Apple-Plum -- Cataloging Unit 07060005

• Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum Subregion 0706
  
• Upper Mississippi Region 07 (There are 131 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 57.2% Illinois, 26.4% Iowa, 16.5% Wisconsin.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 3857.3 km² ( 1489.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 63.05, % in Region = 58.02]
  The area from the USGS is 1490 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 993)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1540416 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 252.3 m ( 827.7 ft ) [% in USA = 32.26, % in Region = 35.11]
  The elevation standard deviation is 41.6 m ( 136.5 ft ) [% in USA = 33.02, % in Region = 76.34]
  The coefficient of variation is 16.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 204.8 m ( 671.9 ft ) [% in USA = 29.65, % in Region = 66.41]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	174.0	186.2	213.3	229.8	244.0	255.8	265.3	276.0	290.0	305.0	378.8
  feet	570.9	610.9	699.8	753.9	800.5	839.2	870.4	905.5	951.4	1000.6	1242.8

  

  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	1115.9	693.5	0.289	0.465	89.86	79.39
  Intermittent Shoreline	2.1	1.3	0.001	0.001	45.33	40.46
  Perennial Streams	1522.3	946.1	0.395	0.635	69.78	94.66
  Intermittent Streams	1852.2	1151.1	0.480	0.773	67.08	68.70
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	23.66
  1° roads	3.4	2.1	0.001	0.001	40.88	25.95
  2° roads	253.0	157.3	0.066	0.106	92.09	95.42
  3° roads	224.3	139.4	0.058	0.094	53.39	19.08
  4° roads	5171.8	3214.3	1.341	2.157	67.98	67.18
  Total Roads	5652.6	3513.1	1.465	2.358	66.46	64.12
  Railroads	501.0	311.4	0.130	0.209	93.08	87.79
  Pipes and Powerlines	36.0	22.4	0.009	0.015	23.40	8.40

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 41.27% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 44.29, % in Region = 39.69]

  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