Kaw Lake -- Cataloging Unit 11060001

• Arkansas - Keystone Subregion 1106
  
• Arkansas-White-Red Region 11 (There are 173 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 54.3% Kansas, 45.7% Oklahoma.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 2425.5 km² ( 936.9 mi² ) [% in USA = 31.31, % in Region = 24.28]
  The area from the USGS is 926 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 365)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 969709 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 370.0 m ( 1213.9 ft ) [% in USA = 47.42, % in Region = 46.24]
  The elevation standard deviation is 42.6 m ( 139.8 ft ) [% in USA = 33.87, % in Region = 30.06]
  The coefficient of variation is 11.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 226.6 m ( 743.4 ft ) [% in USA = 32.97, % in Region = 31.79]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	267.0	315.5	334.0	341.9	356.8	365.0	380.0	395.0	408.1	426.2	493.6
  feet	876.0	1035.1	1095.8	1121.7	1170.6	1197.5	1246.7	1295.9	1338.9	1398.3	1619.4

  

  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	433.5	269.4	0.179	0.288	77.55	83.24
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	9.25
  Perennial Streams	357.7	222.3	0.147	0.237	31.83	45.66
  Intermittent Streams	1449.6	900.9	0.598	0.962	80.06	69.94
  Canals	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	35.62	56.65
  1° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	30.84	24.86
  2° roads	114.6	71.2	0.047	0.076	79.73	81.50
  3° roads	60.5	37.6	0.025	0.040	26.20	17.92
  4° roads	2714.1	1686.8	1.119	1.800	46.61	45.09
  Total Roads	2889.3	1795.7	1.191	1.917	42.11	37.57
  Railroads	129.6	80.5	0.053	0.086	61.58	64.16
  Pipes and Powerlines	27.3	17.0	0.011	0.018	26.29	24.86

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 64.69% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 65.37, % in Region = 41.62]

  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