Watershed : Tamarac River
Watershed Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
       
Agroecoregions Swelling Clay Lake Sediments 204,700 36.0
  Inter-Beach Sand Bars 203,479 35.3
  Very Poorly Drained Lake Sediments 121,257 21.0
  Somewhat Poorly Drained Lake Sediments 47,414 8.2
       
Counties Kittson 318,828 55.3
  Marshall 247,730 42.9
  Roseau 10,292 1.8
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 % 455,991 79.0
  2-6 % 120,859 21.0
       
Drainage Poorly Drained 267,560 46.4
  Poor Improved by Tiling 156,345 27.1
  Well Drained 151,270 26.2
  No Rating 1,675 0.3
       
Proximity Land Locked 441,961 76.6
  Intermittent River 58,076 10.1
  Drainage Ditches 57,438 10.0
  Permanent River 19,103 3.3
  Lake Shoreline 272 0.1
       
Geomorphology Agassiz Lacustrine Plain, Red River Valley Area 367,500 63.7
  Agassiz Lacustrine Plain, Inter-Beach Area 161,937 28.1
  Agassiz Lacustrine Plain, Beltrami Island Area 47,414 8.2
       
Water Erosion Slight 25,886 4.5
  Moderate 516,805 89.6
  High 34,159 5.9
       
Wind Erosion Group Very Severe 159,706 27.7
  Severe 335,910 58.2
  High 24,577 4.3
  Moderate 56,658 9.8
       
Precipitation Between 18-20 inches 549,879 95.3
  Between 20-22 inches 26,032 4.5
  No rating 939 0.2
       
Growing Degree Days 1500-1750 Degree Days 124,726 21.6
  1750-2000 Degree Days 199,751 34.6
  2000-2250 Degree Days 251,434 43.6
  No rating 939 0.3
    576,850  
* Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Red River of the North basin

Last Updated on 3/5/00