Housatonic -- Cataloging Unit 01100005

• Connecticut Coastal Subregion 0110
  
• New England Region 01 (There are 53 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 62.2% Connecticut, 25.3% Massachusetts, 12.5% New York.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 5129.0 km² ( 1981.2 mi² ) [% in USA = 79.30, % in Region = 84.91]
  The area from the USGS is 1930 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 3632)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2047720 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 272.4 m ( 893.7 ft ) [% in USA = 35.20, % in Region = 58.49]
  The elevation standard deviation is 127.3 m ( 417.6 ft ) [% in USA = 61.16, % in Region = 66.04]
  The coefficient of variation is 46.7 %.
  The vertical relief is 792.0 m ( 2598.4 ft ) [% in USA = 62.15, % in Region = 62.26]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	0.0	121.4	153.8	195.2	225.1	261.3	297.3	333.6	372.8	454.9	792.0
  feet	0.0	398.3	504.6	640.4	738.5	857.3	975.4	1094.5	1223.1	1492.4	2598.4

  

  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	1391.1	864.6	0.271	0.436	88.77	47.17
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	52.83
  Perennial Streams	2992.4	1859.8	0.583	0.939	90.15	77.36
  Intermittent Streams	24.6	15.3	0.005	0.008	4.69	24.53
  Canals	0.6	0.4	0.000	0.000	38.13	58.49
  1° roads	280.6	174.4	0.055	0.088	91.38	67.92
  2° roads	341.6	212.3	0.067	0.107	92.47	86.79
  3° roads	1101.1	684.4	0.215	0.345	93.13	69.81
  4° roads	10247.1	6368.6	1.998	3.215	92.52	77.36
  Total Roads	11970.4	7439.7	2.334	3.755	93.46	77.36
  Railroads	471.0	292.7	0.092	0.148	84.27	77.36
  Pipes and Powerlines	113.1	70.3	0.022	0.035	40.83	41.51

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 0.56% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 3.84, % in Region = 22.64]

  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