Watershed : Pomme de Terre River
Watershed Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
       
Agroecoregions Steep Dryer Moraine 200,028 34.4
  Dryer Clays and Silts 198,064 34.1
  Steeper Till 120,869 20.8
  Stream Banks 31,959 5.5
  Alluvium and Outwash 29,927 5.2
       
Counties Stevens 219,232 37.7
  Ottertail 147,775 25.4
  Grant 103,221 17.8
  Swift 73,154 12.6
  Douglas 19,525 3.4
  Big Stone 17,940 3.1
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 Percent 47,039 8.1
  2-6 Percent 213,507 36.8
  2-12 Percent 25,108 4.3
  6-12 Percent 108,443 18.7
  6-45 Percent 169,758 29.2
  12-45 Percent 6,400 1.1
  Water 10,594 1.8
       
Internal Drainage Poorly drained 195,449 33.7
  Pomme De Terre River 580,848 6.1
  Poor/Improved by tiling 15,791 2.7
  Well drained 359,015 61.8
  Water 10,594 1.8
       
Proximity to Water Island Shoreline 758 0.1
  Lake Shoreline 98,798 17.0
  Permanent River 19,802 3.4
  Intermittent River 87,359 15.0
  Drainage Ditches 11,844 2.0
  Landlocked 351,693 60.6
       
Geomorphology Alexandria Moraine Complex (003) 199,648 34.4
  Big Stone Moraine (051) 152,913 26.3
  Fergus Falls Till Plain (002) 148,669 25.6
  Graceville Till Plain (02E) 48,859 8.4
  Appleton-Clontarf Outwash Plain (065) 21,237 3.7
  Detroit Lakes Pitted Outwash Plain (004) 9,522 1.6
       
Water Erosion Slight 6,034 1.0
  Moderate 158,228 27.2
  High 78,672 13.5
  Severe 191,373 33.0
  Extreme 146,540 25.2
       
Wind Erosion Group Very Severe 48,953 8.4
  Severe 171,186 29.5
  High 18,792 3.2
  Moderate 335,806 57.8
  No Data 6,111 1.1
       
Crop Productivity Low productivity 137,231 23.6
  Medium productivity 426,399 73.4
  High productivity 17,218 3.0
       
Precipitation Between 22-24 inches 64,274 11.1
  Pomme De Terre River 580,848 6.1
  Between 24-26 inches 516,573 88.9
       
Growing Degree Days 2250-2500 Degree Days 188,471 32.5
  2500-2750 Degree Days 392,377 67.6
       
* Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Minnesota River Basin


Last Updated on 3/7/00