Red Lakes -- Cataloging Unit 09020302

• Lower Red Accounting Unit 090203
  
• Red Subregion 0902
  
• Souris-Red-Rainy Region 09 (There are 42 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 5200.6 km² ( 2008.8 mi² ) [% in USA = 80.25, % in Region = 80.95]
  The area from the USGS is 2040 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 302)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2077042 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 379.8 m ( 1246.0 ft ) [% in USA = 48.32, % in Region = 61.90]
  The elevation standard deviation is 25.1 m ( 82.3 ft ) [% in USA = 16.01, % in Region = 30.95]
  The coefficient of variation is 6.6 %.
  The vertical relief is 110.0 m ( 360.9 ft ) [% in USA = 10.23, % in Region = 23.81]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	356.0	357.0	357.0	361.7	366.0	369.0	374.0	382.0	410.0	424.3	466.0
  feet	1168.0	1171.2	1171.2	1186.7	1200.8	1210.6	1227.0	1253.3	1345.1	1392.0	1528.9

  

  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	700.6	435.4	0.135	0.217	67.03	54.76
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	28.57
  Perennial Streams	789.9	490.9	0.152	0.244	32.50	66.67
  Intermittent Streams	350.2	217.7	0.067	0.108	15.54	16.67
  Canals	583.0	362.3	0.112	0.180	93.23	73.81
  1° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	30.84	50.00
  2° roads	45.3	28.2	0.009	0.014	25.96	30.95
  3° roads	191.7	119.1	0.037	0.059	37.09	28.57
  4° roads	1770.2	1100.2	0.340	0.548	2.61	11.90
  Total Roads	2007.2	1247.5	0.386	0.621	3.03	9.52
  Railroads	57.7	35.9	0.011	0.018	21.41	7.14
  Pipes and Powerlines	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	8.67	23.81

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 19.03% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 23.31, % in Region = 19.05]

  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