5 component health scores

Health index scores

Health index scores are created by studying a five component framework which includes a series of health indices.

Biology

• Terrestrial Habitat Quality
• Stream Species Quality
• Species Richness
• At Risk Species Richness

Connectivity

• Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity
• Aquatic Connectivity
• Riparian Connectivity

Geomorphology

• Soil Erosion Susceptibility
• GW Contamination
• Susceptibility
• Climate Vulnerability

Hydrology

• Perennial Cover
• Impervious Cover
• Water Withdrawal
• Hydrologic Storage
• Flow Variability

Water Quality

• Non-point Source
• Point Source
• Assessments

Component score

Index scores are combined into a component score.

Combined component scores

• Biology
• Connectivity
• Geomorphology
• Hydrology
• Water quality

Additional resources

• Building a watershed health index - learn more about creating a health index
• Index scores (PDF/34MB) - download all health index scores