Upper Chesapeake Bay -- Cataloging Unit 02060001

• Upper Chesapeake Subregion 0206
  
• Mid-Atlantic Region 02 (There are 95 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is unknown.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 3824.3 km² ( 1477.2 mi² ) [% in USA = 62.43, % in Region = 78.95]
  The area from the USGS is 1270 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1523)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1526235 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 0.0 m ( 0.0 ft ) [% in USA = 0.19, % in Region = 3.16]
  The elevation standard deviation is 0.3 m ( 1.0 ft ) [% in USA = 0.19, % in Region = 2.11]
  The vertical relief is 18.3 m ( 60.0 ft ) [% in USA = 1.37, % in Region = 5.26]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.3
  feet	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60.0

  

  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	706.9	439.4	0.185	0.297	78.40	56.84
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	49.47
  Perennial Streams	47.7	29.7	0.012	0.020	7.63	3.16
  Intermittent Streams	1.6	1.0	0.000	0.001	2.32	11.58
  Canals	0.1	0.1	0.000	0.000	36.67	41.05
  1° roads	21.5	13.4	0.006	0.009	49.36	15.79
  2° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	15.35	8.42
  3° roads	31.8	19.8	0.008	0.013	9.38	3.16
  4° roads	291.2	181.0	0.076	0.123	0.71	3.16
  Total Roads	344.5	214.1	0.090	0.145	0.71	3.16
  Railroads	4.2	2.6	0.001	0.002	14.31	4.21
  Pipes and Powerlines	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	8.67	5.26

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 0.21% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 2.61, % in Region = 14.74]

  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