Shenandoah -- Cataloging Unit 02070007

• Potomac Subregion 0207
  
• Mid-Atlantic Region 02 (There are 95 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 71.0% Virginia, 29.0% West Virginia, 0.1% Maryland.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 915.4 km² ( 353.6 mi² ) [% in USA = 3.84, % in Region = 7.37]
  The area from the USGS is 359 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 770)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 365568 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 196.4 m ( 644.3 ft ) [% in USA = 23.83, % in Region = 49.47]
  The elevation standard deviation is 75.4 m ( 247.4 ft ) [% in USA = 49.22, % in Region = 42.11]
  The coefficient of variation is 38.4 %.
  The vertical relief is 567.0 m ( 1860.2 ft ) [% in USA = 56.51, % in Region = 55.79]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	91.0	137.0	152.0	157.2	170.3	182.0	183.0	186.9	213.0	290.1	658.0
  feet	298.6	449.5	498.7	515.7	558.7	597.1	600.4	613.2	698.8	951.8	2158.8

  

  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	209.5	130.2	0.229	0.368	84.23	68.42
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	49.47
  Perennial Streams	320.5	199.2	0.350	0.563	64.42	11.58
  Intermittent Streams	210.9	131.1	0.230	0.371	35.53	89.47
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	37.89
  1° roads	39.6	24.6	0.043	0.070	87.16	54.74
  2° roads	91.1	56.6	0.100	0.160	98.82	93.68
  3° roads	70.5	43.8	0.077	0.124	63.90	22.11
  4° roads	1873.3	1164.3	2.046	3.293	93.27	73.68
  Total Roads	2074.5	1289.3	2.266	3.646	92.80	71.58
  Railroads	113.7	70.7	0.124	0.200	92.23	80.00
  Pipes and Powerlines	116.6	72.4	0.127	0.205	98.01	100.00

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 28.46% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 32.21, % in Region = 90.53]

  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