| Watershed : Hawk Creek - Yellow Medicine River | |||
| Watershed Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Agroecoregions | Steeper Till | 466,916 | 35.4 |
| Dryer Blue Earth Till | 428,740 | 32.5 | |
| Coteau | 195,108 | 14.8 | |
| Steep Valley Walls | 79,966 | 6.1 | |
| Dryer Clays and Silts | 64,299 | 4.9 | |
| Stream Banks | 41,765 | 3.2 | |
| Steep Dryer Moraine | 37,393 | 2.8 | |
| Alluvium and Outwash | 4,700 | 0.4 | |
| Counties | Yellow Medicine | 361,951 | 27.4 |
| Renville | 286,498 | 21.7 | |
| Chippewa | 169,205 | 12.8 | |
| Lincoln | 167,856 | 12.7 | |
| Kandiyohi | 165,127 | 12.5 | |
| Lyon | 95,013 | 7.2 | |
| Redwood | 45,443 | 3.5 | |
| Lac Qui Parle | 27,753 | 2.1 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 249,337 | 18.9 |
| 2-6 Percent | 711,686 | 54.0 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 12,696 | 1.0 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 311,378 | 23.6 | |
| 6-45 Percent | 32,019 | 2.4 | |
| Water | 1,773 | 0.1 | |
| Internal Drainage | Poorly drained | 174,874 | 13.3 |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 307,574 | 23.3 | |
| Well drained | 834,667 | 63.3 | |
| Water | 1,773 | 0.1 | |
| Proximity to Water | Island Shoreline | 277 | 0.0 |
| Lake Shoreline | 40,234 | 3.1 | |
| Permanent River | 79,376 | 6.0 | |
| Intermittent River | 189,832 | 14.4 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 168,308 | 12.8 | |
| Landlocked | 839,089 | 63.6 | |
| Geomorphology | Olivia Till Plain (064) | 491,221 | 37.3 |
| Blue Earth Till Plain (066) | 486,220 | 36.9 | |
| Ianhoe-Worthington Coteau (068) | 181,681 | 13.8 | |
| Benson Lacustrine Plain (050) | 69,474 | 5.3 | |
| Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) | 37,848 | 2.9 | |
| Alexandria Moraine Complex (003) | 29,655 | 2.3 | |
| Lake Benton-Adrian Coteau (067) | 9,485 | 0.7 | |
| Clayey Olivia Till Plain (64A) | 8,791 | 0.7 | |
| Belgrade-Glenwood Outwash Plain (063) | 4,515 | 0.3 | |
| Water Erosion | Slight | 1,413 | 0.1 |
| Moderate | 85,227 | 6.5 | |
| High | 939,823 | 71.3 | |
| Severe | 159,372 | 12.1 | |
| Extreme | 133,054 | 10.1 | |
| Wind Erosion Group | Severe | 916,410 | 69.5 |
| High | 50,657 | 3.8 | |
| Moderate | 350,446 | 26.6 | |
| No Data | 1,376 | 0.1 | |
| Crop Productivity | Low productivity | 31,935 | 2.4 |
| Medium productivity | 1,192,617 | 90.4 | |
| High productivity | 94,337 | 7.2 | |
| Precipitation | Between 22-24 inches | 42 | 0.0 |
| Between 24-26 inches | 430,899 | 32.7 | |
| Between 26-28 inches | 743,393 | 56.4 | |
| Between 28-30 inches | 144,554 | 11.0 | |
| Growing Degree Days | 1500-1750 Degree Days | 20,973 | 1.6 |
| 1750-2000 Degree Days | 122,109 | 9.3 | |
| 2000-2250 Degree Days | 371,241 | 28.2 | |
| 2250-2500 Degree Days | 587,971 | 44.6 | |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 216,594 | 16.4 | |
| * Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||