| Watershed : Le Sueur River | |||
| Watershed Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Agroecoregions | Wetter Clays and Silts | 372,812 | 52.9 |
| Rolling Moraine | 306,534 | 43.5 | |
| Steep Stream Banks | 25,448 | 3.6 | |
| Alluvium and Outwash | 136 | 0.0 | |
| Counties | Blue Earth | 235,650 | 33.4 |
| Waseca | 223,261 | 31.7 | |
| Faribault | 156,119 | 22.2 | |
| Freeborn | 70,069 | 9.9 | |
| Steele | 17,668 | 2.5 | |
| Le Sueur | 2,164 | 0.3 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 455,530 | 64.6 |
| 2-6 Percent | 59,391 | 8.4 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 107,996 | 15.3 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 76,849 | 10.9 | |
| Water | 5,165 | 0.7 | |
| Internal Drainage | Poorly drained | 288,123 | 40.9 |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 181,723 | 25.8 | |
| Well drained | 229,920 | 32.6 | |
| Water | 5,165 | 0.7 | |
| Proximity to Water | Lake Shoreline | 25,253 | 3.6 |
| Permanent River | 60,411 | 8.6 | |
| Intermittent River | 63,012 | 8.9 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 62,237 | 8.8 | |
| Landlocked | 488,853 | 69.4 | |
| Geomorphology | Wells-Rush River Ground Moraine (042) | 207,905 | 29.5 |
| Waconia-Waseca Moraine (034) | 141,393 | 20.1 | |
| Minnesota Lake Plain (046) | 141,277 | 20.0 | |
| Lonsdale-Lerdal Till Region (033) | 63,168 | 9.0 | |
| Arlington-Matowan Ground Moraine (043) | 63,079 | 9.0 | |
| Emmons-Faribault Moraine (35B) | 38,905 | 5.5 | |
| Blue Earth-Garden City Ground Moraine (044) | 26,787 | 3.8 | |
| Hayward-Owatonna Moraine (35C) | 14,074 | 2.0 | |
| Blue Earth Till Plain (066) | 6,420 | 0.9 | |
| Cannon Valley Outwash (030) | 1,163 | 0.2 | |
| Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) | 393 | 0.1 | |
| Prior Lake Moraine (35A) | 368 | 0.1 | |
| Water Erosion | Slight | 3,347 | 0.5 |
| High | 350,458 | 49.7 | |
| Severe | 273,513 | 38.8 | |
| Extreme | 77,612 | 11.0 | |
| Wind Erosion Group | Severe | 362,490 | 51.4 |
| High | 706 | 0.1 | |
| Moderate | 338,318 | 48.0 | |
| No Data | 3,416 | 0.5 | |
| Crop Productivity | Low productivity | 5,461 | 0.8 |
| Medium productivity | 43,847 | 6.2 | |
| High productivity | 655,622 | 93.0 | |
| Precipitation | Between 28-30 inches | 85,694 | 12.2 |
| Between 30-32 inches | 608,141 | 86.3 | |
| Between 32-34 inches | 11,095 | 1.6 | |
| Growing Degree Days | 2250-2500 Degree Days | 377,275 | 53.5 |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 327,655 | 46.5 | |
| * Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||