Lower Juniata -- Cataloging Unit 02050304

• Lower Susquehanna Accounting Unit 020503
  
• 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 3761.4 km² ( 1452.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 61.11, % in Region = 75.79]
  The area from the USGS is 1450 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1722)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1502245 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 305.9 m ( 1003.6 ft ) [% in USA = 39.55, % in Region = 63.16]
  The elevation standard deviation is 120.6 m ( 395.7 ft ) [% in USA = 60.30, % in Region = 66.32]
  The coefficient of variation is 39.4 %.
  The vertical relief is 625.4 m ( 2051.8 ft ) [% in USA = 58.50, % in Region = 62.11]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	105.3	182.0	207.3	225.5	245.5	274.2	304.2	338.8	412.7	494.9	730.7
  feet	345.5	597.1	680.1	739.8	805.4	899.6	998.0	1111.5	1354.0	1623.7	2397.3

  

  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	334.2	207.7	0.089	0.143	51.78	15.79
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	49.47
  Perennial Streams	1916.8	1191.3	0.510	0.820	83.04	52.63
  Intermittent Streams	762.7	474.0	0.203	0.326	32.07	86.32
  Canals	28.5	17.7	0.008	0.012	63.10	77.89
  1° roads	109.2	67.9	0.029	0.047	78.92	43.16
  2° roads	170.0	105.7	0.045	0.073	77.07	52.63
  3° roads	607.2	377.4	0.161	0.260	87.35	63.16
  4° roads	4913.5	3053.7	1.306	2.102	64.95	30.53
  Total Roads	5799.8	3604.6	1.542	2.481	71.67	34.74
  Railroads	203.5	126.5	0.054	0.087	62.25	32.63
  Pipes and Powerlines	329.3	204.7	0.088	0.141	90.86	94.74

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 25.31% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 29.51, % in Region = 85.26]

  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