County : Renville
County Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
Major Watersheds Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River 286,614 61.4
  Middle Minnesota River 164,198 35.2
  Lower Minnesota River 16,309 3.5
       
Agroecoregions Steeper Till 409,462 87.7
  Steep Valley Walls 41,841 9.0
  Wetter Clays and Silts 15,708 3.4
  Dryer Clays and Silts 109 0.0
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 Percent 14,853 3.2
  2-6 Percent 141,391 30.3
  2-12 Percent 16,296 3.5
  6-12 Percent 294,580 63.1
       
Internal Drainage Poor/Improved by tiling 152,241 32.6
  Well drained 314,880 67.4
       
Proximity to Water Landlocked 342,006 73.2
  Drainage Ditches 48,261 10.3
  Permanent River 40,010 8.6
  Intermittent River 31,241 6.7
  Lake Shoreline 5,602 1.2
       
Geomorphology Olivia Till Plain (064) 434,473 93.0
  Waconia-Waseca Moraine (034) 21,001 4.5
  Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) 11,596 2.5
  Benson Lacustrine Plain (050) 49 0.0
       
Water Erosion High 424,898 91.0
  Severe 12,874 2.8
  Extreme 29,348 6.3
       
Wind Erosion Group Severe 383,255 82.1
  Moderate 83,866 18.0
       
Crop Productivity Low productivity 6,173 1.3
  Medium productivity 416,230 89.1
  High productivity 44,718 9.6
       
Precipitation Between 26-28 inches 435,489 93.2
  Between 28-30 inches 31,631 6.8
       
Growing Degree Days 1750-2000 Degree Days 2,572 0.6
  2000-2250 Degree Days 66,752 14.3
  2250-2500 Degree Days 191,629 41.0
  2500-2750 Degree Days 206,168 44.1
       
* Expressed as acres or percent for County area in the Minnesota River Basin

Last Updated on 3/5/00