Embarras -- Cataloging Unit 05120112

• Wabash Accounting Unit 051201
  
• Wabash Subregion 0512
  
• Ohio Region 05 (There are 120 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Illinois.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 6302.5 km² ( 2434.5 mi² ) [% in USA = 88.87, % in Region = 92.50]
  The area from the USGS is 2430 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1355)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2515055 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 181.1 m ( 594.2 ft ) [% in USA = 22.60, % in Region = 14.17]
  The elevation standard deviation is 26.9 m ( 88.3 ft ) [% in USA = 18.47, % in Region = 17.50]
  The coefficient of variation is 14.9 %.
  The vertical relief is 125.0 m ( 410.1 ft ) [% in USA = 13.60, % in Region = 7.50]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	122.0	143.0	152.0	166.6	173.8	184.3	197.0	199.6	205.7	213.0	247.0
  feet	400.3	469.2	498.7	546.6	570.2	604.7	646.3	654.8	674.9	698.8	810.4

  

  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	234.7	145.9	0.037	0.060	29.56	8.33
  Intermittent Shoreline	1.0	0.7	0.000	0.000	34.01	76.67
  Perennial Streams	2291.0	1423.8	0.363	0.585	66.04	25.00
  Intermittent Streams	1713.7	1065.1	0.272	0.437	40.98	63.33
  Canals	92.2	57.3	0.015	0.024	69.82	69.17
  1° roads	129.4	80.4	0.021	0.033	70.35	40.83
  2° roads	206.5	128.4	0.033	0.053	61.16	26.67
  3° roads	450.7	280.1	0.072	0.115	61.20	7.50
  4° roads	9905.9	6156.6	1.572	2.529	81.90	68.33
  Total Roads	10692.5	6645.4	1.697	2.730	80.25	55.00
  Railroads	606.8	377.1	0.096	0.155	85.84	50.00
  Pipes and Powerlines	267.0	165.9	0.042	0.068	63.90	20.00

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 40.44% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 43.34, % in Region = 83.33]

  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