| Watershed : Middle Minnesota River | |||
| Watershed Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Agroecoregions | Steeper Till | 290,020 | 32.7 |
| Wetter Blue Earth Till | 175,177 | 19.8 | |
| Dryer Blue Earth Till | 152,979 | 17.3 | |
| Alluvium and Outwash | 95,377 | 10.8 | |
| Steep Valley Walls | 61,708 | 7.0 | |
| Rolling Moraine | 58,895 | 6.7 | |
| Wetter Clays and Silts | 48,340 | 5.5 | |
| Steep Stream Banks | 3,804 | 0.4 | |
| Counties | Nicollet | 208,347 | 23.5 |
| Brown | 196,980 | 22.2 | |
| Renville | 164,132 | 18.5 | |
| Blue Earth | 114,870 | 13.0 | |
| Redwood | 90,706 | 10.2 | |
| Le Sueur | 56,158 | 6.3 | |
| Cottonwood | 26,367 | 3.0 | |
| Sibley | 22,583 | 2.6 | |
| Watonwan | 6,158 | 0.7 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 403,230 | 45.5 |
| 2-6 Percent | 213,825 | 24.1 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 157,732 | 17.8 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 107,213 | 12.1 | |
| Water | 4,300 | 0.5 | |
| Internal Drainage | Poorly drained | 227,326 | 25.7 |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 214,156 | 24.2 | |
| Well drained | 440,517 | 49.7 | |
| Water | 4,300 | 0.5 | |
| Proximity to Water | Lake Shoreline | 36,099 | 4.1 |
| Permanent River | 74,453 | 8.4 | |
| Intermittent River | 77,259 | 8.7 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 81,110 | 9.2 | |
| Landlocked | 613,079 | 69.2 | |
| Geomorphology | Blue Earth Till Plain (066) | 344,980 | 38.9 |
| Waconia-Waseca Moraine (034) | 249,803 | 28.2 | |
| Olivia Till Plain (064) | 149,312 | 16.9 | |
| Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) | 101,549 | 11.5 | |
| Emmons-Faribault Moraine (35B) | 25,594 | 2.9 | |
| Wells-Rush River Ground Moraine (042) | 10,470 | 1.2 | |
| Lonsdale-Lerdal Till Region (033) | 4,592 | 0.5 | |
| Water Erosion | Slight | 9,586 | 1.1 |
| Moderate | 95,379 | 10.8 | |
| High | 373,728 | 42.2 | |
| Severe | 288,422 | 32.5 | |
| Extreme | 119,185 | 13.5 | |
| Wind Erosion Group | Very Severe | 1,136 | 0.1 |
| Severe | 451,674 | 51.0 | |
| High | 64,309 | 7.3 | |
| Moderate | 359,768 | 40.6 | |
| No Data | 9,413 | 1.1 | |
| Crop Productivity | Low productivity | 19,264 | 2.2 |
| Medium productivity | 395,454 | 44.6 | |
| High productivity | 471,582 | 53.2 | |
| Precipitation | Between 26-28 inches | 342,698 | 38.7 |
| Between 28-30 inches | 460,964 | 52.0 | |
| Between 30-32 inches | 82,639 | 9.3 | |
| Growing Degree Days | 1750-2000 Degree Days | 48,009 | 5.4 |
| 2000-2250 Degree Days | 142,334 | 16.1 | |
| 2250-2500 Degree Days | 328,962 | 37.1 | |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 366,995 | 41.4 | |
| * Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||