Carson Desert -- Cataloging Unit 16050203

• Carson Accounting Unit 160502
  
• Central Lahontan Subregion 1605
  
• Great Basin Region 16 (There are 71 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Nevada.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 5638.7 km² ( 2178.0 mi² ) [% in USA = 84.18, % in Region = 69.01]
  The area from the USGS is 2150 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 708)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 2252375 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 1296.8 m ( 4254.5 ft ) [% in USA = 78.87, % in Region = 4.23]
  The elevation standard deviation is 189.5 m ( 621.7 ft ) [% in USA = 70.58, % in Region = 8.45]
  The coefficient of variation is 14.6 %.
  The vertical relief is 1616.3 m ( 5302.8 ft ) [% in USA = 79.30, % in Region = 33.80]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	1013.3	1185.0	1188.0	1188.1	1197.1	1214.3	1220.0	1275.4	1376.3	1564.3	2629.6
  feet	3324.4	3887.7	3897.6	3897.9	3927.4	3983.9	4002.6	4184.3	4515.4	5132.2	8627.2

  

  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	900.0	559.3	0.160	0.257	74.14	97.18
  Intermittent Shoreline	1.6	1.0	0.000	0.000	38.56	21.13
  Perennial Streams	387.8	241.0	0.069	0.111	20.32	49.30
  Intermittent Streams	2247.5	1396.9	0.399	0.641	57.65	23.94
  Canals	571.5	355.2	0.101	0.163	92.42	91.55
  1° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	30.84	53.52
  2° roads	160.0	99.5	0.028	0.046	54.38	84.51
  3° roads	44.9	27.9	0.008	0.013	8.95	12.68
  4° roads	3486.7	2167.0	0.618	0.995	12.46	43.66
  Total Roads	3691.6	2294.3	0.655	1.053	12.17	43.66
  Railroads	103.0	64.0	0.018	0.029	28.09	59.15
  Pipes and Powerlines	64.9	40.3	0.012	0.019	26.43	50.70

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 63.59% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 64.19, % in Region = 28.17]

  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