Lower Kanawha -- Cataloging Unit 05050008

• 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 2412.6 km² ( 931.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 30.79, % in Region = 29.17]
  The area from the USGS is 940 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 2436)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 963823 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 249.4 m ( 818.2 ft ) [% in USA = 31.55, % in Region = 36.67]
  The elevation standard deviation is 41.1 m ( 134.8 ft ) [% in USA = 32.45, % in Region = 52.50]
  The coefficient of variation is 16.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 295.0 m ( 967.8 ft ) [% in USA = 41.07, % in Region = 62.50]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	162.0	190.5	213.2	224.9	242.5	246.6	261.7	273.8	283.5	303.1	457.0
  feet	531.5	625.0	699.5	737.9	795.6	809.0	858.6	898.3	930.1	994.4	1499.3

  

  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	290.1	180.3	0.120	0.193	62.58	62.50
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	63.33
  Perennial Streams	1479.9	919.8	0.613	0.987	92.33	85.00
  Intermittent Streams	656.0	407.7	0.272	0.437	40.93	62.50
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	45.00
  1° roads	102.6	63.8	0.043	0.068	86.83	75.00
  2° roads	129.8	80.7	0.054	0.087	85.60	63.33
  3° roads	229.5	142.6	0.095	0.153	71.34	16.67
  4° roads	4191.5	2605.0	1.737	2.795	87.92	82.50
  Total Roads	4653.4	2892.1	1.929	3.103	87.83	77.50
  Railroads	148.3	92.2	0.061	0.099	68.21	25.00
  Pipes and Powerlines	244.7	152.1	0.101	0.163	94.79	75.00

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 27.04% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 30.65, % in Region = 49.17]

  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