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1 Watershed Health Assessment Framework "Managng for System Health" Watershed Report Card: People and Places: Watershed Populaton: 2 census census Largest Ctes - Populaton: Oaks Corner - None Wayland - None Carp - None Countes - % of watershed: Lake of the Woods - 54 % Koochchng - 23 % Beltram - 23 % Watershed sze:,843 acres 4 square mles Watershed Surface Area: Percent Land - % Percent Water - % HUC8 ID: 7 Watershed Area: Basn Name: () Land Use: Percent of watershed area by land cover type:

2 Watershed Health Report - Major Watershed Average Watershed Health Score - 84 Natonal Land Cover Open Water Developed, Open Developed, Low Developed, Medum Developed, Hgh Barren Land Decdous Forest Evergreen Forest Mxed Forest Shrub/Scrub Grassland Pasture/Hay Cultvated Crops Woody Wetlands Herbaceous Wetlands These health scores are calculated at the Major Watershed (HUC8) scale. Health score names followed by (*) are also calculated at the DNR Catchment scale (subdvded HUC12). Those results are reported on the followng pages. Hydrology Geomorphology Bology Connectvty Water Qualty (ndex average) 81 (ndex average) (ndex average) 66 (ndex average) (ndex average) 82 Perennal Cover* Impervous Cover* Water Wthdrawal* Flow Varablty Hydrologc Storage Sub-Scores Altered Streams* Surface Storage 58 5 Sol Eroson Potental* Groundwater Susceptblty Clmate Vulnerablty Terrestral Habtat Qualty* Stream Speces Qualty* Speces Rchness At-Rsk Speces Rchness Aquatc Connectvty* Rparan Connectvty* Terrestral Habtat Connectvty Non-Pont Polluton Sources Sub-Score Phosphorus Rsk* Localzed Polluton Sources* Assessments 54 Watershed Health Assessment Framework Health score methodology -

3 Perennal Cover (211) Impervous Cover (211) Mn: 72 Max: Medan:. Mean:.6 Standard Dev: 6.56 Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:. Standard Dev: 3.16 Water Wthdrawal Index Altered Streams Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:.9 Standard Dev:.53 Mn: Max: Medan: 46. Mean: Standard Dev: 35.8

4 Sol Eroson Potental Terrestral Habtat Qualty R ver 92 v er pd R R ver R ve r p d R a p d Mn: 5 Max: 66 Medan: 58. Mean: 58.6 Standard Dev: 5.1 Stream Speces Qualty - Aquatc Invertebrate IBI R v R ver er 66 5 R ver Mn: 7 Max: Medan:. Mean: Standard Dev: Stream Speces Qualty - Mussel Score Mn: 75 Max: Medan:. Mean:.6 Standard Dev: v er pd R Mn: 52 Max: Medan: 68. Mean: 7.41 Standard Dev:

5 Stream Speces Qualty - Fsh IBI Aquatc Connectvty Mn: Max: 76 Medan: 58. Mean: 52.7 Standard Dev: 15. Mn: 83 Max: Medan:. Mean:.81 Standard Dev: 4.18 Rparan Connectvty Non-Pont Source - Phosphorus Rsk Mn: 74 Max: Medan:. Mean:.6 Standard Dev: 5.58 Mn: 85 Max: Medan:. Mean:.68 Standard Dev: 4.11

6 Localzed Polluton Sources Localzed Polluton Sources - Anmal Unts R ver R ve r p d R ver R ve r p d Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:.81 Standard Dev:.59 v er pd R Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:. Standard Dev:.25 Localzed Polluton Sources - Superfund Stes R ver Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:.74 Standard Dev:.8 Localzed Polluton Sources - Potental Contamnants R ver R ve r p d Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:. Standard Dev:.

7 Localzed Polluton Sources - Wastewater Treatment Localzed Polluton Sources - Open Pt Mnes Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:. Standard Dev:. Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:. Standard Dev:. Localzed Polluton Sources - Septc Systems Mn: Max: Medan:. Mean:.52 Standard Dev: 1.21

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