Puyallup -- Cataloging Unit 17110014

• Puget Sound Subregion 1711
  
• Pacific Northwest Region 17 (There are 219 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Washington.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 2569.9 km² ( 992.7 mi² ) [% in USA = 35.77, % in Region = 43.84]
  The area from the USGS is 996 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 1087)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1026403 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 881.4 m ( 2891.7 ft ) [% in USA = 69.54, % in Region = 36.53]
  The elevation standard deviation is 626.3 m ( 2054.8 ft ) [% in USA = 98.91, % in Region = 99.54]
  The coefficient of variation is 71.1 %.
  The vertical relief is 4370.6 m ( 14339.1 ft ) [% in USA = 100.00, % in Region = 100.00]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	0.0	129.5	196.6	439.9	638.4	834.7	1038.0	1225.8	1412.2	1680.0	4370.6
  feet	0.0	424.9	645.0	1443.2	2094.5	2738.5	3405.5	4021.6	4633.1	5511.7	14339.1

  

  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	368.4	228.9	0.143	0.231	69.87	83.56
  Intermittent Shoreline	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	26.95	43.84
  Perennial Streams	1583.7	984.3	0.616	0.992	92.61	79.00
  Intermittent Streams	80.4	50.0	0.031	0.050	10.75	10.50
  Canals	6.5	4.0	0.003	0.004	52.49	41.10
  1° roads	24.4	15.2	0.010	0.015	54.43	77.17
  2° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	15.35	29.22
  3° roads	229.5	142.6	0.089	0.144	69.11	95.43
  4° roads	4139.6	2572.8	1.611	2.592	83.85	84.47
  Total Roads	4393.5	2730.6	1.710	2.751	80.77	85.39
  Railroads	148.9	92.6	0.058	0.093	65.04	80.82
  Pipes and Powerlines	18.6	11.6	0.007	0.012	20.42	28.31

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 3.95% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 9.66, % in Region = 10.05]

  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