Watershed Health Report

Red Lake River Watershed

HUC 8: 09020303  DNR Major: 63
Major River Basin: Red River

Area: 1,340 square miles
Stream Length: 1,492 miles
Lakes Area: 2,573 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 54

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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54
Minimum Index Score:
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16
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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63
Minimum Index Score:
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26
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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34
Impervious Surface:
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94
Water Withdrawal:
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98
Hydrologic Storage:
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26
Flow Variability:
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61
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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65
Minimum Index Score:
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44
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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86
Groundwater Contamination:
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64
Climate Vulnerability:
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44
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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46
Minimum Index Score:
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18
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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18
Stream Species:
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67
Species Richness:
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60
At-Risk Species:
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38
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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32
Minimum Index Score:
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16
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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23
Aquatic Connectivity:
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16
Riparian Connectivity:
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57
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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63
Minimum Index Score:
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38
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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54
Point Source:
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96
Water Quality Assessment:
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38

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.