Lower Sevier -- Cataloging Unit 16030005

• Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake Subregion 1603
  
• Great Basin Region 16 (There are 71 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Utah.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 10411.7 km² ( 4021.7 mi² ) [% in USA = 98.15, % in Region = 90.14]
  The area from the USGS is 3970 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1672)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 4157627 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 1669.8 m ( 5478.3 ft ) [% in USA = 86.97, % in Region = 35.21]
  The elevation standard deviation is 311.5 m ( 1022.0 ft ) [% in USA = 83.94, % in Region = 60.56]
  The coefficient of variation is 18.7 %.
  The vertical relief is 1743.7 m ( 5720.7 ft ) [% in USA = 82.00, % in Region = 47.89]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	1378.0	1403.9	1423.3	1456.7	1500.9	1559.9	1624.5	1717.7	1861.9	2136.4	3121.7
  feet	4520.9	4605.9	4669.6	4779.1	4924.2	5117.7	5329.7	5635.4	6108.5	7009.1	10241.7

  

  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	412.0	256.1	0.040	0.064	31.17	73.24
  Intermittent Shoreline	61.5	38.2	0.006	0.009	79.16	88.73
  Perennial Streams	528.9	328.7	0.051	0.082	16.86	39.44
  Intermittent Streams	5268.0	3274.1	0.506	0.814	70.01	40.85
  Canals	634.7	394.5	0.061	0.098	87.26	77.46
  1° roads	113.4	70.5	0.011	0.018	56.04	74.65
  2° roads	211.6	131.5	0.020	0.033	42.78	76.06
  3° roads	226.1	140.5	0.022	0.035	23.07	46.48
  4° roads	7722.3	4799.5	0.742	1.193	18.85	69.01
  Total Roads	8273.5	5142.0	0.795	1.279	18.90	69.01
  Railroads	271.3	168.6	0.026	0.042	35.15	71.83
  Pipes and Powerlines	208.1	129.3	0.020	0.032	38.47	71.83

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 84.99% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 83.75, % in Region = 47.89]

  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