Harney-Malheur Lakes -- Cataloging Unit 17120001

• Oregon closed basins Subregion 1712
  
• Pacific Northwest Region 17 (There are 219 cataloging units in this region.)
  The state composition by area is 100.0% Oregon.
  

  I. Graphical Locater Maps

  Roads

  Water Only

  8 Digit HUCs

  The area of this HUC in these maps is 3680.4 km² ( 1421.6 mi² ) [% in USA = 59.55, % in Region = 68.49]
  The area from the USGS is 1420 mi².
  

  II. Flow Connections (upstream and downstream units)

  III. Named places in this watershed (total = 559)

  IV. Elevation Analysis

  This analysis is based on 1471751 elevations on a 50 m grid within the area of this HUC.
  The mean elevation is 1379.6 m ( 4526.2 ft ) [% in USA = 80.48, % in Region = 64.38]
  The elevation standard deviation is 166.7 m ( 546.9 ft ) [% in USA = 66.84, % in Region = 13.24]
  The coefficient of variation is 12.1 %.
  The vertical relief is 1043.2 m ( 3422.5 ft ) [% in USA = 66.56, % in Region = 10.96]

  Elevation Percentiles

  	0 %	10 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	60 %	70 %	80 %	90 %	100 %
  meters	1105.1	1237.1	1249.0	1258.2	1280.0	1305.4	1341.3	1421.5	1524.0	1613.4	2148.3
  feet	3625.6	4058.7	4097.7	4127.9	4199.4	4282.8	4400.5	4663.7	4999.9	5293.2	7048.1

  

  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	476.5	296.1	0.129	0.208	65.37	78.08
  Intermittent Shoreline	76.3	47.5	0.021	0.033	92.23	98.17
  Perennial Streams	210.7	131.0	0.057	0.092	18.38	5.94
  Intermittent Streams	1501.6	933.2	0.408	0.656	58.79	70.78
  Canals	27.5	17.1	0.007	0.012	62.86	52.05
  1° roads	0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	30.84	59.82
  2° roads	64.2	39.9	0.017	0.028	38.75	59.36
  3° roads	67.6	42.0	0.018	0.030	19.42	44.29
  4° roads	2843.7	1767.4	0.773	1.243	20.70	35.16
  Total Roads	2975.5	1849.3	0.808	1.301	19.66	34.25
  Railroads	53.2	33.1	0.014	0.023	24.16	43.84
  Pipes and Powerlines	34.8	21.6	0.009	0.015	23.54	32.88

  
  Of the natural water in this HUC, 69.66% (by length) is intermittent [% in USA = 69.73, % in Region = 82.19]

  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