Rockcastle -- Cataloging Unit 05130102

• Upper Cumberland Accounting Unit 051301
  
• Cumberland Subregion 0513
  
• Ohio Region 05 (There are 120 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Kentucky.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 2006.6 km² ( 775.1 mi² ) [% in USA = 20.23, % in Region = 14.17]
  The area from the USGS is 760 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1050)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 801628 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 353.9 m ( 1161.1 ft ) [% in USA = 45.67, % in Region = 72.50]
  The elevation standard deviation is 39.9 m ( 130.9 ft ) [% in USA = 31.64, % in Region = 50.00]
  The coefficient of variation is 11.3 %.
  The vertical relief is 266.2 m ( 873.3 ft ) [% in USA = 38.51, % in Region = 58.33]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	221.2	302.4	320.7	335.0	343.3	358.8	365.2	370.5	389.0	400.6	487.4
  feet	725.7	992.1	1052.2	1099.1	1126.3	1177.2	1198.1	1215.5	1276.2	1314.3	1599.1

  

  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	106.6	66.3	0.053	0.085	37.28	14.17
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	63.33
  Perennial Streams	1140.6	708.9	0.568	0.915	88.87	79.17
  Intermittent Streams	726.7	451.6	0.362	0.583	52.82	81.67
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	45.00
  1° roads	62.0	38.5	0.031	0.050	80.53	65.00
  2° roads	108.8	67.6	0.054	0.087	85.74	64.17
  3° roads	561.5	349.0	0.280	0.450	98.15	88.33
  4° roads	2305.4	1432.8	1.149	1.849	49.08	19.17
  Total Roads	3037.8	1888.0	1.514	2.436	69.54	31.67
  Railroads	79.8	49.6	0.040	0.064	49.27	12.50
  Pipes and Powerlines	156.6	97.3	0.078	0.126	88.25	52.50

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 36.81% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 39.93, % in Region = 73.33]

  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