Wheeler Lake -- Cataloging Unit 06030002

• Middle Tennessee-Elk Subregion 0603
  
• Tennessee Region 06 (There are 32 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 92.5% Alabama, 7.5% Tennessee.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 7460.9 km² ( 2881.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 93.56, % in Region = 100.00]
  The area from the USGS is 2890 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 6122)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2979686 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 245.0 m ( 803.8 ft ) [% in USA = 30.70, % in Region = 25.00]
  The elevation standard deviation is 77.7 m ( 254.9 ft ) [% in USA = 49.93, % in Region = 31.25]
  The coefficient of variation is 31.7 %.
  The vertical relief is 420.6 m ( 1379.9 ft ) [% in USA = 49.55, % in Region = 31.25]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	159.4	178.8	183.0	196.0	210.5	218.2	242.3	259.0	282.7	336.4	580.0
  feet	523.0	586.6	600.4	643.0	690.6	715.9	794.9	849.7	927.5	1103.7	1902.9

  

  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	1068.2	663.9	0.143	0.230	69.68	43.75
  Intermittent Shoreline	19.0	11.8	0.003	0.004	67.93	93.75
  Perennial Streams	4755.1	2955.3	0.637	1.025	94.08	9.38
  Intermittent Streams	835.1	519.0	0.112	0.180	20.80	78.12
  Canals	8.2	5.1	0.001	0.002	46.04	84.38
  1° roads	146.6	91.1	0.020	0.032	69.40	59.38
  2° roads	369.7	229.8	0.050	0.080	82.43	31.25
  3° roads	480.5	298.6	0.064	0.104	57.79	12.50
  4° roads	11629.9	7228.0	1.559	2.508	81.15	71.88
  Total Roads	12626.6	7847.5	1.692	2.723	80.01	65.62
  Railroads	419.3	260.6	0.056	0.090	63.71	56.25
  Pipes and Powerlines	634.0	394.1	0.085	0.137	90.34	28.12

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 12.79% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 17.57, % in Region = 81.25]

  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