Piscataquis -- Cataloging Unit 01020004

• Penobscot Subregion 0102
  
• 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 3859.8 km² ( 1490.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 63.10, % in Region = 75.47]
  The area from the USGS is 1460 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1128)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1541156 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 247.3 m ( 811.3 ft ) [% in USA = 31.26, % in Region = 50.94]
  The elevation standard deviation is 142.3 m ( 466.9 ft ) [% in USA = 63.10, % in Region = 75.47]
  The coefficient of variation is 57.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 1048.7 m ( 3440.6 ft ) [% in USA = 66.79, % in Region = 77.36]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	46.0	104.8	131.0	152.0	176.0	199.8	240.4	312.8	368.4	428.2	1094.7
  feet	150.9	343.8	429.8	498.7	577.4	655.5	788.7	1026.2	1208.6	1404.8	3591.5

  

  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	1018.4	633.0	0.264	0.425	87.78	41.51
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	52.83
  Perennial Streams	1951.0	1212.5	0.505	0.813	82.52	54.72
  Intermittent Streams	425.7	264.6	0.110	0.177	20.46	79.25
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	56.60
  1° roads	7.4	4.6	0.002	0.003	43.49	26.42
  2° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	15.35	7.55
  3° roads	245.2	152.4	0.064	0.102	57.03	26.42
  4° roads	2003.2	1245.0	0.519	0.835	8.24	16.98
  Total Roads	2255.8	1402.0	0.584	0.940	9.24	16.98
  Railroads	226.1	140.5	0.059	0.094	65.66	52.83
  Pipes and Powerlines	16.5	10.3	0.004	0.007	16.20	16.98

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 12.54% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 17.10, % in Region = 75.47]

  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