ArcSWAT3 1.0.3 TauDEM failing to read coordinate system info

[SYLVIE ARQUES]

Hello everyone,

I am running into some issues with TauDEM in ArcGIS Pro. When I try to run the Delineate Watershed tool I got : ERROR: Cannot generate pitfilled file from dem C:\Nksack_SWAT\Nksak_SWAT\Source\DEMn48Mos.tif

and the TauDEM Ouput is giving me: 

------------------- TauDEM command: -------------------
C:\SWAT\SWATEditor\TauDEM539Bin\PitRemove -z C:\Nksack_SWAT\Nksak_SWAT\Source\DEMn48Mos.tif -fel C:\Nksack_SWAT\Nksak_SWAT\Source\DEMn48Mosfel.tif
PitRemove version 5.3.9
ERROR 1: PROJ: proj_create_from_database: SQLite error on SELECT name, coordinate_system_auth_name, coordinate_system_code, geodetic_crs_auth_name, geodetic_crs_code, conversion_auth_name, conversion_code, area_of_use_auth_name, area_of_use_code, text_definition, deprecated FROM projected_crs WHERE auth_name = ? AND code = ?: no such column: area_of_use_auth_name
ERROR 1: PROJ: proj_create_from_database: SQLite error on SELECT name, type, coordinate_system_auth_name, coordinate_system_code, datum_auth_name, datum_code, area_of_use_auth_name, area_of_use_code, text_definition, deprecated FROM geodetic_crs WHERE auth_name = ? AND code = ?: no such column: area_of_use_auth_name
ERROR 1: PROJ: proj_create_from_database: SQLite error on SELECT name, ellipsoid_auth_name, ellipsoid_code, prime_meridian_auth_name, prime_meridian_code, area_of_use_auth_name, area_of_use_code, publication_date, deprecated FROM geodetic_datum WHERE auth_name = ? AND code = ?: no such column: area_of_use_auth_name
ERROR 1: PROJ: proj_create_from_database: SQLite error on SELECT name, coordinate_system_auth_name, coordinate_system_code, geodetic_crs_auth_name, geodetic_crs_code, conversion_auth_name, conversion_code, area_of_use_auth_name, area_of_use_code, text_definition, deprecated FROM projected_crs WHERE auth_name = ? AND code = ?: no such column: area_of_use_auth_name
ERROR 1: PROJ: proj_create_from_database: SQLite error on SELECT name, type, coordinate_system_auth_name, coordinate_system_code, datum_auth_name, datum_code, area_of_use_auth_name, area_of_use_code, text_definition, deprecated FROM geodetic_crs WHERE auth_name = ? AND code = ?: no such column: area_of_use_auth_name
ERROR 1: PROJ: proj_create_geographic_crs: SQLite error on SELECT name, ellipsoid_auth_name, ellipsoid_code, prime_meridian_auth_name, prime_meridian_code, area_of_use_auth_name, area_of_use_code, publication_date, deprecated FROM geodetic_datum WHERE auth_name = ? AND code = ?: no such column: area_of_use_auth_name*** Problem with TauDEM PitRemove: please examine output above. ***

I have been trying to update proj.db and gdal-data without success. Any insights? 

Thank you

Sylvie

[Chris George]

I suspect you are right in suspecting a version problem.

TauDEM in ArcSWAT is set up to use the proj.db in

C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\pedata\gdaldata

(assuming the ArcGIS executable is in C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin)

My copy of proj.db, which came with ArcGIS Pro 3.4.3, does not seem to
have a file version number, but dates from 10 September 2024 and is 8940
KB in size.

If yours is different and you have an earlier ArcGIS Pro perhaps you
could update.

Chris

On 8/28/2025 7:51 PM, SYLVIE ARQUES wrote:
> Hello everyone, I am running into some issues with TauDEM in ArcGIS Pro.
> When I try to run the Delineate Watershed tool I got : ERROR: Cannot
> generate pitfilled file from dem C: 
> \Nksack_SWAT\Nksak_SWAT\Source\DEMn48Mos. tif and the TauDEM Ouput

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[SYLVIE ARQUES]

Hello Chris,

thank you for your message. I spent a day on this. I attached my workflow as it can be useful to other users.

Happy SWATing!

Sylvie