Watershed Health Report

Rainy River - Baudette Watershed

HUC 8: 09030008  DNR Major: 79
Major River Basin: Rainy River

Area: 307 square miles
Stream Length: 417 miles
Lakes Area: 2,158 acres

Watershed Mean Health Score: 70

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Overall Watershed Score
Mean Watershed Score:
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70
Minimum Index Score:
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27
Hydrology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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77
Minimum Index Score:
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58
Index:
Perennial Cover:
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91
Impervious Surface:
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76
Water Withdrawal:
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100
Hydrologic Storage:
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63
Flow Variability:
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58
Geomorphology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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84
Minimum Index Score:
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71
Index:
Soil Erodability:
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91
Groundwater Contamination:
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71
Climate Vulnerability:
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90
Biology Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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50
Minimum Index Score:
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27
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Quality:
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60
Stream Species:
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54
Species Richness:
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58
At-Risk Species:
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27
Connectivity Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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66
Minimum Index Score:
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34
Index:
Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity:
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73
Aquatic Connectivity:
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34
Riparian Connectivity:
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91
Water Quality Health Scores
Mean Watershed Score:
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72
Minimum Index Score:
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56
Index:
Non-Point Source:
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63
Point Source:
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99
Water Quality Assessment:
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56

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.