Independence-Sugar -- Cataloging Unit 10240011

• Missouri-Nishnabotna Subregion 1024
  
• Missouri Region 10 (There are 310 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 52.1% Missouri, 47.9% Kansas.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 2622.2 km² ( 1012.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 37.28, % in Region = 27.74]
  The area from the USGS is 915 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1056)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1047597 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 285.4 m ( 936.3 ft ) [% in USA = 37.38, % in Region = 5.48]
  The elevation standard deviation is 32.9 m ( 107.9 ft ) [% in USA = 24.73, % in Region = 10.65]
  The coefficient of variation is 11.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 153.0 m ( 502.0 ft ) [% in USA = 19.04, % in Region = 4.84]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	219.0	238.8	247.0	269.2	274.1	290.6	304.0	305.0	309.0	334.1	372.0
  feet	718.5	783.5	810.4	883.2	899.3	953.4	997.4	1000.6	1013.8	1096.1	1220.5

  

  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	545.2	338.8	0.208	0.335	81.67	95.81
  Intermittent Shoreline	7.9	4.9	0.003	0.005	70.01	45.16
  Perennial Streams	900.2	559.4	0.343	0.552	63.43	90.97
  Intermittent Streams	725.7	451.1	0.277	0.445	41.64	13.87
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	43.55
  1° roads	171.8	106.8	0.066	0.105	93.60	98.39
  2° roads	188.5	117.2	0.072	0.116	94.32	99.35
  3° roads	435.4	270.6	0.166	0.267	88.06	93.55
  4° roads	4563.4	2836.2	1.740	2.800	87.97	98.39
  Total Roads	5359.2	3330.7	2.044	3.288	90.00	98.71
  Railroads	413.6	257.0	0.158	0.254	95.83	99.03
  Pipes and Powerlines	67.2	41.8	0.026	0.041	45.62	64.19

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 33.67% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 37.14, % in Region = 6.77]

  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