Escambia -- Cataloging Unit 03140305

• Escambia Accounting Unit 031403
  
• Choctawhatchee - Escambia Subregion 0314
  
• South Atlantic-Gulf Region 03 (There are 198 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 52.8% Florida, 47.2% Alabama.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 1988.8 km² ( 768.2 mi² ) [% in USA = 19.56, % in Region = 22.22]
  The area from the USGS is 780 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 704)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 794935 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 65.6 m ( 215.2 ft ) [% in USA = 10.71, % in Region = 49.49]
  The elevation standard deviation is 33.2 m ( 108.9 ft ) [% in USA = 24.96, % in Region = 67.17]
  The coefficient of variation is 50.6 %.
  The vertical relief is 156.9 m ( 514.8 ft ) [% in USA = 19.80, % in Region = 56.57]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	0.0	18.0	29.2	43.8	58.8	70.5	79.4	85.8	93.5	108.3	156.9
  feet	0.0	59.1	95.8	143.7	192.9	231.3	260.5	281.5	306.8	355.3	514.8

  

  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	509.0	316.3	0.256	0.412	86.64	69.19
  Intermittent Shoreline	14.5	9.0	0.007	0.012	81.29	84.34
  Perennial Streams	1026.8	638.2	0.516	0.831	83.66	70.71
  Intermittent Streams	354.1	220.1	0.178	0.286	28.90	41.92
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	41.41
  1° roads	30.2	18.8	0.015	0.024	62.77	42.93
  2° roads	89.4	55.6	0.045	0.072	76.79	43.43
  3° roads	150.9	93.8	0.076	0.122	63.33	24.75
  4° roads	2951.1	1834.1	1.484	2.387	77.93	60.61
  Total Roads	3221.7	2002.3	1.620	2.606	76.27	53.54
  Railroads	147.3	91.5	0.074	0.119	75.89	71.21
  Pipes and Powerlines	182.2	113.3	0.092	0.147	92.23	78.28

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 19.35% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 23.54, % in Region = 36.87]

  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