Watershed Health Report

South Fork Crow River Watershed

HUC 8: 07010205  DNR Major: 19
Major River Basin: Upper Mississippi

Area: 1,278 square miles
Stream Length: 1,312 miles
Lakes Area: 30,180 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 45

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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45
Minimum Index Score:
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2
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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56
Minimum Index Score:
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16
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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19
Impervious Surface:
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80
Water Withdrawal:
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98
Hydrologic Storage:
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16
Flow Variability:
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69
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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70
Minimum Index Score:
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57
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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74
Groundwater Contamination:
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57
Climate Vulnerability:
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78
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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28
Minimum Index Score:
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2
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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2
Stream Species:
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43
Species Richness:
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47
At-Risk Species:
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19
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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20
Minimum Index Score:
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2
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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2
Aquatic Connectivity:
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13
Riparian Connectivity:
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46
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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49
Minimum Index Score:
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26
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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26
Point Source:
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86
Water Quality Assessment:
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36

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.