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Watershed Report Card: Upper/Lower Red Lake Watershed size: 1,241,690 acres 1,940 square miles Watershed Surface Area: Percent Land - 76 % Percent Water - 24 % HUC8 ID: 09020302 Basin Name: Red River (0902) Percent of watershed area by land cover type: Watershed Population: 2000 census - 10,085 2010 census - 10,784 Counties - % of watershed: Blackduck - 785 Hines - 689 Nebish - 290 Kelliher - 262 Langor - 213 Largest Cities - Population: Beltrami - 81 % Koochiching - 16 % Clearwater - 2 % Itasca - 1 % People and Places: Land Use: Watershed Area: September, 2015 Watershed Health Assessment Framework "Managing for System Health"

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Page 1: Watershed Health Report Card: Upper/Lower Red Lakefiles.dnr.state.mn.us/.../ReportCard_Major_62.pdfWatershed Report Card: Upper/Lower Red Lake Watershed size: 1,241,690 acres 1,940

Watershed Report Card:Upper/Lower Red Lake

Watershed size: 1,241,690 acres 1,940 square miles

Watershed Surface Area: Percent Land - 76 % Percent Water - 24 % HUC8 ID: 09020302Basin Name: Red River (0902)

Percent of watershed area by land cover type:

Watershed Population: 2000 census - 10,085 2010 census - 10,784

Counties - % of watershed:

Blackduck - 785 Hines - 689 Nebish - 290 Kelliher - 262 Langor - 213

Largest Cities - Population:

Beltrami - 81 % Koochiching - 16 % Clearwater - 2 % Itasca - 1 %

People and Places:

Land Use:Watershed Area:

September, 2015

Watershed Health Assessment Framework"Managing for System Health"

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Altered Streams*Surface Storage

Flow Variability

Index Scores

Hydrologic Storage

Water Withdrawal*Impervious Cover*Perennial Cover*

Component Health Score(index average)

Component Health Score(index average)

Component Health Score(index average)

Hydrology

Index Scores

Climate Vulnerability

Groundwater Susceptibility

Soil Erosion Potential*

Index Scores

At-Risk SpeciesRichness

Species Richness

Stream Species Quality*

Terrestrial HabitatQuality*

Index Scores

Riparian Connectivity*

AquaticConnectivity*

Terrestrial HabitatConnectivity

Watershed Health Report - Major Watershed

Watershed Health Assessment Framework Health score methodology - www.dnr.state.mn.us/whaf/about/scores September, 2015

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Component Health Score(index average)

National Land Cover - 2011Open WaterDeveloped, Open Developed, Low Developed, MediumDeveloped, High Barren LandDecidious ForestEvergreen ForestMixed ForestShrub/ScrubGrasslandPasture/HayCultivated CropsWoody WetlandsHerbaceous Wetlands

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These health scores are calculated at the Major Watershed (HUC8) scale. Health score namesfollowed by (*) are also calculated at the DNR Catchment scale (subdivided HUC12). Thoseresults are reported on the following pages.

Average Watershed Health Score - 73

Component Health Score(index average)

Water Quality

Index Scores

Assessments

Localized Pollution Sources*

Non-Point Pollution Sources

Phosphorus Risk*Sub-Score

Geomorphology Biology

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Water Withdrawal Index

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 83 Max: 100 Median: 96.0 Mean: 95.46 Standard Dev: 3.27

Altered Streams

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 42 Max: 100 Median: 95.0 Mean: 92.32 Standard Dev: 9.57

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 0 Max: 100 Median: 96.0 Mean: 79.94 Standard Dev: 31.5

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 81 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 99.44 Standard Dev: 2.19

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Soil Erosion Potential Terrestrial Habitat Quality

Stream Species Quality - Mussel Score

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 37 Max: 100 Median: 79.0 Mean: 78.55 Standard Dev: 14.05

Stream Species Quality - Aquatic Invertebrate IBI

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 0 Max: 100 Median: 45.0 Mean: 50.49 Standard Dev: 31.97

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 27 Max: 72 Median: 59.0 Mean: 55.62 Standard Dev: 12.47

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 30 Max: 66 Median: 49.5 Mean: 47.78 Standard Dev: 14.38

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Riparian Connectivity

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 38 Max: 77 Median: 55.0 Mean: 55.79 Standard Dev: 9.58

Non-Point Source - Phosphorus Risk

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 0 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 93.83 Standard Dev: 14.95

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 75 Max: 100 Median: 90.0 Mean: 90.26 Standard Dev: 5.56

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 86 Max: 100 Median: 97.0 Mean: 96.08 Standard Dev: 3.13

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Localized Pollution Sources - Potential Contaminants Localized Pollution Sources - Superfund Sites

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 71 Max: 100 Median: 98.0 Mean: 96.33 Standard Dev: 4.86

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 67 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 97.65 Standard Dev: 5.9

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 100 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 100.0 Standard Dev: 0.0

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 88 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 99.09 Standard Dev: 2.47

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Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 100 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 100.0 Standard Dev: 0.0

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 100 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 100.0 Standard Dev: 0.0

Health Score Distributions: Upper/Lower Red Lake Min: 22 Max: 100 Median: 96.0 Mean: 91.65 Standard Dev: 12.63

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Localized Pollution Sources - Open Pit Mines

September, 2015