Lower Neuse -- Cataloging Unit 03020204

• 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 1793.6 km² ( 692.8 mi² ) [% in USA = 13.83, % in Region = 17.17]
  The area from the USGS is 1120 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 671)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 715340 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 12.6 m ( 41.3 ft ) [% in USA = 3.36, % in Region = 15.66]
  The elevation standard deviation is 9.8 m ( 32.2 ft ) [% in USA = 4.69, % in Region = 19.70]
  The coefficient of variation is 77.8 %.
  The vertical relief is 46.0 m ( 150.9 ft ) [% in USA = 3.74, % in Region = 15.66]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	0.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	8.0	9.0	11.1	15.0	22.3	29.0	46.0
  feet	0.0	6.6	16.4	23.0	26.2	29.5	36.4	49.2	73.2	95.1	150.9

  

  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	279.7	173.8	0.156	0.251	73.19	45.96
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.5	0.3	0.000	0.000	38.51	44.44
  Perennial Streams	727.6	452.2	0.406	0.653	70.87	43.43
  Intermittent Streams	431.7	268.3	0.241	0.387	36.85	56.06
  Canals	5.2	3.3	0.003	0.005	53.81	62.63
  1° roads	16.1	10.0	0.009	0.014	53.62	30.81
  2° roads	78.8	49.0	0.044	0.071	75.94	41.41
  3° roads	118.8	73.9	0.066	0.107	58.55	17.68
  4° roads	2534.3	1575.1	1.413	2.274	72.81	50.51
  Total Roads	2748.1	1707.9	1.532	2.465	70.96	43.43
  Railroads	95.3	59.2	0.053	0.085	61.39	40.40
  Pipes and Powerlines	146.9	91.3	0.082	0.132	89.34	66.16

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 30.02% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 33.82, % in Region = 61.62]

  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