Rio Hondo -- Cataloging Unit 13060008

• Upper Pecos Subregion 1306
  
• Rio Grande Region 13 (There are 70 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% New Mexico.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 4387.2 km² ( 1694.6 mi² ) [% in USA = 70.39, % in Region = 57.14]
  The area from the USGS is 1680 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1577)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1751304 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 1735.2 m ( 5692.8 ft ) [% in USA = 87.97, % in Region = 67.14]
  The elevation standard deviation is 445.1 m ( 1460.3 ft ) [% in USA = 94.32, % in Region = 95.71]
  The coefficient of variation is 25.7 %.
  The vertical relief is 2544.0 m ( 8346.4 ft ) [% in USA = 95.88, % in Region = 98.57]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	1052.0	1164.5	1253.6	1396.7	1584.0	1727.2	1889.0	2011.0	2121.2	2306.5	3596.0
  feet	3451.4	3820.5	4112.8	4582.3	5196.8	5666.6	6197.4	6597.7	6959.2	7567.2	11797.8

  

  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	7.8	4.9	0.002	0.003	4.55	38.57
  Intermittent Shoreline	19.3	12.0	0.004	0.007	74.75	45.71
  Perennial Streams	324.0	201.4	0.074	0.119	21.32	80.00
  Intermittent Streams	2724.9	1693.5	0.621	0.999	82.24	85.71
  Canals	100.3	62.4	0.023	0.037	75.04	78.57
  1° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	30.84	47.14
  2° roads	209.4	130.1	0.048	0.077	80.34	95.71
  3° roads	180.9	112.4	0.041	0.066	40.41	72.86
  4° roads	4803.2	2985.2	1.095	1.762	44.53	77.14
  Total Roads	5193.4	3227.8	1.184	1.905	41.59	80.00
  Railroads	18.6	11.5	0.004	0.007	16.53	37.14
  Pipes and Powerlines	31.1	19.3	0.007	0.011	20.18	55.71

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 89.21% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 87.78, % in Region = 38.57]

  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