Watershed : Wild Rice River
Watershed Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
       
Agroecoregions Dryer Till 194,488 18.7
  Steep Dryer Moraine 194,223 18.6
  Steeper Till 173,148 16.6
  Inter-Beach Sand Bars 170,645 16.4
  Mahnomen Lake Sediments 169,496 16.3
  Very Poorly Drained Lake Sediments 80,893 7.8
  Swelling Clay Lake Sediments 48,135 4.6
  Poorly Drained Lake Sediments 11,031 1.1
       
Counties Mahnomen 339,683 32.6
  Norman 298,366 28.6
  Becker 139,962 13.4
  Clearwater 131,198 12.6
  Clay 130,449 12.5
  Polk 2,399 0.2
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 % 280,842 27.0
  2-6 % 463,898 44.5
  2-12 % 7,843 0.8
  6-12 % 37,201 3.6
  6-45 % 151,971 14.6
  12-45 % 93,621 9.0
  Water 6,682 0.6
       
Drainage Well Drained 511,549 49.1
  Poorly Drained 258,136 24.8
  Poor Improved by Tiling 238,704 22.9
  Water 6,682 0.6
  No Rating 26,988 2.6
       
Proximity Land Locked 659,814 63.3
  Intermittent River 172,629 16.6
  Lake Shoreline 71,375 6.9
  Permanent River 68,469 6.6
  Drainage Ditches 62,820 6.0
  Island Shoreline 269 0.0
  Water 6,682 0.6
       
Geomorphology Agassiz Lacustrine Plain, Red River Valley Area 180,961 17.4
  Mahnomen Lacustrine Plain 169,496 16.3
  Alexandria Moraine Complex 158,287 15.2
  Agassiz Lacustrine Plain, Inter-Beach Area 129,742 12.5
  Fergus Falls (Young Gray Drift) Till Plain 125,131 12.0
  Itasca Moraine Complex, Rolling 114,192 11.0
  Fosston Till Plain, Loamy 69,356 6.7
  Falk Till Plain, Loamy 58,956 5.7
  Bagley Outwash Plain, Sandy to Gravelly 35,501 3.4
  Park Rapids-Staples Outwash Plain 435 0.0
       
Water Erosion Slight 21,676 2.1
  Moderate 508,663 48.8
  High 100,389 9.6
  Severe 393,999 37.8
  Extreme 17,332 1.7
       
Wind Erosion Group Very Severe 156,783 15.1
  Severe 467,874 44.9
  High 17,487 1.7
  Moderate 321,455 30.9
  Slight 69,756 6.7
  No Data 8,703 0.8
       
Precipitation Between 18-20 inches 10,672 1.0
  Between 20-22 inches 167,109 16.0
  Between 22-24 inches 658,230 63.2
  Between 24-26 inches 176,081 16.9
  Between 26-28 inches 29,966 2.9
       
Growing Degree Days 1500-1750 Degree Days 14,075 1.4
  1750-2000 Degree Days 114,729 11.0
  2000-2250 Degree Days 322,829 31.0
  2250-2500 Degree Days 321,882 30.9
  2500-2750 Degree Days 268,543 25.8
       
* Expressed as acres or percent for major watershed area in the Red River of the North basin

Last Updated on 3/5/00