Watershed Health Report

Rum River Watershed

HUC 8: 07010207  DNR Major: 21
Major River Basin: Upper Mississippi

Area: 1,583 square miles
Stream Length: 1,416 miles
Lakes Area: 149,629 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 61

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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61
Minimum Index Score:
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15
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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78
Minimum Index Score:
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71
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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72
Impervious Surface:
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75
Water Withdrawal:
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98
Hydrologic Storage:
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71
Flow Variability:
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73
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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64
Minimum Index Score:
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42
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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81
Groundwater Contamination:
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42
Climate Vulnerability:
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70
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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53
Minimum Index Score:
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18
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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18
Stream Species:
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91
Species Richness:
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61
At-Risk Species:
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42
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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41
Minimum Index Score:
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15
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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24
Aquatic Connectivity:
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15
Riparian Connectivity:
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83
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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71
Minimum Index Score:
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56
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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56
Point Source:
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93
Water Quality Assessment:
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64

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.