Lower Penobscot -- Cataloging Unit 01020005

• 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 6112.6 km² ( 2361.1 mi² ) [% in USA = 87.26, % in Region = 92.45]
  The area from the USGS is 2360 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1685)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2443575 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 90.6 m ( 297.2 ft ) [% in USA = 14.12, % in Region = 24.53]
  The elevation standard deviation is 45.0 m ( 147.6 ft ) [% in USA = 35.86, % in Region = 11.32]
  The coefficient of variation is 49.7 %.
  The vertical relief is 352.7 m ( 1157.1 ft ) [% in USA = 44.67, % in Region = 18.87]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	0.0	42.2	53.8	61.0	67.6	85.0	91.0	111.1	123.1	152.0	352.7
  feet	0.0	138.4	176.5	200.1	221.8	278.9	298.6	364.5	403.9	498.7	1157.1

  

  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	1532.4	952.4	0.251	0.403	85.93	35.85
  Intermittent Shoreline	5.2	3.2	0.001	0.001	52.01	92.45
  Perennial Streams	2291.6	1424.2	0.375	0.603	67.27	18.87
  Intermittent Streams	942.9	586.0	0.154	0.248	25.91	86.79
  Canals	2.7	1.7	0.000	0.001	41.07	69.81
  1° roads	245.9	152.8	0.040	0.065	86.03	58.49
  2° roads	253.0	157.2	0.041	0.067	73.05	58.49
  3° roads	697.3	433.4	0.114	0.184	76.93	35.85
  4° roads	4077.4	2534.2	0.667	1.073	15.06	24.53
  Total Roads	5273.6	3277.6	0.863	1.388	22.45	28.30
  Railroads	374.2	232.6	0.061	0.099	67.98	54.72
  Pipes and Powerlines	243.4	151.3	0.040	0.064	61.16	60.38

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 19.87% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 24.40, % in Region = 96.23]

  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