Upper Scioto -- Cataloging Unit 05060001

• Scioto Subregion 0506
  
• Ohio Region 05 (There are 120 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Ohio.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 8243.1 km² ( 3184.0 mi² ) [% in USA = 95.55, % in Region = 99.17]
  The area from the USGS is 3160 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 4358)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 3293044 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 289.2 m ( 948.8 ft ) [% in USA = 37.75, % in Region = 55.83]
  The elevation standard deviation is 37.2 m ( 122.0 ft ) [% in USA = 29.28, % in Region = 41.67]
  The coefficient of variation is 12.9 %.
  The vertical relief is 233.0 m ( 764.4 ft ) [% in USA = 33.96, % in Region = 50.00]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	194.0	243.0	273.0	274.0	276.0	288.5	300.4	304.0	311.0	334.6	427.0
  feet	636.5	797.2	895.7	898.9	905.5	946.5	985.6	997.4	1020.3	1097.8	1400.9

  

  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	705.6	438.5	0.086	0.138	50.36	38.33
  Intermittent Shoreline	1.4	0.9	0.000	0.000	33.96	75.83
  Perennial Streams	2758.1	1714.2	0.335	0.538	62.34	19.17
  Intermittent Streams	2091.2	1299.7	0.254	0.408	38.51	58.33
  Canals	239.6	148.9	0.029	0.047	78.45	80.83
  1° roads	530.5	329.7	0.064	0.104	93.37	92.50
  2° roads	471.3	292.9	0.057	0.092	88.11	71.67
  3° roads	1609.8	1000.5	0.195	0.314	91.52	60.83
  4° roads	14214.3	8834.3	1.724	2.775	87.45	81.67
  Total Roads	16826.0	10457.4	2.041	3.284	89.91	83.33
  Railroads	1218.7	757.4	0.148	0.238	95.17	82.50
  Pipes and Powerlines	321.6	199.9	0.039	0.063	60.35	15.83

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 37.66% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 40.45, % in Region = 74.17]

  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