Watershed Health Report

Wild Rice River Watershed

HUC 8: 09020108  DNR Major: 60
Major River Basin: Red River

Area: 1,636 square miles
Stream Length: 1,975 miles
Lakes Area: 31,931 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 57

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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57
Minimum Index Score:
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16
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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70
Minimum Index Score:
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40
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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40
Impervious Surface:
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100
Water Withdrawal:
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100
Hydrologic Storage:
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40
Flow Variability:
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69
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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64
Minimum Index Score:
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53
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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72
Groundwater Contamination:
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53
Climate Vulnerability:
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67
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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41
Minimum Index Score:
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16
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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16
Stream Species:
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61
Species Richness:
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60
At-Risk Species:
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28
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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31
Minimum Index Score:
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16
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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20
Aquatic Connectivity:
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16
Riparian Connectivity:
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56
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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77
Minimum Index Score:
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63
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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63
Point Source:
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97
Water Quality Assessment:
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71

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.