Upper Wabash -- Cataloging Unit 05120101

• Wabash Accounting Unit 051201
  
• Wabash Subregion 0512
  
• Ohio Region 05 (There are 120 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 81.7% Indiana, 18.3% Ohio.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 4234.6 km² ( 1635.7 mi² ) [% in USA = 68.40, % in Region = 72.50]
  The area from the USGS is 1570 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1283)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1691495 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 251.8 m ( 826.1 ft ) [% in USA = 32.07, % in Region = 40.00]
  The elevation standard deviation is 21.6 m ( 70.9 ft ) [% in USA = 12.93, % in Region = 6.67]
  The coefficient of variation is 8.6 %.
  The vertical relief is 145.7 m ( 478.0 ft ) [% in USA = 17.34, % in Region = 14.17]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	182.0	227.0	242.0	243.0	243.0	254.0	258.0	258.0	262.7	274.0	327.7
  feet	597.1	744.7	794.0	797.2	797.2	833.3	846.4	846.4	861.9	898.9	1075.1

  

  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	424.0	263.5	0.100	0.161	55.99	48.33
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.4	0.2	0.000	0.000	30.79	69.17
  Perennial Streams	1239.9	770.6	0.293	0.471	55.66	5.83
  Intermittent Streams	1055.5	656.0	0.249	0.401	37.90	55.83
  Canals	261.8	162.7	0.062	0.099	87.54	88.33
  1° roads	79.5	49.4	0.019	0.030	67.93	35.83
  2° roads	265.0	164.7	0.063	0.101	90.76	79.17
  3° roads	751.7	467.2	0.178	0.286	89.25	52.50
  4° roads	6625.0	4117.5	1.564	2.517	81.43	66.67
  Total Roads	7721.1	4798.7	1.823	2.934	84.89	68.33
  Railroads	583.6	362.7	0.138	0.222	94.08	79.17
  Pipes and Powerlines	230.3	143.1	0.054	0.087	74.37	30.00

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 38.82% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 42.16, % in Region = 80.83]

  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