County : Blue Earth
County Characteristics		Area (ac)*	Percentage
Major Watersheds	Le Sueur River	235,746	48.3
	Middle Minnesota River	114,916	23.5
	Blue Earth River	78,227	16.0
	Watonwan River	59,393	12.2
Agroecoregions	Wetter Clays and Silts	229,551	47.0
	Rolling Moraine	83,764	17.2
	Wetter Blue Earth Till	76,794	15.7
	Steep Stream Banks	51,286	10.5
	Alluvium and Outwash	46,887	9.6
Slope Steepness	0-2 Percent	332,065	68.0
	2-6 Percent	84,980	17.4
	2-12 Percent	42,192	8.6
	6-12 Percent	26,966	5.5
	Water	2,078	0.4
Internal Drainage	Poorly drained	276,369	56.6
	Well drained	145,233	29.7
	Poor/Improved by tiling	64,602	13.2
	Water	2,078	0.4
Proximity to Water	Landlocked	346,931	71.1
	Permanent River	57,599	11.8
	Intermittent River	41,028	8.4
	Drainage Ditches	21,658	4.4
	Lake Shoreline	18,987	3.9
	Water	2,078	0.4
Geomorphology	Minnesota Lake Plain (046)	147,637	30.2
	Wells-Rush River Ground Moraine (042)	101,509	20.8
	Blue Earth Till Plain (066)	99,544	20.4
	Lonsdale-Lerdal Till Region (033)	47,903	9.8
	Blue Earth-Garden City Ground Moraine (044)	40,169	8.2
	Minnesota Valley Outwash (032)	33,714	6.9
	Waconia-Waseca Moraine (034)	12,518	2.6
	Emmons-Faribault Moraine (35B)	5,288	1.1
Water Erosion	High	279,566	57.3
	Severe	108,919	22.3
	Extreme	99,796	20.4
Wind Erosion Group	Severe	241,899	49.5
	High	28,493	5.8
	Moderate	217,806	44.6
	No Data	84	0.0
Crop Productivity	Low productivity	5,775	1.2
	Medium productivity	58,370	12.0
	High productivity	424,137	86.9
Precipitation	Between 28-30 inches	136,930	28.0
	Between 30-32 inches	351,351	72.0
Growing Degree Days	1750-2000 Degree Days	6,659	1.4
	2000-2250 Degree Days	15,955	3.3
	2250-2500 Degree Days	300,503	61.5
	2500-2750 Degree Days	165,164	33.8
* Expressed as acres or percent for County area in the Minnesota River Basin

Last Updated on 3/5/00