Agroecoregion : Stream Banks
Agroecoregion Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
       
       
Major Watersheds Lac Qui Parle River 58,383 29.7
  Redwood River 47,903 24.3
  Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River 41,765 21.2
  Pomme De Terre River 31,959 16.2
  Chippewa River 16,211 8.2
  Cottonwood River 603 0.3
  Upper Minnesota River 52 0.0
       
Counties Yellow Medicine 47,878 24.3
  Lac Qui Parle 39,856 20.2
  Lyon 33,545 17.0
  Redwood 26,256 13.3
  Stevens 23,430 11.9
  Swift 12,493 6.4
  Grant 8,494 4.3
  Pope 3,510 1.8
  Lincoln 1,171 0.6
  Chippewa 242 0.1
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 Percent 91,975 46.7
  2-6 Percent 67,184 34.1
  2-12 Percent 19,303 9.8
  6-12 Percent 16,791 8.5
  6-45 Percent 1,173 0.6
  Water 450 0.2
       
Internal Drainage Well drained 101,944 51.8
  Poorly drained 84,674 43.0
  Poor/Improved by tiling 9,808 5.0
  Water 450 0.2
       
Proximity Landlocked 98,674 50.1
  Permanent River 45,347 23.0
  Intermittent River 30,756 15.6
  Drainage Ditches 18,389 9.3
  Lake Shoreline 3,260 1.7
  Water 450 0.2
       
Geomorphology 066 - Blue Earth Till Plain, Undulating, Loamy 148,706 75.5
  051 - Big Stone Moraine, Loamy 37,033 18.8
  065 - Appleton-Clontarf Outwash Plain, Undulating 7,986 4.1
  002 - Fergus Falls (Young Gray Drift) Till Plain 1,588 0.8
  003 - Alexandria Moraine Complex 1,173 0.6
  050 - Benson Lacustrine Plain, Silty 212 0.1
  02E - Graceville Till Plain, Clayey 178 0.1
       
Precipitation Between 22-24 inches 5,560 2.8
  Between 24-26 inches 159,678 81.1
  Between 26-28 inches 31,638 16.1
       
Growing Degree Days 1750-2000 Degree Days 3,105 1.6
  2000-2250 Degree Days 40,271 20.5
  2250-2500 Degree Days 115,895 58.9
  2500-2750 Degree Days 37,606 19.1
       
Water Erosion Extreme 2,749 1.4
  Severe 13,706 7.0
  High 66,465 33.8
  Moderate 113,956 57.9
       
Wind Erosion Group Very Severe 18,041 9.2
  Severe 154,862 78.7
  Moderate 23,974 12.2
    393,753 200.0
       
* Expressed as acres or percent for the agroecoregion area in the Minnesota River Basin

Last Updated on 3/5/00