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Watershed Report Card: Big Fork River Watershed size: 1,315,135 acres 2,055 square miles Watershed Surface Area: Percent Land - 95 % Percent Water - 5 % HUC8 ID: 09030006 Basin Name: Rainy River (0903) Percent of watershed area by land cover type: Watershed Population: 2000 census - 5,217 2010 census - 5,079 Counties - % of watershed: Marcell - 467 Bigfork - 446 Big Falls - 236 Bowstring - 230 Max - 142 Largest Cities - Population: Koochiching - 51 % Itasca - 49 % 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: Big Fork River

Watershed Report Card:Big Fork River

Watershed size: 1,315,135 acres 2,055 square miles

Watershed Surface Area: Percent Land - 95 % Percent Water - 5 % HUC8 ID: 09030006Basin Name: Rainy River (0903)

Percent of watershed area by land cover type:

Watershed Population: 2000 census - 5,217 2010 census - 5,079

Counties - % of watershed:

Marcell - 467 Bigfork - 446 Big Falls - 236 Bowstring - 230 Max - 142

Largest Cities - Population:

Koochiching - 51 % Itasca - 49 %

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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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 - 78

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: Big Fork River Min: 79 Max: 100 Median: 98.0 Mean: 96.64 Standard Dev: 2.97

Altered Streams

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 0 Max: 100 Median: 93.0 Mean: 89.64 Standard Dev: 11.69

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 0 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 86.92 Standard Dev: 27.11

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 100 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 100.0 Standard Dev: 0.0

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Stream Species Quality - Mussel Score

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 33 Max: 100 Median: 76.0 Mean: 76.41 Standard Dev: 12.83

Stream Species Quality - Aquatic Invertebrate IBI

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 0 Max: 100 Median: 78.0 Mean: 71.65 Standard Dev: 25.49

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 13 Max: 85 Median: 58.0 Mean: 56.44 Standard Dev: 14.06

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 43 Max: 71 Median: 53.0 Mean: 55.43 Standard Dev: 8.8

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Riparian Connectivity

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 0 Max: 93 Median: 64.0 Mean: 58.65 Standard Dev: 22.3

Non-Point Source - Phosphorus Risk

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 67 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 97.02 Standard Dev: 5.2

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 83 Max: 100 Median: 93.0 Mean: 93.27 Standard Dev: 3.34

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 80 Max: 100 Median: 97.0 Mean: 96.34 Standard Dev: 3.49

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

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 80 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 97.63 Standard Dev: 4.01

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 77 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 99.81 Standard Dev: 1.71

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 100 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 100.0 Standard Dev: 0.0

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 50 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 98.92 Standard Dev: 4.29

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Localized Pollution Sources - Septic Systems

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 95 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 99.97 Standard Dev: 0.36

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 100 Max: 100 Median: 100.0 Mean: 100.0 Standard Dev: 0.0

Health Score Distributions: Big Fork River Min: 37 Max: 100 Median: 98.0 Mean: 93.66 Standard Dev: 10.95

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September, 2015