Watershed Health Report

Redwood River Watershed

HUC 8: 07020006  DNR Major: 27
Major River Basin: Minnesota River

Area: 699 square miles
Stream Length: 926 miles
Lakes Area: 6,628 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 43

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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43
Minimum Index Score:
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4
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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62
Minimum Index Score:
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14
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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14
Impervious Surface:
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95
Water Withdrawal:
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100
Hydrologic Storage:
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30
Flow Variability:
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71
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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55
Minimum Index Score:
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38
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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71
Groundwater Contamination:
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57
Climate Vulnerability:
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38
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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35
Minimum Index Score:
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4
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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4
Stream Species:
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59
Species Richness:
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53
At-Risk Species:
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26
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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19
Minimum Index Score:
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6
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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6
Aquatic Connectivity:
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7
Riparian Connectivity:
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44
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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46
Minimum Index Score:
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23
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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25
Point Source:
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89
Water Quality Assessment:
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23

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.