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


Last Updated on 3/7/00