Watershed Health Report

Pine River Watershed

HUC 8: 07010105  DNR Major: 11
Major River Basin: Upper Mississippi

Area: 783 square miles
Stream Length: 392 miles
Lakes Area: 62,673 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 67

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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67
Minimum Index Score:
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10
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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91
Minimum Index Score:
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68
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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94
Impervious Surface:
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98
Water Withdrawal:
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99
Hydrologic Storage:
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94
Flow Variability:
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68
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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59
Minimum Index Score:
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31
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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75
Groundwater Contamination:
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31
Climate Vulnerability:
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70
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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43
Minimum Index Score:
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21
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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21
Stream Species:
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58
Species Richness:
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54
At-Risk Species:
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38
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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46
Minimum Index Score:
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10
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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30
Aquatic Connectivity:
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10
Riparian Connectivity:
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97
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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95
Minimum Index Score:
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90
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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90
Point Source:
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99
Water Quality Assessment:
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95

WAT Score
The Watershed Assessment Tool measures five components of watershed health. These components are: Hydrology, Geomorphology, Biology, Connectivity and Water Quality. Each component contains 3-5 health index scores. The index scores are combined to create a component score. The component scores are also combined into an overall mean (average) watershed health score; and the index identified with lowest score is the watershed minimum health score.
 
Please go to the Watershed Health Assessment Results page for more information.