07030005 (MN) Lower St. Croix

The Lower St. Croix 8-Digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) subbasin is
located in north west Wisconsin and east central Minnesota. The drainage area contributes to the river’s lower 52 miles from the twin towns of Taylor Falls and St Croix Falls to the convergence of the St Croix and Mississippi rivers at Prescott Wisconsin. Designated a wild and scenic river in 1972, the lower reaches of the St. Croix are cooperatively managed by Minnesota, Wisconsin and the National Park Service.

Covering 1,641,084 acres, the watershed is home to large areas of forest, grassland, and row crops. Approximately ninety percent of the land in this HUC is privately owned, and the remainder is state, federal, county, conservancy or tribal land, or held by corporate interests.

The main resource concerns throughout the watershed are Woodland Management, Surface water Quality, Groundwater Quality and Quantity, Stormwater Management and Wetland Management.