Chippewa -- Cataloging Unit 07020005

• Minnesota Subregion 0702
  
• Upper Mississippi Region 07 (There are 131 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Minnesota.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 5390.0 km² ( 2082.0 mi² ) [% in USA = 82.24, % in Region = 86.26]
  The area from the USGS is 2070 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 695)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2152162 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 364.2 m ( 1194.9 ft ) [% in USA = 46.80, % in Region = 81.68]
  The elevation standard deviation is 42.9 m ( 140.7 ft ) [% in USA = 34.11, % in Region = 79.39]
  The coefficient of variation is 11.8 %.
  The vertical relief is 231.5 m ( 759.5 ft ) [% in USA = 33.63, % in Region = 75.57]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	280.0	314.0	319.8	327.4	341.0	361.5	381.0	395.9	411.0	425.0	511.5
  feet	918.6	1030.2	1049.2	1074.1	1118.8	1186.0	1250.0	1298.9	1348.4	1394.3	1678.1

  

  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	1709.1	1062.2	0.317	0.510	91.38	83.21
  Intermittent Shoreline	21.8	13.5	0.004	0.006	73.99	78.63
  Perennial Streams	688.7	428.0	0.128	0.206	29.28	3.05
  Intermittent Streams	1665.8	1035.3	0.309	0.497	46.66	41.98
  Canals	115.4	71.7	0.021	0.034	73.99	74.05
  1° roads	26.4	16.4	0.005	0.008	47.94	34.35
  2° roads	89.7	55.8	0.017	0.027	37.33	18.32
  3° roads	463.5	288.0	0.086	0.138	67.65	54.20
  4° roads	6451.9	4009.9	1.197	1.926	53.72	33.59
  Total Roads	7031.4	4370.0	1.305	2.099	51.54	29.01
  Railroads	263.9	164.0	0.049	0.079	58.36	25.19
  Pipes and Powerlines	29.0	18.0	0.005	0.009	17.67	6.11

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 41.31% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 44.53, % in Region = 40.46]

  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