St. Joseph -- Cataloging Unit 04100003

• Western Lake Erie Subregion 0410
  
• Great Lakes Region 04 (There are 111 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 57.7% Indiana, 22.7% Michigan, 19.6% Ohio.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 2902.5 km² ( 1121.1 mi² ) [% in USA = 45.00, % in Region = 64.86]
  The area from the USGS is 1060 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 878)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1159036 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 280.6 m ( 920.6 ft ) [% in USA = 36.52, % in Region = 71.17]
  The elevation standard deviation is 27.5 m ( 90.2 ft ) [% in USA = 19.42, % in Region = 36.04]
  The coefficient of variation is 9.8 %.
  The vertical relief is 152.0 m ( 498.7 ft ) [% in USA = 18.57, % in Region = 29.73]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	213.0	252.1	258.0	258.5	268.5	274.0	282.7	290.9	304.0	319.6	365.0
  feet	698.8	827.1	846.4	848.1	880.9	898.9	927.5	954.4	997.4	1048.5	1197.5

  

  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	292.5	181.8	0.101	0.162	56.18	27.03
  Intermittent Shoreline	2.3	1.4	0.001	0.001	51.02	78.38
  Perennial Streams	1071.0	665.7	0.369	0.594	66.51	54.05
  Intermittent Streams	653.6	406.2	0.225	0.362	34.86	67.57
  Canals	290.9	180.8	0.100	0.161	92.37	91.89
  1° roads	99.4	61.8	0.034	0.055	82.80	62.16
  2° roads	96.9	60.2	0.033	0.054	62.15	66.67
  3° roads	360.4	224.0	0.124	0.200	79.20	72.07
  4° roads	4552.1	2829.2	1.568	2.523	81.62	63.06
  Total Roads	5108.8	3175.1	1.760	2.832	83.09	67.57
  Railroads	292.5	181.8	0.101	0.162	87.40	67.57
  Pipes and Powerlines	48.7	30.2	0.017	0.027	34.06	29.73

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 32.48% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 36.33, % in Region = 72.97]

  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