Agroecoregion : Mahnomen Lake Sediments
Agroecoregion Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
       
       
Major Watersheds Wild Rice River 169,427 68.7
  Sandhill River 38,707 15.7
  Buffalo River 23,290 9.5
  Clearwater River 15,146 6.1
       
Counties Mahnomen 108,613 44.1
  Becker 81,841 33.2
  Polk 46,799 19.0
  Norman 7,815 3.2
  Clay 1,502 0.6
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 % 7,832 3.2
  2-6 % 238,649 96.8
  Water 89 0.0
       
Internal Drainage Well Drained 161,936 65.7
  Poor Improved by Tiling 76,713 31.1
  Poorly Drained 4,782 1.9
  Water 89 0.0
  No Rating 3,051 1.2
       
Proximity Land Locked 134,188 54.4
  Intermittent River 75,308 30.5
  Drainage Ditches 18,318 7.4
  Permanent River 10,270 4.2
  Lake Shoreline 8,398 3.4
  Water 89 0.0
       
Geomorphology 005 - Mahnomen Lacustrine Plain 246,570 100.0
       
Precipitation Between 20-22 inches 10 0.0
  Between 22-24 inches 246,560 100.0
       
Growing Degree Days 1500-1750 Degree Days 2,660 1.1
  1750-2000 Degree Days 48,271 19.6
  2000-2250 Degree Days 28,541 11.6
  2250-2500 Degree Days 24,502 9.9
  2500-2750 Degree Days 142,596 57.8
       
Water Erosion Severe 35,776 14.5
  High 12,790 5.2
  Moderate 198,005 80.3
       
Wind Erosion Group Severe 160,925 65.3
  High 57,319 23.3
  Moderate 28,326 11.5
       
* Expressed as acres or percent for the agroecoregion area

Last Updated on 3/4/00