Watershed Health Report

Little Fork River Watershed

HUC 8: 09030005  DNR Major: 76
Major River Basin: Rainy River

Area: 1,872 square miles
Stream Length: 1,684 miles
Lakes Area: 23,953 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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23
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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90
Minimum Index Score:
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60
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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96
Impervious Surface:
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99
Water Withdrawal:
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100
Hydrologic Storage:
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93
Flow Variability:
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60
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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62
Minimum Index Score:
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42
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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75
Groundwater Contamination:
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68
Climate Vulnerability:
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42
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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54
Minimum Index Score:
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33
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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46
Stream Species:
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77
Species Richness:
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59
At-Risk Species:
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33
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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60
Minimum Index Score:
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23
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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58
Aquatic Connectivity:
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23
Riparian Connectivity:
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98
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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77
Minimum Index Score:
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38
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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93
Point Source:
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99
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.