| Agroecoregion: Wetter Clays and Silts | |||
| Agroecoregion Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Major Watersheds | Lower Minnesota River | 373,923 | 33.7 |
| Le Sueur River | 372,812 | 33.6 | |
| Blue Earth River | 227,037 | 20.5 | |
| Watonwan River | 86,262 | 7.8 | |
| Middle Minnesota River | 48,340 | 4.4 | |
| Counties | Sibley | 292,910 | 26.4 |
| Faribault | 252,728 | 22.8 | |
| Blue Earth | 229,458 | 20.7 | |
| Waseca | 91,785 | 8.3 | |
| Nicollet | 69,180 | 6.2 | |
| Watonwan | 50,867 | 4.6 | |
| Mcleod | 41,400 | 3.7 | |
| Martin | 39,760 | 3.6 | |
| Freeborn | 21,514 | 1.9 | |
| Renville | 15,702 | 1.4 | |
| Carver | 3,073 | 0.3 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 810,113 | 73.1 |
| 2-6 Percent | 139,049 | 12.6 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 119,326 | 10.8 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 33,856 | 3.1 | |
| Water | 6,032 | 0.5 | |
| Internal Drainage | Poorly drained | 394,795 | 35.6 |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 470,562 | 42.5 | |
| Well drained | 236,987 | 21.4 | |
| Water | 6,032 | 0.5 | |
| Erosion Potential | Extreme | 0 | 0 |
| Very Severe | 0 | 0 | |
| Severe | 2,954 | 0 | |
| Very High | 11,817 | 1 | |
| High | 558,373 | 50 | |
| Moderate | 523,906 | 47 | |
| Slight | 11,325 | 1 | |
| Proximity to Water | Island Shoreline | 203 | 0.0 |
| Lake Shoreline | 34,387 | 3.1 | |
| Permanent River | 71,032 | 6.4 | |
| Intermittent River | 72,576 | 6.6 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 138,436 | 12.5 | |
| Landlocked | 785,709 | 70.9 | |
| Water | 6,032 | 0.5 | |
| Geomorphology | Wells-Rush River Ground Moraine (042) | 255,850 | 23.1 |
| Arlington-Matowan Ground Moraine (043) | 248,946 | 22.5 | |
| Minnesota Lake Plain (046) | 173,984 | 15.7 | |
| Waconia-Waseca Moraine (034) | 162,284 | 14.6 | |
| Blue Earth Till Plain (066) | 92,790 | 8.4 | |
| Blue Earth-Garden City Ground Moraine (044) | 77,857 | 7.0 | |
| Olivia Till Plain (064) | 50,815 | 4.6 | |
| Hayward-Owatonna Moraine (35C) | 38,690 | 3.5 | |
| Emmons-Faribault Moraine (35B) | 4,624 | 0.4 | |
| Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) | 1,788 | 0.2 | |
| Lonsdale-Lerdal Till Region (033) | 746 | 0.1 | |
| Crop Productivity | Low productivity | 1,719 | 0.2 |
| Medium productivity | 35,146 | 3.2 | |
| High productivity | 1,030,111 | 92.9 | |
| Precipitation | Between 26-28 inches | 21,578 | 2.0 |
| Between 28-30 inches | 372,291 | 33.6 | |
| Between 30-32 inches | 633,891 | 57.2 | |
| Between 32-34 inches | 39,216 | 3.5 | |
| Growing Degree Days | 1750-2000 Degree Days | 1,870 | 0.2 |
| 2000-2250 Degree Days | 196,459 | 17.7 | |
| 2250-2500 Degree Days | 432,737 | 39.0 | |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 477,310 | 43.1 | |
| * Expressed as acres or percent for agroecoregions area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||