St. George-Sheepscot -- Cataloging Unit 01050003

• Maine Coastal Subregion 0105
  
• 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 2457.9 km² ( 949.4 mi² ) [% in USA = 32.45, % in Region = 47.17]
  The area from the USGS is 1250 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1659)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 981924 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 66.4 m ( 217.8 ft ) [% in USA = 10.90, % in Region = 13.21]
  The elevation standard deviation is 50.1 m ( 164.4 ft ) [% in USA = 38.89, % in Region = 20.75]
  The coefficient of variation is 75.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 393.0 m ( 1289.4 ft ) [% in USA = 47.66, % in Region = 30.19]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	0.0	15.0	27.4	30.8	45.0	58.7	65.1	82.4	98.3	136.6	393.0
  feet	0.0	49.2	89.9	101.0	147.6	192.6	213.6	270.3	322.5	448.2	1289.4

  

  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	1344.1	835.3	0.547	0.880	96.78	86.79
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	52.83
  Perennial Streams	1077.6	669.7	0.438	0.705	75.37	30.19
  Intermittent Streams	210.5	130.8	0.086	0.138	17.34	67.92
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	56.60
  1° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	30.84	16.98
  2° roads	68.9	42.9	0.028	0.045	53.81	33.96
  3° roads	641.3	398.6	0.261	0.420	97.21	79.25
  4° roads	2813.0	1748.3	1.144	1.841	48.79	52.83
  Total Roads	3523.3	2189.8	1.433	2.306	64.09	52.83
  Railroads	79.1	49.1	0.032	0.052	41.64	30.19
  Pipes and Powerlines	256.1	159.2	0.104	0.168	95.22	92.45

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 8.00% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 13.50, % in Region = 62.26]

  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