| Agroecoregion: Steep Stream Banks | |||
| Agroecoregion Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Major Watersheds | Blue Earth River | 70,768 | 62.8 |
| Le Sueur River | 25,448 | 22.6 | |
| Cottonwood River | 10,157 | 9.0 | |
| Middle Minnesota River | 3,804 | 3.4 | |
| Watonwan River | 2,490 | 2.2 | |
| Counties | Blue Earth | 51,265 | 45.5 |
| Faribault | 39,350 | 34.9 | |
| Martin | 11,856 | 10.5 | |
| Brown | 10,196 | 9.1 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 70,113 | 62.2 |
| 2-6 Percent | 33,804 | 30.0 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 4,481 | 4.0 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 4,189 | 3.7 | |
| Water | 79 | 0.1 | |
| Internal Drainage | Poorly drained | 31,460 | 27.9 |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 38,243 | 33.9 | |
| Well drained | 42,884 | 38.1 | |
| Water | 79 | 0.1 | |
| Erosion Potential | Extreme | 10,198 | 9 |
| Very Severe | 0 | 0 | |
| Severe | 0 | 0 | |
| Very High | 102,468 | 91 | |
| High | 0 | 0 | |
| Moderate | 0 | 0 | |
| Slight | 0 | 0 | |
| Proximity to Water | Lake Shoreline | 4,021 | 3.6 |
| Permanent River | 48,563 | 43.1 | |
| Intermittent River | 5,728 | 5.1 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 4,115 | 3.7 | |
| Landlocked | 50,161 | 44.5 | |
| Water | 79 | 0.1 | |
| Geomorphology | Wells-Rush River Ground Moraine (042) | 42,884 | 38.1 |
| Blue Earth Till Plain (066) | 30,616 | 27.2 | |
| Minnesota Lake Plain (046) | 12,083 | 10.7 | |
| Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) | 9,957 | 8.8 | |
| Hayward-Owatonna Moraine (35C) | 8,008 | 7.1 | |
| Blue Earth-Garden City Ground Moraine (044) | 4,708 | 4.2 | |
| Lonsdale-Lerdal Till Region (033) | 3,473 | 3.1 | |
| Waconia-Waseca Moraine (034) | 939 | 0.8 | |
| Crop Productivity | Low productivity | 516 | 0.5 |
| Medium productivity | 15,279 | 13.6 | |
| High productivity | 96,871 | 86.0 | |
| Precipitation | Between 26-28 inches | 3,458 | 3.1 |
| Between 28-30 inches | 8,949 | 7.9 | |
| Between 30-32 inches | 94,253 | 83.7 | |
| Between 32-34 inches | 6,007 | 5.3 | |
| Growing Degree Days | 1750-2000 Degree Days | 59 | 0.1 |
| 2000-2250 Degree Days | 3,063 | 2.7 | |
| 2250-2500 Degree Days | 53,352 | 47.4 | |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 56,193 | 49.9 | |
| * Expressed as acres or percent for agroecoregions area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||