Watershed Health Report

Mississippi River - St. Cloud Watershed

HUC 8: 07010203  DNR Major: 17
Major River Basin: Upper Mississippi

Area: 1,121 square miles
Stream Length: 1,202 miles
Lakes Area: 26,803 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 49

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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49
Minimum Index Score:
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10
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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55
Minimum Index Score:
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41
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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50
Impervious Surface:
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56
Water Withdrawal:
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41
Hydrologic Storage:
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56
Flow Variability:
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73
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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65
Minimum Index Score:
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27
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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79
Groundwater Contamination:
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27
Climate Vulnerability:
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89
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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39
Minimum Index Score:
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10
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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10
Stream Species:
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52
Species Richness:
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58
At-Risk Species:
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35
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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33
Minimum Index Score:
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10
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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13
Aquatic Connectivity:
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10
Riparian Connectivity:
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76
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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55
Minimum Index Score:
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34
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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34
Point Source:
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88
Water Quality Assessment:
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44

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.