Silver-Little Kentucky -- Cataloging Unit 05140101

• Lower Ohio-Salt Accounting Unit 051401
  
• Lower Ohio Subregion 0514
  
• Ohio Region 05 (There are 120 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 53.2% Indiana, 46.8% Kentucky.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 3273.7 km² ( 1264.5 mi² ) [% in USA = 52.06, % in Region = 53.33]
  The area from the USGS is 1240 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1835)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1307659 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 198.6 m ( 651.6 ft ) [% in USA = 24.06, % in Region = 18.33]
  The elevation standard deviation is 45.7 m ( 149.9 ft ) [% in USA = 36.33, % in Region = 61.67]
  The coefficient of variation is 23.0 %.
  The vertical relief is 195.1 m ( 640.1 ft ) [% in USA = 27.90, % in Region = 36.67]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	116.0	134.0	152.0	165.2	183.0	200.0	213.3	231.9	244.0	259.0	311.1
  feet	380.6	439.6	498.7	542.0	600.4	656.2	699.8	760.8	800.5	849.7	1020.7

  

  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	461.2	286.7	0.141	0.227	69.16	74.17
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	63.33
  Perennial Streams	1560.7	970.0	0.477	0.767	79.49	48.33
  Intermittent Streams	265.4	165.0	0.081	0.130	16.91	14.17
  Canals	0.7	0.4	0.000	0.000	39.08	49.17
  1° roads	317.1	197.1	0.097	0.156	96.64	97.50
  2° roads	278.1	172.8	0.085	0.137	97.16	95.83
  3° roads	790.1	491.0	0.241	0.388	95.59	77.50
  4° roads	6989.3	4343.9	2.135	3.435	94.27	93.33
  Total Roads	8374.5	5204.8	2.558	4.116	95.07	95.00
  Railroads	397.6	247.1	0.121	0.195	91.66	64.17
  Pipes and Powerlines	414.2	257.4	0.127	0.204	97.96	89.17

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 11.60% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 16.49, % in Region = 15.00]

  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