Charles -- Cataloging Unit 01090001

• Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal Subregion 0109
  
• New England Region 01 (There are 53 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Massachusetts.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 2764.7 km² ( 1067.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 41.45, % in Region = 54.72]
  The area from the USGS is 1130 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 5657)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1103911 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 38.6 m ( 126.6 ft ) [% in USA = 7.44, % in Region = 5.66]
  The elevation standard deviation is 27.9 m ( 91.5 ft ) [% in USA = 20.09, % in Region = 5.66]
  The coefficient of variation is 72.3 %.
  The vertical relief is 181.9 m ( 596.8 ft ) [% in USA = 24.96, % in Region = 3.77]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	0.0	6.9	14.9	17.8	29.0	30.8	44.3	48.3	60.0	76.0	181.9
  feet	0.0	22.6	48.9	58.4	95.1	101.0	145.3	158.5	196.8	249.3	596.8

  

  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	1738.9	1080.7	0.629	1.012	97.87	98.11
  Intermittent Shoreline	1.6	1.0	0.001	0.001	46.42	86.79
  Perennial Streams	1530.6	951.3	0.554	0.891	87.35	64.15
  Intermittent Streams	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	1.75	9.43
  Canals	9.5	5.9	0.003	0.006	54.81	90.57
  1° roads	514.2	319.6	0.186	0.299	99.10	98.11
  2° roads	86.6	53.8	0.031	0.050	59.17	41.51
  3° roads	892.6	554.7	0.323	0.519	99.05	92.45
  4° roads	13115.3	8151.2	4.744	7.633	99.19	100.00
  Total Roads	14608.7	9079.4	5.284	8.502	99.38	100.00
  Railroads	747.0	464.3	0.270	0.435	99.43	100.00
  Pipes and Powerlines	32.2	20.0	0.012	0.019	26.81	24.53

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 0.05% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 1.75, % in Region = 7.55]

  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