Elk -- Cataloging Unit 05050007

• Kanawha Subregion 0505
  
• Ohio Region 05 (There are 120 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% West Virginia.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 3971.8 km² ( 1534.2 mi² ) [% in USA = 64.47, % in Region = 69.17]
  The area from the USGS is 1530 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 2758)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1586573 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 489.5 m ( 1606.0 ft ) [% in USA = 55.90, % in Region = 89.17]
  The elevation standard deviation is 242.1 m ( 794.3 ft ) [% in USA = 76.36, % in Region = 99.17]
  The coefficient of variation is 49.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 1279.0 m ( 4196.1 ft ) [% in USA = 72.19, % in Region = 99.17]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	176.1	274.0	303.6	326.6	359.2	398.7	455.1	547.2	674.4	887.5	1455.1
  feet	577.7	898.9	996.1	1071.5	1178.5	1308.1	1493.1	1795.3	2212.6	2911.7	4773.9

  

  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	314.1	195.2	0.079	0.127	48.32	31.67
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	63.33
  Perennial Streams	2049.1	1273.5	0.516	0.830	83.56	64.17
  Intermittent Streams	1195.6	743.1	0.301	0.484	45.14	69.17
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	45.00
  1° roads	158.1	98.3	0.040	0.064	85.74	71.67
  2° roads	103.6	64.4	0.026	0.042	50.97	17.50
  3° roads	343.6	213.6	0.087	0.139	67.88	11.67
  4° roads	5086.2	3161.1	1.281	2.060	62.77	33.33
  Total Roads	5691.5	3537.3	1.433	2.306	64.00	17.50
  Railroads	350.1	217.6	0.088	0.142	82.90	43.33
  Pipes and Powerlines	246.7	153.3	0.062	0.100	80.25	41.67

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 33.60% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 37.09, % in Region = 65.83]

  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