Upper Sheyenne -- Cataloging Unit 09020202

• Devils Lake-Sheyenne Accounting Unit 090202
  
• Red Subregion 0902
  
• Souris-Red-Rainy Region 09 (There are 42 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% North Dakota.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 4925.6 km² ( 1902.6 mi² ) [% in USA = 77.07, % in Region = 76.19]
  The area from the USGS is 1940 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 280)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1967524 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 501.5 m ( 1645.3 ft ) [% in USA = 56.70, % in Region = 92.86]
  The elevation standard deviation is 41.3 m ( 135.5 ft ) [% in USA = 32.59, % in Region = 59.52]
  The coefficient of variation is 8.2 %.
  The vertical relief is 211.0 m ( 692.2 ft ) [% in USA = 30.27, % in Region = 54.76]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	429.0	462.5	476.0	485.0	487.0	487.5	490.0	499.2	518.0	579.0	640.0
  feet	1407.5	1517.4	1561.7	1591.2	1597.7	1599.4	1607.6	1637.8	1699.5	1899.6	2099.7

  

  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	1481.9	921.0	0.301	0.484	90.48	83.33
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	28.57
  Perennial Streams	228.3	141.9	0.046	0.075	15.92	9.52
  Intermittent Streams	712.8	443.0	0.145	0.233	25.15	30.95
  Canals	18.8	11.7	0.004	0.006	55.66	35.71
  1° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	30.84	50.00
  2° roads	57.5	35.8	0.012	0.019	29.65	38.10
  3° roads	219.4	136.4	0.045	0.072	42.82	42.86
  4° roads	5471.8	3400.7	1.111	1.787	45.90	52.38
  Total Roads	5748.8	3572.9	1.167	1.878	40.60	50.00
  Railroads	247.0	153.5	0.050	0.081	59.21	50.00
  Pipes and Powerlines	13.8	8.6	0.003	0.005	13.93	42.86

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 29.42% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 33.21, % in Region = 26.19]

  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