Watershed Health Report

Cedar River Watershed

HUC 8: 07080201  DNR Major: 48
Major River Basin: Cedar River

Area: 709 square miles
Stream Length: 1,006 miles
Lakes Area: 2,087 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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1
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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57
Minimum Index Score:
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9
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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9
Impervious Surface:
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82
Water Withdrawal:
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98
Hydrologic Storage:
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25
Flow Variability:
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71
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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62
Minimum Index Score:
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38
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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74
Groundwater Contamination:
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38
Climate Vulnerability:
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74
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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41
Minimum Index Score:
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1
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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1
Stream Species:
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71
Species Richness:
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60
At-Risk Species:
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30
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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17
Minimum Index Score:
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2
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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2
Aquatic Connectivity:
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11
Riparian Connectivity:
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39
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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21
Point Source:
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83
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.