Upper Chariton -- Cataloging Unit 10280201

• Chariton Accounting Unit 102802
  
• Chariton-Grand Subregion 1028
  
• Missouri Region 10 (There are 310 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 67.7% Iowa, 32.3% Missouri.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 3509.7 km² ( 1355.7 mi² ) [% in USA = 56.37, % in Region = 47.74]
  The area from the USGS is 1370 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 684)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1401842 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 296.7 m ( 973.4 ft ) [% in USA = 38.47, % in Region = 6.13]
  The elevation standard deviation is 23.5 m ( 77.1 ft ) [% in USA = 14.73, % in Region = 1.94]
  The coefficient of variation is 7.9 %.
  The vertical relief is 128.0 m ( 419.9 ft ) [% in USA = 14.35, % in Region = 1.94]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	235.0	263.1	274.8	287.8	292.0	302.2	305.0	308.1	319.3	323.7	363.0
  feet	771.0	863.2	901.6	944.2	958.0	991.5	1000.6	1010.8	1047.6	1062.0	1190.9

  

  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	425.3	264.3	0.121	0.195	62.72	83.87
  Intermittent Shoreline	13.9	8.6	0.004	0.006	73.80	51.29
  Perennial Streams	876.1	544.5	0.250	0.402	48.37	77.42
  Intermittent Streams	2213.8	1375.9	0.631	1.015	82.71	61.61
  Canals	14.3	8.9	0.004	0.007	56.42	58.39
  1° roads	0.8	0.5	0.000	0.000	36.00	52.90
  2° roads	71.8	44.6	0.020	0.033	42.87	51.29
  3° roads	433.4	269.4	0.123	0.199	79.06	91.61
  4° roads	3736.4	2322.2	1.065	1.713	41.88	70.32
  Total Roads	4242.5	2636.7	1.209	1.945	43.63	72.90
  Railroads	211.5	131.4	0.060	0.097	67.31	82.90
  Pipes and Powerlines	63.1	39.2	0.018	0.029	35.67	50.97

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 63.12% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 63.62, % in Region = 30.65]

  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