County : Chippewa
County Characteristics		Area (ac)*	Percentage
Major Watersheds	Chippewa River	178,354	47.4
	Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River	169,273	45.0
	Upper Minnesota River	28,832	7.7
	Lac Qui Parle River	2	0.0
Agroecoregions	Dryer Clays and Silts	191,297	50.8
	Steeper Till	110,721	29.4
	Steep Valley Walls	38,738	10.3
	Alluvium and Outwash	35,355	9.4
	Stream Banks	242	0.1
	Dryer Blue Earth Till	109	0.0
Slope Steepness	0-2 Percent	146,338	38.9
	2-6 Percent	183,664	48.8
	2-12 Percent	776	0.2
	6-12 Percent	45,096	12.0
	Water	588	0.2
Internal Drainage	Poorly drained	13,840	3.7
	Poor/Improved by tiling	288,857	76.7
	Well drained	73,176	19.4
	Water	588	0.2
Proximity to Water	Landlocked	238,528	63.4
	Intermittent River	52,143	13.9
	Drainage Ditches	49,788	13.2
	Permanent River	23,791	6.3
	Lake Shoreline	11,223	3.0
	Water	588	0.2
	Island Shoreline	400	0.1
Geomorphology	Benson Lacustrine Plain (050)	199,565	53.0
	Olivia Till Plain (064)	117,427	31.2
	Appleton-Clontarf Outwash Plain (065)	40,010	10.6
	Minnesota Valley Outwash (032)	19,328	5.1
	Blue Earth Till Plain (066)	131	0.0
Water Erosion	Slight	2,597	0.7
	Moderate	13,032	3.5
	High	303,026	80.5
	Severe	28,095	7.5
	Extreme	29,711	7.9
Wind Erosion Group	Severe	260,611	69.2
	High	27,050	7.2
	Moderate	87,654	23.3
	No Data	1,147	0.3
Crop Productivity	Low productivity	11,374	3.0
	Medium productivity	354,944	94.3
	High productivity	10,143	2.7
Precipitation	Between 24-26 inches	73,885	19.6
	Between 26-28 inches	267,911	71.2
	Between 28-30 inches	34,666	9.2
Growing Degree Days	1500-1750 Degree Days	8,495	2.3
	1750-2000 Degree Days	73,154	19.4
	2000-2250 Degree Days	158,554	42.1
	2250-2500 Degree Days	115,880	30.8
	2500-2750 Degree Days	20,378	5.4
* Expressed as acres or percent for County area in the Minnesota River Basin

Last Updated on 3/5/00