Upper Neuse -- Cataloging Unit 03020201

• Neuse Accounting Unit 030202
  
• Neuse-Pamlico Subregion 0302
  
• South Atlantic-Gulf Region 03 (There are 198 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% North Carolina.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 6191.9 km² ( 2391.7 mi² ) [% in USA = 87.87, % in Region = 88.89]
  The area from the USGS is 2380 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 2621)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2472340 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 98.5 m ( 323.2 ft ) [% in USA = 14.87, % in Region = 65.15]
  The elevation standard deviation is 48.5 m ( 159.1 ft ) [% in USA = 38.04, % in Region = 82.83]
  The coefficient of variation is 49.2 %.
  The vertical relief is 227.0 m ( 744.7 ft ) [% in USA = 33.02, % in Region = 78.28]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	20.0	46.0	61.0	61.0	79.4	91.0	93.4	120.8	126.4	182.6	247.0
  feet	65.6	150.9	200.1	200.1	260.5	298.6	306.4	396.3	414.7	599.1	810.4

  

  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	1048.8	651.9	0.169	0.273	75.84	50.51
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.1	0.1	0.000	0.000	28.04	32.32
  Perennial Streams	3176.9	1974.5	0.513	0.826	83.28	69.70
  Intermittent Streams	1382.1	859.0	0.223	0.359	34.72	52.02
  Canals	16.9	10.5	0.003	0.004	53.15	61.62
  1° roads	433.0	269.1	0.070	0.113	94.13	95.45
  2° roads	529.9	329.3	0.086	0.138	97.30	92.42
  3° roads	602.1	374.2	0.097	0.156	71.96	39.39
  4° roads	12525.6	7784.7	2.023	3.255	92.94	90.40
  Total Roads	14090.6	8757.3	2.276	3.662	93.04	90.91
  Railroads	454.6	282.5	0.073	0.118	75.65	70.71
  Pipes and Powerlines	406.0	252.3	0.066	0.105	81.95	50.00

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 24.65% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 28.85, % in Region = 49.49]

  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