Upper Verde -- Cataloging Unit 15060202

• Verde Accounting Unit 150602
  
• Salt Subregion 1506
  
• Lower Colorado Region 15 (There are 85 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Arizona.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 6472.2 km² ( 2500.0 mi² ) [% in USA = 89.72, % in Region = 83.53]
  The area from the USGS is 2480 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 2447)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2584568 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 1709.7 m ( 5609.2 ft ) [% in USA = 87.45, % in Region = 67.06]
  The elevation standard deviation is 384.0 m ( 1259.8 ft ) [% in USA = 90.19, % in Region = 81.18]
  The coefficient of variation is 22.5 %.
  The vertical relief is 1947.9 m ( 6390.7 ft ) [% in USA = 86.55, % in Region = 62.35]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	971.1	1193.7	1344.5	1462.0	1532.0	1653.9	1871.0	2011.0	2121.7	2197.9	2919.0
  feet	3186.0	3916.3	4411.0	4796.5	5026.2	5426.1	6138.4	6597.7	6960.9	7210.9	9576.7

  

  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	53.7	33.4	0.008	0.013	10.94	62.35
  Intermittent Shoreline	19.4	12.1	0.003	0.005	69.97	57.65
  Perennial Streams	283.4	176.1	0.044	0.070	15.16	80.00
  Intermittent Streams	4752.8	2953.9	0.734	1.182	89.63	55.29
  Canals	45.8	28.5	0.007	0.011	62.29	74.12
  1° roads	196.0	121.8	0.030	0.049	79.96	92.94
  2° roads	181.8	113.0	0.028	0.045	54.05	91.76
  3° roads	68.3	42.4	0.011	0.017	11.61	29.41
  4° roads	6520.7	4052.6	1.007	1.621	36.76	75.29
  Total Roads	6966.7	4329.8	1.076	1.732	34.91	77.65
  Railroads	276.5	171.9	0.043	0.069	52.06	95.29
  Pipes and Powerlines	450.6	280.1	0.070	0.112	84.65	98.82

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 93.40% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 91.62, % in Region = 30.59]

  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