Vermilion -- Cataloging Unit 05120109

• Wabash Accounting Unit 051201
  
• Wabash Subregion 0512
  
• Ohio Region 05 (There are 120 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 90.2% Illinois, 9.8% Indiana.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 3727.8 km² ( 1439.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 60.59, % in Region = 63.33]
  The area from the USGS is 1410 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 688)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1488891 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 215.7 m ( 707.7 ft ) [% in USA = 26.48, % in Region = 24.17]
  The elevation standard deviation is 16.1 m ( 52.8 ft ) [% in USA = 7.72, % in Region = 2.50]
  The coefficient of variation is 7.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 123.0 m ( 403.5 ft ) [% in USA = 13.12, % in Region = 6.67]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	148.0	198.0	203.6	207.3	212.0	215.0	221.0	225.0	229.0	236.0	271.0
  feet	485.6	649.6	668.0	680.1	695.5	705.4	725.1	738.2	751.3	774.3	889.1

  

  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	224.4	139.4	0.060	0.097	40.17	19.17
  Intermittent Shoreline	7.2	4.5	0.002	0.003	63.38	97.50
  Perennial Streams	928.9	577.3	0.249	0.401	48.22	2.50
  Intermittent Streams	1021.7	635.0	0.274	0.441	41.21	64.17
  Canals	108.1	67.2	0.029	0.047	78.35	80.00
  1° roads	131.2	81.6	0.035	0.057	83.28	69.17
  2° roads	184.7	114.8	0.050	0.080	82.33	55.83
  3° roads	211.9	131.7	0.057	0.091	52.39	3.33
  4° roads	5559.5	3455.3	1.491	2.400	78.30	56.67
  Total Roads	6087.4	3783.3	1.633	2.627	77.03	47.50
  Railroads	617.4	383.7	0.166	0.266	96.26	88.33
  Pipes and Powerlines	62.9	39.1	0.017	0.027	34.20	5.83

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 47.15% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 49.31, % in Region = 90.83]

  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