Watershed Health Report

Kettle River Watershed

HUC 8: 07030003  DNR Major: 35
Major River Basin: St. Croix River

Area: 1,051 square miles
Stream Length: 1,022 miles
Lakes Area: 12,894 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 64

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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64
Minimum Index Score:
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14
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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89
Minimum Index Score:
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66
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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94
Impervious Surface:
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99
Water Withdrawal:
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99
Hydrologic Storage:
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86
Flow Variability:
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66
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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52
Minimum Index Score:
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27
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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72
Groundwater Contamination:
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56
Climate Vulnerability:
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27
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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55
Minimum Index Score:
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25
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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25
Stream Species:
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74
Species Richness:
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71
At-Risk Species:
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52
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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46
Minimum Index Score:
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14
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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32
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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76
Minimum Index Score:
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46
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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87
Point Source:
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96
Water Quality Assessment:
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46

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.