Watershed Health Report

Rainy River - Headwaters Watershed

HUC 8: 09030001  DNR Major: 72
Major River Basin: Rainy River

Area: 2,512 square miles
Stream Length: 1,585 miles
Lakes Area: 219,140 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 69

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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69
Minimum Index Score:
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28
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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94
Minimum Index Score:
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74
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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96
Impervious Surface:
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99
Water Withdrawal:
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98
Hydrologic Storage:
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100
Flow Variability:
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74
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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57
Minimum Index Score:
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29
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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73
Groundwater Contamination:
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70
Climate Vulnerability:
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29
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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50
Minimum Index Score:
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28
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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42
Stream Species:
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75
Species Richness:
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53
At-Risk Species:
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28
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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68
Minimum Index Score:
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51
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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51
Aquatic Connectivity:
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54
Riparian Connectivity:
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100
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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75
Minimum Index Score:
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30
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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97
Point Source:
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97
Water Quality Assessment:
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30

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.