Watershed Health Report

Crow Wing River Watershed

HUC 8: 07010106  DNR Major: 12
Major River Basin: Upper Mississippi

Area: 1,981 square miles
Stream Length: 1,348 miles
Lakes Area: 90,791 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 62

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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62
Minimum Index Score:
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9
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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84
Minimum Index Score:
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74
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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84
Impervious Surface:
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92
Water Withdrawal:
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94
Hydrologic Storage:
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75
Flow Variability:
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74
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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63
Minimum Index Score:
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24
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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79
Groundwater Contamination:
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24
Climate Vulnerability:
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88
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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41
Minimum Index Score:
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9
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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9
Stream Species:
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55
Species Richness:
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58
At-Risk Species:
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40
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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41
Minimum Index Score:
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14
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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15
Aquatic Connectivity:
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14
Riparian Connectivity:
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94
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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79
Minimum Index Score:
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58
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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82
Point Source:
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96
Water Quality Assessment:
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58

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.