| Agroecoregion: Dryer Blue Earth Till | |||
| Agroecoregion Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Major Watersheds | Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River | 428,740 | 25.8 |
| Cottonwood River | 373,622 | 22.5 | |
| Lac Qui Parle River | 308,523 | 18.6 | |
| Redwood River | 188,061 | 11.3 | |
| Middle Minnesota River | 152,979 | 9.2 | |
| Upper Minnesota River | 126,224 | 7.6 | |
| Watonwan River | 82,219 | 5.0 | |
| Counties | Redwood | 447,700 | 27.0 |
| Lac Qui Parle | 425,902 | 25.7 | |
| Yellow Medicine | 355,381 | 21.4 | |
| Lyon | 146,767 | 8.8 | |
| Brown | 129,710 | 7.8 | |
| Cottonwood | 126,457 | 7.6 | |
| Watonwan | 27,748 | 1.7 | |
| Lincoln | 338 | 0.0 | |
| Swift | 257 | 0.0 | |
| Chippewa | 109 | 0.0 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 591,530 | 35.6 |
| 2-6 Percent | 1,026,302 | 61.8 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 27,259 | 1.6 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 14,655 | 0.9 | |
| Water | 622 | 0.0 | |
| Internal Drainage | Poorly drained | 571,220 | 34.4 |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 14,640 | 0.9 | |
| Well drained | 1,073,887 | 64.7 | |
| Water | 622 | 0.0 | |
| Erosion Potential | Extreme | 493 | 0 |
| Very Severe | 0 | 0 | |
| Severe | 65,528 | 4 | |
| Very High | 47,791 | 3 | |
| High | 226,638 | 14 | |
| Moderate | 1,319,919 | 79 | |
| Slight | 0 | 0 | |
| Proximity to Water | Island Shoreline | 5 | 0.0 |
| Lake Shoreline | 26,953 | 1.6 | |
| Permanent River | 79,554 | 4.8 | |
| Intermittent River | 202,607 | 12.2 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 207,707 | 12.5 | |
| Landlocked | 1,142,921 | 68.8 | |
| Water | 622 | 0.0 | |
| Geomorphology | Blue Earth Till Plain (066) | 1,643,936 | 99.0 |
| Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) | 16,361 | 1.0 | |
| Appleton-Clontarf Outwash Plain (065) | 72 | 0.0 | |
| Crop Productivity | Low productivity | 43,759 | 2.6 |
| Medium productivity | 1,609,561 | 96.9 | |
| High productivity | 7,049 | 0.4 | |
| Precipitation | Between 22-24 inches | 36,363 | 2.2 |
| Between 24-26 inches | 756,237 | 45.6 | |
| Between 26-28 inches | 867,768 | 52.3 | |
| Growing Degree Days | 1500-1750 Degree Days | 14,032 | 0.9 |
| 1750-2000 Degree Days | 148,210 | 8.9 | |
| 2000-2250 Degree Days | 420,572 | 25.3 | |
| 2250-2500 Degree Days | 725,787 | 43.7 | |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 351,768 | 21.2 | |
| * Expressed as acres or percent for agroecoregions area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||