Watershed : Mustinka River
Watershed Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
       
Agroecoregions Dryer Till 274,019 48.8
  Poorly Drained Lake Sediments 149,434 26.6
  Very Poorly Drained Lake Sediments 115,159 20.5
  Swelling Clay Lake Sediments 22,254 4.0
  Steep Dryer Moraine 628 0.1
       
Counties Traverse 226,025 40.3
  Grant 159,177 28.4
  Stevens 94,034 16.8
  Big Stone 64,913 11.6
  Ottertail 17,344 3.1
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 % 338,095 60.2
  2-6 % 212,612 37.9
  6-12 % 9,167 1.6
  6-45 % 628 0.1
  Water 991 0.2
       
Drainage Poorly Drained 424,421 75.6
  Well Drained 124,304 22.1
  Poor Improved by Tiling 10,210 1.8
  Water 991 0.2
  No Rating 1,567 0.3
       
Proximity Land Locked 375,221 66.8
  Intermittent River 93,550 16.7
  Drainage Ditches 42,687 7.6
  Lake Shoreline 34,821 6.2
  Permanent River 14,184 2.5
  Water 991 0.2
       
Geomorphology Fergus Falls (Young Gray Drift) Till Plain 274,019 48.8
  Agassiz Lacustrine Plain, Red River Valley Area 241,852 43.1
  Graceville Till Plain, Clayey 29,798 5.3
  Big Stone Moraine, Loamy 15,197 2.7
  Alexandria Moraine Complex 628 0.1
       
Water Erosion Slight 114 0.0
  Moderate 415,365 74.0
  High 8,283 1.5
  Severe 137,422 24.5
  Extreme 309 0.1
       
Wind Erosion Group Very Severe 8,772 1.6
  Severe 130,073 23.2
  High 707 0.1
  Moderate 421,941 75.2
       
Precipitation Between 20-22 inches 196,904 35.1
  Between 22-24 inches 364,589 64.9
       
Growing Degree Days 2250-2500 Degree Days 224,839 40.0
  2500-2750 Degree Days 336,654 60.0
       
* Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Red River of the North basin

Last Updated on 3/5/00