| Watershed : Lac Qui Parle River | |||
| Watershed Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Agroecoregions | Dryer Blue Earth Till | 308,523 | 64.5 |
| Coteau | 110,597 | 23.1 | |
| Stream Banks | 58,383 | 12.2 | |
| Steep Valley Walls | 855 | 0.2 | |
| Counties | Lac Qui Parle | 324,101 | 67.8 |
| Yellow Medicine | 112,071 | 23.4 | |
| Lincoln | 42,183 | 8.8 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 152,579 | 31.9 |
| 2-6 Percent | 308,678 | 64.5 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 14,748 | 3.1 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 2,045 | 0.4 | |
| Water | 306 | 0.1 | |
| Internal Drainage | Poorly drained | 147,884 | 30.9 |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 4,695 | 1.0 | |
| Well drained | 325,472 | 68.0 | |
| Water | 306 | 0.1 | |
| Proximity to Water | Lake Shoreline | 7,598 | 1.6 |
| Permanent River | 46,053 | 9.6 | |
| Lac Qui Parle River | 478,357 | 5.0 | |
| Intermittent River | 103,728 | 21.7 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 46,910 | 9.8 | |
| Landlocked | 273,762 | 57.2 | |
| Geomorphology | Blue Earth Till Plain (066) | 370,717 | 77.5 |
| Ianhoe-Worthington Coteau (068) | 107,443 | 22.5 | |
| Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) | 198 | 0.0 | |
| Water Erosion | Slight | 49 | 0.0 |
| Moderate | 83,064 | 17.4 | |
| High | 266,987 | 55.8 | |
| Severe | 67,819 | 14.2 | |
| Extreme | 60,438 | 12.6 | |
| Wind Erosion Group | Severe | 269,998 | 56.4 |
| High | 17,174 | 3.6 | |
| Moderate | 190,914 | 39.9 | |
| No Data | 271 | 0.0 | |
| Crop Productivity | Low productivity | 16,794 | 3.5 |
| Medium productivity | 460,944 | 96.4 | |
| High productivity | 620 | 0.1 | |
| Precipitation | Between 22-24 inches | 24,700 | 5.2 |
| Between 24-26 inches | 453,650 | 94.8 | |
| Between 26-28 inches | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Growing Degree Days | 1500-1750 Degree Days | 7 | 0.0 |
| 1750-2000 Degree Days | 63,775 | 13.3 | |
| 2000-2250 Degree Days | 165,386 | 34.6 | |
| 2250-2500 Degree Days | 141,857 | 29.7 | |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 107,331 | 22.4 | |
| * Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||