Lower Wabash -- Cataloging Unit 05120113

• Wabash Accounting Unit 051201
  
• Wabash Subregion 0512
  
• Ohio Region 05 (There are 120 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 50.3% Indiana, 49.7% Illinois.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 3368.5 km² ( 1301.1 mi² ) [% in USA = 53.10, % in Region = 54.17]
  The area from the USGS is 1300 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 901)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1345164 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 129.3 m ( 424.2 ft ) [% in USA = 17.95, % in Region = 2.50]
  The elevation standard deviation is 14.3 m ( 46.9 ft ) [% in USA = 7.06, % in Region = 0.83]
  The coefficient of variation is 11.1 %.
  The vertical relief is 78.6 m ( 257.9 ft ) [% in USA = 6.54, % in Region = 0.83]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	104.0	110.0	115.4	120.3	123.0	128.6	134.0	137.0	141.5	151.8	182.6
  feet	341.2	360.9	378.6	394.7	403.5	421.9	439.6	449.5	464.2	498.0	599.1

  

  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	656.2	407.8	0.195	0.313	79.82	88.33
  Intermittent Shoreline	20.9	13.0	0.006	0.010	79.73	100.00
  Perennial Streams	1035.8	643.7	0.307	0.495	58.03	11.67
  Intermittent Streams	609.4	378.7	0.181	0.291	29.18	39.17
  Canals	227.2	141.2	0.067	0.109	88.49	90.83
  1° roads	75.5	46.9	0.022	0.036	72.38	47.50
  2° roads	23.1	14.3	0.007	0.011	23.31	3.33
  3° roads	312.8	194.4	0.093	0.149	70.54	15.00
  4° roads	5616.9	3490.9	1.667	2.683	85.32	75.00
  Total Roads	6028.2	3746.5	1.790	2.879	84.18	65.00
  Railroads	312.9	194.4	0.093	0.149	84.89	47.50
  Pipes and Powerlines	58.3	36.2	0.017	0.028	34.91	6.67

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 27.14% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 30.79, % in Region = 50.00]

  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