County : Faribault
County Characteristics		Area (ac)*	Percentage
Major Watersheds	Blue Earth River	304,094	66.1
	Le Sueur River	156,182	33.9
	Faribault	460,276	4.8
Agroecoregions	Wetter Clays and Silts	252,830	54.9
	Rolling Moraine	142,085	30.9
	Wetter Blue Earth Till	25,995	5.7
	Steep Stream Banks	39,366	8.6
Slope Steepness	0-2 Percent	299,401	65.1
	2-6 Percent	66,895	14.5
	2-12 Percent	34,550	7.5
	6-12 Percent	57,458	12.5
	Water	1,972	0.4
Internal Drainage	Poorly drained	158,035	34.3
	Poor/Improved by tiling	160,617	34.9
	Well drained	139,651	30.3
	Water	1,972	0.4
Proximity to Water	Landlocked	335,258	72.8
	Drainage Ditches	55,872	12.1
	Permanent River	40,878	8.9
	Intermittent River	19,321	4.2
	Lake Shoreline	6,976	1.5
	Water	1,972	0.4
Geomorphology	Wells-Rush River Ground Moraine (042)	161,346	35.1
	Hayward-Owatonna Moraine (35C)	93,678	20.4
	Blue Earth Till Plain (066)	67,169	14.6
	Blue Earth-Garden City Ground Moraine (044)	52,724	11.5
	Minnesota Lake Plain (046)	37,053	8.1
	Emmons-Faribault Moraine (35B)	21,829	4.7
	Waconia-Waseca Moraine (034)	18,703	4.1
	Prior Lake Moraine (35A)	5,520	1.2
	Arlington-Matowan Ground Moraine (043)	2,254	0.5
Water Erosion	Slight	2,019	0.4
	Moderate	479	0.1
	High	257,530	56.0
	Severe	179,812	39.1
	Extreme	20,435	4.4
Wind Erosion Group	Severe	303,283	65.9
	Moderate	155,045	33.7
	No Data	1,947	0.4
Crop Productivity	Low productivity	2,239	0.5
	Medium productivity	19,578	4.3
	High productivity	438,459	95.3
Precipitation	Between 28-30 inches	81,259	17.7
	Between 30-32 inches	311,319	67.6
	Between 32-34 inches	67,698	14.7
Growing Degree Days	2500-2750 Degree Days	460,276	100.0
* Expressed as acres or percent for County area in the Minnesota River Basin

Last Updated on 3/5/00