Little Wabash -- Cataloging Unit 05120114

• 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 5500.8 km² ( 2124.8 mi² ) [% in USA = 82.90, % in Region = 86.67]
  The area from the USGS is 2120 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1348)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2197896 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 151.8 m ( 498.0 ft ) [% in USA = 20.32, % in Region = 9.17]
  The elevation standard deviation is 24.5 m ( 80.4 ft ) [% in USA = 15.44, % in Region = 11.67]
  The coefficient of variation is 16.1 %.
  The vertical relief is 127.9 m ( 419.6 ft ) [% in USA = 14.02, % in Region = 9.17]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	107.0	122.0	130.2	137.0	140.0	149.8	154.0	167.0	174.5	184.0	234.9
  feet	351.0	400.3	427.2	449.5	459.3	491.5	505.2	547.9	572.5	603.7	770.7

  

  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	520.6	323.5	0.095	0.152	54.14	45.83
  Intermittent Shoreline	6.3	3.9	0.001	0.002	56.04	94.17
  Perennial Streams	1839.3	1143.1	0.334	0.538	62.29	18.33
  Intermittent Streams	2896.7	1800.3	0.527	0.847	72.29	96.67
  Canals	127.2	79.1	0.023	0.037	75.27	75.83
  1° roads	153.1	95.1	0.028	0.045	78.26	60.00
  2° roads	213.7	132.8	0.039	0.062	69.26	35.83
  3° roads	248.7	154.6	0.045	0.073	43.20	2.50
  4° roads	9101.0	5656.3	1.654	2.662	84.98	73.33
  Total Roads	9716.4	6038.8	1.766	2.842	83.33	64.17
  Railroads	510.2	317.1	0.093	0.149	84.79	46.67
  Pipes and Powerlines	244.3	151.8	0.044	0.071	65.75	23.33

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 55.16% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 55.80, % in Region = 96.67]

  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