Watershed Health Report

Mustinka River Watershed

HUC 8: 09020102  DNR Major: 55
Major River Basin: Red River

Area: 861 square miles
Stream Length: 1,045 miles
Lakes Area: 11,586 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 45

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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45
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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7
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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7
Impervious Surface:
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94
Water Withdrawal:
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100
Hydrologic Storage:
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23
Flow Variability:
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63
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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58
Minimum Index Score:
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21
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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81
Groundwater Contamination:
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71
Climate Vulnerability:
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21
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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35
Minimum Index Score:
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1
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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1
Stream Species:
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59
Species Richness:
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44
At-Risk Species:
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36
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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20
Minimum Index Score:
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1
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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1
Aquatic Connectivity:
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18
Riparian Connectivity:
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40
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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57
Minimum Index Score:
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34
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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34
Point Source:
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94
Water Quality Assessment:
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42

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.