Watershed Health Report

Winnebago River Watershed

HUC 8: 07080203  DNR Major: 50
Major River Basin: Cedar River

Area: 71 square miles
Stream Length: 81 miles
Lakes Area: 1,431 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 49

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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49
Minimum Index Score:
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2
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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58
Minimum Index Score:
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10
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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10
Impervious Surface:
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100
Water Withdrawal:
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100
Hydrologic Storage:
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10
Flow Variability:
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71
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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66
Minimum Index Score:
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43
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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73
Groundwater Contamination:
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43
Climate Vulnerability:
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81
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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45
Minimum Index Score:
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2
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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2
Stream Species:
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65
Species Richness:
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69
At-Risk Species:
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42
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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14
Minimum Index Score:
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3
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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3
Aquatic Connectivity:
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11
Riparian Connectivity:
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27
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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62
Minimum Index Score:
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50
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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53
Point Source:
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83
Water Quality Assessment:
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50

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.