box will appear showing "Add Coordinates successfully

completed"

vii. Now "Prepare Data for Model Export".A dialog box will appear showing

"Prepare Data for Model Export successfully completed".

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viii. Now export the shapefile by using "Background Shape File" option

ix. Now click on "Basin model File". It will start generateing basin model.

x. Now select "Specified Hyetograph"in "Met Model File".

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xi. Now lastly, click on "Create HEC-HMS Project".

Browse and select your project folder as HMS Project Location which should be the same

where your .gdb is saved and select Basin, Met, and Gage File by browsing the respective

folders. Give a name to HMS Run and click OK.

You will see a Message box with successful completion of HMS Project file.

Save the project in ArcMap Document.

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