Aroostook -- Cataloging Unit 01010004

• St. John Subregion 0101
  
• New England Region 01 (There are 53 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Maine.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 6295.9 km² ( 2431.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 88.82, % in Region = 96.23]
  The area from the USGS is 2420 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1180)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2514465 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 252.3 m ( 827.7 ft ) [% in USA = 32.26, % in Region = 52.83]
  The elevation standard deviation is 72.4 m ( 237.5 ft ) [% in USA = 48.27, % in Region = 45.28]
  The coefficient of variation is 28.7 %.
  The vertical relief is 555.0 m ( 1820.8 ft ) [% in USA = 55.99, % in Region = 45.28]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	116.0	183.0	194.1	213.0	219.2	241.8	246.1	273.5	303.0	358.8	671.0
  feet	380.6	600.4	636.8	698.8	719.2	793.3	807.4	897.3	994.1	1177.2	2201.4

  

  V. Map Line Analysis

  Note- percentiles are for the feature density, not for the raw total lengths.
  

  line type	km	mi	km/km²	mi/mi²	% in USA	% in Region
  Perennial Shoreline	978.0	607.8	0.155	0.250	73.09	20.75
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	52.83
  Perennial Streams	3144.1	1954.1	0.499	0.804	81.95	52.83
  Intermittent Streams	290.6	180.6	0.046	0.074	13.03	52.83
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	56.60
  1° roads	0.9	0.5	0.000	0.000	34.77	20.75
  2° roads	91.8	57.0	0.015	0.023	34.20	26.42
  3° roads	348.3	216.5	0.055	0.089	51.30	20.75
  4° roads	3519.0	2187.1	0.559	0.899	9.66	20.75
  Total Roads	3960.0	2461.1	0.629	1.012	10.94	20.75
  Railroads	362.0	225.0	0.057	0.093	64.71	50.94
  Pipes and Powerlines	94.4	58.7	0.015	0.024	31.31	30.19

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 6.59% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 12.17, % in Region = 56.60]

  VI. Other sites

  • EPA- Surf Your Watershed - Index of Watershed Indicators
  • USGS- Science in Your Watershed - Selected Realtime Streamflow Stations
  • CTIC- Known Your Watershed

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  1999 SEPT 4, Last updated on 2003 JAN 23
  
  D.L. Gustafson, dlg@rapid.msu.montana.edu