Watershed : Snake River
Watershed Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
       
Agroecoregions Very Poorly Drained Lake Sediments 196,931 39.2
  Inter-Beach Sand Bars 195,221 38.8
  Swelling Clay Lake Sediments 110,743 22.0
       
Counties Marshall 465,163 92.5
  Polk 29,259 5.8
  Pennigton 8,473 1.7
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 % 485,566 96.6
  2-6 % 17,329 3.5
       
Drainage Poorly Drained 237,310 47.2
  Poor Improved by Tiling 201,120 40.0
  Well Drained 64,466 12.8
       
Proximity Land Locked 386,534 76.9
  Drainage Ditches 54,323 10.8
  Intermittent River 34,367 6.8
  Permanent River 27,673 5.5
       
Geomorphology Agassiz Lacustrine Plain, Red River Valley Area 330,192 65.7
  Agassiz Lacustrine Plain, Inter-Beach Area 172,703 34.3
       
Water Erosion Slight 8,799 1.8
  Moderate 490,012 97.4
  High 4,085 0.8
       
Wind Erosion Extreme 0 0.0
  Very Severe 0 0.0
  Severe 61,255 12.2
  Very High 0 0.0
  High 223,089 44.4
  Moderate 86,211 17.1
  Slight 132,341 26.3
       
Precipitation Between 18-20 inches 407,683 81.1
  Between 20-22 inches 95,213 18.9
       
Growing Degree Days 1500-1750 Degree Days 89,507 17.8
  1750-2000 Degree Days 314,114 62.5
  2000-2250 Degree Days 99,275 19.7
       
* Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Red River of the North basin

Last Updated on 9/22/99
By Ananda Mallawatantri
Email: ananda@soils.umn.edu