Meduxnekeag -- Cataloging Unit 01010005

• 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 1653.4 km² ( 638.7 mi² ) [% in USA = 11.23, % in Region = 32.08]
  The area from the USGS is 634 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 450)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 660140 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 187.3 m ( 614.5 ft ) [% in USA = 23.07, % in Region = 45.28]
  The elevation standard deviation is 52.3 m ( 171.6 ft ) [% in USA = 40.22, % in Region = 22.64]
  The coefficient of variation is 27.9 %.
  The vertical relief is 410.7 m ( 1347.4 ft ) [% in USA = 48.98, % in Region = 35.85]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	91.0	124.9	151.0	152.0	163.5	181.1	183.2	208.2	219.7	264.4	501.7
  feet	298.6	409.8	495.4	498.7	536.4	594.2	601.0	683.1	720.8	867.4	1646.0

  

  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	128.7	80.0	0.078	0.125	47.75	9.43
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	52.83
  Perennial Streams	942.4	585.7	0.570	0.917	88.96	73.58
  Intermittent Streams	115.4	71.8	0.070	0.112	15.73	64.15
  Canals	0.4	0.3	0.000	0.000	39.51	62.26
  1° roads	48.8	30.3	0.030	0.048	79.30	47.17
  2° roads	143.0	88.9	0.086	0.139	97.39	100.00
  3° roads	12.9	8.0	0.008	0.013	8.81	7.55
  4° roads	1542.5	958.7	0.933	1.501	31.36	39.62
  Total Roads	1747.2	1085.9	1.057	1.700	33.78	33.96
  Railroads	56.3	35.0	0.034	0.055	43.63	32.08
  Pipes and Powerlines	64.6	40.1	0.039	0.063	60.40	58.49

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 9.73% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 14.64, % in Region = 66.04]

  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