Hiwassee -- Cataloging Unit 06020002

• Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee Subregion 0602
  
• Tennessee Region 06 (There are 32 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 49.4% Tennessee, 30.3% North Carolina, 20.2% Georgia.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 5348.8 km² ( 2066.1 mi² ) [% in USA = 81.81, % in Region = 90.62]
  The area from the USGS is 2060 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 6017)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2136547 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 501.2 m ( 1644.3 ft ) [% in USA = 56.66, % in Region = 62.50]
  The elevation standard deviation is 241.8 m ( 793.3 ft ) [% in USA = 76.31, % in Region = 78.12]
  The coefficient of variation is 48.2 %.
  The vertical relief is 1376.9 m ( 4517.3 ft ) [% in USA = 74.32, % in Region = 75.00]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	208.0	244.0	266.7	287.7	343.4	508.9	556.5	608.3	674.6	826.9	1584.9
  feet	682.4	800.5	875.0	943.9	1126.6	1669.6	1825.8	1995.7	2213.2	2712.9	5199.7

  

  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	1029.1	639.6	0.192	0.310	79.58	62.50
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	65.62
  Perennial Streams	4747.5	2950.6	0.888	1.428	99.24	56.25
  Intermittent Streams	539.7	335.4	0.101	0.162	19.28	75.00
  Canals	16.4	10.2	0.003	0.005	54.24	90.62
  1° roads	125.9	78.3	0.024	0.038	73.66	62.50
  2° roads	382.6	237.8	0.072	0.115	94.08	62.50
  3° roads	493.4	306.7	0.092	0.148	70.35	37.50
  4° roads	7908.2	4915.0	1.479	2.379	77.36	65.62
  Total Roads	8910.2	5537.7	1.666	2.680	78.73	62.50
  Railroads	314.5	195.4	0.059	0.095	65.94	65.62
  Pipes and Powerlines	554.9	344.9	0.104	0.167	95.17	43.75

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 8.54% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 13.83, % in Region = 71.88]

  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