Watershed Health Report

Wapsipinican River Watershed

HUC 8: 07080102  DNR Major: 47
Major River Basin: Cedar River

Area: 13 square miles
Stream Length: 18 miles
Lakes Area: 0 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 44

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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44
Minimum Index Score:
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0
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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53
Minimum Index Score:
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4
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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4
Impervious Surface:
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67
Water Withdrawal:
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100
Hydrologic Storage:
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20
Flow Variability:
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74
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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48
Minimum Index Score:
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25
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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72
Groundwater Contamination:
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25
Climate Vulnerability:
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48
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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46
Minimum Index Score:
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0
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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0
Stream Species:
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70
Species Richness:
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67
At-Risk Species:
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46
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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34
Minimum Index Score:
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1
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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1
Aquatic Connectivity:
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58
Riparian Connectivity:
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43
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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39
Minimum Index Score:
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12
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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25
Point Source:
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80
Water Quality Assessment:
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12

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.