Lower West Branch Susquehanna -- Cataloging Unit 02050206

• West Branch Susquehanna Accounting Unit 020502
  
• Susquehanna Subregion 0205
  
• Mid-Atlantic Region 02 (There are 95 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Pennsylvania.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 4684.5 km² ( 1809.5 mi² ) [% in USA = 73.66, % in Region = 88.42]
  The area from the USGS is 1810 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 2199)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1871091 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 377.3 m ( 1237.8 ft ) [% in USA = 48.13, % in Region = 70.53]
  The elevation standard deviation is 157.5 m ( 516.7 ft ) [% in USA = 65.42, % in Region = 77.89]
  The coefficient of variation is 41.7 %.
  The vertical relief is 644.8 m ( 2115.5 ft ) [% in USA = 59.12, % in Region = 67.37]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	133.0	180.0	201.7	249.8	304.0	369.7	446.7	492.0	538.9	583.4	777.8
  feet	436.3	590.5	661.7	819.5	997.4	1212.9	1465.5	1614.2	1768.0	1914.0	2551.8

  

  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	478.4	297.3	0.102	0.164	56.89	23.16
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	49.47
  Perennial Streams	2351.6	1461.6	0.502	0.808	82.38	50.53
  Intermittent Streams	672.6	418.0	0.144	0.231	25.06	71.58
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	37.89
  1° roads	171.4	106.5	0.037	0.059	84.13	47.37
  2° roads	144.8	90.0	0.031	0.050	58.31	29.47
  3° roads	699.0	434.4	0.149	0.240	84.79	55.79
  4° roads	6704.9	4167.1	1.431	2.303	74.28	42.11
  Total Roads	7720.0	4798.0	1.648	2.652	77.69	43.16
  Railroads	312.5	194.2	0.067	0.107	71.58	46.32
  Pipes and Powerlines	152.1	94.5	0.032	0.052	53.91	28.42

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 19.20% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 23.40, % in Region = 70.53]

  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