Kanab -- Cataloging Unit 15010003

• Lower Colorado-Lake Mead Subregion 1501
  
• Lower Colorado Region 15 (There are 85 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 71.7% Arizona, 28.3% Utah.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 6097.4 km² ( 2355.2 mi² ) [% in USA = 87.21, % in Region = 80.00]
  The area from the USGS is 2350 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 887)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2434208 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 1789.6 m ( 5871.3 ft ) [% in USA = 89.72, % in Region = 75.29]
  The elevation standard deviation is 336.8 m ( 1105.0 ft ) [% in USA = 86.26, % in Region = 70.59]
  The coefficient of variation is 18.8 %.
  The vertical relief is 2199.9 m ( 7217.4 ft ) [% in USA = 92.14, % in Region = 83.53]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	609.0	1450.9	1523.1	1585.0	1646.0	1710.9	1788.8	1892.1	2034.4	2316.0	2808.9
  feet	1998.0	4760.1	4997.0	5200.1	5400.2	5613.1	5868.7	6207.6	6674.5	7598.3	9215.4

  

  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	14.1	8.8	0.002	0.004	5.16	36.47
  Intermittent Shoreline	4.1	2.6	0.001	0.001	48.32	36.47
  Perennial Streams	119.8	74.4	0.020	0.032	9.52	60.00
  Intermittent Streams	4005.5	2489.4	0.657	1.057	84.70	36.47
  Canals	0.1	0.1	0.000	0.000	36.14	34.12
  1° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	30.84	48.24
  2° roads	118.8	73.9	0.019	0.031	41.40	76.47
  3° roads	57.7	35.8	0.009	0.015	10.56	25.88
  4° roads	3849.1	2392.2	0.631	1.016	13.26	48.24
  Total Roads	4025.6	2501.9	0.660	1.062	12.36	45.88
  Railroads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	12.60	34.12
  Pipes and Powerlines	24.1	15.0	0.004	0.006	15.54	17.65

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 96.77% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 94.46, % in Region = 47.06]

  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